Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 242: Our Beihua Town United and Friendly Family

Searching the "first person to discover" is something that is done during almost every murder investigation, but...

There is indeed no Sogou!

Now that Amemiya recalls it, the dog was indeed wearing clothes with pockets.

"Ah! By the way, didn't Mr. Anna find the bag for his poop at that time? He clearly brought a shovel, but no bag..." Yamada also remembered it after getting the reminder from the director.

Now it seems that it’s not that he didn’t bring it, but... it was used to hold “something”!

"Well, and he obviously read the morning newspaper and knew that the girl was dead. I think if the two victims often went to his store before they died, he might have known that they had broken up. Then, in this case, when the body of the boy was found with a knife, it would be easy to infer that this was a case of forced suicide..."

Shiraishi also remembered that the newspaper that Amemiya showed him before was taken out of Inuichiro's clothes pocket. In other words, old man Anna knew about the other case last night from the very beginning!
"Then he took the murder weapon..." Amemiya's tone became a little serious at this time.

"Who knows? Maybe he wants to cause some trouble for the police?" Shiraishi said casually.

But in fact, Shiraishi also knows...

It would be strange if it were just this!
A third-generation old man from Milan, feeling resentful, his son's family moving away, and himself alone...what would he do if he found a dagger that was identified as the "serial killer's weapon"?
Shiraishi had no doubt that if this had not been discovered today, in the next few days, the faculty and staff of Mihua Primary School and the parents of students would have been "killed by the Road Demon" one after another - why did the "Road Demon" change his preferences? I don't know, but there is a murder weapon as evidence...

"Yuan, what exactly happened with the bullying case of the old man's granddaughter?" Shiraishi confirmed with Yuan on the way.

Because the Beihua Agency only sent people to mediate, and this case did not even occur after Shiraishi took office, so Shiraishi didn't know anything.

"Actually... the other parent is indeed difficult to deal with. Plus, the Education Committee hasn't identified it as bullying, so we can't control the elementary school students... Plus, there are leaders at the school who know the other parent, so it's very difficult to deal with!" Yuan felt helpless at this time.

"Damn it!" Amemiya said bluntly, and then he realized that there were "outsiders" around him, so he coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I mean... that's really hard to deal with."

"Is it that the compensation has not been negotiated?" Bai Shi asked further.

"No, Mr. Anna insisted on giving up compensation, but his requests for a public apology, public disclosure... etc. were all rejected. Moreover... because Mr. Anna did not understand the law, he privately posted bullying messages online... ahem, he posted photos of the other party's children, so the other party called the police instead." In his words, Yuan was obviously more sympathetic to Anna.

but……

He is a police officer, and at this time, he is also helpless. The only person he can "punish" is Mr. Anna who violated his privacy.

Although Anna was old and Yuan tried his best to mediate, he was not detained in the end. However, the other party proposed to transfer Anna's granddaughter to another school...

Now the child's parents can no longer afford to waste time and have moved away with their daughter. However, old Mr. Anna has always been very "stubborn" and has been working on this matter, even going to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology many times!

……

The police car arrived at Anna's house, which was an old one-family building that looked quite old. The four of them got out of the car and Yuan went up to knock on the door...

Woof woof woof——woof woof——

Inuichiro, who was in the yard, wilted after being glared at by Shiraishi.

But Bai Shi didn't let it go, he just went forward and picked it up...

Then he sniffed inside its clothes - although the dagger was no longer inside, but... Bai Shi did smell the scent of blood in the dog's scent, it seemed that he couldn't be wrong!

"Huh? What are you doing here again..." After Anna opened the door, he noticed Shiraishi's actions: "Hey! Don't bully Inuichiro!"

"Sorry, sorry, let's talk." Bai Shi said casually and put it down.

"Please let us in first... Hmm? Are there other guests?" Yuan then discovered that there were three pairs of leather shoes at the door, two men's and one woman's.

Yuan heaved a sigh of relief at this time - just now, Mr. Anna had said that more people would come to the house for "negotiation" later, and it seemed that there would be quite a few people.

As long as there are plenty of people!
Although he has a knife, Anna is old after all. If it is a one-on-one fight, sneak attacks and killings are no problem, but if there are several people, he probably won't be able to use the "Musou".

"Why are there other people here? You didn't find another reporter, did you? I told you it's useless. The news coverage of this incident has already passed...eh?"

A bald man dressed as an office worker came out and couldn't help choking when he saw Shiraishi.

"Who are you?" the bald man asked worriedly.

At this time, Shiraishi, dressed in a tight sports T-shirt, looked very wild.

"Police officer." Bai Shi said directly.

