Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 222 The guy with a scary face might have been a handsome guy in the past

After seeing Yamato Gansuke's reaction, Uehara Yui chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Gan, I personally think your face is not as scary as the section chief~"

Yamato Gansuke: "..."

After two seconds of silence, Yamato Gansuke coughed lightly and said, "Officer Makino, it's getting late. How about we take you to have lunch first? What would you like to eat?"

Makino glanced at the time and nodded, "Well, it's indeed getting late. I'm not familiar with Nagano, so I'll let the two of you decide what to eat."

Uehara Yui smiled and said, "In that case, I have a special recommendation for a restaurant! Their soup-tossed soba noodles and yamabaki are both very delicious~"

Makino asked in confusion, "I have heard of to-soba noodles, but what do you mean by bandit-yaki...?"

"Sanbaiteyaki is also a specialty of Nagano Prefecture. It is actually fried chicken. Unlike ordinary fried chicken, Sanbaiteyaki is marinated with garlic soy sauce before frying. It has a crispy texture and the gravy is sweet and tasty~"

As if she recalled the taste and flavor of Sanzeiyaki, after saying this, a hint of anticipation appeared in Uehara Yui's eyes.

Although it was just fried chicken steak, Makino was looking forward to it after hearing Yui Uehara's vivid description.

"Don't worry, Officer Makino. Even though the coffee this guy makes is terrible, her taste buds are indeed trustworthy." Yamato Gansuke nodded seriously.

Uehara Yui glanced at Yamato Gansuke beside her with dissatisfaction: "Agan! Why do you always say that the coffee I make is unpalatable? Doesn't the new section chief think it tastes good?!"

"That's because Section Chief Kuroda doesn't have the habit of drinking coffee. He usually drinks black tea, right? That's why he can't tell whether the coffee you brew is good or bad."

"..."

An hour later, in a restaurant in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.

Makino and the other two chatted while enjoying the delicious food on the table.

After taking a sip of barley tea, Uehara Yui glanced at Makino and Yamato Gansuke, who had almost finished eating, and chuckled:

"Officer Makino, do you have any plans for the afternoon? If not, how about we take you to Matsumoto Castle for a tour?"

Makino looked at the two of them with a little curiosity, and said slowly: "I don't have any plans for the afternoon, but is this really okay? You have important work on your hands, right?"

This time he came to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters not to investigate a case but to exchange and inspect.

Therefore, it was normal for the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters to send someone to entertain him.

But the problem is that Inspector Yamato and Inspector Uehara in front of him are both active front-line detectives of Nagano Prefecture's First Investigation Division.

For Nagano Prefecture, which has a limited number of staff, this is already considered a "luxury".

To put it in an analogy, it's like the Metropolitan Police Department asked Inspector Megure to put down his work and spend time with them eating, drinking and having fun.

This feeling, to be honest, is a little bit strange.

Hearing what Makino said, Yamato Gansuke and Uehara Yui were also slightly stunned.

After a moment, Uehara Yui was the first to react and explained with a smile: "There haven't been many cases recently, and we don't have any cases to be responsible for at the moment. Besides, we received an order from Inspector Aiba yesterday, so Inspector Makino, don't worry~"

Makino smiled and shook his head, glanced at Yamato Gansuke who was looking down and thinking about something, and didn't say much.

Since Inspector Uehara has already said so, he naturally doesn't intend to continue to dwell on this issue.

Makino has not seen Conan yet, but his intuition tells him that "something big" will happen in Nagano Prefecture in the near future.

The "Woodpecker Society" mentioned in the information obtained by the public security investigation is related to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters.

The public security department suspects that this organization called "Woodpecker Society" was established by police officers from the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters, and also suspects that they are related to a police officer from the General Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

This group of people seems to be using their power to engage in illegal transactions.

This is also the main reason why Makino was sent here.

Although he really couldn't remember the details and particulars of the case, he still had some impression of the general content.

The upcoming case seems to be related to one of the members of the "Woodpecker Gang", who seems to have killed several other police officers for some reason.

And he remembered that this matter seemed to have nothing to do with the Public Security Bureau and the General Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Moreover, even if this case is really related to the Public Security Bureau and the Metropolitan Police Department, it should not be him who is responsible for "investigating" it.

