Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 229 New Year
"So that's how it is! So, Boss Fukuman has found his wife?" Ayako also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Shiraishi finish talking about the case from the day before yesterday.

Shiraishi didn't tell her the details of the case, but he told her the general situation of the owner of Manman Gyudon restaurant - before the case happened, Shiraishi often took Ayako to Manman Gyudon restaurant. After all, it was a relatively affordable restaurant in Kamurocho.

Later, after Fukuman became dissatisfied with him, Shiraishi never took Ayako there again, and Ayako always felt strange about it.

"That's right. Manshima saved her life five years ago, and since then she never dared to go back to Toudou, so she returned to her hometown in Saitama, gave birth to the child, and raised the child alone... until she happened to go to the same kindergarten as Nihube's illegitimate son." Shiraishi also lamented this coincidence.

Immediately, Ayako said proudly, "Then we can go to that beef bowl restaurant again next time and see if the boss still has a bad attitude!"

"Don't blame him. It's normal to be hated at this time." Bai Shi was open-minded.

Shiraishi also understood that Ayako was not really dissatisfied with Fukuman's attitude, but she was more "proud" that she had solved another old case!
At the same time, Bai Shi also obtained a new achievement [Echo] - If you keep thinking about it, there will be an echo... He solved the case that he had been concerned about for a long time and obtained 1000 achievement points.

"It's all because of them... one doesn't tell the truth, and the other refuses to show up." Ayako was angry, but of course she still spoke for Xiao Hei.

"You can't blame them for this... After all, it was because of the situation at the time that they felt that the police could not guarantee their safety, so they had to fend for themselves. Even... this feeling was not an illusion of theirs." Shiraishi himself was from a pair, so of course he understood the situation back then.

In theory, the police can protect the safety of witnesses, and there is no need to worry about safety issues when testifying with the police...

But in fact, even now, this is still just a "theory".

This incident also taught Shiraishi that if suspects or witnesses are full of lies, perhaps... it's because there is not enough trust!
Just like the "concealment" of Yamakawa and Manshima, Shiraishi feels that the police are more responsible in this matter - of course, Shiraishi does not think that this is all "his" responsibility. On the contrary, over the past five years, Shiraishi has tried his best to reverse this in his position, and now the violent organizations have restrained themselves a lot.

Seeing that Shiraishi was still blaming himself, Ayako changed the subject and said, "By the way... Xiaohei, will you come to my house during the New Year?" Ayako blushed as she spoke.

Before this, the relationship between the two was not enough for Shiraishi to be invited to Suzuki's house to celebrate the New Year together.

Since adopting the Gregorian calendar, the Eastern Island country has regarded New Year's Day as the New Year's Day, and there is also a tradition of gathering around the fire on December 12st.

As for Bai Shi’s previous New Year’s Eves… he would either go back to the orphanage to volunteer or be on duty.

"Eh? Well... You can go during the day. I'm on duty at the police station at night." Shiraishi had already arranged his shifts - on New Year's Day, as the new chief, Shiraishi was going to be on duty in person.

However, Shiraishi did not completely reject Ayako and allowed her to visit Suzuki's house during the day.

After hearing what Shiraishi said, Ayako did not feel depressed, but started to make arrangements with great interest...

"But next February's Valentine's Day... we may not have time to celebrate it together. Inspector Matsumoto gave me an invitation to his daughter's engagement ceremony." Shiraishi said.

Before the New Year, an old case was solved, and Shiraishi and Matsumoto were in a good mood. Afterwards, Matsumoto invited Shiraishi to attend the engagement party of his daughter Matsumoto Sayuri.

Shiraishi had met Sayuri Matsumoto before, and although they were not familiar with each other, they knew each other...

"It doesn't matter, we can go early!" Ayako said immediately.

"Do you have any New Year's wishes?" Ayako asked.

"My wish... I hope that I won't be the one treating everyone to a meal at the next annual meeting of directors. Even if I need to treat everyone, I hope it will be after the anniversary of the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Department!" Shiraishi's wish is very "humble."

Eleventhly, there is a "custom" in our headquarters that the chief of the police station that is the first to have a murder in the new year will treat everyone to a meal.

Thanks to the implementation of the "Dongdu Violence Regulation", the Mihua Agency has been "winning the championship" for the past three years.

Three years ago, Kamurocho could still compete, and the first kill was basically a 50-50 chance...

……

On December 12, Shiraishi went to visit Ayako's house during the day as promised.

It is the custom of the Suzuki family to give New Year's money before marriage, and since the amount is not large, Shiraishi accepted it.

Seeing Shiraishi's determination on whether it was bribery, Tomoko almost lost her temper again, but in the end, she was comforted by Ayako and Shiro and finally stopped arguing...

However, after lunch, Shiraishi left as planned and returned to the police station to be on duty!

