Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 131: Turning against guests
Monday, April 11th.

The fourteen-day forensic training organized by the Metropolitan Police Department has ended, and Kanzaki, Kenmochi and others returned to work today.

Bai Shi specially met with them and asked about their training situation, mainly to see their attributes...

The result satisfied Shiraishi very much!

Although the overall rating has not increased, Kanzaki's [Inspection] and Kenmochi's [Identification] have both been upgraded to SR - it seems that at present, two main skills need to be SR in order for the overall rating to be upgraded to SR.

"Well, that's good. I hope you can apply what you have learned to your actual work in the future!"

After Bai Shi encouraged them for a few words, he let them return to their posts.

Kuroki officially returned from vacation this week, and the Criminal Division was running smoothly as usual. On the surface, there were no major cases, but...

The investment in the "Naoki Tani Injury Case" behind the scenes was a bit too much, and even the police officers from the Third Department of the Criminal Division frequently went to Toriya Town!
For this reason, Bai Shi has scheduled another "public relations" task for himself in his work schedule today.

At noon, Shiraishi invited Director Sano to have lunch at a private restaurant in Toriya Town.

Shinichiro Sano, the director of Toriya Police Station, the least prestigious director in the 11th Division Headquarters, and the only director in the entire Eastern Capital who came from the "non-professional group"...

Deputy Director Murasakibara of the Beika Police Station is also in the "non-professional group" and has the same rank as Sano. However, he is a "deputy director" after all, and is usually in charge of training. It is obvious that he is only assigned the position of superintendent of police, while Sano is the real deal and is "entrusted with important tasks."

This is already the ceiling for the "non-professional group". According to police regulations, the "non-professional group" can only be promoted to the level of "superintendent of police".

and……

Even at this point, Shinichiro Sano has always been an object of exclusion among the directors of the "professional group" and "semi-professional group".

Even though the others also have little room for promotion, it doesn't stop them from looking down on Sano.

In the eleventh aspect headquarters, Toriya Town has always been known as "Toriya, Toriya, no birds shit". It itself is a small area "isolated overseas" in Toudou. It was enclosed as the area of ​​Toudou expanded. There are two bridges connecting it to the land.

Toriya Town itself has only about 30,000 residents, and Toriya Police Station has only about 50 police officers.

However, there is a university, namely, Higashima Medical University, where the "Ono Miki case" occurred eighteen years ago.

It was only after Shiraishi asked around that he discovered this private restaurant, which is unknown to most people.

……

In the private room, Shiraishi seemed to be complaining on behalf of Sano: "Director Sano has been really hard-working recently. Those guys in the prosecutor's office have been through a lot, right?"

"As it should be. The case back then... did have many doubts, but unfortunately there are no clues now." Sano smiled awkwardly - wasn't the retrial due to your "credit"?

Of course, Sano didn't want to offend anyone at this time...

After all, he couldn't afford to offend even Bai Shi!
After serving as director for several years, he was no longer the passionate detective he once was. After standing at a height that he once thought was the "peak", he felt more deeply the invisible barriers.

At this time, facing Bai Shi, he also appeared cautious. On the one hand, he agreed with Bai Shi, and on the other hand, he did not dare to say anything bad about the Procuratorate.

"A recent case in our police station also involved the Medical University in Toriya Town..." Shiraishi said in an embarrassed tone.

Upon hearing this, Sano said evasively, "Is that so... Then I'm afraid we here at Toriya Police Station won't be able to provide much cooperation, after all, the Special Investigation Headquarters is located at Toriya Police Station."

"That's fine. Let the police officers in our station investigate it themselves." Bai Shi said with a wave of his hand.

"Well, sorry I can't be of much help." Sano nodded quickly.

Shiraishi didn't originally want him to help, he just hinted to Sano not to interfere when the time comes!

Sano also got the idea and immediately said that he didn't have time to care about these things.

The two quickly reached a consensus on this matter.

Afterwards, Shiraishi chatted with him and also tried to find out his thoughts on the eleventh department...

Usually, Sano is the "punching bag" of the 11th Department Headquarters. In comparison, Shiraishi treats him the best.

However, Shiraishi soon discovered that Sano was basically "lying down" and had no interest in Shiraishi's attempts to win him over...so Shiraishi tactfully changed the subject!
After all, it makes sense to think about it. No matter how much Shiraishi is idle or given a red card, it cannot change the fact that he is in the "professional group" and he is not without the opportunity to stand up in the future.

As a "non-professional", Sano not only has no room for promotion in theory, but he has also discovered that he is already an "outlier" in this class.

There is no road ahead anyway, so why bother forming gangs?
……

After Shiraishi's "public relations" with Sano, I think Sano would also explain to the police officers in the police station - in this way, it would ensure that the police officers from the Beika Police Station would at least not be disliked by the police officers of the local police station when they appeared in Toriya Town, which would then lead to conflicts.

But after returning to the Mika Agency in the afternoon, Bai Shi first heard some bad news...

