Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

That’s right, the lack of successors became a fatal hidden danger for the Hatamoto Group after Xia Jiang’s father passed away. This was also the advice that Fujiwara Hiroshi had given to the Suzuki Group before.

The advantage of this form of training successors is that it allows for a smoother transfer of power, without disputes or even fights among the heirs to the consortium.

Unfortunately, ideals are full of hope, but reality is very skinny. A car accident made Hatakemoto Gozo's fifty years of hard work go down the drain, and it was almost impossible to find a new successor in a short time.

So there was nothing Hatomoto Gozo could do. Faced with this situation of a lack of successors, he could only pick the tallest one among the short ones and choose Xia Jiang. At the same time, Hatomoto Gozo knew that apart from the virtue of being kind-hearted, Hatomoto Xia Jiang's ability to manage the consortium was not something he could be relied upon at all.

That's why Xiao Wu, the son-in-law, came into being. He was hired to help Xia Jiang manage the normal operation of the consortium, and then during his lifetime, he would bring Xia Jiang by his side and teach him personally so that he could grow up as quickly as possible.

Originally, in Hatamoto Haozo's plan, he wanted to teach Xiao Wu a lesson so that he could devote all his energy to assisting Xia Jiang and let him know his own little tricks. Hatamoto Haozo knew everything and didn't want him to have any bad thoughts. The important thing was to teach him a lesson.

He never expected that his own grandson would show up and kill him directly, which completely ended many of his plans before they could be implemented.

As for choosing Xia Jiang, it was also a helpless move. The younger son Xiang Er was raised freely since childhood. Unlike the elite training of the eldest son, he did not learn any business talents at all.

It can be seen from the fact that the Western restaurant run by Shoji is heavily in debt. I don't know if it is out of dissatisfaction with his father, but among so many careers to choose from, he chose the Western chef career that Hatamoto Gozo hated the most.

Shoji's various qualities had already destined him to be the first to leave. Hatamoto Hokuro was also a live-in son-in-law, his personality was suppressed and cultivated by Hatamoto Gozo into a housekeeper-type talent, originally to assist his eldest son.

The character and habits he has developed over time have destined him to never be able to take over the wealth, but he is better off than Xiang Er, as at least he is still involved in the management of the consortium.

Although Hatamoto Mariko and Hatamoto Akiie are women, they are both ruthless characters. If the consortium is handed over to them, everyone else will suffer.

As for Hatamoto Ryuo, he was a yellow-haired little punk. Hatamoto Gozo had never even looked at him straight in the eye. If Qiu Jiang had not liked him and insisted on marrying him, he probably would not even be able to enter the Hatamoto family, and naturally he would not be considered as Hatamoto Gozo's successor.

Finally, there is only one tough guy that Hatakemoto Gozo misjudged, and that is Hatakemoto Ichiro. Originally, in Hatakemoto Gozo's eyes, Hatakemoto Ichiro should have a personality similar to his father, a coward.

Hatamoto Ichirō's original position in Hatamoto Gozo's heart was essentially a combination of Hatamoto Shoji and Hatamoto Hokuro. Besides his father's submissive personality, his hobby was painting, which was the least useful for the management of the consortium. In this respect, he resembled his second uncle Shoji.

What surprised Hatamoto Gozo was that although Hatamoto Ichiro seemed timid on the outside, he actually inherited his mother's ruthlessness.

He is usually introverted and silent, and his disguise is very good, so even an old fox like Hatamoto Gozo was deceived by him, and he thought he was just an introverted child.

Hatamoto Gozo also paid the price for his mistake, and it was the price of blood, that is, his own life. Before he closed the door and breathed his last, he could not understand how his usually cowardly grandson could burst out with such cruelty, so he died with his eyes open!

Looking at the entire Hatamoto family, if you were in Hatamoto Gozo's position, you could only choose Xia Jiang as your successor. In addition to the above conditions, Xia Jiang's beautiful and kind character is what Hatamoto Gozo values most.

If Hatamoto Natsue took over the Hatamoto Group, Natsue would give the other members of the Hatamoto family a way to survive and would treat them well. If it were Akie and Mariko, everyone else would be doomed, so Hatamoto Gozo had no choice but to choose Natsue.

The most regrettable thing is that Mariko and Akie will never understand this truth. They will only think that Hatamoto Gozo is partial to Xia Jiang and leaves all the good things for Xia Jiang.

Therefore, they did not care about the death of Hatamoto Gozo, and wished he would die sooner so that they could inherit the estate. When they learned that the estate would all go to Xia Jiang, jealousy made them change beyond recognition.

In order to deal with Xia Jiang, the two of them joined forces, and they were bullying Xia Jiang one after another. Without Conan's sudden interruption, Xia Jiang would have been under their control.

As the honest man Hatamoto Hokuro took the initiative to confess, Mori Kogoro also figured it out and announced it in front of everyone.

"Then this murder case is the same as the previous one. Except for Xia Jiang who was with Xiaolan and the others, no one else has an alibi."

"Are you kidding me? How could I kill my own husband? What kind of detective are you? How dare you suspect me?"

The first one who couldn't stand it was Hatamoto Akiie, who said she couldn't accept Mori Kogoro's suspicion at all.

"Hmph! You're probably the one who's happiest about Ryuo's death!" Hatamoto Mariko really attacks wherever she gets the chance, and she's very aggressive.

He had seized the opportunity to attack Xia Jiang before, but after being diverted by Conan, he did not continue the previous topic. Now that he has a new target, he climbed up the pole directly and turned around to attack his former temporary partner Qiu Jiang.

It can be said that except for her own family of three, everyone else is within her attack range. It depends on who gives her the opportunity, and she will attack the other party without reservation.

"You..." Hatamoto Akiyo was shocked. Weren't they allies? How could she be targeted by her aunt? It could only be said that Akiyo was still too young and hadn't seen through her aunt's true nature.

"Don't think we don't know. In fact, you already have a man outside, right?" Hatamoto Mariko pointed her finger at Hatamoto Akiie and said loudly.

Mariko Hatamoto showed no mercy and her main purpose was to expose the family's dirty laundry. She really knew everything. There was nothing in this family that she didn't know.

Previously, it was Mariko Hatamoto who revealed Xiao Wu's true identity, the son of Zaishiro Yufu, after learning about it.

Now Akie has found a new gigolo outside, and Hatamoto Mariko knows about it again. She stands up and loudly accuses Hatamoto Akie.

Besides being shocked, what remained for Hatamoto Akiie was anger and rage. It was the pain of being stabbed in the back.

Qiu Jiang could never have imagined that the aunt who had been with him and helped him attack Xia Jiang just a moment ago would turn around and point the gun at her.