"Police...ah! You are the director of the Rice Flower Bureau, right? Really, the matter has been resolved, why do you still need to trouble me..." The bald man forced a greasy smile.

"Huh? What has been resolved?" Bai Shi asked back as if he didn't understand.

At this time, two more people came out from the inner room, one was a middle-aged man with a square face and glasses, and the other was a middle-aged woman who looked arrogant and dissatisfied.

you could say so……

Very stereotypical "school representative", "education board official", "bullying parent".

They came today to give Anna an ultimatum, warning him not to make this matter public again, otherwise they would sue him for his previous invasion of privacy, and then his granddaughter would have a hard time even if she transferred to another school!
"Police officer? Didn't we already inform you that we would not file a case?" The woman frowned, looking annoyed, but she didn't dare look at Bai Shi - after all, even if she was a shrew, at most she could "not tell the difference between big and small", but she still understood the "big" in terms of size.

"Of course... Director Shiraishi, I'm from the Beika Town Education Committee..." The square-faced man wanted to introduce himself.

But Shiraishi interrupted and said, "Sorry, I'm working on a case. Let's save the pleasantries for later."

Although Fang Lian was not an important person, Bai Shi's behavior of not even listening to his name still made Fang Lian stiffen...

Originally, they thought it was bullying... ahem, a "joke". Something went wrong and the police got involved again. However, Shiraishi said, "Mr. Anna, your behavior not only interferes with the investigation, but also involves destroying the scene. It is a criminal act... You can't do that."

"Director..." Yuan became anxious upon hearing this, and wanted to persuade the director to keep a low profile - after all, there were other people present, and if this matter were to get out, it would probably be detrimental to Mr. Anna's reputation.

Subjectively, he still sympathized with Anna...

"I don't understand what you are talking about!" Anna said stubbornly at this time.

The others saw this and learned that Anna was involved in other cases. They couldn't help but say with satisfaction: "Mr. Anna, what have you done again? I told you that you are too stubborn... and you also flout the law! We still reserve the right to sue for the previous violation of privacy rights!"

Bai Shi didn't pay attention to Yuan at this time, but nodded in agreement: "That's right... Mr. Anna, do you know what you are doing? You actually took the murder weapon from the crime scene... In this way, we almost thought that it was the murder weapon of the serial killer 'Lu Mo'!"

"Tsk tsk, actually... wait... what did you say? Murder, murder weapon?" The square-faced man said stiffly.

"Well, it was originally just a suicide case, but as the first person to discover the murder weapon, I took it away... Really, we were so close to treating these two murders as the crimes committed by the 'Road Demon'!"

Bai Shi paused and continued, "I know that you were dissatisfied with the police because of some things before, so you want to cause trouble for our police... But you can't do such an outrageous thing, right? What if the dagger gets out and someone uses it to kill someone again? How can we investigate the murderer?"

Anna looked at Bai Shi at this time, and then said: "Really... You actually found it, young man, you react very quickly!"

"Hahaha, of course...the dagger has not been washed, right? It is an important piece of evidence." Bai Shi asked specifically.

"Well, don't worry. I didn't even get my fingerprints on it. I just wrapped it in a plastic bag. I just wanted to make you worry for a while. I will return it to you in two days." Anna also nodded in acknowledgement.

Anna said this and walked into the room - in the room where he had just talked with the other three people, under the cushion where Anna had just sat... and took out a blood-stained dagger from a plastic bag!

When Anna passed by the three again, they immediately became nervous and backed away to the wall as if they were avoiding a tiger.

Shiraishi took it and handed it to Yuan beside him.

"Well... since you still have things to do, then wait until you finish them. Remember to come to the police station in the afternoon! For things like this... we have to seriously criticize and educate you!" Shiraishi said solemnly.

"Well, who made you discover it?" Anna curled her lips and turned to look at the other three people.

"Wait, wait! Director Shiraishi! This... isn't a question of criticism and education, right?" The aggressive middle-aged woman suddenly panicked.

"Huh? The crime of destroying the scene can be either serious or minor. The person is already old, so what's wrong with criticizing and educating him?" Shiraishi asked as a matter of course.

She knows very well how ineffective [criticism and education] is...

"But..." The square-faced civil servant was about to say something else.

"And... since when can the Education Committee have a say in such matters?" Shiraishi interrupted and questioned.

Well, the police station can’t intervene in the affairs of elementary school students, but your education committee can’t intervene in cases that have nothing to do with students!

"That's not what we meant...but...don't you think that he wanted revenge...to kill someone! He attempted murder!" the bald man said hurriedly.

Bai Shi's expression turned serious at this time: "Teacher, can I regard this as your official act of 'reporting'? If the investigation is fruitless, you will bear the legal responsibility!"

