Chapter 982: Old Couple
"Everyone, welcome to the Aphrodite!"The lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed, and a spotlight shone on the podium in front of them. Tsujimoto Kaho was standing in front of the podium wearing a white crew-style suit. "I am the host of tonight's banquet, Tsujimoto Kaho."
"Next, please allow me to introduce the main staff members of this ship's first voyage..."
Fujino stood under the stage and looked at Tsujimoto Kaho on the stage.
In his opinion, this young secretary was very dedicated, as evidenced by the fact that she took the initiative to host the banquet even though her boss had already died.
But think about it, now the Eighth Generation Company has not closed down, as an employee of Eighth Generation, she is not serving the boss, but the company.
Fujino looked around the field and found Akiyoshi Miwako in front of him.
At this moment, she was wearing a casual purple blazer and trousers, with a white Y-shaped loose shirt underneath, and she was holding a long pink leather bag in her hand.
"Are you going to take action?"
Fujino stared at the bag and murmured to himself.
While Fujino was looking at Akiyoshi Miwako, Haibara Ai, who was standing next to him, raised her eyes and looked at him with narrowed eyes as if thinking about something.
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After a brief introduction, the ship's staff stood in a row on the stage.
The last to appear was Hai Tengdu.
Hai Tengdu came to the stage holding a microphone and began to speak according to the plan that had been rehearsed in advance: "Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take the Aphrodite on its first voyage... Before I start my speech, please allow me to introduce the outstanding woman who designed this ship, designer Ms. Akiyoshi Miwako!"
The spotlight shone on Akiyoshi Miwako, illuminating her figure.
Amidst applause, she slowly walked towards the stage.
But when he was halfway there, less than one or two meters away from Haitengdu.
Akiyoshi Miwako suddenly opened her purse and pulled out a harpoon gun.
She aimed the harpoon gun's scope at Haitengdu's head.
While the other party was still surprised and had not yet reacted, he pulled the trigger.
"Pfft!"
The silver-white spikes cut through the air, pierced through the bones of the forehead, and dyed the silver-white into pink.
Hai Tengdu obviously did not have Fujino's amazing reaction speed.
He was shot in the head by a harpoon gun.
After doing this, she threw away the harpoon gun, walked slowly onto the stage, and pushed Tsujimoto Kaho away.
"Fifteen years ago..."
He recounted what happened that year, then raised his hands and surrendered calmly.
Generally speaking, a scene like this where someone pulls out a gun and shoots someone in the head would probably cause a commotion at the scene.
But Akiyoshi Miwako surrendered too quickly.
He turned himself in right after killing someone.
There's not even time to react.
Conan stared blankly at Hai Tengdu who was shot in the head. After he came to his senses, he was about to take off his anesthetic needle.
But after thinking about it, he stopped.
Everyone was shot in the head.
The criminal also surrendered himself.
Now it's no use injecting anesthesia...
He quickly rushed to the podium and checked the situation of Haitengdu.
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"Conan!"
When Mao Lilan saw Conan rushing forward again to dig up the corpse, she suddenly felt helpless.
Every time something happens, Conan is the first to rush up and see the body.
She didn't quite understand why the child liked corpses so much.
She shouted symbolically, and then subconsciously asked Fujino for help: "Fujiano-senpai..."
"Leave that kid Conan to me!"
"Sato, I'll leave them in your care!"
"Hey... forget it."
Sato was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Fujino had become a hands-off boss.
But after looking at the girls behind her, she could only respond helplessly.
As a detective, Fujino felt that he still had to act.
Following Conan onto the stage, he reached out his hand to feel Hai Tengdu's pulse, then pretended to open his eyelids and took a closer look, and said in a deep voice: "Don't look at him, he's hopeless, his pupils are dilated, his brains are gushing out, he must have already reported to the King of Hell..."
"hateful!"
Conan gritted his teeth and glanced fiercely at Akiyoshi Miwako who was turning herself in next to him.
Why did this woman just shoot without saying anything? !
This approach is wrong!
Conan scratched his head and muttered to himself.
I feel like something is wrong ever since I came on this ship, but I can't put my finger on it.
Megure Jusan and Shiratori also arrived on the stage at this time.
Seeing that Akiyoshi Miwako wanted to surrender, Megure Juzo didn't say much. He just took out handcuffs, handcuffed her, and took her off the podium.
