Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 206 Press Conference

Shiraishi drove back to the city and just happened to drop off Shinichi and Yukiko together.

Shinichi looked at his mother speechlessly and deliberately sat in the passenger seat, obviously wanting to make fun of Shiraishi!
However, Bai Shi didn't seem to be interested in this older beauty star. After all...

When Shiraishi was a child in an orphanage, he never watched TV!

If I'm not exercising, I'm studying...

"Officer Shiraishi graduated from the University of Tokyo, right? Why did you want to be a police officer? You must have trained your body since you were a child, right? I think it must be because of your sense of justice..."

"It's true that I've been training since I was young, but... I grew up in Kamurocho. At first, I wanted to join the Tojo Clan, but then I felt that they had no development, so I started to study hard."

Yukiko:......

"I also know about police officers! I starred in "Dangerous Policewoman Story" a few years ago. Have you seen it?"

"No, I grew up in an orphanage and didn't have much opportunity to watch TV."

Yukiko:......

Seeing that Shiraishi didn't respond to her teasing at all, Yukiko had to stop and even felt a little annoyed - what do you mean by "when I was a child"? You have to emphasize that it's not just "a few years ago", right?
"But Shin-chan has been causing trouble for the police recently. Thanks to Officer Shiraishi for taking care of him." Yukiko became polite.

Although few of the cases that Shinichi participated in were related to the Beihua Agency, and many more were in cooperation with "Souyi", but...

Yukiko heard Shinichi mention Shiraishi many times!
"It's nothing, Kudo-san's reasoning... well, it's okay," Shiraishi said politely.

Shinichi:……

The comment of "not bad" made Shinichi curl his lips.

Then Shiraishi took the initiative to bring up the topic...

"Ms. Fujimine, you will hold a press conference with Ms. Hitomi Kanzaki at the Beika Association Hall next Thursday, right?" Shiraishi asked Yukiko.

Although Yukiko changed her last name after getting married, according to convention, her "stage name" and "work name" will not be changed. In performing activities, she is still called by her original last name "Fujimine".

"Well, the production team thinks this will be more popular," Yukiko said without hesitation.

after all……

Yukiko's singing skills are really nothing compared to those of professional singers. This is just an arrangement for the sake of popularity!
"Have you and Ms. Kanzaki known each other before?" Shiraishi asked in preparation.

Yukiko is protected by her son's protagonist halo, so no problem. But Kanzaki Hitomi is in danger. Even the police have been drawn in. It can be said that the signs are almost at their peak!
"I've met her a few times, but I wasn't very familiar with her. I had already retired from the film industry during the two years when she was at the peak of her career." Yukiko shook her head.

Yukiko married Kudo Yusaku 18 years ago and has not acted in any movies since then, while Kanzaki Hitomi started to receive attention around the same year, and then she retired 15 years ago and has not acted in any movies since then.

Yukiko paused and asked with interest, "Could it be that Kanzaki Hitomi has something..."

"No, nothing...Did Kudo-san have a day off during the press conference?" Shiraishi changed the subject.

"Well, Teitan High School starts winter break next week." Shinichi said as a matter of course.

Teitan High School has relatively many holidays. Normally, high schools only have two weeks of winter vacation from Christmas to New Year's Day, but Teitan High School has a full four weeks of winter vacation!
Shiraishi:……

Well, if there is no holiday, Kudo Shinichi will be in school for classes, so this matter can be discussed.

Now that Kudo Shinichi is on vacation, he will most likely go to see his mother's press conference - even if he doesn't want to go, Xiaolan will drag him there!
This time all the elements are really complete!
but……

If it is a blessing, there will be no disaster. If it is a disaster, there is no way to avoid it. You are already the director of Mihua, how can you still be afraid of accidents?
What's more, there is also "good news".

At least the public security department has taken over the on-site security work. In this case...if there is really any blame, they will take it!

Yukiko noticed that Shiraishi seemed to be worried about something, and curiously asked about it, but...

Shiraishi is very tight-lipped!

After all, even if it wasn't strict, Shiraishi didn't have much intelligence - he couldn't just say "I have a feeling your son is here, so something must be wrong", right?

……

Bai Shi sent the mother and son all the way to the doorstep. It wasn't because Bai Shi was enthusiastic, but...

The Kudo family is located in Beika-cho 2-chome, which is exactly on the way to Shiraishi!
After declining Yukiko's invitation to be his guest, Shiraishi returned to Yingmihua Apartment and called Ayako back - Ayako knew that Shiraishi was delayed on the road because his car broke down, but she didn't know that a case had occurred.

"By the way, Ayako...do you, the Suzuki Group, usually come into contact with any supernatural powers? I'm not talking about brokers, but the kind of real special abilities." Shiraishi confirmed with Ayako curiously.

