Chapter 2040: Sleeping Beauty's Sacrifice

March 2, Sunday, evening, Mrs. Judy's apartment.

Teacher Judy came to answer the door, saw that it was Conan, and was very surprised at his arrival, "Why are you here, come in?"

"That's right." Conan said hastily, "The former director of Kubado Central Hospital and those four nurses may become the targets of the organization because..."

"Because they helped us, didn't they?" Teacher Judy motioned Conan to sit on the sofa, "The boss has already led people to squat outside these people's homes."

"That's good." Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

After sitting down, Conan thought of another question, "How long can you protect them?"

Teacher Judy sighed, "I don't know."

Conan asked: "Is there no good way?"

"You mean the Witness Protection Program?" Teacher Judy spread her hands helplessly, "There is no evidence that their lives are threatened. The most important thing is that they have nothing to do with the Bureau of Investigation before, and the people who are going to move are all five families. people."

"Remove them, and their lives will face huge problems. Language, work, children's education, mortgages, insurance, etc., etc., this series of problems need to be solved."

"It's not just because they helped Mizuruna, they can apply for them."

Conan was also speechless. In the final analysis, it really was a matter of money.

Next, Conan and Mr. Judy chatted about Eisuke Hondo's meeting with Rena Mizumu, and said something that he hoped he could wake up Rena Mizumu.

After that, Conan left. ...

March 7th, Friday, morning, good mood, Miko Miyamoto's office.

The morning paper published news about the accident at the Nagoya Works of the New Steel Group. Hydrochloric acid leaked during maintenance, causing three workers to be seriously injured. ...

Ji Ji submitted today's information to Miko Miyamoto, and specifically reported on the accident at Nagoya Steel, and relevant procedures have been initiated to deal with the aftermath.

Miyamoto Miko sighed: "Accidents will always exist, so we can do whatever we want."

Ji Ji joked, "In other words, it's safer to work in the financial industry."

Miko Miyamoto shook her head and said with a smile: "There are people everywhere who fail to invest and want to commit suicide. I'm afraid there will be a lot of them this year."

Ji Ji asked: "By the way, the candidates for the Bank of Japan's president and vice president will be re-elected. What do you think of the candidates?"

Miyamoto Miko said: "I don't think so, everyone is the same, we don't need someone who is facing us in that place, and I don't want to compete with the six major financial groups just to push someone up."

"It's boring. If you have that kind of energy, it's better to watch a TV series at home. I've been following the Dahe drama "Du Hime" recently, and I owe a lot of episodes."

Ji Ji laughed and said: "That's better than me, I just read the beginning."

Miyamoto Miko said with a smile: "I approve you, you can watch while working."

Yan Ji smiled and said, "I thought you approved me to take a vacation."

Miyamoto Miko said solemnly: "This issue should be studied carefully."

"I don't expect it anymore." Ji Ji shook her head deliberately and sighed, then smiled, "Okay, if it's okay, I'll go out first."

"Go get busy." Miyamoto Miko nodded and smiled. ...

Thursday, March 13.

The evening paper published news about the appreciation of the yen, and the exchange rate between the yen and the dollar rose to within 100 yen. ...

March 17, Sunday, morning, Maori's house.

When Conan was cleaning at home, she received a call from Teacher Judy and asked him to go, and then she hung up the phone.

Conan's heart was raised immediately, because Teacher Judy's tone was very bad, and it seemed a little sad. ...

Teacher Judy's apartment.

Conan noticed that Teacher Zhu Di's eyes were red, as if she had cried, and asked nervously, "What happened?"

"Last night, Dean Muramatsu of Kubado Central Hospital committed suicide at home." Teacher Zhu Di said sadly.

"What!" Conan was completely stunned, and then he said angrily, "Damn it, those guys must have done it, bastard bastard..."

"No," Teacher Judy shook her head sadly, "It was suicide. The boss must have been in and out of President Muramatsu's house last night."

Conan was stopped immediately, "Why, how come?"

At this moment, Conan seemed to be drained of all his strength. His legs were so weak that he sat down on the sofa, but he didn't sit upright. He slid from the seat to the floor and sat on the sofa's feet.

Teacher Judy helped Conan up and put him back on the sofa.

"What the hell is going on?" Conan was infinitely sad, he had already realized what it was for, but he wanted to know the answer, and only hoped that it would not be as cruel as the answer he thought.

