Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 187: The Beihua Police Department also wants its own little brother Takagi!

Although Suzuki Atsushi's presence in the criminal justice department is not strong, Shiraishi still has an impression of him - he is a typical "average" person in terms of ability and has a "standard" mentality. The only thing worth mentioning is that he has been to college, has better test-taking ability, and may find it easier to get promoted.

But I am just from a non-professional group, so it is not that easy. At most it will be easier for me to pass the promotion exam, not like some old criminal police who cannot even recite the Six Codes!
In terms of personality, Suzuki Atsushi is not only low-key, but also cautious and even a little timid. She is more conservative than the female police officer Makiko.

I didn't expect you to be so brave this time?

"Is Detective Makutaka going?" Shiraishi guessed immediately.

"No, Detective Makita is not on a patrol mission now, he is in the police station. It's...that...Detective Suzuki went to the Kamuro police station to pick up Detective Hakuba, and then he has been outside investigating the case." Kunikida reminded vaguely.

Shiraishi:……

That’s right, after the Kamuro Police Department arrested an underage Hakuba detective who was visiting a nightclub and suspected of seeking Cosplay services last night, Zedden certainly didn’t dare to “contact the parents” directly!
The Kamuro Police Station was tormented until midnight before the Hakuba Tan was finally sent away. For this, under the suggestion of Hakuba Tan, Zeden surrendered to the Beika Police Station. Finally, Kunikida sent a detective to pick up Hakuba Tan, and only then was he willing to leave the Kamuro Police Station!
Detective Hakuba also joined the investigation at the Beika Police Station - after all, apart from Shiraishi, it would be difficult for other police officers to refuse Detective Hakuba's intervention.

The police officer who went to pick up Detective Hakuba and who was "commanded" by Detective Hakuba later was... Suzuki Atsushi!

In other words, it's not that Suzuki Atsushi has become braver, but that he has been completely manipulated by Hakuba Tan...

After understanding the whole story, Bai Shi didn't say much, just nodded and said, "Well, since they are just coming to question me and it's not compulsory, there's no need to make a big deal out of it. Whether it's from the teacher-student relationship or the victim's original itinerary on that day, Gao Jin Ou Zuo is indeed a person of interest in the case, so it's normal for him to be questioned."

When Kunikida heard Shiraishi say this, he nodded and agreed, "Indeed, after all, the deceased's phone showed that he had a phone call with Takatsu Ouzo in the morning."

It was precisely because of this that Kunikida only came to "report" instead of personally bringing them back - if it really violated the rules of the investigation, Kunikida would not care whether you were the son of the Superintendent General...

Of course, Takatsu's explanation for this call record is also very reasonable - Nagai should normally be the recorder for the King's Battle that day, and this was something Takatsu had fought for her. It was normal for the two of them to talk on the phone before the game.

"How much earlier is the expected time of death?" Bai Shi now asked.

"At least five hours!" Kunikida relayed.

"Five hours? I remember the estimated time of death was between noon and three in the afternoon. If it was five hours earlier... huh? Did Detective Suzuki already know the results of UDI's autopsy?" Shiraishi suddenly realized that if this was the case, Takatsu's alibi would be untenable.

According to previous judgment, Gao Jin was in the throne battle during the estimated time of his death. His alibi was very clear. He didn't even go to the toilet...

However, if he arrived five hours in advance, then starting from the earliest seven o'clock, Gao Jin would have more than an hour - when he arrived at the chess club, it was already past nine o'clock!
"No, the message has not been synchronized to Detective Suzuki yet. When they went to inquire just now, the autopsy results were not out yet..." Kunikida's tone was also a little strange.

He was not sure whether it was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse, or whether Bai Ma Tan really had something!
If it is the latter, then we need to re-evaluate Toshio Takatsu's suspicion of committing the crime!
Of course, it was just a little suspicion - the estimated time of death was modified to invalidate Toshio Takatsu's alibi, but during routine investigations and visits, no discord was found between the teacher and the student.

On the contrary, more than one testimony shows that Nagai should have respected Takatsu Oza very much, and Takatsu Oza should have been very supportive of her.

However, if Hakuba was still "single-mindedly suspecting Takatsu Toshiro" without knowing the revised time of death, then he might have grasped some clues that the police have not discovered yet...

"Chief, I'll call Detective Suzuki back first, and then integrate the existing clues." Kunikida did not want Detective Hakuba to get too involved in the case.

Even though he is the son of the Superintendent of Police, he is just a "high school student" after all, and solving cases is not his job!

"Uh-huh?"

Bai Shi was about to nod, but suddenly his expression froze...

[Achieve the "Capability Improvement (Suzuki Atsushi)" achievement - the comprehensive ability rating of subordinates is increased to R, and 1000 achievement points are awarded. ]

[Achieve the "Capability Improvement (Suzuki Atsushi)" achievement - the comprehensive ability rating of subordinates is improved to SR, and 3000 achievement points are awarded. ]

Shiraishi:? ? ?
Previously, Suzuki Atsushi's overall ability was only rated at N level, which was considered very average. He was not even a backbone in the Criminal Division, but now...