This is obviously within the scope of public security work, and at the very least should be taken over by the "Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department."

Thinking of this, an inexplicable light flashed across Makino's eyes.

It is just speculation at the moment, but he believes that this matter may be related to "Kuroda Heibei".

——“Buzz buzz buzz!”

Just then, Yamato Gansuke's cell phone suddenly rang.

After taking a look at the caller ID, Yamato Gansuke immediately answered the phone: "Hello, it's me. Zhu Fu, aren't you talking to the section chief... what? I get it, we'll be there right now!"

After hanging up the phone, Yamato Gansuke immediately turned to look at Inspector Uehara and added: "Father Takeda is dead, we must rush to the scene immediately!"

"What?!" After hearing the news, Uehara Yui couldn't help but cover her mouth in shock.

Seeing that Uehara Yui had understood the current situation, Yamato Gansuke turned his head and looked at Makino: "I'm sorry, Officer Makino, we..."

Before Yamato Gansuke could finish, Makino nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll go to the scene with you."

He heard clearly what Zhufu Gaoming said to Yamato Gansuke on the phone just now, and naturally knew what had happened.

……

Soon after, the Chikuma River Bridge.

As soon as he got off the car, Makino saw a familiar big head and several familiar faces.

After seeing Makino, Conan and the other two all showed surprised expressions.

Xiaolan was the first to greet Makino: "Brother Makino? When did you come to Nagano County?"

Maori Kogoro followed closely and said, "Makino? Why do I feel like I've seen you so often recently? This... Could it be that in addition to me, a famous detective, Officer Makino can also feel the call of the case?!"

Conan: "..."

Makino: "..."

Just as everyone finished greeting, a burly, ferocious-looking middle-aged white-haired man and Zhu Fu Gaoming got out of the police car and came in front of Makino.

After taking a quick look at Makino, the white-haired man held out his hand and said, "You must be Inspector Makino of the Metropolitan Police Department. I've heard of you for a long time. I'm Kuroda Heibei, the head of the First Investigation Division of the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters."

"So you are the new Section Chief Kuroda. Please give me your guidance." Makino extended his hand and greeted Kuroda Beibei. Seeing the two of them finished greeting, Morobushi Takaaki hurriedly explained: "Makino Shimada, Section Chief Kuroda, it was Detective Mori and his team who found Inspector Takeda's body."

Hearing this, Kuroda Heibei also looked carefully at Mori Kogoro and the other two who were not far away.

Kuroda Heibei's "terrifying" gaze immediately frightened Mori Kogoro and the other two.

Kogoro Mori's face turned pale immediately, and his legs became weak uncontrollably.

Even the "well-informed" Conan was frightened.

Although they had seen many police officers with scary looks, they were still quite frightened by the Kuroda Heibei in front of them.

Even among so many police officers with scary looks, Section Chief Kuroda is unique.

The atmosphere at the scene also became a little strange because of Kogoro Mouri's pale face.

As if to ease the atmosphere and change the subject, Zhu Fu Gao Ming coughed lightly and said: "The victim is Takeda Shigeru, he is the leader of our Takeda Group of the Nagano Prefecture Investigation Division. The cause of death is..."

Having said that, Zhu Fu Gaoming paused and looked at the round head and the burnt body under the bridge.

Judging from the damage to the body, the head and body of the victim, Inspector Takeda, could no longer be put together.

Seeing this, everyone present fell silent.

They have seen many corpses over the years, but corpses like this one with "head and body separated" and "body completely burned" are rare.

Even Xiaolan understood what was going on when she saw this scene.

If there is no deep hatred between the criminal and the victim, Inspector Takeda, then there is something wrong with the criminal's mind.

After a moment of silence, Maori Kogoro slowly spoke up to explain the situation at the time: "We were standing on the bridge looking at the scenery when we suddenly heard a strange sound of someone falling into the water.

When we looked down, we suddenly found that the river surface was dyed red with blood, and the head of Inspector Takeda floated out of the water. After we fished Inspector Takeda's head out of the river, we found the burnt body under the bridge..."

Having said that, Kogoro Mori's expression also became very solemn.

Obviously, such a scene also had a great impact on him as a former criminal policeman.

