Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 140: Unknown Fitness Equipment

Having said that, Inspector Megure signaled with his eyes to Officer Chiba beside him.

Officer Chiba turned around and put the victim's photo on the whiteboard in front of everyone.

The person in the photo was Councillor Oki whom they had met in the twin towers of Nishitama City two days ago.

Although they had guessed it long ago, after seeing the photo, Kogoro Mori and the others still felt an indescribable strange feeling.

After noticing the expressions of Maori Kogoro and the others, Inspector Megure nodded and continued, "I heard that you all happened to be there when Councillor Oki asked Tokiwa Mio for accommodation."

"Yes, we did hear the conversation between Councilman Oki and Tokiwa Mio at that time." Kogoro Mori nodded.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure turned his head again and looked at Officer Chiba, motioning him to explain the details of the case.

Officer Chiba looked down at the information in his hand: "The victim, Oki, died between 10 pm and 2 am. The murder weapon should be a sharp knife, but we did not find the murder weapon at the scene. In addition, the victim was holding a small wine glass that was broken into two..."

While looking at Councilman Oki in the photo, Conan listened carefully to what Inspector Megure and others said.

At this moment, he felt a little regretful.

If he had known this earlier, he would have gone to visit the building with Uncle Maori and the others that day.

At this time, Conan subconsciously glanced at Makino who was sitting in front of him.

The only good news at the moment is that it seems that the person who called them here was not Officer Makino, but Inspector Megure.

Simply put, this case is not handled personally by Officer Makino. He is most likely just here to observe and provide some clues.

This is not surprising. Although this case involves a district councillor, it is not a so-called "large and complex case."

Thinking of this, Conan's expression became more serious.

After being "beaten out of thin air" by Officer Makino several times in a row, his ambition to defeat Makino in reasoning has diminished a lot.

Although he also wanted to defeat Makino in a "fair competition", there was always a voice deep in his heart telling him that this idea seemed unrealistic.

Since Officer Makino is not directly involved in the case this time, he still has hope of solving the case quickly!

Not long after, Officer Shiratori pulled out an evidence bag containing a shot glass that had been broken in half.

Inspector Megure stated their current reasoning around the small wine glass.

First of all, besides Makino and his companions, the only people who knew the exact location of Councillor Ohki were Tokiwa Mio and the other three who were present at the scene that day.

Although the murderer's motive is still unknown, considering the situation at the crime scene, the murderer is most likely an acquaintance of the victim.

In addition, they also believe that the small wine glass may be a message deliberately left by the criminal to hint at his identity.

The four suspects currently targeted by the police are Tokiwa Group's president Mio Tokiwa, painter Kisaragi Minemi, secretary Sawaguchi Chinami, and architect Hidehiko Kazama.

Two hours ago, they had interrogated the four suspects separately, but none of them had an alibi at the time of the crime.

In this case, the person who is currently the most suspicious is Tokiwa Mio.

Because she lived on the floor above the victim, Councillor Ohki, on the 68th floor of Building B.

After learning about this, although Kogoro Mori wanted to clarify for his junior schoolmate, he could not think of any suitable reasons or evidence for a while.

At this moment, Sonoko suddenly looked at Makino and said, "Oh, that broken wine glass looks a bit like the small plate used in Japanese painting! My father is also very interested in Japanese painting. I remember that this wine glass looks a lot like the small bowl used to crush pigment powder."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure and others looked down at the small wine glass on the table, frowned and began to think.

If this is the case, then in addition to Tokiwa Mio, the painter Kisaragi Minemizu is also a greater suspect.

Makino nodded to Sonoko, feeling a little surprised.

Sonoko’s starting point this time was right.

Apart from people who like to drink, only those who understand Japanese paintings can understand what this small wine glass is.

However, the reason why the criminal Ru Yue Feng Shui left this small wine glass was not to indicate that the case was committed by the "painter", but to explain the motive for the crime.

The shape of this small wine glass is very similar to Mount Fuji. Kisaragi Minemizu wanted to use it to express his love for Mount Fuji and his indignation towards Councillor Oki and others who built the twin towers skyscraper without authorization.

