Thirty minutes later, the four people successfully arrived at the Nagato family's suburban mansion.
The old butler was waiting at the door to take them in.
The yard here is large, the vegetation is lush, and the villa is very grand, but it always gives people a messy feeling.
A few people took a closer look and found that the problem was in the pond - the water in the pond was turbid, and several pits were dug next to it. The excavated soil was piled aside, making it look like a small construction site.
"The pond has been renovated recently, and we plan to plant trees here next week." The housekeeper noticed their gazes and explained simply.
The other three nodded, not paying much attention.
Shiraishi looked at the hole in the ground, and then at the iron fence with sharp tops surrounding the yard, and he felt something was wrong.
After entering the room and seeing the old and kind chairman Nagato and the young and beautiful short-haired secretary next to him, Shiraishi almost remembered everything.
Previously, Shiraishi set out a few days early in order to do a mission for the Takeda family.
Tomorrow is Chairman Nagato's birthday, but in recent years, Chairman Nagato's birthdays have always been a simple get-together with a few family members, so Shiraishi doesn't have to stay, he can just deliver the gifts.
Nagato was lying on the bed, looking at the gift, smiling and thanking him.
Shiraishi looked at the small table in his room. There were two puppets with forearm lengths on the table. The clothes were very festive.
Nagato Douzan saw their gazes and explained kindly: "It's a birthday gift made by the juniors for me."
Looking at the puppet alone, there is actually nothing wrong with it. The gift giver should also be praised for his creativity.
But now, the four people had just come out of the Takeda family. Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly remembered that Takeda Nobu had said yesterday that the Nagato family had come to order two puppets.
Although they had previously thought that if Takeda Nobu was really selling drugs to Nagato's house, he would most likely not dare to tell the customers directly, but in fact this is not necessarily the case, what if he has that kind of reckless character...
Conan relied on his identity as a naughty kid and ran over to pick up the puppet: "It's so cute!"
He weighed it secretly and found that the weight was very light. The two puppets should be hollow.
Conan didn't know much about the Takeda family's process of making serious puppets, so he couldn't tell whether the hollows here were to save materials, to reduce weight and facilitate control, or to specifically hollow them out to hide poison inside.
But at least, judging from the current quality and the lack of strange noises when shaking, it should be empty and not contain drugs.
Shiraishi looked at his watch while eavesdropping on the conversation between Conan and Hattori Heiji.
Mission time is coming soon.
Chairman Nagato is old and in poor health. He has been bedridden and unable to meet with guests for a long time.
He then said goodbye considerately, then walked to the living room outside, pretended to be sleepy, turned on the mask, and used the virtual time to pass through several walls and go to the location marked on the mission.
Shiraishi soon entered a room filled with novels.
There was a man sitting in the room. He was wearing a knitted hat, his face was covered with bandages, and only his eyes were exposed.
The knitted hat seems to be the same model as Shu Akai's. Fortunately, this man has been hiding in the room and not wandering around in the corridor. Otherwise, if Conan and Hattori Heiji see him, he might be knocked down by the two naughty kids.
Press and hold to remove the bandage.
But in fact, the man in front of him has nothing to do with Shuichi Akai. He is the eldest son of Chairman Nagato, Hideomi Nagato.
Nagato Hidetomi is 36 years old this year.
Twenty years ago, when he was in high school, he and his classmate Yamada Mitsu were playing with fire and accidentally lit a nearby hotel on fire.
The fire spread very quickly, and Nagato Hideomi realized that he was in trouble. He rushed into the sea of fire and finally rescued only one little girl - the secretary Hinata Yuki whom he had just met. The girl's parents unfortunately died.
The fire was ultimately deemed an accident, and the two teenage arsonists were never arrested.
Nagato Hidetomi's face was burned in a fire. Although the doctor said that he could make his face look less ferocious through plastic surgery, Nagato Hidetomi refused. After he dropped out of school, he hid in his house and wrote novels. At the same time, he always took care of him.
Hinata Sachi was sent to an orphanage.
Hinata Sachi was just 6 years old at the time and didn't know the cause of the fire. He only regarded Nagato Hideomi as his savior and relied on and liked him. When he grew up, Hinata Sachi joined the Nagato Group because of this.
A while ago, Hinata Yuki proposed to Nagato Hideomi.
Nagato Hidetomi agreed, but when he thought about the fire, his conscience ached sharply. With the pain, Nagato Hidetomi suddenly thought that he might as well commit suicide to atone for his sins.
So before the relationship between the two was announced, he wrote a suicide note and committed suicide by taking poison.
Shiraishi glanced at the letter in front of Nagato Hideomi from behind, thinking that the suicide note should be the one he was writing now.
In the suicide note, Nagato Hidetomi confessed the cause of the fire and felt that he was not worthy of Hinata Yuki. Of course, he did not hide it for Yamada Mitsuaki, who played with fire with him when he was 16 years old.
Yamada Mitsuki has now been renamed Nagato Mitsumi. Although he is a little bit like a dog, he has a good appearance and is good at talking. He successfully married into the Nagato family and became the husband of Nagato Hidetomi's younger sister.
Chairman Nagato has three children in total. One son is autistic and disfigured, and the other two are daughters. None of the daughters have much ambition. As long as Chairman Nagato passes away, the group is likely to be inherited by Nagato Mitsuyo.
Hinata Sachi discovered Nagato Hidetomi's body. After reading the suicide note, he learned that his benefactor had actually been his enemy all along, and his mentality suddenly collapsed.
But her thinking was sharper than usual.
Hyuga Sachi synthesized all kinds of information and used the surrounding environment to formulate a murder plan - she pretended to cooperate with Nagato Mitsuyo, murder the chairman, let Nagato Mitsuyo inherit the family business, and push everything to Nagato Hideomi who committed suicide. In reality
On the other hand, he planned to have Nagato Miguel "killed by Nagato Hideomi" while he was on his way to commit the crime.
Of course, now that Shiraishi is here, those sophisticated plans that followed may no longer be implemented.
Shiraishi looked at the task requirements, changed into the form of a cat, and while Nagato Hideomi was still struggling to write the words for his suicide note, he secretly walked over, pushed the vial containing the poison away, and hid it under the cabinet.
Although Nagato Hidetomi is a criminal, if he wants to save Hinata Sachi, he cannot be suddenly taken away.
At least Hinata Sachi must be given a little buffering time, otherwise she will definitely focus the anger she has accumulated for more than 20 years on Nagato Miguel, kill him, and then pay for it with her own life.
The door gap of Nagato Hideomi's room was wider than that of other rooms - sometimes he would suddenly become autistic and didn't want to see anyone. Whenever this happened, the helper would pass the food in through the gap under the door.
Now it's more convenient for Shiraishi.
Shiraishi squeezed out through the gap, using the flower pots and ornaments in the corridor to hide his figure, and came to the door of Chairman Nagato's room to squat.