Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 122 Three-party Questioning
After meeting with lawyer Eri Kisaki, Shiraishi had just returned to the police station when he received a text message from Ayako saying that she had something important to discuss with him in the evening.

Bai Shi didn't have anything to do in the evening. After all, the problem he had to face now was not something that could be solved by working overtime, so he agreed.

……

In the driver's seat, Ayako asked as soon as she opened her mouth: "Xiao Hei, did you go to see Lawyer Fei this afternoon?"

"Hmm? That's right." Shiraishi also sighed that Sonoko spoke really fast.

"Is it...about the case?" Ayako confirmed.

"Yeah." Bai Shi nodded absentmindedly.

Then Ayako quickly said, "Actually...if you want to facilitate a retrial, I have a way!"

"Eh?" Shiraishi was stunned at first, then... he understood what Ayako meant.

That night, the two came to the Ono family's estate.

……

Friday, November 2016, 11, was the day after Shiraishi met with lawyer Eri Kisaki.

Shiraishi was in his office when he received a call from Minister Odagiri after a long absence.

"Hello, Minister Odagiri, it's me."

"Boy, you are very brave!" Odagiri didn't even bother to correct his address - the two of them were not in a subordinate relationship now, and formally they should be addressed by police rank.

Hearing this familiar opening line, Shiraishi said shamelessly: "No, no, this is what I should do."

In the past, when they were in a pair, Odagiri was often frightened by Shiraishi's "reckless charging".

But now that Shiraishi is no longer his vanguard, Odagiri can put himself in his shoes and realize how much trouble he can cause!
"It's what we should do, right? Haha, at one o'clock this afternoon, the Toudou High Court organized a three-party questioning meeting with the prosecution, police and legal team regarding the case of Ono Miki eighteen years ago... Deputy Director Moroboshi specifically asked you to participate." Odagiri said in a deep voice.

"Hmm? He is very brave?" Bai Shi said frivolously.

"Be serious!" Odagiri didn't fall for it and started scolding him directly.

Odagiri paused and reminded, "Why do you think Deputy Director Moroboshi asked you to go?"

"Maybe it's because there's a minor injury case in the Beika Police Station recently, and it's related to the witness from that year? It just so happens that his attorney is Eri Kisaki, who is on the legal team for the Ono Miki case." Shiraishi acted as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Oh, then you prepare yourself." Odagiri didn't say it explicitly, he knew Shiraishi already understood.

Why was Shiraishi, who seemed to have nothing to do with the matter, also allowed to attend the inquiry meeting?
At that time, once the "legal team" raises questions about the witnesses, the topic will definitely come to the "Mihua Agency" which is handling the Gu Fan injury case!
If Shiraishi agrees with Tani Shigeru's accusation at that time, not only will some people in the police and prosecutors be dissatisfied with him, but it will also be equivalent to him implicitly endorsing the "questioning of Saeki's testimony."

If the testimony of Hisahiko Saegusa cannot be overturned in the future investigation, Shiraishi will also have to bear the brunt of the consequences - this is the same as Shiraishi asking his superiors for "official documents".

However, Shiraishi was not afraid at this time. After Odagiri hung up the phone, Shiraishi immediately dialed another number.

"Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Ono..."

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Shiraishi arrived at the Toudou High Court on time. The court will question the police, the prosecution and the legal team.

The people who came from the police side were led by Uno Tadayoshi, the counselor of the Criminal Department. As expected, Minister Odagiri did not come in person. There were also several assistants, including Ninomiya, the chairman of the Investigation Division 1.

On the prosecution side, Karma Go, the second chief of the Toudou High Prosecutors' Office, led a team in person. This was the first time Shiraishi saw him in person - Karma Go had not appeared in court in recent years.

There were also two relatively young prosecutors, one male and one female. The male was wearing a burgundy suit, while the female was wearing standard professional attire and a skirt suit. They were the backbone of the current Toudou Prosecutors' Office - Miken Reiji and Kujo Reiko.

Both of them are prosecutors in charge of criminal cases and have frequent dealings with the police. Shiraishi has met both of them.

After Shiraishi came in, he greeted everyone, then walked straight to the side of Counselor Uno, and gently lifted Ninomiya up by the back of his chair, and put him aside. He didn't know what his identity was? Was his butt welded? Did he not know to give up his deputy's seat when he saw the Superintendent?

"Counselor Uno, long time no see..." Shiraishi greeted him warmly.

"Not long ago." Yuno said with a headache - didn't we just see him not long ago? That was when you were held accountable by the National Police Agency!
Ninomiya was left aside at this time, his face turned blue and purple, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

"The Dongdu Prosecutor's Office takes it very seriously. People from all three generations are here." Shiraishi quietly complained to Counselor Uno.