And Shiratori Renzaburo couldn't help but ask curiously: "Ms. Akiyoshi, is what you just said true?"
"Everyone's been killed anyway." Akiyoshi Miwako said calmly, "Whether it's true or not, what's the point?"
As she said this, she glanced at Bai Niao mockingly: "Even if it's true, can you police arrest them?"
Shiratori Renzaburo was speechless for a moment.
It is just as she said, the Metropolitan Police Department has no control over this matter.
This case happened fifteen years ago, and the ship had already sunk into the sea.
Even if a reinvestigation is conducted, it may eventually be impossible due to various factors and loss of evidence.
Looking at Shiratori's expression, Akiyoshi Miwako was not surprised.
Of course, she considered sending the Yashiro family and the captain to prison, but as a middle-class person, she understood that it would be almost impossible to bring down the Yashiro Company.
If you want revenge, the only way is to exchange one for one.
Killing one is no loss, killing two is profit, killing three is huge profit.
Now that she has killed four people, what is there to regret?
As an old policeman, Megure Jusan has seen a lot of things like this.
He turned to Akiyoshi Miwako and asked, "Miss Akiyoshi, do you have anything else to tell me?"
"There's nothing more to say."
Akiyoshi Miwako smiled in relief, "As for the rest, you will ask more about it when I return to the police station, right?"
"That's not what I'm talking about." Megure Jusan brought up the point, "What I want to ask is, did you kill the Yashiro family?"
"I killed him."
Megure Jusan couldn't help but ask, "But, you did a flawless job in the previous three cases. Why did you choose to shoot Hai Tengdu in public this time and then surrender yourself?"
"Of course it's because there's a great detective at the scene." Akiyoshi Miwako glanced at Fujino and smiled helplessly, "No matter how much I plan, I guess the detective will see through it in the end... Compared to racking my brains and being caught by the detective in the end, I might as well just kill the person and turn myself in." As she said that, she looked into Megure Jusan's eyes and asked back, "This way, we don't have to trouble the detective, and it also reduces your workload. More importantly, it can reduce the sentence, right?"
"That's true..."
The corners of Megure Jusan's mouth twitched.
In the past, prisoners did not want to be caught and fought to the death.
Now he suddenly surrendered... He was too cooperative, which made him a little uncomfortable.
On the other side, Kusaka Hironari looked at the arrested Akiyoshi Miwako with a confused look on his face.
The next target that I was going to kill was killed by someone?
Well, it doesn’t matter if I’m killed by someone else, as long as I’m dead.
It’s just right, I can take this opportunity to run away!
Nice!
Akiyoshi Miwako did not say that she was the one who killed the eight generations of his father and daughter, so at this time Kusaka Hironari still naively thought that she was the one who killed them.
Just when he was feeling proud, Akiyoshi Miwako suddenly turned around, looked at him, and said to Megure, "By the way, Mr. Police Officer, although I killed Yashiro Entaro, he was the one who pushed that guy into the sea. To be precise, he was the one who killed him. You should arrest him as well."
"...?"
Although Megure Jusan was a little confused, he thought about it carefully and took out another pair of handcuffs from his pocket. He handcuffed Kusaka Hironari and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Kusaka, I'm afraid I have to trouble you to go to the Metropolitan Police Department with us."
Kusaka Hironari: “???”
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After such a murder, the sailing plan of the Aphrodite was naturally cancelled and it returned directly to Tokyo.
As for Akiyoshi Miwako... I heard from Sato Miwako that someone like her who turned herself in and had a good reason should be sentenced to life imprisonment. In fact, there is not much difference between life imprisonment and fixed-term imprisonment for a murder of this degree. The maximum sentence is 20 to 30 years.
As for the death penalty... that thing is really rare.
The two suspects were taken away by the police, and Fujino's bomb was naturally taken away by Sato Miwako.
As for whether he had embezzled the money... Fujino stated very firmly that he had not, and had only hidden a few billion bombs in his personal space as a reserve.
By the time the cruise ship returned to Tokyo, it was already the next evening.
After having dinner at Snow King Ice City, Fujino sent Sonoko home and Momiji back to her apartment, parked the car in the underground garage, returned to the store at Snow King Ice City, sat by the window, and looked at the street outside the window.
