Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 236: Strange Stories at Girls' High School
"Ah! That's right... If no keys or anything like that were found at the scene, and considering that the victim committed suicide... then someone must have opened the door for him, and he didn't sneak in with a key or something like that. In other words, someone helped him get in. I didn't expect there really are death warriors..."

Shiraishi looked at Ikezawa Yuko at this time, as if he really doubted her.

Ikezawa Yuko's expression suddenly changed...

The person who opened the door for the deceased was obviously not Yoko, so the other person who had the key was...

"A fan of the death squad?" Megure muttered when he heard Shiraishi say this, as if he had thought of something.

Yuko panicked when she saw this and said quickly, "Of course not! I'm no longer popular and I don't have any fans... I... He followed me in when I entered the house to look for dirt... He also attacked me... I pushed him away and ran away. I really don't know anything else!"

Shiraishi also glanced at Megure at this time - Inspector Megure's "acting" ability has improved a lot! He actually reacted so quickly, pretending that he really believed in some "death warrior fan"...

Of course, the result was good. After being frightened by the two men, Yuko Ikezawa immediately confessed the truth.

In this way, the course of the case can basically be pieced together!

However, after hearing Yuko's self-defense, Megure finally reacted and coughed twice, saying, "Ahem, if that's the case, we should be able to find evidence in the refrigerator, the air conditioner remote control, and the back of the chair. As for the motive for doing this... we can just visit and investigate his living conditions."

This is how police officers solve cases. If detectives use their brains to solve cases, then... criminal police use their "mouths" and "feet" more often to solve cases!

Sufficient visits and inquiries are what criminal police should do.

The motive of the deceased and the conclusive evidence can be found as long as you go through more trouble.

However, when Shiraishi saw Megure's reaction, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled - it seemed that he was not cooperating with him in acting to scare Ikezawa Yuko, but... was distracted?

Shiraishi did not intend to get involved in what happened afterwards. After all, this was not a case of the Beika Police Department, and the direction of the investigation was already clear. All he needed to do was to find out the deceased's usual radical behavior and his motive for revenge against Yoko Okino.

At this time, Miwako Sato also rushed over and confirmed this.

After visiting, we confirmed the identity of the deceased, who was a nearby employee. More importantly...

In fact, he was still Yoko's first love, but because he had changed a lot over the years and Yoko didn't dare to look at the body carefully, she didn't recognize him immediately.

The reason for committing suicide was to take revenge on Yoko Okino.

The agent Yamagishi later admitted that although Yoko didn't know about it, the deceased actually wanted to reconcile with Yoko before his death, but was stopped by Yamagishi. Even though Okino Yoko had already transformed from an idol at this time, once a romance occurred, it would definitely greatly affect her career.

In the afternoon, Yuko sneaked into Yoko's house. In order to prevent being recognized, she wore sunglasses and a mask, so the deceased mistook her back for Yoko herself.

As a result, Yuko's reaction when she found him made him think that Yoko had forgotten him, so out of the mentality of destroying it if he couldn't get it, he chose to commit suicide by framing herself!

Although it was due to a "misunderstanding" and therefore makes people feel a little sympathetic, his behavior is undoubtedly outrageous.

"Ms. Yuko, there is still something about the case that requires your cooperation. Also... your previous infiltration was undoubtedly an illegal act!" Megure said while staring at Ikezawa Yuko.

Because Yoko is considered a victim, the police asked her to go to the Metropolitan Police Department herself tomorrow to cooperate in giving a statement, but... it is obvious that Yuko Ikezawa will not be given such preferential treatment.

"Wait a minute... Inspector Megure, regarding the matter of Miss Yuko... If I don't want to pursue it, the police can..." Yoko took the initiative to ask for instructions.

Megure shook his head and interrupted, "For normal intrusions into private houses, you can reconcile, but because her intrusion this time is related to a murder case, a detailed record must be made."

"You really are... a good person." Yuko looked at Yoko and couldn't help but pursed her lips, but didn't say anything else. She just followed the police officers and left.

If Yoko doesn't pursue the infiltration, even though the suicide of the deceased was related to her, it was ultimately the deceased's own problem... maybe she can just be a witness and not a defendant, and then she won't be banned.

Shiraishi actually doesn't approve of this kind of reconciliation involving crime, and "good guy" may not be a compliment...

But at this time he thought of Hitomi Kanzaki - Hitomi Kanzaki also forgave and even concealed the fact that a jealous female singer threw sulfuric acid at her.

Although it cannot be said that doing so is right or noble, it is precisely because she does so that she is the current Kanzaki Hitomi...

Yoko noticed that Mr. Shiraishi was looking at her in an increasingly strange way, so she quickly said, "Sorry, I'm so willful!"

