Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 157 Special Investigation Headquarters
Section Chief Maruwei was indeed very experienced. With her hard work, the "hardware" needed to establish the "Special Investigation Headquarters" was quickly assembled.

There was even a female police officer specially arranged at the door to register people coming in and out at the makeshift concierge desk...

In the Metropolitan Police Department, the Police Department and the General Affairs Department are both very important departments. The former is in charge of finances, and the latter is in charge of personnel. They can almost be said to be the lifeblood of the Metropolitan Police Department. The "General Affairs Director" is also at the top of the promotion sequence among all the directors.

However, the "Police Affairs Section" of the police station is like a errand boy in comparison.

After all, the "lifeline" of the police station does not lie in itself but in the hands of the headquarters. It does not have independent personnel authority, and even its financial authority is very limited.

……

Shiraishi arrived at the conference room early and found that many detectives from the Criminal Division had also arrived, but they were all sitting in the back rows.

Seeing this, Bai Shi waved his hand and said, "It's an elective class. Want to sleep secretly? Sit forward!"

Upon hearing this, Akasaka and other detectives moved forward awkwardly - is this a question of sleeping? This is the place reserved for the main force of "Search One"!

But since the director had said so, they naturally sat forward, but still did not occupy all the seats in the front row.

Soon, there was a lot of traffic in front of the "Mihua Police Station". Many "Search One" police cars stopped and groups of criminal police walked in.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see the reception desk arranged by Yuanwei. If you don’t know, you might think it is the concierge desk of a wedding. The process is similar. You have to register your name first, and then the police officer who receives them will tell them the location of the "Special Investigation Headquarters."

When they saw the name tag of [Beihua Police Department - Special Investigation Headquarters of Investigation Section 1] at the door, many detectives from Investigation Section 1 realized that this was a competition between the "Beihua Police Department". After entering, they found that the front row was occupied by detectives from the "Beihua Police Department". However...

Looking at the rostrum, Chief Shiraishi had arrived early and was resting with his eyes closed. The detectives of Search 1 said decisively: We must pay attention to our quality and develop our style! Does sitting somewhere affect solving the case?

The meeting was scheduled to start at 2pm, but almost everyone was there by 1:50pm.

Although it was a short notice, police officers, especially criminal police, have basically adapted to this kind of "short notice".

At this moment, sitting in the middle of the podium facing everyone was the counselor Uno Tadayoshi, with Shiraishi on his left and Jingqi on his right...

"Between 4 and 5 this morning, former detective Shusuke Tsumura was brutally murdered at Teitan Shrine. The murderer is likely a fan or imitator of Takegami Sadajiro, the serial killer from three years ago. We must solve the case as soon as possible to prevent more victims and to avoid social unrest..."

Uno Tadayoshi spoke briefly and then announced the establishment of the "Special Investigation Headquarters".

Then, as the host, Shiraishi also said a few words: "This case happened in the jurisdiction of our Beika Police Station. The Criminal Division of our Beika Police Station has an unshirkable responsibility for investigating the case. You are all elite members of the Metropolitan Police Department. I hope that both sides can cooperate sincerely and solve the case as soon as possible!"

Seeing no response, Bai Shi glared at Yuan, who immediately got the signal and started to applaud...

The detectives from the Mihua Police Station quickly followed suit and applauded, and the detectives in charge of the "Search One" also clapped twice shyly.

Shiraishi knew most of the detectives from the main store, but some of the young people were unfamiliar...

Because it is the [Special Investigation Headquarters], the Investigation Section can be said to be composed of all the best personnel.

At first glance, the chiefs of the Search 1st Division, who Shiraishi was more familiar with, included Inspector Megure of the 3rd Division, Inspector Tanbara of the 4th Division, Inspector Amamiya of the 5th Division, Inspector Kano of the 9th Division, Inspector Katagiri of the 12th Division...

Not only were there several people from the department that specialized in homicide cases, but even quite a few detectives who were not from the First Investigation Division came to support.

"After that, please ask Manager Jingqi to arrange the search mission." Bai Shi said, and transferred the right to speak to Jingqi again.

Jingqi doesn't have so much nonsense...

"As everyone knows, I will retire in a few days. I hope I will have finished writing the case summary report by then. However... I will not retire until the case is solved. Don't even think about disbanding the investigation department without closing the case. We must solve this case!"

Then Jingqi began to arrange the specific search tasks.

There are four main investigation directions: one is the interpersonal relationships of the victim Tsumura Shusuke. After all, as a former criminal policeman, he must have many enemies; the second is other people related to the case of Takegami Teijiro, because the cause of Tsumura's death obviously points to this aspect. Although it may be a trap set by the murderer, it has to be stepped on first; the third is the worshippers of Takegami who were checked out on the Internet. These people are undoubtedly the most dangerous and suspicious; as for the fourth... that is on-site visits!

There are no concrete suspects yet, and no clear direction for the investigation, so everyone is just sifting through the cases separately.

