Conan: I'm teasing Conan in Mingke

Asakura Masaki did not pursue whether Conan should stay indoors or not. He would have to tell everyone sooner or later anyway. On the contrary, he was more surprised by Chairman Kurokawa.

Chairman Kurokawa saw through his embarrassment hidden in his dullness, and he also knew that the child next to him would not leave because of his advice, so he compromised and chose to cover the child's ears.

This made him somewhat grateful that Kurokawa Keisawa was sensitive in detecting emotions and that his dignity would not be ridiculed by a child.

Asakura Masaki pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke: "In fact, I was forced by the director and the deputy director to maintain a not very decent relationship with them."

Officer Megure asked in confusion: "Not on the stage? What does that mean?"

Asakura Masaki clasped his hands together, his expression becoming obviously embarrassed: "It's that kind of... relationship between a man and a woman..."

Inspector Megure and Kogoro Maori's jaws dropped in surprise: "Male and female... Could it be that..."

You're not talking about sexual relations, are you?

Conan pretended that he heard nothing, but his heart was in turmoil.

It’s fine if it’s the deputy director Nakajima Wada who looks to be around 40 years old, but is even the old director who is in his 70s involved?

Asakura Masaki nodded: "Yes, it is the kind of relationship you think of. This matter started when I first joined here."

Now that the most sordid relationship had been revealed, Asakura Masaki's narration became much smoother.

"In fact, there was another young man interviewing with me. He was much better than me in terms of thinking and ability. At that time, I thought I might not be able to get the job. But just when I was preparing for the next job interview, I suddenly received an email saying that I had passed the interview."

Asakura Masaki smiled bitterly. "I didn't think much about it at first. Since I found a pretty good job, I naturally couldn't miss it. But later I found out that the director and the deputy director were in cahoots with each other. What they wanted was an obedient toy that wouldn't expose their evil deeds."

“The young man who competed with me for the job didn’t get the job because these two people saw that rebellious temperament in him.”

Asakura Masaki lowered his head and clasped his hands as he spoke: "And as you can see, I was too timid to expose their actions."

"This..." Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri looked at each other, unable to ask the next question.

Although they didn't say it directly, those who understood the deeper meaning behind it always felt a chill on their backs and a tightening of their anus.

Of the people present, Kurokawa Keizawa was the one who reacted faster. He looked at Asakura Masaki and said, "From what you said, can we understand that you are the most suspicious among the people present?"

Maori Kogoro was reminded and reacted: "Yes, it could also be that you killed the director and then put the blame on the deputy director, right?"

Officer Megure nodded: "Yes."

Asakura Masaki was not panicked at all: "That's right, but there is one thing I want to tell you."

Inspector Megure gestured to the other party and continued, "Tell me about it."

"You heard what Mr. Nakajima and Miss Mizukami said about bribery just now. The curator often talks nonsense when he's drunk. He once told me why he didn't accept Miss Mizukami's gift."

Maori Kogoro asked: "Why?"

Asakura Masaki pushed up his glasses and said, "Ms. Mizukami joined the company a year earlier than I did. I heard from an old man in the museum that she had a very good boyfriend. This person is the young man who interviewed with me as I told you before. He came here because he wanted to work with his girlfriend. With his ability, he could have gone to a better place."

Inspector Megure was puzzled: "What does this have to do with this case?"

Asakura Masaki nodded: "Of course there was. The young man later applied for a security guard position here and died mysteriously half a year ago."

Kurokawa Jingze curled his lips: "Are you trying to say that this matter has something to do with that curator?"

"Yes." Asakura Masaki lowered his eyes. "These are what the director told me after he got drunk. He said that what he did was seen by that person, so he had to get rid of him under various pretexts. After that, he also put various pressures on Miss Mizukami, hoping that Miss Mizukami would resign on her own."

"Miss Mizukami was almost tortured and wanted to leave on her own initiative, but she has recently started to send gifts frequently. The curator suspects that Miss Mizukami has noticed something... Oh, I also recorded these conversations at the time. I hope to report them to the police when there is enough evidence."

"I see." Kurokawa Keizawa understood: "You mean Miss Mizukami's motive is stronger, and she started the investigation on the grounds of gift giving. The subtext is also that you are ready to report the case and start looking for evidence for it, so there is no need to kill, right?"

Asakura Masaki was frightened by Kurokawa Keizawa's sharpness and broke into a cold sweat: "Yes... yes, and the director and I were just doing some flesh and blood transactions. I will not do such a loss-making thing to send myself to jail for this matter."

Kurokawa Keizawa's eyes were more interested: "You won't do something that will lose money..."

Feeling frightened by Kurokawa Keizawa's direct gaze, Asakura Masaki turned to look at Inspector Megure and Maori Kogoro and began to change the subject: "No... It's not just Miss Mizukami, Mr. Nakajima is also a big suspect. He has leverage over the director, and he has been giving money to the director all these years."

"Handle? Do you know what handle it is?"

Asakura Masaki shook his head: "I don't know about that."

Conan rubbed his chin secretly after hearing this.

Presumably the evidence was the drug issue, but because he himself was involved in the matter, he lied and said he didn't know.

He really cleared himself of all blame.

I have to find a way to tell Brother Kurokawa about the clue about the drugs.

Brother Kurokawa must have come here many times to rent this exhibition hall, and he probably has a lot of clues that he doesn't know about.

If we can combine the clues in the hands of the two people into one, maybe we can solve the case!

After asking some more questions and failing to find any clues, Inspector Megure asked Asakura Masaki to leave and replaced him with Deputy Director Nakajima Wada.

As soon as Nakajima Wada came in, he asked anxiously what Asakura Masaki had just said.

Officer Megure had a serious face and a very police officer's aura: "No comment, please sit across from us, we have something to ask you, please tell us the truth."