"No, maybe you can also become someone like Hitomi Kanzaki." Shiraishi shook his head.

"Huh?" Yoko was a little puzzled when she heard this, not understanding how this association came about.

Shiraishi did not explain, the case came to an end, and Shiraishi was ready to leave...

But just before Shiraishi left, Megure chased him out of the corridor and approached him alone, and said to Ayako beside him, "Sorry to keep you guys for a while."

Immediately, Megure pulled Shiraishi over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Shiraishi, was there any disappearance in Dorobiga Park last night? I saw that it was not reported, so... there is actually no sign of murder, right?"

When Xiaolan heard the keyword "Dolobiga Park" in the corridor, she inexplicably became concerned.

"Ah! Toilet, toilet...Sister Xiaolan! I want to go to the toilet!" Conan was standing aside and immediately took the opportunity to pull Xiaolan away.

Shiraishi was also stunned when he heard this - is Inspector Megure so interested in ghost stories?

"You mean a set of clothes was found in Dorobiga Park? Well, it was a prank without a doubt. I also heard from the police officers in the station that the clothes were stained with red paint, which made them look scary." Shiraishi said as if it really had nothing to do with him and he just heard it.

Upon hearing this, Megure breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good..."

"Huh? What happened?" Bai Shi asked puzzledly upon seeing this.

"It's nothing, it seems to be just a coincidence... In fact, a 'disappearance' also happened in Haido Town today. Someone called the police and found a women's dress, as well as underwear, shoes and all other clothes." Megure told Shiraishi about the case.

Bai Shi still had an indifferent expression at this time - tsk, performance art?
"The difference is that there is indeed blood on the clothes, and the estimated amount of bleeding is more than two liters. Moreover... the owner of the clothes and blood has been identified, and her family has reported her missing." Megure continued.

Bai Shi was stunned when he heard this - this didn't seem like an ordinary prank!

No wonder Megure came to ask himself specifically about the matter of Dorobiga Park. Originally, Shiraishi was just creating confusion to fix the bug of Kudo Shinichi's fake death, but...something similar to the "rumor" actually happened in Haido Town?
"What about the current investigation..." Bai Shi asked tentatively.

Megure shook his head and said, "Since there is no body, it is not the responsibility of the three departments, but... it should be treated as missing."

Due to the conditions of the East Asian island country, the police are often very indifferent to "missing cases", just like the Mandao case of that year - when it was almost confirmed that there was an attack, and because there was no "corpse", they only filed a case of "missing", and the search headquarters was disbanded soon afterwards, and no one went to investigate afterwards.

On the one hand, it is certainly a mentality of muddling through, and on the other hand, it is also the national conditions of the East Island country. Although there are not as many homeless people with hands and feet in their prime as in the United States, there are still many of them. The films about bringing runaway girls home are not completely fabricated...

Precisely because the East Island country itself has this kind of "runaway" culture, the police often do not take "missing cases" seriously, especially if the person is missing along with the luggage. The police will not investigate at all. They will just wait five years and if the person does not show up, they will register the death and cancel the account.

There was nothing Bai Shi could do about this.

If it happened in Beika Town, Shiraishi could urge the investigation and set up an internal search team. But if it happened in other places... Shiraishi can't do anything about it!
"Since what you have there is only paint, it seems to be just a coincidence." Megure did not continue the topic.

Shiraishi was also preparing to leave with Ayako, but just as they were about to leave the apartment door...

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!" Conan was winking at Shiraishi frantically.

"Huh? Conan, what's wrong? Do you still want to go to the bathroom?" Xiaolan looked at Conan in confusion.

"Well...that's right! Dr. Agasa told me that when I see Officer Shiraishi, say thank you on his behalf!" Conan said, and immediately came over to pull Shiraishi's trouser leg - there was no other way, his hands couldn't reach it!
Seeing this, Bai Shi had no choice but to go to the side with him and act like he was coaxing a child.

"Sorry, Conan likes the look of Director Shiraishi." Xiaolan apologized to Ayako.

"It's nothing... I didn't expect Shiraishi to be so popular with kids." Ayako was not surprised. Instead, she was a little happy - in the past, when Shiraishi passed by the kindergarten, many kids would be scared to tears.

After Conan pulled Shiraishi over, he immediately asked nervously, "What's going on? What Inspector Megure said...did he find the truth?"

Obviously, Conan overheard what Megure and Shiraishi had just said, and...

Conan then thought that it might be "those people" who did it!
Maybe this is the real "drug effect"...

However, Shiraishi shook his head and said, "From what Inspector Megure said, they only found blood... Well, you can ask Dr. Agasa if it is possible to do this... There is no need to panic. I don't think those people will use this kind of drug to kill people everywhere."

