Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 124 I love studying

After Shiraishi sent Onoyama away, when he returned to the conference room, he found that everyone had reached a consensus at the tripartite questioning meeting.

"Regarding the reasons for the appeal submitted, after review by our court, it is indeed necessary to retrial the case. Therefore... the prosecution is requested to re-investigate and sort out the evidence. A hearing will be held at the Dongdu High Court next Friday to re-examine the case." The court judge had already made a decision at this time.

"Oh, it's a pity, but since you all think so, let's just waste some time and let you see the only result again... I hope that you won't be asked for a retrial in another ten years." Hunter Demon Hao said disdainfully at this time.

This old guy is really confident...

Moreover, due to his strong self-esteem, he did not take Onoyama's appearance too seriously.

"Then... I hope the police will continue to cooperate with us in the future." Karma Hao looked at the police officer opposite him.

"Of course, the Metropolitan Police Department will set up a special investigation headquarters for this matter, and the prosecutor in charge can contact me directly." Counselor Uno also agreed at this time.

Apparently, the Metropolitan Police Department already had a plan for a "retrial".

The prosecutor in charge of the case has the power to lead the investigation of the case and direct the police officers in charge of the investigation. However, for general cases, the "Prosecutor's Office" will not take the initiative to intervene before the case is sent for inspection.

However, "retrial" is another matter. It is conceivable that although Uno is the person in charge of the investigation headquarters, the real commander must be someone from the "Prosecutor's Office".

Ninomiya said nothing at this time. He just wanted to adjourn the meeting quickly and report to Deputy Director Moroboshi immediately!

"That's good... The investigation headquarters should be in Toriya Police Station, right?" Karma Go said, glancing at Shiraishi.

Obviously, Karma Hao has no good feelings towards this "troublemaker" who is causing trouble for the prosecution.

"Well, after all, the case happened on the campus of Higashima Medical University in Toriya Town." Uno nodded.

"I hope that no irrelevant people will interfere with the investigation." Hunter Mo Hao stared at Bai Shi and said in a deep voice.

Look at Shiraishi Kuro's attitude... Even if he is short of manpower, Demon Hunter will definitely not ask the Beika Agency to borrow people!

The Mika Agency is not welcome in this "Special Investigation Headquarters"!

Bai Shi just smiled at this time...

Shiraishi is not a "vigilante" but a regular police officer, and he will not easily get involved in matters that are not his responsibility.

Besides, the Beihua Agency is not Shiraishi’s private territory, and an investigation cannot be initiated simply because of Shiraishi’s “personal interest”.

but……

The Beihua Agency needs to investigate the reasons given by the perpetrator in the "Naoki Tani Assault Case" in order to decide whether to send the case for inspection - this is part of their job!
After the meeting, when Shiraishi returned to the Beika Police Station, he passed by the Criminal Law Class and found that everyone was looking at him nervously.

Shiraishi smiled and said, "I have some bad news. You are in trouble... The court has decided to re-examine the case of Ono Miki. As for the motive of Tani Shigeru Naoki, you all need to work overtime to verify it!"

How to verify?

Then we need to determine whether the confession made by Hisahiko Saegusa “over there” is true…

It’s not that Bai Shi has to take the job.

Firstly, if Majima Hiroyuki is not the real murderer, then this case will become an unsolved case again and should be re-investigated. Secondly, given the influence of this case, if you want to successfully overturn the verdict, you must find the real murderer. It is difficult to overturn the verdict simply by saying "innocent until proven guilty". The prosecutors and the police will not watch the original evidence being questioned and will definitely "patch" it repeatedly. Only by finding the real murderer can they "kill him with one blow"...

"Yes!" The Akasaka class took the lead and shouted the slogan loudly.

However, Kunikida had a dark face at this time and emphasized: "Let's hold a meeting in class later to clarify what our Beihua Department 'should' investigate and what our Beihua Department 'can' investigate."

Shiraishi felt relieved that Kunikida was there to keep an eye on the "crossing the line" issue.

Only those who understand all the ways to “break the rules” can “not break the rules”!
……

After returning to the office, Shiraishi has resumed his usual work pace.

Shiraishi has already secured a retrial, which makes Saegusa's alibi questionable...

For the "Director" Shiraishi, there is no need for him to participate in the actual investigation of this case. Even if he pays attention, he can only wait for the police officers to report!

As the director, Shiraishi has many more important things to do!
after all……

As a front-line worker, all he had to do was work overtime to investigate cases, but as the director, Shiraishi had to do a lot more, signing, waving, shaking hands, giving gifts to leaders, slamming the table...

Shiraishi was not really optimistic about their investigation - after all, eighteen years had passed!
Except for those kept in archives, all the physical evidence from that year has been lost. Even the witnesses from that year may not be found in full, let alone the "evidence that was not discovered that year." We can only try our luck at this point.

