Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 114 A sudden turn of events
On Tuesday night, Shiraishi took a break from his busy schedule and went to have dinner with Ayako...

Although Ayako was happy about this, she was also surprised. On the way, she was still worried and asked, "Is the previous case no longer relevant? If you need me, you can always tell me."

"It doesn't matter. We have already identified a preliminary suspect... I left work early to avoid suspicion." Bai Shi waved his hand, pretending to be nonchalant.

As expected, that Kosaka Junya is not cooperating!

Even with Okazaki Mio's confession, he still completely denied Aoki's questions. And unlike his previous "perfunctory" response, this time he seemed to be hit in a sore spot and refused to communicate at all.

He even… announced that [Morning Glory Tourism] would not welcome police investigations in the future, and blatantly ordered employees not to answer any more questions - just like the information Ayako provided, this Kosaka Jun'ya not only had a hot temper, but also had a strong sense of privilege!

then……

Shiraishi approved the emergency arrest.

Because it was already past four in the afternoon, in order to prevent anyone from looking for Shiraishi Public Relations, he left work early and did not go home. Instead, he made an appointment with Ayako to have dinner together - and with his cell phone turned off, no one could find him!

He even chose not to drive his own car, but asked Ayako to pick him up.

There was a bit of traffic during the evening rush hour on Tuesday, and the news was playing on the car radio...

[…The lawyers have again applied to the Touto High Court for a retrial of the murder of the real estate heiress of Toriya Town Yamano in 1998. The Touto High Court has not yet responded…]

"1998... 18 years ago." Ayako sighed.

"Hmm? Is it someone you know?" Bai Shi asked curiously.

"Well, although I was only seven years old that year and I can't remember it clearly, it seems to have happened at this time of year... I saw the murdered sister Miki several times at that time." Ayako said as a matter of course.

"But a public interest lawyer group has intervened and filed for a retrial...it seems like they have discovered new clues," Shiraishi speculated at this time.

"It seems that the prisoner committed suicide in prison, and because he never admitted to the crime, it attracted attention from the outside world... But given President Ono's personality, I'm afraid..." Ayako said helplessly at this time.

"President Ono? The victim's father? Actually, I don't quite understand. If there is a possibility that his daughter's enemy is wrong, he should be more proactive than anyone else, right?" Shiraishi thought to himself.

"I can understand some of it... Uncle Ono is already over 70 years old and in poor health. People of this age might stubbornly feel that as long as there is no retrial, their revenge has already been avenged. If the case is retried and the criminal is cleared of the charges in the end, they might leave with hatred in their heart." Ayako said with emotion at this time.

"Then this revenge is too idealistic..." Bai Shi is obviously a more positive type.

Of course, this incident happened in "Toriya Town", and the court may not accept the case. Even if it does, the investigation will be led by the Prosecutor's Office, which has nothing to do with the Beika Police Station. It was just a casual chat between Shiraishi and Ayako.

After having dinner with Ayako, they both took a walk in the park. Then, because Shiraishi didn't drive, they stayed at Ayako's house at night - Ayako had also habitually reserved Shiraishi's room.

Just after ten o'clock in the evening, Bai Shi turned on his mobile phone on time and saw a lot of missed calls.

but……

After ten o'clock, the detained suspects have already rested. Let's talk about it tomorrow if there is anything!

……

Wednesday morning, November 11th.

The interrogation can begin again.

Only a dozen hours had passed since yesterday's "major breakthrough in the case". President Kosaka, who was still claiming "I'm better than Dior" yesterday, became completely cowering after finding out that he was actually arrested and couldn't be rescued after a whole night.

However, his "cowardice" did not mean that the case was solved, but instead... the progress of the investigation took a sharp turn for the worse!

After Shiraishi got to work in the morning, he learned the news and immediately called the section chief Kunikida and three front-line department heads to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the case, because...

"According to Ms. Okazaki Mio's confession, we urgently arrested Junya Kosaka last night. Junya Kosaka admitted that he was seduced by the victim, Sakurayama Rika, and that the victim did give him the spare key before leaving get off work on Friday, but...

"At the end of the get off work day on Friday, Ms. Haseoka Mikiko, the representative of [For W], broke into President Kosaka's office, took the key, and sternly warned Kosaka Junya not to approach Ms. Sakurayama again.

"This matter... Haitani has confirmed it with Ms. Haseoka, and it is true. That means that President Kosaka's possession of the spare key was not true at the time of the crime." Aoki was the first to speak at the case meeting. The most "anticipated" line was broken just like that.

Of course, this happens all the time. The criminal previously identified may not be the real murderer, so we always emphasize not to prejudge your position...

