Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

"Don't worry, my grandfather is with the head of the Nishizaki family, so there won't be any problems."

Bai Ma sat on the stone bench with a leisurely tone.

Baichuan Qiu looked at Bai Ma Tan and inconspicuously moved to the side. "No wonder. According to the timeline, the Nishizaki family's head was responsible for what happened back then. So, in all likelihood, only the head of the family knew the details best. Now that you've blocked the path they've confirmed, others who are unaware will become confused."

"That's right." Hase Yuta nodded. "With the Hakuba family taking action, we won't be able to receive any news from them for a while."

Baichuan Qiu narrowed his eyes and looked at Bai Ma Tan: "Nine years ago, you didn't take action. I don't think it's out of conscience to take action now... Could it be because of next year's election?"

Although the Hase family has withdrawn from politics, the connections they left behind are still a very powerful force. In addition, both families belong to the same party. With the support of the Hase family, they will definitely be more powerful in next year's general election.

As for the Nishizaki family... as a competitor next year, if they fall because of the case nine years ago, then the Hakuba family will be killing two birds with one stone this time.

No wonder Bai Ma Tan appeared here. It turned out that he came for the benefit of the family.

Surprise flashed in Bai Ma Tan's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. "Your political acumen is beyond my imagination."

Some things are barely leaked and the general public will never know about them.

The guy in front of him saw through their true purpose at a glance, which was simply terrifying.

Baichuan Qiu shrugged and said nothing.

If he didn't have this ability, how could he have helped the Pulton family win the presidency?

It’s a pity that those things that happened back then are destined to never be seen by others.

"So you are sure that the Nishizaki family will take action." Shirakawa Qiu said.

Hase Yuta: "The current head of the Nishizaki family is called Nishizaki Taro. He is about to retire, but his next generation is too incompetent, so he is training his grandson to be the future successor of the Nishizaki family."

"This successor is called Nishizaki Toukei. He's just graduated from university and has entered politics with the support of the Nishizaki family. Judging from his performance so far, he has both ability and skills, and has already shown some of the demeanor of Taro Nishizaki back in his youth."

"It's just that he's still too young. Nishizaki Taro has been used to being in a position of power for many years, so he treats his family members with the same sternness and control that comes with being a superior. Nishizaki Touki is very afraid of him. Even after taking over many family affairs, all decisions, big and small, still need to be reviewed by Nishizaki Taro."

Baichuanqiu: "Isn't that a puppet?"

"That's not the case. It's only like this for the Nishizaki family. Nishizaki Toukei decides his own official affairs, so he has his own opinions." Hase Yuta shook his head.

Bai Chuanqiu probably understood: "Are you forcing him to make a choice?"

Hase Yuta nodded: "After something like this happened, Nishizaki Doujie had to make his own decision. After all, the news had not yet reached the head of the family, and time was very tight. If something really went wrong, he would definitely be punished. So even if Nishizaki Doujie knew there was a trap, he had to take some measures..."

"——And we have already set the stage for him!"

Bai Chuanqiu's gaze fell on Jackson: "So, apart from this guy, everyone else on the scene is basically the actors you hired, right?"

"Mr. Maori and Detective Hattori were indeed unexpected. The rest of the people who stayed behind, except for the undercover agent sent by the Nishizaki family, were indeed all notified by me in advance."

In order to put on a complete show, Yuta Hase really recruited a group of detectives and inserted actors he arranged into them, just to perform for the undercover agent.

Generally speaking, after knowing that the case involves certain political struggles, most detectives will give up, so Hase Yuta can naturally keep his actors.

But he really didn't expect that Kogoro Mori and Heiji Hattori and their group would choose to stay even though they knew it was involved in political struggles.

If Hakuba had not guaranteed to him that this group of people would not be the accomplices of the Nishizaki family, he would almost suspect that Mori Kogoro and others were also Nishizaki's undercover agents.

Thinking of the reasoning answers submitted by Hattori Heiji in the villa, Hase Yuta sighed helplessly: "Hattori Heiji is worthy of being a famous young detective in Kansai. The answer he deduced really made me shine, especially the close-up of the murderer——"

"Until now, most police and detectives believed the killer's dominant hand was right-handed. However, in reality, the killer was left-handed, and the condition of the body at the scene was simply a deliberate disguise. This was discovered by a novelist named Kudo Yusaku. However, because the case had been closed for some time at that time, very few people knew about this."

Just now, Hattori Heiji emphasized this point in his reasoning.

"Luckily, Jackson reacted quickly and asked them to write down all their reasoning on paper. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to complete our plan."

With Yuzhu in front of him, Jackson's forged reasoning could not be so perfect and amazing.

Jackson was smug. "I've been observing them. That Maori detective is really good at hiding his emotions. I'm not sure if he saw through it and was deliberately keeping it to himself. But the young detective's emotions were all expressed on his face. I had to stop him from reasoning in public."

Hase Yuta: "Mr. Maori Kogoro only wrote the answer "Professional Killer." I think he must have realized that our request was just a setup, but he didn't say it out loud. Otherwise, he wouldn't have described it so briefly, or even without detailed reasoning."

The other detectives all wrote lengthy reasonings, fearing that they had written too little, but Detective Maori was the only one who wrote a few simple words. They seemed perfunctory, but they carried the disdain of a famous detective, with a sense of arrogance of "I know you are setting up a trap for others, so I see through it but don't expose it."

——You are truly worthy of being called Detective Maori!

Listening to the two of them talking back and forth, praising Kogoro Mori crazily, Shirakawa Akira's mouth twitched.

Does Kogoro Mori himself know that you think this way about him?

I'm really impressed. Do all the smart people in this world like to imagine so much?

First, Gin sniped Mouri Kogoro, and then you two transformed Mouri Kogoro... The title of detective is really attached to Mouri Kogoro and can't be taken away.

Shirakawa Shu seriously doubted that even without Conan's help in the future, Maori Kogoro would still be able to do well with this fame.

He sighed deeply: "The protagonist group is good."

Unlike him, he has to engage in intrigues with the black side and hide from the red side. His life is really full of ups and downs.

Alas, as I thought about it, my hand couldn't help but touch the knife again.

so annoying.

……

"Hattori, it looks like Mr. Hase and the others are over there."

Conan noticed a group of people sitting in the garden.

Hattori Heiji tutted his words lightly. "There's something fishy about that Jackson. I was wondering how a murderer who'd been missing for nine years could fall into my trap so easily. Turns out he was a swindler."

Conan sighed: "Detective Hakuba is here too. It seems that everyone is just acting this time, and we are the only ones who take it seriously."

Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes: "Who is the real prey? Kato Sakurako? Or that Takada Ichido?"

"It should be Miss Kato Sakurako." Conan analyzed rationally, "At that time, she was the only one who found it hard to believe that Jackson was the murderer, and even kept questioning it. So it is obvious that Mr. Hase and his team's goal was to make Kato Sakurako believe that Jackson was the murderer."

"And Mr. Takada Ichido is probably also an actor that Mr. Hase found to cooperate with him."

Hattori Heiji understood and rubbed his chin. "I was saying that Mr. Takada Ichido seemed a bit strange. He was the first one to raise the suspicion that Jackson was the murderer."

Conan scratched his head: "But this lie should be exposed soon, right? If Kato Sakurako knew the person who hired the murder nine years ago, she would definitely tell them immediately and confirm it."

Hattori Heiji walked over and said nonchalantly, "Then go over and ask."