Chapter 152: The misery of a super spendthrift...

After Karasuma Shouma said that Mayumi Niimura was his fiancée's best friend, the looks from the people around him became more meaningful. Then everyone heard some busybody muttering in the back, "You really have to be careful of fire, theft, and best friends."

Mayumi Shinmura, the best friend, naturally also heard these words. She was so embarrassed that she almost couldn't raise her head. The blood color faded from her beautiful face, and her snow-white complexion made her look even more pitiful.

At this point, Karasuma Shoma, who was particularly susceptible to this kind of trick, no longer cared about the fact that his fiancée was still present. He quickly stood up to defend his fragile and beautiful lover. Apparently, he had a perfect and explosive topic that could successfully rescue the beauty and draw other people's attention elsewhere.

"Ahem..." Karasuma Shoma deliberately cleared his throat. After everyone's eyes were on him, he pretended to nod and apologize to Furugaya Rei, "I'm sorry, Inspector Furugaya. I was too emotional just now, so I said something so rude to you. Please forgive me for almost causing an accident."

As expected, when Karasuma Shoma mentioned the "accident" just now, everyone's attention immediately shifted back to this topic that concerns their own interests. Their own safety is much more important than watching other people's excitement.

You know, they were almost implicated and injured just now. If it weren't for the legendary gentleman who happened to be here and was willing to help, who knows what would have happened to them.

Naturally, Furuya Rei saw through the real purpose of Karasuma Shoma's sudden apology. He was not annoyed but smiled generously: "Mr. Karasuma, you are too kind. I don't care about such a small matter."

With his whole body sparkling with a smile, it was obvious that Furiya Rei didn't care at all about Karasuma Sho's offensive words just now. After all, he was not the kind of person who would be so petty as to argue with a potential victim who was being targeted.

However, in response to Karasuma Shoma's deliberate evasion of the main point, Furiya Rei was not going to give him this face. He very unkindly mentioned again what the other party didn't want to hear, and emphasized: "Mr. Karasuma, I reiterate again that the accident you just experienced was not really an accident, but a deliberate murder against you. I hope you can pay attention to your own safety."

After hearing what Furukaya Rei said, Karasuma Sho really looked very bad. It would be a lie to say that he didn't care about his own safety at all. It was just that this auction was really very important to him, so important that he had to go ahead even if it put his life in danger.

Although he successfully inherited most of the shares of the Karasuma Group with the help of the will left by his grandfather, it does not mean that he can sit on the throne of the head of the Karasuma family safely. None of the family members below are quiet, and several uncles have joined hands to calculate the shares in his hands.

Not long ago, Karasuma Shoma accidentally stepped into a trap set for him by others. Almost all of his liquid funds were trapped, and part of his shares were mortgaged in the bank because of a bet agreement.

If Karasuma Sho really cannot collect funds in time at this auction, the mortgaged group shares will change hands. At that time, he, a young man who relied on his grandfather's will to succeed, will no longer be able to suppress those uncles who are eyeing him covetously and sit firmly on the position of the head of the Karasuma family.

But no matter how reluctant Karasuma Shoma was, tonight's auction had to be postponed.

It wasn't that he wanted to respond to Furuya Rei's suggestion, but those shocked guests obviously no longer had the leisure to continue to attend the auction. Since there were no guests willing to continue to attend the auction, the auction naturally could not continue.

For a moment, Karasuma Shoma's handsome face turned pale. It was only thanks to his years of elite education that he did not lose his composure on the spot. He forced himself to answer Furuya Rei's questions with his shaky body.

How could he expect Karasuma Sho to respond properly when his mentality was broken? His tone became aggressive, and he said meaningfully: "If I'm talking about enemies who want me to die immediately, there are too many candidates. Don't you agree, uncle?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who was whispering around fell silent, and looked in surprise at Karasuma Shoma who was having a falling out on the spot. For people of their class, no matter how bloody the family infighting was, they had to leave some room for maneuver. How could they confront someone so blatantly?

Karasuma, who was singled out and named in public, was also obviously surprised. He couldn't keep his friendly smile for a moment. His face full of wrinkles and age spots could not help but darken. He put on the mask of smile again in the next second: "Sho-ma, what nonsense are you talking about? How can your uncle know who wants to kill you?"

Douma, who had been watching the show quietly, hissed in his heart when he saw this. He didn't know if it was the influence of that old bastard Karasuma Renya, but he always felt that this old man Karasuma who was smiling again looked a lot like that old bastard Karasuma Renya. Both of them had a gloomy and scary look, which was very consistent with the character of a murderer.

Moreover, the wealthy families will stop at nothing to fight for the huge property, and will even kill and physically destroy the interim winners, which is in line with the development of reality.

Apparently Douma was not the only one who thought this way. Others also felt that the person who attacked Karasuma Shoma was most likely a strong competitor in the Karasuma family.

