Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 258 You Really Chose a Good Place
Yamato Gansuke then described what had just happened, and the Junior Detective Team also provided testimony to the police again...

According to Yamato's description, Tomi from the Metropolitan Police Department's Identification Team drew a portrait of the other party, but... Tomi's face looked a little strange.

Whether it was Inspector Yamato from Nagano or the children, the "Akiyoshi Kanako" they described was thin and small, wearing a pink skirt...

It is really hard to imagine that such a weak-looking young woman could beat Yamato like this with her bare hands.

Facing Tomi's strange expression, Yamato opened his mouth but couldn't say anything - in fact, he really wanted to say, don't look at her pink skirt, she is really ruthless when she hits people...

After she fell to the ground, the girl in the pink skirt jumped up and stepped on her bad leg!
But in the eyes of the detectives in Dongdu...

Inspector Nagano looks very fierce. Although he has a lame leg, I thought he had some kind of high fighting ability by contrast. But... he is such a loser!

……

Shiraishi also learned the bad news on his way back to Toudou from Nagano.

But there is no point in blaming Yamato at this time. The important thing is that he must be arrested as soon as possible... before the next casualties occur!

Otherwise, if there is another shooting, and it is still committed by a police officer, the problem will be even bigger...

When Shiraishi returned to the Beika Police Station, it was already evening. As the day passed, the "Special Investigation Headquarters" held another investigation meeting at eight o'clock in the evening, allowing Shiraishi to make it in time.

"Everyone should know that during the day, Superintendent Shiraishi went to Nagano Prefecture. As a graduate of the University of Tokyo with a master's degree in psychology, Shiraishi, who majored in personality analysis, speculated that the suspect Akiyoshi Kanako was very likely suffering from 'dissociative identity disorder', also known as multiple personality!

"And it can be confirmed that one of the personalities is highly lethal and even antisocial. The ambush on Inspector Yamato in Nagano Prefecture this afternoon also indirectly confirmed this...

"In addition, after Inspector Yamato in Nagano Prefecture was attacked and fainted, the criminals took away his police M60 revolver, which contained one blank and four live rounds.

"Regarding the suspect's portrait... the Tokiwa Group has already reconstructed it. After being identified by Inspector Yamato of Nagano Prefecture, it is roughly 90% consistent. Everyone, please record the photo."

Yuno came up and emphasized the most critical issue. Although everyone had been informed before, but... the police officers might not believe it when someone suddenly mentioned "multiple personalities". After all, the police officers had only seen this thing in movies and novels.

If a criminal is told that he has multiple personalities, their first reaction would be: is this a cunning criminal trying to get away with it?

In addition...

Although Uno gave face to Yamato, or rather the Nagano Prefectural Police, by simply saying that it was an "ambushed attack", he also emphasized that it was "Inspector Yamato of Nagano Prefecture" - as a counselor of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, he would never take the blame.

It would be fine if Yamato’s gun didn’t fire. If it did, then you have to make it clear that it was you, the people from Nagano Prefecture!

When they heard that there were five bullets in the gun, the detectives present felt a sinking feeling in their hearts - you loaded it with bullets!

"Blank bullets" are bullets without a bullet head and only the gunpowder part. They are usually used for warning shots. The following four shots are live bullets, which are more than enough to kill one or two more people.

Afterwards, the other detectives also reported their search results...

Judging from the results of the visit, the most valuable information is the news obtained by Yuan's group - when Akiyoshi Kanako disappeared, her parents complained about the school and the class teacher!
Akiyoshi's parents believe that it was because Mr. Matsushita ignored Kanako's requests for help that Kanako had to go home by herself after discovering someone was following her, and he was even unwilling to help call home.

It was just that the news was suppressed by the school at the time, and the branch as a hot topic was not very popular. In order to get the school to cooperate with the search and rescue, Kanako's parents did not dare to say more about this later...

Later, because of Kanako's disappearance, the Akiyoshi family was destroyed, and only Matsushita was left who could speak freely.

"Well, the results of the investigation by the Beihua Agency can basically be considered the reason why Akiyoshi Kanako had murderous intentions towards Councillor Matsushita...

"And judging from the situation at the scene, among Kanako Akiyoshi's multiple personalities, there are some that are not so extreme.

"In addition to finding Akiyoshi Kanako, our search focus from now on will be to quickly identify other targets who may be hated by her 'Deer Man' personality so that they can be protected." Uno summarized again at this time.

However, the Soichi police officer who visited Kanako Akiyoshi's family had little success today...

Megure stood up helplessly and said, "Akiyoshi Kanako's relatives all passed away more than ten years ago. She was only ten years old when she disappeared. Other relatives have no impression of her, and Kanako has not contacted them. It can be said that Akiyoshi Kanako has no family now."

