Chapter 998: Professionalism is your life

"…So that's why you're still with Yotsuba Reika. You want to know the truth."

After Yizhi Long finally calmed down and straightened his back, Tang Ze did not turn around to look at him, but silently handed him a handkerchief, allowing Yizhi Long to tidy up his tearful face.

"Yes, I want to know the truth. Of course, I know that there is no evidence for those things. Even if Si Jing Lihua admits that she did it, even if I use various means to record and record it, these things cannot be used as evidence in court."

Yizhi Long took the neatly folded handkerchief and wiped his face roughly. A muffled sound came out from between his fingers, like a person who was drowning.

Tang Ze nodded and asked softly: "So, what you desire is the truth? Or...?"

Ichiji Takashi paused in wiping his face.

All the previous conversation content was just a prelude, and only here has it really reached the key part.

The simple truth, or the revenge of release, what does Yizhi Long want?

He fell into silence, and Tang Ze did not urge him. He also maintained a considerate quietness and silence, allowing the other party to think slowly.

Yizhilong's predicament is obvious. The reason he took such an extreme path is closely related to his depressed mood for the past two years.

Considering the facts, Yotsugu Reika and Nikaido Yuji were committing murder.

Yaeko Nanao was asked by her grandmother to look after Yotsuba Reika, which was why she went alone in a kayak to rescue people in such bad weather.

However, what she didn't expect was that Yotsuba Rika, who was already in an ambiguous relationship with Nikaido Yuji at that time, was not alone on the island, but Nikaido Yuji was there too.

They snatched the life jacket from Yaeko Nanao, and in order to evade responsibility, they did not even tell anyone else about Yaeko's whereabouts, causing her to lose her last chance to be rescued.

Fear of death is inevitable in human nature. Although the faces of those who scramble for survival resources are ugly, they are still understandable.

However, after returning to the safe area, in order to cover up their true colors, the two insisted that they had never seen the savior, which resulted in Yaeko losing her life jacket and dying in the sea. This is another story.

The above is only about Yaeko’s death itself, this is the part about the deceased.

But death is never just a matter for the deceased; the impact on the living is what almost drives Ichiji Takashi crazy.

Yaeko went over alone with a life jacket, and the two people who were originally trapped came back wearing life jackets as if nothing had happened. Was it only Ichieda Takashi who doubted what had happened?

Everyone was not stupid, and everyone knew the style of Yotsugu Rika. From Takuya Mifune's secretive attitude, it could be seen that the members of the yacht club present that day had more or less guessed what had happened on the small reef of the isolated island.

But except for Ichieda Takashi, who was Yaeko's lover, everyone else was intimidated by Yotsuga Reika's power and pretended that they had discovered nothing, tacitly ignoring the truth itself.

As time goes by, Yizhilong will surely feel more and more the pain of powerlessness.

He will realize more and more clearly that even if he discovers the truth, even if he forces them to admit the truth in person, it may be of no avail unless he takes extreme measures.

The law cannot convict a person of such a self-reported crime. Even if a case is filed for investigation, the Shijing Group will not allow the president's only daughter to be sentenced. It is also true that they did not kill Nanao Yaeko intentionally...

In the final analysis, apart from moral condemnation, even investigating the truth cannot change anything, which is also one of the reasons for his pain.

"What else can I do besides knowing the truth?" Yizhi Long smiled self-deprecatingly.

Did he have to commission a detective who had solved countless cases and made a name for himself in Tokyo with his wisdom to say that he wanted to kill the two culprits?

Forget it, it’s good enough that I don’t become a detective.

Considering that Goro Akechi was able to find him based on his change in attitude alone, and that he was able to talk to him to such an in-depth level of sensitivity, and that he was able to execute the plan before it became a performance, it might be considered a success.

"Don't be so discouraged, Mr. Ichieda Takashi." Tang Ze put on a faint smile and said meaningfully, "The effect of the truth is sometimes unexpected."

After saying this, he did not take the handkerchief back from Yizhilong's hand. He stood up, patted Yizhilong's shoulder one last time to comfort him, then stood up and walked back into the villa.

After listening to the whole thing, Conan hurriedly tiptoed and prepared to go to the lounge, but he was stopped after taking just two steps.

