I went with my manager to the Nagato residence. As expected of a major corporation, the mansion was huge, and there seed to be many employees.
'My mansion in Marvel had this many people too, but most were bodyguards and secretaries. Here, there are many chefs and gardeners.'
As we got out of the car and looked around, a butler ca to guide us.
"Teacher Jin, it's an honor. I've heard much of your reputation. And as the rumors say, you're incredibly handso."
"Not at all. But the Chairman is…"
"Ah, this way, please."
We followed the butler inside, and saw a group that looked like police officers.
'That's Hattori Heizo. With his squinty eyes and sharp mind... n like him are the truly scary ones.'
'Hattori Heizo' is the father of Conan's rival and ally, 'Hattori Heiji'. He is considered one of the sharpest minds in the Detective Conan universe. He was one of the people I had wanted to et.
Before I could greet him, Heizo approached .
"You must be the onmyoji, Jin. Nice to et you. I'm Hattori Heizo, Superintendent General of the Osaka Prefectural Police."
"Nice to et you, Superintendent Hattori. I am Onmyoji Jin."
"Hmm... All I hear about you are unbelievable rumors. Summoning ghosts, finding people with talismans. And according to my son, your deductive skills are also impressive."
This man seed more interested in than I expected.
"You an your son, Heiji?"
"Yes. I heard he was in your care last ti. Thank you. He ca with today."
"I see. I need to attend to the Chairman's matter first, so I'll greet Heiji later."
As I followed the butler up to the third floor where the Chairman was, Heizo followed.
"I'll co too. I want to see onmyoji techniques firsthand."
We followed the butler, knocked on the Chairman's door, and entered. In the room, besides the Chairman lying on the bed, there was Conan, Ran, Kogoro, and the key figure of this case, the Chairman's secretary 'Hyuga Miyuki'. Conan, Ran, and Kogoro seed quite surprised to see .
"Jin, what are you doing here?"
"Son-in-law, I thought you were busy getting your boat license."
"Long ti no see, Mouri-san, Ran, Conan. I was also requested by the Chairman."
"Ah, I see. Anyway, good to see you."
The Chairman, overhearing, asked Kogoro, "Son-in-law? So you're saying Jin is engaged to this young lady?"
"Hahaha, not yet, but they will get married in the future. They're dating now. Well, since they're planning to marry, I just call him son-in-law."
"Oh~ I see. A handso couple, indeed."
At the Chairman's words, Kogoro laughed, and Ran was very embarrassed. Conan, however, still looked sour. Then we heard the details of the request from the Chairman.
"What? You want us to find your first love? The famous Great Detective Mouri?"
Disappointed by the simple request, Kogoro deflated.
"That's right. My old friend here, Superintendent General Hattori Heizo of Osaka, spoke highly of you. He said you could find her like a ghost."
The Chairman looked at Heizo as he spoke, and everyone's attention turned to Heizo.
"O-Oh, Superintendent General!!??"
Kogoro seed quite surprised. Ran recognized Heizo.
"He appears on TV often whenever a big case happens in Osaka."
Just then, soone entered through the door behind Heizo and greeted us.
"Yo~ Jin, Kudou. Long ti no see. Ran too."
It was Hattori Heiji. Conan was very flustered.
"Kudou?" "AAAAAAAAAAAH!"
As Ran questioned Heiji's words, Conan suddenly scread, ran to Heiji, and started whispering sothing.
Leaving those two fools alone, I asked the Chairman, "So you summoned for the sa request?"
"Yes. I've heard there's no one better than you at finding people. Chairman Suzuki highly recomnded you."
As expected, the heads of major conglorates mostly knew each other.
"I see. Then let's begin right away."
I took a tracking talisman from my pocket and pretended to chant a spell.
"Hmm... The person you're looking for is a woman. The image is blurry, indicating it's soone from long ago."
The Chairman seed very surprised. "That's right, that's right. As expected of Teacher Jin."
"Hmm... However, this person is no longer in this world."
"What! So you an she's already dead?"
"Yes. And strangely, her spirit is attached to that woman."
I pointed to the Chairman's secretary, 'Hyuga Miyuki'. Everyone's gaze focused on Miyuki, who looked very flustered.
"What? Is that true?"
"Yes. Please watch closely."
I threw the tracking talisman into the air. Though there was no wind, it flew to Miyuki's head and slowly began to burn away.
"Unbelievable..."
Everyone was amazed. Heizo watched with a serious expression.
"There's sothing else. Looking at the burn marks on the spirit's body, it seems she died in a fire."
This ti, I wasn't lying. Because I could see the spirit floating above Miyuki with my [Naked Eye]. And the spirit, knowing I could see her, kept trying to tell sothing.
"No..."
The Chairman was shocked by my words.
"She's still trying to tell sothing... Wait, everyone, please give us so space."
I asked everyone to make room, then took out so chalk, drew a plausible yin-yang circle in front of the Chairman's bed, stood in the center, put my palms together, and recited a short chant. This was just a show for effect.
As I perford the ritual, I discreetly called the spirit. The spirit approached and whispered in my ear.
— Please stop my daughter. Please.
I relayed her words exactly.
"She keeps saying, 'Please stop my daughter.' So the secretary is the spirit's daughter."
As the shocking truths continued, Kogoro summarized. "So the person the Chairman was looking for is the secretary's mother?"
"That seems to be the case. But she keeps saying 'stop her'... I don't know what she ans."
I looked at Miyuki and asked, "Your mother is begging to stop you. Do you have any idea what she ans?"
Miyuki clutched her mother's pen, trembling, but feigned ignorance.
"I-I don't know..."
