Conan: Another Famous Detective

Half an hour later.

Director Hakuba closed his eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought. Matsumoto Kiyonaga still sat upright, not daring to disturb him.

After a long time, Director Hakuba sat up slightly and looked at Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "How many people have read these materials?"

"It's just me and Megure." Matsumoto Kiyonaga immediately replied, paused, and added: "The information is also handled by Sato and Takagi. As soon as they got the information, they immediately returned to the Metropolitan Police Department and handed it over to me."

"Yes!" Director Baima nodded approvingly: "Of course I am assured of your character and abilities. As for Mu Mu..."

Director Hakuba pondered for a while, then asked Matsumoto Kiyonaga for his opinion: "What do you think?"

"Megure should be reliable enough." Matsumoto Kiyonaga replied: "He has been working hard for so many years. Although he is only in the police department, he has also participated in the investigation of many major and important cases. He has always kept a strict tone."

"That's it..." Director Hakuba showed a clear look on his face: "In that case, you will be in charge of Mu Mu."

"Yes! I understand!" Matsumoto Kiyonaga immediately responded.

"Let's talk about the information." Director Baima turned the topic back on track: "How credible do you think these information are?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga pondered for a while and replied, "I think the credibility is relatively high. It involves many events and details of people. With the power of our police, we can find some clues."

"What's more, this was information Toyokawa voluntarily provided after the attack. When he was interrogated before, he had no intention of providing this information."

"Based on my subordinates' guess, the person behind him must have also realized that Toyokawa was hiding something fishy, ​​so after he fell into the hands of the police, he immediately sent people to try to kill him and silence him."

"And when Toyokawa saw that the person behind him had given up on him, he simply betrayed him and handed the information to our police."

"Yes! This is indeed a quite reasonable explanation." Director Baima nodded in approval.

After a pause, Director Hakuba continued: "However, could a person like Toyokawa, who has such important information, be caught just because of an ordinary kidnapping case?"

"It is indeed a bit dramatic." Matsumoto Kiyonaga replied: "Toyokawa sent out gang members to kidnap his rival Miss Kumiko in order to get a large design project from the Karasuma Consortium."

"What a coincidence, but I was bumped into by Detective Hanomiya who was seeing off a friend at the airport, which led to failure."

"After that, Toyokawa still refused to give up and kept sending people to follow Miss Kumiko. In the end, Detective Hanomiya, who was entrusted by Miss Kumiko, cooperated with our police to capture evidence of Toyokawa."

"It's Toyokawa's former secretary, right?" Director Hakuba said calmly.

"Yes!" Matsumoto Kiyonaga nodded: "That guy has a lot of criminal evidence about Toyokawa. It is precisely because of this evidence that Sato has the confidence to arrest Toyokawa."

Director Hakuba folded his hands in front of him and looked at Matsumoto Kiyonaga meaningfully: "Don't you think...it's such a coincidence?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga was silent for a while and nodded slightly: "It is indeed a coincidence, but to say that it was man-made arrangement seems to be somewhat traceless."

"If Miss Kumiko hadn't happened to be rescued by Detective Hanomiya, she would have been kidnapped by Toyokawa's people, and nothing would have happened next."

"And Miss Kumiko and Detective Hanemiya have never interacted before. Detective Hanemiya accepted her commission only after meeting at the airport."

"Did Detective Hanomiya really happen to go to the airport to see off a friend?" Director Hakuba interjected.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga thought for a while and nodded: "It should be right. Although it is true that he is not sending friends, he did send people to the plane when they arrived at the airport. You should also have an impression of those two directors."

"One is the world-renowned novelist Yusaku Kudo, and the other is his wife, the former Japanese actress Yukiko Kudo."

Director Baima raised his eyebrows: "It's them! Haven't they been abroad before?"

"Yes, but they come back to Japan from time to time to see their son and daughter." Matsumoto Kiyonaga introduced: "Detective Hanomiya and their daughter, Miss Mengyu, are currently in a relationship."

Director Baima couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Oh? Is this a young man meeting his parents?"

"Probably?" Matsumoto Kiyon shrugged.

"Then let's tentatively assume that Detective Hanomiya just happened to meet." Director Hakuba did not hesitate and continued: "Then if Detective Hanomiya had not met Miss Kumiko, would things really be different?"

"This..." Matsumoto Kiyonaga began to think.

Since the leader has asked this question, it means that he has different opinions, and he should not rush to express his opinions at this time.

After thinking for a while, Matsumoto Kiyonaga considered it carefully and said: "If it were not for Detective Hanomiya, the kidnapping would eventually succeed. According to the kidnapper's confession, Miss Kumiko would eventually be sunk into the sea."

"At that time, I'm afraid the police can only handle it as a disappearance case. As you know, such disappearances are not uncommon every year. If there are no further clues, they will not allocate many police personnel to take charge of this matter."

At this point, he paused and hesitated: "At that stage, will anyone hand over clues to the police?"

"Maybe?" Director Baima said ambiguously.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga was speechless for a moment, a little unsure of Director Hakuba's attitude.

Seeing his silence, Director Baima smiled: "Don't think too much about it, it's just an assumption on my part."

Matsumoto Kiyonaga's eyes flashed slightly.

Director Baima has his own intelligence channels, and at his level, he is already vaguely aware of this.

Maybe the director knew something from other channels?

Matsumoto Kiyonaga instinctively reasoned according to Director Hakuba's guess, and his expression gradually became solemn.

He said, "If we go by the director's assumption, the only one who can do it is President Karasuma."

He glanced at the director. Director Bai Ma raised his chin slightly, indicating for him to continue.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga took a breath and continued: "In the final analysis, for Toyokawa to enter the police's sight, he must have actually carried out certain actions recently - such as kidnapping Miss Kumiko,"

"And his motive for kidnapping Miss Kumiko was that he fell into a passive position in the competition with Miss Kumiko, so he decided to eliminate his competitors from the physical level."

"As for the competition situation, President Karasuma, as the project bidder, has absolute dominance!"

Having said this, Matsumoto Kiyonaga frowned slightly: "But what is his motive for doing this?"

"Why did you come to me?" Director Baima asked with a smile.

"Of course it's because of these information." Matsumoto Kiyonaga pointed at the laptop, and then he was stunned: "Wait! Is this the purpose of President Karasuma!?"

"Well! Maybe he came here because of this information!" Director Baima said calmly.

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