Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 121 Who said this was "collusion"

"Nothing, maybe a visit and study."

Shiraishi acted very calm about Yumi's reminder.

Yumi rolled her eyes when she heard this, and at the same time she understood that Shiraishi must have discovered this a long time ago...

boom--

Yumi gave him a scribbled ticket and let him go.

……

When Shiraishi arrived at the coffee shop where he had made an appointment with Eri Kisaki, he found that Lawyer Kisaki was already there.

Although it was the first time he met her in person, Shiraishi had seen her photos in newspapers and on the Internet before.

After all, she is known as the "undefeated queen of the legal world" and is a headache for prosecutors and the police.

Unlike Xiaolan, Kisaki Eri has brown hair tied into a bun at the back, with curls hanging down on both sides of her bangs. She wears glasses, a gray-blue business suit and skirt, and a dark blue turtleneck sweater under her top, giving people a smart and capable feeling.

At the same time, as soon as Bai Shi came in, he became the focus of the entire store with his height. Fortunately, there were not many people in the store at that time...

"Sorry for the long wait, Lawyer Fei." Shiraishi pulled out a chair and sat opposite.

Shiraishi is quite satisfied with the spacing between tables and the quality of chairs in this cafe.

"No, it's not the appointed time yet. I came too early... Director Shiraishi, you said earlier that you had information about the murder of Ms. Ono Miki..."

When Eri Kisaki was halfway through her speech, Shiraishi waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, what you said is wrong, Attorney Kisaki... I represent the police, why would I take the initiative to share any information with a lawyer? I just have a related case that I want to entrust to Attorney Kisaki, and I want to talk about the case by the way."

Upon hearing this, Hibiki Eri also said with a half-smile: "Ah, I made a mistake."

Of course she understood Shiraishi's excuses, and she also understood the pressure Shiraishi would face if he got involved in this case.

……

"So that's how it is! It turns out there was also a problem with the witness back then..." After hearing what Shiraishi said, Kisaki Eri immediately understood.

And Bai Shi heard what she meant...

The legal team should have discovered that there are other problems in the case!

"At present, we can only say that President Saegusa had the motive to give false testimony," Shiraishi added rigorously.

When the two chatted for about fifteen minutes...

Suddenly, a fair-looking man wearing a professional suit and glasses came over with an angry look on his face but some excitement in his eyes.

"Director Shiraishi! What are you doing here?" The man with glasses came directly to the table of Shiraishi and Kisaki Eri, and then looked at Shiraishi Kuro with a confident expression, as if he had caught his pigtail.

It's just a pity...

With his height of about 1.6 meters, even if he was standing and Bai Shi was sitting, he was still not tall enough to look down.

After a moment of surprise, Hibiki looked at Shiraishi calmly - she could guess that this was part of the "internal pressure" Shiraishi was facing, but she was not worried because Shiraishi was obviously well prepared...

"Isn't this Inspector Ninomiya? What do you want to talk to me about?" Shiraishi asked calmly upon seeing this.

"Don't play dumb! What are you talking about here with Lawyer Fei? As a police officer, did you leak the internal police information to the lawyer? And Lawyer Fei, your way of collecting evidence..." Ninomiya then righteously accused the two of "collusion"

However, Shiraishi interrupted him directly, "Inspector Ninomiya, please be careful with your words!"

"You..." Ninomiya was choked when he saw that Shiraishi was still so tough.

"First of all, if I remember correctly, you, Inspector Ninomiya, were only transferred from Investigation Section 2 to Investigation Section 1 as a director, right? If you think there is anything wrong with my approach, you can report it to the higher-ups. I don't think you have the right to yell at me...

"Secondly, I don't know who instructed you, but... don't think I will just let it go if you make groundless accusations against me and Lawyer Fei!" Bai Shi said and slammed the table.

The "Director Officer" and the "Management Officer" are at the same level and are generally appointed by the section chiefs from among the "Management Officers". Their position is equivalent to that of a deputy section chief, or the second-in-command in the section.

Because the "Second Investigation Division" is responsible for smart criminals, involving economic crimes and job crimes, it has the most exchanges with the Prosecutor's Office and other government departments, and has always been the most bureaucratic division in the Criminal Division. Section 2's Chief Chaki is now overwhelmed by Kidd, and Ninomiya, as the "Director", is a man of Deputy Director Moroboshi. Previously, all matters related to economic crimes and job crimes in the division had to go through Ninomiya.

When Shiraishi was still in the group, the two had always had conflicts - after all, violent organizations are often "white gloves" and are linked to official crimes, and some violent organizations themselves will raise funds through group fraud, so "Group" and "Sou Er" have more contact.

Two months ago, when the former Criminal Minister was purged, a group of police officers above the rank of Superintendent were also taken away. Ninomiya's position also changed at that time, from Section 2 to Section 1, and he was actually a "Director".

Although Shiraishi didn't know much about it, he could guess that Deputy Director Moroboshi wanted to take the opportunity to expand his influence.

