Chapter 997 The Secret Assistant Who Was Robbed of His Life (Complaint)

The great writer Kikukawa's home is located in Karuizawa, and Karuizawa is located in the middle of Nagano Prefecture. When mentioning this place, Fujino recalled the last celebrity death case he handled here.

Because of this incident, Sister Nana, who lost her job, was neatly tricked by him into returning to Tokyo...

We rented an MPV from near the station and headed all the way to the outskirts of Karuizawa. Not far away, everyone saw a luxurious pink and white villa.

Xiaolan looked at the villa through the car window and couldn't help but sigh: "Is that Mr. Kikukawa's home? It looks so exquisite..."

"Ahem, of course!" Mouri Kogoro, who was sitting next to her, coughed, looking serious and serious: "After all, this villa was designed by the famous Italian designer Antonio!"

Xiaolan was surprised: "Dad, how do you know this?"

Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms over his chest: "Of course that's because I am knowledgeable as the sleeping detective Moori Kogoro!"

Conan showed his dead eyes: "So you must have stayed up all night to check the information before coming here, right?"

"Ahem!" Mouri Kogoro coughed and punched Conan directly on the head: "Children, adults, please don't interrupt!"

"Yidai!"

Conan covered his head and an unscientific lump swelled up.

Mouri Kogoro retracted his fist and laughed at Haibara Ai and Fujino who were sitting in the front row: "After all, I am here with Brother Fujino this time. I have to help him get familiar with each other's background!"

Fujino smiled helplessly.

He knows Brother Maori too well.

I guess you checked it out just to show off during the birthday party?

Fujino recognized Brother Maori’s social skills.

But the others... may have been caused by drinking fake wine, and their brain circuits are a little abnormal.

Investigating the person to be investigated is indeed a basic detective skill, so Fujino naturally also investigated Kikikawa Hananagi.

The general result is that the other party is a well-known writer in the past, and he often writes books about real-life cases. What really makes the other party famous is that he can solve the case he is writing while writing books.

Write a book and investigate the information to solve the case or something...

It can only be said that these people who write books have good skills.

Of course, this was all many years ago, and the detective writer hasn't published a new book in eight years since his last one.

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Everyone parked the car and knocked on the door of the villa. The person who opened the door was a rickety old woman with gray hair and wearing a kimono. Her age was hard to tell, but she must be very old.

Under the leadership of the old woman, everyone went to the rest room.

Just as I walked to the corner of a corridor, a voice came from the corridor next to me: "Do you fucking look down on me? Don't think I don't know that bitch is a piece of shit that has been ridden by countless people? Don’t you want an answer? Then let me tell you, it’s impossible!”

"roll!"

Everyone looked over there and saw a man with messy hair, wearing a suit and rimless glasses. He was driven out of the room on the side of the corridor and stumbled almost falling to the ground.

"..."

Everyone looked at the man in front of them and stared at each other as they recalled the explosive topic they had just heard.

The man noticed the crowd and fell into an awkward silence.

"Mr. Kurokawa? Just now..." Yuzo Kinoshita obviously knew the other person.

Just after saying hello, the other party got up from the ground in embarrassment, muttered a few words, turned around and hurried away in small steps.

Obviously, this question is inappropriate.

It's hard enough for someone to be kicked out just now, but someone like you, someone you know, has to go up and do some finishing touches?

If you had a thinner skin, it might just crack in place!

As for the two sentences that the man muttered, Fujino's ears moved slightly and he heard clearly what the other person said: This hateful baboon slept with women and took money, but he refused to recognize anyone...

"I slept with the woman and collected the money..."

Fujino captured the key words directly.

It wasn't the first day he found out about female artists being sold. After all, those little stars with no traffic had to rely on this to climb up.

Money, sex and temptation, no matter where they are placed, cannot be escaped.

All I can say is that you have to be careful when it comes to seduction and giving money.

Be careful if the other person doesn't recognize you.

Kinoshita Yuzo smiled coquettishly and introduced: "The director just now was Kurokawa Yuji, the director of the Nagano Asahi screening. It seems that he also came here to seek copyright."

"It seems that the competition for copyright is very fierce this time..."

