Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 115 Casting a wide net

The people from the forensic department came to the investigation room with cotton swabs and scraped the inner wall of Haseoka's mouth.

They are already willing to cooperate with the investigation, so...

Although the results are still unclear, it is most likely... the skin tissue between the nails of the corpse is not Haseoka's!

"Ms. Haseoka, in order to catch the real murderer as soon as possible, do you remember anything special? No matter how detailed it is, you can tell me anything that seems strange." Yuan asked in an enlightening way.

Although it will take time for the results to come out, but... Yuan obviously did not think that Haseoka would "walk into a trap".

However, Haseoka shook his head and said, "That child... you should know that she has too many enemies."

Yuan was helpless at this time and said: "It may be a bit presumptuous of me to say this, but... Ms. Haseoka, I can feel the feelings between you and Ms. Sakurayama, but... how could you watch her..."

"The first time I saw Sakurayama was eight years ago. It was one night... I saw her coming out of the bushes by the roadside, wearing a messy school uniform and covered in wounds..." Haseoka recounted the story with a nostalgic look in his eyes.

Yuan also reacted at this time and seemed to want to ask something, but did not interrupt.

"I thought about calling the police for her, but at that time... she could no longer bear any possible stimulation, even if it was just calling the police. After that, she locked herself in her room for a year. At that time, [For W] had just been established, and I was with her all the time. At that time, I knew that her parents had divorced a long time ago and neither of them cared about her situation.

"A year later, I thought she had gotten over it and was helping other women. I thought everything was over, but then I found out... because of her own experience, she had too strong empathy for other victims, and even..."

Haseoka paused, as if trying to calm down. Yuan interrupted and said, "You don't care about your own safety, do you? Some of our colleagues are like this too..."

In order to gain recognition, Yuan casually said, "I have a colleague."

"Not only that, even..." Haseoka calmed down and continued, "Some of these cases may even be... problematic."

"Huh?" Yuan was stunned when he heard that.

Haseoka said immediately, "More than once, someone complained and even went to court to sue her for false accusation, but... she always managed to get the results she wanted in her own way, even if it was in court... Sorry, I can only say that for some reason, the court was not very active in accepting such cases, which indeed encouraged her dangerous behavior."

Haseoka didn't say it so clearly, after all...

From the perspective of [For W], it is difficult to accuse the court of being biased towards them. On the one hand, this is due to the national conditions of East Island itself, and it does not attach importance to the "false accusations" in public opinion. On the other hand... it is also because some of [For W]'s sponsors have influence on the court.

"When I found out, it was already too late to stop Rika..." Haseoka was already crying.

They are indeed as close as mother and daughter, and their cries reflect the feeling of powerlessness as they watch their "daughter" go further and further astray but are unable to stop her.

"I see... a false accusation..."

"I don't know, but... some of the accused did not admit anything in the end. I also confirmed with Lihua whether her evidence was completely true, but... [What if it's not? Just thinking that there might be a few innocent people, so you leave so many criminals alone?] She told me this... I wanted to let her leave [For W] temporarily and calm down..."

Haseoka was already sobbing uncontrollably at this point.

Yuan now understood why Haseoka did not cooperate with the investigation at the beginning, and even deliberately concealed some of the incidents handled by Sakurayama from the police!

That's not for [For W] anymore...

It was for the sake of the deceased Sakurayama Rika, so that she would not suffer further criticism.

"Akasaka, it seems necessary to... merge the investigation directions." Aoki looked at Akasaka at this time.

Akasaka also nodded solemnly at this time.

It seems that neither [Morning Glory Sightseeing] nor the interior of [For W] is the key to this case!
The most suspicious target may be hidden in the two different versions of "records" of [For W]...

After many twists and turns, the case unexpectedly developed in a direction that everyone initially thought was "the most unlikely".

However, this would widen the scope of investigation.

It is equivalent to starting from the "motive" and screening out all those who have grudges against the victim. The problem is... the victim offended too many people during his lifetime!

"Section Chief Kunikida, when necessary, you can mobilize the patrol officers to confirm the alibi of the target within the jurisdiction." Shiraishi reminded at this time.

This is just the first step...

There must be many people who do not have an "alibi", after all, not everyone is with others at all times. Even if an "alibi" is presented, it still needs to be verified. In many cases, the alibi presented by the public themselves is actually not valid at all - after all, the "time of death" itself is a range. Not only must there be witnesses and physical evidence, but it must also be completely ensured that it is impossible for the person to be at the crime scene within the time of the crime to be considered a valid "alibi"!
After screening out suspicious people, we also need to verify how they were able to enter Sakurayama Rika's apartment without picking the lock...

