Chapter 186 New Ghost's Request for a Monthly Ticket (ˉˉ)
After observing the situation, Jiang Xia tapped his knees with his fingers.
Xiaobai and the others received the order, let go of the new ghost that was surrounded, and floated back.
The new ghost secretly breathed a sigh of relief and slowly moved away.
…
Jiang Xia began to listen to Chairman Nagato's instructions again.
"Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of her. We knew each other in elementary school. At that time, cameras were not as common as they are now." Chairman Nagato smiled.
"It's strange. I don't even know what she looks like now, but I suddenly miss her - she was such a lovely girl. Haha, if my deceased wife heard these words, she might rush over and beat me up."
Chairman Nagato coughed a few times and didn't make things too difficult for the detective: "However, although there are no photos, I have found out some information - Hinata."
He called out to the female secretary next to him.
Hinata Yuki was obviously well prepared.
She flipped through the information in her hand and whispered, "The lady's name is Akagi Kotomi. She is from Kanagawa Prefecture and got married at the age of 29. She and her husband only have one child. When the child was five years old, the three of them suddenly disappeared."
Conan and Mao Li Ran: "..." There is not even a photo, but he even knows how old the person was when he got married... Could this kind-looking old grandfather be some new kind of stalker?
Jiang Xia looked very professional, his expression did not change, and he nodded: "Okay, I'll remember it."
…
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and two people walked in one after the other.
——These are Chairman Nagato’s two daughters.
The youngest daughter, Nagato Yasue, had smooth black hair. She looked into the room with gentle eyes, scanning everyone, and quickly smiled and said, "Dad, did you invite guests?"
Without waiting for Chairman Nagato to answer.
Next to her, Nagato Nobuko looked at the female secretary Hinata Yuki with an unfriendly look and said sarcastically, "Not only is there a guest, but there's also a vixen."
"Nobuko." Chairman Nagato stopped helplessly, "I lie here every day and can't move. If I don't ask Hinata to come over, how can I convey various news to the company? Do I count on you?"
"Huh? Old man, what do you mean! Am I worse than this vixen?!" Nagato Nobuko was furious and wanted to rush over and slap Hinata Yuki hard.
However, before she took action, she suddenly noticed a handsome young man in the room out of the corner of her eye. She didn't know where the old man found him from.
“…”
Nagato Nobuko and Jiang Xia looked at each other for a moment, snorted coldly, and withdrew their hands as if nothing had happened.
She glanced at her sister and walked straight to the door: "You should be careful too, Kang Jiang - be careful that she will take away your precious husband if you get too close to this vixen."
"Sister, Hinata is not that kind of person..." Nagato Yasue shook his head and followed her, and the two sisters quickly left the bedroom.
…
Chairman Nagato looked at the bedroom door and shook his head: "I'm sorry, Hinata. Nobuko is just a little anxious because she is already old and no one has come to propose marriage to her yet..."
Jiang Xia: "..." Is there a possibility that one of the reasons for her anxiety is that she has a father who speaks too bluntly...
Hinata Yuki didn't take the insult seriously.
She looked down at her watch and spoke softly, "I should go back to the company."
"Okay." Chairman Nagato sighed and suddenly remembered something. "By the way, I plan to announce your engagement to Hideomi tonight - well, you still have a chance to regret it. If you feel sympathy for him because of his disfigurement..."
"It's not sympathy." Hinata Yuki turned around with a smile. The smile was genuine, but the meaning behind it was extremely complicated. "My parents died in a fire. After that, Hideomi took care of me and comforted me. He was also disfigured by the fire because he was trying to save me... Our fates have long been firmly cast together by the fire, and will never be separated."
"...never."
She walked out the door lightly and her figure disappeared at the door.
Jiang Xia looked away in disappointment. He could not see his ghost for the time being - the new ghost left with Hinata Yuki.
Chairman Nagato seemed to be very lonely and kept talking to them about his "first love". After talking for a while, the door clicked and someone else came in.
This time, it was a frail man wearing a knitted hat and with his face wrapped in bandages, revealing only a pair of eyes. He pushed the bedroom door open a crack and peered inside in a chill.
"Who?!" Mao Lilan was frightened by the ghost-like appearance. She quickly hid behind Jiang Xia and grabbed Jiang Xia's shoulders tremblingly.
Jiang Xia seemed to hear a muffled "crunching" sound from his bones. His eyes twitched and he almost reached out to touch the baton, but he forced himself to hold back.