I have to say that Aoyama Yukiichi really deserves to die, but as for Panasonic... that's a matter of opinion.

More importantly, we must not allow Kanako Akiyoshi to continue now!
Upon hearing this, Uno asked, "Have you found any relatives who have a dispute with Akiyoshi Kanako's parents?"

"There were some disputes with Akiyoshi's father and his brother during his lifetime due to property issues, and he is currently in charge of the inheritance of Akiyoshi's parents... We have now left police officers to monitor near his home." Megure said, looking at the notebook.

"Well, we must protect the safety of these people from now on." Counselor Uno nodded.

When Uno looked towards the Public Security Bureau, Kazami stood up and said, "There are no clues in Councillor Matsushita's current social circle."

Now that the murderer of the case has been identified, and it is clear that it has nothing to do with "political assassination," the public security department is not prepared to disclose the results of its investigation into Matsushita's "member of parliament identity."

Shiraishi deliberately said, "By the way, I heard that Senator Matsushita has opened a company that provides campus security props and decoration in the name of campus safety in recent years. He has received many orders through political... speeches. Do you want to check it out? What if Kanako holds a grudge against him?"

Kazami: ...

In response to Shiraishi's sarcasm, Kazami said sullenly, "We will investigate the report made by Officer Shiraishi."

"Eh? It can't be considered a report, right? Councillor Matsushita legally runs a company to make money, the school legally spends money, the city council legally promotes, the education committee legally approves... I didn't say anything illegal, I was just afraid Kanako wouldn't think so." Shiraishi corrected him and said, "But if Inspector Kazami feels that there is a problem here, I think you can ask the Second Investigation Division to assist in the investigation, or ask the prosecutors to intervene in advance."

Well, for job crimes, they fall into the category of "smart crimes", which is the responsibility of the Second Investigation Division. If it involves officials or politicians, the Prosecutor's Office will generally take the lead in the investigation...

This is also the reason why the Second Investigation Division is the "most bureaucratic department in the Metropolitan Police Department."

After being scolded by Shiraishi, Fengjian stopped talking.

"Officer Shiraishi, let's talk about the case first." Counselor Uno reminded from the side.

Shiraishi was just making a few sarcastic remarks, but he didn't really think that Kanako would target the relevant people because of this kind of thing...

Because Shiraishi knows best what kind of people Kanako... or the subsidiary personality "Deer Man" will target - those who appear on TV!
"Well, let me add a few words." Shiraishi also stood up and said, "During the time Kanako Akiyoshi was imprisoned, the only channel for her to learn about the outside world was the small TV in the cellar..."

It was because of this TV that she experienced the despair of her parents’ death during her imprisonment, and saw again and again that the teacher who ignored her calls for help would come out every year to hypocritically use her to “show off her reputation”.

This made her develop a strong desire to kill, which was also reflected in the personality of "Deer Man"...

As for the property dispute, it was never shown on TV. Even if Kanako knew about it after escaping, it would be unlikely for her to turn it into murderous intent because of her "naivety".

Because of the lack of social interaction, Kanako's main personality is probably only in her early teens...

"So I guess that the next target of the Deer Man personality is likely to be someone who also appeared on TV. Section Chief Kunikida will then arrange for someone to organize in detail the news content related to the disappearance of Akiyoshi Kanako that has been reported over the years.

"Secondly, you should also pay attention to news that has nothing to do with Kanako Akichi, but may cause her to resist. Most importantly...put yourself in the shoes of the little girl who was abducted and imprisoned for fifteen years without seeing the sun, and during that time, she also received news of her parents' death, instead of using the logic of a normal adult!"

As Shiraishi said this, he directly handed the task of "most likely to get the answer" to his subordinates.

But this task is not easy...

If it was just news related to the "Akiyoshi Kanako disappearance case", it would be easy to find some, but if it was news about "anything that might make Kanako Akiyoshi want to kill", then the scope would be too large.

Fortunately, the good news is that Shiraishi has confirmed that the TV can only receive a few channels in the cellar...

"Oh, by the way, Inspector Kuroda, the superior organization of the Tsugami Group is also the Ryumaru Society, right?" Shiraishi suddenly asked.

"Yeah, that's right." Kuroda didn't know why Shiraishi asked this.

"There have been reports on TV before that the former Minister of Justice Inukai was in collusion with the Ryumaru Society...Counselor Uno, do you want to go and protect that Inukai?" Grand Duke Shiraishi said selflessly.

That’s right, that guy hasn’t gone to jail yet, but is stuck at the stage of “whether to decide to prosecute” and is still struggling!
Uno:……

The detective below also had an expression as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to say anything.

They could naturally see that Police Officer Shiraishi was deliberately mocking Ichiro Inukai.

At this time, Uno said with a straight face: "As a former minister, Inukai has been arranged for protection by the Security Bureau."

