Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

Chapter 225 The Weird Construction Site

The boss's office.

Yoko Nakata stepped aside to let Maori and his group in.

"Sir, Mr. Maori and the others are here."

Hori Yasumasa stood up and welcomed him in enthusiastically: "Oh, Mr. Maori, you are finally here."

"Sorry, Mr. Hori, we kept you waiting for a long time." A smile also appeared on Kogoro Mouri's face.

Conan held Ran Mouri's hand and quickly looked around the office, getting a general understanding of the client.

He is a relatively rigorous and decisive person.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Maori Kogoro got straight to the point: "Mr. Hori, I just heard from Ms. Nakata that this commission is related to Hayashiro Construction? I'm afraid this matter is not going to be easy to handle."

Hayashika Construction is now a pile of shit, and whoever touches it will be in the shit. Even if Maori Kogoro has some connections in the Metropolitan Police Department, he will definitely not help Hori Yasumasa get involved in Hayashika Construction.

Kogoro Mori will absolutely abide by these bottom lines.

Hori Yasumasa understood the implication of Maori Kogoro and immediately laughed. "Oh, it's all Secretary Nakata's fault for not explaining it clearly to you. Although this matter is related to Hayashiro Construction, it's not what Mr. Maori thinks. We are all law-abiding citizens and have absolutely no intention of interfering with the police investigation."

Maori Kogoro frowned: "So what you mean is..."

"Well, as you know, Linlu Construction went bankrupt, and many of its projects were about to flow back into our hands through official channels. However, Linlu Construction has so many messes that we're completely out of options."

Yasumasa Hori waved his hand, and Yoko Nakata walked forward and handed a document to Kogoro Mori.

Maori Kogoro opened it and found a simplified construction plan for a construction site project, detailing the area's planned development direction and general structure for the next two years. It was clear from the map that this area would become a new economic zone, promising significant future development benefits.

Of course, whether this land will make money in the future has nothing to do with Hori Yasumasa. After all, they are only responsible for the construction, and he only cares about the current construction status of the land.

"Our company was ready to take over this project, but unfortunately we encountered Linlu Construction and missed the opportunity. We didn't expect that after many twists and turns, the project would eventually return to our hands."

Hori Yasumasa didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.

Maori Kogoro was not a professional and could not understand the complicated planning data on the document. He could only look up at Hori Yasumasa again and ask: "Mr. Hori, what is troubling you?"

Logically speaking, Hori Yasumasa should be very happy that such a good project is back in his hands, but looking at his expression, he doesn't seem like that.

Hori Yasumasa was silent for a long time before he finally made up his mind: "The problem is that we investigated and found that... there is something strange about this construction site."

Maori Kogoro: "Huh?"

Conan and Ran Mouri standing by also had small eyes on their faces.

Eh?

Such a big company still believes this?

Hori Yasumasa saw Kogoro Maori's expression and knew he definitely didn't believe it. He said anxiously, "This is true. Work on that construction site stopped long before Linlu Construction went bankrupt. It's said that three workers died after only three months of operation. The rest of the workers are also mostly distracted and unable to concentrate. Minor accidents are constant. The whole construction site seems to be cursed."

Hearing what Hori Yasumasa said, the smile on Maori Kogoro's face stiffened a lot: "Then Mr. Hori, you shouldn't come to me for this matter..."

He is a detective and can't exorcise evil spirits. Instead of looking for him, it would be better to go to a temple and find a high monk to perform a ritual to help exorcise the evil spirits.

Hori Yasumasa smiled bitterly, "Linlu Construction has already done this before. They not only invited domestic monks, but also invited masters from abroad. There was some effect at first, but after a while, minor accidents continued to occur. There was no difference at all."

Kogoro Mouri hissed softly, rubbed his chin, and began to hesitate.

It’s not that he’s a coward, it’s just that this matter... is really difficult to deal with.

Hori Yasumasa: "So I thought, we don't really understand things on the metaphysical level, so I'm afraid there's no way to solve it. But if it's something on the physical level, maybe we can still save it..."

Maori Kogoro understood: "Mr. Hori, are you worried that someone is playing tricks on you?"

Hori Yasumasa nodded: "This is all I can guess. I hope Mr. Maori can help us find some clues."

After all, metaphysics is invisible and intangible, so he might as well find a detective to rule out the possibility of human intervention.

Kogoro Mori completely understood what Yasumasa Hori meant.

"I understand. Don't worry, Mr. Hori. I will definitely do my best."

Since they didn't ask him to exorcise evil spirits, he felt relieved.

"That's great." Hori Yasumasa looked at Conan beside him, "Isn't this also a child of the Mori family? If possible, I hope Mr. Mori can bring him to the scene."

Conan:?

What does it have to do with him?

Conan looked at Hori Yasumasa with a confused look on his face.

Hori Yasumasa met the child's puzzled gaze, coughed lightly, and explained in a low voice, "I heard that children's eyes are the clearest and can see things that adults can't, so I wanted to give it a try and see if there really is something strange going on over there."

Conan: "???"

Wait, what's this all about? What supernatural novel did Mr. Hori read this in? And this child isn't that child; it's a baby, right? What does that have to do with him, a high school student (crossed out) or an elementary school student?

Conan didn't understand and was shocked. He looked at Uncle Maori and Xiaolan beside him, and the expressions on the faces of the father and daughter were also very interesting.

Although Mr. Ju is superstitious, he also knows to hire a detective to investigate.

Although Mr. Ju is not superstitious, he believes everything he hears and is full of superstition.

It's simply too much to complain about.

The corners of Maori Kogoro's mouth twitched, but for the sake of his financial sponsor, he maintained the expression of a famous detective. He nodded very deeply, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Hori! We will definitely be able to investigate this matter thoroughly. Whether it's a human or a ghost, I, Maori Kogoro, will take care of it!"

……

At the door, Yoko Nakata looked absentmindedly at the phone in her hand, as if waiting for someone's reply.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated.

Her eyes lit up and she immediately opened the text message on her phone.

——Sure enough! It was sent by that mysterious gentleman!

Looking at the content above, Yoko Nakata's eyes gradually lit up.

The door beside me was suddenly pushed open.

Yoko Nakata immediately put away her phone and put a gentle smile back on her face.

"Yoko, please take Mr. Maori and the others to the construction site."

Hori Yasumasa came out and said.

"Okay, sir."

Yoko Nakata answered immediately.