Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 173 Appearance
I didn't expect that the useless Metropolitan Police Department could actually cultivate such a "monster".

Thinking of this, Gin's expression became a little solemn.

Even if Rum didn't say it, he wasn't going to attack the policeman again.

The name "Makino Ryuichi" has been firmly engraved in his mind.

And objectively speaking, compared to the FBI's Shuichi Akai, this "ordinary policeman" from the Metropolitan Police Department undoubtedly makes him more afraid.

What made Gin unhappy was that these two guys who caused him trouble happened to have the character "一" in their names.

"..."

At the same time, Tokyo Airport.

A tall, beautiful woman with short straight golden hair got off the plane carrying a suitcase.

After looking up at the night sky, the short-haired woman wearing glasses murmured: "Xuyi, is this the battlefield you were on before..."

……

A few days later, at the Office of the Counselor of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

After looking through the documents in his hand, Makino picked up the phone and called Inspector Hasegawa into the office.

After Hasegawa entered, Makino thought for a moment and said, "Hasegawa, you are familiar with the Second Investigation Division. Please inform Section Chief Fukiishi to come to the small conference room around 3 pm tomorrow. The higher-ups are planning to strengthen the cooperation between the Second Investigation Division and the Investigation Support and Analysis Center, with me taking the lead."

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Inspector Hasegawa bowed quickly.

Makino handed the documents on the table to Hasegawa and shook his head, saying, "Don't be so anxious. Get familiar with the general situation first, and you will host the meeting when the time comes."

"Yes!"

"..."

After Hasegawa left the office, Makino picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip, closed his eyes and rested for a while.

He didn't drink coffee to relieve fatigue, it was just a habit he developed while in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Because compared with the police officers below, the job of the "counselor" is so much easier.

If there are no major cases or complicated matters happening, his average working hours per day are probably less than 5 hours.

This also shows that habit is a very scary thing.

During the few years he worked at the Metropolitan Police Department, he was taken out for coffee by Inspector Megure and his colleagues every day, so he has now become accustomed to the taste of coffee.

Especially when others are in the Metropolitan Police Department, they always feel that something is missing without coffee.

After the cruise ship incident a few days ago, the reward he received was——【Karate: S.】

Although the reward itself is good, for him now, it is only slightly better than nothing.

Now that his own strength has reached a "certain level", Makino would rather obtain a few skills or practical props that are not related to martial arts than these skills related to "martial arts".

But having said that, any reward is better than no reward at all.

Since his strength has gradually increased, the number of times he triggers system tasks has gradually decreased.

——“Buzz”

At this moment, Makino's cell phone on the desk vibrated with a text message.

Before Makino picked up his phone to check the text message, the phone vibrated again.

After seeing the two text messages on his mobile phone that were sent almost at the same time, Makino couldn't help but blink with a strange expression.

The first text message was sent from Furuya Rei, and the second one was sent from Akai Shuichi.

Furuya Rei asked him to have dinner at a restaurant near Yūka-cho, and Akai Shuichi said he wanted to exchange information with him.

Makino didn't pay much attention to Rei Furuya's text message. After all, that guy often did this. A few days ago, they just exchanged information like "spies" in the Beika Mall...

What’s interesting is the letter from Shuichi Akai, this guy almost never contacted him on his own initiative.

Judging from this point in time, Shuichi Akai and the FBI may have already brought their men to Tokyo.

This also seems to explain why Shuichi Akai chose to exchange information with me at this time.

Since he never revealed his true identity to Shuichi Akai, Shuichi Akai probably thought that he was a member of the "Public Security" like "Bourbon" and "Scotland".

In Shuichi Akai's opinion, the two parties involved in the information exchange are probably the FBI and the Public Security Bureau.

If I'm not mistaken, Shuichi Akai and his boss may have already brought the FBI action team to Tokyo.

……

In the evening, Beika-cho 4-chome.

After sitting in the restaurant's private room, Makino glanced at Furugaya Rei across from him and chuckled, "Why didn't you disguise yourself this time?"