However, he still did not do as thoroughly as Director Hakuba, who directly transferred his capable general Odagiri to the position of Minister of Criminal Affairs. It is generally believed that among the nine departments of the Metropolitan Police Department, the four departments of Group, Traffic, Region, and Life Safety are small departments, while the five departments including the Criminal Affairs Department are large departments.

Therefore, although Odagiri still seems to be the "Minister" and the "Superintendent of Metropolitan Police", he has been promoted half a level, but he is half a head shorter than Deputy Director Moroboshi, who is also the "Superintendent of Metropolitan Police".

When Shiraishi was paired with Ninomiya and was one grade younger than him, he didn't give him any face. Now that he is one grade older than him, of course he has no idea what face is and he just lets the table fall!

Ninomiya himself was frightened and shuddered, then he said angrily: "You... make groundless accusations? Then what are you saying?"

Ninomiya pointed at a pile of information in front of Shiraishi and picked it up immediately, as if he was afraid that Shiraishi would destroy the evidence - he had just been waiting outside for a long time, waiting for the "real hammer".

but……

"What is this? Can't you read?" Bai Shi sneered.

"Sure enough! You put... huh?" Ninomiya first saw that it did say "Sanzhi", "Tani Shigeru" and so on, but...

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be information about the "Naoki Tani Injury Case" and... a letter of authorization.

Just at this moment, the coffee shop's welcome bell rang again. Bai Shi looked over and raised his hand to signal, saying, "Ah, Lawyer Fei, the client is here..."

The person who came in was none other than Naoki Tani's younger sister Aiko.

Ninomiya finally reacted...

It's true that Shiraishi Kuro is colluding with Kisaki Eri, or to be more precise... with the "lawyer team" that applied for a reversal of the verdict, but... they have legitimate reasons!

"Although I introduced a lawyer to the suspect, it was purely out of good intentions. There is no financial dealings between Lawyer Hime and I, and this can withstand any investigation. I will report the criticism of Inspector Ninomiya to the Minister of Criminal Affairs!" Shiraishi scolded directly.

Before Ninomiya could speak, Kisaki Eri also said, "That's right, Director Shiraishi only introduced me to clients who don't have the money to hire a lawyer. This is purely for the public good. I didn't expect that Superintendent Ninomiya would actually say this is leaking information and colluding with me. I will also file a complaint with the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Ninomiya's face darkened when he heard this, knowing that Bai Shi was well prepared.

Moreover, the current head of the Criminal Division, Odagiri, is Shiraishi's old boss, and Kisaki Eri is notoriously difficult to deal with in the legal world. This time, she was caught in the crossfire. In order not to further increase the losses, she had to be patient and said, "I see, I was overthinking... I'm so sorry, I won't bother you two anymore."

Ninomiya bowed and left in disgrace...

"As expected of Director Shiraishi..." Kisaki Eri looked at Shiraishi seriously, then looked at Tani Shigeki and said, "I know about this case. Miss Tani Shigeki can rest assured. I will do my best to fight for your brother's rights." As Kisaki Eri said this, she formally accepted the commission.

The case has not yet reached the prosecution stage and is still being mediated by the police station, but...

Since Sanzhi said before that he wanted to find a lawyer, it would be better for Gu Fan to have a lawyer present as well.

"Lawyer Fei...you are...a very famous lawyer, right? That..." Tani Shigeko felt a little embarrassed - she had no money.

"Don't worry, it's just a mediation advisory and can be used as a public welfare consultation." Kisaki Eri has gotten what she wanted today.

Not to mention Tani Shigeko's gratitude, Shiraishi and Kisaki Eri were thinking about...

I won’t give Sanzhi a chance to sue!
Before that, we must expose his lies - I don't believe that when he was charged with murder, he would still have the mood to sue the victim's son for beating him up... Isn't that a vivid provocation to the judge and an increase in his sentence?
"From now on, I'll leave it to Lawyer Fei." Shiraishi also said at this time.

"I would like to ask Chief Shiraishi... to give me more guidance in the future." Eri Kisaki instinctively felt that this would not be the only "cooperation" between the two. Shiraishi... was obviously different from the other police officers!
"And the court hasn't approved the application for retrial yet... We have a slightly better chance now." said Hibiki Eri, looking at the case file of the Tani Fan case on the table.

It was just a simple injury case, but there was such a thick case report, mainly because... it explained in detail the motive of Naoki Tani Shigeru, that is, the "Akira Tani Suicide Case" eighteen years ago was included.

The influence of the legal team that now advocates for overturning the verdict is already considerable, but the court and the prosecutors still have not given in... This also shows the pressure behind this case.

However, after Eri Kisaki took over the case of Tani Shigeru, the "legal team" had another sharp knife added to its side!

Shiraishi remains the same as always - it would be better if some people could realize their mistakes on their own, otherwise... In order to achieve his goal, Shiraishi does not hesitate to cooperate with lawyers and force them!
(End of this chapter)