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

Kyoto, Xingyao Company branch building.

Nishizaki Hayabusa smoked a cigarette, his expression icy. "I understand. I'll send someone to manage the geisha house and won't let them talk nonsense."

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm not that idiot Nishizaki Kenji."

"Got it. I won't."

As soon as he hung up the phone, Nishizaki Hayabusa's face immediately fell.

The young man sitting opposite Nishizaki Hayabusa asked anxiously, "Dad, what's going on?"

"The old man asked us to suspend business." Nishizaki Hayabusa put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray in angrily.

"What? Now?" Nishizaki Chi frowned. "But those people are already here! They all made reservations in advance. If we stop business now, how will they handle it? Those people are all partners of the Nishizaki family. Isn't this embarrassing for us?"

"We must stop no matter what." Nishizaki Hayabusa was extremely clear-headed. "Since it's the old man who gave the order himself, we can't disobey."

"It's really..." Nishizaki Chi muttered distressedly, "We have to offend people and lose money at the same time. How come we have to face the same fate?"

"When running a business, there are always losses," said Nishizaki Shunpei. "I'll call each of my customers to appease them, which is relatively easy. It's just that there's something strange going on with Kaneda-sun."

Jin Tiancun was not only Xingyao Entertainment's top agent, but also one of their biggest pimps. His sudden and unexplained death in an alley was truly alarming.

Nishizaki Shaku suddenly thought of something: "Dad, do you think it was that Shirakawa Akane who did it? He just came to Kyoto and one of our people died. And wasn't he also investigating the geisha house? Maybe he was the one who killed Kaneda Inu!"

Nishizaki Hayabusa frowned, "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"Those police are such losers! Someone's dead, and they can't even find out anything." Nishizaki Shaku said angrily, "Could it be that they're deliberately neglecting us because they see our Nishizaki family is weak these days?"

Nishizaki Shunpei sighed, "When will you change your temper? This murder was clearly well-prepared. You know the level of the police investigation. It would be a wonder they could figure it out right away."

If the police were really smart, how could they have allowed their business to continue to this day?

Nishizaki Shaku knew his father was right, but he still pouted unhappily.

Just as the father and son were talking about the murder case, someone knocked on their office door.

The secretary walked in and said, "President, the police came over suddenly and said they have something to ask you."

"Police? Did they say anything?" Nishizaki Hayabusa sat up straight.

"It seems he is here to ask about the Jintiancun case." The secretary guessed.

Nishizaki Hayabusa and Nishizaki Shaku looked at each other.

"Is it really targeting our Nishizaki family?" Nishizaki Hayabusa murmured softly.

"Dad, why don't we just reveal Shirakawa Qiu's name and get the police to investigate him!" Nishizaki Chi suggested, "With the police watching, he definitely won't dare to do anything else to us."

"No." Nishizaki Shunpei directly rejected Nishizaki Chi's proposal, glaring at him with disapproval, "Are you trying to lead the police to target Shirakawa Akane, or are you trying to blow yourself up? We're not clean ourselves, be careful not to end up losing more than we gain!"

It doesn't matter if Shirakawa Qiu sets his sights on the geisha house, but if they focus the police's attention on Shirakawa Qiu, there's no telling what the police will discover by following Shirakawa Qiu.

Nishizaki Hayabusa held his forehead with a headache.

They are both sons, so why can other people's sons be trained as heirs, while his son is so stupid that the old man doesn't even want to look at him more than a few times.

Ugh--

"President?" The secretary, seeing the father and son discussing animatedly, reminded him awkwardly, "Officer Ayanokouji is still waiting downstairs."

"Got it. I'll be right down." Nishizaki Shunpei stood up. Before leaving, he specifically warned Nishizaki Chiba, "Don't do unnecessary things. Keep a low profile for now. Wait until the hype has died down. Don't become another Nishizaki Daisora."

Nishizaki Shaku: "I know, I know!"

Nishizaki Hayabusa shook his head and walked away with a sigh.

After his father left, Nishizaki Shaku took out his cell phone.

"Since you won't let me go to the geisha house, I'll ask someone to come over. Is that okay?"

He stared at his phone and muttered softly.

……

In the evening, Conan and his friends returned to the monk's restaurant.

There was a burst of laughter in the room. When they walked in, they found that Kogoro Mouri had woken up and was happily chatting with Anko Mikata.

"Hey? You're back?" Maori Kogoro said cheerfully, inviting everyone to sit down. "How was it? How was your afternoon outing?"

"not bad!"

The boys walked over to the cushions and sat down.

Mao Lilan was a little surprised: "Dad, you woke up so early today."

"Haha, thanks to the hangover soup the monk made." Maori Kogoro said as he moved his shoulders. "You know what, this is the most comfortable I've ever felt since I got drunk!"

His health is not as good as before. In the past, he would always feel uncomfortable after a hangover. But this time, when Kogoro Mouri woke up, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he felt refreshed.

Mikata Anzi explained with a smile, "This is the monk's exclusive recipe. It goes well with the wine. Drinking it is very good for your health. If Mr. Maori hadn't stayed for lunch, I would have missed it."

Maori Kogoro smiled and scratched his head: "Haha, thank you so much, I'm sorry to bother the monk, I will thank her later."

Conan looked up at Mikata Anzi: "Ms. Anzi, have you been here all afternoon?"

Mikata Anzi shook her head: "Of course not, I went to the geisha house this afternoon."

Maori Kogoro took the initiative to explain on behalf of Mikata Anzi: "There is no shift at the geisha house today, so Miss Anzi went there and came back soon."

"That's it."

Everyone started chatting casually again.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside again, and then the white-haired young man pushed open the shoji door and walked in.

"Eh? Everyone's back. I didn't expect I'd be the last one to arrive."

Shirakawa Qiu greeted with a smile.

Maori Kogoro: "It's okay, these guys just arrived too."

Conan asked Shirakawa Qiu with concern: "Did Mr. Shirakawa find anyone this afternoon?"

Baichuanqiu spread his hands: "I guess I found it."

"Is the other person also from the geisha house?"

"Yes, she used to be an artist at Xingyao Entertainment, but unfortunately, the company later arranged for her to work in a geisha house."

Conan was surprised: "Is this possible?"

An entertainer turned geisha? What's going on here? I don't quite understand.

Hattori Heiji's attention was also drawn to it: "Isn't it inappropriate for the company to arrange this?"

This is practically a cross-industry move, isn't it? How dare Xingyao Company do this? And the artists didn't resist?

Bai Chuanqiu sighed helplessly: "Things in the entertainment industry are very complicated. Besides, the company holds the contract, and the artists under it have no right to refuse."

Hattori Heiji frowned: "To think there is such a thing."

He had heard about the chaos in the entertainment industry before, but what Baichuan Qiu said now once again refreshed his cognition.

Yuanshan Heye, standing by, was curious: "Who is the person Mr. Shirakawa is looking for? I've seen several artists from Xingyao Entertainment on TV! I wonder if anyone has seen her..."

"It seems to be a girl group, dancing..."

Memories of Shirakawa.