Conan kept scratching his head.
However, he still underestimated the pressure that Mouri Kogoro's identity as a famous detective would bring to the other party.
The hedgehog-headed man kept silent, and anyone who looked at him could tell that he had something up his sleeve.
So, at this time.
Among the two, the other man with loose middle hair and a pair of flat-rimmed glasses stood up from the sofa and introduced several people in sequence with a smile.
His name is Hikawa Shogo, and the hedgehog-headed man next to him is named Yamao Keisuke.
The two of them, like Takehiko Muto, Fuyumi Tachihara, and Mizuki Harano, are villagers of the old Kitanosawa Village.
"snort……"
Takehiko Muto turned his head and snorted softly.
Hikawa Shogo smiled and continued: "Of course, Yamao and I have moved out of the village. We are coming here today to participate in the celebration."
"Yes, because you have moved to Tokyo." Takehiko Muto said.
"Really..." Hikawa Shogo shrugged, "Muto, your temper is still the same as before."
before?
Conan couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me, have you known each other since you were children?"
"Well, we are classmates in elementary school." Fuyumi Tachihara said.
"That's true, but back then there were only five of us in the primary school in our village."
Takehiko Muto said, looking towards the southwest, "Although the current environment is much better than before, and new schools have been built, everyone still goes to school elsewhere..."
Ugh, how nostalgic is this guy? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to develop elsewhere... Conan couldn't help but curse.
On the other side, the three children obviously can't understand this kind of sentimentality.
All I can think about is the happy atmosphere of only 5 people in the whole school.
Ye Gengyi refused to comment on this. In order to evaluate his professional title, he went to the countryside to experience life.
... To put it bluntly, it is a gilding behavior subject to the limitations of the general environment.
With the support of talented tutors, once the process is completed, you can avoid the worry of being stuck in the shoes.
Upon closer inspection, he should actually be the target of criticism from Noah's Ark... They are all from the 'privileged' class.
So Ye Gengyi can probably imagine what a school with only 5 people is like.
Even in the world of Ke Xue, going back 27 years, based on the conditions at that time, it was said to be a school... maybe it was just a wooden hut.
It’s probably the feeling that in winter it’s colder inside than outside, and in summer it rains heavier than outside…
"Oh, everyone has their own choice."
Hikawa Shogo sat back on the sofa, "For example, it's been 8 years since we got together."
"8 years……"
The three children who were only 7 years old were excited again, "Then this reunion must be very touching!"
Haha, how do you see that they were moved... Moreover, during this period of 8 years, didn't the construction of reservoirs and the relocation of villages happen to happen?
Conan was worried that the topic that was finally opened would be taken astray, so he hurriedly said: "Excuse me, why haven't you seen each other for 8 years?"
"Oh? You ask this..."
Hikawa Shogo glanced at Mouri Kogoro calmly, then took out a black notepad with a cut newspaper from his pocket, and showed the folded side to everyone.
It published news about Yamao Keisuke's hit-and-run accident.
"Hikawa!" Yamao Keisuke shouted.
Opposite the two of them, Harano Mizuki gritted his teeth and turned his head to avoid reading the news.
"Hey, why did you take this out!" Tachihara Fuyumi scolded.
"Eh? That is..." Suzuki Sonoko was surprised.
"Sorry, sorry..."
Hikawa Shogo folded the newspaper and put it away again, and glanced towards Mouri Kogoro again, feeling very helpless...
I actually met this famous detective.
If the other party hadn't personally admitted that they were visiting the village, and if they had confirmed with their own eyes this morning that the police still invested a large number of police forces to protect Mayor Asakura, they would have already suspected Mouri Kogoro's purpose.
Hikawa Shogo works as an insurance investigator.
Many of the customers we interact with on a daily basis are presidents and the like.
Therefore, when faced with this situation, he instinctively acted in his usual way.
That is: using petty profits and the other party's self-satisfied vanity to manipulate people's hearts!
What about the famous detective?
Even if you sense that our atmosphere is not right, you only need to tell the facts of what has happened, and you can verify it... anyway, it will not affect our subsequent plans.
In this way, such a person who has a sense of self-superiority and will never give up to achieve his goals will naturally not care about the emotions of a few people in the face of interests. He paused and continued:
"As for why we haven't seen each other for 8 years, it's actually because this guy Yamao drove to the old village where my grandmother lived alone. He drove drunk and killed a man. He was so scared that he abandoned the body and ran back. The village went into hiding.”
"What!?" Everyone was surprised.
"Yes..." Hikawa Shogo said: "After a few hours like this, he couldn't bear the condemnation of his conscience and ran to surrender to the police."
