Detective Conan: The White Organization

Chapter 109

The story starts from yesterday at the restaurant. At that time, Yamazaki Shimaharu showed up and found Xiaolan directly. He seemed to have a very clear goal.

"Look at his appearance at that time. To be honest, I don't believe that he met Xiaolan by chance, so he temporarily asked Xiaolan to help and handed over the commission to Uncle Maori. His purpose at the time was very clear, which was to go straight to

Xiaolan is here." Xiao Yu analyzed while twisting his chin.

Conan also added: "And another piece of evidence that supports this statement is that when he explained to us that he came to look for Furute Ritsuka, there was a statement that this restaurant was the last time he met his wife.

place, so I wanted to come here to have a look, maybe I would find something, but this is suspicious enough."

"Yes, if that's the case, it can't explain the nonsense he said about the encounter. The direction is becoming more and more obvious. Since you are here to find traces of your missing wife, why are all the other guests ignored, but only

Targeting Xiaolan?"

Conan scratched his hair: "I really don't understand why he did this. Judging from the results, he just wanted Uncle Maori to take over this commission and took advantage of Xiaolan's kindness. But with the fifty he offered

Judging from the commission fee of 10,000 yen, my uncle, with his money-grubbing temperament, would never refuse. I don’t understand why he would go around in such a long way.”

"In short, this person must have his own purpose when he appears here to see Xiaolan, but we don't know what the purpose is now. I will not relax in the investigation of Yamazaki Shimaharu, and I still have Xiaolan's protection.

, it will also be strengthened in recent times. If you want to understand what Yamazaki Shimaji is planning, I’m afraid you have to figure out Furute Ritsuka.

The truth about the disappearance." Xiao Yu shook his head. This matter was very strange from the beginning, so he sent Xiaolan away to investigate. Since Yamazaki Shimaji calculated Xiaolan in this way, it is very likely that the purpose was

In order to get something from Xiaolan, it is the best way to temporarily isolate Xiaolan and Yamazaki Shimaji before Xiao Yu and Conan find out anything.

Conan nodded, leaned on the sofa and asked, "What do you think? I mean whether Furute Ritsuka is alive or dead now."

"Hmm... Personally, I think Ritsuka Furute has been killed." Xiao Yu scratched his eyebrows and said.

"Ah, indeed, judging from the current situation, the possibility of being killed is higher, but there is one thing that I have always found strange, and that is what Yamazaki Shimaji said."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "You're saying that Yamazaki Shimaharu described to us that before Furote Ritsuka disappeared, he behaved very strangely, and he guessed that Furote Ritsuka might be involved in some crime, right?"

"

Conan nodded: "Although from the information we have obtained, the possibility of Ritsuka Furute being involved in any case is very low, we cannot deny the possibility after all, don't you think so?"

Xiao Yu also nodded. In fact, he thought so too. Moreover, he was more radical and believed that if Ritsuka Furute was involved in a criminal case, then Yamazaki Shimaji would most likely be involved.

"By the way, I noticed that Ritsuka Furute didn't take her husband's surname. Isn't it the Japanese custom for a woman to change her surname to her husband's surname after getting married?" Xiao Yu suddenly said while holding the information and noticing something.

Conan obviously just noticed this, and after thinking about it, he said: "Not necessarily, some people have more open ideas, or some women who have received foreign education will not change their surnames. After all, this is not a big deal."

Xiao Yu said nothing and frowned.

Conan noticed something strange about Xiao Yu and said, "What's wrong?"

"No... look at Furute Ritsuka's past information. Does anything show that this woman's ideas are more towards Western feminism? On the contrary, there is a feeling of Yamato Nadeshiko. The information here clearly states that in the relationship with

Before Yamazaki Shimaharu got married,

Ritsuka Furute was very enterprising and was about to be promoted to the grade leader. However, after marrying Yamazaki Shimaji, she immediately gave up the opportunity for promotion. If she hadn't been able to let go of the children she brought up, she might have been

Resigning, this is a bit..."

The two looked at each other. Indeed, judging from this experience, Ritsuka Furute was not a particularly independent woman. On the contrary, she almost became a full-time wife after getting married.

It seems a little strange that she doesn't take her husband's surname.

Why wouldn't such a traditional woman follow such an obvious tradition?

Will there be any problems here?

"Okay, it seems we have found another clue that should be pursued. Which direction do you plan to investigate next?" Xiao Yu asked.

"I plan to get in touch with the teachers who work with Ritsuka Furute at Aidedo Elementary School. What about you?"

"I plan to contact the police to see if I can find any clues."

