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

Morning at the Poirot Café.

Azusa Enomoto was preparing tableware. Just as she looked up, she saw Shirakawa Akane and Amuro Toru walking in together.

"Eh? The store manager and Amuro-kun came together today?" Azusa Enomoto was a little surprised.

Bai Chuanqiu smiled and nodded: "Yes, we just happened to meet on the way."

In fact, the three of them chatted too late yesterday, so Fūya Ling simply stayed at his place for one night.

However, it was basically Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu who were chatting. As an "outsider", he did not join in the conversation much and went back to his room to sleep.

——The main thing is that Shirakawa Akane still doesn’t quite know how he should answer if Amuro Toru asks him about Gin.

After all, based on Rei Furuya's insight, it is not difficult to suspect that he has contact with Gin.

So he could only pretend that he knew nothing and go back to his bedroom to sleep.

Amuro Toru was clearly in a very good mood today, and didn't notice Shirakawa Akane's complicated emotions. He smiled and greeted Enomoto Azusa, then held out his hand: "I'll take care of these, Miss Azusa, just go and boil some water."

Azusa Enomoto: "Huh? Okay, okay."

It was somewhat unexpected that she was given the job by Toru Amuro.

Seeing Amuro Toru's energetic appearance, Enomoto Azusa scratched his head in confusion and approached Shirakawa Akane: "Manager, do you think Amuro-kun looks different today?"

Baichuan Qiu was absent-minded: "Hmm?"

Azusa Enomoto: "? Manager, did you not sleep well?"

Why does Amuro-kun seem to be full of energy today, while Manager Shirakawa seems to have been drained of his energy and looks listless.

"No, I'm fine." Baichuan Qiu forced a smile, and even his usually sharp shark teeth dimmed a little.

Azusa Enomoto: "?"

It feels so strange.

The little girl quietly moved to the side a few times, keeping a safe distance from the two people in the store.

"Meow~"

The captain appeared from nowhere, twisted his body with an elegant cat-like gait, and squatted at the door.

Shirakawa Akane glanced at it, his expression slightly startled, and quickly turned his back to block Amuro Toru's sight, and said to Enomoto Azusa: "I don't know where the captain has gone to play again. I'll carry it to the back to wash it."

"it is good."

Toru Amuro looked up and then continued to work on his work.

Baichuan Qiu walked to the door, squatted down and looked at the calico cat on the ground, and stretched out his hand: "Captain."

The captain called out, walked up to Baichuan Qiu, and rubbed his palm affectionately.

And on its back, someone tied a very old newspaper.

Baichuan Qiu's eyes darkened, and he reached out to hold the captain in his arms, stuffing the captain and the newspaper into his clothes.

"Captain, thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to some dried fish later."

Shirakawa Akane murmured softly, scratching Sanhua's nose with his fingers, earning a satisfied purr from the captain.

He chuckled, turned and walked into the Poirot Cafe.

As the white-haired young man left with the cat, a black Porsche slowly started up on the street in the distance and disappeared on the spot.

In the kitchen, Shirakawa Qiu placed the captain in the sink, reached out to take the newspaper off the captain, and unfolded it carefully.

This newspaper is quite old. The whole paper is yellowish and there are even traces of tea on it. It looks like it was taken out of the tea stains and blown dry. It feels bumpy and very old.

I really don't know where gin comes from.

——This is a newspaper from seven years ago, called "Morning Star Daily", published by Morning Star Newspaper. Judging from the name, it doesn't seem to be a particularly popular newspaper at the moment, it should be a tabloid.

And the date on it is...March 11th.

It was a few days before the original owner had a car accident.

That day, the Morning Star's front-page headline read, "Shocking! Linlu Construction Collapses! Suspected of Withholding Substantial Wages. Is the Baihong Bridge a Safety Hazard?"

Baichuan Qiu's pupils shrank slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the news.

Linlu Construction?

What impressed him the most was not the Baihong Bridge, but Linlu Construction!

Linlu Construction, also known as Linlu Construction Engineering Group, was responsible for the construction of Baihong Bridge.

That year, the Baihong Bridge, which had only been completed for two years, collapsed due to the impact of the original owner. Linlu Construction had to rebuild it, and all the losses and compensation were charged to him by Linlu Construction.

During that period, most of the debt collectors were hired by their group.

A mere new overpass could be knocked down so easily. There must be something wrong with it, but recuperation was the most important thing at the time. No matter how many explanations were given, the conclusion was already established, so Baichuan Qiu simply accepted it.

In other words, Baichuanqiu's biggest creditor in recent years is Linlu Construction. All the money he worked so hard to earn was finally lost to Linlu Construction!

How could this not leave a deep impression on Baichuan Qiu?

This newspaper mainly tells the story of a reporter from the newspaper discovering that a general project manager of Linlu Construction has assets worth hundreds of millions of yuan, but several projects that Linlu Construction is responsible for have been in deficit for many years.

While the project is suffering huge losses, the person in charge is earning tens of millions of yuan a month and an annual salary of over 100 million yuan. Is there something unknown going on?

This report is full of questions and speculations, without any evidence. It seems more like the newspaper can't find a topic and is deliberately fabricating public opinion in an attempt to gain traffic.

However, Baichuanqiu noticed one thing——

[We will continue to report on this.]

[Reporter: Shunsuke Nakamaki]

Shunsuke Nakamaki?

It's him?

One of the three suspicious car owners who disappeared from the police academy that night!

Baichuan Qiu remembered that his car appeared in the police academy a day in advance, but there was no record of him leaving the academy afterwards. It was very likely that he left the school on the night of the 21st.

Before this, Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara had never found this person's identity information. As a result, they never expected that his real identity was actually a newspaper reporter!

Reporters, bridges, car accidents...

There is no connection between them, Baichuan Qiu would never believe it.

Morning Star Newspaper, Linlu Construction...

Baichuan Qiu narrowed his eyes, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

It’s a pity that so much time has passed, and it’s still a bit troublesome to dig out the people from that time.

But that's okay.

He has plenty of time.

Perhaps because Baichuan Qiu's aura suddenly became very scary, the system remained silent from beginning to end.

It wasn't until Baichuan Qiu carried the captain out of the bathroom that the system finally had the courage to show up: "Host, you were so scary just now."

It doesn't even dare to speak.

Shirakawa Akane: "...? Really? No."

The system recalled the scene just now and said weakly, "Is that newspaper important to the host? I feel that the host is a little different from before. And where did it come from? Why is it tied to the captain's body..."

Baichuan Qiu bent down, letting the captain regain his freedom, and said casually: "It's nothing, just Gin's reward."

"Oh..." The system responded, and then suddenly realized -

"Eh? Eh heh heh? It was actually sent by Master Gin?!"

It screamed excitedly: "You actually had a secret contact behind my back? Ahhh, when did this happen? What did I miss? Wuuwuwu——"

Shirakawa: ...Is this how private contact works? You really think you're chasing an idol?

The system is very sad.

It missed meeting its idol.

Woohoo.

Shirakawa tried to discredit Gin's image: "Your idol quality is not high. You actually smoked in my cafe."

Not only did he smoke, but he also let Toru Amuro smell it. Now Toru Amuro has become Rei Furuya, and he doesn't know how to explain this.

The system said as a matter of course: "A villain without quality is a good villain! As expected of my Master Gin, it's so cool to be without quality!"

Baichuan Qiu: "..."

For a moment, he didn't know whether the system was sincerely praising him or being sarcastic.

Never mind, a system that can’t grasp the key points is still very reassuring.

——My blood pressure is high again.