Although the mystery of "fingerprints at the scene" has not yet been solved, but...

Police officers are not detectives, and criminal investigation is not reasoning!

It is not necessary to struggle with every mystery. If fingerprints cannot explain it for the time being, then investigate in other directions. As long as the murderer can be caught, it is not too late to ask him "how did the fingerprints come from?" And...

The police solve cases based on evidence. As long as there is "evidence proving the other party committed the crime", it is sufficient. There is no need for "every piece of evidence to be explained".

In other words, as long as the criminal is found and direct evidence of murder is found, the police don't need to pay any attention to questions like "Then tell me what's going on with Zhu Shen's fingerprints."

Nor will we be stuck here just because the "Fingerprint of the Bamboo God" cannot be explained...

After the detectives were divided into groups and left the meeting room, the only people left at the scene besides Shiraishi were Uno, Kujira, Maro, and Kunikida.

Yuanwei said at this time considerately: "Director, Counselor Uno, Manager Jingqi, refreshments have been prepared in the lounge next door. After that, it's time to work up some energy. Why don't you go and rest and replenish your energy?"

Seeing this, Bai Shi took the lead and stood up and said, "Okay, both of you follow me!"

Although Jingqi couldn't eat anything at this time, he knew that this was a normal treat, and Yuno even joked, "Hahaha, let's take a look. I heard that Director Shiraishi's meal standards are very high."

Shiraishi:……

In the corridor of the Beihua Police Station, Gao Mu suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He couldn't help but shiver, feeling as if something was staring at him.

……

In the command room, a variety of self-selected snacks have been arranged on the long table. The tea is also the fine tea brought from Ebihara's office, which shows the importance of Counselor Uno and Manager Jingqi.

In addition, there were several liaison officers staring at computer screens at the scene...

After that, as the chief supervisor of the case, all you have to do is sit here, listen to reports, make decisions, give orders... and that's it.

Normally, as a local director, all he has to do at this time is to "slip through the cracks" - flatter the boss and not let his words fall on the surface.

However, Shiraishi went to discuss the case with Kujira, leaving Uno, who was not actually involved in the investigation, aside...

Upon seeing this, Section Chief Marubi and Deputy Director Arikawa hurried forward to entertain Uno... Fortunately, Uno also knew what kind of person Shiraishi was, and didn't care at this time.

"Manager Jingqi feels that this case is deeply related to the Zhushen case three years ago?" Bai Shi saw that most of the information in Jingqi's hands was about the serial dismemberment murder case three years ago.

This is actually contrary to the general direction of the investigation mentioned in the previous meeting...

Although there were inexplicable things like "Takegami Sadajiro's fingerprints" at the scene, it was precisely because of this that everyone regarded it as "a deliberate trap set by the murderer."

The focus of the investigation now is on "Takegami Sadajiro's perverted admirers" and "enemies of former Detective Tsumura." After all, as a police officer, it is impossible to really investigate "whether Takegami Sadajiro has returned."

but……

Bai Shi felt that although Jing Qi didn't say it, he always felt in his heart that the current case was closely related to the case three years ago, and it was not just a simple deliberate attempt to confuse people!
"Maybe... Anyway, the people involved back then have to disturb them again." Jing Qi said solemnly.

Speaking of "related persons", the most important ones are two people - one is Tsumura Shusuke's partner at the time, Takada Eiichi, and the other is Miyase Kumiko, the fiancée of Goto Hideki, the fourth victim at the time...

If this was the imitation behavior of a perverted admirer, then these two people would definitely be the murderer's revenge targets in the future!
Therefore, police officers were specially arranged to find these two people for questioning and protection.

"Takada Eiichi... is he in the publicity department now? It seems like he was transferred away from the front line since the Takegami case three years ago." Shiraishi was also looking at the case materials in his hand at this time.

"Well, after they made contributions that year, they originally had the opportunity to be promoted. However, the case seemed to have left them with psychological trauma. Tsumura submitted his resignation, and Takata also applied to be transferred out of the criminal department." Jingqi was very familiar with the situation back then.

Shiraishi also noticed in the case file that their ability to solve the case was largely due to luck...

Because Takegami is a typical pleasure criminal, it is difficult to screen out the suspects through "reasoning", and Tsumura and Takata just happened to meet Takegami who had just committed murder during the "routine questioning" of suspicious persons at night, discovered his abnormality and brought him back for questioning.

Afterwards, Zhu Shen directly confessed to the fourth murder, which had not been discovered at the time, and told the location where the body was dumped. In addition, the detailed descriptions of the previous three cases also matched the evidence at the scene. There were also "leftovers" in his house, so the crime was quickly confirmed!
This has almost become a typical example to motivate patrol officers to do their jobs well...

See, it’s not just the detectives who can solve a case, and it’s not necessary to rely on reasoning to solve a case…

If the patrol police do their patrolling well, they can also solve major cases. This shows that patrolling is very important and indispensable!

(End of this chapter)