Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 254: About the Enemy Going to the Maori Family to Organize an Event

"A commendation ceremony?"

After hearing Murasakibara's report, Shiraishi looked at the documents in his hand with a strange expression.

In general, it was the old woman Matsushita who was furious after failing to put pressure on Shiraishi and even being ridiculed by Shiraishi. She wanted to use the praise of Xiaolan, Conan and other students to undermine the prestige of the Beihua Agency...

The issue is……

What's the use?

Shiraishi felt that this commendation would be more of a provocation to himself, would have little influence on the public, and would have even less practical effect!
Could she get the Metropolitan Police Department to announce that the three major cases solved by the Beika Police Station were not due to the ability of the police officers, but because of the help of Beika Town students?
Obviously impossible...

Even her activities like these cannot stand in the field of education, and no one dares to endorse them!

after all……

Why do high school girls walk alone on the street in the middle of the night?
Four elementary school students, why did they call the police?
Although Shiraishi knew there was a reason for this, Matsushita couldn't explain it at all.

If it wasn't intended to undermine the prestige of the Rice Flower Agency, this commendation meeting should have been a criticism meeting!

It is impossible to approve of their actions...

However, now, after discovering the relationship between Maori Ran and Edogawa Conan, Yuriko Matsushita decided to invite Maori Kogoro to give a speech and ask him to impart his "safety education experience"!
This is even more like dancing in the minefield of the Metropolitan Police Department...

How come famous detectives are more useful than police officers and even better at safety education, right?

If it was really Kogoro Mouri who solved the case, the police would have nothing to say, but now the criminals have all been arrested by the Beika Police Station!

Only in the "Road Demon Case" can it be said that Xiaolan, as the victim, directly fought back successfully.

The more she organizes this kind of activity, the more motivated the Metropolitan Police Department will be to promote the Beika Police Station. For example, Observer Weekly now directly calls Beika Town the "Place of Judgment"...

The East Island media likes to use the characteristics of middle school vocabulary, and they bring it to full play!
……

"There aren't many participants... Has the Mika Public Hall or the event organizer applied for security?" Shiraishi asked disdainfully after looking at the document.

Even if Matsushita Yuriko used her influence to organize this event, it was not a large-scale event. Only the "Death God Family", the "Teitan Three Idiots" and the leaders of the two schools showed up. The time was also very short, on Tuesday night...

It’s not a big event to bring students!

After all, in principle, schools and education departments do not recommend students to engage in such risky behavior.

Conan was relieved for this - if the scene was too big, he would worry about whether he would be targeted by "those people"!
"We haven't requested for security, we're just recording normal activities...Do the mobile team members need to be dispatched?" After answering, Murasakibara asked Shiraishi for instructions.

"No need. There's no need to pay special attention to such a small event." Shiraishi shook his head. There will also be a "celebration banquet" in the police station tonight.

Murasakibara actually thought so too, but she felt that there was intention to target the Beika Agency, so she came to report it. Seeing that Director Shiraishi already knew about it, she didn't say anything more.

Including Shiraishi, many police officers worked all night on Sunday, and then worked overtime on Monday night because the criminal in the serial kidnapping case was arrested. Today is the long-awaited "safe day".

In the evening, Shiraishi also specifically instructed Deputy Director Akihabara to approve funds for each department and let the section chiefs organize dinners, especially the "Criminal Section".

Although everyone is very busy, the "Criminal Class" still bears the brunt of the work.

Shiraishi attended a dinner party of the criminal class at night. In order to avoid being present and making everyone feel uncomfortable, Shiraishi left soon...

When he returned to the apartment and came to the door of his room, Shiraishi discovered that his door had been opened again!
Bai Shi shook his head helplessly, then opened the door...

"Sapuras!"

bang bang bang-

Suddenly, sounds of the Western Island dialect, which is unique to the Eastern Island country, were heard, and the sound of streamers and firecrackers rang out.