Fujino agreed, and added silently in his heart: He would go to the extent of selling his own female artist’s hook just for the sake of copyright.

Just as Fujino was complaining in his heart, a male voice came from behind: "I guess this is Miss Shinna, right?"

Fujino turned around and saw an old man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a slightly wretched appearance, talking to Shinna Kahori.

Fujino took a closer look and found that Kurokawa's description was correct. The old man in front of him really looked like a baboon, and his expression also revealed a sense of vulgarity...

And this wretched old man is none other than the protagonist of this birthday party, Kikukawa Hanariu.

Combined with his previous prostitution and the fact that he struck up a conversation with a beautiful woman, this Kikukawa Karanagi was immediately labeled as a lecherous and wretched little old man in Fujiyoshi.

He couldn't help but complain in his heart: This great writer is really as abstract as his name suggests.

Kikukawa Hananagi is obviously very interested in Shinmei Kahori, and her words are flattering: "She is worthy of being called a beautiful writer... I would say this title is really appropriate, Miss Shinmei. She is indeed a beauty!”

"Where is..."

Shinname Xiangbaoli felt a little uncomfortable.

Of course she was happy when they complimented her on her beauty, but they all talked about beautiful writers, but only about beauties.

She felt that this guy was a bit lewd and had evil intentions.

Fujino noticed her embarrassment and coughed slightly: "Kahori, should we go to the room first and put our luggage away?"

"That's right." Niina Kaho smiled coquettishly, "After all, chatting while carrying luggage is quite tiring. Mr. Kikukawa, let's talk after we finish putting away the luggage!"

With that said, she pulled away and left with the others following the old woman who led the way.

Kikukawa Hanariu looked at the backs of everyone leaving, staring at Fujino's figure, with an extremely unhappy look in his eyes.

Fujino vaguely sensed this malicious intent.

The dark eyes looked back, releasing an invisible pressure.

Suddenly, Kikukawa Hanariu looked away and felt cold all over.

Seeing this, Fujino withdrew his gaze.

Kikukawa Karanagi clicked her tongue in displeasure: "Detective Fujino, right?"

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After Fujino and others put away their luggage, it was already afternoon.

People coming to the birthday party arrived one after another. They were basically writers, or people from cultural and creative industries, as well as some detectives who were invited to decipher the codes.

The banquet was held in the backyard of the villa.

There was a large lawn with dining tables on it, and a curtain stage erected at the end, with the words "Kikukawa Hanagi's 50th Birthday Party" hanging on it.

"Hi Kinoshita, long time no see!"

“The latest series of Detective Zuo Moji is very exciting...”

"Are you the author of that book?"

"Yes, I am the sleeping Kogoro Mori!"

At the banquet, the editor Kinoshita Yuzo, the writer Niina Kahori, and the literary girl Mao Lilan all got along well. One was reminiscing about old times, one was acquainted with colleagues, and the other was crazy about chasing stars.

As for Mouri Kogoro... he was bragging and spanking with a group of people.

Fujino held a cup of drink and looked at the scattered people: "It seems that everyone is enjoying themselves..."

Haibara, wearing a pink and white floral dress, stood aside and asked Fujino curiously: "Aren't you going to talk to that group of people and develop contacts for the detective agency?"

"It's not necessary." Fujino took a sip of the drink and said in a calm tone: "Customers who want to find me will naturally come to me. What's more, I'm not the kind of person who casts a wide net. I'm fine just taking orders from acquaintances. .

What's more, there are a lot of colleagues at the scene, and they may have finished advertising long ago. "

"Yes." Haihara Ai looked around, "It seems that not only that one publishing house has thought of hiring a detective."

Fujino held a straw in his mouth and glanced at the crowd of people wearing ties and suits: "After all, these people in suits are working in the company, and it seems that there are many people with high-level positions, like this group of people working in the company Who is not an old silver coin? It’s really boring to go there and join in the fun, and it’s not too tiring for a large group of people to socialize there.”

Hui Yuan Ai nodded in agreement: "That's right. Although it seems to be harmonious on the surface, I guess they have already had the idea of ​​​​fighting to get the copyright."

