Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 220 Singers and Actors

"Take him back and interrogate him thoroughly!" Shiraishi directly pushed Atsumi Ryuzo to Akasaka.

Theoretically, Atsumi Ryuzo is now a prisoner in the Beika Police Station. After all, from the report record to the chain of evidence, they are all in the Beika Police Station. If the Metropolitan Police Department wants to transfer it, it also needs procedures and formalities, and... although it has not yet reached the formal inspection stage, an arrest warrant has been applied for. No matter where the case is transferred to, it can no longer be pretended to be non-existent.

"Yes!" Akasaka responded and directly stuffed Atsumi Ryuzo into the police car without showing any preferential treatment to the "member of parliament".

There was no need for a grassroots detective like Akasaka to give any preferential treatment to a "member of parliament". Usually...

At times like this, the director needs a favor or a stepping stone from certain occasions before he would hint to his subordinates to give some preferential treatment, but... Shiraishi doesn't want it either.

Shiraishi immediately saw that Sachiko was also sent to Souichi's police car, and...

Hitomi Kanzaki was also nearby at this time. She had just followed over and was relieved when she saw Atsumi being stuffed into the police car and Sachiko coming out in good health. If she could arrest Atsumi and Ryuzo, she didn't want to end up dying together.

At this time, Uno also approached Kanzaki Hitomi with a dark face: "Ms. Kanzaki, regarding the video on the Internet, I think it has already involved an invasion of privacy... and regarding this kidnapping... um, case, there may be areas where your cooperation will be needed later."

Although Yuno's face was dark, he did not mean to arrest her urgently.

Firstly, the nature of the case is still unclear and needs to be decided at a meeting. Kanzaki Hitomi can be sure that there is illegal behavior, but it is hard to say how serious it is. It is very likely that... it does not even meet the standard for "emergency arrest";

Secondly, Yuno doesn't want to arrest her now, and hopes that she will cooperate...

"I understand. Why don't I go to the Metropolitan Police Department with Counselor Uno to have a chat?" Kanzaki once again put on an "elegant" attitude.

At the same time, Shiraishi also came over and asked, "Ms. Kanzaki, would you mind talking to me first?"

"Eh? Director Shiraishi, who is so well-planned, do you have anything you want to talk to me about?" Hitomi Kanzaki said to Shiraishi with a smile and deliberately teased him.

"You're too kind. If Ms. Kanzaki hadn't mentioned the issue of custody in the kitchen last night, I might not have thought of this...

"But what I'm most curious about is that, because I saw the lawyer's name in the case file, I already understood why the Ichihara grandparents and grandchildren would form a united front with Takami and Omaki, but... now I don't understand why you would also be involved?" Shiraishi asked curiously.

It was precisely because of the presence of the "big traitor" Hitomi Kanzaki that the police's actions were completely transparent to the "kidnappers".

Kanzaki Hitomi smiled and said, "Didn't I say it before... I will not obey the law, I will only obey the sighs of the weak."

The few police officers on the scene suddenly became nervous - the threat level, which had originally fallen to the bottom, suddenly reached the maximum!
"But... you and Mr. Yu were indeed lovers back then, right?" Shiraishi could guess that Atsumori Yuu was probably the key to her and Takami's acquaintance, but why... was she on such a good terms with her love rival?
"That's right, but You and I actually broke up peacefully... because in comparison, I prefer singing, and that old guy, even though he didn't expose those beastly behaviors at the time, he wouldn't accept it. My daughter-in-law is a singer who is well-known in the public, and I also wanted to develop in the country of hair." Kanzaki Hitomi no longer concealed these things.

Her breakup with Atsumori Yu was entirely due to "career" considerations and there was no conflict involved.

As for the sulfuric acid incident, it was not actually Takami who did it.

At that time, the communication between Hitomi and Takami was very harmonious, but... there was a singer who was jealous of Hitomi and did something irrational. Hitomi chose to forgive her, so both of them kept silent about it, and as a result, the gossip magazines exaggerated various versions of the story!

"Three months ago, Takami was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and it was already in the late stage, so he told me about Komaki..." When Kanzaki Hitomi talked about this, she was still shaking with anger, just like when she heard the news just now.

"So I contacted the organizers of the Red and White Song Contest... but it seems that I can only say sorry to them."

Kanzaki Hitomi is actually the real "brain" of the team. Takami, Omaki, Sachiko and grandma... they really don't have such IQ.

Upon learning that Yu's daughter had encountered such a thing, Kanzaki Hitomi immediately rushed back and called Aida Yayoi who had been following and reporting on the Mikumo case. The six of them planned together to bring down Atsumi Ryuzou.

"But I was still too naive. Fortunately, we have Director Shiraishi." Hitomi Kanzaki said with gratitude.

In fact, Hitomi Kanzaki also underestimated the difficulty of bringing down Atsumi Ryuzo. If it weren't for Shiraishi, who could have hammered him to death with criminal evidence, it would have been difficult to defeat Atsumi legally.

