Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 139 What is Art

Xiaolan glanced at her complacent father, then turned to look at Makino: "I felt that my father was acting strange recently, so I forced him to tell me about this."

"That's not the case!" Kogoro Mouri explained with a blush.

Sonoko laughed nonchalantly and said, "Hahaha, in order to monitor the uncle's actions, we finally decided to ask Brother Ryuichi to help out. After all, this Tokiwa Mio is the daughter of the Tokiwa Group. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also single at the moment~"

Upon hearing this, Makino and the others looked at Kogoro Mori.

Under the inexplicable gazes of the crowd, Kogoro Mori lowered his head with a blush.

"Dad! It seems that you really have some bad thoughts!" After seeing her father's 'shy' look, Xiaolan narrowed her eyes.

Just then, a young woman walked out of the building and bowed slightly to everyone: "You are Mr. Maori Kogoro, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Kogoro Mori nodded.

"I'm Sawaguchi, the president's secretary. The president is currently receiving clients. Please follow me to the showroom for a tour." After saying that, Secretary Sawaguchi slowly turned around and led the way for Makino and others.

Along the way, Secretary Sawaguchi briefly introduced the structure of the building and the uses of most floors.

Soon after, everyone arrived at the showroom.

The showroom is filled with a dazzling array of large-scale electronic game consoles and technological facilities.

Even Kogoro Mouri, who was not interested in games, walked around and watched out of curiosity.

Secretary Zekou bowed his head in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, a professional should have been here to explain these devices to you, but the other day..."

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro asked in confusion: "Two days ago? What happened?"

Haibara Ai looked up at Makino calmly, obviously thinking of something.

"Ah... the person who was originally responsible for introducing these machines to visiting guests was our company's director and engineer Mr. Hara Yoshiaki, but he has been arrested by the police." Secretary Sawaguchi explained.

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro seemed to have thought of something and clapped his hands, saying, "I remember now! It seemed to have been reported on the news a few days ago. Could it be that Mr. Hara you are talking about is the cyber criminal who threatened the governor of Tokyo?"

Secretary Zekou nodded, but there was a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Mr. Yuan is a very kind and even childish person. Why would such a person..."

After noticing that the atmosphere was a little off, Secretary Sawaguchi glanced down at his watch and said, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have let you hear this.

We have contacted other staff in the research department. Starting tomorrow, other people will come here to explain these equipment. You can come and visit then~
Come to think of it, it’s almost time. By the time we take the elevator upstairs, the president should be almost done with his work~”

Secretary Sawaguchi walked to the elevator nearby and pressed the elevator button.

After the elevator door opened, Xiaolan and Sonoko immediately exclaimed, happily stepped in and admired the scenery outside.

This is an elevator installed on the outside of the building, which allows you to clearly enjoy the scenery outside through the glass.

Kogoro Mouri moved into the elevator trembling, then immediately closed his eyes and his face turned pale.

As a person who is afraid of heights, this is undoubtedly the scene he fears most.

As the elevator quickly rose, Xiaolan looked at Secretary Zekou beside her and asked, "Excuse me, can this elevator go directly to the 75th floor?"

"Yes, this is a VIP-only elevator that can go directly to any floor you want to go to. The only place that can take this elevator from the outside is the concert hall on the 66th floor~"

"I see~ What a beautiful view!"

"This was the idea of ​​the president and the designer when they first built this building. They wanted to build a 'heart-stirring' sightseeing elevator~"

Hearing this, Makino glanced at Secretary Sawaguchi and nodded silently.

In a sense, this elevator did achieve its purpose of "shocking people" in the end.

As the elevator door opened, everyone saw many employees wearing blue work uniforms on the 75th floor.

Secretary Zekou also explained to everyone: "We are currently preparing for the banquet, so it will be a bit messy."

Everyone nodded slightly and followed Secretary Sawaguchi into the depths of the hall.

Not long after, a lady in red clothes appeared in everyone's sight, and standing beside her were three men of different ages and expressions.

Even without Secretary Sawaguchi's introduction, everyone could tell that the lady in red was probably the current president of the Tokiwa Group, Mio Tokiwa.

After seeing Maori Kogoro, Tokiwa Mio quickly stepped forward and extended her hand, saying, "Maori-senpai!"