Haibara Ai cleaned up the dishes, came out from the kitchen, and sat next to Fujino.
In this way, the two of them sat quietly, looking at the dim night street scenery outside the window and the occasional passing cars.
After a while, Huihara Ai took the initiative to speak: "You already knew that Akiyoshi Miwako was actually the murderer, right?"
Fujino propped his chin up and looked out the window. After a brief silence, he chuckled and said, "Who knows?"
Upon hearing this, Huibara Ai remained calm, then raised her chin to look out the window, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.
In fact, when she found the body, she noticed that something was wrong with Fujino.
This feeling is indescribable.
If I were to say it, it's like you can know what the other person wants to do just by wagging your tail?
Haibara Ai felt that this might be the legendary old couple.
Well, now that we’ve lived together for such a long time, let’s just forget about it, right?
As for watching the other person kill people and doing nothing, Haibara Ai wouldn't care that much.
After all, she is not a detective fanatic like Kudo.
I even felt that Fujino did a good job.
Coming from an organization, she never had any trust in the law.
If the law is really useful, then why can the organization get away with it? Why did her parents die when she was just born? Why did her sister lose the trust of the organization and die because of being exploited by an FBI undercover?
If the law cannot redress the grievances of the victims, then why can't the victims be allowed to redress the grievances for themselves?
After all, laws are merely established by the ruling class to maintain stability and order among the lower classes.
Perhaps the law is fair to the lower class, but this is only true when both parties are from the lower class.
Once the class gap between the two sides is too large, the law will become a piece of waste paper.
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The weather suddenly got colder. On the fourth floor of 5-chome, Beika-cho, opposite the Mori Detective Agency.
"It's still a holiday..."
Fujino sat on the sofa in the room, looking at the date on his mobile phone, supporting his chin with his hands until he felt numb.
There is one good thing about the world of science.
Lots of rest days.
That’s true. If there were no days off, how would Conan, the little god of death, encounter a murder case?
"Boom boom boom!"
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Huihara Ai's voice came from outside the door: "Fujino, there is a letter for you."
"I see!"
Fujino responded, opened the door, and saw Haibara Ai wearing a red sweater.
Fujino took the envelope and took a look at it.
It was a pink and white envelope with a wax seal.
It looks very formal...and also has a love letter feel.
Could it really be a love letter?
Fujino opened the envelope and took a look. It read: [Dear Detective Fujino... I am a fan of your detective work. I have been following you since you first started solving cases... I don't know if you have heard that my family is a musical family. Since...
Let's get back to the topic. I have a commission that I would like you to help solve, but I don't know when you are available, and I don't have your phone number. If it is convenient for you, please call me - Shitara Renki]
The writer of the letter introduced himself and his family very clearly. It looked like a letter of commission written by a little detective fan who was born in a musical family, but Fujino always felt that it was a bit strange.
What we mean is, if you write a power of attorney letter, just write a power of attorney letter.
Why do you introduce your family background in such detail?
It's just like a dating ad...
Fujino complained silently in his heart.
Coming back to his senses, he lowered his chin, looked at the text at the end, and couldn't help but whispered, "But is my phone number that hard to get?"
Confused, he couldn't help but think about it carefully.
Suddenly I realized that my own phone number is really hard to get.
The address of his detective agency is easy to find, just ask around, but as for his phone number, it is generally impossible to get it unless someone introduces you or you have his business card.
After all, he has been relying on introductions from acquaintances from the beginning to now, and has rarely advertised...
Fujino collected his thoughts and looked at the envelope for a while, trying to find the last mentioned mobile phone number.
However, after searching for a long time, I didn't find any number similar to a mobile phone number.
Could it be a secret code?
After a moment of silence, he turned his gaze to the little loli assistant who was cracking the code in front of him.
He squatted down and handed the letter to Huiyuan Ai: "Xiao Ai, can you see if there is a code similar to a mobile phone number on this letter?"
"signal?"
The code assistant took the letter, frowned and looked at it for a moment, then pondered, "Is it possible that she forgot to write her phone number?"
"Ah, this... is possible?"
Fujino was speechless for a moment.
Think carefully about the other person, his family situation, and the excitement revealed in his handwriting...
Is it really possible that I was so excited that I forgot to write my phone number?
(End of this chapter)
