Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 195

Chapter 193: Gamblers Deserve a Bad End

Withdrawing his gaze, Koga Minoru turned around and said gently to Fujino, “I’m so sorry, young man, were you also troubled by that guy just now?”

“Also?”

Fujino inquired, “Does this guy often come here to cause trouble?”

“Yes.”

Koga Minoru nodded, “Recently, this guy has become more and more arrogant. Before, he just bothered customers, but since a while ago, he started fighting with some hooligans after every movie showing, making our cinema restless.”

“I think those hooligans must be hired by him, or are his subordinates.”

Yuri Yuriko also complained, “Our cinema’s reputation was ruined by that guy. Because of him, we’ve had fewer and fewer guests recently, and now the cinema is about to close. We originally thought they would restrain themselves, but that guy still relentlessly comes to cause trouble with other guests.”

“No wonder there are so few people in the cinema today.”

Haibara Ai recalled the deserted scene in the screening room just now, “It seems that big uncle must be the culprit.”

“That big uncle is really annoying.”

The few little ones all gave such an evaluation in unison.

Fujino, on the other hand, fell into deep thought.

He checked his memories and recalled some plot details related to this cinema.

He remembered that Zhang Tianzhengci’s acquisition of this cinema was indeed a meticulously planned conspiracy from beginning to end.

Zhang Tianzhengci first had hooligans come to disrupt the cinema’s business. When no one was willing to come to watch movies at this cinema, he would then come to acquire it at a low price.

As for why he would still cause trouble even after the acquisition was agreed upon…

Zhang Tianzhengci was a gambler. A few days ago, he had just incurred a large gambling debt, and even the money given by the client who intended to buy the cinema’s land was gambled away by him.

Now, the funds he had on hand were still far from the agreed price for acquiring this cinema.

He originally wanted to take out a loan, but the bank refused to lend to gamblers.

To summarize in one sentence—gamblers deserve a bad end.

Seeing the buyer getting more and more anxious, Zhang Tianzhengci thought of a way to come and cause trouble, to further lower the transaction price.

This kind of tactic is a common low-handed trick used by the Neon underworld, and it’s very disgusting.

Daring to do such disgusting things with various dangerous titles, Beika residents naturally dare to open treasure chests.

When they watch the movie later, this gambler will be killed by a Beika resident.

“Alright, alright, let’s not talk about these things anymore. If Mr. Zhang Tian hears it, he’ll definitely come to cause trouble again.”

Matsumura Akio played mediator, then dragged his aging body over to Fujino, “I’m really sorry, young man, that you encountered such a thing…”

“It’s fine.”

Fujino responded calmly, then asked casually, “By the way, what’s the name of that big uncle’s company?”

“I remember it’s Zhang Tian Brokerage Co., Ltd.”

Matsumura Akio thought for a moment, then said to Fujino, “However, his company isn’t doing very well right now. If you want to do business, young man, you should find another one.”

Fujino shook his head and smiled, “No, I was just curious.”

“Speaking of which, after watching movies all morning, I’m a bit hungry…”

Matsumura Akio looked at his watch and asked Yuri Yuriko, “Yuriko, have you bought lunch yet?”

“Oh no, I forgot to buy lunch!”

Yuri Yuriko covered her mouth in surprise, “That convenience store is really crowded at noon…”

Matsumura Akio suggested, “Then let me go buy it. I don’t have anything to do anyway.”

“How can you say that?”

Yuri Yuriko shook her head, “Today is our last day of business, boss. You should just watch movies here today.”

“Otherwise, you can wait until the next movie starts playing before you go buy it. Anyway, there aren’t many people today.”

Koga Minoru pointed to the ticket auntie at the door, “If anything happens here, the ticket auntie at the door will also come to help deal with it.”

Saying that, he glanced at his watch, and seeing that it was almost time for the movie to start, he hurried back to the projection room. Before returning to the projection room, he didn’t forget to instruct Yuri Yuriko to help him bring back a pack of tea.

“Oh, Yuriko, remember to bring a portion for this young man and these children too.”

Matsumura Akio said to Fujino, “There’s nothing good to compensate you with in this cinema. I saw that you came from the previous movie, so you probably haven’t had lunch yet. Lunch will be on us.”

“Then we’ll trouble you.”

Fujino nodded and agreed.

…

In a flash, the afternoon movie began to play. Besides Fujino and the Detective Boys, there were four other guests.

They were a couple, a young man with a camera, and Zhang Tianzhengci, who had just had a conflict with Fujino.

However, just at the beginning of the movie.

The couple was driven away by Zhang Tianzhengci with a rude attitude.

Conan looked back when he heard the noise and saw that Fujino had also turned his head, so he whispered, “It seems Sister Yuriko was right. Those hooligans who came to cause trouble must have been hired by this guy.”

“Who knows.”

Fujino glanced at him, then immediately withdrew his gaze and turned his attention to the large screen in front of him.

In a flash, the plot of the Gomera movie entered the deep night.

The giant monster Gomera was about to appear.

The image on the big screen of the movie flickered during the scene transition.

That momentary flicker was not noticed by the people watching the movie.

That momentary change, anyone would only think of it as a scene transition.

But Fujino discovered the mystery within.

With his system abilities, his perception was far beyond ordinary people.

Just at the moment the movie screen flickered, he noticed that the light projected from the movie player behind also disappeared.

It was a problem with the playback machine.

Fujino turned to look at the projection window behind him.

Zhang Tianzhengci was currently sitting with his legs crossed, smoking, and watching the movie boredly.

And among the three projection windows above his head, the rightmost projection window had changed to the middle one.

Through his vision-enhancing glasses, Fujino saw the internal situation against the light.

It utilized the principle of mirror reflection.

It seemed that the Beika resident’s murder plan had begun.

This time, the culprit should be Koga Minoru.

Withdrawing his gaze, Fujino looked at the large screen in front of him.

Despite the mirror reflection, the movie image on the huge screen still did not distort or deform.

Truly a scientific marvel.

Withdrawing his gaze, Fujino sighed leisurely.

It was rare for these little ones to invite him to watch a movie…

The cinema owner was quite nice, and the female attendant even gave them two free buckets of popcorn.

Let’s just have a good holiday without any murders.

Besides, Zhang Tianzhengci was his prey. It would be impolite if he was killed by someone else before Fujino could settle accounts with him.

(End of this chapter)