Zongman: People in Conan, raising cats and mice

At first, Suzuki Sonoko was a little puzzled because of the lack of information.

After learning that both Hattori Heiji, who he met at the beginning, and Okita Souji, who he met later, could actually be considered the favorites to win the championship.

Suzuki Sonoko immediately started to complain, "Why is it arranged like this? Is it possible that the organizer has a brain stuck in the door?"

"No matter how indifferent I am, I know that the fight between adults like this must be put off to the end!"

"Could it be that the person who might be the runner-up is actually who? A guy with a backstage?"

Suzuki Sonoko looked at the two opponents on the field with some surprise. The fight had already started under the arrangement of the referee.

However, there was no connection between these two people and himself, which meant that they did not belong to the consortium that was active in this area of ​​Tokyo.

After all, any consortium that has business in Tokyo will have some connection with the Suzuki Consortium to a greater or lesser extent.

Whether passive or active, there will definitely be a connection, because the tentacles of the Suzuki Group extend to almost every corner of Tokyo.

It was as if a spider had already woven a huge web that enveloped the entire city.

No matter what clues there are, they will definitely not escape the other party's detection.

Therefore, as long as the consortium extends its tentacles to Tokyo, it is basically impossible for the Suzuki Group to be unaware of its identity.

And if it's not a consortium, then it's unlikely to be from the political world. After all, if it were a political world, they wouldn't come here.

More importantly, Suzuki Sonoko herself has a cheerful and optimistic personality, so she can be said to have a wide range of friends compared to other people of the same age.

Especially because several childhood sweethearts often acted together, so in the past.

It’s not like I haven’t seen many children from small conglomerates and chaebols living in other places.

This was also frequently seen in the past among leaders of various companies or enterprises.

Many of these cases did not even rely on the reputation of the Suzuki Group. After all, it was because Shinichi Kudo always encountered various cases.

What’s more crucial is that the appearance rate of people like presidents and bosses is quite high, so it’s impossible not to get to know them even if you want to.

So it is possible. It can basically rule out the possibility that the other party was born into a consortium or a political family.

In other words, the schedule was not deliberately arranged for the purpose of gaining some kind of fame, but was it influenced by other factors?

As for the possibility that there were no influencing factors, Suzuki Sonoko would never believe it.

If there were no other factors affecting them, Hattori Heiji and Okita Souji would definitely not be arranged to confront Matsumoto Akira so soon.

If it could be considered an accident at that time, but after Matsumoto Akito had already defeated Hattori Heiji.

The match between Matsumoto Akira and Okita Souji was scheduled so early, so there must be other factors involved.

After all, the actual order of the competition has not been announced, which means that everyone has to go up and participate in the competition once according to the prompts.

This left the organizers with a lot of room for maneuver, and even under such circumstances, there was no thought of making any changes during the previous period.

All we can say is that the people behind the scenes were determined to arrange it this way, but as to why, it is not so easy to guess.

Suzuki Sonoko didn't want to worry any more, and there were also people in the stands who were thinking carefully.

"I don't know who is behind this, but I don't see any familiar signs, so it shouldn't be someone we know!"

After looking at it carefully for a while, Fujiwara Chika shook her head. It was actually normal for some subtle manipulation to occur in a competition like this.

Whether it is abnormal manipulation behavior or normal, some small operations are done to ensure the excitement of the game.

But some of these styles are still easy to identify. After all, sometimes this style is to reveal to the outside world that it is done by yourself, not others.

It is to let those who know about this unspoken rule understand that it is their own doing, and let others know what they think, rather than making aimless guesses.

But this time there was no familiar style, that is, it was not the idea of ​​someone in the family they knew.

"It's not a big problem. Although I don't know who is manipulating the competition process, I believe in Matsumoto's ability!"

Shinomiya Kaguya remained unmoved and spoke very calmly, especially when facing Fujiwara Chika, she absolutely could not be careless at all.

"Really? I finally came here to watch Matsumoto-san's game. At least you should show some lively expression, Kaguya-chan~"

The corners of Fujiwara Chika's mouth curled up, and she slowly moved to the side of Shinomiya Kaguya, and put her arms around Shinomiya Kaguya's shoulders.

