"I have only met Yuantai's mother..."
Conan's mind unconsciously thought of the middle-aged woman who was 80% similar to Yuanta... no, it should be Yuanta and her.
The little detective hasn’t seen Genta’s father either? So mysterious, he must be someone who is engaged in some special work...
Ye Geng was ready to make such a guess at first glance, but then he thought about it, and it seemed that... he had never met Mitsuhiko and Ayumi's parents.
It's a coincidence that when I send those three children home, I leave them outside my house, store or apartment... Including this time in the 'Mr. Kojima Championship', if I hadn't heard that Genta's father actually succeeded After promotion, I am not a 'social expert' and I must have returned and left.
Except for Mitsuhiko, the other two children are just very good at seeking death. Their parents... no, it shouldn't be that exaggerated...
He put the thought aside for now.
Since it was inconvenient to go upstairs at this time, I simply came to the middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a blue suit and said:
"I didn't have time to ask before, are you familiar with President Kojima? Why do you know that he is going to the lounge to greet the champion?"
The middle-aged man's social and animal nature has developed, and he habitually raised his hand to take out his business card from his pocket. Suddenly he realized that the situation was wrong... His boss was still lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Thinking about it, he quickly stopped his movements and introduced himself verbally:
"Well, I am the secretary of the president, my surname is Nojima... After the selection, the president asked me to take an envelope to the lounge of the three promoted contestants, and after asking them their answers, the president said I had already decided on the winner and wanted to have a chat with him alone, so I and other staff members were rushed downstairs.”
alone?
Ye Gengyi asked: "Did you ask the TV station to arrange the elevator and waxed stairs like this?"
Elevators and stairs, does this have something to do with eucalyptus?
Conan, who was about to ask about the content of the letter, was startled.
"So you know..."
The middle-aged man scratched his head, as if he thought this was no secret, and explained slowly: "Because the president said he likes to be quiet, we contacted the TV station and left only the stairs here."
"I know," Ye Geng nodded, "Let's go, take me to your president's office."
"Eh?!"
The middle-aged man refused: "Sorry, I'm afraid this won't work..."
"Oh, do you have a reason to refuse?"
Ye Geng said softly and said in a bewitching tone:
"It is you who made it clear that the letter was written by you, and you must have been the one who asked the staff to come downstairs to wait. If President Kojima dies, you are the biggest suspect for pushing him downstairs. And... you will see After President Kojima fell down the stairs, he immediately pointed out that he wanted to go to the lounge to greet the champion in person, wasn't it just to clear away suspicion? What? If you don't look for evidence now, are you waiting to be framed by others? "
"I, I... got it, come with me." The middle-aged man took out the handkerchief in his arms and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.
Ye Gengyi's words captured his psychology quite accurately.
Because there was a shady matter in the selection, as the secretary of President Kojima, he could be said to be one of the first people to know about it. So after seeing President Kojima lying on the ground, his first reaction was that the shady story was exposed and exposed by other players. Got revenge.
...If I take the blame, am I unjust?
Conan covered his forehead and remained silent: "..."
Brother Geng Yi, why don't you just say that you are a technical expert of the police? This habit of threatening others is too 'violent' and 'undetective'!
The three of them walked to the stairs.
Under Ye Gengyi's instruction, Secretary Nojima arranged for several more staff to maintain order at the scene.
Conan took the opportunity to touch the body and confirmed that President Kojima did not have the so-called letter on his body.
immediately.
They went upstairs to President Kojima's office.
Conan was still concerned about the content of the letter, and as soon as he entered the room, he couldn't wait to ask his doubts.
He felt that he had been patient enough. If he hadn't been worried about being beaten by Geng Yi, who didn't like making noise, he would have asked in the corridor.
"I don't know what's written in the letter, because the president said never to leak the title..." The middle-aged man shook his head decisively.
"impossible!"
Conan stared at the other person, "If you don't even know the content of the letter, then how did you ask them for their answers?"
"After letting them read the letter themselves, I will record what they saw from the side..."
Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's face also looked a little strange. He paused and said in a deep voice:
"And the answers given by those three people were all different!"
"The answers are different?" Conan asked curiously, "Then you must know what they saw, right?"
"Um...wait a moment."
The middle-aged man opened the notepad he brought with him and looked up: "Player No. 35 Kojima Bunta said the content written on the letter was '801'; No. 84 Kojima Motoji said it was 'Shakuhachi' ; No. 147 Kojima Iwakichi said he was a 'first grade'."
This... Conan was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Are you sure you showed them the same letter?"
"Well, it's absolutely true, but the president doesn't seem surprised, but rather excited..."
The middle-aged man recalled the joyful expression on President Kojima's face at that time and couldn't help but shudder, "What else did he say... 'The fox's tail finally showed'."
It didn't sound like what he should say to the champion at all... Conan held his chin with one hand, connected all the information, and then fell into deep thought.
The middle-aged man continued:
"What happened next was the same as what I said in the corridor before. After the president took back the letter with the test questions, he said that he would go to the lounge to greet the champion in person, and asked me to call all the other staff to the next floor. 's lounge."
But the letter was not on President Kojima's body. Was it taken away by the murderer?
Why?
If it was just some words with unknown meaning, there should be no reason to take that thing away...
Conan couldn't figure it out and subconsciously wanted to see Ye Gengyi.
I saw the other person sitting behind the desk, playing with a pistol in his hand...
etc!
pistol? !
Conan felt dazzled.
That's right, it's not a police revolver, but a sig-p220 with a matte black surface...
While he looked over.
Ye Gengyi just turned with one hand and pointed the muzzle here.
Hey, hey... In an instant, all the hairs on Conan's body stood up.
Although he didn't think Geng Yi would pull the trigger, what if he accidentally made a mistake?
When that time comes, I will probably be able to go to President Kojima in person and ask him about the truth about the case.
