Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 118 Symmetry Maniac
Compared to the concert tickets, the invitation letter sent by Moritani Teiji undoubtedly made Makino more concerned.

Makino was deeply impressed by this man.

After returning home, he opened the envelope immediately.

Inside the envelope was an invitation and a concise handwritten letter.

Apart from the common social expressions, the content of a handwritten letter can be distilled into one sentence.

——Tuesday, April 4, 29: p.m. Moriya Teiji is going to hold a garden tea party at his residence, inviting celebrities from all walks of life to gather.

Makino has received countless similar party invitations.

Except for some special gatherings or gatherings that he is interested in, he usually declines invitations on the grounds of being busy with work.

But this time, he was ready to accept the invitation.

The reason is very simple, because the person invited this time is the "symmetry maniac" who appeared in the movie version - Teiji Moriya.

Teiji Moriya is not only a professor of architecture, but also a top architect who has designed many excellent buildings.

Since he grew up in the UK, he is very familiar with British classical architecture and is very much attracted to similar "symmetrical architecture".

For the sake of symmetry, he even changed his name to the symmetrical Moriya Teiji.

His enthusiasm and rigor for architectural art have almost reached a pathological level!

It was for this reason that he came up with the brilliant idea of ​​destroying the unqualified "works" he had designed.

……

The next morning, at the Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Division Counselor's Office.

After finishing the documents on the desk, Makino stretched, stood up and went to Minister Odagiri's office.

Not long ago, Minister Odagiri called him and asked him to come to the office after finishing his work, saying that he wanted to ask his opinion on something.

Since he took up the position of counselor, he has visited Minister Odagiri's office much more often than before.

In addition to regular work reports, he also needs to help Minister Odagiri to summarize daily work.

Not long after, Makino walked into Minister Odagiri's office.

After seeing Makino, Minister Odagiri said directly: "Please sit down for a while. I still have some things to deal with. Please wait for me for a while."

"Okay." Makino didn't hesitate and went to the side to make a pot of tea. Then he sat on the sofa and waited for Minister Odagiri to finish the work at hand.

Ten minutes later, Minister Odagiri rubbed his eyes, stood up and sat opposite Makino.

Minister Odagiri took the teacup handed over by Makino and nodded, "I have read the report on yesterday's case. You are worthy of being able to solve such a troublesome case so quickly!"

Makino smiled and shook his head, indicating that this was not his own credit alone.

If it weren't for the hard work of Manager Matsumoto, Inspector Megure and others in the investigation, this case would certainly not have been concluded so smoothly.

Seeing that Makino was still so modest, Chief Odagiri smiled and shook his head: "As for the candidate for assistant, are you sure you want to choose Inspector Hasegawa Gen?"

"Well, it just so happens that he will be promoted to superintendent soon."

"I've already read his profile. He's an excellent police officer... By the way, don't forget to say hello to the head of Investigation Section 2."

"Ok."

After saying this, Minister Odagiri spoke again: "There is one more thing. Section Chief Shida of the Investigation Section 1 will be transferred to other departments soon, and the Investigation Section 1 needs a new section chief. Makino, what do you think of Manager Matsumoto? I would like to hear your opinion." Hearing this, Makino blinked and did not answer the question immediately.

He could probably guess the purpose of Minister Odagiri asking him this question.

Logically speaking, there was no need to tell him about this.

As long as the higher-ups don't interfere, Director Odagiri can make the decision on his own regarding the promotion of section chief.

Moreover, Minister Odagiri took the initiative to mention Officer Matsumoto, which shows that he had actually already planned to let Officer Matsumoto serve as the section chief.

After thinking for two seconds, Makino looked up and said, "I think that both Manager Matsumoto's ability and qualifications are enough to serve as the head of the Investigation Section 1."

Hearing this, Director Odagiri nodded and said, "Since you also think it's okay, then it's settled. This matter will be kept secret for the time being. After Section Chief Shida is transferred, we will bring it up to Manager Matsumoto."

"I understand." Makino replied.

At this point, Minister Odagiri took a sip of tea and continued, "Okay, let's talk about other things. The Criminal Division will hold an exchange meeting next month. I plan to ask you to use previously solved cases as examples and talk to everyone about the methods and techniques for solving cases. Do you think it's okay?"

"no problem."

"Remember to prepare a little. After all, you have just been promoted to Superintendent of Police not long ago. Many people in the Criminal Division are not familiar with you. This is also a good opportunity for the people below to get to know you."

Seeing that Makino seemed to have understood the significance of the matter, Minister Odagiri said no more and turned to talk to Makino about work.

……

A few days later, at the residence of Emperor Moriya.

After showing the invitation to the waiter at the door, Makino walked in.

After climbing a few steps, a vast garden and an elegant and magnificent symmetrical building appeared in front of Makino.

What’s special is that everything you see is symmetrical and extremely beautiful.

If Moriya Teiji hadn't been so extreme, Makino would have wanted to invite him to design a mansion for him to use as a vacation villa.

Just when Makino was thinking about this, Xiaolan's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Brother Makino? It turns out that you also received an invitation from Professor Moritani!"

Makino smiled and turned around to greet Xiaolan and the others.

After seeing Makino, Conan's expression immediately changed.

Although it had been a few days since the last kidnapping, the scene was still clearly engraved in his mind.

Officer Makino's way of solving the case had a great impact on him.

At this time, Maori Kogoro looked at the building in front of him, put his hands on his hips and said, "It is worthy of the traditional 17th century British Stuart Dynasty architectural style!"

After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, Xiaolan beside him was immediately surprised and said: "Ah? Dad, you know so much about architecture!"

"Of course! People used to call your dad the 'mobile library'~ Xiaolan, look carefully at both sides!"

Hearing this, Xiaolan immediately realized something and quickly ran to the fountain not far away, saying excitedly: "Look, if you look from the middle, the garden and the left and right sides of the building are really exactly the same!"

"That's right. This kind of building is the so-called left-right symmetrical design. Professor Moritani studied in the UK until high school, so he likes this kind of British architecture very much!" Kogoro Mori said with his head raised.

At this moment, Makino and Conan looked at the hand holding the small notebook behind Kogoro Mouri and narrowed their eyes helplessly.

(End of this chapter)