Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 329: Hidden Assassin - Mystery of an Old Case
"Eh?! Xiaolan, you didn't lie to me, did you? Officer Sato was sniped!?"

In the villa at Beika-cho 3-chome, Lie jumped up from the sofa with the phone in his hand.

At the same time, he screamed, causing Hiroki, who was typing on the computer, to turn around and look at him.

At this time, Noah was kind enough to amplify the conversation through a small speaker:
"It's true. It happened a few hours ago... However, Officer Sato is out of danger for now, but he's still in a coma..."

Just from the sound of her voice, you can tell that Xiaolan is in a depressed mood.

Lie and Hiroki looked at each other and took a breath silently. "Well, Xiaolan, don't worry too much. I'll go see Officer Sato later. She will be fine."

"Ah? It's okay, Mr. Lie. The police are helping to look after Officer Sato at the hospital. Mr. Lin should just take good care of his injuries, right?"

"...Ah? Recovering from an injury? What kind of injury?"

Lie was a little confused.

Hongshu, who was sitting in front of the computer, held his forehead with his hand, and then waved his right hand wildly to show Lie.

Mao Lilan's puzzled voice came from the loudspeaker: "Eh? A few days ago, when Conan came back, he told me that Mr. Lin's hand was not..."

"Oh~ Right, right! I broke my bone, I almost forgot..." Lie just remembered that his hand was still broken, and laughed, "Well, well, I'll go see Officer Sato when I have time. Don't worry, my hand is just a minor problem~ Xiaolan, you're the one, don't worry too much!"

"Ok, I know……"

"Oh, by the way, where's Conan? Is he okay? Is he frightened?"

"No, it's just that Conan was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department by Officer Matsuda, who said they wanted to investigate the case together."

"Oh~ ok then, Xiaolan, you should go to bed early today!"

After a few polite words, Lie hung up the phone.

Then he threw his phone away and fell back onto the sofa, scratching his white hair frantically: "Ahhh! How could this happen…"

How could a policeman be sniped?

The criminals in Tokyo are too rampant!
"So Brother Ren had already anticipated this..." Lie Cangsang looked at the ceiling and sighed with compassion.

When Noah told him to pay attention to the police, he didn't take it seriously and wanted to wait a few days to rest before going around the Metropolitan Police Department.

But something happened the next day just after I said it!

"Really... Hiroki, you stay at home, I'll go to the hospital to take a look~"

Lie waved his hand weakly and went out with his tired body.

Because his main task is to look after people related to Conan, in a sense, his absence this time is considered a dereliction of duty.

……

Metropolitan Police Department.

Jinpei Matsuda and Conan sat side by side in an empty conference room, constantly searching through a stack of files for investigation details of the case from a year ago, including some doubts.

Officer Takagi, who was sitting opposite them, was also helping with the search.

During the search, several people also had a general understanding of the case:
——A year ago, the doctor who was murdered was named Niino Yasushi, a surgeon at Touto University Hospital.

The deceased was found in his own home, and the scene was very clear, with only a scalpel left next to where the deceased fell.

Based on the knife marks on the victim's neck, the police determined that the scalpel was used to cut Ninoho's throat, and during the investigation, they believed that the knife holder was most likely left-handed and cut the victim's neck from behind. However, the strange thing is that the case was investigated with reason and evidence at the beginning, but was suddenly and hastily closed as a suicide later...

Both Jinpei Matsuda and Conan were a little confused.

Fortunately, Officer Megure, who was working overtime, came over and explained the matter to them:

A police captain who was leading the team at the time died of a sudden heart attack during the investigation, and his family made a big fuss, so in the end the case was dealt with so hastily.

but……

"In this file, the name of the suspect they are investigating has been altered." Matsuda Jinpei took out a file and flipped through it, "How can we investigate this?"

Inspector Megure was embarrassed for a moment, looked at Conan with some embarrassment, then stealthily pulled Matsuda Jinpei aside and whispered in his ear:

"Many people knew about this at the time, but you were obsessed with the bombing case at the time... The person that Inspector Tomonari and his team investigated was the only son of our Criminal Chief, Odagiri Toshiya."

"…Minister Odagiri's son?"

Jinpei Matsuda was stunned for a moment.

Just when Officer Megure was about to say that this was internal information of the Metropolitan Police Department and not to tell irrelevant people, he lowered his head and saw Conan already standing next to them with a look of sudden realization on his face.

Officer Memu: "..."

You shouldn’t have brought irrelevant people back!
Jinpei Matsuda ignored Inspector Megure's resentment towards him, nodded to himself, returned to the table, and continued to take notes in his notebook with a pen.

"That is to say, when they were investigating this matter, they found that the suspect... the minister's son had a verbal conflict with the deceased, right?"

Jinpei Matsuda copied out the information in the file that might help them investigate the incident.

Conan also went over to continue helping.

"The minister's son is left-handed?" Jinpei Matsuda looked up and asked Officer Megure.

The latter replied speechlessly: "Not only that, both father and son are left-handed..."

Because the criminal was never found and the case was hastily closed as suicide, they themselves began to suspect their boss and his son... except that they really had no evidence at all.

Matsuda Jinpei looked up and noticed the sad face of Inspector Megure, and consoled him, "Inspector Megure, don't be so sad. I don't think the Minister would kill a surgeon who has such a bad reputation."

It is well known that Ninobo has a bad reputation and has even offended many people, so there are many suspects who have committed the crime, but there are not many who are left-handed.

"...I know that, and it's impossible for the Minister to have a motive to kill, but..."

Inspector Megure looked at Jinpei Matsuda with confusion.

What he was worried about was, if it was really done by the minister’s son, would the minister help cover it up?
"Inspector Megure, you seem to be overthinking." Matsuda Jinpei seemed to see through Inspector Megure's heart, "If the minister wanted to protect his son, there would be no need to re-investigate..."

This made Inspector Megure feel a little relieved, "That's true..."

"By the way, Officer Megure, did the family of the police chief who died unexpectedly have any conflicts with the police?"

Conan suddenly asked in a cute voice.

Inspector Megure lowered his head, "Yes, especially Inspector Tomonari's son. He always believed that it was the people who were monitoring the target who failed to send his father to the hospital in time, which led to Inspector Tomonari's death..."

(End of this chapter)