Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 189 Regular Meetings and Visits

Aida acted quickly, and the news report came out in the evening.

The spearhead directly pointed out that "the threatening letter was just a smokescreen" and "Nagai could not possibly provide any useful clues", and then deduced that "those who hyped up the threatening letter were all accomplices"...

Shiraishi heard the content on the radio when he was driving home from get off work.

The truth about the Nagai case has basically been reported, and Takatsu's confession is a foregone conclusion.

In this way, the previous criticism by Der Spiegel is completely untenable - it is like they fell into the trap set by the murderer and they are blaming the police for not being fooled.

Although Yamaguchi Haruko later wrote several reports accusing the Beika Agency of failing to discover Takatsu's conspiracy in a timely manner, the reports were deleted within a few hours because they were too untenable and the public did not buy into them except for a few supporters.

but……

Ayako, who was in the passenger seat, was speechless while listening to Shiraishi talking about his "great achievements"...

"Xiao Hei, you are going to attend the director's regular meeting on Thursday morning, right?" Of course Ayako still remembered that the 15th was here again.

"Yes, that's right. What's wrong?" Shiraishi heard that Ayako seemed to have something wrong.

"You and other colleagues will definitely have a dinner this afternoon. Then in the evening, let's go to Director Baiba's home to thank him for his previous teachings!" Ayako said as a matter of course.

"Eh? Just going to Director Bai Ma's house like this? Isn't that too abrupt?" Bai Shi pretended to be concerned.

But it does make sense. After all, Director Bai Ma is Bai Shi's superior, superior, superior!

The police chief, the department chief, the regional director, the superintendent general... there are several levels between them.

Director Bai Ma could certainly invite Shiraishi out or to his home, but it would be inappropriate for Shiraishi to take the initiative to visit him.

Of course, Ayako knew that Shiraishi's "concerns" were definitely false - if you really had concerns, you wouldn't have made fun of the son of Director Hakuba's family, and you wouldn't have deliberately confronted Director Hakuba after discovering that the murderer was Takatsu Osato...

"It's okay. My mother told me yesterday that she met Mrs. Elisa, who had just returned to China, at a tea party. At that time, Mrs. Elisa asked my mother for advice on how to bake cookies. We can go under this name. When I go back, I will ask my mother for cookie samples and tutorials." Ayako had a plan in place, of course.

but……

"Mrs. Alyssa wants to learn how to bake cookies from Aunt Tomoko? Puchi... ahem, well... how about just forget about the samples?" Shiraishi couldn't help laughing.

This is really...

The weak ones pecking at each other?

Of course, given Suzuki Tomoko's status, no matter what tea party she attended, as long as she brought cookies, the ladies would definitely compliment her.

After all, in the East Island Country, things like "ladies' tea parties" are definitely occasions where class barriers are most clearly defined!
Suzuki Tomoko is not only Mrs. Suzuki, but also one of the actual controllers of the Suzuki Group. With her strong temper, it is understandable that she is a bully at the tea party.

only……

It's really too kind of you to say that you want to learn how to bake cookies from your friend!

If any other lady had said this, Bai Shi would have felt that the horse was being praised too much.

But Bai Shi thought about the experience of eating at Director Bai Ma's house before...

Madam Alyssa is not afraid of learning bad things, and her skills are really the same as Aunt Tomoko's...

Hearing Shiraishi complain about his mother's cooking skills, Ayako hit him lightly in annoyance, but then she also said: "Well, I will bake it after I learn it!"

Anyway, it's just a reason to come here...

"Actually, you don't have to be so polite. I also helped Director Bai Ma educate his son." Bai Shi said in a tone that said, "He should be the one thanking us."

But seeing that Ayako was staring at him with a smile, he had to change the topic and said, "Ahem, okay, I'll contact you after the director's regular dinner."

……

During the next two days, Beika Town performed very well, and no murders occurred, and Thursday arrived in harmony.

Shiraishi even had the illusion that the residents of Beika Town were very well-behaved this month.

but……

Soon Bai Shi realized that this was just an illusion!

Because according to the director's report at the regular meeting, a total of nine homicides have occurred in the entire 11th Department Headquarters from the last regular meeting to now, one month... and the Mihua Department alone accounted for seven of them!

Just as Shiraishi said to Director Hakuba before, the crime rate in the entire Toudou... or even the entire Toudou Island has increased recently, but it is indeed particularly serious in Beika Town.

And two of them have attracted much attention - the murder case of the dead and the poisoning case of a congressman at a speech...

Just like the previous times, Shiraishi directly became the "protagonist" of the directors' regular meeting. Other directors had to pick some ordinary cases to talk about, but when it came to Shiraishi, cases that didn't involve deaths were not worthy of being mentioned at all!

even……

This is just a case of the Beika Police Station, not "Shiraishi's case" - Shiraishi also went to Arima this month...

"As expected of Chief Shiraishi, the murder case solving rate is still 100%, and the case solving cycle is also the first in Dongdu... I think we should make an appointment next time and ask Chief Shiraishi to share his experience."