Only then did Shiraishi realize that not only Gina was here, but Ayako was also here, and even Ujimina Ayano was there.

"Huh? Ayako, Ujigen-san, what are you doing..." Shiraishi was stunned when he saw this.

"Celebrate the three major crimes judged by the Mika Agency!" Ayako said, pulling him to the table.

Obviously this was specially done to celebrate Shiraishi's success.

"Is Shigenon-san here too?" The last time Shiraishi saw her was during the "One-Day Director" period.

"Ayano often comes to the orphanage to volunteer!" Gina praised.

Bai Shi had heard from Gina that the two of them kept in touch...

Shiraishi was very pleased that Ujigen often went to the orphanage to volunteer.

Although she is not a good student, volunteering on her days off is better than spending her time chasing stars!
As for why Shiyuan came today?
In Shiyuan's words, fortunately the murderer of the Road Demon case was caught, so she dared to go out...

"Ms. Xiaolan was called by Congressman Matsushita today. Xiaolan didn't want to go at first, it was all because of her father, that old man..." Shiyuan muttered to himself.

"Is there any trouble with the Metropolitan Council?" Ayako asked for confirmation.

"It's okay, this is not a problem. The murderer in the Road Demon case was originally caught by Xiaolan. The [Place of Judgment] and the like are the honors that the police and citizens of Beika Town work together to protect!" Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Gina curled her lips when she heard this: "We are all family, so don't be so high-profile!"

As for the dishes for the "celebration banquet", except for Gina's "only homemade beef stew", the rest were all Ayako's own creation, with Ujigen also helping out.

Although there were only four of us, considering that Shiraishi was there, it was a huge table full of food.

But just when the meal was over and everyone was preparing to share the cake...

Shiraishi's cell phone rang.

Seeing this, Ayako showed a helpless expression, but immediately covered it up and asked with concern: "Is this the police station?"

"Yes, it's Section Chief Kunikida." Shiraishi's tone was somewhat helpless - since it was Kunikida who called, then an important case must have occurred, and it seemed that the dinner over there was not going well.

"Hello, this is Shiraishi... What? There's another case at the Beika Public Hall? Congressman Matsushita... Or was it a shooting? Okay, I get it... You guys go to the nearby area for a preliminary investigation first! By the way, keep an eye on her secretary... Well, cooperate with the public security work... I may not go to the scene." Shiraishi did not say that he would definitely go.

After hanging up the phone, Shiraishi spread his hands to the three people and said, "Now Councillor Matsushita is a problem... After all, he was a councillor of the capital, and he died in the Beihua Public Hall."

When Matsushita Yuriko was alive, to Shiraishi, she was just one of the many people who criticized him but couldn't do anything to him. However... now that she died in his own jurisdiction, considering the importance of the case, it is still a bit stressful.

After all, he is a city councilor, and even the police have been dispatched.

Shiraishi's tone was also strange at this time - when Murasakibara reported this activity to him before, Shiraishi did complain in his heart: It might not be auspicious to invite the "Death Family" from far away to hold an event.

However, Shiraishi did not expect that Conan really "has a response to everything" and "will die if you try"!
If you dare to invite me, I will kill you...

"Dead?" Gina was also a little surprised - it was too fast. She just cursed in her heart...

"Well, the event hasn't started yet... It was said to be the opening session, but she didn't show up. Xiaolan went to the lounge to look for her, and she saw her dead body. It was said that she was shot." Shiraishi nodded.

Of course, there was a scream afterwards, which attracted other people, and then the people at the scene immediately called the police...

In addition to the patrol officers and criminal police from the Mihua Police Station, public security personnel also arrived at the scene due to the victim's special identity.

Shiraishi still doesn’t know the specific circumstances, but at least he knows... he was shot!

This makes the case more serious.

After all, the East Island Country is also a country with relatively strict gun control. The deceased was a member of parliament and a gun was used, which added political pressure to the murder investigation.

