Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 224 Ex-Convict

"Hello, this is Shiraishi... Yeah, OK... continue the interview... Yeah, the results will be sent to my phone."

Shiraishi ate five large bowls of beef rice. After he came out, he received a call. It sounded like other detectives investigating the case called to report.

Seeing him hang up, Matsumoto asked directly: "How is it?"

As both an administrator and a director, he certainly won't leave all the cases to himself.

only……

The situation here at Fuman is rather special, so the two of them came here in person, while the other lines were handled by the detectives from the Mihua Police Department.

According to the on-site investigation results, there were obvious signs of slipping at the place where Erhubu fell - it could have been an accidental fall, or it could have been homicide!

However, since none of Erhubu's belongings were lost, and he even had 300,000 yuan in cash in his wallet, which remained untouched, it was obvious that this was definitely not a robbery.

In addition, Nihube's cell phone was also on him. Matsumoto had already seen it. There seemed to be something stuck on the body's palm - even if it was not pushed off by someone, it might have been grabbed by something before falling...

The current investigation direction, in addition to Fukuman, also includes the living environment of the second household, such as the company's operating conditions, etc. The Criminal Division just reported the progress to Shiraishi.

"Nihube Construction has indeed been doing poorly recently due to the cancellation of the dialogue policy, and has even been trying to return to its old business of loan sharking. However... at the moment, it seems that the employees at the company are basically ordinary people, and some of them don't even know that their boss used to be a member of a violent organization." Shiraishi and Matsumoto synchronized the clues.

After the previous case in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the dialogue policy had been suspended - after all, the two officials who proposed to cancel the policy were killed, and the official in charge of the policy was arrested... Now there is no need to go through the process, and the policy is canceled directly!

As a result, the good days of many construction companies are over.

Because many of them are related to violent organizations, and even "Erhubu Building" is a violent organization's whitewashing, which can easily lead to some violent incidents...

When the economy is bad, these people like to lend money at high interest rates to make ends meet...

However, for the time being, it is not certain whether this case is related to the company's operating conditions. At least "Nihubu Construction" has not yet reached the point of operating difficulties.

"Regarding Nitobe's whereabouts last night... the secretary only knows that Nitobe has been going to Saitama Prefecture frequently recently, including asking the secretary to book a first-class carriage to Saitama last night. I don't know what exactly he went there for."

The investigation into Er Hubu's whereabouts during his lifetime is naturally of top priority.

"Did he go to Saitama last night? Then why did he die in Beika-cho... It seems that his whereabouts are the breakthrough in the case." Matsumoto immediately realized that there was something suspicious.

Obviously, Nitobe must have encountered some emergency and gave up his original plan to go to Saitama, or he turned back immediately after going there and met someone here in Green Park.

"Well, I'll ask them to verify first whether Nitobe went to Saitama yesterday." Shiraishi also nodded.

Immediately, Bai Shi's phone vibrated again. It was the report from the forensic team...

"The traces on the corpse's hands are... huh? Turns out to be raw egg liquid?" Shiraishi understood after reading the report.

Bai Shi had also visited the corpse just now. There were some dried marks on the mouth of the corpse, and it smelled like spoiled protein...

After identification, it was found that it was raw egg liquid with added flavoring.

"Otherwise...what do you think?" Matsumoto rarely complained.

Shiraishi:……

I thought... he couldn't have gone to the Green Park in the middle of the night and ended up falling down because his legs went weak from the oars!

After all, his pants were still on and there were no injuries on his lower body - Shiraishi was very serious.

"But... since it's raw egg liquid..." Bai Shi's tone was a little solemn.

Although I don’t know how he got it, but... this is obviously egg liquid used as an ingredient, and Manman’s beef bowl has a raw egg on it!
"But Mr. Fuman's raw eggs are not seasoned." Shiraishi said with certainty.

"This doesn't prove anything. Let's investigate the alibi." Matsumoto said directly.

In order to verify the alibi, Shiraishi and Matsumoto would probably have to go there in person - the evidence from Taro, the waiter at the beef bowl restaurant, would not be enough.

According to Fuman, his tenants also heard the sound of him returning home... His small apartment was actually a two-story wooden house.

But it's not a good thing for the detectives from the Beihua Police Department to do...

After all, Fukuman's house is in Kamurocho, and it's a low-end apartment with poor security and many illegal residents.

If the criminal police from the Mihua Police Station really come, it will not only be a problem of jurisdiction, but more importantly, if the matter of the illegal residents is really uncovered, then how to deal with it afterwards will also be a problem.

The root cause of this is the East Island country itself, which wants cheap labor but does not want to take responsibility, and deliberately opened a loophole. It is not a simple public security issue. If Shiraishi and Matsumoto go, they can better grasp the scale, and the people in Kamuro Police Station will definitely not dare to say anything.