Furiya Ling smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I checked carefully when I first arrived here, and didn't find any suspicious people. And... the situation now is different from before. Both you and I are 'free'~"

Without waiting for Makino to speak, Furuya Rei lowered his voice and said, "Rum has already issued an order not to allow members of the organization to take further action against you. However, he contacted me privately two days ago and asked me to temporarily switch to 'standby' mode and privately investigate intelligence about you. I don't need to carry out any other tasks."

Although the voice was very low, Makino clearly heard the "relaxation" in Fūya Rei's tone.

With his current strength and the skills he has mastered, he can naturally tell at a glance whether there are any suspicious guys nearby.

Therefore, he knew that what Furiya Rei said was right, there were indeed no suspicious people nearby.

But this is not difficult to understand. What can you find out if your own people investigate your own people?
Rum asked Furuya Rei to investigate himself, and the right to interpret the conclusions and intelligence was naturally within Furuya Rei's control.

Seeing that Makino understood what he meant, Furuya Rei continued, "As for Gin and the others, they no longer have the energy to monitor my actions. The organization has not been peaceful in the past few months. The members brought by Pisco are dissatisfied with Gin's killing of Pisco, and even have the idea of ​​​​letting Gin step down.

Let’s not talk about the previous Grey Goose incident. You have dealt with the main forces of Chianti and Cohen, so Gin and Vodka must go to various places to carry out the mission in person~”

Having said that, Fūya Rei picked up the wine glass in front of him and winked at Makino.

Seeing this scene, Makino also smiled and raised his wine glass.

Although Furuya Rei often invited him to dinner at the restaurant, this seemed to be the first time that Furuya Rei took the initiative to drink.

As a super worker, Fūya Rei usually doesn't drink.

Seeing this, Makino also picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip of the sake in the glass. After chatting about some irrelevant topics, Furuya Rei seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way, I plan to go to Beika-cho 5-chome in a few days to find a job and contact the famous detective Maori Kogoro by the way."

"Huh?" Makino looked at Furiya Rei opposite him in surprise, wondering why he "still" had such an idea.

Naturally, Furuya Ling knew the relationship between Makino and Detective Mori and the others, so he started to explain, "You know there's a member in the organization called Vermouth, right? Because of her excellent disguise and imitation skills, she's also called the 'Thousand-Faced Witch'.

Once when I was driving and stopped by the roadside, I accidentally found her staring at the TV placed on the street. The TV was playing a news report about Kogoro Mori, so I paid special attention to this matter.

Although I don't know why she cares about that private detective, that woman loves to find out all kinds of 'secrets'. Anyone or anything she cares about must have some secrets."

Hearing this, Makino nodded. There was nothing wrong with Furuya Rei's guess and his analysis of Vermouth.

But strictly speaking, Vermouth's focus is not on Mouri Kogoro, but on his daughter Xiaolan and the big-headed baby who often appears next to Mouri Kogoro.

Seeing Makino nod, Furuya Rei smiled and said, "You two should have a good relationship, right? While investigating Maori Kogoro, we can also take the opportunity to meet in the 'sunlight'~"

Hearing this, Makino smiled and shook his head, then clinked the wine glass in Shimotani Rei's hand.

"By the way, Furuya, Shuichi Akai from the FBI sent me a text message today, saying that he wanted to exchange information. I guess the FBI may have already arrived in Tokyo."

"FBI, Shuichi Akai..." Furuya Rei looked down at the tempura on the table and fell into a brief thought.

After a moment, Furuya Rei looked up and sighed: "How should I put it? I always feel that I don't want to trust that guy... But at least when it comes to the organization's problems, our interests seem to be the same. Exchanging information may be a good thing for us."

"..."

The next evening.

The entrance of Didan High School.

Yuanzi pulled Xiaolan's arm with excitement and said with a smile: "Xiaolan, you haven't been to my house for a long time, right? We must have a good time tonight!"

Xiaolan smiled helplessly and said, "Please, Sonoko, you are exaggerating. Didn't I just…" last month?

Before Xiaolan could finish, Yuanzi interrupted and said, "Don't talk about the past! Let's go to the convenience store to buy some drinks and snacks! Brother Longyi will be here tonight too. Didn't you say before that you were very interested in mahjong? The four of us can just play mahjong~"

When Xiaolan heard the word "mahjong", a look of anticipation appeared on her face.