Suddenly "jumped" to SR!

Bai Shi was also confused at this time...

Although there have been several cases of N-level being promoted to R-level during this period, after all, there are more than 500 people in the police station, and sometimes people who Shiraishi didn't pay special attention to will be promoted... However, being promoted directly by two levels is obviously not normal!
Especially SR-level ones, there are only a few in the entire police station...

Based on Baishi's observations during this period, the gap between each level of "comprehensive evaluation" is still very large.

You need to have more than one main ability to be promoted to SR in order to be promoted through "comprehensive evaluation". Suzuki Atsushi's previous abilities were all N-level, with only one R-level ability, [Reportage], which was far from SR. So Shiraishi was also wondering at this time - this is not an upgrade in the game, how can it be achieved overnight?

"Director?" Kunikida saw Director Shiraishi's expression suddenly change, and he didn't understand why.

But Bai Shi had changed his tone by then and said, "Wait a minute, I think there will be news soon."

Kunikida didn't have to wonder for too long, as someone knocked on the director's office door, and the voice sounded quite urgent.

"Come in." Bai Shi could tell who it was from the sound of footsteps.

Sure enough, at this time, Makatsu walked in and said uncertainly, "Director, Section Chief... Detective Suzuki just called and said that Takatsu Toshiro has admitted his crime."

Originally, Kunikida should have reported this news to Shiraishi after learning about it, but because Kunikida was not there and the news was too shocking, Makio came over immediately to report...

After receiving the news, Mu Gao was also confused - how come the progress has reached the point of confession?
According to the usual police method of solving cases, they all start with the "motive", unraveling the mystery, sorting out the chain of evidence, and conducting interrogations...

It's rare to solve a case so quickly!
And Bai Shi had just anticipated it...

Kunikida looked at the director in confusion - why did the director seem to have guessed it in advance?
"When Detective Suzuki comes back, ask him to come to my office." Shiraishi didn't say much.

"Yes." Although Kunikida didn't understand why at this time, he still agreed.

……

Soon after calling the Criminal Division, Suzuki Atsushi brought Takatsu back to the police station...

"Suzuki, what's going on? Are you sure Gao Jin Ou Zuo is the murderer? Did you do it yourself?" Yuan asked deliberately teasingly.

"How is this possible! I...this is...um..." Suzuki Atsushi, who has always been honest and reserved, suddenly stammered.

Seeing that he was guilty, Yuan was shocked - No way? Did you really do it? Impossible... This is Suzuki Atsushi!
Kunikida, who was standing by, had already reminded him, "Detective Suzuki, the chief asked you to go find him when you come back." He then looked at the handcuffed suspect and said, "Mr. Takatsu, I need to ask you some questions later."

Gao Jin looked dejected at this time, and nodded woodenly when he heard this.

……

On the other side, Suzuki came to Shiraishi's office and reported to the director - the reason why the case was solved was, of course, because Detective Hakuba was powerful enough!
And the reason why Hakuba Tan noticed Takatsu Toshiro is very simple...

"At the beginning, Hakuba-san was probably just routinely checking out Ms. Nagai's social circle, but... after Hakuba-san asked chess player Takatsu for chocolate, he discovered that his room had actually been heated!" Suzuki explained awkwardly.

Takatsu has the title of "God's Hand", and his personality is highly related to "the chocolate that summons victory". In order to maintain his personality, he has a large amount of chocolate at home, and he often uses chocolate as gifts, which has good meaning.

but……

Bai Ma thus discovered that the chocolate had signs of melting!
It was further inferred that Gao Jin had set up a greenhouse in his room.

As long as the body is discovered in time, the warm and humid storage environment can delay investigators' judgment of the time of death!

In other words, Takatsu had the opportunity to kill Nagai before the game and then dump his body at the scene after the game.

In other words, Nagai should not have seen the murder scene of "Maria Miyamoto". The one who actually witnessed the case was Toshiro Takatsu!
He also picked up the towel used as the murder weapon and deliberately sent a threatening letter to interfere with the investigation. In the morning, he invited Nagai to his home and killed him. Then he set up a greenhouse to delay the time of death. He also created an alibi for himself during the chess game and discarded the warm body after the game...

At this time, Shiraishi focused more on Suzuki Atsushi rather than on Hakuba's reasoning as he described it.

Shiraishi was the first to discover that Suzuki Atsushi's abilities had been updated...

There is basically no change in various abilities, except for one more special ability - [Detective's Pendant (White Horse Detective): When investigating a case, it will attract the attention of White Horse Detective within a certain range and get help. 】

Very good, the Beihua Agency also has its own "Brother Takagi"...

(End of this chapter)