"Eh? Special abilities... maybe there is, do you need to find such a person?" Ayako asked in an uncertain tone.

But Bai Shi already understood what she meant - maybe there are, but it's definitely not common! "Nothing, just asking." Bai Shi didn't have to meet those shamans.

After all, from what we learned from Hongzi, the "Red Witch" is already one of the most complete inheritances in the world, and most of the others just "happen to have some abnormal abilities."

"Are you free tonight?" Ayako asked.

Bai Shi knew that she must be a little worried, so he did not refuse.

During dinner, Shiraishi revealed to her something about "the girl he was looking for was a little special", but he did not specifically mention "witch" or anything like that.

……

A new week is coming...

Shiraishi's mood also went through twists and turns.

On Monday and Tuesday, Shiraishi hoped that nothing would happen, but in the end... nothing really happened - in Beika Town, at least it would have to be murder, serious injury, kidnapping, hijacking... to be considered an "incident".

You know, the last murder occurred in Beika Town was on December 12, which was just last week!

By Wednesday, it was already the 21st, and Shiraishi's mentality had changed a little...

Or will something else happen?

Shiraishi was a little nervous after being "holding it back" like this. Looking out from the director's office, the sun was shining brightly in Beika Town, but he instinctively felt that something extraordinary was brewing under this street...

However, things did not go as planned. On Wednesday... there was only a low-tech robbery case, only two people were slightly injured, and the criminal was arrested on the spot.

On Thursday, December 12, Shiraishi did not come to the police station, but marked his shift as field work - Shiraishi came to the Beika Community Center in person!
The civic center was also very lively today. Kanzaki Hitomi and Fujimine Yukiko held a joint press conference here today. Reporters from major newspapers and people from all walks of life gathered at the scene. Self-media who wanted to sneak in, as well as fans of their songs and movies, blocked the outside of the Beika Public Hall tightly.

However, as the head of the territory, Shiraishi can of course enter...

Shiraishi even managed to get an admission ticket for Yayoi Aida - as the director of the Rice Flower Agency, isn't it normal for Shiraishi to spend some public resources on public relations in order to get help from reporters?
I just don't know why, she didn't come today...

After coming in, in addition to the security department of the Beika Police Station, Shiraishi also saw those plainclothes officers with serious faces, including his old friend - Kazami!
"What a coincidence, Officer Kazami is here too." Shiraishi stepped forward and greeted him.

Feng Jian immediately became embarrassed when he saw this: "Officer Shiraishi... I'm on plainclothes duty!"

Bai Shi was not wearing a police uniform at this time, but a suit, but the problem was...

Even in a suit, he still stands out!

Ignoring the other person's expression of "Don't come over here", Bai Shi smiled and asked, "How is it? Did you find anything unusual?"

"You..." Feng Jian also understood that Shiraishi did this on purpose, so he looked around and whispered, "No! We didn't come here because of anything unusual!"

The Public Security Council will take over the security command here. What they are guarding against is not "danger against Hitomi Kanzaki", but "dangerous actions that Hitomi Kanzaki may take."

Kanzaki Hitomi, who had just returned from the old revolutionary base of Kaguni, always talked about the interests of the people and the rights of the weak when she was in Kaguni...

Although she is just a singer, she has strong political inclinations. This is what the public security officials fear the most, for they are afraid that she will take this opportunity to promote something in the country.

After learning that the police didn't have any special clues, Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief and then watched the press conference normally...

During this period, Shiraishi kept his attention focused on the entire venue, fearing that someone would suddenly fall down or gunshots would be heard.

Sometimes I even stepped out to see if there was a fire...

However, what puzzled Shiraishi was that everything was normal until the press conference was about to end. After Yukiko finished selling her cuteness and Kanzaki Hitomi finished her speech that sounded somewhat high-sounding, nothing happened?

wrong!

Can't say nothing happened...

Shiraishi has actually discovered something unusual - Kudo Shinichi is not there!

Even Shiraishi had seen Xiaolan, but not Kudo, especially Xiaolan was still looking around and had an anxious expression. When Yukiko was speaking on the stage, her eyes were also wandering, as if she was looking for her eldest son...

What could be more dangerous than Kudo Shinichi's arrival?
It’s “should have been there, but didn’t show up”!
Shiraishi was basically certain that something had happened, but he was not sure what it was.

"Thank you all for coming. Today's press conference..." the host was about to announce the end.

Just when Bai Shi was getting anxious, finally...

Shiraishi saw another old acquaintance, Inspector Megure and his brothers Takagi and Kudo, dressed in the uniforms of on-site service personnel, walking in from the entrance door next to the podium. Megure went straight to the podium and interrupted, "Everyone, please wait a moment. Ms. Kanzaki and Ms. Fujimine have something to say."

(End of this chapter)