Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 263: The reader's low blood pressure was cured without medication
After Shiraishi called Kuroki and Kanzaki to ask about the situation, he changed his clothes and went to the Go-chome Koban with them - the reason he changed his clothes was because Shiraishi was about to get off work!

At this time, Bai Shi was still not sure whether this matter was worth working overtime, but...

There was no need to come in the director's uniform to deal with a "stolen bicycle".

"Kawaai, where is the person that Mr. Gaotang hit?" Seeing that there were no civilians in the koban, Shiraishi asked directly.

"Mr. Nishizawa only had a scratch, and his wife urged him to go home, so he left first. Let us find the culprit and contact him later." Seeing this, Kawai quickly replied.

Although no one was injured, it was a blessing in disguise, but... Xi Ze's bicycle was damaged by Gaotang, and Gaotang must make compensation - at that time, Gaotang came out of the alley and hit Xi Ze who was driving straight.

Teng looked unhappy at this time. He was squatting in front of the bicycle, checking something. When he saw the director coming in person, he shouted, "Director, the bicycle that Mr. Gaotang had the accident on... seems to have been tampered with!"

"What?" Bai Shi frowned when he heard that.

Shiraishi came forward, Fuji holding the brake line in his hand to indicate...

"This is... the traces of cutting." Bai Shi was now certain that Gao Tang's brake cable had been tampered with.

After all, your parents' bicycle looks very valuable. It is a high-end product that is no cheaper than a motor vehicle. It also looks well maintained overall. It doesn't make sense that only the brake cable would break so easily, and break so neatly!
"Before Mr. Gaotang disappeared, did he say that he had something important to tell you?" Kuroki immediately asked Fuji for confirmation.

It is still too early to think that “something happened” - after all, he is a former chief justice, and such a person might have some urgent matters at the last minute!

"No, when I registered, I also asked Mr. Gaotang... He said that he just made an appointment with his wife and would be home in an hour, so I registered the anxious Mr. Nishizawa first. But when I came out to the lounge to look for Mr. Gaotang, he was gone. He didn't show any urgency before, didn't you see that?" Teng's description was very specific.

"Indeed..." Hei Mu thought about it and felt that the old man didn't seem to have anything urgent to do at that time.

"Do you have his home address?" Bai Shi asked directly.

"Yes, I found it on the bicycle anti-theft registration." Teng had already found it.

Bai Shi took a look...

Sure enough, the villa area near Xiaguan and Jianggutian is a typical address for big shots.

"Kuroki, go and take a look at Mr. Gaotang's house." Bai Shi ordered directly.

"Huh? Yes!" Hei Mu was stunned when he heard that, but he still agreed immediately.

"It would be best if you meet Mr. Gaotang, then ask him to explain. If you meet Mr. Gaotang's family, ask them if they know where his father is. If Director Jiang Gutian has any opinions... go directly to Director Bai Ma!" Bai Shi instructed - mainly the third situation!
"Yes!" Kuroki and Kanzaki drove the plainclothes police car directly to Ekoda.

Shiraishi was at Go-chome intersection at this time, and a map appeared in his mind. He thought about how to get to Gaotang's house from here...

If I run there by myself, I won’t even get there in an hour!
If my father rides his own high-end bicycle, he should be able to make it back, but if he rides a patrol bike... it's no use even if he dies of exhaustion!
more importantly……

"It's just the time I promised my wife to come home. It shouldn't be that serious, right?" Bai Shi muttered.

Since there was an accident, why not just make a phone call?
Looking at his father's bicycle again, Bai Shi felt something was wrong.

"Director, then we..." Teng was a little worried at this time.

But Bai Shi said at this time: "You continue to be on duty, it's just right for me to inspect your shift."

Shiraishi didn't feel like going home to rest, so he sat down at the 5-chome intersection...

Fujiwa Kawai's faces immediately fell - what could be more depressing than the boss coming to inspect when you are on duty?

Kawai went about his daily inspections in a methodical manner, while Fuji...

Kawai looked at Minister Fuji in surprise. At this time, he actually found a place to sit down and started... browsing his phone?

Minister Fuji is so brave today...

……

Just twenty minutes later, there was new news from Kuroki and Kanzaki!

As soon as the transfer phone rang, Shiraishi picked it up immediately. When he heard it was Kanzaki's voice, Shiraishi didn't bother to care whether they were speeding or not, and asked directly, "Is Mr. Kodo home?"

"They're not here... and... Mr. Gaotang's wife and daughter are not at home either. The food is still on the table, and there are signs of physical conflict in the house...!" Kanzaki said quickly.

Apparently, Kuroki and Kanzaki were very brave - they went straight into the former judge's house to search for clues!
Shiraishi guessed it was Kuroki, after all, he had always been quite courageous, and Kanzaki wouldn't be so reckless.

