Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 179 Cross-District Investigation
Haneda Hideyoshi was awarded the title of "Meijin" three years ago. Because the name "Hideyoshi" is the same as Taiko "Toyotomi Hideyoshi", he is called "Taiko Meijin".

Although he no longer holds the title of [Celebrity] and is now holding the titles of [Chess King] and [Throne], his exclusive title of "Taiko Celebrity" will naturally not change...

"Can you sign an autograph for me? To [Baima Feima] will do." Director Baima was obviously not just being polite, he actually took out a notebook and wanted to sign it.

Generally speaking, before a chess match, spectators will not disturb the players, but...

This was delivered to your door by the "Taikoku Master" himself!

"Huh? Inspector Ninomiya, you like shogi so much, don't you know the Taiko master?" Shiraishi asked in surprise.

"I...just..." Ninomiya was speechless.

However, Director Hakuba ignored Shiraishi's sarcasm towards Ninomiya. The Metropolitan Police Department is like that, with all kinds of police officers. Director Hakuba is also very clear that there will definitely be flatterers, but if these people are taken away, then among the remaining strong people, there will definitely be flatterers!

Imagine that in a team of 40,000 or 50,000 people, there is not even one flatterer, then...

How much benefit will the first person who learns to flatter get?

As the Chief of Police, what Hakuba needs to do is to reduce the proportion of such people and allow these people to play a role, rather than targeting and investigating specific people, because this is meaningless for the No. 1 in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"So you're the Director General of the Metropolitan Police Department. Excuse me..." Haneda Hideyoshi also exchanged greetings with Hakuba awkwardly, signing his name at the same time...

Haneda Hideyoshi looked at Shiraishi and said, "Sure enough, this must be the red-haired director of Mikado, right? Actually, I'm also your fan, that's why I came here without permission, hahaha..." He looked at Shiraishi with an admiring expression.

Although Shiraishi did not "debut", but...

There are indeed some people who admire him.

Normally, news like "exposing the former Minister of Justice" would not last long in public opinion, because... all parties would not allow this topic to be brought up again and again. However, the news of "Rice Flower Red Hair" is not only easier to spread, but also there is no public opinion control.

Many people read the news about "Rice Flower Red Hair" and then went back to learn that the minister who had been involved in all kinds of "private races" on TV was the one who had his crimes exposed by him!

This also makes the reputation of "Rice Flower Red Hair" even more famous.

Ninomiya saw this and seemed to have found an opportunity. He immediately said sarcastically: "Oh my, Shiraishi Shizheng is really popular. He is worthy of being a hero in the police world."

The chess player that Director Bai Ma admires, he doesn't know the director, but he knows you, Bai Shi, right? Because you are famous, right? He wants to show off, right?
"Well, it shows that the public has sharp eyes." Bai Shi said, and took out the marker from his pocket and asked, "Do you want me to sign for you?"

Ninomiya: …

"Yes!" said Haneda Hideyoshi, and took out a small notebook.

"Director Shiraishi's performance at the aquarium was so romantic and handsome!" Hideyoshi Haneda said sincerely.

Haneda Hideyoshi has always had a chuunibyou syndrome, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly disappeared for three years just because of Yumi's words, and he has been immersed in the fantasy of "I have a girlfriend waiting for me to win the seven championships"...

Of course, after Shiraishi signed, he also asked for three more autographs from Haneda - Shiraishi remembered that many people in the Metropolitan Police Department liked shogi, after all, the director was leading the way!

"My girlfriend also passed the police exam, she..."

Haneda Hideyoshi also mentioned his girlfriend at this time, but before Director Hakuba could become curious, two people who were also wearing haori came over hurriedly.

The two were one middle-aged and one old. The middle-aged man was the current opponent of the "Taikoku Meijin" today, the current [Throne] Takatsu Toshiro, and the old man was today's referee...

"Master Taiko, the recorder Ms. Nagai Tomone, has not arrived yet. Takatsu Oza hopes to wait a little longer. What is your opinion..." the referee then confirmed with Haneda.

Toshio Takatsu, who was standing by, begged, "Nagai has been looking forward to this learning opportunity. Please!" He bowed slightly.

It seems that Nagai, who served as the recorder, should have some relationship with Toshio Takatsu.

Seeing this, Haneda naturally responded in a friendly manner: "Of course."

……

At this moment, there was a sudden noise at the gate of the courtyard.

"This guest, this is really not allowed. Please don't make things difficult for us..."

"I told you, we are police officers!"

"But... this is the Beihua Police Station, right? And you're a patrolman..."

“We have a case…”

"There are no crimes happening here. I understand that you may like shogi very much, but this is really not allowed."

"I'm not here to watch shogi! I'm looking for Nagai Tomoe!"

……

From a distance, one could hear a woman who seemed to be having a conflict with the guard at the door.

And... Shiraishi could directly recognize that it was a female voice... It was Fuji Seiko!

She could even hear Kawai whispering to her, and Fuji seemed very anxious.