"Eh? You surrendered?" Conan looked at Yamao Keisuke with a look of disbelief.
...How come the development of this matter is different from what he thought.
If he surrendered, then if this person appears here now, it is absolutely impossible for him to escape from prison, otherwise he would be too arrogant!
"whispering sound……"
Yamao Keisuke spat. Although it was still unclear why Hikawa Shogo wanted to explain his past to these strangers, because the other party held his own handle, he could only nod and whisper:
"Yeah, after all, the car crashed like that... I don't think I could have gone anywhere even if I didn't surrender."
Isn’t it enough to say this already... Damn it, why is this famous detective still staring at us...
Hikawa Shogo's mood was far from as relaxed as he showed.
Noticing that Mouri Kogoro was still looking at them, he could only continue to reveal the truth:
"At that time, Shanwei still owed a large amount of debt to underground banks. His life was already in a mess, and because of speeding, drunk driving, hit-and-run accidents, and his driver's license was suspended at the time, these crimes added up, and he was finally sentenced to 8 fines by the court. Years of prison life..."
He shrugged his shoulders: "So, we will come back here because this guy Yamao wants to see the new village."
"Huh? Eight years, it seems that is the time to build the reservoir..."
After talking to this moment, Suzuki Sonoko finally realized the problem.
Of course, she didn't infer any clues from the bombing of the Toto Line. Instead, he suddenly remembered the reservoir project in Kitazawa Village. Mayor Asakura seemed to have approached their Suzuki Consortium for investment.
"Hmph..." Takehiko Muto whispered in a low voice: "Even if you want to see it again, the entire village has been submerged by the reservoir now."
Recalling that year, Fuyumi Tachihara, who was working as a medical nurse, couldn't help but say:
"Yamao's grandmother also fell ill because of Yamao's incident and passed away soon after."
"But the worst thing is that the person Yamao killed with his car was actually Mizuki's sister Natsuki. Well, I remember..."
Hikawa Shogo's expression at this moment was very much like a primary school student deliberately looking for trouble in order to attract the attention of a favorite girl. He looked at Harano Mizuki, who had always been relatively silent, and said:
"Natsuki was probably only 18 years old at the time, right?"
"ah???"
Everyone was stunned again. This is not a friendly reunion after 8 years. It is clearly a meeting of enemies, right?
"Yamao..."
Mizuki Harano, who suppressed his emotions but was still saddened, raised his head coldly and looked at the man in front of him who did not dare to look at him, and said:
"I still can't forgive you!"
"Heh..." Hikawa Shogo wanted to continue speaking.
On the side, Takehiko Muto suddenly interrupted with a scolding:
"Glacier! You guy..."
"Ah?" Hikawa Shogo was startled, "What's wrong, Muto?"
"call……"
Takehiko Muto let out a long breath, "When we first said we were going to build a reservoir, your family immediately agreed! We even sold the replacement land at a high price and moved to Tokyo without any hesitation! I really can't forgive you and your family!" "
"Hey... Muto, what nonsense are you talking about?" Hikawa Shogo was very confused.
"Do you know what you did? You betrayed our precious hometown!"
Takehiko Muto yelled: "Also...you were the one who asked my parents to sign and agree to move in the first place!"
"You are still living in the old era, Muto..."
Hikawa Shogo came back to his senses, "Relocation is the general trend. Besides, most people in the village agreed at that time. As a human being, you should assess the situation. No matter how stubborn you are, you can't change the reality."
"asshole!"
Takehiko Muto gritted his teeth, "Stop preaching to me with your philistine tone! It's because of your thoughts that all the young people in the village have left over the years! Without the injection of fresh blood, you know what the village has become now. ."
"Oh, oh...I really can't make sense with you."
Hikawa Shogo waved his hand with a look of 'I don't care about you'.
In this way, Muto Takehiko was so angry that he almost took action.
"Stop arguing." Seeing this, Tachihara Fuyumi and Harano Mizuki quickly stood up to start a fight.
What's going on? What's going on with these two people? The bitterness and hatred seemed to be a bit stronger than those of Harano Mizuki and Yamao Keisuke.
Everyone was confused and confused.
However, Ye Gengyi quickly figured out the reason.
As expected, it should be related to Harano Mizuki. Muto Takehiko must have deliberately changed the topic because he was unhappy because he saw this somewhat clever Hikawa Shogo tearing other people's wounds apart as a source of conversation.
After all, as Hikawa Shogo said, they were not the only ones who agreed to move the village, but the vast majority...
If there was no personal grudge, Takehiko Muto would have no reason to vent his grievances on the other party.
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