Conan's corpse picker

Chapters 3767 and 3780 [Suspect Uzo] Requesting monthly votes ()

Metropolitan Police Department.

"Another murder?" Inspector Megure sighed upon receiving the news.

After answering the phone, he turned to look at the empty office, then remembered the location of the murder, and a thought flashed through his mind: "Shiratori, I heard that there was a murder at the dessert museum in Dorobiga Paradise, and it seems that a president died—you called about this, right? Since you happen to be there, why don't you take some people over to check it out?"

“This…” Officer Shiratori hesitated for a moment, “Our surveillance network targeting drug dealers is already in place. If we leave rashly now, disrupting the plan is a minor issue; if we alert Yagura Maki, he might just run away.”

Inspector Megure frowned: "But amusement parks have a large flow of people and a heavy workload. With so many people you took out today, I'm afraid I won't have enough manpower to handle murder cases."

Officer Shiratori said confidently, "Don't worry, Jiang Xia is in the amusement park right now!"

"Oh?" Inspector Megure's tone rose. This was good news. It wasn't just Jiang Xia who could reduce working hours; he could also greatly reduce the manpower needed for their investigation through reasoning.

With his support, Inspector Megure felt much more at ease: "Alright, then you can continue the ambush, but... wait a minute."

Halfway through his sentence, the inspector belatedly realized something was amiss: "A murder occurred at the transaction site. Will Yagura still proceed with the transaction as planned?"

Officer Shiratori told the truth, "I don't know either."

Inspector Megure's brow twitched, and he was about to speak when Officer Shiratori continued, "If Yagura Makichi is cautious by nature, he might change the location. But if he's the kind of arrogant and cunning guy who likes to take advantage of loopholes and enjoys it, he'll likely choose to take the risk and continue, because he doesn't know that we have the intelligence that 'Yagura Makichi will be making a deal at the amusement park today.'"

“I think we have to keep this surveillance going no matter what – after all, we don’t have any other information about his whereabouts except for this location, so we can only gamble that he will come as usual.”

One reason is that they didn't want to waste the hard-won intelligence.

On the other hand... if they just remove it like that, wouldn't Officer Sato and that bootleg Matsuda be able to continue happily strolling around the amusement park after working together to solve cases and developing a camaraderie?
If this trip goes wrong and the camaraderie turns into a romantic relationship, wouldn't everything be ruined?

—This is the moment when the "Sato Miwako Defense Line" is truly needed!

Regardless, today's surveillance operation must continue.

Fortunately, Officer Shiratori's reasoning successfully convinced the inspector on the other side.

Inspector Megure thought and thought but couldn't come up with a better idea, so he nodded and said, "Let's do it this way. I'll take a few people over there, but you'll also have to send some people to take control of the scene first."

……

"Who should we send..."

Officer Shiratori reviewed the encirclement he had laid out and found that, as the situation progressed, several plans were no longer usable.

So he selected the police officers in charge of these plans.

“A murder has occurred in the dessert shop. The four of you go and help Jiang Xia secure the scene until Inspector Megure arrives with his team.”

Officer Shiratori sternly instructed: "Be careful not to reveal that our 'Sato Miwako Defense Line' is operating in the amusement park."

"Also, take this opportunity to test that curly-haired guy, and try to get him to reveal some of his true nature."

The officers asked in confusion, "True personality? What do you mean?"

Officer Takagi understood: "You want them to cause trouble? That's a bit much."

"What nitpicking! It was just a test of his personality," Officer Shiratori corrected earnestly.
“Officer Sato is too kind and easily deceived—what if that guy dressed all in black is just putting on a good-natured act, but is actually a good-looking scumbag who has nothing to offer, and then reveals his true colors after marriage and bullies Officer Sato every day? We've handled cases of domestic violence before, so it's essential to see through your partner's true colors before marriage!”

The other officers imagined the scene of Officer Sato being brutally abused by her family. They were initially filled with anger, but then they began to have doubts: "But with Officer Sato's skills, is it really possible for someone to abuse her? Won't they turn around and beat her to death?"

"Naive!" Officer Shiratori slammed his hand on the table. "Do you think he only knows how to attack head-on? — He's already married, so isn't it perfectly normal for him to drug someone or beat them up while they're sleeping?"

"So that's how it is!" The officers became angry again.

Officer Shiratori nodded with satisfaction: "In short, our reputation and face are not important. What's most important is helping Officer Sato find out the other side's true nature—go ahead, I have faith in you!"

Officer Takagi weakly reminded him, "The focus isn't on probing, it's on the murder case."

Officer Shiratori glanced at him: "With Jiang Xia here, why are you worrying about the murder case? Besides, Inspector Megure will be here with his men soon."

He shoved his sabotaging teammate aside, walked up to the four team members, and solemnly said, "Officer Sato's future is entirely in your hands!"

The four of them, as if they had been injected with adrenaline, strode confidently toward the dessert museum.

……

Although the four people were misled, they were not entirely brainless.

After all, they had handled quite a few murder cases in their daily lives. Now that they were at the scene, even though their rational minds remembered that they were there to test their rival, their bodies still remembered the procedure, and they quickly took control of the crime scene—that small house with walls made of desserts, full of fairytale charm.

"The dessert event in the morning ended shortly after 12 o'clock, and the body was discovered at 12:30."

One of the officers tallied the time and asked the suspects, "Where were you four at this time, and what were you doing?"

Seeing that there were few people, Sato Miwako helped them secure the scene. Now that she had finished, she turned around and heard this sentence, and she was stunned for a moment: "Four people? Shouldn't it be three?"

“There are four.” The colleague pointed innocently to the three cake chefs. “Of all the people here, these three had the closest relationship with the deceased president and had the most conflicts of interest, so they need to be questioned first.”

Officer Sato asked in confusion, "What about the last one?"

A colleague pointed to Matsuda Jinpei: "And this gentleman."

Sato Miwako was baffled: "What does this have to do with Matsuda... what does it have to do with Mr. Kurosawa?"

Outside, Officer Shiratori, who was eavesdropping with headphones on, was on high alert: "Matsu? Matsu what? Does Officer Sato want to call Matsuda?!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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