The Secretary of State's daily travels and residence are accompanied by guards arranged by the Security Bureau.

"That's good... But he is a 'former' minister after all, so he will definitely be a lot more lax. I still have to remind him." Bai Shi said seriously.

Uno could sense his sarcasm but still agreed. After all, what Shiraishi said made sense. Wasn't there a former prime minister who was successfully assassinated a while ago?
Kuroda glanced at Shiraishi at this time...

Kuroda was lucky in fact - he was secretly transferred to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters to secretly investigate the long-standing factional corruption within the Nagano Prefectural Police... and not long after that, the former Prime Minister was assassinated. As the "former director of the Planning Office of the Security Bureau", Kuroda managed to escape the responsibility!
But now when Shiraishi mentioned it, as a "former Security Bureau officer", he still felt a little embarrassed.

Shiraishi didn't say anything more. After all, he wasn't really worried about that Inugami. He just wanted to take the opportunity to mock that guy!

Shiraishi dared to tell this kind of "joke" seriously, but the detectives below did not dare to laugh, and they felt very uncomfortable for a while. "By the way, where is Detective Mori?" Shiraishi then discovered that Kogoro Mori, who was "assisting in the search", was not there.

"Detective Maori was worried that the police officer who led the investigation of the case fifteen years ago might be the next target, so he went to accompany his former colleague." Megure explained at this time.

After the reason for Matsushita's murder became roughly clear, Kogoro Mori "reasoned" that the next target might be the police.

Moreover, fifteen years ago, a detective who worked with Kogoro Mori at the same time also assisted in this case, so Mori is with him now.

Bai Shi nodded upon hearing this, and on the surface he did not comment, but in his heart he probably thought that he was eliminating the wrong options...

Judging from Shiraishi's analysis of Kanako's psychology, or her "illness", it is unlikely that she would have such thoughts. The reason why she was full of murderous intent towards Matsushita Yuriko was not simply "venting her anger on others", but the murderous intent accumulated when she saw her appear on camera again and again and mention herself in the dark environment.

The police officers who failed to solve the case back then did not appear on TV every other day to show their presence...

For Kanako Akiyoshi, who had been imprisoned for fifteen years, she probably had no idea who the police officers in charge were, let alone vent her anger in this direction.

At the search meeting, after the tasks were assigned again, the detectives took action.

The criminal police of Mihua Police Department have a "heavy responsibility" - visiting witnesses is not easy to do at night, but they can work overtime at night by finding TV programs during this period!

However, in this situation, no one complained.

After all, the detectives from other police stations were all doing odd jobs after the establishment of the "Investigation Headquarters". The rare situation of the Beihua Police Station "taking the lead" made them feel proud.

……

Of course, Shiraishi didn't need to do things like looking up the programs on various channels himself, but he didn't go home to rest at night, but continued to stay in the police station.

A night passed, and there was little progress in the case, and Akiyoshi Kanako did not appear again...

It was not until the next day, Thursday, January 1, at 26 p.m., that Shiraishi received a call from "Kudo Shinichi".

This kid...did he skip school?
After Shiraishi glanced at his phone, he said hello to Uno and Kuroda and went out to answer the call.

Kuroda looked at Shiraishi's back for a second longer - caller ID, or a "code"? So mysterious...

"Officer Shiraishi! I just heard an important piece of news at Beika Elementary School..." Conan said quickly on the phone.

"Huh? Why are you at Beihua Elementary School?" Shiraishi wondered - did you really skip school?
"Today is the anniversary celebration of Mika Elementary School and Teitan Elementary School have a joint event... Listen to me first!"

Mika Elementary School celebrated its anniversary and invited children from Teitan Elementary School to celebrate together.

Therefore, after Conan arrived at Beika Elementary School, he immediately went around asking around for information about Akiyoshi Kanako together with the other three members of the "Junior Detective Team".

As a result, I actually heard important information from an elderly security guard!
The old guard was deeply impressed by the disappearance of Akiyoshi Kanako...

At that time, there was one thing that was not announced in the official media.

In fact, the school’s security post did discover a "suspicious man" during that period and reported the matter.

Therefore, during that period, students were also reminded that if there were no parents to pick them up after school, they should walk in groups!

However, the old security guard said that the missing little girl was isolated by her classmates at the time, and the other girls were unwilling to go home with her. As for the boy... at this age, he didn't play with girls at all, and they all went outside to "run wild" after school.

When I saw her leaving school on her own that day, the guard reminded her, but this happened anyway...

Although the security guard mentioned the incident to the police after the incident, the school quickly issued a gag order and ordered him to take leave.

This is also the reason why he was neither fired nor changed to a better job at his old age - in order to issue a gag order, the school signed a formal contract with him until retirement, but was unwilling to promote him afterwards.

When Shiraishi heard the clues Conan obtained, he immediately hung up the phone!

