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

Chapter 504: Jinpei Matsuda skips work

In the conference room.

When Ireland entered, the main operational members of the police from various counties were already seated in a circle.

These include:

Megure Juzo, Shiratori Jinzaburo, Sato Miwako, and Takagi Wataru of the Metropolitan Police Department;

Saitama Prefecture’s female police chief, Ogino Ayami; Kanagawa Prefecture’s police chief, Yokomizo Shigego; Shizuoka Prefecture’s police chief, Yokomizo Sango; Nagano Prefecture’s police chief, Yamato Gansuke; Gunma Prefecture’s police chief, Yamamura Sou…

Ireland calmly went over the names and faces of these people in his mind again, responded to their greetings calmly, and sat down in his own seat next to Inspector Megure.

However, as soon as he sat down, he noticed that Shiratori Renzaburo was sitting vacant next to him. He was silent for a moment, coughed slightly, lowered his voice, and spoke in the voice of Matsumoto Kiyonaga:
"Megure, where's that kid Matsuda?"

Ireland was very impressed with the young detective who praised him throughout the entire search.

Mainly, it was the first time he saw a policeman who didn't look like a policeman - for example, he openly slept during a meeting, wore sunglasses everywhere he went, and looked like a gangster, and his clothes were even more unclear than his...

If Ireland hadn't heard that this police inspector named Jinpei Matsuda was very quick in solving cases and had made many outstanding achievements in the Investigation Division, he would have suspected that this man was an undercover agent planted by some organization.

For example, they organize...

He is still a very unprofessional undercover agent.

"Matsuda?" After being reminded by his superior, Officer Megure was stunned for a moment, then looked around and a drop of cold sweat fell, "Ah, this... Officer, please wait a moment! I will go and ask right away..."

Ireland:"……"

So if I hadn't reminded you, you wouldn't have noticed that there was someone missing from the meeting, right?
Is there really nothing wrong with this term of police? How about replacing him?

He silently thought about the feasibility of getting rid of Matsumoto Kiyonaga and completely replacing him himself, but after thinking about it, he felt that such behavior was meaningless, so he chose to give up.

Officer Megure quickly walked to the side and called Matsuda Jinpei, "Hey! Matsuda, the afternoon meeting is about to start, where are you?"

“…Sleep, sleep?!”

"Matsuda, this case hasn't been solved yet!"

“You are…”

He had only said the fourth sentence when Matsuda Jinpei seemed to have hung up the phone, forcing Inspector Megure to stop talking abruptly.

Inspector Megure turned his back to the crowd, tightly gripping his cell phone.

I will definitely beat up Matsuda next time I see him! He is serious! He dared to be absent from such an important meeting, just wait for his salary to be deducted!

He took a few deep breaths, turned around, and put on an honest smile: "Um, administrator, Matsuda said he is not feeling well today, so he probably won't be able to come..."

Ireland:"……"

Nonsense, he was obviously sleeping.

No matter how low Inspector Megure lowered his voice, everyone could hear it clearly in the already quiet meeting room.

The police chiefs from other counties were all more or less speechless, but due to the presence of the disguised Irish administrator, no one said anything.

"...Well, in that case, let him have a good rest." Ireland coughed, "Then, let's continue with what we did this morning. Megure, how did you investigate some of the situations this morning?"

As he spoke, he calmly turned on the bug hidden in his sleeve.

Seeing that his superior did not care about Matsuda Jinpei's matter, Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention back to the case, pulling out relevant information: "From this morning's investigation, we can confirm that these people do not have a hobby of playing mahjong..."

"What are the movements of these people?"

Ireland couldn't help but speak out.

Although Gin said that he wanted him to distract the police, he also wanted to solve the case! Why didn't Gin tell him the standard answer?
The police officers present looked at each other in bewilderment. "Well, according to the current investigation, the activities of these six people have not had any intersection in the past six months?"

"Only half a year? What about a year ago, two years ago? Is there no pattern in where the bodies were found?" Ireland frowned. "Have we thoroughly checked every public place where these victims had been?"

Since Gin was able to infer the criminal's crime location through the information in the hands of these police officers, there must be some pattern that the police have not discovered...

Ireland had gradually forgotten that he was here to investigate the public security department and joined the meeting to solve the case seriously.

Inspector Megure, who was stumped by his boss, wiped his cold sweat again.

He felt that Manager Matsumoto seemed much more serious than in the morning, like a different person... Was it his illusion?
……

Beika-cho 3-chome.

Lie lay on his bed, worrying over a pile of white papers covered with mahjong and English letters, biting his pen repeatedly.

——After leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, he devoted all his attention to cracking the code.

Lie actually didn't care about the progress of the case, because today when he recognized Vermouth and another person who sneaked into the Metropolitan Police Department in disguise, he was sure that it must be his eldest brother who was involved in this case...

So, Lie spent the whole morning fishing in troubled waters...

...But in fact, he really didn't figure out the key points of these incidents. It's just that Mr. Lie felt that he had missed something and failed to solve the mystery left by the criminal, so he paid special attention to it.

and.

"Uncle Lie." Hiroki Sawada spoke for the Nth time, "I think this mahjong tile..."

"Don't say it!"

Lie covered Hongshu's mouth with his hand, his face serious, "I'm about to think of it~ Don't say it!"

Sawada Hiroki silently pulled Lie's hand away, "But Uncle Lie, you said it would be here soon two hours ago."

It's been two hours and I still haven't figured out what's going on. Uncle Lie is really too fast.

Fast and pulling.

Lie suddenly sneezed without any warning.

"Hiroki~Are you secretly criticizing me?"

"I didn't." Sawada Hiroki denied, "In fact, this code is... woooo!"

When Hongshu wanted to express his thoughts for the N+1th time, Lie blocked his mouth again.

A secret code that finds a pattern...how could it be difficult for him?

There must be something wrong!
……

At the same time, Shibuya.

Jinpei Matsuda, who told Inspector Megure on the phone that he was sleeping soundly, was actually walking through the streets and alleys of Shibuya.

During holidays, Shibuya is more crowded than during working hours.

Fortunately, he had been here several times before and had basically memorized the small paths and shortcuts in the central business district... Otherwise, he would have to wait forever to get there, squeezed by the crowds of tourists on the street.

Jinpei Matsuda avoided the crowd, looked around vigilantly, and then escaped into a very narrow alley between buildings.

He walked into the middle of the alley and removed one of the protruding bricks.

“Haven’t those guys been here before…”

(End of this chapter)