Conan also noticed the movement. He looked at Jiang Xia with envy and fear: It seems that Jiang Xia is really strong...
"Haha, don't be afraid." Chairman Nagato waved towards the door, "This is my son - Nagato Hideomi."
"...Hideomi?" Mouri Ran was stunned and remembered the conversation between Chairman Nagato and Hinata Yuki just now.
After all, she was a fairly smart person, and she quickly figured out the cause and effect: It sounded like Hinata Yuki had encountered a fire when she was a child, and Nagato Hideomi rescued her from the fire, but he himself was unfortunately burned. After that, he had been taking care of Hinata Yuki, the only survivor, and the two slowly came together.
Mao Lilan: "..." In that case, it makes sense that the face is wrapped in bandages and the head is wearing a hat - many people don't like to expose their scars to others.
She reluctantly let go of Jiang Xia's hand and looked at Nagato Hideomi: "Sorry, um, I just saw a figure at the door and got startled."... She tried hard to pretend that she was not frightened by the scary outfit, that would be too hurtful.
Nagato Hideomi was a man of few words. He shook his head and didn't mind such things.
He was about to leave when a man with greasy hair walked out from behind him.
The man placed his hand on Nagato Hideomi's shoulder in a familiar manner, looked into the room, and said frivolously, "Are there guests?"
Nagato Hideomi shook off his hand as if he was bitten by a poisonous snake and turned away.
Shimura Guangming, who was thrown away by him, was stunned: "...Why are you angry? Are you in a bad mood today?"
He quickly shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He took a gift box and walked to Chairman Nagato's bedside and said, "Dad, happy birthday. This little gift is not much of a tribute."
"Thank you." Chairman Nagato smiled and reached out to take it.
However, Shimura Mitsuaki held the box tightly and did not let go.
He suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "In return for the gift, could you step down earlier and give me the chairman's seat?"
The elderly chairman: “…”
He only had one son and two daughters, none of whom were capable of success and could not support the Nagato Group. So a while ago, Shimura Mitsugu married Nagato Yasue and became the son-in-law of the Nagato family. He changed his name to "Nagato Mitsugu" so that he could inherit the family business in the future.
Shimura Mitsuaki has known Nagato Hideyoshi since childhood and seemed to be a good boy. However, recently, Chairman Nagato realized that he seemed to have misjudged him.
He sighed and was about to say something. But Shimura Mitsuaki had already let go of the gift box, stood up, and walked away laughing: "Haha, it's just a joke, don't take it seriously."
Shimura Mitsuaki was very busy during the day, so he just came over for a quick visit and left quickly.
And deep in the corridor, in the shadows he couldn't see.
A pair of eyes hidden behind the bandages stared at his back, and "Nagato Hideomi"'s eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Nagato Hideomi and Shimura Mitsuaki were indeed childhood friends with a good relationship, but "Nagato Hideomi" was not.
——The current Nagato Hideomi is disguised as Hinata Yuki.
Two days ago, she finally succeeded in proposing to Nagato Hideomi and was about to marry the man who rescued her from the fire and had been with her growing up.
A day ago, when she brought breakfast to Nagato Hideomi, she found his body, who had committed suicide by taking poison.
Next to the body was a suicide note which stated the cruel truth - in fact, the fire that burned Hinata Yuki's parents to death twenty years ago was caused by Shimura Mitsuaki and Nagato Hideomi.
The two were in high school at the time, and at first they were just burning things for fun, but the fire suddenly got out of control. Later, Shimura Mitsuaki fled in panic, while Nagato Hideomi rushed into the fire and rescued a little girl.
In the days that followed, Nagato Hideomi lived in guilt and spent all his time accompanying the orphaned Hinata Yuki. Two days ago, after the two verbally agreed to get married, Nagato Hideomi suddenly felt that his behavior of concealing the truth was very despicable, and he couldn't help but commit suicide.
Hinata Yuki looked at the suicide note with cold hands and feet, and felt as if the sky had fallen. The horror of finding the real murderer, the sadness of the sudden death of his lover, the anger of being deceived for twenty years...all kinds of intense emotions mixed together, and finally settled into a full murderous intention.
She decided to use this incident to formulate a complete plan to kill Shimura Mitsuaki - Hideomi was no longer around, and Shimura Mitsuaki, the hypocritical accomplice, should also go down to accompany him!
