Thinking that there was an accident, Uehara Katsumi and Sato Miwako hurried to the office area, only to find that the person who got slapped was Takasugi Toshihiko in a purple suit——
Matsumoto Kiyonaga, the manager of the Investigation Section 1 of the Violent Crime Department III, who did not know when he appeared, slowly lowered his raised right hand. It was obvious on his calm and confident face that he was restraining his raging anger.
Megure Thirteen, who was too late to stop his boss's behavior, saw his beloved general Sato coming out with Uehara Katsumi, and quickly gave them a wink.
On an empty desk, a voice recorder was playing a recording of a conversation between two women in a loop——
"Mrs. Miyazawa, what do you mean?"
"Ms. Matsumoto, I have no other intention. I just want you to see the true face of your fiancé. He killed my husband because of this secret."
"There is no evidence that Toshihiko killed your husband, Mrs. Miyazawa. I know you are sad, but please don't say such things. Toshihiko is a very good man."
"Good man? What a joke! Haven't you seen what I'm showing you? He wants to kill you, he doesn't love you at all, and he wants to poison you on your wedding day! Have you seen it? ——”
"I know all this."
In the recording, Matsumoto Sayuri's words directly silenced Miyazawa Yuka for nearly half a minute.
"Wait a minute, Miss Matsumoto, you mean you knew your fiancé was going to kill you? And you still voluntarily died?"
"Um."
"Why? Are you crazy?!"
"You wouldn't understand, Mrs. Miyazawa."
"Eh? No..."
The noisy sounds that were obviously starting to drive people away gradually overshadowed the conversation until the recording ended and the cycle started again.
Matsumoto Kiyonaga, whose face was as dark as water, stared at the prospective son-in-law in front of him and said in a serious voice: "Takasugi Toshihiko, why?"
The silent Takasugi Toshihiko completely lost his usual high spirits, frowning, staring at the recording pen in disbelief, and then turned his gaze to Miyazawa Yuka, who was obviously at a loss.
"This is true! This is all true. Miss Matsumoto is sincerely willing to be killed by you. I don't understand why-"
"Answer me! Takasugi Toshihiko!"
His daughter was kidnapped by a mysterious serial murderer, and his son-in-law was also revealed to have been plotting to kill his daughter for so many years. Matsumoto Kiyonaga was so angry that he wanted to slash the beast in front of him who had slapped him.
"Shut up! You don't have the qualifications to question me! You murderer!" Takasugi Toshihiko, who was having complicated thoughts in his heart, turned around and roared. The aristocratic temperament he had cultivated for more than twenty years disappeared in an instant!
"What did you call me?"
The anger on Matsumoto Kiyonaga's face became more and more obvious. Megure Shisan, who saw something wrong and noticed something was wrong, hurried up and stopped his boss: "Be on the lookout! Calm down, calm down. And you, Mr. Takasugi, have you made a mistake? Matsumoto How could he be a murderer after being a policeman for decades?"
"Of course he is a murderer! The murderer who took my mother's life with his own hands!"
Takasugi Toshihiko, who was confused by this recording, suppressed the growing uneasiness in his heart and stared fiercely at Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who had the same unkind face: "If you don't believe it, ask him yourself, twenty years Did he cause a car accident before, leading to the death of a woman?"
"Twenty years ago?"
After hearing this, Matsumoto Kiyonaga's expression suddenly relaxed, and long-lasting memories suddenly came over him like a wave.
"Yes, twenty years ago, I remember your face very clearly. Twenty years ago, you drove to chase the prisoner, but the prisoner's vehicle, which was in a panic, hit my mother directly.
"If you could have taken her to the hospital immediately in a police car, she would not have died! But you didn't! I still remember your cold and ruthless face at that time. After you got out of the car, you only said "goodbye" to me. Blocking the road caused my mother to eventually die of excessive blood loss!"
The anger towards Matsumoto Kiyonaga instantly overcame the uneasiness after hearing the recording. Takasugi Toshihiko pointed at his enemy whose expression gradually changed and cursed fiercely.
When he first heard about this, Mumu Shisan was stunned on the spot: "Police, police, is what he said true?"
"..."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga closed his eyes in pain and clenched his fists, which fully explained his mood at the moment: "Yes, twenty years ago I was still working on the front line. That prisoner committed many major crimes one after another. If he was If he ran away, many people would surely be harmed, so at that time I was focused on not letting him go.
"At that time, I did not see that the prisoner hit anyone, because my car was behind the prisoner's vehicle, and the place where the car crashed happened to be on the edge of an intersection, which was blocked by a wall, so when the prisoner abandoned the car and ran away, I thought he was He was planning to take a side road, so he immediately got out of the car and chased him.
"In that case, a child came up. I thought he was a child from a nearby family. I was afraid that he would be taken hostage, so I told him not to block the road and leave quickly. Only after I caught the prisoner did I know that what happened at that intersection was There was a car accident, and the prisoner's car hit and killed a person.
"I wanted to make it up to the kid, apologize to him, but I couldn't find anyone."
Takasugi Toshihiko couldn't help but sneer: "That's because I have no other relatives except my mother. After I was sent to the orphanage, I was adopted by the Takasugi family who had no heirs at the time. Of course you can't find me."
"If you want to seek revenge, you can come to me. You can kill me directly. Why do you want to attack Sayuri!"
"Because I also want you to experience the pain of losing a loved one! Feel the pain of losing a loved one back then!"
Takasugi Toshihiko, who had a louder voice than Matsumoto, roared and tugged on his tie, and the audience fell silent.
"So, this is why you called Sayuri Matsumoto out in the middle of the night and kidnapped her?"
Not long after, a voice of doubt suddenly came from the silent crowd. Takasugi Toshihiko looked back, and the man with the ballpoint pen on his lips came into view.
"No, I didn't, that wasn't my plan at all!"
"Judging from the recording and the clues we have so far, Miss Sayuri Matsumoto is most likely to be called out by the prisoner in your name."
Uehara Katsumi, who was not affected by the atmosphere at all, turned to look at Miyazawa Yuka: "Besides you, how many people know this secret?"
"Excluding you, it should be gone. I haven't told anyone."
Miyazawa Yuka's words caused everyone in the office area to fall into silence again. Even Conan, who always liked to move around, had the face of the teacher who once loved to pinch his face appear in his mind.
"But why did Miss Matsumoto know that Toshihiko Takasugi was going to kill him, but she still preferred to die?" Miwako Sato on one side was puzzled.
