Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 130 The Secret of Blackwood

"Eh? Could it be that... Kanzaki was adopted?" Shiraishi immediately understood, but still felt something was strange.

"You can say that, and... probably in order to appease the other party, I was also called over by Kanzaki Kenji when I was still in elementary school. It was the four of us who met at that time." Kuroki explained why he knew that the police's statement was inconsistent with the facts.

"Meeting? Four people?" When Bai Shi heard these words, he immediately understood that this should not be a hijacking scene!
"That's right, it was in a family restaurant. At first I only knew that he was going to meet with a good friend, and because his friend also brought his son, that's why he brought me along..." Kuroki also understood what Shiraishi was thinking.

"So the person who was shot dead was actually..." Bai Shi reacted.

"Well, that person should be... his informant in [Glacier Xingye]. Because there was a fierce conflict within the group, the member of the violent organization named Jingyuan shot and killed several members of [Glacier Xingye], even including the president of [Glacier Xingye] at the time, so he came to discuss with him." Kuroki nodded.

At that time, Kenji Kanzaki was a police officer of the Kamuro Police Station, so it was normal for him to have an informant!
After all, twenty years ago, violent organizations were much more difficult to control than they are now, and there was no "Violent Suppression Ordinance". It was impossible to restrict them without using some gray methods.

"Then what?" After hearing this, Bai Shi also became serious.

"I don't know... He asked me to wear headphones at that time. I just found that their conversation was not going smoothly. Later, the two of them even started arguing. It might be... He asked Ihara to surrender, but Ihara couldn't accept it?" Kuroki was also guessing at this time.

"Then, he suddenly asked me to... take 'Ryuichi' to the bathroom."

Apparently, the other, younger child present... was the current Ryuichi Kanzaki, who must have been only three or four years old at the time.

"Just when I took him a few steps, Jingyuan suddenly stood up and pointed a gun at us... My father tried to stop him and stood in front of us. At this time... the police officers who had been lying in ambush nearby opened fire and shot him dead."

Kuroki probably remembered how Kanzaki Kenji had blocked the gun in front of him before, so he instinctively called him "father".

"So... Ryuichi should be..." Shiraishi seemed to understand something and nodded.

"Yes, he should be Ihara's son, but he himself doesn't remember it. It's probably because the shock at that time was too great, and he doesn't remember anything about his childhood." Kuroki nodded, and then said: "Then that man abandoned me and my mother... Well, but he also sent me living expenses."

……

So outside of the "official version", what Kuroki saw and what was really going on back then was...

For some reason, Kanzaki Kenji's informant suddenly killed several people from Hikawa Kogyo, and then went to Kanzaki Kenji to discuss the matter.

However, there were other police officers ambushing at the scene...

More importantly, Shiraishi guessed that "Ihara" probably didn't really want to discuss anything with Kanzaki Kenji, but just wanted to entrust his son to him!
As for the last act of raising the gun, it was actually tantamount to suicide, he just wanted to put an end to it all.

Of course, the police were unwilling to make such a thing public, so they described the gun use incident in the "family restaurant" as "the suspects of a violent organization, after killing several people, kidnapped children in a family restaurant and confronted the police."

After this incident, perhaps out of guilt, Kanzaki Kenji not only adopted Ryuichi and treated him as his own son, but also divorced his wife and children, and took the initiative to apply for a transfer. Kuroki also changed his surname to his mother's.

It was when Kuroki saw his father's watch on Kanzaki's wrist that he confirmed his identity. He then went to Nagano Prefecture where Kanzaki Kenji was currently located to question him in person.

Therefore, Kuroki has very complicated feelings towards Ryuichi Kanzaki!

Rationally, he knew very well that everything had nothing to do with Ryuichi and he was the most innocent.

However, emotionally he can't help but feel some resentment towards Ryuichi, so towards his young partner Kanzaki Ryuichi, he has both concern as a younger brother and some scrutiny - his father left him and his mother for this man.

He had previously gone to Nagano and met Kenji Kanzaki after a long time. At that time, Kenji Kanzaki asked him to take good care of this "brother".

"So... who are the 'two people' you just mentioned?" After Bai Shi figured it out in his mind, he brought up the matter.

"It was in a family restaurant. I remember it very clearly... In fact, there was another person at the next table. He should have come with Ihara. When Ihara pulled out his gun, he also wanted to stand up, but Ihara stopped him with a look. After Ihara was shot dead, Kanzaki Kenji should have deliberately let him go...

