Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 184 Visit
"Does Maria Miyamoto have any enemies?" Kuroki asked Nana in the police car.

"Is this considered... an interrogation?" Nana was also a little scared at this time - usually with the support of the [Sakaki Group], these hostesses were bolder.

but……

Just now, those "very fierce guys" were "blocked" one by one by Shiraishi alone, and then they were arrested. Now they are all panicked, fearing that they will be really convicted as accomplices.

Of course, in reality, as long as the Sakaki Group or even the Tojo Clan is really alerted and they are allowed to see a lawyer, they will understand that the police can’t do anything to them now.

That's why Kuroki wanted to get the result as soon as possible...

For this purpose, he even went to ask for help from Inspector Takei, whom he had greatly offended before.

Perhaps it was because Takei also took the opportunity to suppress the Sakaki group, so he agreed in a good mood.

"No, it's just my personal inquiry." Kuroki said without pressuring.

However, Nana still understood this as an opportunity to make a contribution, so she continued the topic that had been interrupted before...

“We are not surprised that Maria Miyamoto was killed. After all... she is our gift master!

“Although everyone is squeezing money out of men and no one is noble, Maria Miyamoto is ruthless and skillful when it comes to asking for gifts, and once she has squeezed out all the money, she will turn her back on them quickly, so there are many regular customers who hate her.

"Just a few days ago, there was a customer who lost his temper in the store because Maria had drained him dry and then abandoned him and refused to see him. He even threatened to kill her..."

Nana described Maria Miyamoto's daily work routine.

In short, she is a hostess who is highly capable and "very decisive".

Hearing Nana mention the suspect, Kuroki quickly asked, "Who is he? Do you know him?"

"I do know him. Usually, the guests that Maria no longer sees are the ones we need to appease... That person's name is Zhaijian Sheng, and he should be a construction worker who does heavy work."

This is not surprising, as nightclubs are places that civil engineers like, and this is also a profession that is easy to be "cheated".

Kuroki's eyes lit up and he said, "Takuma Noboru... do you know where he works?"

"I remember one time he was wearing Taro Construction's work clothes." Nana actually knew.

Nana immediately showed some embarrassment, and Kuroki asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"It seems... those people are also looking for him. After all, she is the top star here, but... I'm not sure." Nana said in a low voice.

Kuroki suddenly understood.

No wonder the people from the Sakaki Group resisted the investigation. Kuroki had originally suspected that Maria's death was related to them. Now it seems...

Quite the opposite!
They wanted to avenge Maria in their own way.

For a militant and violent organization like the Sakaki Group, when their top star was killed, they don't even want the police to solve the case, but instead hope to take revenge on their own!

Especially if you do it in a bloody way and let people know, so that you can establish your own prestige...

When Kuroki heard this, he immediately realized that Zhaijian Sheng must be in danger.

Seeing that Nana had nothing else to say, Kuroki quickly called the police team who were driving and let him and Kanzaki get off.

The two of them rushed back to the police station and immediately shared the new clues with everyone - Taro Construction's Noboru Takuma was a suspect and was also in danger!

……

The Criminal Division of Beihua Police Department has obtained important clues and has a reliable direction for investigation. At the same time, the Kamuro Police Department's Countermeasures Division has also "captured" the underage Coser Hakuba Tan who frequents nightclubs. Everyone has a bright future...

Shiraishi made up his mind that he would praise Kamuro Agency at the monthly meeting of directors next week.

After receiving the news, Zeden didn't care about what happened to the Sakaki Group, and ran back to Kamuro Police Station in high spirits...

After opening up the channel for obtaining clues, Bai Shi did not continue to directly intervene in the case - what Director Bai Ma said was not without reason.

Director Bai Ma taught Bai Shi the whole day today, and Bai Shi also reciprocated by teaching Director Bai Ma what it means to be evil in human nature.

...Shiraishi endured the whole Saturday. As long as the Criminal Investigation Department did not contact him, he would rest as usual. Even when he was observing the arrest training, he would never say much. If there were any interim results in the case, they would naturally report to Shiraishi. If there was anything that the Criminal Investigation Department could not objectively solve, they would naturally ask for help.

Before Monday, Shiraishi received a report from Kunikida while he was resting on Sunday - Takuma Noboru had been arrested!

Or……

Noboru Zhaima has been "rescued".

It wasn't easy for the Beihua Agency to find him. Sure enough, on Friday, the day after Maria Miyamoto's death, he didn't go to work at all, and the company couldn't contact him either...

It was during the interrogation by the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Investigation Division that a clue was obtained from a small fry of the Sakaki Group - that the group had arrested someone on Friday at noon.

Thanks to the joint operation between the Beika Police Department and the police officers from the Group Special Department, they were able to find the imprisoned Takuma Noboru in a warehouse in Kamurocho!
When Zhaijian Sheng was rescued, he was beaten all over. If he had not "alerted the enemy" and arrested a large number of members in the nightclub before, he would probably have been sunk to Dongdu Bay.