Ever since her father and Conan taught her to play mahjong last time, she has always wanted to try it again, but her father's friends refused to play with her no matter what.

Thinking of this, Xiaolan smiled and nodded: "Then let's buy some more things~ Oh, right! Isn't the convenience store where Xiaoxuan works near the station? Let's go there, so we can say hello to her~"

"Good idea!" Yuanzi nodded with a smile.

Not long after, Sonoko and Xiaolan came to the convenience store in front of the station, but they didn't see their friend Xiaoxuan.

Under the guidance of the front desk clerk, the two walked to the storage area of ​​the convenience store.

As soon as they got here, they heard a scolding voice: "How many times do I have to tell you before you understand? If you keep on like this, I will have no choice but to fire you and hire someone else to take your place!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like the store manager was scolding a young female clerk.

Seeing that the person being scolded was their friend Xiaoxuan, Sonoko and Xiaolan immediately asked what happened.

After discovering Xiaolan and the other person, Xiaoxuan immediately ran towards them crying.

Seeing this, although she didn't know what was going on, Yuanzi immediately stood in front of Xiaoxuan and Xiaolan, looking at the middle-aged man with angry eyes.

After noticing Xiaolan and Sonoko, the middle-aged man frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Before Xiaolan could speak, Yuanzi replied fiercely: "Friends! We are all Xiaoxuan's friends! Uncle, why are you bullying Xiaoxuan?!"

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "Bullying? Did you misunderstand something? Recently, our store's turnover and the number of goods in stock have always been inconsistent, and it happened to be when she was on duty and closing the store."

Upon hearing this, Yuanzi and Xiaolan, who knew Xiaoxuan's character well, suddenly became angry.

Xiaolan frowned and said, "Why are you pushing this onto Xiaoxuan? We heard her say that this store has a lot of customers in the morning and evening. Maybe someone stole it at that time, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Sonoko also spoke.

The middle-aged man said loudly without showing any weakness: "I thought so before, so I installed four surveillance cameras in the store, but I didn't find any suspicious customers from the surveillance before the store closed."

Hearing this, Yuanzi asked, "What about after the store closed? Could it be that the thief entered the store after the store closed?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, “I have considered this possibility. I parked my car opposite the store all night yesterday and monitored this place all night.

Last night, after she finished cleaning the store and closed the door and left, no one appeared around the store until the door opened this morning.

When I entered the store, I immediately checked the inventory and found that the number from yesterday still didn't match. There was no chance for anyone else to steal except her!"

After hearing this, Xiaolan and Sonoko's expressions gradually changed from anger to confusion.

They believed that their friend would not do such a thing, but if the store manager in front of them was not lying, then this matter was indeed very strange.

Just then, Sonoko's cell phone suddenly rang.

After seeing the caller's name, Yuanzi's eyes immediately lit up and she picked up the phone excitedly: "Brother Longyi, do you have time now? Actually, something strange happened here..."

Ten minutes later, Makino drove to the convenience store in front of the station.

Although Sonoko only gave a general account of the situation on the phone, Makino still thought of a familiar case.

As soon as Makino walked into the store, Sonoko immediately trotted over and pulled Makino in front of the store manager.

After seeing Makino, the store manager frowned slightly. He always felt like he had seen this person somewhere.

While the store manager was recalling, he waited for Yuanzi and others beside him to tell the man in front of him what had happened.

Without waiting for Sonoko and Xiaolan to finish explaining the details, Makino glanced at the ceiling and nodded silently.

There is an obvious human presence on the ceiling.

Apparently, this was indeed the case he remembered.

Not long after, seeing that Sonoko and the others had finished explaining the situation, the store manager immediately said, "You all already know what happened. Tell me, besides Nanakawa Aya, who else had the opportunity to steal things from the store?"

Hearing this, Makino sighed softly: "Mr....Mr. Store Manager, when I entered the store just now, I found that your surveillance cameras all have infrared night vision functions. Why don't you turn on the surveillance cameras at night?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and adjusted the frame of his glasses embarrassedly: "Because I want to save some electricity bills."

(End of this chapter)