Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 306: Strange Death

At noon, when Bai Shi looked at his phone, he had seen news about "members of a religious group gathering outside the Mihua Police Station" on more than one local online media in Dongdu...

However, most of them were just hearsay, and the only one that could be considered a "reveal" was "Observer Weekly" - Aida had already reported on the [Kuaikai] murder/suicide case!
I swear to God, this time it wasn't Bai Shi who gave her the clue, but she caught up with it herself...

The murder case that Aida encountered during her interview undoubtedly gave her the best news. Although she did not leave the police station until after ten o'clock in the morning, "Observer Weekly" managed to temporarily get her a front-page spot in the daily newspaper, and the online news was also vigorously promoted.

Of course, due to personal relationship, Aida also used some language in the news.

It only emphasized that the leader of the [Bitter Love Society] "felt very guilty" and voluntarily surrendered to the police, but has now left the police station - it made it sound as if he really just voluntarily cooperated with the investigation and was later released, and there was no mention of being handcuffed and arrested!
Originally, Aida came to interview [Kuaikai], which can only be said to be a small column. Compared with Aida's status, this interview is even a little insignificant...

However, because of Zhong Shang’s “suicide”, this news attracted a lot of attention as soon as it came out!

Especially with the disclosure of the on-site video... Shiraishi could already foresee that the reputation of [Kuaikai] would become even more well-known.

"Fortunately, there are already clues on the narcissistic side..." Bai Shi muttered to himself.

If the [Bitter Love Society] is really allowed to deal with it like this, I wonder how many believers it will attract to Beika Town in the future!
If it involves a cult, it would be more troublesome. After all, the believers of such cults basically have no brains and no rationality. The doctrines they usually promote, such as "be kind to others" and "eliminate evil thoughts", are just for listening. Once something happens, these people are potential troublemakers.

Beika Town is already in chaos enough. If there is another large religious group, how much blood and gore there will be? Shiraishi doesn't even dare to imagine it.

But the Eastern Island country is very permissive towards this kind of thing, which Shiraishi considers to be a cult, and at the legal level, there is very little the police can do.

For example, a former prime minister was shot with a homemade gun because he colluded with a cult organization, which led to the destruction of the perpetrator's family and the even more ironic thing was...

Prior to this, the cult group had close ties with the political circles, and had remained unscathed regardless of being reported or exposed by journalists. However, after the former prime minister who colluded with it was brought down, the cult group came completely into everyone's sight and was quickly cut off and banned by the political circles.

Although killing people in the street is a serious crime, its impact can be regarded as a model for East Island Country to combat cults - this shot dealt a heavy blow to a cult with a wide influence!

Shiraishi couldn't find anyone to replicate this scene, but fortunately, he already had an idea in his mind - Nakagami's death must be related to the [Bitter Love Society]. As long as the case can be solved, it can naturally be banned... otherwise it will become a big problem.

Even if they are not colluding with the political circles now, as long as it continues to be famous, there will definitely be opportunistic politicians rushing to "collude".

but……

Although the narcissistic stunt has been triggered, the search is not going smoothly!
The reason is simple. The video evidence at the time of the incident cannot be overturned at all...

Unlike the confusing mystery case, this time the detectives have placed their suspicion on the "Bitter Love Society", and the entire process of the victim's death was witnessed by many people, and there was even video evidence, but the evidence completely pointed to "suicide".

Before leaving get off work, Shiraishi attended the criminal investigation meeting of the Criminal Division...

Those involved in the investigation of the case this time are the "Haitani Narcissism Group", the "Gen Yamada Group" and the "Kuroki Kanzaki Group".

Huigu and Zilian said differently. When the case was reported last night, they were the ones on duty. They were also the first to arrive at the scene, and of course they had to continue following up.

Kunikida arranged for Kuroki and Kanzaki to participate in the investigation, mainly because of Kanzaki - Kunikida also knew that there must be some kind of trick hidden at the scene of this case, and hoped that Kanzaki, who was good at inspection, could discover it.

