Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 156 Important things
Shiraishi heard that Takegami Sadajiro, a pervert, ate his own fingers while in detention, and he was curious about how the court sentenced him to death. Usually, at this time, the lawyer would apply for a mental evaluation, and once it was proved that he was unconscious at the time of the crime, he would be acquitted...

The case of Takegami, from its detection to its trial, had nothing to do with "group matching", so Bai Shi didn't know the details.

However, Jing Qi explained with a tone of resentment and a little satisfaction, "This is all thanks to that bastard... He had already had cancer at the time and had no will to live. Although the lawyer who assisted him applied for a mental evaluation, but... during the evaluation, he suddenly attacked the psychiatrist. If the police hadn't rushed in quickly, the doctor in charge of the evaluation would have been bitten to death by him!

"Although the lawyer still insisted that he was mentally ill, because he provoked the judge in court, and...the fiancée of the fourth victim, Goto Hideki, accused him in front of the media, "If the death penalty cannot be imposed, I will kill him myself"...

"So in the end, under pressure from public opinion, the judge did not accept the insanity argument and sentenced him to death. Minister Inukai, who happened to be in power at the time, also immediately signed the death warrant."

After hearing Jingqi say this, Bai Shi finally understood.

Because the guy attacked the psychiatrist and did not get any detailed mental evaluation results, and he did not want to live at all, the judge did not accept the lawyer's argument...

Moreover, the victim's family stirred up public opinion, which led to the judge's final death sentence. Inukai immediately seized the opportunity and signed the contract immediately!
For these "ministers", being right or wrong is far less important than their approval rating.

Nowadays, the "abolition of death penalty faction" is very popular both in the legal community and among the people. Although they have not yet been able to push East Island to formally abolish the death penalty, the death penalty rate has dropped significantly. As the last line of defense, the "Minister of Justice" will not sign any death penalty warrants during his term of office in order to avoid negative impact on his reputation!

but……

If signing a death warrant could actually earn him a higher approval rating, then of course he would choose to sign it - this was the case when Inukai chose to satisfy public opinion and signed Takegami Sadajiro's death warrant.

At the same time, Bai Shi looked at the expression of Manager Jingqi and seemed to have thought of something, but... after moving his lips, he did not open his mouth to confirm with him.

Shiraishi suspected that this action by the victim's family was most likely "instructed" by Jingqi's management officer.

Everyone, including Kunikida, knew that the daughter of Manager Kujira was shot to death in a vicious case many years ago, and the murderer has not been brought to justice yet.

Therefore, Manager Jingqi is full of hatred for the murderer, and naturally has strong empathy for the victim's family.

Three years ago, he was in charge of the Zhu Shen case, and of course he had some contact with the victim's family...

"Okay! Your doubts should have been resolved. Now be prepared to cooperate in setting up a special investigation headquarters!" Jing Qi didn't say anything else. He just took away the confidential USB flash drive and left.

Jingqi just came to say hello first. After all, Uno Tadayoshi also knew Shiraishi's temper.

If it were the chief of another large-scale police station, even if he had a high police rank, he would keep a low profile when people from the headquarters came to set up the investigation headquarters. Even if the chief himself had a high status, he would ask his criminal department to fully cooperate.

but……

Shiraishi won't accept that people from the head office are here to order him around!
If a person does not care about his future at all, and even does not get assassinated, then he will be in a state of strength without desire...

What's more, the criminal director of the head office is also Shiraishi's old boss, and they are not in an antagonistic relationship.

Even if Shiraishi and Jingqi had acted in a cowardly manner just now, Counselor Uno would have accepted it - at worst he could have set up a "Special Investigation Headquarters" in the next-door agency and let the "Rice Flower Agency" investigate on its own.

However, Shiraishi was not that difficult to talk to. When he realized the urgency of the case, he immediately cooperated.

Shiraishi later instructed Kunikida to prepare candidates to join the "Special Investigation Headquarters"...

The work at the police station is very complicated. Even in the criminal justice department, most departments have no experience in such serious cases. The people they deal with most are petty thieves and drunkards.

Moreover, the Criminal Division of the Beihua Police Station is not like the Investigation Division 1, which can concentrate most of its energy on handling a case. After all, the "Investigation Division 1" does not have to deal with small cases and can throw them all to the police station. No matter how much overtime the criminal police in the police station work, at least 60% of them cannot be moved, otherwise there will be no one to deal with the miscellaneous cases in the jurisdiction.

This was Shiraishi's first time "cooperating with the establishment of an investigation headquarters." Fortunately, many of the veterans in the agency were very experienced in this regard.

Shiraishi first went to see Director Ebihara, ready to ask what he, as the director, should do during this period...

When I arrived at Ebihara's office, I found that Section Chief Maruio and Deputy Director Arikawa were also there, and they seemed to be discussing matters related to the "Special Investigation Headquarters."