"But we still need to do some face-saving work. After all, we are all in the same circle with a radiation network. If you look up and don't meet when you look down, if you do too well, you won't be able to stay in the circle."

"How hypocritical."

"Who says otherwise? Human beings themselves are hypocritical creatures."

"..."

Conan next to him had dead fish eyes, and he felt a little like crying as he silently listened to these two people murmuring their lamentations.

So, who will save me?

The two husband-and-wife teams around me talk like this every day, so fucking hard that I almost feel like EMO!

Let’s start the code session quickly!

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"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long!"

At this time, the stage lights not far away suddenly turned on.

A kind-looking man walked onto the stage and began his speech at the birthday ceremony: "I am today's host, Gui Hengping."

"By the way, this should be a Luo Yanjia, right?"

"I remember that the original host was Xiao Fu Ting Chun Le, right?"

"Is it the host who often appears on TV?"

"But Mr. Kikukawa didn't seem to know what he was thinking of. He suddenly invited this rakugaya here. Maybe it's because this person is less famous and cheaper? After all, Mr. Kikukawa hasn't written a book for many years. This time he writes a book. It seems like they are resting on their laurels..."

"Speaking of resting on one's laurels, Detective Zuo Wenzi is really resting on one's laurels, right? If I die, my daughter will write it. If my daughter dies, can I still let my granddaughter write it?"

"Speaking of which, that person seems to be here too..."

"Doesn't she usually attend such gatherings?"

"I think you are just jealous of her sales and her looks?"

The people at the banquet were talking at once. Fujino closed his eyes and quietly captured the noise of the crowd.

The circles are solidified.

They try their best to exclude all the newcomers who have just joined.

Obviously, people like Shinname Kaori who have no experience in communicating with people in the circle quickly became the target of everyone's discussion.

…………

After the speech, Kikukawa Hanayu wore a suit, went on stage, picked up the microphone and talked about the key tonight: "Thank you all for coming to support us today. In short, let's get straight to the point and start the long-awaited reasoning game!"

"I have said before that my work is hidden in a private disk and hidden somewhere in this villa, and the location is hidden in the code. As long as you decipher my code, you can get my manuscript..."

Halfway through his words, he changed the subject and continued: "In fact, there is actually a very interesting reasoning in my work this time. The original The manuscript reveals some social ills. It is a realistic novel as always. Among the guests attending the banquet today, one will appear in the novel with his original name! "

"If this matter is made public, then that person will definitely be arrested... I advise you to be more careful if you know your name appears in it, otherwise you will definitely be sent to jail!"

"Then, please start your reasoning!"

As soon as Kikukawa Hanayu finished speaking, the curtain behind the stage was untied, and a huge plaque appeared in front of everyone: [Go to the side of the Kukawa River to find the wonderful seaweed]

Fujian: "..."

So, what does this code mean?

Why are the codes you guys come up with so abstract?

What is the vertex of half, what is going to find seaweed...

It's outrageous, okay?

Fujian felt that with his brain cells, it was highly likely that he could not decipher the code.

I immediately looked at the code assistant he brought with him:

Xiaoai, please!

Ai Huihara felt the gaze and nodded silently, as if she had received a task.

Code Assistant, start!

As smart as she is, she thought carefully for a while and came up with the answer to the code.

"It should be..."

"I know!"

Just when the code assistant who was diligent and conscientious wanted to go shopping and date with Fujino, she was imagining where to go and wanted to say the code.

Conan next to her spoke first, came to Fujino, forcibly interrupted the code assistant who had already started, and snatched her work:

"This code is actually the pronunciation reversed, for example, aki in autumn, read backwards is ika (squid)." Conan put his hands on his hips and looked confident, "If the code given by Kikukawa is also read backwards, then it becomes 'ask Omura and you will know'!"

Fujino: "..."

This kid, why are you so happy and confident?

Don't you know that you have caused a big disaster?

You snatched Ai's words and snatched the job of the detective assistant!

Don't you know that what women hate most is that someone else takes her place? !

Fujino glanced at Xiao Ai, who had a black fog of resentment behind her, and then showed Conan a compassionate look.

Brother, thank you for breaking the code.

Good luck to you!