After all, Sakurayama Rika died in front of the balcony, and there were only signs of struggle around the balcony. It was impossible to be a "murder with the door opened". Either the murderer had a spare key, or Sakurayama invited the murderer into the house.

"By the way, please give me a list of events related to Sakurayama later." Shiraishi added at this time.

Be prepared to contribute your part...

After all, this case not only requires a lot of work, but it is also difficult to investigate slowly!
"By the way, Section Chief Kunikida, have you organized any office software training recently?" Shiraishi confirmed.

"Yes, we had training last weekend." Kunikida nodded immediately.

"Then create a shared document, list all the people who need to be checked, and then assign tasks... After verifying the results, fill them out immediately in the shared document." Bai Shi instructed.

"Director, that Jun'ya Kosaka..." Aoki asked for instructions at this time.

"Let him go. We don't have time to deal with him now... Let the Life Safety Division take over the investigation of sexual harassment within Morning Glory Tourism." Shiraishi waved his hand.

Although according to Okazaki Mio's confession, he may be involved in some other illegal acts, such as sexual harassment, he is now under emergency arrest on suspicion of murder, and "emergency arrest" only applies to "crimes punishable by imprisonment of more than three years."

Shiraishi's previous "intimidation" of the head of the Masuyama Group caused Chairman Masuyama and Councillor Tōguchi's impression of Shiraishi to drop further, but...

Now the "benefits" have become apparent. Jun Kosaka was urgently arrested and detained for a night. He has now been cleared of suspicion of murder, but he dared not say anything harsh.

……

Over the next two days, the Beika Police Station was in chaos. Not only were all departments in the Criminal Division busy, but in addition to their own cases, they also had to find time to assist in the "Sakurayama Rika Murder Case." Even the patrol officers in each division often received assignments.

Basically, the suspects in Beika Town were asked by patrol officers for their alibis, and the alibis that could be verified in Beika Town were also verified by patrol officers...

The detectives' task is even more severe - they need to go to other police stations' jurisdictions to verify the situation!
Shiraishi's mission is also very clear...

Answering complaint calls from other police stations in the office!
Shiraishi also had a very stressful two days, and planned to take a rest on Saturday - it was not because he was lazy, Shiraishi took the documents that had been delayed recently back home to deal with, after all...

Things like "complaining to the director" will definitely happen when Shiraishi is at work, but if he is not at work, they can't find Shiraishi and there is nothing they can do.

In other words, work does not exist if you don’t go to work!
……

Shiraishi was about to order takeout in the afternoon when he heard Gina picking the lock, so he opened the door and asked speechlessly, "What are you doing here?"

"Hey! I advise you not to be ungrateful! I came here to help you cook because I saw you were too busy." Mononobe Gina said righteously.

"Huh? How do you know I'm busy recently? You sneaked into my house again?" Bai Shi was puzzled - could it be that your stealth skills have improved so quickly? I didn't even notice it?
"No, I saw... recently there have been clashes between detectives from the Beika Police Station and detectives from the Kamuro Police Station in Kamurocho." Gina has a strong observation ability. After all... observe thoroughly and then take action, this is her code of conduct.

Shiraishi:……

"That fat guy Zeden..." Bai Shi felt so angry when he mentioned this.

At the same time, I really admire this suicidal lady Sakurayama Rika - she actually raped someone in Kamurocho, and the police even destroyed a violent organization's forced prostitution den with her help...

"Your windows are so dirty, do you want me to clean them for you?" Gina was stewing beef. She was wearing an apron and looking at the dirty windows with her hands on her hips, looking unhappy.

"No need, I'll ask someone to wipe it clean." Bai Shi said, taking out a flyer from a few days ago.

If the Criminal Division hadn't been so busy lately, Shiraishi would really like to ask Yamada, who has good eyesight, to wipe the windows for his boss!

"Jiangbu high-altitude cleaning... 1000 for an air conditioner outdoor unit and 200 for a window? That's really cheap..." Bai Shi took out his cell phone and was about to make a call when he suddenly paused: "Huh?"

"What's wrong? Is the discount expired?" Gina asked puzzledly.

"Could it be... that's really the case..." Shiraishi muttered at this time, then changed his mind at the last minute. Instead of calling the number on the flyer, he called Yamada.

"Hey, Yamada, my windows are not cleaned, you and Yuan come here."

Gina on the side looked at him with a look that said "you are so inhumane"...

(End of this chapter)