Conan immediately narrowed his half-moon eyes and said, "Hey, are you planning to sneak into the Metropolitan Police Department and steal something? Let me tell you..."

Xiao Yu immediately stared back: "Can you do it, can I commit the crime? This is not a major case, just talk to the police officer we are familiar with... Okay, okay, I will contact Officer Sato now

, she was the criminal police officer in charge of this case two years ago."

Under Conan's supervision, Xiao Yu dialed Officer Sato's phone number.

"Moxi Moxi, ah, it's Xiao Jun, what's the matter?" Sato Miwako's pleasant voice came over the phone.

Now the relationship between Xiao Yu and Miwako Sato is pretty good. After all, there is a life-saving grace in front of her, and Sato is also very curious about Xiao Yu. It is understandable that the relationship between the two is okay.

"Ah, Officer Sato, I have something to ask you. Uncle Maori asked me to ask you. Is it convenient for you now?"

"Of course it's convenient, just tell me." Sato said immediately. I have to say that Sato's character is really that of a sunny tomboy, with a very easy-going temper.

After Xiao Yu relayed the story about Yamazaki Shimaji, Officer Sato hesitated a little, and Xiao Yu followed up and said: "Officer Sato, if it involves confidentiality, forget it, I will let Uncle Maori investigate by himself."

As soon as Sato heard what Xiao Yu said, he immediately let go of his thoughts. Hey, what a big deal. How about a group of detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department who had nothing to do but leaked less of the case to Detective Mori's family?

Besides, people have helped me solve so many cases, so I always have a little bit of face. If this case is solved in the end, the credit will not go to me.

"Okay, but it's troublesome to say it. If Xiao Jun, you have time during lunch today, we can make an appointment to tell you, but you must convey what I tell you to Mr. Maori."

"I know~"

After saying that, Xiao Yu hung up the phone, and then saw Conan looking at Xiao Yu with a horrified look.

"Damn it, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking like this?"

"Hey, you guy, why are you so good at using uncle's reasons to cause trouble?"

Xiao Yu immediately ignored Conan. You should ask yourself this question first.

Hearing that he could get first-hand information from Sato about the case being investigated by the police, Conan also decided to go with Xiao Yu. As for meeting other teachers at Aipido Elementary School, they could wait until later.

The two immediately took the time to take a nap. When they woke up, it was already eleven o'clock at noon. It happened to be the time Xiao Yu and Officer Sato had agreed to meet. Xiao Yu asked Mingmei to drive the two to the police station.

A tea restaurant near the hall.

"Officer Sato!" Xiao Yu greeted with a smile. I have to say that Officer Sato is a great beauty. When she is quiet, her aura is really charming, but there is no such sign in her usual carefree appearance.

.

"Ah, Mr. Xiao, Conan is here too. Sit down quickly. What do you want to eat? I'm treating you today."

Naturally, the two of them didn't come here to eat. They casually ordered a drink and started asking about the case.

"This case happened two years ago. The person who reported the case at that time was the missing person's husband, Mr. Mori's client, Yamazaki Shimaharu. When the report was received, the statement was that he had not been seen for three days.

Got your wife?"

"Three days?" Both of them were shocked, and then Conan said: "Don't the police suspect that Yamazaki Shimaji killed Ritsuka Furute and hid the body before calling the police?"

Officer Sato grinned, not showing any displeasure: "Of course, but after our investigation, we confirmed that Yamazaki Shimaji has a clear alibi."

"He was on a business trip abroad at the time. During this period, he called home, but no one answered the phone. When he returned home, he found that his wife was missing, and then he realized that something was wrong and called the police. Regarding his business trip abroad,

We have also verified and confirmed through investigation that Ritsuka Furute had been missing for at least two days before Yamazaki Shimaharu called the police, and by this time Yamazaki Shimaharu was already abroad."

Xiao Yu frowned. Indeed, this was indeed the strongest alibi, but he still felt something was strange.

Officer Sato continued: "This case really stumped many of us at the time. All of Furute Ritsuka's colleagues and friends were unable to provide any clues after the incident. Furote Ritsuka herself had nothing to tell others.

There was a conflict, and there is no suspicion of being involved in any criminal incident. There is no way to investigate this case. Although the police have not given up the investigation, to be honest, I don’t have any expectations."

Xiao Yu and Conan looked at each other, and it turned out that there was only one person here with black eyes.

"However, we later got an interesting clue."

However, just when the two of them had given up on getting any useful information from Sato, Sato suddenly said.

"Huh? What?"

"There are rumors that when Ritsuka Furute was in college, she was very close to the boss of the Ushikawa group, and might even be his mistress."