Chapter 16: The Crime Stop

Maybe it's because of being in this environment, but I can't remember anything before, but now I remember a little.

This incident was due to the fact that Officer Matsumoto accidentally hit the mother of the groom, Toshihiko Takayama, while chasing the prisoner in his car twenty years ago.

At that time, Officer Matsumoto, who was eager to pursue, just took a quick look and continued to pursue the criminal, resulting in Toshihiko's mother dying in time for treatment.

Therefore, Toshihiko hated Officer Matsumoto, and after being adopted by the Takayama family, he changed his name, but met Sayuri Matsumoto again many years later.

Unable to recognize Sayuri as his first love, he decides to approach her and kill her to give Officer Matsumoto a taste of how he feels when he loses a loved one.

And Sayuri, who knew his identity from the beginning, did not refuse after discovering his attempt, but took the initiative to cooperate in order to resolve his hatred.

As a result, the tragedy occurred, but fortunately, he was rescued because of the timely treatment and the intake was not too much.

So the lemon tea at this time was still safe and had not been poisoned, and Kogoro left the room alone when he thought of this.

He wants to find Toshihiko Takayama before he poisons him, and then explain it all so that the crime can be stopped.

It didn't take long for him to find Toshihiko Takayama, who was talking to someone else.

After silently waiting for them to say goodbye, Kogoro walked in front of him. "Toshihiko Takayama, I have something to ask you."

"Ah, you're Mr. Kogoro Mori! Is there anything you can do with me? He looked at Kogoro in some surprise.

"There's something going on, let's go over there and talk about it." Kogoro pointed to a no-man's corner, and the two walked over.

After Kogoro told Takayama everything about it, he seemed very excited at first, and then slowly fell silent.

He kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking. "Can't you let go? What if you kill Sayuri? ”

"Your mother will not be resurrected, and you will also bear the pain of failing her feelings for the rest of your life, leaving only a lasting hatred."

"And the mistakes made by Officer Matsumoto, why do you want to pass them on to Sayuri. Think about what Mr. Takayama and Mrs. Takayama expect from you, and how can you live up to them. ”

After a moment's pause, Kogoro continued. "I think Officer Matsumoto will give you an explanation later."

Toshihiko Takayama seemed to understand something, and exhaled deeply, and his whole body relaxed.

"I see, Mr. Maori! I'm going to apologize to Sayuri, and I know that he didn't mean it back then, but I just couldn't let it go. ”

"That's fine, then, happy newlywed!" Kogoro patted him on the shoulder with relief, happy that he could really figure it out.

The wedding went very smoothly, and many guests sincerely blessed the couple.

And Officer Matsumoto, who later learned about Toshihiko Takayama's identity from Kogoro, also went to apologize to Toshihiko Matsumoto.

Not only that, but he also submitted a letter of resignation to the Metropolitan Police Department, and he ended his career because he still had a lot of room for improvement.

It's another holiday, and Xiaolan is invited to be the clothing model of the famous fashion designer Eiko Toya.

So Kogoro drove Ran's Conan to her company. But because of the traffic jam, the early trip was delayed.

The three of them were bored, and they soon talked about Eiko Toya. "By the way, their company's clothing show seemed to be canceled abruptly last week!"

"Indeed, I heard from my friends. It seems to be because of the relationship that her rival company released similar winter clothing. ”

"Strange, how could it be so coincidental?" Xiaolan said puzzled. "I'm afraid there was a commercial espionage, or someone else who betrayed her clothing design information."

"Huh! How so!? The naΓ―ve Xiaolan was very surprised that such a thing could happen in reality.

"What's so strange! Shopping malls are like battlefields, and it's normal for companies in the same industry to have such things. ”

"You know, the audience of an industry is basically fixed. If there is one less competitor, then the harvest will be greatly improved. ”

With that, they finally left the traffic jam and started driving normally. Xiao Lan, who couldn't understand these things very well, stopped talking, and the three of them fell silent.

It didn't take long for the car to arrive at the clothing company. After the three of them entered the hall together, Xiaolan went straight to the reception.

After telling the other party her name, she learned that Eiko Toya hadn't come to the company yet, and just when she was disappointed, a female voice came.

"Miss Xiaolan, have you waited for a long time!? I'm so sorry! "No, we've just arrived." Xiaolan hurriedly replied.

I saw Eiko Toya trotting to the reception, holding a rather large leather bag tightly in her hand.

Looking at her appearance, Conan couldn't help but ask Xiaolan strangely. "Sister Xiaolan, is that kind of big leather bag very popular now?"

Xiaolan was also quite surprised after looking at the eyelid bag. "Well, she's the kind of person who is ahead of her time, maybe it won't be long before she becomes popular!?"

After talking a few words to the staff, Eiko Toya looked at the three of them, and then walked in front of Xiaolan.

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, I'm late because of the traffic jam." As she spoke, she looked at Kogoro and Conan.

"No, by the way, I'll introduce you. This is my father, Kogoro Mori, who is a detective, and this is Conan Edogawa, who lives in our house temporarily. ”

After hearing Kogoro's name, she was stunned, and then said in surprise. "You're that Detective Mori Kogoro!?"

"Yes, that's right." After receiving the confirmation, her complexion changed slightly. Kogoro also understands the reason, because she has a murderous attempt today.

As the three of Kogoro said earlier, her company's upcoming clothing exhibition was leaked to her rival company by the company's internal employees.

As a result, she had to cancel the press conference without credibility after the other party released a similar exhibition in advance.

This is not only a loss to her personally, but also to the company's reputation, and the economic losses caused directly or indirectly are also very huge.

The company, which has not had much capital flow, has fallen into operational difficulties, and the one who made the leak of those design materials is Mika Taniguchi, the secretary she trusted very much before.

Mika Taniguchi not only sold those materials to a rival company at a high price, but also resigned herself to work for that company.

This made Eiko Toya, who cherished her company and business, extremely angry. Therefore, it was decided to kill her on the day she left her post.