"Don't hide, kid, everyone sees you."

Tang Ze stared accurately at Conan who was hiding behind the potted tree, telling him clearly that he had discovered him, while sighing in his heart.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel that Conan’s breath blocking ability seems to have improved again.

Without opening the third eye, it is very difficult to find him by searching with the naked eyes. It is almost like psychological invisibility.

"You seem to have been staring at me tonight." Tang Ze complained in his heart, but he still kept up a good disguise. "What's wrong? Are you worried that I will do something to them? Don't worry, I'm not that crazy, and I won't do that in front of the detectives."

Conan slowly moved out from behind the potted plant, looked at Tang Ze's expression, and couldn't help but frowned: "So if there was no detective, your choice might be different?"

Tang Ze did not answer this question, but just smiled and said nothing.

That's for sure.

Without Conan and others, it would be a piece of cake for Karasawa to deal with people like Yotsugu Rika.

He could make a guy like Thomas Sindorah, who was already well protected by the embassy, ​​disappear silently. The undefended suburban estate of the Shii family was simply the grave that Shii Rika had chosen for herself.

But if Maori Kogoro doesn't come, can the plot of Shijing Lihua's birthday party be accurately triggered? Anyway, Tang Ze doesn't dare to bet.

It’s not like there’s no locked entry and the shipment is still crooked.

Hey, Twilight Annex, hey, Ito Suehiko...

After a few complaints in his heart, Tang Ze smiled silently, and then he murmured in a low voice, as if answering or talking to himself: "When facing a case, or a case that is about to happen, there is actually very little a detective can do. A detective may be able to stop the atrocities of the murderer, but what if the person is determined to die and has given up on himself?"

"You, you mean..." Conan's eyes suddenly widened.

What does it mean?

Was he referring to the frustrated Ichieda Takashi, or was he referring to something else? Was this just a simple sigh after the conversation, or was it some kind of criminal declaration?

What is he going to do? Is he going to investigate the truth for Yizhi Long, or is he going to do something even more exaggerated?

For example, using the ability to control myself, which can make Yizhi Long's heart waver and cry uncontrollably with just a few words from me, what can I induce to happen?

After this sentence made Conan fall into a state of uncertainty and suspicion, Tang Ze smiled implicitly, stopped answering, turned around and walked back towards the lounge.

“Hey, hey, don’t run away when you’re halfway through your sentence… Hey, Akechi, eh, Akechi-nii, don’t leave…”

The detective who was teased by Xiaoxiao ran after the target with unknown intentions, and therefore, completely missed the reaction of Yizhi Long who was still tidying up his appearance outside the villa.

Perhaps because he felt embarrassed for crying like that in front of a much younger child, Yizhi Long kept taking deep breaths to adjust his state of mind. He planned to stay for a few more minutes until the redness and swelling on his face completely disappeared before going back.

To ease the embarrassment, he put away his suit jacket and took the handkerchief in his hand to examine it carefully.

As he looked at it carefully, Yizhi Long soon noticed that there seemed to be something written on the folded handkerchief.

As he unfolded the neatly folded handkerchief, the line of words appeared before his eyes, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, which were already red from crying.

“Never forget that until God reveals the future of man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: ‘wait’ and ‘hope’.”

This, this is...! Ah, so, what he meant was...

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"You didn't have a fight, did you?" Seeing Goro Akechi returning to the lounge, Mifune Takuya greeted him jokingly, "Don't say anything too much. Ichieda Takashi is a bit of a fool. If I can't win the argument, I might end up crying."

"You're exaggerating, Mr. Mifune." Tang Ze curled his eyes, "I just saw that he was in a bad mood, so I asked a few questions."

"Ah, the detective's desire to explore, huh? All right. But I think it would be hard for anyone to feel good after staying with Reika for a few years." Mifune Takuya rolled his eyes, "It's a pity that Nikaidou and the others still have the mood to revolve around her."

"You have a very low opinion of her." Tang Ze took a step closer, pretending to whisper, and said in a low voice, "What did she do to you? Tell me. Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped."

"You just want to hear gossip, don't you?" Mifune Takuya glanced at him, his expression relaxed instead, and he obviously enjoyed this kind of closeness from a bad friend, "You didn't do anything to me..."

