ebookland Chapter 146 Facing the White Horse Scout
Chapter 146 Facing the White Horse Scout
[Really? You're willing to go see for me? Kudo is ignoring me, Ryuzawa, you're really loyal!]
——Hattori Heiji]
Bai Yexiu smiled, put away his phone, put on his usual black trench coat, got out of the car, and then instructed the driver to drive further away to wait.
By this time, everyone else had already entered the villa, and Bai Yexiu was the last to get off the car.
The front hall of the Twilight Villa.
“…I think those are probably some kind of old bloodstains.” The detective named Mogi looked at the strange marks left on the door and said to Ran Mouri with a light laugh.
"Ugh! You must be joking." Ran Mouri was startled and quickly took a step back.
However, at this moment, the door creaked open as if blown open by the wind, and opened a crack.
"?!"
The people present looked warily at the slightly ajar door, their hearts involuntarily tightening.
The door opened slowly as if it were automatically activated, and a person dressed in a black trench coat and a black top hat, whose face was obscured, stood quietly in front of the door.
The next second, the man took off his top hat, and the several people opposite him, who looked wary, gave him a hat-tipping salute.
After recognizing that the person who came was Bai Yexiu, Conan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He seemed to see the shadow of those men in black in Bai Yexiu just now. After all, the attire and the aura he had just exuded were too similar.
"Hello, I'm here in place of Hattori Heiji. Although his mother declined the invitation, Hattori Heiji secretly asked me to come in his place." Bai Yexiu smiled with standard social etiquette, exuding an elegant aristocratic air, completely different from the cold and gloomy aura he had when he was wearing a hat earlier.
"It's Long Ze, come in quickly." Granny Qianjian broke the ice first, gently inviting Bai Yexiu to enter and introducing the detectives present one by one.
"But after Hattori Heiji's mother declined, I cancelled the name," the maid said cautiously, as if she had done something wrong.
She never expected that Heiji Hattori would secretly send someone to replace him.
"Sigh." Bai Yexiu sighed dramatically, looking troubled. "It seems I've really become an uninvited guest."
"It's true what they say, it's an acquaintance. The White Night Group is a close subsidiary of the Karasuma Group, with financial resources far exceeding those of the local Suzuki Group. And you are the biological son of the chairman of the White Night Group."
Before he was seen, his voice was heard. Hakuba Saguru, dressed in a white suit, slowly descended the stairs.
"White Horse?" Bai Yexiu looked up. "I seem to remember seeing you at a banquet sometime. We just greeted each other. We weren't exactly acquaintances."
"Byakuya? It really is a group full of mysteries." Former prosecutor Ikumi Gunta, wearing a white coat, said with a smile.
"Most corporations use surnames as their names, but it's quite rare for the founder's surname to be Longze and his given name to be Baiye. Furthermore, the founding date is also suspicious... When I was a prosecutor, I also investigated the unsolved case about the Baiye family from back then."
When everyone mentioned "Byakuya," Conan immediately thought of the rumors about the Byakuya family that he had heard in Tottori.
"You're talking about that incestuous family cult that committed mass suicide in one night, right? It caused quite a stir back then, and there's evidence that the mass suicide was deliberately caused by their doctrines, but the culprit still hasn't been found." Gourmet detective Ooue Shuzen showed his enthusiasm for the case.
Not only him, but everyone present was a detective, who had more or less heard of or even investigated the sensational case from back then. When the name "White Night" was mentioned, everyone present showed the excitement and interest of detectives in the case.
"A year after that case, the White Night Group suddenly appeared. Coincidentally, the founder also came from Tottori, and it is said that the start-up capital was exceptionally strong, with unknown sources," Mogi continued.
"Hey, hey..." Bai Yexiu interrupted them with a smile: "I think the name Baiye Group might just be for good luck. The night, which is as bright as day, sounds very poetic. As for the start-up capital, I don't know. I was too young back then."
“That’s true. When you hear it that way, it does sound quite poetic.” “Kogoro Mouri” laughed casually from the side, seemingly playing himself.
Although Kaito was young at the time, he had heard of this case, and now one of his good friends is the only survivor of the Byakuya family case.
Byakuya once told Kaito to keep the secret. Although Kaito also wanted to know the truth about the case from back then, Byakuya was a good friend he had known for so many years, and he had to help him.
At this moment, the maid glanced at her watch and timely interrupted the conversation of the people present, which was like a godsend for Bai Yexiu.
"Well, everyone, you can head to the entertainment hall now. It's getting late, and we'll be starting to prepare dinner soon."
The group quickly ended their conversation and headed to the entertainment hall.
Kaito and Byakuya fell behind the others. Byakuya secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Kaito an appreciative look.
Indeed, the establishment of this so-called "Baiye Group" is shrouded in too many doubts. Back then, the affairs of the Baiye family attracted many famous detectives to investigate, but they came up empty-handed. Now, the young master of this suspicious Baiye Group has appeared in front of these detectives, which is to be expected to arouse some discussion and probing.
"Hey, hey," Hakuba Saguru, who was walking ahead, deliberately lagged behind and came to Hakuye Xiu's side, "We're not enemies, is it really okay to keep each other at arm's length like this? I've wanted to be friends with you for a while, but I never had the chance..."
Bai Yexiu angrily distanced himself from him and quickened his pace: "I don't know you well, and you took the initiative to reveal my identity in front of a group of detectives. You know how sensitive detectives are to the name Bai Ye. You're bothering me. I don't want to be friends with you."
Hakuba Saguru sighed silently from behind.
At this moment, Conan approached Bai Yexiu and asked, "Ryuzawa, does Hattori really want you to come?"
“If you ignore them, of course they’ll let me come.” Bai Yexiu crossed his arms.
"Uh..." Conan scratched his head sheepishly.
Actually, Hattori's request was too strong. He sent Conan a long message expressing his desire to attend the invitation and asking Conan for help. So Conan was speechless and left Hattori hanging.
Hakuba Saguru was watching Bai Yexiu chat with Conan from behind.
Ryuzawa Ikuya knows that kid named Conan...
White Horse Scout seemed to be deep in thought.
In fact, he had a great interest in this Long Ze.
I had seen Long Ze at other banquets before and felt that he was not a simple person, and I had the idea of testing him, but I never had the opportunity.
Now, after hearing others mention the suspicious points about Longze's White Night Group, Bai Ma Tan felt that the mystery surrounding this person had deepened, successfully arousing his desire to investigate.
Very well, let me expose you completely.
Hakuba Saguru stared intently at the boy in the black trench coat ahead, clenching his fist with unwavering resolve.