Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 218 212. Sakata·Katsuten Hanzi·Yusuke
The noise of the Goji family made Toyama Ginjiro frown subconsciously. The next second, accompanied by the skillful tongue-clicking sound, the Goji family members gathered in the warehouse were rudely pulled aside by the Osaka Prefectural Police and began to be "gently" criticized and educated.

Before the Osaka Prefectural Police came, none of the Goji family members were so brave. Now that Toyama Ginjiro is here, they are starting to act like a bully?

In fact, the Osaka Prefectural Police who came with Toyama Ginjiro knew very well that after the gunshots, Sotarou Goji's chances of survival were slim.

There is no difference between being a councillor these days and being a company president in Tokyo.

Normally, due to livelihood pressure, these people can still tolerate them, but once some people really have evil intentions, the life of the congressman is not much more valuable than that of an ordinary person.

Even if it was the Prime Minister, it would only take one shot to kill him.

The Osaka Prefectural Police quickly cleared a quiet space for Toyama Ginjiro and Sakata to talk, and the only person standing next to Toyama Ginjiro was Mrs. Goji.

As expected of a congressman's wife, she is very discerning. She did not join the family in making a scene just now, and she was not taken away by other Osaka prefectural police officers.

After the surroundings gradually quieted down, Toyama Ginjiro turned his gaze back to the warehouse. After a moment of silence, he said to the inside:
"Sakata, you are a little too impatient. If I'm not mistaken, your original plan should not be like this?"

Ginjiro Toyama is also an old detective, and he knows the rhythm of these serial killers very well.

In Toyama Ginjiro's opinion, Sakata was still carrying out the first few serial murders at his own pace.

But for some reason, Sakata suddenly sped up his pace in the past two days, and even today he had no rhythm at all.

He looked completely out of control. Toyama Ginjiro was very curious about what happened to Sakata that made him change his plan in a hurry.

He even got himself trapped in it.

Since Kiichiro Numabuchi was the scapegoat prepared by Sakata for this case, it is obvious that Sakata intended to get himself out of the case from the beginning.

But today, Sakata almost openly "put himself in the game" and even after killing Soutarou Goji, he did not run away, but waited for him in the warehouse.

There must be some explanation for all of this.

As for whether Sakata could escape from Goji's house, how could a detective with a gun and bullets who dared to shoot be trapped by a group of ordinary people?
There is no need for more. If anyone shoots and injures one person at the door, the rest will all scatter.

Although there are not many bullets in Sakata Police's gun, people like the Goji family are definitely not willing to be the ones to take bullets for the other side.

Considering Sakata's attitude, Toyama Ginjiro thought that Sakata must have something to say to him if he stayed here.

At the same time, Toyama Ginjiro also had some vague guesses about Sakata's decision.

“Minister Yuanshan, you are right, this was not my original plan.

In fact, my original plan was to use the opportunity of asking Heiji to act as a guide and driver to create two murders and leave hints.

As long as I keep bringing Heiji closer to the core of the incident, I can then legitimately come to Goji's house and kill him."

“As for the scapegoat, I had already chosen it. I happened to meet a suspected person when I was participating in the search for Kiichiro Numabuchi in my jurisdiction.

After checking and arresting him, we found that he was indeed the wanted criminal Kiichiro Numabuchi."

"Why would you do that, Sakata?"

"Haven't you already checked it out? My father had a car accident due to drunk driving 20 years ago, and these people were the last batch of students in my father's driving school before he died."

"That wasn't an accident?"

"Of course not. I never believed that my father, who was so strict about driving, would drive after drinking. But at that time, I had no choice but to admit it because of the testimony of these witnesses.

Later, I was adopted by my relatives, changed my surname, and entered the police academy to become a criminal policeman.

After that, I captured Kiichiro Numabuchi in the last manhunt."

Sakata's voice was originally calm, but he suddenly became excited when he said this: "Minister Toyama, do you know that Numabuchi recognized me the first time he saw me?

It was from him that I learned the real reason why my father had a drunk driving accident 20 years ago."

“My father was too strict with those people when he was in the driving school, which led to their resentment.

After the study session, they got my father drunk and then helped him into the car.

They drained all the brake fluid from the car to see if the father, the "devil coach", would show a scared expression, but it eventually led to the father's death in a car accident.

Sakata continued angrily, "This case happened 20 years ago. It's useless even if I know the truth after the 15-year statute of limitations has passed.

So I decided to take revenge in my own way. Actually, it went pretty smoothly at first.”

The hatred in Sakata's voice slowly faded, replaced by a helpless tone.

"Originally, I was following the plan and guiding Heiji to investigate. But I was afraid that it was not safe enough, so I tried to guide Chairman Lin who was at the scene at the time.

Who would have thought that President Lin's casual joke at the time would actually hit the nail on the head, which forced me to speed up my plan."

"After leaving the scene, I went to kill Okazaki Sumiko who I had tricked into the scene.

Then I went to the archives to prove Chairman Lin's guess, and finally I went to the cabin near Minoo Waterfall, knocked Kiichiro Numabuchi unconscious, and released him.

By the way, call the police from a nearby public telephone booth."

From then on, Toyama Ginjiro knew what happened without Sakata saying anything. After doing all this, Sakata went to Goji Sotarou's house, called Goji Sotarou to the warehouse and shot him to death.

After understanding all this, Toyama Ginjiro suddenly said to Sakata: "Come out, Sakata.

Come out like a man and face your punishment."

Ginjiro Toyama couldn't say that Sakata had done anything wrong. After all, this group of people did conspire to murder Sakata's father fifteen years ago.

But Sakata will eventually have to pay the price for his actions.

“Forget it, Minister Toyama, after doing these, my mission in the world is probably complete.

No one in this world can judge me, and now it is time for me to say goodbye to you."

Sakata didn’t wait for Toyama Ginjiro to respond before continuing, “By the way, Minister, I left a gift for you in the hut near Minoo Falls.

This is my parting gift. The Minister wishes you and me all the best in the future. Goodbye."

The moment Sakata finished his words, the warehouse suddenly began to burn rapidly. As the fire grew so rapidly, the entire warehouse was soon engulfed in flames.

(End of this chapter)