This twin-tower skyscraper is right between his home and Mount Fuji, "splitting" Mount Fuji in half.

This was exactly his motive for committing the crime—the perfect location for painting the mountain that he had found with great difficulty was destroyed by these guys who didn’t understand art!

Makino didn't know how to comment on this, he could only say that Ruzuki Minemizu is indeed an artist.

For these "excellent artists" with extreme personalities, this kind of thing may be more important than killing him, right?

Although the culprit in this case has been identified, there is still one question that has not been solved:
——The system rated this case as S.

If I remember correctly, those bombs were set by Gin and Vodka, and seemed to have little to do with Kisaragi Minemizu himself.

The reason why Gin and his team placed those bombs was to blow up the computer room of the Tokiwa Group where the organization's information was stored, and also to make "Miyano Shiho" disappear along with the building.

But now that the organization's information has been exposed, Gin and his team no longer have any reason to blow up the computer room.

Secondly, Haibara Ai had just escaped from the organization not long ago, and had not yet entered the state of "missing her sister regardless of her own safety", so she did not leave any clues for Gin and others.

Therefore, there was no reason for Gin and the others to get involved in this matter at all.

But without their participation, the "explosion + car speeding" scene would not have happened, and the destructive power and influence of this incident should not have reached the S level.

Although the task system's grading rules are not transparent, Makino has basically figured out the "basic rules" of grading.

If we only look at the murder case committed by Ruyue Fengshui, this case can be rated A+ at most, considering that the status of several victims are not low.

Thinking of this, Makino took a look at the photo of the scene where Councillor Oki was murdered.

Councilman Oki was stabbed in the front while wearing pajamas, and the bloodstains on the wardrobe looked very unnatural, as if part of it was blocked by something.

Coupled with the small wine glass that was broken into two pieces, Makino was almost certain that this case was committed by Ruyue Fengshui, just like in the original novel.

Although it is not known whether Kisaragi Minemizu has obsessive-compulsive disorder, the people he wants to kill, in addition to Councilman Oki and President Tokiwa, should also include "Hara Yoshiaki" who has been arrested by the police.

In addition to President Tokiwa, it seems that he was also involved in bribing Congressman Oki to amend the building bill.

The three of them are the ones that Ruyue Fengshui really wants to kill.

As for the architect Hidehiko Kazama, who was responsible for designing the twin-tower skyscrapers, he does not seem to be on his "kill list".

From this point, it can be seen that Ruyuefengshui seems to have unique principles and bottom line.

However, if that were the case, the system would not have rated it as an S-level case. Therefore, Makino felt that this case might not be as simple as he originally thought.

After explaining the details of the case, Inspector Megure handed the two invitation letters to Makino and Kogoro Mori respectively.

Maori Kogoro asked in confusion: "Invitation letter?"

Inspector Megure nodded helplessly: "Yes, this is what Miss Tokiwa Mio asked me to pass on to you. Although I advised her to postpone the party for the completion of the building and hold the party after we catch the criminal who killed Councillor Oki, she said that all the invitations to the party have been sent out and it must not be postponed easily. I really don't know what she is thinking..."

Not long after, Kogoro Mori stood up and prepared to leave the small meeting room.

Before leaving, Conan looked back at Makino, who hadn't spoken much during the entire meeting, and nodded secretly.

It seems that what he thought before was correct. Officer Makino really had no intention of personally commanding the case!
In that case, he will definitely be able to solve the case before Officer Makino this time!

……

After Kogoro Mori and his companions left, the small conference room became quiet.

Although Inspector Megure and his companions were looking at the information in their hands, their eyes would drift towards Makino from time to time, as if they were expecting something.

After a moment, Makino suddenly stood up and said, "Send a few people to secretly monitor Ruyue Peak Water. Remember to report to me if there is any situation."

Although he was a little surprised, Inspector Megure immediately responded: "What? The criminal is actually this Kisaragi Minemizu?! I see, I'll send someone to monitor him right away!"

If someone else asked them to monitor the suspect, Inspector Megure wouldn't think much about it.

But this is Makino's order!
There are countless "precedents" to prove that Makino's judgment is almost never wrong!

