Conan: Another Famous Detective

About half an hour later, hotel room 403. ,

Akira Hanomiya and his party returned here and saw Mary hiding in the room.

Mary crossed her arms and looked at Akira Hanomiya with a slightly solemn expression: "In other words, you came here to investigate the Haneda Koji case seventeen years ago and came into contact with that Hotta Kaito?"

Akira Hanomiya nodded: "Yes, although judging from Hota Keito's previous behavior, it doesn't seem like we really have any clues, but we still came here with the attitude of giving it a try."

Mary raised her eyebrows lightly: "What's the result?"

"The results were as expected." Sera spread his hands helplessly: "That Hota Kaito heard somewhere that the missing bodyguard Asaka was wearing a body mirror, and thought that the other party was a woman, so he planned to [channel] that Haneda Koji was Killed by a woman.”

When Mary heard this, she immediately curled her lips and said, "Is that just the case?"

Yu Gongming's eyes flashed: "Oh? It seems like you know something?"

Seriang shook his head: "I don't have any clues anyway. I wasn't even born when the crime happened!"

Mary also said: "Although we have some relationship with this case, I am not a direct investigator and my understanding of this case is very limited. In fact, we have been trying to investigate this case."

After a pause, Mary said: "However, according to the available information, before Koji Haneda was killed, he had afternoon tea with the American bourgeoisie Amanda. Maybe they were not the only ones dining together at that time."

"Why do you think so?" Conan asked.

Mary replied: "Because on the day of the crime, the afternoon tea ordered by Haneda Koji and Amanda seemed to be black tea and cake. This is a typical British afternoon tea, but the two people they met, one was American and the other was Japanese. "

Conan frowned slightly: "If that's the case, could it be that the Englishman is the bodyguard named Asaka?"

"That's unclear." Mary said, "Actually, I'm not sure whether the bodyguard named Asaka really exists. The public information doesn't mention anything about Asaka's appearance."

Yu Gongming's expression condensed slightly: "Are you saying that someone is misleading you?"

"Who knows?" Mary said noncommittally, "But how did you notice Haneda Koji's case?"

Akira Hanomiya had already prepared an answer for this question and replied: "There is some information that Mr. Akai told us. Of course, there are other coincidences."

He gave a brief account of the murder of President Hiyama, emphasizing the part about password cracking.

"[UMASACARA]?" Mary muttered the secret code left by Haneda Koji with a look of deep thought on her face.

"Eh? Did you actually find such an important clue?" Sera was full of surprise.

"It's just a clue." Yu Gongming shook his head: "We interpreted the code from multiple angles, and finally got three more likely guesses."

He informed Sera and his daughter of several speculations about [UMASACARA].

"Asaka...Rum...Karasuma?" Sera and her daughter chewed on these names, both showing deep thoughts.

"Speaking of Karasuma, I checked it out during this period." Mengyu said: "The most famous one is Japan's Karasuma Consortium, which is apparently headquartered in Tottori Prefecture."

"Its public assets are already quite impressive, not far behind or even better than large consortiums like the Suzuki Foundation. And it seems to be closely related to many members of Congress."

"The founder's name is [Karasuma Renya], and he was an influential wealthy man in Japan's Showa era."

"Karasuma Renya?" Conan's pupils shrank: "If I remember correctly, the Dusk Annex we went to seems to belong to Karasuma Renya, right?"

"Twilight Villa? What is that?" Shi Liang asked curiously.

"A luxurious villa in the wilderness." Yu Gongming explained: "Moreover, the entire exterior wall of the villa seems to be made of pure gold, and its value is immeasurable."

"An exterior wall made of pure gold? How much does it cost?" Sera asked in surprise.

"It should be at least 100 billion yen, right?" Akira Hanomiya roughly guessed.

Seriang's eyes widened: "Hey! Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Akira Hanomiya shrugged: "What's even weirder is that the Karasuma Consortium seems to have given up on this villa. After several twists and turns, the villa finally fell into the hands of a private detective."

"Neither the private investigator nor the seller knew the true value of the villa. The private investigator seemed to have bought the villa for less than one billion yuan."

Seriang touched his chin: "Strange, if that villa is really like what you said, the Karasuma Group should take the villa into its own hands. Even if it wants to sell it, it should be at a matching price, one billion yuan, which is equivalent to 1 billion yuan." It’s too shabby compared to 100 billion.”

"The point is, the size of the Karasuma Consortium allows him to give up such a priceless villa." Meng Yu said lightly.

Sera scratched his hair: "If Haneda Koji's code really refers to Karasuma, and this Karasuma consortium is related to the organization, then wouldn't we be at their base in Japan?"

Yu Gongming smiled: "As long as there is no exposure, this may not be a bad thing."

Seriang blinked: "It seems so."

Mary looked slightly stern: "If the opponent is the Karasuma Consortium, then we may have to be more cautious in our actions."

"That's natural." Yu Gongming nodded.

At this point in the conversation, Hanemiya Akira and Kudo brother and sister said goodbye.

The purpose of coming here this time was to tell Sera and his daughter some clues about the Haneda Koji case so that they could be mentally prepared. Of course, it would be best if we could get additional information from them.

Unfortunately, whether Mary really didn't know or didn't want to tell, Yu Gongming's gains were not big, except for two more guesses.

However, Yu Gongming quietly accomplished something with the help of this exchange of information.

He looked at Conan, who was deep in thought as he walked ahead, and his eyes passed over the hood of his back collar.

The hood swayed slightly as Conan walked, and vaguely, a color that was obviously different from the color of the coat Conan was wearing flashed through.

…………

Maori Detective Agency.

"Damn it! Lost again!" Mouri Kogoro shouted with annoyance while wearing headphones.

Xiaolan, who was doing housework at the side, looked at her father helplessly: "Dad told you not to bet on horses. You have almost spent all the commission fees this month!"

Mouri Kogoro took off his headphones and waved his hands impatiently: "Stop blabbering! This time it was an accident. I will definitely win next time! Humph!"

As he spoke, he threw away his headphones, picked up the entertainment newspaper and read it, as if he wanted to relieve his depression through the newspaper.

Xiaolan looked at her father, shook her head slightly, said no more, and continued to do housework.

But Xiaolan didn't see that Mouri Kogoro's face, which was covered by the newspaper, was a little solemn at this time.

"Karasuma Consortium..." He murmured in his heart.