That’s why Kunikida reported to Shiraishi. If the suspect was arrested normally, Kunikida would wait until Director Shiraishi went to work on Monday before reporting. But now…

Whether due to the seriousness of the situation or out of favors from the team's counterpart, Kunikida immediately reported the matter to Shiraishi.

For this reason, Shiraishi also has an additional public relations task on Sundays - to go back to her "hometown".

Although the Group Countermeasures Department directly cooperated with the actions of the Beika Agency, and Shiraishi would not have known about this if Kunikida had not informed him, Shiraishi could not pretend not to see this favor.

especially……

This time, it was not Shiraishi's "mother's home" Team 3, but Team 5, that gave the Beika Police Department's Criminal Division the opportunity to cooperate in the operation.

In the "Organized Crime Countermeasures Department" which was established five years ago, Sections 1 and 2 are responsible for investigating international criminal gangs, Sections 3 and 4 are reorganized from the former Organized Crime Countermeasures Department of the Criminal Department, and Section 5 is the Illegal Gun Management Department under the former Life Safety Department...

Five years ago, these departments were separated and reorganized into a special "Organized Crime Countermeasures Department", and their functions basically remain the same.

This time, because one of the arrested members of the Sakaki Group pulled out a gun, Section 5 conducted a forced search of multiple locations under the name of the Sakaki Group.

After Kunikida learned about it, he went to ask Section Chief Genma of Team Countermeasures Section 5, hoping that he could bring the detectives from the Beika Police Station with him during the operation... and that's how he "incidentally" found Takuma Noboru!
If it’s any later, I’m afraid the case will be closed as “the suspect is dead”.

Kunikida reported to Shiraishi on his day off for this very reason...

On Sunday, Shiraishi went to the Metropolitan Police Department to visit Section 5 Chief Genma.

Although the office area of ​​the group department is full of evil faces, Bai Shi has long been accustomed to it.

When he arrived at the office of Section 5, Shiraishi found that there were quite a few people there - the detectives were actually rarely in their offices and spent most of their time running around outside.

However, now that a lot of people from the Sakaki Group have just been captured, they are being interrogated overtime.

When they saw Shiraishi coming in, everyone in Section 5 was familiar with him. After all, although they were not in the same section before, they were still colleagues in the same department. Everyone was busy and didn't bother to be polite or greet him. Shiraishi went straight to Genma's office...

Yuan Ma is already a middle-aged uncle. Although he has a round face, he has a buzz cut and a beard, which makes him look like he is trying to correct the "kindness" brought by his round face. Coupled with his fierce eyes, he looks like someone who is not easy to mess with at first glance!
Apart from the fact that he has no tattoos, he is basically indistinguishable from the cadres of a violent organization. If he wears the tattoo of the Tojo Clan and goes out to Kamurocho, he will most likely be mistaken by the gangsters as a senior from some group.

"Section Chief Genma, it's been a long time since we last met. You really helped a lot in the search yesterday... By the way, I happened to go to watch the King's Battle a few days ago and met the Taiko Master. I remember that your father-in-law likes shogi, right?" Shiraishi presented Haneda Hideyoshi's autograph as a token of his appreciation.

Genma's mind is full of "mediation and fighting against violent organizations" and he is not interested in shogi, but his wife's family is from a scholarly family.

Yuan Ma took it, but revealed a look of regret: "I wonder if he is willing to accept it..."

"He will receive it sooner or later. Even if he doesn't receive the signature of 'Taikoku Meijin', maybe he can increase the value to the signature of 'Seven Crown King' in the future." Shiraishi advised.

Shiraishi also knew what Genma meant - four years ago, Genma's wife was pregnant, so he could be considered to have a child in his old age...but he was retaliated by a violent group of militant organizations. One of the gang members was a gangster who maliciously followed and threatened his wife, causing her to fall and have a miscarriage. Although he survived, he was heartbroken and chose to divorce.

For the sake of his wife's family's peace, Section Chief Genma also agreed to the divorce, but these years...

Firstly, it was to seek forgiveness, and secondly, because the "violent discharge" had begun to show results and the overall environment had improved a lot, he also hoped to remarry his wife, but his wife's family still had some grudges.

Afterwards, Shiraishi forced Section Chief Genma and Section Chief Kakuta from Section 4 to go out for a quick meal together - it was not that Shiraishi was stingy, but Sections 4 and 5 were very busy in the past two days, and the two section chiefs were both on-the-frontline commanders, so they didn't have much time.

As for Shiraishi's theoretical "old boss", the head of Section 3, Shiraishi is actually the least familiar with him. Firstly, the head of Section 3 was just transferred from another department not long ago and rarely does frontline work. Secondly...

Shiraishi has always been directly under the orders of Chief Odagiri. As the front-line commander of Section 3, he has a very good relationship with the leaders at all levels, so it is naturally difficult for him to get close to his direct superiors. On the contrary, he is closer to the heads of Sections 4 and 5, and has more work contacts with them...

(End of this chapter)