"If he was shot...if the case is not solved quickly, the rumors will probably become more and more intense." Ayako said worriedly when she heard this.

"Rumors? Apart from causing trouble for the big guy, does this Congressman Matsushita have any other scandals?" Gina asked immediately with a burning gaze.

Gina has always been clear about gratitude and resentment. In her opinion, causing trouble for Shiraishi is a "scandal."

"It's not a scandal. It's just that a congressman died. Someone might make up a rumor that it's a 'political assassination'. If the case is delayed too long, there will be trouble." Shiraishi also understood what Ayako meant.

Because of this, the Mihua Police Department, as a local police department, is under a lot of pressure...

"Rumors? If it's really a political assassination, wouldn't it be even more troublesome?" Ayano still felt that Shiraishi was too careless for not considering "political assassination"... Although she had reconciled with the Suzuki family and now had a good relationship with Sonoko, she still looked at the "rich and powerful upper class people" with tinted glasses, feeling that most of them were cruel and ruthless.

Shiraishi shook his head and said, "Political assassinations can only be effective if they kill strong people. If 10 groups of MPs like Matsushita Yuriko die, the 11th group can be immediately pulled out without any impact... If you want to suspect political assassination, it is better to suspect that it was done by competitors from the same faction."

If we want to assassinate someone, it must be someone like Atsumori Ryuzou who is qualified to be killed!

Only a death of his level would have an impact on policies and factions. The faction that represents a congressman like Matsushita can easily find a replacement.

"Then what about her secretary you just mentioned? Do you know her?" Gina asked curiously.

When Shiraishi answered the phone just now, he specifically mentioned to pay attention to the "secretary".

"I don't know him, I've never seen him, but... this is the third council member who has died in the Beika Public Hall in the past six months!" The first one was a town council member, who was killed by his secretary in the underground parking lot, and he even tried to forge an alibi; the previous one was a member of parliament, who was killed by the secretary of the junior high school tennis runner-up, and the murder weapon was thrown on the roof...

"Now this councillor is the third one. I think it's reasonable to suspect her secretary, right?" Shiraishi's guess was very reasonable. It couldn't even be called a guess, but a "summary of the rules."

Ayako, Gina, Ayano: ...

"It can't be said to be a coincidence. Anyone can be a congressman with an empty head and who is just taking up a position, especially a congressman's secretary, who is the 'first in line' to the congressman." Shiraishi emphasized that he had a basis for his statement.

"It seems that this Yuriko Matsushita had some ideas in the past... I remember that the focus of her self-promotion was on 'campus security'. She hoped to promote a more stringent student protection mechanism and obtain greater related investment. The new security gates and perimeter surveillance of some elementary schools in Toudou were contracted by the company she registered." Ayako said after recalling.

"Are you concerned about campus security..." Gina curled her lips when she heard this.

"That's right! It seems that when she was a teacher, a student went missing, and because the child was missing, the family was broken up... It was a big news story at the time.

"But the person was never found. She was probably killed. Matsushita was a class teacher at the time and gave speeches everywhere. This also became her opportunity to enter politics." Ayako recalled some of Matsushita Yuriko's life.

"He's missing, what does that have to do with her? Is she giving speeches everywhere to gain popularity?" Gina's guess was very malicious.

"For the purpose of publicity and prevention..." Ayako was certainly not that extreme.

Shiraishi also remembered at this time: "Oh, right, that's the old woman with glasses who was always on TV because of the serial kidnapping and murder case, right?"

That's right, Bai Shi only knew that there was such a person and that she was bossing him around, but he had never actually seen her and was not interested in what she looked like.

On the contrary, he had seen Panasonic urging the police to search the case of a serial kidnapper before, but he did not take it seriously and did not care who this guy who was trying to take advantage of the situation was.

It wasn't until Ayako mentioned it that Shiraishi realized that this guy was Yuriko Matsushita...

Upon hearing this, Gina became even more disdainful - and she said that this guy was just trying to get attention?
Afterwards, Ayako asked Shiraishi worriedly, "Don't you need to go to the scene to check it out?"

