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Now, the planners of this detective Koshien event include both Matsuda and Koshimizu.
Conan absolutely refused to believe that they weren't preparing for the Lavender Villa incident.
Afterwards, Ayako asked Matsuda many more questions about the Detective Koshien tournament.
Matsuda answered truthfully to all of them, but in the end,
Ayako still hasn't given an answer as to whether the Suzuki family is willing to sponsor the Detective Koshien tournament.
Matsuda was too embarrassed to ask, so the five of them started talking about other topics.
Before they knew it, dawn was breaking, and Hiroki Kakutani and Katsuya Ota, who were upstairs, got up.
Judging from their dark circles under their eyes, they clearly didn't sleep well last night.
After everyone packed their things, Hiroki Kakutani took a bed sheet and covered the mangled body of Chikako Ikeda, whom he had secretly loved for many years.
……
Because the suspension bridge on the cliff in front of the villa was damaged, the only way down the mountain was to detour from the villa side.
Fortunately, this villa was a place Ayako and Sonoko often played when they were little.
The two women were also familiar with the mountain path around the villa, and under their guidance, the group quickly followed the path to the foot of the mountain.
Once he arrived and his cell phone had a signal, Matsuda immediately called the Metropolitan Police Department.
Soon, Inspector Megure arrived with several police cars.
"Brother Matsuda, how's the situation?"
As soon as he got out of the car, Megure asked anxiously.
He was quite frightened when he heard Matsuda say on the phone that someone had been dismembered.
Compared to ordinary murder cases, dismemberment is undoubtedly more cruel and brutal.
For the Metropolitan Police Department, which deals with death cases every day, dismemberment cases are a rare occurrence.
Koshimizu, who came with Megure, immediately noticed Matsuda's arm wrapped in gauze.
"Senior, are you injured?" Yue Shui asked in a panic.
"It's nothing, just some superficial injuries,"
After comforting her, Matsuda briefly explained the situation to Megure.
"The criminal is here, the body is in the woods next to the villa on the mountain, and the police car I drove here yesterday is parked on the other side of the cliff in front of the villa."
After explaining the situation, Matsuda and Koshimizu, along with Takahashi and the others, returned to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Takahashi went straight into the interrogation room, while the others in the villa had to give statements one by one.
By the time everything was finished, it was already past noon.
Matsuda still had work to do at the Metropolitan Police Department, while the others left first.
Upon exiting the Metropolitan Police Department, Hiroki Kakutani and Masaru Ota immediately said their goodbyes and left, while Ayako was also preparing to hail a taxi to go home...
Chapter 113 Someone Has Invested
At that moment, a black Toyota Century pulled up in front of the Metropolitan Police Department.
A young man wearing glasses got off the car.
"Mr. Nishino,"
Ayako and Sonoko greeted each other politely.
Masato Nishino, the secretary to the chairman of the Suzuki Group, bowed slightly to the two sisters.
"Miss, Miss, the Chairman and his wife heard that you two are involved in a murder case, so they sent me to pick you up."
"Sister, you should go back first. I want to stay with Ran a little longer," Sonoko pleaded, pulling on her sister's arm.
Although Ayako scolded her younger sister last night, she clearly still dotes on Sonoko usually.
She agreed to her sister's request without much thought.
"Yuanzi, don't stay out too late, go home early! Don't worry your parents."
After Ayako finished instructing her younger sister, Masato Nishino, who was standing nearby, had already opened the back door of the car.
Ayako bent down, about to get into the car.
Suddenly, a handkerchief somehow fell out of her pocket and landed right at the foot of the garden.
"Sis, when did you buy that red and white handkerchief?"
As she asked, Sonoko bent down to pick it up.
Before she could even touch the handkerchief, a hand had already snatched it away.
"sister?"
Sonoko looked at Ayako, who was slightly out of breath, with a puzzled expression. Ayako had clearly rushed off the car in a panic.
It's just a handkerchief, why are you so nervous, sis?
Noticing her sister's strange look, Ayako coughed lightly and said awkwardly,
"I've always loved this handkerchief, and it would be terrible if I lost it."
After saying that, Ayako carefully put the handkerchief away before turning around and getting into the car.