Just as Section Chief Kuroda was about to continue asking questions, the sound of messy footsteps suddenly came from behind everyone.

Three men in formal attire quickly ran behind the crowd, and several slightly panicked voices were heard by everyone.

"Has Team Leader Takeda really been killed?!"

"In the end what happened?"

"..."

After seeing the "tragic condition" of the victim, the three men immediately stopped where they were, with expressions of horror.

After the three of them stopped, Zhufu Takaaki also introduced: "Makino Shizheng and Mr. Maori, they are the members of Minister Takeda's team."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Fu Gao Ming glanced at the three people and continued, "Mr. Sanzhi, this is Makino Shizheng who came from Tokyo for communication."

After hearing Zhu Fu Gaoming's introduction, the three of them noticed Makino and Kuroda Bei in the field, and hurriedly leaned forward and bowed.

After standing up, the slightly plump middle-aged man in a brown suit spoke first, "Officer Makino, I'm Sanzhi Mamoru, and I'm a police inspector of the Takeda Group."

A thin middle-aged man wearing a windbreaker and glasses also spoke up immediately: "I am Kano Akira, and I am a deputy inspector of the Takeda Group."

After the two men introduced themselves, the young police officer next to them also introduced themselves: "Hello, I am Patrol Chief Shinsuke Akiyama."

Makino glanced at the young police officer who introduced himself last and frowned slightly.

For some reason, he always felt that the last young police officer named Akiyama Shinsuke seemed a bit like the Yamamura police officer in Gunma Prefecture...

After the introduction session, everyone turned their attention to the victim.

Yamato Gansuke walked over to the body, examined it carefully for a while, then turned around and said, "The body must have been burned for more than half a day. With this level of damage... I'm afraid we can't find any clues from it."

After he finished speaking, Yamato Gansuke suddenly thought of something and turned his attention to Maori Kogoro: "Mr. Maori, when did you hear the sound of the head falling into the river?"

Maori Kogoro closed his eyes and recalled: "Well, let me think, it should be..."

"About twenty-five minutes ago!" Conan answered loudly without waiting for Kogoro Mouri to speak.

After he finished speaking, as if to increase credibility, Conan raised his arm and added: "When I first got to the bridge, I happened to see the time on my watch!"

Hearing this, Yamato Gansuke lowered his head and frowned, saying, "That's strange. Judging from the condition of this body, Father Takeda must have been killed at least half a day ago. Why did only the head appear when you happened to pass this bridge?"

Conan nodded silently. He also thought of this question: "Will it be possible..."

As soon as Conan opened his mouth, he noticed Kuroda Heibei who was staring at him and immediately shut up.

After thinking quickly, Conan immediately walked to Makino, pulled Makino's trouser leg, then pointed a finger at the bridge above and said in a childish voice: "Officer Makino, what is that white rope?"

Makino: "..."

Makino looked up at the "white rope" in the direction of Conan's finger, then looked down at Conan with contempt.

Can't you just say this directly? You do this all the time, don't you?

You're only thinking of finding a replacement now?
After noticing the contempt in Makino's eyes, Conan not only did not blush, but even blinked his big eyes quickly a few times.

At this time, Kuroda Bei who was standing by suddenly said, "This kid is very careful. The broken rope should be the mechanism to extend and control the falling of the head. As long as we put the head in a bag and hang it on it, we can use the time when the rope breaks to make a mechanism to make the head fall into the river."

Zhu Fu Gaoming, who was standing by, also thought: "I'm afraid there are also props like rocks and fake blood plasma in that bag. In half a day, if it was real blood, it would have coagulated long ago, and you wouldn't have seen the scene of blood floating on the river."

"That's right, that makes sense. The criminal probably did this because he hoped the head in the river would be discovered." Yamato Gansuke also spoke.

Hearing this, Conan looked at Kuroda Heibei and Morobushi Takaaki in front of him in surprise.

Unexpectedly, they already understood without him and Officer Makino saying anything!

And there is this very good police officer named Yamato Gansuke...

For a moment, Conan suddenly had a strange feeling that his talents were not being used.

At this moment, the forensic personnel standing nearby suddenly stood up and looked at everyone: "Well, there seems to be unnatural marks on the forehead of the deceased. After checking with luminol solution, I found strange bloodstains..."

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)