After all, even if they are not criminals, the people involved in the case may not tell the truth for various reasons!
It seems that President Kosaka's initial "refusal to cooperate" was, on the one hand, because he did not want to expose his own embarrassing behavior, and on the other hand, he did not want the harassment within the company to be exposed!

"Wait! So, Haseoka's key wasn't left with her by the victim? She doesn't just have this one, does she?" Akasaka immediately questioned when he heard this.

If Haseoka was lying before, and her key was not given to her by Sakurayama, but was "stolen" from President Kosaka, then combined with the fact that the organization's representative was replaced, she would be very suspicious!
but……

"Based on the results of the current interviews and investigations, the relationship between Haseoka Mikiko and the victim cannot be viewed from a general 'competitive' perspective. The victim's parents were divorced, and she had lived with Ms. Haseoka since she was 16 years old. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were like mother and daughter.

"Although the two had a fierce argument, it was more of a difference in philosophy. Ms. Haseoka went directly to President Kosaka to take back the key to the Sakurayama family. This proved her anger. She was more worried about Ms. Sakurayama's safety, rather than the impact on [For W]..."

The more Haidani investigated [For W], the more he felt that Akasaka's initial suspicions were unreliable.

"But about the spare key... right? She should at least have brought it back to ask about it? If the two of them have a good relationship, and Sakurayama is going to replace her as the representative of the organization, she will feel betrayed, right?" Akasaka still felt that something was wrong with her.

Firstly, it was because of the existing confessions, and secondly, it was because...

When Akasaka first asked her about the wound on her arm, she acted a little guilty!

However, Bai Shi was frowning at this time, already having a headache - the "narcissistic" guy had also been investigating [For W] for two days, but there was no sign of him falling in love, and [Cupid's poison arrow] had no intention of being shot, which meant that the [For W] line would probably not produce any results!
Just then, Hei Mu knocked on the door and came in.

He interrupted the meeting at this time, obviously he had some important clues!
"Director, everyone..." Kuroki looked around and said, "Ms. Haseoka... volunteered to cooperate with the investigation."

While Kanzaki is undergoing training at the Metropolitan Police Department, Kuroki has been a "widow" for the past two weeks - without a detective partner, he can only do clerical work in the department.

Fortunately, the four departments are responsible for the investigation of Haseoka Mikiko and [For W], and having "Narcissism" alone is enough!
Although Haseoka Mikiko is already quite old, Cupid's poison arrow has no age limit...

"Take the initiative to cooperate with the investigation?" Akasaka frowned at this.

If he dares to cooperate with the investigation at this time, he is either trying to be extravagant or actively misleading the police, or he is obviously really innocent, and the latter possibility is more likely!
Bai Shi also rubbed his face and said, "Let's go and have a look together."

When we arrived at the first interrogation room, we saw Yuan was already in place. Although the other party was willing to cooperate with the investigation, considering that the questioning method was different, even if the other party cooperated subjectively, the specific degree of the answer would be different. Therefore, the "king of the interrogation room" in the agency was arranged to receive him, which also reflected the importance of the case...

In particular, Yuan's interrogation skills mainly focus on being gentle and silent, without too strong a sense of oppression, which is suitable for questioning Haseoka Kanko who voluntarily cooperates with the investigation.

"Ms. Haseoka, you said before that the spare key in your hand was given to you by the victim?" Yuan asked the most important question.

"That's right..." Haseoka nodded first. When everyone outside frowned, she continued, "But last Tuesday, after we had a fight, she asked for the key back."

"So... that key is..." Yuan asked naturally.

Everyone outside has already understood that it seems that this key is indeed the same one, but it has changed hands repeatedly since then.

Haseoka also confessed honestly afterwards...

She was indeed very angry because Sakurayama did not listen to her advice, but... when she found out that Sakurayama gave the key back to the president of Morning Glory Tourism and planned to collect evidence of his crimes in "his own way", Haseoka was worried and went to find Jun'ya Kosaka to get the key back.

It was also at that time that Haseoka met Sakurayama, and the two had a conflict. Sakurayama thought she had ruined his plan, and during the scuffle, Sakurayama accidentally scratched her arm.

"So that was the day before the crime, right? It's like this, Ms. Haseoka, we collected skin scraps from Ms. Sakurayama's fingernails. It's most likely left by the murderer when he committed the crime. It's impossible for the skin scraps from the day before to remain at that time. If possible, we would like to collect your biometric information, is that okay?"

Yuan then took the opportunity to apply.

"Of course... as long as we can, we can find the real murderer!" Haseoka Kanko also agreed at this time.

With the consent of the person concerned and the presence of a third party for notarization, biometric information is valid evidence!

(End of this chapter)