Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 188 White Horse: ...

"Detective Bai Ma just deduced a possibility...so he pleads guilty?" Bai Shi asked puzzledly.

That's right, Bai Ma speculated that the greenhouse would have an impact on the prediction of the time of death based on the fact that the chocolate had once melted. However, this was just Bai Ma's speculation and there was no evidence.

"Hakuba-san asked me to... um... borrow the scattered bracelets of the deceased and deliberately left a small pearl at Mr. Takatsu's house, where he noticed it... and then, as expected, Mr. Takatsu hurriedly wanted to throw away the pearl after we left, so we blocked him..." Suzuki said this with a guilty conscience.

Not only was his method of solving the case somewhat crude, but he also secretly used a piece of evidence - several pearls were found where the body was found, and it turned out that the deceased's bracelet was broken!

After Bai Ma was basically certain that Gao Jin was the murderer and all he needed was evidence to prove it, he "tricked" him in a very detective way!
He secretly threw a pearl where Takatsu could see it, and then asked Suzuki to show Takatsu a photo of the evidence, saying that it was found next to the deceased's body, and asked him if he had any impression of it.

Gao Jin pretended not to know at first - when he was killing Nagai, the two of them were tangled up in the struggle and broke his weapon, but he had already cleaned it up and thrown it around the scene of the body dumping...

But then he saw that there was another one in the crack of the floor!
When Hakuba and Suzuki noticed that Takatsu's face had changed drastically, they knew that he had fallen into the trap, so they just pretended nothing had happened and said goodbye, and then hid around Takatsu's house...

When Gao Jin felt guilty and wanted to go out to destroy the evidence, the two men caught him red-handed.

Although it is not direct evidence, after all, Bai Ma hid this thing in his house when he was not paying attention, and it was not really found in his house, but... the fact that he was in a hurry to discard the evidence undoubtedly revealed a lot.

It is clear that Takatsu Toshiro is not the type who wants to "pick on details" to get away with the crime. For him, reputation is more important than anything else. Now that he has been discovered, he is not going to deny it anymore and simply pleads guilty...

After all, if the police apply for a "search warrant", they might discover more!

Gao Jin's motive for committing the crime was also related to this - Nagai discovered that Gao Jin was using AI to cheat...

The so-called "chocolate that summons victory" and "meditator on the throne" are just excuses. Gao Jin used the long time of thinking to use the mobile phone hidden in the bathroom, connected to his computer, and ran AI to calculate the chess game.

What "God's hand" is nothing but the hand of AI...

After discovering this, Nagai wanted to persuade Mr. Takatsu to admit his mistake, but it was too late for Takatsu to turn back.

In the interrogation room, Gao Jin also confessed his motives and process to Fuji: "I finally became a professional chess player and a titled chess player in my thirties...but soon my brain power began to decline and was constantly surpassed by young people. There was no other way. If I didn't want to retire, I could only rely on the power of technology.

"Nagai is too naive... Admit your mistakes? How can I do that now? That night, I wanted to talk to her one last time, but on the way... I witnessed the murder!
"That big guy ran away in fear after killing someone, so I took the murder weapon, the towel, and made the threatening letter. I also told Nagai that I would admit my mistake in the challenge match and made an appointment with her at home in advance... Well, you should understand what happened next."

Fuji was very indignant at this time. She had also investigated Nagai's social circle before, so she understood that Nagai was a very pure and idealistic chess player, otherwise he would not have urged his teacher to repent.

However, this brought her own fatal disaster!
……

Shiraishi was in the office and also listened to Suzuki's talk about Takatsu's confession.

To this, Shiraishi can only say...

Stupid humans!
What a terrible coincidence!
If Gao Jin's desire for fame and fortune was not so twisted, he would not have such thoughts. If he had not just witnessed the scene where Takuma Noboru killed Miyamoto Maria, he would not have been so bold...

but……

Bai Shi, who had seen many such "stupid humans", just sighed in his heart, shook his head, and asked: "Where is Bai Ma? Why didn't he personally send the prisoner here?"

"Oh! By the way, Hakuba-san specifically told me... that he only needs to tell you, the director, about the case he solved. What do you think..." Suzuki Atsushi said, sounding a little embarrassed.

The reason why he was hesitant when facing other police officers before was because of this - Bai Batan didn't let him tell anyone!

When Bai Shi heard this, he immediately understood what Bai Ma Tan meant, so he nodded and said, "Well, then don't say anything."

That's right, Detective Hakuba has already hidden his identity and fame - although detectives of this age all desire fame, but... Detective Hakuba had talked to Shiraishi before, and understood that if he was too prominent in the Beihua Agency, he would probably be "banned" by Shiraishi.

Compared to becoming famous, Baiba hopes to have more opportunities to participate in the investigation, so he specifically asked Suzuki not to tell the details to anyone other than Shiraishi.

