Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 123 A Sudden Vacation

After seeing this news, Conan's eyes widened: "What? Professor Moritani?!"

Dr. Agasa's hand holding the coffee also stopped in mid-air, and he asked in confusion: "Ah! Shinichi, isn't this Professor Moritani the one who sent you the invitation letter before?"

Conan nodded and listened to the report on TV with a complicated expression.

After hearing that Teiji Moritani actually wanted to blow up all his previous works, he immediately twirled his bow and called Inspector Megure.

After the call was connected, Conan got straight to the point and said, "Inspector Megure, this is Kudo Shinichi. I just saw the news on TV. What's going on with Professor Moritani?"

"So it's Kudo-kun! What you're talking about is actually..."

After listening to Inspector Megure's description, Conan's eyes were full of astonishment.

According to Inspector Megure, Teiji Moriya was arrested by Officer Shiratori and his team as soon as he stole gunpowder from the gunpowder depot.

After returning to the Metropolitan Police Department, Teiji Moriya directly admitted his crime.

Although Inspector Megure did not tell him the details, he vaguely mentioned that Counselor Makino seemed to have a certain connection with the case.

Conan analyzed what happened from the few words said by Inspector Megure.

Since Officer Shiratori and his team were able to arrest Professor Moritani so "timely", it means they had already been eyeing Professor Moritani for a long time.

Before Professor Moritani committed any crime, he was noticed to be "suspicious" and Officer Shiratori and others were asked to monitor him.

Perhaps only Officer Makino can do such a "foresight" thing...

But I was clearly there that day, so why didn't I realize that Professor Moritani was planning such a thing?

He heard almost all of the conversation between Officer Makino and Professor Moritani. Officer Makino didn't mention anything else except the name change!

hateful……

Is he really that much worse than Officer Makino? !

Thinking of this, Conan's face gradually became ugly.

Seeing Conan's face becoming more and more ugly, Dr. Agasa on the side was also very curious.

Why did Shinichi's face turn so grim after he finished talking on the phone with Inspector Megure?
"Shinichi, what happened?"

Conan: "..."

After listening to Conan's narration, Dr. Agasa laughed and said, "I thought something serious had happened, but it turned out to be just like this~"

"Just that?! Doctor, do you understand how terrifying Officer Makino is?!" Conan said with eyes wide open.

Dr. Agasa handed a cup of tea to Conan and said casually: "But Shinichi, didn't you know that he was very powerful? I remember that a few years ago the media seemed to call him the 'Dragon of the Investigation Division', 'Star of Hope in the Police' or something like that~"

"I know, but..."

"By the way, Shinichi, the Junior Detective League badges I made for you, and the tracking function of your glasses, were actually suggested to me by Makino back then~"

"Oh? Officer Makino is actually interested in these things... Wait?! Doctor, what did you just say?!" Conan stood up from the sofa.

"Shinichi, you don't have to be so excited. Don't worry, your shoes and bow are my own inventions!"

"PhD……"

……

Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Division, Office of the Chief of Criminal Affairs.

Makino stood in front of the desk and handed the documents in his hand to Minister Odagiri.

After Minister Odagiri picked up the information, Makino also began to report seriously. Half an hour later, Minister Odagiri put down the information in his hand and chuckled, "Not bad, it seems that you have already gotten used to the work of a counselor."

"This is also thanks to the help of you and Counselor Uno." Makino smiled and shook his head.

Minister Odagiri stood up and said, "Okay, don't say such things in front of me. Do you want to take a vacation instead of this?"

"Vacation?" Makino couldn't help but feel confused when he heard that Minister Odagiri wanted him to take a vacation.

Didn’t he just take a four-day vacation and go to Izu?

Other police officers are working overtime like crazy, but he is resting like crazy, right?
Minister Odagiri nodded and said, "It's not very accurate to say I'm on vacation... Just now, the Superintendent of Hakuba called me and said that Chief Hattori from Osaka will come to Tokyo tomorrow to attend a meeting hosted by the Chief of the National Police Agency.

I don't know why, but Chief Hattori seems to want you to be his personal 'guide'. Of course, if you don't want to, you can just refuse, and that's what Superintendent Hakuba said."

Hearing this, Makino was silent for a while.

Given Hattori Heizo's personality and style, it would certainly be impossible for him to be asked to receive guests for such a trivial matter as a "guide".

If nothing unexpected happens, there must be other reasons.

Thinking of this, Makino nodded and said, "If that's the case, I agree."

Seeing that Makino agreed, Minister Odagiri patted Makino on the shoulder and said, "I suspect that Inspector Hattori has other purposes in looking for you. Please pay more attention. Also, I have read the case report yesterday. You always surprise me!"

At this point, Minister Odagiri smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. While you're entertaining Minister Hattori, you can take a good rest for a few days."

"Okay, then I'll obey your command~" Makino nodded.

"You kid...Okay, if you don't have anything to do today, you can leave work early and prepare for tomorrow's reception."

"Okay~"

After taking a look at Makino's departing back, Minister Odagiri turned his head to look out the window with a smile on his face.

The report on the case of Teiji Moritani only briefly mentioned Makino, and the focus was on Officer Shiratori and others. This was obviously intentional on Makino's part.

Even without thinking about it carefully, Odagiri could guess the role Makino played in this case.

Apart from anything else, the fact that Officer Shiratori and his team were able to arrest Teiji Moriya in the first place is enough to prove Makino's "huge role".

However, Makino deliberately had his own role downplayed in the report, and instead emphasized the contributions of Officer Shiratori and others.

Obviously, Makino wanted Officer Shiratori and his companions to gain credit.

Originally, Minister Odagiri was afraid that Makino would be promoted too quickly and thus ignore the usefulness of his subordinates.

But now it seems that he was worrying too much.

Both Makino's arrangement for Hasegawa and his support for Officer Shiratori and others were just right.

"Humph, this kid..."

……

The next morning, at Mihua Station.

Makino drove the Metropolitan Police Department's special reception car and waited outside the station for Hattori Heizo and his group.

In addition to him, the National Police Agency also sent several reception police officers to be responsible for receiving Hattori Heizo's subordinates.

Since this trip to Tokyo was mainly to attend a meeting, it seemed that more than a dozen subordinates accompanied Hattori Heizo.

(End of this chapter)