The group of people, each with their own thoughts, turned around at the same time and discovered that a glass window in the living room had been broken by someone.
"What's going on! Go check it out!" Kuroiwa Reiko was the first to react, shouting at the servants.
"Hirata! Where is Hirata?"
"Didn't Secretary Hirata go to the activity center with your father first?" Murasawa casually reminded him.
Before the people inside could say anything more, they heard the commotion outside.
"The autocratic village chief should step down immediately!"
"We oppose the current village chief, Kuroiwa, being re-elected!"
"Stop encroaching on farmland!"
"We urge that the interests of fishermen be taken seriously!"
"..."
The shouts, rising and falling, seemed to be coming from behind the gate.
This scene is strikingly similar to the one Yoruichi Toyama witnessed when she saw a campaign rally in front of the village office.
"That's enough!" Reiko Kuroiwa was panting heavily with anger. She then called to a few servants, "Tell them that Dad isn't home. He's at the activity center performing a ritual for the former village chief! If they want to cause trouble, let them go there and see if the former village chief's ghost can't find peace with their noise!"
Ah, this...
Miss, what you're saying... are you using a dead person as a shield, or are you just trying to cause trouble for your father?
Yoruichi Toyama shrugged helplessly.
Whether it was Kuroiwa Reiko's words that had an effect or not, the protesters gradually quieted down and seemed to leave.
The young lady ignored the servants cleaning up the broken glass and sat on the sofa, sulking.
"I think it was that Shimizu Masato who instigated it again! He takes advantage of his fisherman background to slander my father at every turn, trying to steal the village chief's position..."
“We visited Mr. Shimizu yesterday,” Yoruichi Toyama said with a smile. “He said those people were not ordered by him.”
"How could you believe that! He's Dad's election opponent!" Kuroiwa Reiko looked at you with disdain, as if to say you were too naive.
Yoruichi Toyama remained calm and added, "Moreover, he suspected that there was someone else behind these protesters."
"After all, it takes real money to incite so many people."
Reiko Kuroiwa's eyes flickered, and she immediately understood.
"You mean Uncle Kawashima? He's the richest man on the island, and also a candidate for village chief..."
"Hmph, so his affection for Dad was nothing but pretense..."
"It's not impossible that he harmed Uncle Aso..."
This time, she herself returned to the original topic.
Amuro Tooru's gaze fell on Murasawa, who had remained silent since the protest began.
"Mr. Murasawa, do you remember that hidden compartment on Mr. Aso's piano?"
"Guess what that's for?"
"...No, I can't believe it!" Murasawa hesitated for a long time before shaking his head painfully. "Mr. Aso has no reason to smuggle things. He's such a famous musician!"
"That's it!" He slapped his thigh suddenly, staring straight at Amuro Tooru, "Do you think it's possible that Nishimoto was smuggling things secretly by himself, and if something went wrong, he would pin it on Mr. Aso?"
Okay, I figured it out...
Yoruichi thought to himself, "This engaged couple is truly demonstrating what it means to 'avoid offending superiors'."
Of course, this is only natural when there is no evidence.
“And Kameyama… Village Chief Kameyama might also be his accomplice!” Kuroiwa Reiko cried out as if grasping at a straw.
“That makes sense… They took advantage of Uncle Aso’s trip abroad to hide smuggled goods in his piano. No wonder Nishimoto always followed him…”
"Later, Uncle Aso found out, and they conspired to kill Uncle Aso's whole family!"
"Hey, detective, am I right? Is this why Narumi disguised herself as a female doctor and came back to the island?"
Based on the information available so far, it's already quite an achievement to have deduced this far.
Yoruichi Toyama had no intention of taking any further risks, because not only Reiko Kuroiwa, but also Tooru Amuro and Akemi wouldn't completely trust her.
Then, facing Reiko Kuroiwa, he nodded seriously.
"That's why we wanted to visit your father."
"We don't have concrete evidence for what happened back then, and Mr. Asagi Sakai has disappeared without a trace."
“We are very worried that he might also know part of the truth, just like us, and thus further suspect your father…”
Reiko Kuroiwa shuddered violently, her expression one of terror.
"No way, Chengshi would do that to my dad..."
"Let's hurry to the activity center and tell Dad about this!"
However, as soon as she stood up, Amuro Tooru easily reached out and stopped her.
“I think Village Chief Black Rock already knows…”
...
The main entrance of the village activity center.
As a group of monks with their heads bowed and hands clasped in prayer entered, Conan couldn't help but yawn.
"Tsk, I wonder how things are going with Toyama and the others..."
"Conan, what's wrong with you?" Ran, who was sitting next to him on the steps by the door, immediately adopted an older sister's tone and earnestly corrected him, "You should call him Yoruichi-nii-nii!"
"Oh..." The former high school detective, Shinichi Kudo, replied listlessly.
Although he was somewhat resentful, he had no choice but to accept it, considering that Yoruichi Toyama was a few years older than him.
The problem is that Ran scolded that Kansai kid Heiji Hattori in the same way the last time she saw him.
This is a bit unbearable.
Thankfully, that kid went back to Osaka...
Feeling utterly bored, Conan thought about it casually.
The funeral rites for the former village chief, Kameyama, were jointly presided over by the current village chief, Kuroiwa, and Kawashima, the richest man in the village who was highly respected. It was naturally inappropriate for outsiders like them to participate.
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