However, Shiraishi hesitated and said, "I think we should find Yamakawa Akira first... He is probably the last person to have contact with the deceased, and no one in the Nihube Construction Company knows Yamakawa Akira. It seems that he has really turned over a new leaf."

Judging from Shiraishi's experience, it is impossible for a criminal like Yamakawa Akira, who has been involved in violent organizations and has been imprisoned twice, to "turn over a new leaf". Whenever there is a case, they must be the focus of investigation!

Just at this moment, Matsumoto's cell phone rang: "It's Matsumoto, I'm really sorry to bother you this time... Don't worry, I know what to do..."

Bai Shi's ears moved, and he knew what was going on, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

After hanging up the phone, Matsumoto also said, "That's good. I just happened to have some news."

Before this, Akira Yamakawa's residential address had been found.

However, this guy usually lives in the "slums" in the valley - although it is not a real "valley" or a "slum" in the true sense, but that place is indeed a security low point in Dongdu. The number of homicides is not as high as that in Mihua, but the number of public security incidents is far more!

There are countless irregular and cheap homestays, and if you don’t find him in person, you can’t find anything based on the address.

But Matsumoto also has a solution...

Because Yamakawa Akira had just been released from prison not long ago, Matsumoto directly contacted his acquaintances in the Ministry of Justice and found out about the "Protection Department" that was in charge of Yamakawa Akira.

The so-called "Protection Department", or staff of the "Rehabilitation Protection Organization", is a subordinate agency of the Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Justice. They are mainly responsible for examining the social behavior of parolees and helping ex-convicts reintegrate into society.

Fortunately, Matsumoto was there. If it was Shiraishi, things definitely wouldn't have been so smooth.

If it were the Beika Agency and wanted to inquire about this kind of information from the Ministry of Justice, the people at the Protection Bureau would most likely ask the Beika Agency to go through all the necessary procedures before taking any action - after all, the director of the Beika Agency is the "impartial" Shiraishi Kuro!
When investigating Inukai, Shiraishi offended many people in the Ministry of Justice...

Even though Matsumoto has a fierce face and his personality is not at all graceful and graceful, he is at least much more popular than Shiraishi.

After receiving the news, Shiraishi and Matsumoto asked Yamakawa Akira's protection officer to come out and find out the situation.

……

Matsumoto then called the number his friend at the Protection Bureau had given him: "Hello, I'm Matsumoto... Yes, I want to find out something about Yamakawa Akira... If you're free now, we can... Hmm? How about this... Okay, we'll be there right away..."

Because the person who answered the phone was a young-sounding female voice, Matsumoto originally wanted to make an appointment to meet in a coffee shop.

However, the other party seemed to be quite busy and said it was not necessary and directly gave him his home address.

Shiraishi and Matsumoto didn't waste any time and drove directly to Minami-Senju and the valley area...

Shiraishi and Matsumoto chatted on the way.

"I haven't congratulated you yet... Do you know the news? The higher-ups are going to give you a prize." Matsumoto took the initiative to say.

"It's just a consolation prize." Shiraishi naturally didn't take it seriously and asked, "By the way, how is Inspector Samezaki? Did your retirement go smoothly?"

(In the previous part, "雛崎" was mistaken for "雛崎", and it is uniformly written as [雛崎] in the following part.)
Previously, Samezaki took the responsibility for the patrolman's murder case and apologized in front of the media. Normally, he should have retired by now.

"Brother Samezaki... I originally wanted to submit my resignation, but Director Hakuba kept him on, so it can be considered a normal retirement. It's just that he originally had the opportunity to be promoted to a higher level before retirement, but now he is only retiring as a superintendent." Matsumoto replied.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi was relieved for him. After all, if there was no pension, Samezaki would probably have to think about finding a job in his later years and would also have family worries.

Gradually, the surrounding environment changed a little, especially after passing Minami-Senju Station, it became more and more obvious...

Although it is definitely in the eastern metropolitan area, the surrounding environment starts to deteriorate as you enter the valley area. From the dirtiness of the road to the distribution of stores, everything begins to tell the situation here - who has a good street, when all you can see are cheap hotels?
This is the result of the progress of the times...

This was the place where laborers from all over the country gathered when the Eastern Capital was under construction. After the Great Depression, it became the place with the largest number of unemployed young and middle-aged people. Thirty years ago, the public security here would have been even worse.

Now it has calmed down a lot, after all...

Although the government failed to come up with a solution, time has provided a solution - the labor force back then is now old and no longer has the energy to cause trouble.

Only some mottled and partially covered slogans on the streets can show how much people were opposing the government at that time.

"Down with Japanese imperialism... It hasn't been scraped off yet. This place is really a mess." Shiraishi read out the slogans on the wall while driving to find an alley.

Matsumoto, who was in the passenger seat, glanced at him and then reminded him, "Yeah, it's a mess, but the murder rate here is only one-fifth of that in Beika Town."

Shiraishi:……

(End of this chapter)