In the evening, Shiraishi left work early and went on a date with Ayako.

If it weren't for Ayako introducing Shiraishi to Onoyama, allowing Shiraishi to "cut off the firewood from under the cauldron", it would have been really difficult to get the "retrial" accepted...

"The retrial has been accepted? That's good, so you can also... um? Actually, it has nothing to do with the Beika Agency, right?" Ayako said, and suddenly sighed.

"You can't say it doesn't matter. This way... we can find out whether the reasons given by the perpetrator of Tani Naoki's injury case are real." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Ayako: ...Toshio Moroboshi was also very angry at this time. Because of "this little thing", that bastard Shiraishi Kuro openly questioned the case he investigated that year and even went to "public relations" Onoyama... Do you really want to fight so hard?
But for Shiraishi...

It is better to go around doing "public relations" and get yourself into trouble because of "this little thing" than to have Tani Shigeru Naoki really do something irrational driven by hatred one day, and then after the case is solved, see him as the "murderer" kneeling on the ground and stating his "grievances"... It is much better!
"By the way! Before I graduated, we often went to the commercial street here, right?" Ayako suddenly said.

"That's right..." Shiraishi also nodded. At that time, he didn't know that Suzuki Ayako was the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group.

"It's still early, shall we go for a walk?" Ayako said excitedly.

Of course Shiraishi did not spoil the fun, and Ayako found a parking space and parked the car.

When the two were halfway through shopping...

"Shiraishi...senior?"

Bai Shi was recognized from afar. The two turned around and saw a woman with long hair, who was looking at them in a daze.

"What a coincidence, isn't this Mikazuki-san?" Shiraishi recognized the other person - she was a junior of his who loved studying.

"Xiao Hei! Should I call you Yamashiro-san now?" Ayako said to the other party in a familiar manner.

Although she is Shiraishi's junior, Ayako seems to be very familiar with her.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I happened to have something to do when you were getting married." Bai Shi quickly apologized.

At this time, Shiraishi also remembered that junior classmate Mikazuki had invited him to her wedding ceremony three years ago, but Shiraishi was investigating the Tojo Clan at that time and did not have time to attend.

But what Shiraishi didn't know was...

So Ayako was also invited?
When did Ayako become so close to her?

"No, I was shocked when I saw your story in the report before..." Yamashiro Gaoyue said with a look of nostalgia on her face.

"By the way, do you want to have dinner together later? We haven't seen each other for a long time..." Ayako took the initiative to invite.

However, Yamashiro Gaoyue quickly said: "Ah no, I have something else to do... Sorry, maybe next time."

Bai Shi also noticed that this junior schoolmate had a tired look on her face, and...she, who always had an exquisite makeup, was not dressed very elegantly at this moment.

"Oh, then you go ahead and get busy." Bai Shi said politely upon seeing this.

Gao Yue took one last look at Shiraishi, but immediately looked away, smiled at Ayako, and turned away.

Of course, Bai Shi didn’t think much about it. After all, every family has its own problems, so there was no need for him to inquire.

Just watching Gaoyue's back as she left, Shiraishi casually asked Ayako, "Mikazuki... no, what is Yamashiro-san doing now?"

He also just discovered that Ayako seemed to be very familiar with her.

"You..." Ayako was speechless for a while: "Of course you will be the wife of the Yamashiro family!"

"Hmm?" Bai Shi finally heard that the "Yamashiro Family" seemed to be a wealthy family. However, Bai Shi didn't know much about these things, and couldn't associate anything with a surname for the time being. He just shook his head and said regretfully: "What a pity..."

Seeing this, Lingzi paused and asked suspiciously, "What are you... sorry about?"

"Mikazuki studied law at the University of Tokyo... Why do so many women who graduate from prestigious universities end up being full-time housewives? It would be fine if she graduated from a third-rate university... Isn't this a waste of educational resources?" Shiraishi said with some dissatisfaction.

Ayako:……

It’s such a social pity... You really are the one worrying about the world before yourself!
"What's wrong?" Shiraishi asked in confusion when he saw Ayako's speechless expression.

"Xiao Hei... don't you feel that there is something special about Gao Yue? When she was in school!" Ayako couldn't help but remind her.

"Special? She... was quite studious at that time. She often went to the library to review and would read the "Compendium of Six Codes" for the whole day." After thinking about it, Bai Shi felt it was even more of a pity.

I originally thought that she would become a lawyer or prosecutor in the future...

Ayako:……

Is the point to go to the library?

Didn't I always ask you to go to the library together? And every time I ask you to go to the library together, it's for a whole day...

"Ah..." Ayako suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing Ayako sigh, Shiraishi asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"It was a great pleasure for me to confess to you directly at that time." Ayako was very emotional. If she hadn't hit the ball straight, she would have missed it at all!

"Eh?" Bai Shi felt a little embarrassed when he heard these sudden love words.

(End of this chapter)