As for Gen and Yamada, it was mainly because of Gen's subjective will!

Yuan always felt that Renzaki Zhiguang's attitude during the interrogation was a little strange...

As soon as he entered the room, Bai Shi found that everyone was in low spirits... except for being narcissistic!
However, Shiraishi estimated that the reason for his narcissistic spirit was not because of any progress in the case, but because he had a "target". Otherwise, he should be devastated by the fact that "the person he fell in love with was a murderer".

"Why do you all have this expression? Have you also been converted?" As soon as Bai Shi came in, he encouraged everyone by complaining.

When they saw the director come in, everyone stood up. After hearing what the director said, everyone's expressions eased a little.

"Why are you just eating eggs? Don't you get a midnight snack allowance for overtime work on the case?" Shiraishi looked at everyone eating tasteless boiled eggs and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Oh, these are what Inspector Akasaka just sent... He went to Kusatsu on vacation." Kuroki said, and quickly brought two to Shiraishi.

Because it might involve transfers, Shiraishi tried his best to get everyone to take their vacations, but people like Aoki used their time during their previous vacations to investigate the case.

Shiraishi didn't think the hot spring egg was any different from a normal boiled egg, but he ate one anyway...it looked like a fish ball.

"Yuan, how is it, have you filled in the gaps in your previous ideas?" Bai Shi asked Yuan directly.

Upon hearing this, Yuan's face froze and he said, "No... the root cause is wrong... We have conducted an in-depth investigation of the [Kuai Society]. Although those believers are not cooperative, at least now we can confirm that the deceased Mr. Nakagami is indeed a 'traitor' to the [Kuai Society]...

"Mr. Nakagami was previously the accountant in charge of the accounts of the Kuai Society. He has recently been very close to another cult, Guardian of Light, and even embezzled funds from the Kuai Society. At yesterday's rally, Nakagami was liquidated, and the top brass of the Kuai Society knew about this in advance.

"Under such circumstances, no matter how hard you try, Nakagami will never cooperate with Renzaki Zhiguang to act out this scene. Even if the cult wants to find a cover, it won't be him..."

Indeed, if Nakagami was really the traitor among them, then Minamoto's previous assumption was not true from the beginning - according to Minamoto's assumption, Nakagami must have trusted Renzaki Shikou himself and other high-ranking members of the cult, but one of them took advantage of this trust to take his life.

If Nakagami is really a traitor to the Kuaikai, then the premise is not true.

Kanzaki also spoke up at this time: "I also checked the windows at the scene... I didn't find any special mechanisms, and judging from the situation of the other windows, they are just ordinary thin glass. Even if they hadn't cracked before, they would most likely not be able to stop Mr. Nakagami from crashing into them like that."

In this case, the speculation that "Nakagami didn't originally want to break the window to get out, but someone did something to him" is completely untenable!

In addition...

"In other words, why did the crack appear there before Zhong Shang smashed the window, but we still don't know?" Shiraishi asked.

"The cause has not been determined yet. We have also verified with reporter Aida that everyone should have been some distance away from the window at the time." Kanzaki said helplessly at this time.

According to the structure of the room, the window was facing the direction of Lianqi Zhiguang, and the believers tried their best to sit in front of Lianqi Zhiguang, so of course no one sat next to the window.

In this case, if someone stood up and approached the window, there was no way Aida and the cameraman would not have seen it even if the others had their backs to the window.

"Could it really be just because of the thunder..." Hei Mu guessed unconfidently at this time.

But Huitani interrupted, "Impossible. We went to the weather station and the power supply station to consult. There was no lightning strike near Beihua Town last night. The power outage was just the building's own circuit breaker tripping."

"Power trip? Why?" Kanzaki's expression changed when he heard this.

"It may be that the circuit breaker is aging. We checked it before and found that the circuit breaker has not been replaced for a long time." Huigu guessed.

"Is it such a coincidence..." Bai Shi muttered.

