Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 330 Hidden Assassin - Locking Target
But to be honest, Officer Youcheng's death was indeed an accident.

"I remember that it was Miwako who helped send Inspector Tomonari to the hospital..."

When mentioning Officer Sato, Officer Megure felt heavy again.

"Sato helped get the person to the hospital?"

Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows, suppressed other emotions in his heart, and wrote this down in his notebook without saying anything else, "From this point of view, the possibility that Officer Youcheng's family killed people for revenge is not very high..."

Officer Megure looked serious: "Are you saying that this could be a revenge by Inspector Tomonari's family?"

"I didn't say that." Jinpei Matsuda denied it flatly.

"..."

I clearly said it!

"Besides, we don't have clear evidence to prove that the person who shot Officer Sato is the murderer from that year." Matsuda Jinpei treated everything as unknown and sorted out his thoughts. "It's just because it's too much of a coincidence that I came to check the case from a year ago..."

"But judging from the case a year ago, this incident doesn't seem to have much to do with the suspects back then."

Jinpei Matsuda frowned.

Conan looked at his notebook and raised his head curiously, "Officer Matsuda, are you so sure that the man named Odagiri Toshiya would not commit a crime?"

"It's not certain, but I can't figure out why he would do this." Matsuda Jinpei shook his head and looked at Conan, "Look at the file, it mentioned that he had a verbal conflict with Ninobo, and later it was confirmed that it was him who made an appointment with Ninobo to meet in the warehouse..."

"But if he really did it, then why did he go to the agreed place and wait after knowing that the other person was dead?"

Jinpei Matsuda raised his own question.

Inspector Megure thought he was being asked, and was about to answer, but Conan nodded at this time: "That's true, but Odagiri Toshi should have reached some consensus with Ninoho. Could this be the reason why Ninoho was killed?"

Matsuda Jinpei pinched his chin, "That speculation makes sense..."

Officer Memu: "..."

He has nothing to do with feelings, right?
"Oh, by the way, Officer Megure."

Just when Inspector Megure was in emo mode, Jinpei Matsuda looked at him and said, "You haven't answered my previous question yet."

"Ah? What?" Inspector Megure came to his senses.

"Minister Odagiri wants to re-investigate the reason for this case." Matsuda Jinpei twirled the pen, "Nothing happens without a reason... I'm more curious about what Minister Odagiri discovered that made him decide to investigate this case?"

Inspector Megure scratched his head, "Well..."

"That's because I found Dr. Nino's belongings in his room."

A middle-aged man with a rather rigid and solemn face suddenly walked in from the door, his voice was a little heavy.

When he came in, Matsuda Jinpei and Takagi stood up together:

"Minister Odagiri."

The other party is none other than Odagiri Toshio, the criminal director of the Metropolitan Police Department and Inspector Megure's immediate superior, who is in charge of the reinvestigation of a case from a year ago.

"Minister! Why are you here at this time?" Inspector Megure was very surprised by the visitor.

"Because I heard that Officer Sato was murdered, I can't let it go...Besides, you are all working overtime, so it shouldn't bother you if I come here at this time?" Although Minister Odagiri looked a little serious, his attitude towards them was still very gentle.

"Not really... Minister Odagiri, you just said that your son has Dr. Niino's relics?"

Jinpei Matsuda was not afraid of this serious minister at all, and went straight forward with a pen and notebook to get the news.

Odagiri Toshiro was stunned for a moment, then looked at Conan, who shouldn't be in their Criminal Division, and decided to talk about the most important things first:

"It was a lighter. I checked and it belonged to Dr. Ninobo. My son had hardly used it. Dr. Ninobo's fingerprints were found on it. But when I asked him about it, he insisted that it was his lighter. That's why I decided to re-investigate the case."

"...So, he must have had some communication with Dr. Ninoho."

Matsuda Jinpei pondered for a moment, raised his head, ignored the hint of Officer Megure winking at him, and looked at Odagiri Toshiro steadily, "Minister Odagiri, is it convenient for us to ask your son? Although I am not the person in charge of this case... after all, this old case may be related to today's shooting."

"Of course, but he might be hanging out with some bad friends right now... but he should be in the Beido Town area. I'll give you his contact information."

Odagiri Toshiro looked at Matsuda Jinpei with eyes full of admiration.

The Metropolitan Police Department needs such impartial people.

Toshio Odagiri had no intention of covering up for his son. Instead, when he mentioned his son, his tone was full of disappointment, and he even told Jinpei Matsuda about many of his son's bad habits.

This made Matsuda Jinpei and Conan stunned. Their expressions were roughly like this: ⊙-⊙

Why does it feel like this father and son don’t get along well?
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to simply describe it as 'a loving father and a filial son'?
……

Jinpei Matsuda and Conan sorted out the files again, asked Takagi to help them pack up, and then left Inspector Megure to investigate alone.

——It’s not even eight o’clock now, they won’t go back until it’s late at night.

After leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, Jinpei Matsuda and Conan walked to the parking lot without saying a word. The two walked in silence until Conan got a ride with Jinpei Matsuda.

"Officer Matsuda, do you have any further ideas on this matter?"

Conan sat in the passenger seat and looked at his little notebook for a while, then looked up at Jinpei Matsuda.

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at him, threw his notebook over, and started the car. "My thoughts are basically all written down here... Although it's a little brief, if it were you, you should be able to understand it, right?"

"..."

Conan opened Matsuda's notebook in silence, and looked at it with dead eyes, "Speaking of which, how did you find out my identity?"

"Well...it's just a coincidence."

When it comes to this, Jinpei Matsuda fabricated it without any pressure, "When I was investigating the case, I found that the 'Kudo' that Inspector Megure always mentioned was replaced by 'Conan', 'Mr. Rin', 'Mouri'... So I was very curious about where that 'Kudo' went."

"After I met Mr. Lin, I heard him say that the day Kudo disappeared seemed to be the day you appeared, so I took it to heart." Matsuda Jin said this without giving Conan time to react, "Rather than this, I think you might as well help me call Minister Odagiri's son?"

"……Row."

Conan took a deep breath.

Although he really wanted to ask how big his flaws were, he still focused on solving the case. He picked up his phone and called Odagiri Toshiya:

"Moshimoshi~ Is this Brother Toshiya? Ah, my name is Edogawa Conan, and it was Brother Tatsuya who told me your phone number..."

(End of this chapter)