Stay away from Conan

Chapter 27 Converging Clues

Seeing this young man who claimed to be a detective coming to him with such a piece of information, Saeki acted very calmly and put the photocopied report on the coffee table.

"Mr. Akechi, what do you mean by showing me this?"

Saeki asked politely.

"Does Mr. Saha really not know this actress named Hanada Kochi?"

Gao Yuan took the photocopied information back into his hand and began to speak.

"Then let me tell you the whole thing from beginning to end."

Saeki Masaaki didn't object, just sat and waited for Gao Yuan to explain.

"Actually, I was initially commissioned by Mr. Nishikawa to investigate his illegitimate child twenty years ago.

"At that time, Mr. Nishikawa had an affair with an actress, but due to the strong opposition of Mr. Nishikawa's son, the two did not develop further. Instead, the actress was exposed as a scandal of getting pregnant out of wedlock. So that The actress chose to take a break from acting in anger, and left Osaka while pregnant, heading to Tokyo. She disappeared without a trace for nearly twenty years without any news.

"So, I came to Tokyo to find out where the actress went after she came to Tokyo."

Gao Yuan paused, and seeing that Saeki didn't react to what he just said, he continued.

"Originally, you always need some clues to find someone. But after carefully searching for some information, I discovered a question - what is the real name of the actress? I read a lot of newspaper reports that reported on this incident at the time, and all of them were just The actress's stage name is mentioned, but there is no information about her real name.

"So, I could only start with another clue - Mr. Nishikawa gave a 6-carat blue diamond to the actress. However, when I wanted to investigate based on this, I also ran into a deadlock. ——There is absolutely no information about this diamond on the market!”

Having said this, Gao Yuan began to stare at Saeki Masaru.

Masaru Saeki, who realized what he was doing, also responded:

"So, you came to me to ask for information about gems? Then you will be disappointed. Although I am a collector, I can't give you anything useful with just information about a 6-carat blue diamond. news."

"That's not the case. It may just be God's will. As soon as I came to Tokyo, I ran into Kaitou Kid and sent a notice letter to Mr. Saeki. Out of curiosity about the Phantom Thief, I deciphered the contents of the notice letter. So I Then we went to the location predicted by the Phantom Thief and found the gem collected by Mr. Saeki, 'Tears of Moonlight'."

Hearing this, Saeki was finally moved, but he still hesitated to speak.

“After I saw ‘Tears of the Moonlight’, I finally understood why Mr. Saeki bought it for six years but never showed it to the public.”

"Did you see it?"

After hearing what Gao Yuan said, Saeki Masa finally let go.

"Yes, 'Tears of Moonlight' can no longer be displayed to the public because the diamonds set on it have been broken!"

Gao Yuan smiled.

"Of course, this was just a small incident after I came to Tokyo, but when I took a closer look at the broken diamonds, I suddenly discovered that if these diamonds were reduced to one diamond, wouldn't they be almost 6 carats in size? And , just in time, this is still a blue diamond!”

"So you think this diamond is the one you want to investigate?"

Saeki asked.

"Indeed, that's what I thought at the time."

"Then Mr. Mingzhi will be disappointed. After all, I just bought it at an auction and don't know its origin."

Saeki said.

Gao Yuan was not impatient. After all, from the beginning, his words were half-truths and half-falsehoods. This was just to pave the way for the final questioning.

"Let's turn the topic back to the previous matter about the actress's real name. I spent a lot of effort and finally found out the actress's real name, which is what is written on this photocopy of the report ——Hanada Xiaozhi.”

Gao Yuan was almost overwhelmed by finding this out last night. The Internet twenty years ago was a super high-end technology, and many companies did not have so-called server data. His own hacking skills were of no use here at all.

And the brokerage company back then had closed down long ago. I couldn't find any clues on the Internet alone, unless I could find people who were in the industry back then, but I didn't know anything about the film industry in this world!

But the turning point came last night after reading through the movies and TV series that the actress had appeared in - it was a TV series about Ryoma Sakamoto from 20 years ago. In it, Gao Yuan actually saw a character he was familiar with!

yes! Twenty years ago, the film industry! How could we forget this character in this world of "Detective Conan"! This is the protagonist of this world, the true identity of Edogawa Conan, and Kudo Shinichi’s mother—Kudo Yukiko!

Moreover, Kudo Yukiko is now in the United States and is a well-known female detective in the United States, known as the "Night Baroness"! It’s not easy to find the contact information of this famous celebrity online!

It just so happened that I thought of this in the early morning, and it happened to be daytime in the United States!

So Gao Yuan called Kudo's house on the other side of the ocean with the mentality of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, things went smoothly!

After Takato briefly explained the purpose of the call, Kudo Yukiko very enthusiastically provided a very important clue - she remembered the real name of the actress who worked with her very clearly, and her name was "Xiao Zhi". As for her surname, Can't remember.

After getting such clues, Gao Yuan was very grateful to Kudo Yukiko for his help, which gave Gao Yuan a very clear direction of investigation. In the end, Gao Yuan found this photocopy report and showed it to Saeki Masaru.

However, this experience was beyond Gao Yuan's expectations - he originally planned to contact Kudo Shinichi after completing the challenge mission, but he didn't expect that Kudo Shinichi had not yet contacted him, but instead contacted his parents first!

At this time, Saeki heard Takato pronounce the name "Hanada Kochi" and there was no reaction, so Takato continued.

"Mr. Saeki, when I was investigating the diamond clue, I accidentally looked up information about you and found that your surname, Saeki, was changed after your marriage. Your original surname should be - Hanada!"

Speaking of this, Gao Yuan smiled - all the previous words were prepared for this moment.

"The two clues I'm pursuing are intersecting at this moment. No matter how I think about it, I don't think it's a coincidence. So, Mr. Saeki, can you give me an answer?"

After saying that, Gao Yuan changed his sitting posture and looked at Saeki Masaru, waiting for his response.

"Uncle Saeki?"

At this moment, Hanada Emi walked in alone from the door and saw a strange atmosphere between Gao Yuan and Saeki Masaru in the living room.