Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 142 Funeral
On the second day after Ishino's family returned to Mihua Town, a bad news suddenly spread from Yokosuka to his home, and at the same time spread to Paris, thousands of miles away...

When Ishino rushed to the castle with his daughters, he saw the body of Grandma Yoko in the mourning hall that had already been arranged, and a pair of patrolmen who were inspecting the body with the solid cooperation of Aso.

Soon the two patrolmen finished the inspection, and when they saw Ishino, who was a relative of the deceased, they showed him the report confirming that the deceased had died of natural causes due to organ failure, and expressed condolences to him and the two little girls .

While confirming the report, Ishino was also observing the policewoman who was in charge of examining the body before among the two patrol officers. When he saw that the other party made an "OK" gesture to him with subtle movements, he confirmed this. It is Belmode after disguise.

He knew that it was Mutsumi Nishikawa's body that was lying on the mourning hall at this time, but the body of the other person had been made into a very fine disguise, not only the face was exactly the same as Grandma Yoko, but even the body was a shriveled old man, so Presumably, the fine engineering should be the result of the cooperation between Yang Zi and Belmode.

The fact is just as Ishino guessed, in order to make this well-deserved stand-in "naturally die", Belmode even used Shirley's APTX4869 before improvement, and personally disguised himself as a policewoman to ensure nothing goes wrong.

After Ishino confirmed and signed the autopsy report, the policewoman played by Belmode and another local patrolman took back the report and left.

Unlike Ishino, who is sad on the surface but has no waves in his heart, Xiao Ai and Xiao Saki fell into deep sorrow after seeing this great-grandmother who was only a few times close but was extremely loving to them.

Although I lost my parents when I was a child.But for the sisters, this was the first time they witnessed the death of their loved ones. The pain of facing death made them feel uneasy for a long time.

Less than half a day later, Ishino saw Xia Mei with a haggard face and red eyes in Grandma Yoko's mourning hall.

Although she had expected this day to come and was mentally prepared, when Xia Mei stood beside the body and looked at the grandmother who depended on her and raised her with her own hands, tears were still uncontrollable Welling out from the corners of her eyes, two tear streaks formed on her face.

Seeing Xia Mei's trembling body, Shi Ye walked to her side and hugged her into his arms. At this moment, Xia Mei finally couldn't contain the grief in her heart, and cried hoarsely.

After Natsumi gradually calmed down, Kosaki walked up to her and handed the tissue over, but before Natsumi reached out to pick it up, Ishino took the tissue to help her wipe the tears off her face.

"I heard from Housekeeper Sawabe that grandma passed away in a deep sleep and didn't experience any pain." Ishino comforted the other party with a gentle voice while wiping the other's cheek.

Asahi, who was standing by the side, also came over and added: "That's right, I checked the old lady after she passed away, and I can basically confirm that she died naturally due to heart and lung failure in a deep sleep, and there was no sign of struggle. , so I didn’t feel much pain.”

Hearing what the two said, Xia Mei's face turned pale, she squeezed out a gratified smile and nodded: "Well, I can see that grandma is walking away very peacefully, I think she must not want to see me sad..."

Seeing Xiaosaki and Xiao Ai walking up to her and looking at her with worried eyes, Xia Mei stretched out her hands and touched the heads of the two daughters and responded with a smile: "Don't worry, Mom is fine. If you want to arrange grandma's funeral, please come and help."

In this way, after experiencing a brief period of sadness, the family quickly recovered and sat down with the old butler Sawabe to discuss the preparations for the funeral and the invitation of guests.

Seeing Natsumi arrange things in an orderly manner, Ishino couldn't help being surprised at her growth, but also felt distressed. It is conceivable that during the period when she felt that her grandma was about to leave her, in order to be able to shoulder the burden of family development How much painstaking effort and effort has been put in to make grandma feel at ease with such a heavy burden.

Ishino saw all this, and even wanted to tell her the truth about this matter several times, but he held back after all, because he knew grandma's good intentions in not telling Xia Mei, and this hurdle It must also be passed by Xia Mei herself.

And now Natsumi's performance obviously did not disappoint Yoko, she has grown into a patriarch who can carry the Kasaka family, and I believe that with the help of herself and her daughters, the Kasaka family will soon grow into a leader of any power. A colossus that cannot be shaken.

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Three days later, Kasaka Yoko's funeral was held as scheduled at the Kasaka family's private cemetery in Yokosuka.

According to Yoko's requirements before his death, the specifications of the funeral were very simple, so the guests invited were not too many, except for the relatives who were closely related to the Kasaka family and the directors of the Kasaka Foundation, that is, those who had a deep cooperative relationship. The business family is gone.

As a representative of Yoko's husband's family, Kuroba Chikage, who is close to Yoko, specially flew back to Japan from the United States in order to attend the funeral, and brought her son Kaito to attend the funeral.

Although Sharon Wynyard is Yoko's adopted daughter, the relationship between them is not known to the outside world, so Belmode did not attend the funeral as Chris Wynyard, on the contrary, as the granddaughter of Sawabe's housekeeper. Yang Zi attended this "own funeral".

Among the guests who came to the funeral, the only one who surprised Ishino was Shiro Suzuki, the chairman of the Suzuki Foundation, who attended the funeral with his wife and two daughters.

After all, from the perspective of the outside world, the strength and status of the Suzuki family is obviously higher than that of the Kasaka family, and although the two families have certain business contacts, the relationship is not very close. There is no head of the family who brings the whole family to attend the funeral so solemnly necessary.

Looking at the scene of sincerely remembering Mrs. Yoko at the funeral and holding a farewell ceremony for the younger generation, Ishino suddenly remembered that in the movie version, the Suzuki family disclosed the egg of memory to the public shortly after Grandma Yoko passed away and held a ceremony for her. exhibition.

Combined with Suzuki Shiro's performance now, it is hard for Ishino not to suspect that the other party is following Yoko's grandma's will, taking this as an opportunity to finally uncover the mystery of Natsumi's life experience, and return the egg of memory logically, and solve it by the way It broke the coveted heart of the Russian government and Scobin and others for the treasure.

Thinking of this, Ishino looked at the silent Yoko with an inquiring gaze, and the other party just responded with a meaningful smile after seeing his gaze.

Seeing the other person's expression, Ishino knew that he had guessed right. The Suzuki family and the Kasaka family really had an unknown close relationship, and the other party's subsequent actions were also planned by Grandma Yoko.

This ginger is really old and spicy...

(End of this chapter)