Uno:……

"Be quiet!" Yuno was speechless - if you speak louder, Prosecutor Kujo will come over and beat you... Now the way she looks at you is not so kind!
Yes, they are called "two young people", but that is only relative to the Demon Hunter. Among them, Mitsurugi Rei is indeed two or three years younger than Shiraishi, but Kujo Reiko is almost the same age as Kisaki Eri, so the two people on the opposite side are actually a combination of the old, middle-aged and young generations.

"Huh? Why is Director Shiraishi here? Does the case have anything to do with the Beika Police Department?" Karma Hao asked directly when he saw Shiraishi coming in.

At this time, Demon Hunter had silver hair combed into a neat slicked back style. Although he was a bit older, his eyes were particularly intimidating.

Although it was the first time that Karma Hao saw Bai Shi, he was so tall that he could tell who he was at a glance even if he had never seen him before.

"Prosecutor Hunter, you don't know that the lawyers' nitpicking about the witness is related to an injury case currently underway in the Beika Police Station." Ninomiya said sarcastically.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Demon Hunter frowned immediately.

When Shiraishi was still in a "pair", he had never dealt with Karma Go, and the two had no impression of each other.

After all, Karma Go had not been to court for a long time, and Shiraishi, as a police inspector and department chief, mainly interacted with front-line prosecutors. Miken Reiji was also still young before, and although he rose quickly, Shiraishi mainly dealt with Kujo the most.

but……

After Shiraishi became the director of the Beika Police Station, Karma Go undoubtedly had a very bad impression of him!

In his opinion, this was a bastard police officer who was unwilling to work with the prosecution to uphold justice and the 99.9% conviction rate!
"Oh, after eighteen years, you come to question the witness? It's very much like those people who try to get away with crimes with sweet words." Hunter Mohao said disdainfully.

I don't know if the "those people" mentioned here refers to the legal team that has not yet arrived, or to... Shiraishi who is sitting here.

As for the people in the court, they ignored Shiraishi at this time - after all, the former "Minister of Justice" who was overthrown by Shiraishi not long ago was their leader.

Whether they showed disgust or closeness to Shiraishi, it was not good...

At this time, tables were arranged in a circle on all four sides of the conference room. The prosecutors and police sat on the two sides near the window and the door respectively. The people from the court sat in the main seats inside. The row outside was reserved for the legal team.

Soon the lawyers arrived...

Miki himself walked in front with a proud look on his face, followed closely by Kisaki Eri and others.

However, the one who was more familiar to Shiraishi, Kumimon, was not there...

After all, Gu Meimen has never liked this kind of reputation. The only reputation he cares about is the reputation in "business cooperation", not the reputation among ordinary people. He has never been very interested in criminal cases.

"Everyone, I believe you all know why we are here today. The lawyers have already submitted a request for a retrial of the 1998 [Miki Ono murder case] to the Touto High Court. This time we want to determine whether this is really necessary."

On the court side, a third-level judge presided over the inquiry.

After that, the "legal team" began to present evidence for the retrial, mainly some newly discovered evidence, and... questioning of some evidence from that year!

Shiraishi then discovered that, apart from the "witness evidence", the other evidence from that year was not very rigorous.

Bai Shi was not too surprised by this, after all...

If the other evidences were really fine, Toshio Moroboshi, who was the counselor at the time, would not have regarded the suspicious Naohiko Saegusa as a hot commodity, and would not even resort to drinking poison to quench his thirst!
Of course, the prosecution and the police also denied the questions raised by the legal team. In short, they did not agree that a "retrial" was necessary.

"There is also the important witness from that year, Hisahiko Saegusa..." Miki then brought up the matter of the witness.

"Wait..." Seeing this, Kisaragi was about to stop her.

When she saw Shiraishi was there, she knew that someone in the police higher-ups was going to put him on the spot!

Therefore, she originally wanted to avoid mentioning the matter of Sanzhi Naohiko as much as possible and wait until the retrial started, but...

The legal team had previously compiled clues, but Miki blurted them out now.

Seeing this, Kisaki Eri showed an apologetic look, but Shiraishi just smiled slightly and didn't care at all - he introduced the Tani siblings to Kisaki Eri just to let her use this case!

"We found that he was actually a suspect in another synchronous case at the time. I think it is reasonable to question the reliability of his testimony." Miki looked very arrogant at this time and spoke in a pretentious tone.

After hearing this, the people from the Prosecutor's Office also looked towards the Metropolitan Police Department - if the witness was unreliable, then the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation would be the fault!

Upon hearing this, Yuno said in a prepared tone, "I am also concerned about the witness issue, but I found that in this case, his testimony and the camera recording at another location can corroborate each other, so it is credible."

Compared to the conservative Counsellor Uno, Chairman Ninomiya of Souichi jumped out and said, "I wonder where Lawyer Miki got this news from? This is beneath your status as a lawyer. What synchronicity incident... It has long been confirmed to be suicide. It's just that the family members who can't accept this are making trouble out of nothing. It's unreasonable to question the witnesses for such a suicide case!"

(End of this chapter)