Fortunately, Hei Mu was brave enough to discover the emergency in time. If his parents' wife and daughter were attacked, it would be understandable for him to leave in a hurry, even...

Judging from the fact that he did not seek help from the police, it was most likely a worse situation - hijacking!
"You... collect clues on the spot!" Bai Shi bravely gave the order directly.

Shiraishi hesitated for a moment and did not choose to notify the head office or the Ekota Office.

This is about the former chief justice, and too many people can easily make things worse, especially when Kuroki just barges in...

Reporting to Director Bai Ma is tantamount to making him take the blame, and as for the Jiang Gutian Office, it is of no help at all.

At this moment, Teng, who also heard the phone call, said, "Director, this is the latest news in the gossip magazine."

On Fuji's phone, there was an online report from the magazine, and the first thing on it was a photo of Gaotang having dinner with a young woman...

"Is this... a sex scandal?" Shiraishi actually knew just now that Fuji was using his mobile phone to look for the latest news about Judge Gaotang, wanting to confirm whether there was any important matter or trouble, and he found this in the end.

At the same time, the report also included photos of his wife and daughter...

Originally, because his parents were both in their sixties, when Bai Shi talked about his wife and daughter, he thought they were an old lady and an old girl. However, looking at the photos... it was still an old man with a young wife, and the daughter was born in old age. The wife looked to be in her forties, and the daughter was around twenty years old.

For a time, the credibility of the "cheating theory" increased greatly!
"This woman is... the host of the Mika Radio?" Shiraishi then realized that the scandalous woman was the host of the radio show he had heard in Ayako's car before.

The old man cheated on his wife for work reasons, and after a conflict, the cheating partner retaliated against his family...

That sounds like it!

"This anchor called Miwa Yuri..." Shiraishi had just started to speak when Fuji immediately said, "There's a show of hers on Mika Radio that ends in five minutes. If we go over now, we should be able to catch her!"

"Hmm? Doesn't that mean she has an alibi? Never mind, let's go and take a look first." Bai Shi said directly.

As for my parents' side, we cannot be sure it was a hijacking, it could just be a dispute. At this time, as a "suspected cheating partner", there may be clues.

The Mika Radio Station is not far from Go-chome, but Shiraishi is not going there alone...

After all, Shiraishi is too conspicuous. If he rashly goes outside the radio station to block people, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings if the people have nothing to do with the case.

Of course Fuji did not refuse and handed over the duty to Kawai.

Shiraishi drove his car directly to the entrance of the radio station with Teng, and just saw the three-wheeled anchor and her assistant coming out...

"That's great, you go and ask." Bai Shi instructed Teng to go over while he waited in the car.

Fuji hurried forward and stopped the three-wheeled anchor, while Shiraishi also stared at the conversation between the two - although it was at night and the sound was not that loud, but... Shiraishi has night vision and understands lip reading!

"Officer Fuji, you're so cute...Ah! Yuna, don't be angry...Kaodou is missing? You probably saw those stupid gossips and misunderstood...Mistress or something, how is that possible? I'm just consulting Mr. Kodou about some legal issues...Yes, about same-sex marriage...Yuuna and I want to get married...Poof!"

At this time, Bai Shi was speechless as he read the lips of the three-wheeled anchor.

Fuji went forward to question him, but apart from the fact that Sanlun took advantage of him and touched his face when he first came up, he didn't find any information!

This female anchor and her assistant are a couple...

Fuji came back with an embarrassed look on his face, and Shiraishi said nothing and just drove away.

……

After a long while, Bai Shi said, "Ahem, this is how it is during a search. We often end up on a side road."

Teng had recovered and said, "No, at least from... the anchor and her assistant, I know that Judge Gaotang cherishes his family very much. He even said in private that the reason he got married so late was because he had too many enemies. So it seems..."

Shiraishi then parked the car aside and said to Fuji, "You drive, I'll make a phone call."

Shiraishi strictly abides by traffic rules...

After Shiraishi dialed the number, he said flatteringly, "It's been a long time since we last met, Section Chief Iwata!"

Iwata:……

"You haven't offended anyone again, have you? The Commissioner of the National Police Agency or an official from the Ministry of Justice?" When Iwata heard Shiraishi's tone, he looked uncomfortable.

"How could that be? I'm just being kind to others. I just want to find out something... Do you know about your parents?"

Iwata:! ! !
"It's the turn of the Supreme Court Justice?" Iwata held his forehead in discomfort. "No, no, no, he might be in some trouble recently. I... want to find out if he has any enemies?" Shiraishi corrected.

"Trouble?" Iwata saw that Shiraishi didn't respond, and he immediately understood that something had happened and he didn't want to be blamed, so it was better not to ask too much, but...

"The enemies of the former Supreme Justice...are probably several times more than your enemies!" Iwata said that Shiraishi's questions were completely making things difficult for him.