After Bai Shi finished speaking, Yan Tu Haici clapped his hands in a sarcastic manner, as if in appreciation. Bai Shi didn't care whether he was sarcastic or not, and said directly: "In other aspects, our department still has many shortcomings, but when it comes to murder cases...if you have any difficult cases to solve, our department will be willing to help."

Yan Tu Hai Ci: ...

As Shiraishi spoke, he stared specifically at Yan Tu Haici - one of the other two murders was in Haido Town, and... it has not been solved yet!
Seeing that the head of Yan Tu's department was humiliated, many directors secretly glanced at Director Zeden.

Normally he dislikes Bai Shi.

But at this time everyone discovered that Zeden was not in good shape today. He looked at his mouth with his nose and his heart with his mouth, and he didn't make any eye contact with Bai Shi at all!

after all……

Because of the incident with Bai Ma Tan, Zeden is now very timid, fearing that Bai Shi will say something shocking again. He probably doesn't dare to say much in front of Bai Shi recently.

Although the other directors didn't know the details, they could still guess that something must have happened between the two...

Although they were dissatisfied with Bai Shi's attitude, but...

For some reason I've gotten used to it!
The head of the Yantu headquarters and Zeden, who was also the director of the large-scale police station, did not speak, and the others nodded with a smile.

After the meeting, everyone went to have a meal at the high-end teppanyaki restaurant where the directors often gather.

However, they were all people of status and were just "colleagues", not that close to each other, so of course they wouldn't go on and on, and the show ended around three in the afternoon.

Because we drank red wine, of course we couldn't drive ourselves, not to mention...

There is no shortage of drivers!

Even if a police station has only a few dozen people, there will always be someone who drives, right?

Each of them has a special "driver police officer" to pick them up, only Shiraishi is different...

"Ah! Director Shiraishi has a date with his girlfriend again? Being young is really enviable." Yan Tu Haici saw Suzuki Ayako's car from a distance.

Although it was not a flashy car, Yan Tu Haici had already remembered it in his mind.

Sure enough, when the other directors heard the head of Yan Tu's department mention this matter, they all became envious and jealous - not because they were jealous of his "young age", but because...

That’s the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family!

If I were the son-in-law of the Suzuki family, I would have climbed up long ago - it's hard not to think so.

Yan Tu Haici also brought up this matter on purpose to increase the distance between Bai Shi and the other directors...

At the previous directors' meeting, Yan Tu Haici also discovered the other directors' subtle attitudes towards Bai Shi - if this continues, someone might really treat Bai Shi as a "big shot"!
However, Shiraishi was unaware of this and instead said "modestly": "I don't have an appointment at all... I'm just accompanying Ayako to visit a guest, so I don't have any free time at all."

Can we go visit other people together?
You guys aren't really going to get married, are you?

The other older police officers felt even more upset...

At this moment, Zeden, who had been keeping a low profile and thought he had escaped, was suddenly called out by Shiraishi: "By the way, Director Zeden, Ayako and I are going to visit Mrs. Alisa later. Do you have anything to tell Hakuba-san?"

When everyone first heard the name "Mrs. Alyssa", they felt that it was strange yet familiar and they couldn't match it up for a while. However, when they heard "Classmate Bai Ma", they immediately realized that Director Bai Ma's wife was called Alyssa!

It's no wonder that the place Shiraishi is going to "accompany Miss Suzuki to visit" is Director Hakuba's house.

only……

Several directors couldn't help but look at Zeden at this time - I didn't expect that a fat guy like you actually has such strong connections?
But they immediately noticed that Zedden became visibly embarrassed when this matter was mentioned.

"I...you...Chief Shiraishi, stop emphasizing misunderstandings that have already been resolved!" Zeden was shaking with anger. He had also heard Inspector Okura's report and knew that it was all Shiraishi Kuro's fault that the idiot provoked Detective Hakuba!

……

After Bai Shi showed everyone his face, he said goodbye and left first.

Everyone has long been accustomed to Shiraishi's behavior of "not waiting for the head of the headquarters to leave first"...

Afterwards, Ayako went to Hakuba's house in Ekoda District with Shiraishi, saying, "My mother asked me to visit Mrs. Elisa."

Director Bai Ma is not at home today, and the male host does not need to be at home for this social occasion extending from the "tea party".

It seemed a little strange that Shiraishi came along, but Ayako forced herself to ignore it and hoped that Kuro would have more opportunities.

"That's right! It's this kind of biscuits... Hmm? This was made by you, Ayako, right?" Alyssa said after tasting it again.

Shiraishi didn't find it strange. After all, Ayako's cooking skills were not comparable to her mother's...

"Well, my mother just taught me yesterday. Sorry for not making a good show." Ayako said as a matter of course.

"As expected of Ayako, she is just as deft as the rumors say. Her craftsmanship is not much worse than Mrs. Tomoko's!" Alyssa said in an encouraging tone.

She was so sincere that she didn't seem to be pretending at all, as if...she really liked and even liked the cookies made by Tomoko more!

Shiraishi:? ? ?
Madam, is there something wrong with your taste buds, or is there something wrong with the taste aesthetics of the people of West Island?
(End of this chapter)