Shiraishi is going all out this time and patrolling Beika Town to the maximum. Even if he cannot "give up the first kill", he will try to get the "first kill" before January 1!
The regular meeting of directors in January is on the 14th because there is a commemorative event held by the Metropolitan Police Department on January 15th.

Especially this time, the Metropolitan Police Department has officially notified that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the Commissioner of the National Police Agency will present Shiraishi with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Award and the Commissioner of the National Police Agency Award...

Who knows how many people will be "sour" by then, and Shiraishi doesn't want to be criticized first!
Originally, Shiraishi thought that this would be a tough battle that would last at least half a month - ensuring that there were no murders for half a month would be a huge challenge for the Beihua Police Department.

However, what was beyond Bai Shi’s expectations was... the winner was decided in an instant!
As the New Year's bell rang, a violent organization fight broke out in Kamurocho, and a small follower of the Sakaki group was killed directly...

This also established Director Zeden's position of being the one who pays for meals.

Of course, since the case occurred between violent organizations, there was no difficulty in solving the case.

The case happened at night and the deceased was found in the early morning. By the morning, the Arakawa Group had already sent someone to come forward and surrender!

Not to mention an old veteran like Bai Shi, anyone who knows a little about violent organizations knows how deep the water is here - it is obvious that he just stood up to take the blame.

However, the police generally do not investigate cases between violent organizations. As long as the person who took the blame is handed over, the police will not conduct a thorough investigation...

This is a sign of progress. Five years ago, even if a violent organization killed ordinary people, the process of taking the blame would be the same!

Now, if the deceased was a member of a non-violent organization, the police would at least conduct a little investigation instead of just taking the blame.

However, violence broke out between the organizations...

When Shiraishi saw the news, he just sighed a little - why did they find a 20-year-old "kid" to take the blame?

……

The new year has started beautifully and smoothly!

The Mihua Agency "won without a fight" and got rid of the title of "first kill for consecutive years" in one fell swoop...

Although the Mihua people were not idle either, as an arson case soon occurred, that happened on January 1th - if you round it up, the year was already over!

And although the case caused one death, because Shinichi and Xiaolan happened to pass by, they arrested the criminal on the spot, and there was no need for Souichi's fire crime investigation department to intervene...

Shiraishi was not idle either. During the three days of the New Year, as the director of the local police station, he had an arduous task of visiting people.

You have to know that in theory, a "town" is different from a district, and is a self-governing entity with "autonomy". Cities, towns, and villages are actually on the same level. A self-governing entity with a population of more than 5,000 can set up a self-governing police station... The Beika Police Station is also managed by the mayor and the town council - this is purely "theory".

In fact, the police stations in Touto, whether they are defined as national police or local police stations, are completely subordinate to the Metropolitan Police Department and are not accountable to the local governments in actual work, but...

When visiting during the New Year, it still matters!
As the director, Shiraishi was very busy during the New Year holidays and had to visit many important people in the town.

This also gave me a job...

On January 1, the high school finals of the Kanto Regional Karate Competition will be held in Beika Town.

The organizers also wanted to find some celebrities from Beika Town to participate in the commentary as special guests, so the president of the Beika Karate Association strongly recommended Shiraishi Kuro and personally extended an invitation.

after all……

When it comes to "Director Mika", everyone's impression is that he is "good at fighting", and Shiraishi Kuro is a genuine fifth-degree black belt in karate - in order to get points, Shiraishi will basically get a promotion when the number of years passes.

The reason why I didn't reach the maximum level is not because of my strength, but because there are qualifications and age restrictions for promotion...

The competition was both professional and topical, which made the organizers very satisfied, and they sent out an invitation through the Karate Association of Beika Town.

Shiraishi was not too serious about this. As the chief of a local police station, participating in social activities and increasing his visibility was also part of his job!

So Bai Shi readily agreed...

……

"By the way, that karate tournament... Sonoko should be going too, and Xiaolan is still a popular contestant." After hearing what Shiraishi said, Ayako remembered that her sister had been talking about this competition recently.

"Well, Xiaolan's level is very high. If she were stronger, she would be able to get a good ranking in the competition among all age groups." Shiraishi commented objectively.

In this real world, Xiaolan does not have the destructive power to destroy telephone poles at will in Shiraishi's vague memory, but her fighting skills are not weak, and her physical strength is actually not bad, but she is too thin... Weighing only 45 kilograms, the strength she can exert is of course limited.

Although Shiraishi also vaguely remembered that Xiaolan had failed to perform well in important duels many times, but...

In the movie, the two battles against the official members of the "Black Organization" were both won first and then lost. Shiraishi suspected that if the battle process was true, it must be that there was something wrong with the Black Organization guys' bodies, so they could always stand up and fight back after being KOed...

In addition... Shiraishi certainly still remembers that Kudo Shinichi's shrinking, the most unscientific event, happened shortly after this karate tournament!
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