Conan was not in a hurry when he heard the busy tone - he knew that Shiraishi had already understood how urgent the matter was!
Shiraishi returned to the conference room and immediately said to the police officers on the line, "Notify all detectives in Beika-cho to check immediately if there are any students from Kanako's class, or from the class above or below, holding a party today!"

"Huh? Class reunion today?" Yuno was stunned when he heard this - this is not a normal day!

"Today is the school anniversary of Beika Elementary School, and...some staff members at that time recalled that Akiyoshi Kanako was isolated by her classmates." Shiraishi explained.

Yuno frowned, feeling that things were indeed not simple.

At this moment, Haidani hurried over with a notebook in his arms and said, "Director, Counselor Uno, I just discovered that four days ago, during a street speech by Matsushita Yuriko, a classmate of Akiyoshi Kanako was interviewed!"

"What? Let him out!"

Shiraishi, Uno, and Kuroda's attention was immediately focused.

Huigu also opened his notebook at this time...

In the video playing above, Yuriko Matsushita first said to the camera with a solemn oath: "The disappearance of classmate Kanako Akiyoshi is still the motivation for my actions! Kanako, we will not give up looking for you!"

Huigu fast-forwarded and said, "The key is at the back..."

At this time, another young woman who was gathered around was interviewed...

"Are you Kanako's classmate?"

"That's right! I'm Kanako's best friend. Although I don't know where she is yet, we will have our class reunion this year and will mail the invitation to her hometown. Our hearts will always be together!"

……

"What time and place is this party?" Bai Shi asked hurriedly.

In connection with the clues that Bai Shi just mentioned, everyone realized that this really looked like "Target 2"!
"Narcissism is verifying with the Rice Flower Alumni Association..." Huitani replied.

At this moment, the internal phone rang. When the police officer picked up the phone, a narcissistic voice came from the other end: "Is Huitani there? I asked about the time and place of the party... It's at 4 o'clock this afternoon, in Hall 4 on the 18th floor of the Suzuki Hotel in Beikacho!"

Shiraishi:……

Yummy Suzuki Hotel, 18th floor, Hall 4, 4 o'clock? Look at the place you booked!

"Notify everyone and rush to Suzuki Hotel immediately!" Uno gave the order quickly.

Judging from Shiraishi’s previous analysis, these people at the party perfectly meet Kanako’s target conditions!
"Counselor Uno, can you notify Hotel Suzuki first and seal off the scene?" Kuroda thought of a way to cut off the source of the problem.

It's already past three o'clock, so sealing off the scene and not letting anyone in is indeed a solution.

"This..." Yuno was hesitating at this time - after all, it was just speculation. Without any documents, it would not be easy to ask Suzuki Hotel to cooperate in sealing off the scene and refusing guests' reservations just because of a sentence...

This kind of large hotel with abundant legal resources strictly observes police procedures and will not expect others to cooperate simply by talking to them.

But at this moment, I heard Bai Shi on the side was already on the phone...

"Ayako, there's no time to explain... notify Hotel Suzuki immediately. The event in Hall 4 on the 18th floor will be terminated in half an hour. The site will be cordoned off immediately and the cancellation of the event will be announced!" Shiraishi has already called Miss Suzuki.

Uno:? ? ?
Who are you calling?
Uno didn't have time to ask what was going on, he just looked at Shiraishi expectantly, and Shiraishi was also waiting for Ayako's reply...

After a while, Ayako responded: "Xiao Hei, the hotel said that the event has already started. They booked it for three o'clock. There are already a lot of people in Hall 4... Do we need to evacuate?"

Although Ayako didn't know what was going on, she cooperated completely!

When Shiraishi and the others heard Ayako's voice, they didn't have time to complain about "Xiao Hei's" nickname. They all stamped their feet in their hearts - the party started an hour earlier than the ceremony? These people really know how to plan ahead!

"Can't evacuate!" Kuroda said directly at this time.

Shiraishi and Uno both looked over at this time...

Although Kuroda has the lowest police rank among the three, it must be said that in terms of "activity safety", Kuroda, who came from the Security Bureau, is definitely the most experienced!
"Since the event has already begun and a large number of relevant people are on site, evacuating now would be more dangerous. Akiyoshi Kanako is likely to be nearby. If the people attending the party come out in small groups at this time, given the brutality of her personality, she could easily kill a few of them at random!"

"So what should we do now?" Bai Shi asked directly.

Shiraishi was indeed inexperienced in security work, but he was not ashamed to ask for advice...

"To what extent can the call affect Suzuki Hotel?" Kuroda asked Shiraishi conservatively - he didn't even know who Shiraishi was talking to on the phone.

"She's the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family." Shiraishi's answer seemed irrelevant, but it could be said that he had already answered the question...

(End of this chapter)