"Tokiwa, long time no see~" Kogoro Mouri also smiled and shook the other's hand.

Before the two could start talking, Xiaolan quickly walked to Maori Kogoro's side and interrupted their conversation with a polite smile: "Hello, I am his daughter Xiaolan, my mother asked me to say hello to you on her behalf~"

"Ran?!" Kogoro Mouri looked at Ran with a little dissatisfaction.

Xiaolan ignored her father's dissatisfaction and continued to introduce Makino and others around her.

After everyone greeted each other, Tokiwa Mio looked at Makino curiously. She always felt that she seemed to have seen Makino somewhere before.

The next moment, she seemed to remember something and asked, "Mr. Makino, excuse me, are you a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Before Makino could speak, Yuanzi nodded and said, "That's right! Brother Longyi is the most powerful police officer~"

"If I remembered correctly, I have seen you on TV before~" Tokiwa Mio looked at Makino with a smile.

At this moment, the three men behind Tokiwa Mio also looked at Makino curiously, and two of them had strange lights flashing in their eyes.

At this time, Tokiwa Mio also remembered the three people behind her and began to introduce them to Makino and the others one by one.

The oldest of the three is Tokiwa Mio's painting teacher, a famous painter who specializes in painting Mount Fuji, Mr. Nizuki Minemizu.

The middle-aged man with a bald head and strange sideburns is the councilman of Nishitama City, Oki Iwamatsu. The twin-tower skyscraper was built with his help.

The last middle-aged man is the designer of the building, architect Hidehiko Kazama.

After Tokiwa Mio finished her introduction, the building designer Kazama Hidehiko suddenly looked at Makino and said, "Come to think of it, I have also had dealings with the Metropolitan Police Department, because I am a disciple of Moriya Teiji~"

Hearing this, Kogoro Mori and Ran thought of something and looked at Hidehiko Kazama in surprise.

They were very familiar with this name.

Some time ago, not long after they attended a tea party hosted by Moriya Teiji, they saw Moriya Teiji again on the TV news.

It's just not good news.

Professor Moritani actually went to the Oriental Powder Depot and stole a large amount of gunpowder in order to blow up a building that he was not satisfied with.

Fortunately, he was arrested by the police on the spot, otherwise, with the amount of explosives he stole, I'm afraid all his architectural works could have been blown up one by one.

After noticing the gazes of the two, Kazama Hidehiko smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't have such high aspirations for my architectural works like my teacher." At this moment, the drunken Councillor Oki came in front of Maori Kogoro and pointed at him with his finger: "Actually, I know a little about you. I remember you are a 'Sleepy Detective'~"

Maori Kogoro narrowed his eyes and said, "It's the sleeping Kogoro..."

"It's all the same. They all sound the same anyway." Councillor Oki nodded.

Maori Kogoro:"……"

Everyone looked at the old man in front of them who reeked of alcohol in broad daylight, and they could never have imagined that such a person was actually a member of the Nishitama City Council.

As if to adjust the atmosphere, President Tokiwa raised her hand and pointed to the window, asking everyone to follow the direction she pointed and look towards the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.

In an instant, a complete Mount Fuji appeared in front of everyone.

Looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, everyone showed a relaxed and comfortable expression.

Even Maori Kogoro, who usually doesn't pay much attention to the scenery, couldn't help but exclaim: "What a magnificent view!"

"That's right, and you can also see Mount Fuji at night from here." President Tokiwa said with a meaningful smile.

As soon as President Tokiwa finished speaking, Makino felt a sense of "malice" from the painter Kisaragi Minemizu next to him.

Apparently, President Tokiwa's words once again aroused the murderous intent in Kisaragi Minemizu's heart.

Makino couldn't help but sigh about this.

Why are most “artists” in the scientific world so extreme?
He remembered that the reason why the Kisaragi painter wanted to kill people was because President Tokiwa bribed Congressman Oki to illegally amend the municipal law to build the twin towers skyscraper.

This building just blocks the window of his studio, "splitting" Mount Fuji in half.

Kisaragi Minemizu's greatest wish is to be able to continue painting Mount Fuji during his lifetime.

However, this twin-tower skyscraper destroyed his wish, and he therefore had the idea of ​​killing Tokiwa Mio and others.