"Director Shiraishi has arrived at the right time... Come on, you are still responsible for this!" Ebihara said in a tone of "there is something important".

Seeing this, Shiraishi immediately asked, "What's going on? Is it about setting up a special investigation headquarters?"

"That's right, now is the most critical step..."

Ebihara had a serious expression, but when Akihabara and Maruo turned around and made way for the table, Shiraishi saw... a long horizontal strip of rice paper spread out on the table, with some prepared pens and ink beside it!

"How do you think Chief Shiraishi's calligraphy is? If possible, you can write it this time. If not, I can do it for you again... But you need to practice more. Every time an investigation headquarters is set up, it is best for the chief to write it himself. This is also an opportunity to show the spirit of the police station!" Ebihara said seriously.

Anyway, for an ordinary director like him, naming and writing the "Investigation Headquarters" and speaking on behalf of the police station at the meeting to establish the Investigation Headquarters are already the "three most critical things" in cooperating with the operations of the Investigation Headquarters.

As for the actual search...

It has nothing to do with the Director!
Of course, in addition to the actual search, the Director has one most important thing to do.

Naming, proposing characters, giving speeches... these are the duties that should be performed "to the public", and for the director himself, the most important thing is to establish a good relationship with the person in charge from the head office.

The "Administrative Officer" is already at the same level as the Chief of a small police station, and the "Councilor" is even at the same level as the Chief of a large police station, and they have more room for development...

The chief of a local police station is already far away from the promotion channel. If he wants to be promoted, he must work extra "hard" and seize every "opportunity". However, Ebihara, who is about to retire, does not have such distracting thoughts.

"As for the name, we also need Director Shiraishi to make the decision," Ebihara reminded.

Maruwa suggested first: "This happened in Beika Town. In order to show that it is in our jurisdiction, we can add the Teitan Shrine where the crime occurred... How about 'Teitan Shrine Murder Case Special Investigation Headquarters'?"

"The victim is a former detective, so he is also a member of our police force. We can emphasize that he is a [colleague]...'Special Investigation Headquarters for the Murder of the Former Detective of Teitan Shrine'?" Abikawa also put forward his opinion.

"After all, it was established under the leadership of the counselor. I think it would be better to add [Uno] as well and call it the 'Special Investigation Headquarters for the Murder of the Former Detective at Teitan Shrine, Commander-in-Chief Uno'..." Ebihara said solemnly.

Shiraishi:……

So, from the director's perspective, is this what it felt like when the "Special Investigation Headquarters" was established?

"Well, calligraphy... I know a little bit, but it's better not to write something that long, as I can't fit it all in." Bai Shi said, and walked straight forward to pick up the calligraphy brush.

Bai Shi does know a little about calligraphy, but his level is not high... just Lv5!

There was no special reason. I just studied half-heartedly when I was in school in order to get bonus points, and I "pushed" them up - Bai Shi invested points in "brush calligraphy", but overall, I gained more points from this.

Shiraishi was seen holding a large brush in the same position as an ordinary writing brush, and wrote down "Mika Agency - Investigation Section 1 Special Investigation Headquarters" in vigorous and powerful strokes.

In order not to cause panic, Shiraishi certainly would not write words like "bamboo god" or "ghost" on it, nor did he emphasize the "Teitan Shrine". He just... emphasized the "Rice Flower Department" and even wrote it specifically in front of the "Investigation Section 1".

"Hmm..." Ebihara looked at Shiraishi writing the word with approval, then nodded and said, "Not bad, this is better than when I was young!"

Shiraishi:……

As for putting the "Rice Flower Agency" above the "First Investigation Division", Ebihara no longer cares about it - he will retire at the end of this month, which is also a kind of strength without desire.

He just commented on Bai Shi's calligraphy impartially...

Among young people, especially police officers, he is certainly at a top level. However, among "directors" and "police bureaucrats", he can only be said to be average.

"As the host, you will have to say a few words at the headquarters establishment meeting later this afternoon. Take this opportunity to write a simple draft... Don't take more than ten minutes. You can ask the writers in the Police Affairs Section to write it." Ebihara told Shiraishi everything that needed to be done.

"No need, Section Chief Marubi, you must be busy with other things, right?" Shiraishi shook his head.

"Don't worry, Chief. Our police department will take care of the pick-up and drop-off, refreshments, and on-site arrangements..." Yuanwei said proudly.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi looked at her with a very trusting look and nodded - although he didn't like formalism, Bai Shi knew that this was inevitable.

But before she left, Shiraishi specifically reminded her: "By the way... Section Chief Maruwei, don't assign these tasks to the Criminal Division for now."

Although it is normal for detectives in the police station to serve tea and water and greet guests at the "Investigation Headquarters", Shiraishi is ready to intervene in the case with all his strength, so he naturally does not want to waste the criminal police force in this regard...

(End of this chapter)