"No, let's wait for further search results." Bai Shi shook his head.

Conan is at the scene now. If the criminal has not left and the situation enters the N-choose-one mode, Shiraishi will probably have a result soon. If the criminal is not at the scene, it will be useless for Shiraishi to rush over immediately!

Although interrupted by the news of Matsushita's death, Shiraishi's private celebration party continued until around nine o'clock. After everyone finished eating the cake, Shiraishi prepared to send them back to their residences one by one...

But at this moment, Shiraishi received another call.

"Hello, this is Shiraishi." Shiraishi saw that it was Kunikida calling and immediately picked up the phone.

"Chief, you may have to come to the police station. The headquarters has decided to set up a special investigation headquarters overnight." Kunikida's tone was a little serious.

"What's going on? Where are the public security people?" Shiraishi originally thought that if the public security intervened, the Metropolitan Police Department would not set up an investigation headquarters.

After all, those guys in the public security department are unwilling to cooperate with ordinary criminal police!
Shiraishi originally thought that either the murderer was at the scene and would be caught by Conan, or the murderer had already escaped and the public security would take over the case and would not cooperate with the police...

"The public security personnel are still here, but... fingerprints of outsiders were found at the scene, and the results have been matched." Kunikida also understood what Shiraishi meant and answered the key question.

Because the fingerprints of the "outsider" were discovered and the identity of the fingerprint owner was confirmed, the police had no need to conduct a secret investigation!
"Oh? Then there should be a result soon, right? Has the wanted order been issued?" Shiraishi asked as a matter of course.

Since the fingerprint comparison has produced a result, the person who left the fingerprint should be a "criminal"...

The fingerprints of a criminal with a criminal record who should not have been at the scene of the crime appeared at the crime scene, so of course he is the most suspicious - this is not a question of discrimination or not, it is reasonable suspicion!
They are called "outsiders", but in fact they are criminal suspects.

"No, I'm afraid... it won't be easy to issue a wanted notice." Kunikida's tone was a little low at this time.

"Why? It can't be a minor again?" Shiraishi asked doubtfully - if the "ex-convict" was a minor, his fingerprint information should also be hidden.

"She is an adult now, but the fingerprints at the scene show that the outsider is Kanako Akiyoshi...an elementary school student who disappeared fifteen years ago!" Kunikida pointed out the key doubt.

The fingerprints were not matched from the fingerprint database of criminals with criminal convictions, but from the fingerprint database of "missing persons"!

From the elementary school student who disappeared fifteen years ago...

"The missing elementary school student...wait! Could it be the student of Matsushita Yuriko?" Shiraishi suddenly remembered what Ayako had just said.

"That's right. Congressman Matsushita was Kanako Akiyoshi's homeroom teacher before." Kunikida confirmed.

In this way, Shiraishi understood why no arrest warrant was issued immediately. Firstly, the police did not understand why the fingerprints of Kanako Akiyoshi, who had been missing for fifteen years, appeared at the crime scene, and they could not immediately identify her as a suspect like they would a "criminal"; secondly, fifteen years had passed, and there was no photo for a wanted warrant. They could not use a photo of her when she was ten years old to issue a wanted warrant, right?
Not to mention the effect, I am afraid that by then I will face doubts from all walks of life...

Although it is not clear now what Kanako Akiyoshi has experienced in the past fifteen years and what relationship she has with the case, the public security has no intention of conducting a full-fledged search because the possibility of "political assassination" has decreased and the risk of a crisis of trust in the government has decreased.

The most important thing now is to use the power of the police to solve the case as soon as possible, rather than conducting a secret investigation.

So the "Investigation Headquarters" was established, and it was at the level of "Special Investigation Headquarters"!

"Okay, I understand." Bai Shi agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Shiraishi looked at Ayako: "Um..."

"Don't worry! I will send them back and make sure to see them get home with my own eyes." Ayako said proactively.