“And later I investigated some of the things that happened back then. Some of the old members of the Kamurocho violence organization still remember that there has always been a rumor circulating among the violence organizations... Back then, two people broke into the headquarters of [Hiroshima Xingye]!
“It was just that the police had finally given the public an explanation, so they didn’t dig deeper into the matter… In the end, it was just an internal fight among those people.

"Just a few days ago I found out... that person is the current Masumi Arakawa, the leader of the [Arakawa Group]!" Kuroki then explained why he knew there were two people and... why he was investigating the [Arakawa Group].

Bai Shi nodded in understanding...

When he joined the "Team", the "Violent Suppression Ordinance" had just been introduced, so he was very familiar with the attitude of the police... or the East Island Country, towards violent organizations!

Twenty years ago, the police would not have interfered in the internal fights of violent organizations, but...

Since so many people have died and the police even opened fire in a "family restaurant", the public must be given an explanation.

But it's enough to have someone to explain it to...

When Ihara volunteered to take the blame and was shot dead, the police did not continue the investigation. Kuroki recognized Arakawa Masumi at first sight!
After all, the scar on Arakawa's face is still very recognizable, and even after twenty years, it can still be recognized at a glance.

"No wonder, so you want to investigate what happened back then?" Shiraishi felt that Kuroki's explanation was indeed reasonable.

"It can't really be called an investigation... I just want to know what happened back then." Kuroki said with a grudge.

For Kuroki, in this "hijacking case", not only did Ryuichi lose his father, but Kuroki could also be said to have lost his father!
Kuroki still couldn't understand why his father would leave him and his mother for Ryuichi...

So after meeting Masumi Arakawa again, Kuroki began to investigate the matter.

Just now he wanted to take the opportunity to interrogate the "bartender" because he discovered that the bartender had also followed old man Arakawa since the "Ice Cream Development" era!
Arakawa Masumi is not anyone's informant...

However, due to some events that happened that year, Arakawa and Ihara broke into the headquarters of Hikawa Kosan together.

The police were not willing to investigate further into cases of infighting within violent organizations like this. With Ihara taking the blame, Arakawa was not wanted and was not mentioned in the police announcement.

Many years later, Arakawa has now established his own group, Arakawa Group.

"Chief, the bond between police officers and informants... is it really that deep?" Kuroki couldn't help but ask at this time.

Asking Shiraishi about this matter is related to his professional background - although Kuroki has been a police officer for quite some time, only police officers who often deal with violent organizations need to find informants!

"It depends on the person." Based on the existing clues, Shiraishi was unable to understand Kanzaki Kenji's approach.

"Director, this matter... please keep it a secret for me, especially don't let Kanzaki know." Kuroki then asked Shiraishi.

In comparison, Ryuichi Kanzaki, who knew nothing, did not have such complicated thoughts as Kuroki - to him, Kuroki, who was just a partner, suddenly revealed that he was also his father's son. Only then did he know that in addition to his long-deceased mother, his father had been married before.

Although it was quite sudden, I have already accepted it...

Kuroki didn't want to expose this, after all, Kanzaki was also a victim of that incident that year.

"It stands to reason that relatives cannot be in the same department...but since you are not brothers, and you have never met each other before becoming partners, I'd better not know about this for now." Shiraishi said at this time.

The relationship between Kuroki and Kanzaki is indeed difficult to define. Now only Kanzaki himself thinks that he and Kuroki are half-brothers.

in fact……

The two were superficial brothers who had "two different fathers and different mothers" and "didn't know each other at all beforehand."

"Thank you." Kuroki thanked solemnly.

"But you have to promise me one thing... No matter what clues you find in your investigation, you must inform me first." Bai Shi said with a straight face.

He found that Hei Mu was really brave!
Not only did he investigate alone, but he also came to Kamurocho to investigate something as dangerous as the "Desperate Arakawa Group" alone...

"Yes." Hei Mu responded immediately.

"Well, if that fat guy Zeden finds out, just tell him that you are helping me." Bai Shi said directly.

Kuroki showed an embarrassed look at this time and said: "Well... Actually, Director Zeden also knows Kanzaki Kenji, so he knows me too. He wanted to transfer me to Kamuro Police Station before, but I didn't want to go."

Shiraishi:……

"Pay less attention to that fat guy, he is not a good guy!" Bai Shi taught.

"Yes..." Kuroki also agreed, then restarted the car and sent Shiraishi back to the apartment.

……

Shiraishi did not expect that Kuroki's life experience would be accompanied by such a "troublesome" case.

but……

Judging from Akasaka's experience, if the case involving Kuroki is really found to have some hidden story, it will most likely become his [Trial Mission].

As for Kanzaki Ryuichi...

He will be back from training next week, and Bai Shi has high expectations for him!
(End of this chapter)