"Director, this time I secretly took the evidence and shared the investigation information with other people..." Suzuki was timid at this time, but still said it.

"After all, this is to solve the case...you should be careful about what you do." Bai Shi interrupted directly.

Suzuki now has a "stunt", and Hakuba also understands Shiraishi's concerns, so...

Can't waste it!

Of course, Shiraishi would not explicitly tell Suzuki Atsushi that "you can ask Hakuba for help in the future", otherwise it would be of a completely different nature - can it be the same if a small police officer occasionally has small moves with the detective and the chief orders him to cooperate with the detective?

Shiraishi also knew that "special skills" all had some connotations of supernatural powers, but... Shiraishi was not clear about how the [Detective's Pendant (Hakuba Detective)] actually worked.

Judging from the introduction, it is necessary to be "within a certain range" to "attract the White Horse Detective". It is impossible that when Suzuki is on a business trip to other cities, the White Horse Detective will be attracted all the way there...

How exactly "attraction" will be expressed and what its exact "scope" is are still to be confirmed.

"But..." Suzuki obviously didn't understand what Shiraishi meant, and was still confused.

"Well done, you are the main contributor to solving this case!" Bai Shi has already started playing dumb.

"Eh? I..."

"Write the report more beautifully!" Bai Shi interrupted directly.

No matter how confused Suzuki was, he knew that the director didn't want to talk about it any further, so he had to leave the office.

At this time, Shiraishi thought about it for a moment, and then did not call Maru to arrange a press conference. Instead, he used his personal mobile phone to call Yayoi Aida!

"It's me, Shiraishi."

"How come the Director has time to call me? Is there some big news?"

"Of course...Did you know Der Spiegel?"

"Mingjing? How could such a low-class guy be worthy of your attention? But I don't want to criticize my colleagues for no reason... Although I don't really want to admit that he is a colleague either."

Yayoi Aida immediately understood that Shiraishi must be suffering from "tabloid harassment". With her cell phone tucked under her shoulder, she searched the news on her computer and saw the "gossip" about the Nagai case. Compared with the previous incidents at the Beika Agency, this one was not that large in scale because... there were too many speculations and the mainstream media did not actively follow up!

It is obvious that someone is using the Spiegel Daily to make things difficult for Shiraishi, but there is no concrete evidence.

Although Mingjing Daily is not a mainstream media, it has many fans online because of its good headlines and the gimmick of "daring to report".

If you continue to be harassed by it, it may lead to greater public opinion.

However, Aida only reminded Shiraishi indirectly. She was not the publicity department of the Metropolitan Police Department, so there was no reason for her to be so active in refuting the rumors - unless Shiraishi was willing to provide "behind-the-scenes information", she would know nothing, so wouldn't it just lead to a big quarrel?

"I've told you there's big news. Nagai's case has basically been solved. Only the report is still being sorted out. The criminal is being held in the police station... You are the first non-involved person to know the news." Shiraishi certainly understood what Aida meant.

Since the case has been solved and has nothing to do with the Maria Miyamoto case, and even the threatening letter itself is a smokescreen, then Shiraishi is not going to refute the rumors at the press conference with the Mirror tabloid...

Otherwise, wouldn't that be over-exalting him?
It would be best if the Mihua Agency could not respond to him directly...

Shiraishi plans to find another media outlet to report part of the truth first.

Otherwise, if the Mihua Agency has debunked the rumor this time, will he make it up again next time and I will continue to debunk it?
It is better to take the initiative...

If Observer Weekly reports this, it can say more things that the police are not convenient to say!

For example, "suspected of being maliciously slandered", "some media took money to do things", "someone maliciously interfered with the case, fortunately the police station was not affected by it" - these are words without solid basis, and if the police station says them, they will definitely be bitten back, but if they attack each other at the media level, then it's the same thing and no one can blame anyone else.

In order to get Yayoi Aida to help with the "argument", Shiraishi of course had to provide news content - exclusive news and first-hand information about the Nagai case, which was the reward this time!
"It's such an honor! I'll go to the rice flower office right now..." Aida immediately agreed.

Since we have "exclusive news" to report, and we can have something to say when we quarrel, then...

I'm just criticizing my colleagues, and I have no psychological burden at all!
People in this industry are not afraid of offending each other. Not to mention that some news is meant to be "grabbed", and quarreling with each other is also a way to stir up the heat.

After Shiraishi put down the phone, he immediately called the Superintendent General's office.

After all, Director Bai Ma had personally inquired about this case before, and Bai Shi was ready to announce the good news...

"Hello, Director Hakuba. I'm Director Shiraishi of the Mika Department... Yes, the case of the chess player's murder has been solved... The murderer is Takatsu Oza... Yes, it's a pity..."

It seems that someone once told Shiraishi that "professional chess players are all very wise" and "if you look at the world with a chess player's mindset, you won't commit crimes"?
White Horse: ...

(End of this chapter)