Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 223 Full
The Beihua Police Department has set up a new investigation headquarters, but this time, Yuanwei is not busy at all...

They simply found an empty meeting room and put up a post with Shiraishi's casual inscription - because no detectives from the agency came here for the meeting, and Matsumoto did not call the detectives from Souichi over.

Not to mention Director Shiraishi, even Matsumoto, the management officer, actually went out in person at this time instead of staying in the Beika Police Station to command and dispatch.

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10am, Kamurocho, Manman Gyudon restaurant.

Because it's not lunch time, there are not many people in the store...

"Welcome... huh?" The boss greeted them instinctively when he heard the sound of the door, but then he saw two "uninvited guests".

It was Shiraishi and Matsumoto who walked in one after the other...

Matsumoto is already big enough among humans, and Shiraishi is even bigger than humans, which scared the Southeast Asian guy who was working there.

"Really..." Boss Fuman complained quietly without fear of being heard, and then said, "Six large bowls, two bowls first!"

This is not the first time they have come...

Every time the boss's attitude was not very good, but I still remember their ordering habits - Bai Shi alone would order five or six bowls, sometimes even ten bowls...

The reason for Fuman's attitude is very simple. Five years ago, it was the owner of the Manman Gyudon restaurant, Fuman, who called the police to report that his pregnant wife Manshima Sakura was missing, and there were obvious signs of a break-in and a fight in the house...

However, in the end, no one was found alive or dead. Not to mention catching the criminal, even whether Manshima Sakura is alive or dead is uncertain. This makes Fukuman find it more difficult to let go than the families of other victims!

Although Shiraishi felt that he could not face the boss Fukuman afterwards, because the case was related to a violent organization, Shiraishi still frequently visited the Manman Gyudon restaurant in order to make these guys feel uneasy...

The violent organizations at that time were much more arrogant than they are now.

Shiraishi and Matsumoto could understand Boss Fukuman's attitude - as police officers, they solved the case not out of "heroic acts" but out of "duty", and it was reasonable for them to be resented by the family members for failing to perform their duties.

However, this time, Shiraishi and Matsumoto did something different than usual and sat directly in front of Fukuman.

Fuman couldn't help but frown when he saw this. At this moment, Bai Shi took the initiative to say, "Nihube just died around twelve o'clock last night."

Hearing the name "Nihube Tsuyoshi", Fukuman couldn't help but pause...

He hasn't heard this name for a long time!
When his wife disappeared, the first suspect was Tsuyoshi Nidobe. Even Shiraishi and Matsumoto knew in their hearts that he was responsible for the disappearance of Sakura Manjima.

The "Nitobe Group" back then was an inconspicuous violent organization in Kamurocho, but that Nitobe Tsuyoshi was not only ruthless, but also very decisive and resourceful.

Shiraishi has always been paying attention to the [Nitobe Group]. After the introduction of the violent discharge regulations, they gradually cleaned themselves up and never gave Shiraishi any chance... In the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and Nitobe Tsuyoshi has become the president of a construction company, and their base is no longer in Kamurocho.

Upon suddenly learning of Nihube's death, Fukuman was stunned at first, and then an expression of surprise and regret appeared on his face - Shiraishi was not surprised by this.

After all, after Nitobe died, the case of Manshima Sakura really became an unsolved case.

After the "surprise", Fuman couldn't help feeling upset.

Seeing his reaction, Bai Shi was relieved - what he was most worried about was that Fu Man would panic because of this test...

What Shiraishi least wanted was that Fukuman was a criminal.

It would be ironic if we were unable to find Manshima Sakura and bring Nitobe to justice, but now we have to arrest Fukuman for revenge.

Matsumoto played the role of the "bad guy" at this time and asked directly: "Where were you from 11 o'clock last night to 2 o'clock in the morning?"

"What? You suspect me?" Fu Man immediately said angrily, "Is that how you investigate cases? And... if there are people who hate him, there are more than just me, right?"

"Calm down, Boss Fukuman, this is also to prove your innocence. If other ignorant detectives come, it will delay your business." Seeing that Matsumoto was playing the good cop, Shiraishi naturally followed suit and played the bad cop.

"I...I went home after closing at twelve o'clock. Taro can testify to this." Fukuman said sullenly.

"Taro" is obviously the East Island name of the Southeast Asian clerk...

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately nodded.

"Can he prove that you're home?" Matsumoto looked at the clerk in surprise.

"Yeah!" The latter nodded quickly.

Fuman explained, "I rented out the small rooms on the first floor of my house to migrant workers, including him... When I got home last night, other people should have heard the noise. You can... well, anyway, he can prove it!"

Fukuman's words were vague, but... Shiraishi and Matsumoto both saw that he probably didn't want them to check on other tenants - there might be some working illegally!