"Well, I'll leave it to you then." Bai Shi said as he put on his coat.

Counselor Uno and his team will be here soon...

Although theoretically it would be fine as long as the Criminal Division was present, Shiraishi, as the director, should not be absent out of courtesy.

……

Not long after, Bai Shi arrived at the Mika Office and found that a reception desk had been set up at the door...

Apparently Section Chief Yuanwei had also worked overtime and arranged the reception tasks. Makita Miwa, who was standing at the reception desk, had a flushed face.

It was estimated that the police officers from the Criminal Division had just drunk two glasses of wine before rushing to the scene, and then came back to prepare to search the headquarters.

"Has anyone arrived at the main store?" Bai Shi asked Mu Gao directly after coming in.

"Inspector Megure and others from Search One have arrived, but the higher-ups haven't arrived yet." Makaka replied.

Bai Shi nodded and went straight to the director's office. As expected...

Prepare your pen, ink, paper and inkstone for yourself!

Shiraishi, who was already familiar with the process, did not hesitate and directly wrote the name of the Special Investigation Headquarters on the door couplet - [Yika Public Hall Shooting Case·Special Investigation Headquarters].

The title does not emphasize the identity of the victim, nor does it mention the suspect; it just states the core facts.

Because of the identity of the deceased, and... the "strange" identity of the fingerprints found at the scene, the Metropolitan Police Department announced the establishment of a special investigation headquarters overnight, and Counselor Uno also came to work overtime.

After not seeing him for a few days, Bai Shi felt that his barcodes were a little sparser.

Apparently he had been tortured by the three major cases before...

In comparison, Shiraishi never had much of a headache - at first, the criminals of the three major cases did not come to Beika Town, but after they came, they were quickly arrested.

"Director Shiraishi, this time your [Place of Judgment] in Mika has room to perform well." Uno said indifferently after seeing Shiraishi.

Shiraishi knew that he was reminding himself that he had been too high-profile in recent interviews, but he still said, "No, no, I'm just being serious and cautious."

Uno shook his head, knowing that Shiraishi was not the type to listen to advice, otherwise he wouldn't be here now, so he went straight to the point and asked, "How is the inspection of the scene going? Have you found any other fingerprints?"

"No, apart from the victim himself, there were other fingerprints that should be there...but only Akiyoshi Kanako's fingerprints were found, but..." Shiraishi had just read the on-site report.

"But?" Yuno asked quickly.

"However, Akiyoshi Kanako's fingerprints are not only on the white cloth covering the body, but also... on the takeout bento." Shiraishi's tone was a little strange at this time.

"Take-out bento?" Yuno was also stunned when he heard that.

"Well, when they found her, the scene was horrific. Matsushita Yuriko wasn't killed in one shot, but was shot four times in succession. There was blood everywhere. Also... her takeaway lunch was in a mess, as if she had been wolfed down...

"When we inspected the scene afterwards, we found that the fingerprints on the takeout box were also Kanako Akiyoshi's. The saliva DNA on the chopsticks is being analyzed and compared." Shiraishi nodded and said.

These fingerprints alone are not enough to prove that Kanako Akiyoshi is the murderer. It is also possible that there was another "mysterious man" at the scene who did not leave any fingerprints and was the one who fired the shot.

Akiyoshi Kanako simply covered the body and...

Ate Panasonic's takeaway bento?
Bai Shi didn't understand for a moment what this was all about!
If it was Kanako Akiyoshi who killed someone, then eating directly at the scene of the murder showed that her psychological endurance was a bit too good.

If there were other people present at the time, why did they allow Kanako Akiyoshi to eat there?
If Kanako Akiyoshi was not an accomplice of the murderer, she should not have been allowed to move around freely at the scene. If she was an accomplice, she should not have been allowed to leave any traces.

It is hard to imagine that a criminal who leaves no trace at all would watch his accomplices leaving traces everywhere...

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