"I..." The bald man didn't dare to say anything now.

"He, he hid a knife! This is... a public prosecution case, the prosecution must also intervene!" Fang Lian was about to say something else, but Bai Shi simply shook his head.

Bai Shi took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

When everyone saw him making the call, they all shut up a little. When Amamiya, who was standing next to him, saw the number, she immediately showed a strange expression of disbelief. She was afraid to receive this number because it usually meant she would be scolded... He was indeed Director Shiraishi! He actually dared to take the initiative to call...

"Hello, I'm Shiraishi... Yes, I need your guidance... It's like this, today at the scene of a suicide case, the first person to discover the murder weapon had a conflict with the police, so he hid the murder weapon, which delayed a lot of time... "But he is already over 70 years old, I think criticism and education will do... Yes, yes, I want to make the decision myself, but someone from the Mika Education Committee said that I must arrest him and send him to the procuratorate... and said that the procuratorate must intervene... Eh? Isn't that rude?"

beep-

There was a busy tone on the other end of the phone.

Shiraishi said to the square-faced man with a straight face, "I just consulted the deputy demon hunter of the Eastern Capital Prosecutor's Office, and he said... you should 'get out'."

The square face suddenly turned green...

Are you sick? You called the Demon Hunter Vice Minister right now?

Not to mention him, a little Karami, even the chairman of the Beihua Education Committee would not dare to breathe loudly when seeing someone like Karma Go!

He did want to find someone from the Prosecutor's Office just now, but... at most he could find some prosecutors he knew, or even just some ordinary civil servants to talk to!

"Officer...wait...even if we prosecute..." The bald head of the school quickly grabbed the square-faced civil servant - what's the point? Most likely he will be given a suspended sentence...

And after that?
Seeing old man Anna turning around and sneering at them, the expressions of the three people... gradually became kinder.

After all, the facts have proven that Anna is indeed looking for an opportunity to kill them...

This time they wanted to frame that "road demon", but luckily they were discovered by the police!

but……

What about the next chance?

Even if there is no chance to confuse the public, what if he just takes action directly?
Even if he was discovered after killing one, who knows who he would kill first?
And once the matter gets out of hand, the previous bullying incident will definitely be brought up again, and the others who are still alive will probably not have an easy time either...

"Well, remember to report to the police station this afternoon...Okay, you guys continue your conversation, I won't disturb you anymore." Seeing that they had no objections, Bai Shi took them away.

……

"It seems that these two cases were forced suicides for love, and have nothing to do with the 'Road Demon'... Then let the Beika Police Department close them... Isshiki, you should also report the previous girl's case to the Beika Police Department."

After Amemiya confirmed that the case had nothing to do with the "Road Demon", he did not intervene any further. Besides... the case was originally solved by the Beika Police Station, so he "sent" the case in Haido Town to the Beika Police Station as well.

Yuan now admired the Director even more...

Originally, he was thinking about trying his best to protect Mr. Anna, but he didn't realize that what Mr. Anna cared about most now was not his own "innocence" at all.

On the contrary, Director Shiraishi saw this and decisively pointed out Anna's crimes in front of those people!
Now, the old man, who originally had no "cards" in the "reconciliation", has the biggest trump card - I believe that the subsequent "reconciliation" will go smoothly for Mr. Anna.

Bai Shi glanced at the time and found that it was already past ten o'clock...

Of course, this is not considered "late" for Shiraishi - not to mention that this is originally for solving the case, and no one is doing attendance checks for the director!

"Chief, shall we go directly back to the police station?" Yuan asked Shiraishi.

However, Shiraishi looked at the police car and shook his head in disgust, "No, I'd better go back and drive my own car... It's not far from the apartment."

It was already late, so Shiraishi ran back to Yingmihua Apartment at 30km/h to drive the car. He then took a shower in the bathroom in the office and changed into a spare uniform to go to work.

Because he promised Ayako that he would attend her university club's small gathering on Saturday, Shiraishi planned to catch up on the progress of the official documents in the next two days...

In addition to daily document processing, at the beginning of the new year, Shiraishi also has to submit a New Year's plan and a summary of the past year.

Looking at the number of murders committed by Mika... Shiraishi also had a headache.

For police officers like Souichi and Inspector Megure who are in charge of the main Souichi, as long as they succeed in handling cases in Beihua, they will have done a good job - after all, Souichi is responsible for handling serious crimes, and the local security has nothing to do with them. If they need to conduct an inspection, they will inspect the regional department and the local police station.

However, as the "local police station", the Mika Police Station must bear some responsibility for the incidence of cases.