Officer Shiratori and several others standing by were staring at Ruyue Fengshui's photo seriously, looking ready to take action. It was obvious that they had already regarded Ruyue Fengshui as a criminal.

Seeing this, Makino did not explain too much. He simply gave a few instructions and then left the small meeting room.

That night.

As soon as Makino returned home, he saw Haibara Ai sitting on the sofa watching TV series.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Haibara Ai turned her head to look at the door. After confirming that it was Makino, she turned back to watching TV.

Before Makino could speak, Huihara Ai said, "Don't get me wrong. I don't like watching this kind of meaningless workplace drama at all. I'm just too bored and I'm just killing time."

Looking at Haibara Ai who was staring at him, Makino didn't know what to say for a moment.

It was not until a few minutes later, when the plot on TV came to an end, that Huiyuan Ai slowly turned her gaze away, stood up and walked to Makino's side:
"You don't keep some weird things in your basement that can't be seen by others, right? Why do you have to lock it up?"

Makino: "?"

After two seconds of silence, Makino took Haibara Ai to the basement and opened the door of the training room.

After seeing the various fitness equipment and props in the basement, Makino couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

After he bought these things, he barely used them...

In the entire training room, the most useful ones are probably the "safe house" and the "tool house".

On the other side, Huibara Ai walked curiously towards the barbell area deep in the training room.

In the barbell area, a multi-piece barbell that looked extremely thick and heavy attracted her attention.

After carefully checking the weight of this "giant barbell", Huihara Ai looked at Makino behind her with a strange look and complained:
"No wonder you locked this training room. It turns out this is your fitness equipment exhibition room. What is this 500 kg barbell used for? To press kimchi?"

Having said that, a smile appeared on the corner of Huibara Ai's mouth.

Although she didn't know why Makino bought such an exaggeratedly heavy barbell, just looking at Makino's body shape, it didn't look like he could lift such a barbell.

Let alone Makino, there are probably not many people in this world who can lift such a heavy barbell, right?
Seeing Haibara Ai's teasing expression, Makino blinked and did not explain. Instead, he walked slowly to the barbell that Haibara Ai mentioned and bent down slightly.

Seeing this, Huiyuan Ai quickly spoke up to stop him: "Okay, I'm just saying that, don't hurt your waist... What?!!"

Under Haibara Ai's shocked gaze, Makino directly pulled up the barbell on the ground and did a set of deadlifts.

After putting down the barbell, Makino said, "This is the barbell I used to do deadlift training."

Huiyuan Ai: “!!!”

It was not until Makino put down the barbell that Haibara Ai recovered from what had just happened.

After a moment, Haibara Ai quickly walked to the barbell and carefully checked the "authenticity" of the barbell.

After confirming that this was indeed a genuine barbell, she turned to look at Makino again, her mouth slightly open but unable to utter any words.

At this moment, her heart was filled with huge waves, and she even doubted whether she was dreaming.

This is a 500 kg barbell!

How on earth did this guy do it?!

And seeing how Makino pulled up the barbell back and forth to do the set, it was obviously very easy...

After a moment of silence, Huiyuan Ai said, "Is this... a popular prank recently?"

Makino: "..."

Seeing that Haibara Ai seemed to have entered a state of doubting her life, Makino walked to a sandbag nearby, lightly punched it, and directly blew up the sandbag.

--"Bang!!!"

After the loud bang, the smoke and dust in the sandbags scattered on the ground, making a "rustling" sound.

Although the scene before her was not at all gorgeous, Haibara Ai still stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

At this moment, the cell phone in Makino's pocket suddenly rang.

After seeing that it was Inspector Megure calling, Makino immediately picked up the phone. He understood that there must be a result of the "surveillance matter".

"Okay, I know."

After hanging up the phone, Makino pointed to the corner where the cleaning tools were placed and chuckled, "Sorry, I have something to go out for. If you feel bored, help me clean up here. The broom and vacuum cleaner are over there~"

Haibara Ai:"……"

Haibara Ai just watched Makino's back as he walked away, her expression dull and complicated.

It was not until this moment that she finally understood a little bit why this person could survive knowing so many secrets of the organization.

Is this guy really just a policeman?
(End of this chapter)