To be honest, this matter is not so difficult that it requires killing.

Given Kisaragi Minezuki's status in the Japanese painting world, and his role as the painting teacher of Tokiwa's president, he has countless ways to continue to realize his own paintings of Mount Fuji.

But like Teiji Moriya, he chose the most exciting solution: "murder + self-destruction".

It really proves the saying that “art is explosion”.

……

Soon after, President Tokiwa walked to the French window opposite and explained to everyone the lower building opposite.

"The building next door is a complete commercial building, with various commercial stores and a large hotel. There is also a huge indoor swimming pool on the top floor, which is inside the dome that can be moved and opened."

Without waiting for President Tokiwa to finish his introduction, Councillor Ohki stepped forward and asked, "Mio, can I stay in that hotel for the next two days?"

President Tokiwa frowned and said, "But the hotel hasn't opened yet..."

"Oh? Does that mean it's not possible?" Councilman Oki pouted.

After hearing Councillor Oki's slightly threatening tone and expression, President Tokiwa simply lowered his head and said, "I understand. I will prepare a suite on the 67th floor for you."

Hearing this, Councillor Oki raised a smile. He walked up to President Tokiwa and whispered, "If possible, I would like to have dinner with you~"

As he spoke, he looked at President Tokiwa's chest with a strange look: "Oh? This brooch is quite special, it couldn't be a gift from your sweetheart~"

"No, this brooch is mine." President Tokiwa touched the brooch on his chest and said.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Makino and others on the side looked at Councillor Oki with contempt.

Especially Xiaolan and Sonoko, they looked at Councilman Oki as if he was garbage.

At this moment, Kisaragi Minemizu walked towards the elevator and turned back in dissatisfaction, "Mio! I have to go back first!"

"Ah? Teacher, I'll take you downstairs!" Tokiwa Mio hurriedly ran towards Kisaragi Minemizu.

Ruyuefengshui didn't even turn around and directly refused: "No need!!"

Seeing Kisaragi Minemizu's angry look, Maori Kogoro wondered, "He doesn't look very happy?"

"That's natural. After all, Miss Mio buys Mr. Kisaragi's paintings everywhere and sells them at high prices. He might be dissatisfied with this~" Kazama Hidehiko explained with a smile.

Makino looked at Ruyue Fengshui's back and said nothing.

He could feel that Ruyue Fengshui's current anger was most likely fake.

The reason why Ruyuefengshui was "angry" was actually to find an excuse to leave here.

After listening to the conversation between President Tokiwa and Congressman Oki, he may have thought of a way to kill Congressman Oki, and he needs to go back quickly to perfect this murder plan.

Thinking of this, Makino glanced at Councillor Oki beside him with a gratified look, and thought to himself: "Old Deng, it seems like a big word 'death' has appeared above your head~"

……

Two days later, Metropolitan Police Department.

Soon after Makino arrived at the office, he heard a knock on the door and immediately said, "Come in."

——“Click”

After getting Makino's permission, Officer Shiratori walked into the office door and bowed to Makino: "Counselor Makino, I'm sorry to disturb you at work!"

Generally speaking, if there is nothing important, the police officers under him will not take the initiative to come to his office to find him.

In addition, he had just met President Tokiwa and others two days ago, so the moment he saw Officer Shiratori, he had already guessed something.

Under Makino's gaze, Officer Shiratori said respectfully, "Last night, a murder occurred in Nishitama City. The victim was Nishitama City Councilor Ohki Iwamatsu. Inspector Megure has already called Mr. Mori and others who had met Councilor Ohki before the incident. I heard that you, Superintendent Masaru, were also present that day..."

After listening to Shiratori's description, Makino stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

"Yes!" Officer Shiratori hurried to the gate and opened the door for Makino.

Two minutes later, Makino and his companion walked into the small meeting room of the Third Department of Investigation Section 1.

After seeing Makino, Inspector Megure in the house immediately stood up and waved. Kogoro Mori, Ran, and Sonoko also greeted Makino.

After Makino sat down, Inspector Megure spoke up, "I called you here for no other reason than a murder occurred last night in a hotel suite in the Twin Towers skyscraper!"

(End of this chapter)