In Shiraishi's impression, Gin probably didn't use that drug to kill people again...

Of course, Shiraishi doesn't have many "impressions" and only remembers some classic cases.

Although Shiraishi said this, Conan still secretly took this matter to heart.

……

"By the way, what did you want to talk about just now?" Shiraishi asked curiously on the way Ayako was sent home.

After a moment's hesitation, Ayako said, "Let's go to your house and talk about it!"

"Hmm? Okay." Anyway, Yingmihua Apartment was on the way, and the current time was still early for modern people, so Shiraishi took Ayako back to the apartment first.

When Bai Shi arrived at the door of A1303 and was about to open it, his movements suddenly froze...

"What's wrong?" Ayako asked puzzledly when she saw this.

"Someone's breaking into the house..." Bai Shi said helplessly.

If Shiraishi found out that his door had been touched during the "pairing", he would definitely take Ayako away immediately to avoid putting her in danger. However...

Now, Bai Shi is very familiar with this way of "breaking in"!
"Eh?" Ayako was stunned when she heard that, thinking there was danger.

The next moment, Bai Shi started knocking on the door...

"Here I come!" a female voice came out.

Ayako:? ? ?
"It's Gina." Shiraishi said directly. He had also talked to Ayako about Gina before.

"I see... Hehe..." Ayako laughed dryly.

On the other side, after Gina opened the door, she saw someone beside Bai Shi and was startled: "Ah!"

"You, you are... the big guy's girlfriend?" Gina was a little panicked at first, but soon her eyes turned into a scrutinizing one.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to call me if you have any problems and not to pry open my door?" Bai Shi rolled his eyes.

"I...you...how come you brought your friend home?" Gina asked in a venomous manner.

"Huh?" Bai Shi looked at her speechlessly - I'm taking my girlfriend home...what does it have to do with you?

"I mean... you guys are not going to..." Gina blushed and became incoherent.

"You are Miss Mononobe, right? Hello, I heard Shiraishi mention you." Ayako said, extending her hand.

Monobe Gina was not used to shaking hands, something that only "superior people" did, but after a little hesitation, she still shook hands.

Ayako smiled when she saw this. Gina didn't know why, but in front of Ayako, she seemed... more like an ignorant child.

"Why did you suddenly come to me? Is there something wrong?" Bai Shi asked puzzledly.

"I..." Gina heard this and thought that he was disgusted with her for ruining his "good deed", and she couldn't help feeling annoyed.

However, Ayako said at this time: "Sit down and talk first! Shiraishi often tells me about you... Not only have you helped him in many cases, but also Shiraishi Orphanage is also reassuring thanks to you."

Bai Shi looked over in surprise - when did I say that?
"Of course!" Gina took it seriously and puffed out her chest proudly.

Gina instinctively looked at Ayako's chest and immediately became depressed again...

Seeing this, Bai Shi continued to ask: "So...what exactly are you doing here?"

"Of course I have something important to do... Oh, right! It's about the orphanage!" Gina said immediately.

"Why do you seem to have just remembered it?" Bai Shi couldn't help but complain, and then asked in confusion: "Did something happen in the orphanage?"

In Shiraishi's opinion, there should be no violent organization in Kamurocho today that is so brave as to attack Shiraishi Orphanage.

"It's not an orphanage, it's the child named Shiraishi Ichika. Do you have any impression of her?" Gina asked back.

"Ichika... I still remember that she was a very strong-willed girl who was very good at studying... So, please stop calling her 'child', right? She's about your age, right?" Shiraishi immediately became more concerned: "Did something happen to her?"

"I don't know." Gina shook her head.

Shiraishi:……

Seeing Shiraishi's speechless expression, Gina said confidently, "That's why I came to you because I didn't know! When Ichika came back as a volunteer to help, I felt... she wasn't in a good mood recently. Could she have been bullied at school?"

Gina's speculation made sense. On the one hand, when she asked, Ichika remained silent about school matters. On the other hand, orphans were indeed easily bullied in school, especially in girls' high schools!
"As for Ichika... I remember it was at Nadeshiko Girls' High School, right?" Shiraishi said, looking at Ayako.

Nadeshiko Girls' High School is a famous private school for the nobility in the entire Eastern Capital, and has a close relationship with the Suzuki family.

Most of the students there are real celebrities, or at least come from wealthy families...

The reason why Ichika, an orphan, was recruited was, on the one hand, to save face. Ichika's grades were always very good. Although she was much older than Shiraishi, and Shiraishi had only seen her a few times, he had an impression that she seemed... very confident to be admitted to the University of Tokyo;

On the other hand…Ayako also played a role in supporting students from the Shiraishi Orphanage. Suzuki Tomoko was an important director of Fude Girls’ High School.

