Chapter 2789 2801 [Pseudonym]
Across from him, Horida Koichi's wife slammed the table and said, "Ryoji, you are so rude!"
"Impolite? Ha, I'm just making a reasonable guess." Horita Ryoji didn't give his sister-in-law any face, "Don't think I don't know - my eldest brother has been doing evil things in the overseas market, and our entire consortium has been implicated. In order to punish him, my father was furious and removed his directorship and sent him to a branch company. Do you think my eldest brother will bear a grudge for this?"
When the past was brought up again, Koichi Horida broke into a cold sweat. He snorted coldly, "Nonsense! My father punished me because he loved me, and sent me to the branch just to give me more experience - but you! I heard that you are addicted to gambling and are in debt. You must have tampered with your father's car in order to inherit the estate as soon as possible..."
"Shut up, everyone!"
The angry President Horita suddenly stood up, yanked the tablecloth, and knocked over the entire table of food.
Akai Shuichi, who hadn't finished his meal yet: "..."
At this time, a voice came from the door.
A woman played with her sunglasses and leaned against the door frame and said, "You guys are still as loving as ever."
“?!”
The people in the room looked up, and the eldest and second sons screamed at the same time: "Sister? Why did you come back suddenly? Wait, why did you bring so many people? Today is Dad's birthday party after all. If there is any disagreement between you, let's talk about it later."
"Don't judge others by your own standards." Fumiko Horida pointed at Jiang Xia and the others next to her, "I'm not here to cause trouble. These are my guests. Thanks to them..."
Before she could finish, President Horita glared at his daughter and angrily asked, "Who allowed you to enter this house?"
"?" Horita Fumiko was stunned, and then she became angry, "You were the one who sent me an invitation, saying that you were old and in poor health and wanted to invite me home for a reunion - why, I just came back and the floor hasn't even warmed up yet, and you're already acting so arrogantly again?"
"Nonsense." President Horita snorted coldly, "When I severed my father-daughter relationship five years ago, I no longer had a daughter - I don't want to see your face at all, take those guys next to you, get out of here right now!"
Fumiko Hotta: "You?!"
…
A birthday party ended in such a bad mood.
The housekeeper sighed as he cleaned up the mess, while President Horida and his three children slammed the door and left, returning to their rooms angrily.
Several guests were left on the spot.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran first looked at the Horida family who were walking away, then turned around at the same time and looked at Akai Shuichi who was still sitting in the restaurant.
"Is it him?" Suzuki Atom poked Mao Lilan and whispered to his two classmates, "Is he the person you met in New York a year ago?"
When Mao Lilan encountered those things before, she had a cold and a fever, and her memory was fuzzy. But now, as she recalled the past, the face of the man in the rainy night suddenly became clear.
Mao Lilan said confidently: "It's him. His hair was down to his waist at that time, but now he has cut it short for some reason."
Conan: "..." Most likely, after killing the New York serial killer, he shaved off his features to cover up his crimes, just like Cao Cao shaving off his beard and discarding his robe during the Three Kingdoms period. Unfortunately, this guy didn't disguise himself completely either - the knitted hat was still there, otherwise Xiaolan might not have remembered him.
Next to them, Kogoro Mouri had no idea what these young people were whispering about.
Watching the beautiful lady slam the door and leave, he scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Then let's go now."
But Conan didn't want to leave.
——We finally encountered a suspicious member, and he was all alone. If we don’t get some hair and fingerprints now, it will be too late when this guy from New York gets used to the atmosphere of Tokyo and becomes as cautious as vodka.
Thinking of this, he covered his stomach and said, "I'm so hungry, uncle! I can't walk anymore."
Maori Kogoro: "Hey kid, didn't you just have dinner in Chinatown?"
Conan: "But the uncle died not long after the food was served, and I only had one bite of the steamed bun... I'm so hungry! Let's eat something before we leave."
He pointed at Akai Shuichi and said, "That older brother was also at the Chinese restaurant just now. He must have not had time to eat either. We can eat together!"
Akai Shuichi who was pointed at by him: "..."
...What tricks is this kid playing?
Seeing this, the old butler next to him hurriedly said, "I'll go make you something to eat. Please wait a moment."
As he said this, he simply cleaned up the broken pieces of tableware on the floor and went to the kitchen.
Only a few guests were left looking at each other.
It would be awkward if I didn't say anything at this time. Jiang Xia looked at Akai Shuichi, as if he wanted to say hello: "Green..."
Akai Shuichi stood up, interrupted him, and introduced himself: "Akai Shuichi."
——I used the pseudonym "Midorikawa" before, mainly to match the fake face. But now I use his own face, well, there is no need to deliberately hide the name... Anyway, those who should know it have already known it.
Conan: "..." Akai Shuichi? Jiang Xia clearly didn't pronounce this sound just now. Could it be that the guy on the other side was using a pseudonym?
Speaking of which, the time when Shuichi Akai kidnapped an innocent old man and lifted his car to the second floor and hit people, Jiang Xia was obviously stunned when he saw the face of this "Shuiichi Akai", as if he knew him.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get anything out of Jiang Xia.
Conan had no choice but to decide to work hard on his own.
Before the meal started, he trotted over to Shuichi Akai, took advantage of his status as a child to give him an innocent smile, and then began to ask questions indirectly and dig deep into the matter.
…
After a while, the butler set up a small dining table for them in the kitchen and brought out a pot of spaghetti with the leftover meat sauce from the main meal.
Akai Hide watched the sumptuous feast at his mouth turn into a very simple meal of noodles, but instead of feeling any regret, he felt a little relieved: although it was not good-looking, it was obviously much safer than before.
Maori Kogoro was the one who actually didn't have dinner. He ate a forkful of steaming noodles and suddenly remembered something. He curiously asked the butler beside him: "Why did Miss Fumiko break off the father-daughter relationship with her father? She doesn't look like such a rebellious child."
The butler scratched his head: "Well... I heard that this happened 5 years ago, and I just came here as a butler two years ago. I really don't know what the secret behind this matter is."
(End of this chapter)
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