Without Bai Shi's help, Director Bai Ma had already walked over curiously when he heard the keyword "police officer"...

It turned out to be Fujiwa Kawai. They were inexplicably handling a case across districts and had even come to Chiyoda... In terms of jurisdiction, this place belongs to the Kojimachi Police Station.

Kojimachi Police Station is also a large-scale police station, and its jurisdiction is to the west of the Imperial Palace, including part of Kasumigaseki, which is where government agencies are located. You can imagine how important it is.

So even though Teng flashed his police ID in front of the guard,...

I don't buy it!
You can see "Rice Flower Office" written on it!

And he is a patrolman, not a criminal policeman at all!

Seeing that Fuji refused to retreat, the mobile team members of the security department who were on guard duty were also alarmed, but...

"What happened?" Bai Ma asked directly when he saw this.

The guard at the chess hall didn't recognize him, but the inspector in charge from the security department was shocked when he saw Bai Ma and said, "Director Bai Ma! This is..." He had just arrived as well, and wanted to explain the situation, but didn't know how to say it.

Fujiya didn't expect to meet Director Baiba here, and even...

"Director Shiraishi!" The moment Teng saw Shiraishi, he immediately felt relieved and didn't even bother to greet Director Bai Ma.

Ninomiya saw this and wanted to stir up trouble, but...

Thinking about Bai Shi's performance just now, he didn't ask for trouble - the other person didn't care at all!

"What's wrong? Why didn't you say hello in advance when you came to our brother police station to investigate a case?" Shiraishi asked lightly.

as if……

It really is just as easy as saying “hello”!
"As expected of the Mika Police Department, the scope of the investigation is so large. Should we go directly into Xiaguan to investigate next time?" Ninomiya started to sound sarcastic again.

"Well, Patrolman Fuji, what's going on? This is Superintendent Shiraba, just talk to him nicely. With Superintendent Shiraba here, your normal investigation will not be hindered." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

White Horse: ???
Bai Ma even suspected that in the future, this guy Bai Shi would really let this female police officer fly under his own banner!
"Director Shiraba, Director Shiraishi, this is the case... This morning, Ms. Nagai Chion came to me for help in a private capacity, saying that she received a threatening letter, which said, "Watch your mouth, or you will end up like Maria Miyamoto."

"But when I questioned her afterwards, Ms. Nagai had no impression of the name 'Maria Miyamoto', so... I treated it as a prank for a while. Who knew that just now, a strangled body was found in Beika Town, and it was confirmed... that it was a hostess named Maria Miyamoto!"

Only then did Fuji reveal why she was in a hurry to find Ms. Nagai Tomonori.

It would be fine if I didn't know who "Maria Miyamoto" was, but...

"And I checked the map and found the body was less than 300 meters away from Ms. Nagai's apartment, which is also the only way to get out of the station!
"Although the murder site is not directly visible from the main road, it is still possible that Ms. Nagai saw it. I couldn't contact Ms. Nagai from the beginning, so I came here."

Judging from the current situation, the person who sent the threatening letter is most likely the murderer!
In this case, Nagai Chion's situation is indeed very dangerous. No wonder Fuji is so anxious.

"Hmm? So it's because you didn't deal with the threatening letter in time that the person who called the police was put in danger..."

Before Ninomiya could finish his words, Shiraishi's hand had already been placed on his shoulder from behind!
After feeling the power, Ninomiya paused.

"For something like a threatening letter, if you don't provide any clues, you can only treat it as a prank. Could it be that Chairman Ninomiya has never participated in the actual search mission?" Shiraishi asked grimly.

"I..." Ninomiya felt that Shiraishi had a bad attitude and suddenly became nervous, but he was not afraid to retort.

But at this moment, Director Bai Ma also said: "That's right, and...it sounds like Ms. Nagai didn't call the police?"

Fuji then said self-reproachfully, "That's right, because... Ms. Nagai really has no clue and knows that she can't file a case, so she just came to consult me... Ms. Nagai was the one-day director of the Rice Flower Agency last year, and we met at that time."

This Nagai Tomoon is quite famous as a female chess player.

"Ou Zuo Gaojin, Ms. Nagai is your student, right?" Director Bai Ma asked Gaojin who followed him.

As a shogi enthusiast, Hakuba knows the master-disciple relationships between these players.

"That's right, but... I couldn't contact Nagai at the beginning. She was looking forward to this learning opportunity as a recorder..." Gao Jin also sounded worried at this time.

Apparently the late recorder was the person involved!

Fuji heard that there was no news about Nagai here, and he became even more anxious, but...

Fuji took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked calmly, "Mr. Takatsu, has Nagai mentioned anything special to you recently?"

"Well... I have no impression. We basically don't talk about things that are not related to shogi." Gao Jin answered calmly.

The referee on the side probably noticed something was wrong and didn't want to affect the mood of the chess player, so he interrupted the questioning...

(End of this chapter)