But following Mr. Judy's narration, Conan found that he guessed right, and it really was the cruel answer.

Teacher Judy talked about a conversation between James and the dean.

"James, you have been staying at my house recently, is it because of something?"

"Yes, you also know that I have been suspended recently, so in order to save money on renting a house, I had no choice but to bother you, but if you think it is inconvenient to have me around, then I will move out."

"No, nothing like that, but..."

"But what?"

"Forget it, nothing."

"Just say something."

"It's nothing."

Teacher Judy said sadly: "In order to protect the dean nearby, James stayed at his house. These days, the dean realized that something was wrong. He wanted to ask James, but he didn't say anything in the end."

"In the next few days, his life was very normal, and James didn't think he would die, but he woke up this morning to find that he committed suicide by taking sleeping pills in his study."

"The study is a completely secret room, and he still has a suicide note, saying that his death is due to the pressure of being surrounded by the media during this period of time."

"That is to help the boss clear the suspicion, he even thought of this."

"The boss said that Dean Muramatsu should have seen through everything. He saw that the boss was actually protecting him, and that he was actually in a dangerous situation."

"Dean Muramatsu should know, his danger is because he helped the boss hide Mizumu Rena."

"But he didn't say it, and he didn't blame it too much."

Teacher Judy didn't go on, she couldn't control her tears anymore and let them flow out.

Conan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. There was too much anger in his heart, but he couldn't vent it. ...

In the fire lane outside Mei Dai Restaurant.

Conan didn't know how he got back, but when he passed by Mei Dai Restaurant, he couldn't help but took out his mobile phone and called Yamazaki to ask him out.

However, Yamazaki came out of the Mori Detective Agency. He was sorting out the documents, which was a job that he did when he had time and left when he was not free.

"What happened?" Yamazaki saw Conan's angry and sad look, and knew something bad had happened.

Conan said in a low voice without emotion: "Did you know that Dean Muramatsu of Kubado Central Hospital is dead."

"Killed?" Yamazaki frowned, "Impossible, James is leading people to protect them, and there are so many reporters guarding outside?"

Conan was stunned, "You know everything?"

Yamazaki asked back: "Is there a problem?"

"I want to beat you, you know?" Conan gritted his teeth, implying that you knew everything, but you didn't help.

Yamazaki said angrily: "If it's for the death of Dean Muramatsu, beat James who brought him here first."

"We are for, for, I am for..." Conan couldn't speak, unable to argue.

No matter what they are for, even if it is to expose the shady organization and save more people, they are not qualified to let others sacrifice for this matter, especially irrelevant people.

Yamazaki nodded and said: "Yes, I finally understand that no matter what you are doing, you should not involve irrelevant people. When you implicate other people for your justice, it will be a disaster for them."

Conan shouted angrily, "Don't make sarcastic remarks here."

Yamazaki asked: "Then what should I say to you now? My condolences are in order, and I wish you an early solution to the death of President Muramatsu."

Conan said weakly, "He committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Yamazaki was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "Then he has committed suicide, and I admire him for that."

"Presumably, Dean Muramatsu discovered that James was actually protecting him, and that he and his family were in danger."

"So, he simply died to stop the black hand that would reach out to him and affect his family. He died to protect his family."

"Yes," Conan said worriedly, "I just don't know if the organization will let his family go."

Yamazaki thought for a while, "Leave this to me."

"What do you want to do?" Conan asked, followed by a jitter, "Damn it, you won't be in touch with them all the time, do you know where they are? You bastard, tell me."

Yamazaki picked up the fangs and claws and rushed to his Conan, "I just want to send President Muramatsu's family to travel and relax."

Conan didn't believe it, "Is that all right?"

"Of course," Yamazaki said, "This is to say that the security guard Shifeng will intervene next, and will protect Dean Muramatsu's family and let them spare Dean Muramatsu's family, because Dean Muramatsu is dead and has given A confession."

"That's enough?" Conan demanded, "Why didn't you do it before, uh..."

Conan realized that he didn't do it before because Dean Muramatsu was still alive.

Yamazaki sighed: "Because he was alive before, he was too close to the center of the vortex, so he was bound to die."

"And I can't let him die. I have no right to preach to him, saying that he will only hurt his family if he lives. Only when he dies can his family have life."

Conan was silent, and Yamazaki simply took him back to the Mori Detective Agency. ...