The ding-dong noise Chairman Nagato heard at night was Hinata Yuki practicing his murder method.
In the corridor.
Hinata Yuki looked at Shimura Guangming's receding back, and the already heavy murderous aura in his body slowly expanded again.
At her feet, two ghosts stuck together, circling around her anxiously, but they were completely out of her sight.
“…”
The two ghosts stared at each other for a long time, and suddenly seemed to have made up their minds.
They dragged their not-so-agile bodies and moved towards Jiangxia like dancing tango.
…
At this time, Jiang Xia had finished discussing the commission.
But he did not leave - in the evening, Chairman Nagato had a small birthday family dinner, and the old man warmly invited them to stay here for one night and leave after attending the party.
Jiang Xia did not refuse.
Conan and Maori Ran didn't leave either - Maori Kogoro's class reunion was a three-day and two-night trip, with the highlight being the fireworks celebration tomorrow night. Today was a day to rest, so not going back to the hotel wouldn't delay the trip.
Moreover, compared to the uncles' reunion on the other side, they still prefer to play with people of the same age: here there is Jiang Xia, and there is Hattori Heiji. When they are bored, they can play cards together.
…
There is still some time before evening.
Therefore, the Nagato family arranged guest rooms for them to rest.
Jiang Xia entered his own guest room without closing the door.
After waiting for a while, I saw one... two... a combined ghost hugging each other, floating in from the crack of the door, panting, and raised my hand to touch the non-existent hot sweat.
Jiang Xia closed the door and looked down at them.
The two ghosts stopped at the feet of the psychic, suppressed by the natural pressure, and lowered their heads in embarrassment.
But thinking about their young daughter, the ghosts gradually regained their courage. They tugged at Jiang Xia's trouser legs and tried to communicate with the psychic: Can you save Xiao Xing? She still has a long life ahead of her, and she shouldn't waste her youth in prison because of that arsonist.
"Of course." Jiang Xia squatted down, got closer to them, and spoke kindly, "However, you still have to protect your own children by yourself. I will lend you the power you need, as long as you are willing to sign a small contract..."
…
It was soon evening.
The butler placed a small table on Chairman Nagato's bed and put an exquisite birthday cake on it.
Chairman Nagato looked at his children surrounding the bed and blew out the candle happily.
"Bang——" "Bang——" With a series of noises, beautiful colored paper streamers were flying in the air.
Nagato Yasue smiled and said, "Happy birthday, Dad!"
"This kind of small birthday party is much more comfortable than that kind of banquet. We should have done this a long time ago." Chairman Nagato smiled and leaned against the head of the bed, and suddenly said, "The Nagato family has always been sparsely populated and very lonely. Fortunately, today, we are about to add a member--"
He raised his hand to signal Hinata Yuki next to him, and said with a smile: "Hideomi and Miss Hinata are already engaged." Then, he looked at his eldest daughter who always called Hinata Yuki a "fox spirit", "That's why I let Xiaoyuki live in our house for a while, so that she can adapt to the lifestyle at home sooner."
Shimura Mitsuaki followed his line of sight and saw Nagato Nobuko, and said with a smile: "So, the only lonely person in the family is Nobuko herself. Haha, I didn't expect that Hideomi, who had his face disfigured, could get married earlier than you."
Nagato Nobuko's face turned pale. She turned and left, slamming the door.
Chairman Nagato was already used to her temper. He sighed and shook his head: "By the way, where is Hideomi? Why didn't he come?"
"You must be shy. We have a guest at home today." Shimura Guangming also walked out the door, "I'll go call him."
…
The remaining people in the room divided the birthday cake. Hinata Yuki was very skillful and divided the cake into several even pieces.
Chairman Nagato fell asleep after eating only a few bites. No one found it strange - after all, he was already an old man in poor health.
Jiang Xia also got a piece of the cake.
While he was eating, he took a cup of tea from the side and drank a small portion of it.
Just as he put down the cup, a phone suddenly rang beside him - the landline in the room rang.
Everyone looked over in the direction of the sound.
Jiang Xia was seen holding a cake plate in one hand and a fork in the other, with both hands occupied. He also wanted to help answer the phone, so he subconsciously pressed the hands-free button with his knuckles.
The next second, Shimura Mitsuaki's screams came from the loudspeaker.
"I'm in the room right below you! Someone just turned off the lights and attacked me from behind..." He looked like he was in pain, and he shouted, "Help--!!"
(End of this chapter)
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