This situation is very common in Toshiba, especially in Kamurocho, where those cheap rental houses are crowded with countless people without legal status.

However, this matter has nothing to do with the Investigation Division 1 and the Rice Flower Agency. Since the person in the store can testify, Shiraishi and Matsumoto have no intention of visiting other people specifically.

"Ahem, boss, do you still remember Yamakawa Akira?" Shiraishi continued to ask.

"I don't remember, what do you do?" Fuman said in a flat tone.

"That's... the person who drove to the Beika Forest at the end." Shiraishi explained.

"No impression!" Fuman seemed to be irritated all of a sudden.

Bang - Bang -

Two bowls of rice were placed in front of Shiraishi and Matsumoto.

After that, Boss Fuman went straight back to the kitchen, obviously unwilling to pay attention to them.

While eating, Shiraishi and Matsumoto also whispered...

"It should have nothing to do with Fuman. His attitude just now doesn't seem fake." Bai Shi confirmed.

"Not necessarily... but it can be ruled out for now." Matsumoto is very cautious. If other clues pointing to Fukuman appear, he will go again to look for detailed alibi!

"I hope not, but... after all, the last person he contacted was Yamakawa Akira," Matsumoto said.

After Manshima Sakura disappeared, the police discovered during their investigation that just before the incident, Nihube Tsuyoshi had appeared near Fukuman's house many times with his men!

So of course he is the prime suspect...

Moreover, the case was soon sorted out. It was found that the wife of Mr. Fuman, or to be more precise, his cohabitant, had not officially become a joint citizen with him. In fact, she had been using a fake identity before. Her real identity was related to the [Second Household Department Group].

Later, she left the organization and wanted to settle down. She used the pseudonym "Mandao Ying" and lived with Fuman as a couple. She was pregnant at the time...

However, she was later discovered by Nihubu Gang, and it seemed that she had taken something from the Nihubu Group.

Before she disappeared, she had been restless and nervous, but Fuman didn't know about her past and thought it was just the fatigue brought on by pregnancy.

After Manshima Sakura disappeared, the police found eyewitness evidence pointing to Nitobe during their investigation near the scene, and a fingerprint matching that of a former criminal from the Nitobe Group was found among the traces in the room, so Nitobe was quickly arrested.

However, members of these violent organizations know how to exploit the law and even police search procedures better than ordinary people!
Not only did Nihube Tsuyoshi and his men grit their teeth and resist the search, but in the end he did not reveal anything, insisting that he just came to talk to her, and only admitted to the burglary, and...

Later, the police found out that one of his subordinates had been to the vicinity of the Beika Forest, and suspected that Manshima Sakura had been killed and her body was dumped in the Beika Forest, but...

During the more than half a month search, the police mobilized hundreds of people at most, but found nothing!

Boss Fukuman is just an ordinary man. His pregnant wife is missing and is involved with a violent organization. He is extremely desperate and begs Shiraishi and Matsumoto to solve the case countless times, but... in the end, his resentment was not relieved.

Bai Shi's sense of smell had been improved to its current level even at that time. He even set up a tent in the forest to sleep at night, but still didn't find anything.

In the end, because there was no body, it was impossible to file a homicide case, so the case could only be dismissed as "missing"...

The younger brother who was seen driving to the Rice Flower Forest and leaving fingerprints was Akira Yamakawa!
When Shiraishi first met Yamakawa Akira, he thought he was a coward and wanted to use him as a breakthrough point for interrogation. Because the detectives in the "team" were more adept at dealing with people from violent organizations, Shiraishi also interrogated Yamakawa Akira, but...

In the end, Shiraishi was unable to pry open Yamakawa Akira's mouth. He insisted that he knew nothing and was just going out to relax.

In the end, Shiraishi even felt that he had succeeded. Yamakawa Akira's mentality collapsed and his defense was completely broken, but... he just didn't tell the truth!
Overall, Shiraishi felt that Yamakawa Akira was not very determined, and the reason why he refused to reveal the truth until the end was because he was afraid of Nitobe.

Because there were traces left at Fukuman's house, the [Nihube Group] admitted the theft - it seemed that Manshima Sakura happened to take the USB flash drive containing the account book when she left...

In the end, it was Yamakawa Akira who took the blame for this crime.

The reason why Shiraishi and Matsumoto came to find Fukuman first was because Matsumoto saw the call records in the mobile phone found on Nitobe's body - the last call record at 10 o'clock last night, that is, the last person Nitobe contacted before his death... was Yamakawa Akira!

Just as Fuman said, Erhubu has many enemies.

but……

Seeing the name of Yamakawa Akira reminded Shiraishi and Matsumoto of the case of that year, and even suspected that Nitobe's death might be related to that case.

(End of this chapter)