Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 242 236. Big Mixed Exercise · Tips

"It's bad, Officer Megure! A hotel staff member saw the suspect, Kenzo Masuyama, heading towards the wine cellar after the fire started!"

Takagi hurriedly ran towards Inspector Megure in the hotel lobby, his eyes full of anxiety.

It has now been confirmed that the fire started in the hotel's wine cellar. Because the wine cellar stores a lot of spirits, the Beihu City Hotel is also trying its best to evacuate the guests in the hotel.

Since the fire brigade had not arrived yet, the police could only use the hotel's fire-fighting equipment to prevent the fire from spreading.

But it can only prevent the fire. It is still very difficult to put out the fire in one go.

After all, the fire was set by Gin and Vodka. Since these two were determined to start the fire, they would definitely not make it easy for the police to put it out.

"What about the situation in the wine cellar? Did you see anyone inside?" Upon hearing this, Officer Megure became anxious and asked Takagi hurriedly.

"There was too much smoke inside, and I couldn't see clearly from the outside. But I could vaguely see a motionless figure on the floor in the wine cellar."

No one could enter the wine cellar to check the situation in such a fire, so Takagi used many uncertain descriptions.

As soon as Inspector Megure heard this, he knew what was going on. The missing Masuyama Ken and the other two were most likely in the wine cellar.

All of a sudden, Inspector Megure felt as if his head was as big as a bucket.

In an ordinary case, if it comes to a case like Kenzo Masuyama, the most they can say is that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and the detectives handling the case do not need to take any responsibility.

There is no such thing as the police forcing the suspect to death - the police haven't even started the investigation yet, and haven't had much communication with Kenzo Masuyama, so how could they force someone to death?
But in this case, it doesn’t work.

Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi, after all, was a member of the National Assembly. He was dead, and the Investigation Division was responsible for investigating the cause of his death. This suspect died inexplicably before he was tried.

So did this man really commit suicide out of fear of punishment, or did someone within your Investigation Division tip him off?
He simply couldn't explain the matter.

The only good thing for Inspector Megure is that the social status of this Congressman Tsunoguchi is high enough, so if the other congressmen are not satisfied, they cannot find him to take the blame.

Inspector Megure is a loyal member of the First Investigation Division and the main person doing the work. If he is made to take the blame, who will do the work of the First Investigation Division?
Rely on Shiratori? Shiratori will be promoted soon. The chosen ones of the Gold Watch Group will not stay in the front-line departments for too long.

The promotion from police lieutenant to police lieutenant is considered the internship period of the Gold Watch Group. Once the internship period is over, these talented people who have passed the national first-level civil service examination will all become the backbone of each department.

Police officers who are not in the gold watch group have an upper limit on their promotion in the workplace, but those in the gold watch group have a lower limit on their promotion.

In short, it is impossible to expect the Jinbiao team to work on the front line for a long time. Even if Shiratori himself wants to, the other Jinbiao teams will not allow it.

[Do you want to lower the value of the professional group? ]

Haven’t you seen that the guys next door went on strike and took to the streets to protest against the expansion of medical students and doctors?

The consequences of putting the words "doctor" and "strike" together are chilling to think about.

If doctors are like this, let alone the important figures in the violent agencies.

Inspector Megure thought that the news that Kenzo Masuyama might have died in the wine cellar was bad enough and deleted it.

But as if things weren't bad enough, his subordinate Officer Sato came running over and brought Officer Megure new "bad news".

"What did you say? Just now those three FBI agents were shot, one died and one was injured?!

How is the injury? Is it serious? "Inspector Megure felt like the sky was about to fall. Masuyama Kenzo was dead, so what were these three FBI agents doing to get involved?

Perhaps no one would be held accountable if Kenzo Masuyama, the criminal suspect, died, but if something happened to these three FBI agents, how would Megure explain to America's "Emperor's Envoy"?
Damn, these three foreigners are not easy to deal with!

The reason why Inspector Megure only asked the injured person was because no matter how he asked, the dead person would not be resurrected.

But the injured person must not die again.

Especially he couldn't die when they were investigating the scene - once the injured FBI agent was handed over to American officials, his life or death would have nothing to do with Inspector Megure.

"The situation is not serious, but we have urgently dispatched an ambulance to take the person to the nearest hospital.

Another FBI agent was accompanying the vehicle who was not injured."

Officer Sato handled this emergency very well, letting the FBI take care of their own people, so that if something really happened, the responsibility of their Investigation Division could be minimized.

To be honest, their Investigation Division had been unlucky enough today. Apart from meeting Kudo Yusaku at the scene at the very beginning, nothing went as they wished.

It's all fucking trouble.

At this time, Yusaku Kudo and Conan already knew that the suspect in the case, Kenzo Masuyama, was in the wine cellar.

Regardless of whether Kenzo Masuyama committed suicide out of fear of punishment or was silenced, their investigation could not continue until the fire in the wine cellar was extinguished.

Now that Conan has some free time, he finally has the time to ask Kudo Yusaku why the couple returned to Tokyo without saying a word.

The first thing I did after returning to Tokyo was to attend the memorial service for the late director
Conan knew clearly that this was a memorial service, not a funeral. The purpose of a funeral is to commemorate the dead.

But the memorial service has a more social nature. Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo are not from Tokyo, so there is really no need for them to attend such a memorial service.

Besides, Yusaku Kudo is not the kind of person who would do unnecessary things.

Conan was particularly curious about the reason why the Kudo couple, his parents, attended the memorial service.

Kudo Yusaku didn't treat Conan as a child, and he didn't intend to hide it from Conan. Only by letting Conan know the danger of his situation, can they be sure to convince Conan to leave Tokyo with them, right?

"We didn't come to this memorial service on our own initiative." Kudo Yusaku put one hand in his pocket and was about to say something, but he paused unexpectedly.

Then he took out a piece of paper from his trouser pocket.

The first thing Kudo Yusaku did when he took out the note was to look around subconsciously. Unfortunately, everything around him was too normal and he didn't find anything.

Then he unfolded the note and read it carefully. There was nothing long on the note. In summary, it was just a reminder.

Yusaku Kudo took out the hotel's matches from his trouser pocket, then took out one and lit it, and then the note turned into ashes.

In the end, Kudo Yusaku looked at his son with a complicated expression.

"Why, why are you looking at me like that? Who gave you this note?"

(End of this chapter)