……
After her older sister left, Sonoko stood there, sighing in disappointment.
"I thought my older sister and Officer Matsuda would become a couple, but I never expected it to turn out like this."
"In my opinion, Ayako-nee and Officer Matsuda might actually end up together," Ran said, holding a different view.
“How could that be?” Sonoko said in disbelief. “I thought my older sister had a crush on Officer Matsuda, but you heard what she said last night. She actually just wanted to ask Officer Matsuda to investigate the case, just like this kid guessed.”
"Later, I asked my older sister to help Officer Matsuda, and she scolded me," Sonoko sighed. "Although Officer Matsuda didn't say anything, he must have been disappointed in my sister. There's absolutely no way these two can get together."
"That's not necessarily true," Xiaolan smiled mysteriously, then whispered in Yuanzi's ear all about what she had discovered the night before.
"What? My sister and Officer Matsuda held hands last night? No wonder I felt something was off about her last night!"
Sonoko suddenly realized what was happening and started shouting.
"I knew it. My older sister usually chooses to sit alone with people she doesn't know well, but last night she sat next to Officer Matsuda."
"correct!"
At this point, Sonoko suddenly clapped her hands.
"I remember now! That handkerchief wasn't red and white at all!"
“That was the handkerchief my sister gave me last night to stop the bleeding after Officer Matsuda was cut on the arm by Mr. Takahashi while protecting my sister!”
"The red color on it is from the blood flowing from the wound on Officer Matsuda's arm!"
Sonoko exclaimed in surprise, "My older sister isn't a germaphobe, but she used to throw away anything stained with blood like this immediately. I never expected that she would keep the handkerchief stained with Officer Matsuda's blood so preciously this time!"
"That's why I said there's a real possibility that the two of them could get together," Xiaolan said with a smile.
……
Matsuda was busy in his office until the afternoon before he finally finished processing Takahashi Ryoichi's case.
All that's left is to wait for the forensic department to collect all the evidence, then pack it up and send it to the prosecutor's office.
Thinking of the prosecutor's office, Matsuda inevitably thought of Kujo again.
Since that day, although she continued to handle cases in the First Division as before, she never came to the First Division's office again.
Every time she needed to retrieve the case files, it was her assistant, Sasaki, who would come over.
Ugh……
Matsuda sighed in frustration and stretched.
As it was almost time to leave work, he was packing up to go home when his phone rang.
Matsuda glanced at the phone number; it was Rena Mizunashi calling.
Could it be related to the Koshien detective incident?
Matsuda guessed what was going on and answered the phone.
Sure enough, Rena Mizunashi on the other end of the phone told him some good news.
Nichiri TV has secured sponsorship for Detective Koshien; they've already provided a one-time payment of 100 million yen.
Detective Koshien isn't a show that needs to invite celebrities to participate, so there's no need to deduct the high appearance fees of celebrities. With just 100 million yen, it's enough for the TV station to film several episodes.
Not to mention that the other party generously provided a private island for the filming of the first episode.
"Who's sponsoring this? They're so rich!" Matsuda asked in surprise.
One hundred million yen may not seem like much, but a private island is something that only the truly wealthy can afford.
"I don't know, it seems like the sponsorship was arranged by high-ranking officials at the TV station,"
Rena Mizunashi said, "By the way, thanks to Officer Matsuda, I've also been chosen as the host of this program."
“Congratulations, Ms. Mizunashi,” Matsuda said with a smile.
"Besides that, there's one more thing: the TV station executives have also agreed to Officer Matsuda's request,"
Rena Mizunashi continued,
"The first episode can be filmed entirely according to Officer Matsuda's requirements, but starting from the second episode, everything will have to be decided by the TV station."
"My requests, Nichiri TV actually agreed to them all?" Matsuda was stunned and asked in astonishment.
He initially requested that the first episode of the program be filmed according to his specifications from Nichiri Television.
They just wanted to use the method of asking for an exorbitant price and then negotiating on the spot.
Fortunately, they were eventually able to get the opportunity to expose and expose Tokitsu Junya on the show.
But Matsuda never expected that Nichiri TV would be so generous.