Shinomiya Kaguya's body trembled slightly, but after a moment it was suppressed again, as if she was not affected at all.

Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting next to her, was not moved at all and stared at the game scene in front of her.

He didn't care about the farce between the eldest lady and Fujiwara Chika next to him, or anything else, and just stared quietly at the game in front of him.

It was not until Kaguya Shinomiya reached out and tapped Hayasaka Ai's shoulder that she completely attracted Hayasaka Ai.

Hayasaka Ai turned her head and looked at Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes begging for help, then she slowly sighed.

"Please let the young lady go, Ms. Fujiwara Chika~ If you continue to make trouble like this, Matsumoto might get upset~"

There was a faint smile on Hayasaka Ai's face, but it just didn't look that sincere.

"If Matsumoto-san is unhappy, he can send Fujiwara-san back to Shuchiin~"

Fujiwara Chika's whole body suddenly froze, and various plot developments quickly twisted in her mind, and finally confirmed.

It is indeed just as Zaowan Ai said, there is no need to say more about the powers that Matsumoto Akira himself possesses.

Just relying on the connections he maintained with each family was enough for him to drive himself back easily.

Whenever she thought of herself being driven back to her home in disgrace like a pitiful puppy, Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but shiver.

His mood changed very quickly, and in a short while he hugged Shinomiya Kaguya again.

But the emotion this time was completely different from the last time, but Kaguya Shinomiya just happened to fall for it.

Just now he asked Hayasaka Ai to come over to help him get rid of Fujiwara Chika, but now as soon as Fujiwara Chika showed this attitude, he immediately began to comfort her.

There's nothing I can do about it. Even though they don't get along very well sometimes, Fujiwara Chika is still one of my best friends.

Seeing that the relationship between the two sides had become harmonious again, Hayasaka Ai withdrew her gaze and continued to look at the court.

The strength of the two players on the field can be said to be equal, but the gap between them and Matsumoto Akira, Okita Souji, and Hattori Heiji is still obvious.

When seeing this, any audience with a keen eye can already see it clearly.

There should be nothing interesting to watch in the final of this year's National High School Kendo Competition.

After all, when the gap in strength is too huge, who will be the champion has already been determined.

But as Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara said in their previous conversation.

The two people on the field now are not descendants of tycoons or politicians.

Hayasaka Ai is more certain about this than the two young ladies next to her. Fujiwara Chika remembers those people simply because of her own instinct.

But before, Hayasaka Ai had followed orders and made special efforts to identify the identities of other people.

In other words, Hayasaka Ai basically knows all the members of those families with names and surnames, so there is no such thing as missing any of them.

Even for those who don't show up much, Hayasaka Ai can basically find out unless the other party deletes the message on their own initiative.

After all, when the information was collected, it was the Gong family's power, which had not yet shrunk like it is now.

Although Hayasaka Ai had already noticed similar problems at that time, she only selectively used part of her power when collecting to avoid leaks.

But overall, the strength should not be underestimated, so there will basically be no situation where there is serious lack of information.

As for whether it is possible that he is the heir of a less famous small chaebol or something like that.

Hayasaka Ai also felt that it was impossible. After all, the heir to a small chaebol had no way of influencing this national high school kendo competition.

After all, the strength of a small local chaebol would never be enough to affect a competition that is watched by the Metropolitan Police Department.

And if it was a chaebol with sufficient strength, Hayasaka Ai would not have missed it during her previous investigation.

Suddenly, Hayasaka Ai, who was originally thinking, suddenly felt her shoulder being pushed again.

Suddenly, he turned his head to look around him in some surprise, but he didn't expect that what he saw was not Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes asking for help.

It was Fujiwara Chika's very curious eyes. When Hayasaka Ai saw Fujiwara Chika's curious eyes, she felt a sense of oppression.

I don’t know if Fujiwara Chika has changed now, but in the past, once Fujiwara Chika had this kind of curious look, it would be very troublesome.

Although she is not an energy-saving advocate, Hayasaka Ai believes that she should still be afraid of this kind of trouble.

After all, I was just carrying out a mission before, and I hated encountering unexpected situations during the mission.