Bai Shi scratched his head after hearing this, then narrowed the scope and said, "Can you help me find the records of overturning local judgments during your tenure as Supreme Justice?"

Bai Shi thought about it and realized that if Gaotang just followed the local judgment, then both the defendant and the plaintiff, even if they had objections, would hate the people in the local court more and would not point the finger at Gaotang right away.

"That's not a small number... Although Mr. Gaotang was once the youngest Supreme Court Justice, his judgment style is very conservative and he was criticized by the public as a 'justice who reads from the script'. As you know, in the past few years, local courts have generally been influenced by public opinion and often judge cases based on public opinion.

“So when you were the chief justice, you often overturned the decisions of local courts. Oh, right? Take the Zhushen case… the cannibal. Wasn’t it because the victim’s fiancée actively campaigned for him that he was sentenced to death?

"After another justice approved the death penalty, Justice Takado publicly criticized it, saying that a new mental evaluation should be organized. Not long ago, the case of Goto's murder was overturned, and Mr. Takado spoke out about it again..."

The verdict at the time was indeed controversial, and Zhu Shen's mental evaluation was not completed - because Zhu Shen attacked the psychiatrist who conducted the evaluation and swallowed half of his ear...

Kodou had also mentioned the case of Takegami in an interview about Kanako Akiyoshi.

Iwata gave this example to illustrate that Kodobe had disagreements with local court decisions many times in the past few years.

In short, the judge is a conservative one, while the local court has been more progressive and close to public opinion in recent years, so conflicting judgments often occur.

Obviously, using this as a condition, the search scope is still too large...

Shiraishi rubbed his temples while thinking about this matter, and suddenly reacted and said: "By the way, Fuji, you heard Mr. Gaotang say before that he promised his wife to be home within an hour, right? The three-wheeled anchor just said the same thing, Mr. Gaotang will definitely rush home on time after work...

"Iwata, can you help me find cases related to 'one hour' and 'going home'?"

Bai Shi was a little bit guilty at first - how much content was there in the case file? His father had been a judge for so long, and to find these two words in the vast amount of information, I'm afraid even if the official documents class worked overtime for several days and exhausted several pairs of eyes, it would still not be able to finish it!
"Okay." Iwata said lightly at this time.

"Huh? Is it really possible?" Bai Shi was stunned when he heard that.

"Recently, the official documents section has been organizing the electronic archiving of case files..." Iwata said as a matter of course.

It's already 2016, and Shiraishi is very pleased to finally see the Metropolitan Police Department start digitizing its archives!

Thanks to this, Iwata didn't put down the phone - apparently he was still working overtime...

Soon Iwata said, "I found a ruling by Chief Justice Kodo five years ago... Ah, that's the Naruse case, do you still remember it? We had just joined the company at that time... It was the one where a mentally ill person raped and killed a mother and daughter.

"The victim's husband testified that he should have been home an hour after get off work, but was delayed by something. As a result, he only saw the bodies of his wife and young daughter when he got home. His experience received widespread sympathy from public opinion at the time.

"The Touto High Court was probably also influenced by this. They did not recognize the mental evaluation result that Naruse Hiroyuki was 'unconscious' at the time and insisted on sentencing him to death. However, the Supreme Court did not extend the verdict. Instead, based on Article 39 of the Criminal Law, the defendant, who was unconscious at the time, was acquitted. I remember you said at the time..."

Bai Shi also remembered this incident and said immediately: "How can it be unconscious? When you are agitated and hurting people, it is 'unconscious'. I can still believe it, but unconscious rape is bullshit!"

"That's right. This news happened to come out when we had a party at the same time that year. You also stood up and slammed the table at that time. As a result, no one dared to look for you again after that." Iwata rolled his eyes.

Ordinary people would say this...

Among the dozen or so people in the professional group at the same time, some are destined to become big figures such as the "Superintendent General" or "Commissioner of the National Police Agency", so of course they have to be careful in what they say and do.

Shiraishi had just joined the job and at a gathering of his professional group, he said that the Supreme Court Justice "farted", which really scared the others...

"They know nothing! I just studied psychology..." Bai Shi was still indignant when he mentioned this.

"Yes, yes, that's what you said when they advised you." Iwata also recalled this.

Bai Shi suddenly recalled: "Oh, I remember the weather was like this back then, right?"

"Well, it should have been February... Wait, Shiraishi, I took a look... The date of the crime was January 2011, 1!" Although Iwata didn't know what happened, he knew that something must have happened.

January 1th, that’s today’s date!
Bai Shi's heart sank when he heard this, and he felt that it might be related to this verdict...

……

At this moment, a busy tone was interrupted during the call between Shiraishi and Iwata.

"Ah, I have a phone call coming in. I'll hang up first." Bai Shi took the initiative to say when he saw this.