In contrast, the usual gossip immediately lost its appeal. Like a cat smelling fishy smell, everyone cast inquiring and furtive glances at all the people with the surname Karasuma present. Old man Karasuma, who was named, was the first to be attacked and bore most of the blame. The old man was so angry that his hands on the crutch began to tremble.

Mayumi Niimura, no longer receiving too much attention, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She leaned over the hand that Hanasaka Ryoka extended to her, and the two equally fair and delicate hands were intertwined under the cover of the skirt.

The interlocking of fingers, which is common yet uncommon among best friends, was not noticed by others. Only Douma, who had amazing eyesight and was addicted to gossip, took a few more glances and then said in an ignorant voice, "It's terrible, it's too terrible, what a super spendthrift, how terrible."

Two beautiful young ladies were hugging each other intimately, not even giving the scumbag Karasuma Shoma a glance. If there was no cat-smell between the two of them, Douma would dare to take off his head.

However, this made Douma think of the various complicated and bloody murder cases in "Detective Conan". Originally, he was more certain that Mr. Karasuma was the real murderer, but now he is not so sure.

After all, the two young ladies admired each other, and one or both of them conspired to take revenge on the scumbag, so it was reasonable for them to kill Karasuma Shoma. This is much more exciting than Karasuma's old man who chose to take action simply to fight for the family property.

As for why one of the options in the classic three-choice question is filled in with the name of Mr. Karasuma, it is of course because the routine of "Detective Conan" has always been like this. A passerby who has no chance to appear must not be the murderer. Mr. Karasuma jumped so high and has a strong presence, so he should have one of the three choices.

Douma reasoned like this in his mind.

Gin, who was willing to provide clues to Douma, also came back soon. He went to the boss's ear and whispered the clues he had just collected: "Boss, it is definitely a man-made incident. The corrosion and rust marks on the broken part of the crystal lamp are not natural, although the person who tampered with it wanted to pretend that it was natural corruption."

Douma nodded and didn't think it was strange at all. The elementary school student who looks like the god of death, Conan Edogawa, also made a shining appearance, but there wasn't a murder case where you had to choose one from three. How could that be possible?

While complaining in his heart, Douma looked around among the three suspects he had locked onto, and asked with interest: "Gin, which one of the three do you think is the murderer?"

Gin did not question why the boss could identify the three suspects so quickly. He just obediently followed the boss's gaze and quickly took in the current status of the three suspects.

Then, Gin looked at Karasuma Shoma who was in a bad state, and finally fixed his suspicious eyes on Hanasaka Ryoka who was carefully comforting Niimura Mayumi: "Karasuma Shoma's fiancée Hanasaka Ryoka is the most likely one."

"Why?" Douma raised his eyebrows in surprise. He personally prefers Mayumi Niimura who shows a weak face. After all, this kind of character who is full of contrast with the cruel murderer is most likely to be arranged by the author as the real murderer. His seemingly stronger fiancée Hanasaka Ryoka is actually a dark horse.

Unlike Douma, who relied entirely on the character's setting to guess the murderer, Gin made his guess based on the clues he had just gathered. He explained in a low voice, "Just now, my subordinates heard someone discussing that this hotel was run by Hanasaka Ryoka's family, so she had sufficient conditions to take action in advance."

"Now that you mention it, Hanasaka Ryoka seems even less likely to be the murderer." Douma disagreed with Gin and complained bluntly, "Why would Aoyama choose such an obvious murderer? It's too easy to guess and there's no sense of surprise."

"What?" Gin didn't understand what the boss was saying at all, but after realizing that the boss didn't explain it to him in depth, he tactfully shut up and stopped asking questions, and continued to be his background board (?) bodyguard.

It's just that Gin's role as a background board was a little unqualified. Almost as soon as he appeared, Furiya Zero looked over with a vigilant eye. Even though he knew that Gin was not the murderer in this case, he couldn't control this almost instinctive behavior.

As the two were staring at each other, the door to the venue that had been ordered to be guarded suddenly opened, and a group of police officers in uniform rushed in. Under the guidance of the staff, they came in front of Furuya Rei.

The middle-aged police chief in the lead saluted Furutani Rei, who was much higher in rank than him, and handed over the command in a crisp and clear manner: "Captain Furutani, please give your instructions."

Although strictly speaking the Ministry of Public Security is not in the same department as them, the middle-aged police chief does not want to get into unnecessary trouble with so many leaders at different levels. It would be bad if this Inspector Fūtani holds a grudge against him because he is not tactful enough.

Furutani Rei glanced at the middle-aged police chief who was obviously trying to please him, but he did not refuse the command that was delivered to him. He quickly assigned simple tasks such as maintaining the crime scene and questioning witnesses, thus solving the problem of being too busy to handle everything.