So now when Shiraishi heard that something might have happened at school, his first reaction was to look at Ayako, only to find out...

Ayako looked surprised?
This "surprise" doesn't seem like I haven't heard of this matter, but rather... I didn't expect to hear this matter from Gina!
Ayako nodded and said, "If you are raising a girl, it is normal that she is not in good condition recently... In fact, this is what I want to talk to you about."

"Huh? Did something happen at school?" Shiraishi was stunned when he heard that - it sounded like it wasn't just Shiraishi Ichika's own problem, but that the entire school had problems?
Ayako looked at Gina, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yes, actually... recently strange things have happened frequently in Nadeshiko Girls' High School. Not only do students who live in the dormitory often say that they hear foxes barking in the middle of the night, but... there have been several cases of collective coma. Afterwards, we checked the food and water sources, but found nothing abnormal. After the comatose students woke up, they all said they didn't know what happened."

Originally, Ayako would not tell anyone about this, but...

Since Gina was the first to bring up the matter, Ayako didn't deliberately avoid her!

"Massive coma? Have you called the police?" Bai Shi asked instinctively because he was too shocked.

But as soon as I asked, I realized - of course not! Otherwise, even if Nadeshiko High School was not in Beika Town, Shiraishi would have heard about it a long time ago.

However, not to mention the police system, even at the level of public opinion, this matter is still in a state of "suppressing the news".

Bai Shi shook his head helplessly: "Really..."

Hearing a fox cry or something is fine, after all it is just a "ghost story", but collective coma is a big deal!
The school was originally an independent kingdom. Even an ordinary day high school had tried to ignore Shiraishi's face before, let alone this fully closed boarding school that boasted of an aristocratic style.

Although many of the students were from prominent families, but...

Concealing the news was probably the common will of these families - these rich people, or "upper class people", did not want the police to interfere in "their own affairs", especially they did not want to be entangled with "gossip" such as ghosts and fox spirits.

only……

It sounds like it happened several times, and even the reason hasn't been figured out, so the news is beginning to be unable to be concealed - Shiraishi searched the Internet on his tablet and found that there were sporadic messages that had not been deleted in time, but the popularity was not high.

"It's Chairman Kuzunoha... She doesn't want the school's reputation to be tarnished. In fact, Mom has already wanted to contact the police, so..." Ayako also looked at Shiraishi awkwardly at this time.

"So you still want to investigate privately?" Shiraishi looked at Ayako helplessly - no wonder she was hesitant before, this wasn't something she asked Shiraishi to do, it was her mother...

If we call the police directly, there is of course nothing to say, but in the final analysis, Fu Nu High School does not want official intervention.

Of course, it is more likely that Ayako took the initiative to persuade Shiraishi to share her mother's worries.

Otherwise, if Tomoko wanted to find someone, she wouldn't have to look for someone as stubborn as Shiraishi. If the Suzuki family wanted to find someone from the police or a detective to conduct an independent investigation, there were plenty of options.

Shiraishi saw Ayako looking at him eagerly...

"How can I investigate? Nadeshiko High School is not in Beika Town... and if I go there, I won't be able to hide my identity... You can't let me sneak in dressed as a woman, right?" Shiraishi said helplessly.

Although the word "difficult" was emphasized, the subtext was that it had already been agreed.

"Puchi...ahem, do you want me to help you? It should be easy for me to sneak in!" Gina also laughed out loud.

Whitestone Women's Wear...

Isn’t that scarier than a fox demon appearing in the middle of the night?
Ayako thought about the scene and said with a smile, "Of course not... You can go as a senior police officer, which will help appease the students."

For Fu Nu Gao, it is important not to cause gossip to spread everywhere. There is nothing wrong with finding some "familiar" police officers to investigate in a private capacity.

It would be strange if the top police officers had never heard of this student being the children of a rich family. It is just in name only that nothing can happen!
"In that case... okay, then let's do it tomorrow." It would be easy for Shiraishi to change his shift.

Collective coma...

After hearing this, Bai Shi was also worried that something might happen, so he thought it was better to do it sooner rather than later.

"Great! I'll tell my mom right away!" Ayako said, and went out to call Tomoko.

When Shiraishi saw that she had specially made a phone call alone, he knew that this was definitely not Tomoko's "beg" for him, but that she wanted to perform well in front of Tomoko by making a bet...

but……

When Ayako came back, she looked a little strange.

"Huh? Don't you need me anymore?" Shiraishi thought that Tomoko was ungrateful.

"No! Mom also thinks it would be great if you could go there tomorrow... It's Director Kuzunoha's side. She and Mom have some conflicting ideas, so she... hired a witch to investigate."

Ayako said this with a strange look on her face.

Shiraishi:……

(End of this chapter)