"Well, you...be careful." Iwata gave a final reminder.

"Don't worry, I'm extremely cautious." Shiraishi took a look and saw that it was Kuroki's call, so he switched to answer it.

When Kuroki saw the director answering the phone, he didn't care about being polite and said quickly: "Director, two fingerprints that were not from the Gaotang family were found at the scene. The locations match the characteristics of the attacker, and... one of them is Naruse Hiroyuki! Naruse Hiroyuki was..."

"That rapist and murderer?" Bai Shi answered immediately.

Not only was Shiraishi startled, but Teng, who was driving, also instinctively stepped on the brakes and then showed an anxious look!
"Yes... no... that... theoretically he was found not guilty... the verdict was changed by the Chief Justice." Seeing that the director knew who it was, Kuroki did not continue to explain.

"Director, let me check Naruse's current address!" Fuji volunteered.

Shiraishi did not give the order immediately, but said to Kuroki: "Kuroki, you and Kanzaki use your mobile phones to search the news of that year and look at the photos of the victim's family members."

Shiraishi feels something is not right!
Logically speaking, it is impossible for Naruse to hate his parents, as they are his "great benefactor".

More importantly, today is the anniversary of the victim’s death…

If the bicycle accident was planned by someone, then...

"Ah! Director! This is the man... This is the man that Mr. Takado bumped into before! The family member of the victim back then, Junichi Nishizawa!" Kuroki shouted immediately.

Kuroki and Kanzaki had met the people involved in the bicycle accident before, and as expected, they met the family members of the victims at that time...

Shiraishi glanced at his watch and confirmed, "The accident happened around 7:20, right?"

"That's right." Fuji on the side and Kuroki on the phone said at the same time.

Shiraishi looked at his watch, which was almost nine o'clock, and said with a sinking heart, "Fuji, you go find the Protection Division immediately and investigate Naruse Hiroyuki's residence. Kuroki, you go find Nishizawa's residence!"

After Shiraishi finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone and called Kunikida's cell phone directly.

"Section Chief Kunikida, there's no time to rest... mobilize the entire Criminal Division immediately!"

Shiraishi also ordered Kunikida to conduct a thorough search for the whereabouts of Gaodou after he rode away on the bicycle. Originally, because the case was unclear, it was not appropriate to waste police resources in this way, but now it seems necessary.

Afterwards, Bai Shi called Director Bai Ma again...

"Officer Shiraishi, if you call casually after get off work like this, if it were a new police officer from the relaxed generation, he would be careful to report you for power-related harassment." After Bai Ma picked up the phone, he joked.

"There were signs of intrusion in the home of the former Takadobe, and his wife and daughter were suspected to have been abducted. The fingerprint comparison of the intruder showed that it was Naruse Hiroyuki, the rapist and murderer who was acquitted by Takado five years ago. Takadobe himself is very likely under threat and his whereabouts are unknown." Shiraishi reported directly.

White Horse: ...

The case was now clear enough, and there was no illegal investigation involved. Besides, manpower was needed right away, so Bai Shi naturally reported it directly to Director Bai Ma.

After hearing what Shiraishi said, Bai Ma also hung up the phone. Shiraishi knew that the Metropolitan Police Department would be in chaos from now on!
At this moment, Teng remembered that the man who was hit just now looked to be in his thirties or forties, and seemed very easy to talk to. When he mentioned that his wife and daughter were waiting for him at home, he showed no strange expression. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Shiraishi then continued to call the 5-chome koban...

"This is Gochome Koban. How may I help you..." Kawai answered the phone.

Shiraishi interrupted directly: "Kawai, do you still remember how to collect fingerprints? The bicycle in the accident just now... I mean the one that was hit, you should collect fingerprints from it immediately, and then take a photo and send it to the identification team!"

"Huh? Yes!" Kawai quickly responded.

There was also fingerprint powder, spare cotton swabs and tape in the interview. Kawai followed what he learned in the police academy and collected fingerprints on the handlebars of the bicycle...

"Director, you are suspecting..." Fuji also understood at this time that the person Shiraishi suspected of colluding with Naruse to break into Takadō's house was Nishizawa, the one who left the "unrecorded fingerprints".

It’s no wonder that Shiraishi would have such suspicion. After all, as a family member of the victim back then, Nishizawa’s appearance was too coincidental!

but……

"But will Nishizawa join forces with Naruse? The person he hates the most should be Naruse, right?" Fuji asked doubtfully.

"Not necessarily... Besides, if I were Caesar, I would also want to give it a try... If the judge's wife and daughter were murdered, would the verdict be the same?" Bai Shi said in a deep voice.

When Teng heard Shiraishi speak so directly and not shy away from his own extreme ideas, he did not dare to respond for a moment. Besides... this reason sounded very reasonable!
(End of this chapter)