Vermouth, or, according to its strange pronunciation in Japanese, Vermouth, is one of the mainstays of distilleries based in the United States.
More importantly, she was very familiar with the Miyano family and harbored a certain obsession with them.
Therefore, the news that she was coming back to Japan became nerve-wracking.
At Furuya Rei's suggestion, Toyama Yoruichi had to attend the Schindler Group's presentation alone.
They didn't even bring the cat.
Taro, who hasn't been involved in the case much lately and has been busy hanging out with Ai at home, only made a token protest.
After being questioned by Yoruichi Toyama, "How can you locate anyone if you've never seen them before?" and "There aren't eight eggs at the venue," he settled down and became a shut-in.
To be fair, this incident wasn't really that difficult.
Yoruichi Toyama even had a sense of familiarity, as if she had returned to the beginning of her time travel and subdued the criminal who had kidnapped the doctor's child at the kindergarten gate.
At that time, Yoruichi Toyama was just a half-baked detective without even a detective agency, while the other party was just an ordinary office worker.
This time, Yoruichi Toyama, one of the investors in the Schindler Group's latest project, the virtual reality gaming pod "cocoon," has her sights set on the murderer, Thomas Schindler, the president of the Schindler Group.
...
Several years ago, Hiroki Sawada, a genius boy with extraordinary potential in mathematical logic and computer science, was discovered by President Schindler and taken to the United States for further studies.
Under the care and guidance of President Schindler, Hiroki's abilities were brought into play, and he even independently developed a highly applicable technological program.
But for some unknown reason, just two years ago, Hiroki committed suicide by jumping off a building at the company's headquarters in the United States, and the program he designed and developed was not made public.
At the very launch of "cocoon," President Schindler was planning to kill someone.
That was none other than Tadaaki Mura, the computer engineer who developed "cocoon".
He is also the biological father of the genius boy Hiroki.
...
As Yoruichi Toyama arrived at the meeting point at the dock, recalling the events from her memories, she vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
He glanced at Hajime-chan, who was standing not far away, arguing enthusiastically with a seagull, and then looked closely at the ferry ticket in his hand that clearly said "Okinawa".
An ominous premonition welled up from the bottom of my heart.
"Huh? Toyama, what are you doing here?" Kindaichi, who was always chattering and never quiet, quickly noticed Toyama Yoruichi and came over with Miyuki to chat.
"Don't tell me you're also going to the opening ceremony of Lanze Group's ocean park!"
"With you, this jinx, around, there's bound to be another case!"
You Tokyo Grim Reaper, who are you calling a jinx?
Yoruichi Toyama was immediately displeased and was about to retort when she suddenly stopped.
What did he just say?
Lanze Group?
"Which Lanze Group are you talking about?" Yuanshan Ye asked cautiously, as if raising his voice even slightly would really bring misfortune.
Kindaichi immediately rolled his eyes at him.
"Which other Lanze Group is there?"
"It's the Lanze Group, the one that specializes in developing tourism resources and has built many seaside hotels!"
"Have you forgotten? It was when we went to find the Amakusa Treasure that Wada mentioned it..."
Kindaichi, who wished he could conjure eight mouths to shut Yoruichi Toyama up, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered what had happened before.
"Just a few years ago, someone discovered relics on the seabed near Okinawa, but the investment and development failed. Wada followed suit and invested, and also lost a lot of money."
"Didn't Lanze Group take over the development of that ruins? This is the project launch event!"
As he spoke, he looked at Yoruichi Toyama's wide eyes, feeling for the first time that he had the upper hand, and a smug look appeared on his face.
"Forget it, forget it. Judging from your naive look, you probably haven't heard of it either."
"So what are you going to do in Okinawa?"
"We should be going to the Schindler Group's latest project launch event."
A voice chimed in at just the right moment.
Looking back, Shimomura Shiho and Shimomura Ikuma were standing there casually dressed.
"Mr. Yuanshan and I are both investors in this project."
"However, since the press conference is being held at the newly built hotel of the Lanze Group, we will of course also attend the opening ceremony of that marine park."
As Shimomura Shiho spoke, she winked at Toyama Yoruichi with a grin.
"I'm sorry, I didn't explain it clearly before."
"It seems like Mr. Toyama is unaware of this, and he probably didn't bring a swimsuit or anything, right?"
"Shengma, you can go with Mr. Yuanshan to buy it later."
Shimomura Ikoma agreed very readily, as if to say "I'll take care of it," while Toyama Yoru could only chuckle politely twice.
The pent-up complaints in my mind were already surging so much that they were almost materializing.
What do you mean by not explaining clearly?
Is this a question of whether or not to bring a swimsuit?
The question is whether or not to bring Taro, the bomb detector!
If Taro were here right now, he'd probably be dragged up by Yoruichi Toyama and shaken until he was completely bruised.
He really wanted to ask the system how exactly the worlds were integrated.
To merge the ghosts of Baker Street with the carnage of Deep Blue—is this something a human... no, something a system does?
...
Kindaichi took a while to recover after being directly confronted by Shimomura Shiho, a genuine female CEO.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at Yoruichi Toyama was filled with resentment towards the rich.
This guy's luck is just too good. Just because he saved that female CEO and her son during the bus hijacking, he suddenly became a rich man by clinging to her coattails.
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