With good looks and amazing wealth, and a marriage certificate that can bring her the right to take the helm of a large group, Yotsugu Reika's conditions are really good. To say that Mifune Takuya didn't have any romantic thoughts when he first knew her, would be overestimating him.

However, after he became her playmate under her coercion, this secret expectation quickly turned into strong disgust when faced with her unconcealed nature.

"I just think this group of people is really interesting. They actually hope to take over the entire Shijing Group through Lihua. They are lucky if they are not strangled to death by her on the bed." Shaking his head, Takuya Mifune concluded.

Nanao Yaeko was very kind to Yotsuba Reika.

After all, she was just a maid who worked for her grandmother in the Shii family for many years, and she did not sell herself to the Shii family. Her care for Shii Reika was really a kind of care and love, but in the eyes of Shii Reika, she probably really regarded Yaeko as a dispensable and inferior servant to herself, so she was indifferent to the fact that Yaeko went out to sea to save her but died in the sea.

She treated her savior like this, could she change her personality after getting married?

In the eyes of President Sijing, his daughter with a bad temper has no shortcomings. Even if she speaks hurtful words to others, even if she uses her power to bully others, it is just like a cat stretching out its claws to scratch the furniture, which is just a cute play.

Therefore, even if Rika Shioi really did something to her future husband, President Shioi would only think that his daughter was being treated unfairly and bullied in her marriage, and that it was natural for her to resist. Not only would he not take it seriously, he would also help her cover up the truth.

In short, trying to use marriage to control Yotsuba Reika is an ignorant act that is impossible to achieve, which makes Takuya Mifune feel that this group of people, especially activists like Nikaido Yuji, are particularly stupid.

"If possible, I really want to let them experience in advance what they will encounter at the hands of Rika, so that they don't have to bleed down their heads like this..." Takuya Mifune's complaint was quite impolite.

As Tang Ze listened to him, he glanced in the direction of Nikaido Yuji out of the corner of his eye and saw a faint golden light floating.

Being strangled to death on the bed, that should be the feeling of suffocation?

Nikaidou Yuji, who was holding a coffee cup and putting a snack into his mouth, suddenly froze.

An intense, terrifying feeling of suffocation suddenly attacked him, as if something heavy was pressing on his throat, moving downward little by little, ruthlessly flattening his throat and squeezing the last bit of air out of his respiratory tract.

"Snapped!"

The coffee cup in his hand fell to the ground. Nikaidou Yuji grabbed his throat with both hands. His face instantly turned purple. He opened his mouth wide and tried to take in air, but it was in vain. He soon fell to his knees, and his knees hit the white porcelain fragments that he had smashed out.

This kind of pain would normally make him scream, but now he didn't even have the strength to speak. The feeling of suffocation and impending death made his tears and snot flow out. His nails almost dug into his skin in despair, and his face began to turn blue.

"What's wrong, Nikaidou!"

"Could it be that the dessert is stuck?!"

"Choked on a cake roll?"

The others around him were shocked, at a loss and feeling ridiculous, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"He must have choked. He needs to do the Heimlich. Please make way." Tang Ze took two steps over and announced loudly, then without saying a word, he stepped next to Nikaido Yuji, pushed his leg forward, and pulled him up.

Then, without hesitation, he put his fist on the positioning point and punched Nikaidou Yuji several times.

Nikaidou Yuji, who was unable to make any sound, opened his mouth wide and his face became even more hideous and painful, but no one, including the knowledgeable detectives, could criticize Goro Akechi's actions.

This is the most standard Heimlich first aid posture. Even if Karasawa was actually using Kyogoku Makoto's strength to beat him and accidentally killed him, no one could say anything wrong about him in court.

Takuya Mifune was stunned for two seconds and suddenly whistled.

I don't know whether he was expressing his admiration for his own words or was really praising me, but the first thing he said was, "Wow, you look so professional. You can do this, Akechi-kun, you are indeed a genius detective."

After finally finishing his work and walking to the door, Yizhi Long, who was still in a trance, said: "..."

Conan stared at this scene blankly, then realized something: "..."

What is professionalism? Does professionalism cost you your life?