The spirit spoke to again, and I relayed her words directly to Miyuki.
"Your mother says, 'I forgive you now, so please, just live happily, both of you.'"
At that, Miyuki could no longer hold back, collapsed to the floor, and began to cry.
"Sniff... Mother..."
The background of the 'Famous Family Serial Murder' episode is as follows: Twenty years ago, a fire broke out at the inn run by Miyuki and her mother. Her mother lost her life. Miyuki was also on the verge of death, but the Chairman's son, Hideomi, rushed into the flas and barely managed to rescue her.
However, the arsonists were Hideomi and the Chairman's son-in-law, 'Matsuaki Yasu', who had married the Chairman's second daughter. When they were children, they had stayed at the inn together and started the fire.
Aware that there were people at the inn, Hideomi risked his life to save Miyuki, but forever burdened by the guilt of the death caused by his fire, he always looked after Miyuki and never treated his own burns.
Matsuaki, however, felt no remorse and only sched to take over the Nagato Group, even if it ant killing the Chairman. Knowing his ambitions, Miyuki convinced Hideomi to help her get revenge, leading her down the path of murder.
"Ah, I forgot to ntion one thing... 'Congratulations on your marriage,' she says."
Miyuki sobbed, prostrate. The commotion drew the other family mbers into the room, and Hideomi comforted the crying Miyuki. They had married to carry out their revenge, but they truly loved each other, so getting married wouldn't have been a problem at all.
"What in the world is going on..."
The onlookers looked bewildered, unable to understand the situation.
"Hmm... I think I get it."
Hattori Heizo suddenly began explaining his deductions to everyone, and they were almost entirely accurate. I thought, 'What is this guy?'
"So, the arsonists were Matsuaki and Hideomi?"
The Chairman asked, shocked. Hattori Heizo stroked his chin.
"Probably. But it was too long ago, and no evidence remains. It would be difficult to imprison them without a confession."
Matsuaki sighed in relief and said confidently, "Phew~ That was a long ti ago. What can you do about it now?"
Miyuki and Hideomi, angered, moved to approach Matsuaki, but I stepped in to stop them.
"You...!"
"Please, both of you, calm down. He's going to die soon anyway, so don't worry about him."
Everyone in the room looked at in surprise. Matsuaki was especially shocked and angry.
"Who do you think you are, saying I'm going to die? Huh, you look familiar... Gasp! Onmyoji Jin???"
Matsuaki stared at , unable to hide his surprise. Then the Chairman asked, "Teacher Jin, is that true? Matsuaki is going to die?"
"Yes. He is destined to die tonight."
"Is there any way to prevent it?"
"No. The god of death is already floating above his head. Even I cannot defy the gods."
This was a complete lie. For the sake of a peaceful world, I planned to deal with this kind of trash myself. Very coincidentally.
"That's a lie! I'm not going to die today! Do you think you'll get away with this? Just you wait!!!"
Matsuaki slamd the door and left. But not long after, a loud crashing sound was heard outside.
"What was that?"
Everyone rushed outside to the source of the noise. They found that Matsuaki, who had just stord out, had fallen down the stairs, his neck broken.
"KYAAA!!"
The won scread. Kogoro and Heizo quickly checked Matsuaki's body.
"Oh dear, he's dead... My son-in-law's prediction ca true..."
"Unbelievable."
In truth, I had used my [Naked Eye] to watch him descend the stairs, then used [Telekinesis] to trip him, killing him without anyone knowing.
'One less piece of shit. The world is a little more beautiful. Rot as fertilizer, shit.'
Heizo quickly called for reinforcents from the police downstairs.
"It seems my work here is done."
"You're an even greater onmyoji than the rumors say. I'll make sure you're well compensated for today."
Then Kogoro asked the Chairman, "Chairman, what about ..."
"Well, you ca all this way. I'll pay your fee as well."
Kogoro sighed in relief. Ran and Conan looked at him with disdain.
After everything was settled, Miyuki and Hideomi ca to with a request.
"Um... please tell my mother 'thank you' for ."
"She's hearing you right now, so I don't need to relay it."
"Is that so?"
Miyuki clutched her pen, tears streaming. Hideomi patted her back, comforting her.
Then the Chairman looked at the pen Miyuki was holding and said to her, "I gave that pen to your mother. I just rembered."
Miyuki was surprised. "Th-That can't be. I always thought it was from my late father…"
"I gave that pen to your mother when we were in elentary school, before she moved away. Perhaps this is fate. I hope you and Hideomi will achieve the things we couldn't."
"Yes..."
As if everything was now settled, Miyuki's mother's spirit smiled and began to slowly fade away.
I called to Ran, preparing to go ho.
"Ran, let's go together."
"Okay, I'll get Conan and my dad."
We all rode in my manager's car to the Mouri Detective Agency.
"You were great again today, Jin."
"Haha, it's a little embarrassing when my girlfriend complints ."
Then Kogoro asked , "But that gave chills. Predicting soone's death. Can you tell when I'll die?"
"Only when the god of death is clearly visible just before death. Fate can change, so I don't know everything."
"I see."
I looked at Conan, sitting in the middle of the back seat, and put my hands together in prayer. I felt like I had to, after exploiting the 'god of death' concept so much.
"Why are you doing that suddenly?"
"Just offering a prayer to the god of death."
Conan squinted and asked, "Then why are you looking at ?"
Conan had to ask, instead of just letting it slide.
"Well... I saw a god of death passing by outside the rear window."
Everyone looked surprised.
"Whoa! Then is this car going to crash?"
"No, don't worry. I just happened to see one going sowhere else."
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