Chapter 259 Miss Suzuki is awesome!
Chapter 259 Miss Suzuki is awesome!
Chapter 259 Miss Suzuki is awesome!
Tomizawa Taichi sighed deeply, then chuckled with a sense of relief, "Alright, stop talking, Tatsuji, Yuzo. I'm really not the kind of amazing person you imagine me to be."
He then began to explain his reasons for killing Tomizawa Tetsuji.
"Actually, I've always wanted to inherit my father's estate so I could continue writing, which I love so much —"
Xiong San's lips trembled, and in the end, only one word escaped his lips: "Brother—"
Taiyi ignored him and continued to say with his head down, "I've been having a really tough time lately. My job opportunities have suddenly decreased, and I've run out of money, so I asked my dad if he could help me out financially."
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As he spoke, his tone began to turn resentful.
"But it wasn't until then that I found out that my dad had pressured the publishing house to stop giving me job opportunities. I think he wanted me to give up writing and follow in his footsteps."
Officer Yokomizo felt he couldn't quite keep up with the man's logic. Why was he acting so aggrieved? He looked around and saw that everyone else, except for his two younger brothers, was also full of questions. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it's not the world that's gone mad; it's just this prisoner who's gone mad.
Throughout his entire career as a criminal investigator, this case had the most outrageous motive among those who killed close relatives.
This is his own father.
"So you killed him?!"
Officer Yokomizo looked on in disbelief.
He claimed to be broke, yet he still dressed impeccably, even having the money to buy a watch and install a listening device on it for his father, and then he just went ahead and did it.
Unaware that the police officer's opinion of him had plummeted, Tomizawa Taichi continued to say things that were sure to ruin his reputation.
"That's right, so I thought of killing my dad when he came to the villa. Giving him the watch and sabotaging the antenna were both for this purpose."
Then, he turned to his younger brother: "Yuzo, actually, if my original plan had gone smoothly, I could have pinned the blame on you and gotten a bigger inheritance. It was all for my beloved writing, but it seems I ended up writing a really bad detective novel."
Akutagawa glanced at Sonoko, who seemed to really want to rush up and punch the guy but was holding back, and said softly, "While I can't let you rush up and hit him, you don't have to hold back from cursing him a few times."
Conan rolled his eyes, but did not try to stop it.
First, he couldn't stop it; he couldn't escape Akutagawa Hikaru's grasp. Second, he didn't want to stop it because he felt like hitting someone just listening to it.
Encouraged by Akutagawa Hiko, Suzuki Sonoko roared, "You bastard, don't insult the profession of novelist! You're nothing but a vicious criminal, an incorrigible bastard, an ungrateful scumbag, and a social menace!"
Akutagawa Hiko blinked as he listened. This was the first time he had ever seen Suzuki Sonoko so unladylike, hurling insults at someone. Although the aggression didn't directly hit the target, it was enough to break Tomizawa Taichi's guard.
"What do you know, you little brat living in an ivory tower? Do you know how hard adult life is? And you have a dad who's always holding you back from pursuing your dreams. How could you possibly understand!"
Fearing a conflict would break out, Officer Yokomizo quickly handcuffed Tomizawa Taichi.
It's not that I'm biased towards either side, but Tomizawa Taichi was originally going to be taken away, and now he's even more agitated, it feels like he's about to hit someone.
"I haven't experienced what you're talking about, so I don't really understand. But it's clearly your own fault for being incompetent, so why blame everything on Uncle Zhezhi, who provided you with such a comfortable life!"
Sonoko Suzuki didn't give Taichi Tomizawa a chance to refute her at all. Her mouth kept going like a machine gun. Not to mention Hiko Akutagawa, even Ran had never seen Sonoko like this.
Because of her carefree personality, even when she encountered a jerk while trying to hook up with handsome guys, she would at most slap him and then forget about him. Later, for some reason, she became much more ladylike.
Judging from today's scene, they must be really furious.
"From the very beginning, Uncle Zhezhi never truly stopped you from pursuing your so-called dreams. Your writing, Da Erge's engagement, and Xiong Sange's comics were all just verbal attempts to stop you."
If Tetsuji Tomizawa wanted to, with the Tomizawa Group's influence being comparable to the Suzuki Group, the three brothers would really only have one option left: to obediently follow orders.
Despite the criticism, Tomizawa Tetsuji was also pleased that his child had his own opinions and made a name for himself, which was a kind of training that he couldn't get in his own company.
As for his eldest son, besides genuinely hoping he could inherit his mantle, there's also the fact that Tomizawa Taichi is utterly hopeless when it comes to writing novels. Despite being the eldest son of the Tomizawa Group president, he's never achieved any real fame.
Lacking common sense about life, the things they write are often contradictory and give readers a sense of incongruity.
He couldn't bring himself to experience life at the bottom of society. After becoming penniless in the rich circle, he went to his father for money again. It would be a miracle if he got a pleasant response.
"You abandoned the family business, yet you schemed for the inheritance. You even framed Brother Xiong San, who often spoke up for you, just to get more money. You want benefits but refuse to take responsibility. You can't lower yourself to fit into the daily lives of ordinary people. What right do you have to criticize Uncle Zhezhi!"
Fuzawa Taichi was rendered speechless by the scolding, and lowered his head without saying a word.
Hiko Akutagawa added, "Mr. Tetsuji always wears that watch you gave him. You should know very well how inappropriate it is for something of that price to be on his wrist."
Xiaolan chimed in at the right moment: "Last night while watching the game, Uncle Zhezhi, though his words weren't very pleasant, spoke with pride and boastfulness when he talked about that watch—"
What's there to show off? It can't be a watch that's practically worthless.
It wasn't just his own perception that, despite their apparent discord, they were actually very much in love as father and son.
But who could have imagined that this watch, a symbol of family affection, would become the key to his death? It was a gift from his eldest son, and he himself had put it on.
Seemingly recalling his past before he became independent, Tomizawa Taichi swayed slightly, but fortunately, police officers on both sides supported him, preventing him from falling to the ground.
Tears seemed to glisten in his eyes, his psychological defenses completely shattered by these words.
He believed himself to be a noble defender of morality who killed those who trampled on others' ideals, and that even with his own father's blood on his hands, he was still righteous and sacred.
But in the end, he was no different from the criminals in those third-rate detective novels.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong————"
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