Fortunately, as long as the case can be solved, the merits will outweigh the faults - after all, if the police station can solve the case by itself, the credit will all belong to the police station, but the responsibility for the case does not all lie with the police station!

The police station is responsible for conducting legal education and safety lectures, but in this regard, the town hall is more responsible, the education committee cannot escape responsibility, and even the head office is not without responsibility...

The responsibility belongs to everyone, but the credit belongs to oneself, so doesn't that mean the merits outweigh the faults?

This is also why Shiraishi always wants to "solve cases independently within the agency", otherwise... it would be a different situation!

But even so, when making the summary of last year, Shiraishi still felt a little guilty, so... Shiraishi first added up [Report Writing] and [Statistical Skills]!
As his skills improved, Bai Shi suddenly became enlightened. Although the old director had taught Bai Shi real things before, Bai Shi had never fully understood them. But now...

This year, Yūka-cho…

The incidence of all cases decreased by 5%!

The incidence of street thefts decreased by 12%!

The number of drunken provocations has decreased by 20%!

The rate of continued complaints after mediation of neighborhood disputes decreased by 33%!

The number of crimes committed by people over 80 years old has dropped by 90%!

The homicide rate in Hachi-chome…decreased by 100%!

The clearance rate of new homicide cases has reached 100%!

……

After the polishing, the statistical display results suddenly changed from "killing one person every ten steps" to "leaving doors unlocked at night". The flashes of swords and the smell of blood in the original data disappeared without a trace...

Shiraishi also discovered that as long as there are enough adjectives, any kind of data can be summarized.

Even in Hachichome... two were killed the year before last, but last year not a single one was killed. That's a 100% improvement.

As for the homicide rate, or the "serious crime rate" in the entire jurisdiction, what is the percentage, how many neighborhood disputes have resulted in people being killed... Don't worry about it! Anyway, I have caught the murderer! It would be rude to ask again!
In short, if we just look at the "crime rate", it is indeed not high.

Not only is it much better than those dirty and messy "slum areas" and better than the neighboring Kamurocho, it is even relatively low in the entire Eastern Capital. At first glance, it is a sunny, united and friendly town.

As a city town with thriving commerce and developed entertainment, there are very few petty crimes, especially street theft and drunken provocations, which are surprisingly low...

What does this mean?
This shows that the Mihua Police Department’s patrols are really attentive!

Even the incidence of fighting is very low...

After all, when it comes to the point of fighting, the beekeepers will either become murderous and go all the way, or they will suddenly be possessed by the god of war and someone will die with just a push!
Of course, the latter part does not need to be written in the report. In the end, the year-end summary of Beika Town is full of the reduction in crime rate.

As for the work plan and goals for the coming year... Shiraishi had nothing much to say.

Shiraishi and the town council have repeatedly suggested increasing the number of burglar-proof cameras, but they didn't approve it, so it's not Shiraishi's fault...

However, it is also written at this time that the "promotion" will continue next year.

……

It was past eight o'clock in the evening when the report was finally finished. Shiraishi was planning to go home directly, but halfway there, his cell phone rang.

I took a look and it was Conan’s cell phone number - he was using two cell phones now!
"Hello, I'm Shiraishi..."

As soon as Shiraishi picked up the phone, a whistle sounded nearby. Yumi was seen riding her motorcycle side by side with Shiraishi, and blew a whistle to remind Shiraishi not to answer the phone while driving!

Shiraishi:……

How come Yumi always catches me when I'm talking on the phone while driving? What kind of causal weapon is this?

Seeing Shiraishi pull over, Yumi asked through the rolled-down window, "What's the important matter this time? If it's not official business, I'll have to deduct points... Let me tell you, the traffic law is going to be changed recently, and the penalty for talking on the phone while driving may increase from one point to three points! And according to the new regulations, you can't look at your phone for more than two seconds in the future, and you are not allowed to operate your phone in any way."

Hearing this, Bai Shi also spoke to the phone in a bad mood. "Did you hear that? So you better have something important to say, kid."

Of course, Shiraishi was mainly reminding him that someone else was listening to the phone call now—Yumi leaned in and listened on the other end of the phone…

"I and three elementary school students are in the haunted house on 4th chome... the same house where the murder happened five years ago. The murderer should still be here, and now... we've been discovered!"

"what--"

Click-click-click-clack-beep-beep…

"H-Hello?"

Conan was halfway through his speech when a little girl's scream was heard on the phone, and then... the phone signal was cut off.

Shiraishi, Yumi:......

Wow, this is really an important matter. Yumi was also shocked - she is worthy of being called Mihua. A random phone call is a big deal!
(End of this chapter)