Shiraishi did not respond to the thanks, but said in a dull tone: "But in this case... I'm afraid Ms. Kanzaki will not be able to perform anymore."

No matter what the final charge is, she is definitely not innocent, and... this is not just a matter of crime. What's more important is that her practice of "hunting those in power" will definitely lead to her being banned!

Obviously, I broke up with Atsumi Yu because of singing...

However, Kanzaki Hitomi was more open-minded than Shiraishi. She smiled and said, "No, I just like singing... Whether on the stage, on the street... or in prison, I can sing."

Shiraishi finally resolved his doubts, and Hitomi Kanzaki also took the initiative to cooperate with the investigation and walked towards Souichi's police car.

Even the criminal police who usually looked ferocious stood straight when she passed by, as if the person walking in front of them was not a criminal suspect who wanted to confess his crime, but a leader who came to inspect...

"Officer Shiraishi, speaking of doubts...I have one too." The innocent high school student from Beika Town also expressed his doubts at this time.

Yes, of course Shinichi had followed before, but the police officers did not let him get close to the scene because there was a risk of explosion.

Shiraishi turned his head and heard Shinichi ask in a strange tone: "That Ms. Sachiko...shouldn't be using a fake bomb to scare people? When did you change it?"

"I didn't have a chance to touch the suitcase... maybe the beautiful and kind Counselor Uno changed it?" Shiraishi said Uno, but his eyes were looking at Yukiko who was leaning against the car and pretending to be cool without saying a word. I don't know if Yukiko heard the words "beautiful and kind", but she smiled smugly.

Yukiko was not involved in the case, but was dragged into it because she held a press conference at the same time as Kanzaki Hitomi, but...

She has a spare phone!

She did not contact anyone in China, but she secretly contacted her husband, Yusaku Kudo!
Although he was not at the scene, Kudo Yusaku was able to deduce most of the information based on Yukiko's description, and from this risky layout, he also speculated that... the criminal's backup plan was probably to die together.

So at the last minute, Yukiko disguised herself as Uno... to be precise, she disguised herself as Uno's hairstyle, and wore a random police uniform. While Atsumi was talking to the real Uno, under the command of her husband, she found the bomb and removed it from the interlayer of the box!
Hearing Shiraishi's answer, Shinichi first said "Huh?" and looked at the serious Counselor Uno in the distance. Uno seemed to sense something and looked at the "high school student detective" with a strange expression in confusion. I don't know what he is looking at...

Shinichi immediately seemed to have thought of something and quickly looked at his mother...

Although Yukiko's ability to disguise herself was also learned from Kuroba Toichi, it is still inferior to that of Vermouth and Kuroba Kaito. She can easily disguise herself as a "stranger", but cannot accurately and vividly portray a specific person. She can only pretend to be something vague, and she cannot even use a "false voice".

So when Shinichi saw it, he just made a few "hmm" and "ah" sounds and walked away, without even turning around to look at him!

"Mom, you wouldn't have... known this a long time ago, right?" Shinichi's face suddenly fell - am I the weakest one?
Yukiko deliberately didn't tell him that she had actually contacted Yusaku, and instead said as a matter of course: "Don't underestimate female stars... When I saw the letter at the press conference, I felt that her performance was too exaggerated, and her emotions didn't fully fit the situation!"

Shiraishi wasn't sure whether Yukiko was bragging, but he did notice that Yukiko should have realized something a long time ago.

There were several times when Kanzaki Hitomi was about to reveal her flaws, but Yukiko interrupted the conversation, especially...

When Ms. Takami fell down!
No matter how hard Kanzaki Hitomi pretended, she couldn't be completely indifferent. She wanted to step forward, saying that she "didn't believe she really fainted", but was stopped by Yukiko. Otherwise, her flaw might have been discovered long ago.

The part related to the case was deduced by Yusaku, and Yukiko finally understood it, but...

As an "old drama veteran", she had long since noticed that Hitomi Kanzaki was acting!

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Afterwards, Shiraishi went to Totei Hospital - firstly to tell Komaki that she could rest assured that the birth had gone to the right place, and that Sachiko... wouldn't be out on bail too long; secondly to persuade Takami to undergo the operation!
At around 2:00 p.m., the news began to focus on the news that Atsumori Liuzo was arrested for suspected multiple crimes...

This also means that Atsumori Ryuzo's "friends" have given up on him, and there is no pressure on the media to report on the matter.

Then, because it was already Friday, Shiraishi did not go to the police station. He had been busy these days and had not been with Ayako. Plus... Shiraishi was in a bad mood, so he called Ayako and asked her to have dinner together in the evening.

At first, Ayako only heard that Xiao Hei's tone was a little low, but after watching the news, she immediately guessed most of it - although she didn't know the specific details of the case, she could roughly guess why Xiao Hei was in a bad mood.

(End of this chapter)