"Director, the lawyer hired by Mitsugu is here and asked us to provide evidence of the case. They... seem to be preparing to sue Tani Shigeru Naoki. Section Chief Kunikida is receiving him." Maruwei reported at this time.

"What? Sanzhi's lawyer?" Shiraishi was also stunned when he heard that.

He originally thought that Sanzhi Naohiko should be keeping a low profile and not show his face...

Although Naohiko Saegusa was beaten, it was Naoki Tani who was injured, and the superficial injuries on Saegusa did not constitute a criminal offense. Therefore, if negotiations fail, he will have to file a civil lawsuit himself.

Shiraishi immediately shook his head and said, "Then it depends on how Section Chief Kunikida handles it... At worst, we can go to court. Anyway, the Tani Shigeru siblings have already hired a lawyer. If the other party insists on suing, we can notify the Tani Shigeru siblings."

Kunikida would not violate the rules by not giving them proof of the case, but...

We are still trying hard and will have the final negotiation tomorrow morning. If it still doesn't work, we will go to court!
The next day, Naohiko Saegusa and Naoki Tani's agent Aiko, as well as the defense lawyers for both sides, came to the Beika Police Station.

Hisahiko Saegusa was still about half an hour late...

After arriving at the conference room, Sanzhi Naohiko deliberately said: "I'm sorry, the prosecution asked me to re-record my testimony, so it took a while."

"Re-record your testimony?" Hibiki Eri frowned instinctively.

"Hehe, it has nothing to do with the case in which I'm being hurt now." Sanzhi smiled slightly at this time, deliberately provoking Kisaki Eri and Tani Shigeko.

"Okay, now that both parties are here, let's..." Kunikida personally presided over the negotiations.

However, at this moment, Mitsugi's lawyer, Yukio Namakura, interrupted and said, "Chief Kunikida, right? My client and I do not agree with your agency's previous judgment on general minor injury cases.

"Mr. Saegusa later recalled that when the suspect, Naoki Tani, was beating him, he accused Mr. Saegusa of killing his father!

"Of course, this is completely wishful thinking on the part of Mr. Tani Shigeru Naoki. My client has never been prosecuted before. However, since Mr. Tani Shigeru Naoki acted with this in mind, I have reason to suspect that his purpose is actually to kill people!
"It's just that my client was lucky. He tripped over the chain, hit his head and passed out... Maybe that's just his luck, right? At least this way, he doesn't have to become a murderer. But this case is undoubtedly attempted murder!"

Previously, Saegusa insisted that he did not hear what Naoki Shigeru said when he was beating people, and he looked like he wanted to settle the case immediately. However, now that he has switched to the strategy of "turning the tables", he has become more proactive in tactics!

"No! My brother didn't want it at all..." Upon hearing this, Tani Fan Aiko hurriedly tried to explain.

However, Hibiki Eri, who was standing beside her, held her hand on the table to stop her, and then said calmly: "Lawyer Ikura, I hope you understand that from the beginning to the end, Mr. Tani Shigeru Naoki did not take out any weapons he had prepared in advance, and he was sent to the hospital after the police arrived, and he did not have any weapons in his belongings."

"Naoki Tani is a young man in his twenties, while my client is just an old man in poor health. If he really wants to kill, he doesn't need any weapons... And Lawyer Hime thinks that if the other party determines that my client is the murderer of his father, will they just want to beat him up and be done with it?" Ikura said slowly.

"The law does not look at assumptions, but at evidence," said Hibiki Eri as a matter of course.

"Hmm? Lawyer Fei, are you sure you want to go to court with this excuse? Then we'll see you in court. I will apply to the prosecutor's office for intervention." Ikura spread his hands.

Fei Yingli:......

Eri Kisaki also understood that Ikura was "asking for an exorbitant price" and waiting for her to "pay back" so that she could take the initiative. After all, no matter how much the Prosecutor's Office wanted to preserve Saegusa's testimony in Ono Miki's case, it would not rashly prosecute Naoki Tani for "attempted murder"!
The 99.9% prosecution success rate not only means that the prosecutor will "try every possible means" to obtain evidence in their favor after filing a prosecution, but also means that...if they are not absolutely sure, they will not file a prosecution.

There is no such thing as private criminal prosecution in East Island Country. Generally speaking, whether to prosecute a criminal offense is entirely decided by the Procuratorate.

However, no matter whether the procuratorate intervenes or prosecutes in the end, even in civil lawsuits regarding compensation for injuries, one must prove that one's subjective malice is not great, and in the end one will inevitably have to prove that one has no intention to kill!
The current settlement condition of Ikura Yukio is no longer "how much compensation to pay", but...

They want Naoki Tani and Aiko Tani to admit that they never suspected that Hisahiko Saegusa killed their father.

At this moment, Sanzhi deliberately looked at Kisaki Eri and said, "By the way, beautiful lawyer, you are not waiting for the evidence you submitted about my 'slip of the tongue' eighteen years ago to be accepted, right?"

(End of this chapter)