Just then, there was a knock on the meeting room door.

"Come in." Shiraishi said directly - he had already recognized the footsteps and knocking habits of Section Chief Marubi.

As expected, it was Yuanwei who came over, and...

He came to Bai Shi in a rather sneaky manner and said, "Director, there is a Ms. Sancheng outside who wants to see you..."

Hei Mu, who was sitting next to him, immediately showed a gossipy expression.

Yuanwei immediately explained: "I did say you were in a meeting, but she said that was just right... you see..."

Bai Shi looked at the others at this time, all of whom were looking away, suspecting that they had subtly misunderstood something!
"That's perfect, then please ask her to come over." Bai Shi said directly.

Madao, Kunikida:? ? ?
"Director..." Kunikida said in a troubled tone.

He didn't want to say this, but...

You can't invite irrelevant people to the search meeting, right?

"Listen to what she says. She knows the rules of the search and won't leak anything." Bai Shi said calmly.

Kunikida:……

I doubt you understand!

After a while, Misumi Mikoto walked in. Seeing the photos of the crime scene on the projector, Misumi's eyes lit up: "It seems that I came at the right time..."

Seeing such a bright young beauty coming in, Hei Mu and others were naturally dazzled, but...

Then he looked at his director strangely!

Can you please let us have some peace of mind? Letting... friends into the search meeting is a small matter, but what if you make friends with people indiscriminately and prevent us from joining the Suzuki Group after retirement?
and……

Do people like big sizes so much now? Why is the director so popular with women?
Just when everyone was envious and jealous, Sancheng had already taken out the documents from the bag. Kunikida, who was standing next to him, took a look and showed a surprised expression.

"Is there anything special about it?" Bai Shi asked meaningfully.

If the autopsy results are clear...

No, it should be said that if "the autopsy results can give a normal explanation", then just send the documents over, and Sancheng doesn't have to make this trip himself like now. "Yes, there are some strange things about the body, and the forensic doctor Zhongtang and I can't tell what the situation is... So we can't write anything in the information, so I came here to tell you in person." Sancheng nodded.

"Forensic doctor?" Kanzaki exclaimed in surprise.

Sancheng looked up at the young detective in confusion, and asked, "Huh? Didn't I just say that? Then...what do you think?"

"I thought...ah...I thought it was the forensic doctor's...assistant! Hehehe..." Kanzaki had just opened his mouth when he was stepped on by Kuroki.

He was also impressed by this stinky brother whose mouth was always one step faster than his brain...

At this time, Sancheng felt that the detectives of the Beika Police Station were also quite strange, and were almost the same as the detectives of the Nishi Musashino Police Station - it turned out that only Chief Shiraishi was special, not the Beika Police Station!
"Forensic Doctor Misumi, what are the results of the autopsy? Was the cause of death a fall?" Kunikida changed the subject.

Speaking of business, Sancheng also said with a calm face: "Yes, the cause of death is cerebral contusion, and the external injuries on the body also meet the characteristics of collision with the same hard surface... Although there are some scratches on the surface, it seems that they are all caused by glass fragments."

Judging from these injuries, there is no doubt about the cause of Nakagami's death, which is the same as shown in the video. However, since Sancheng came here specifically to give an oral account, then...

"So what's the doubt?" Bai Shi asked curiously.

"Eyes... the pupils of the victim's eyes were no longer visible when they were sent to the UID. They looked like hot spring eggs." Sancheng said as he pushed a photo to the middle of the conference table.

It was a close-up of a corpse's eyes, and they indeed looked completely white, quite creepy.

Hot spring egg...

The detectives who liked hot spring eggs at the scene all grinned at this time - this forensic lady really didn't care about whether it was raw or cold, and she felt no burden at all to use food metaphors, which made them seem a little uncomfortable.

But it’s right to think about it…

In terms of the number of corpses seen, even the detectives of the Beihua Police Station cannot compare to Sancheng. After all, Sancheng performs several autopsies every day!

Mitsuzu looked at them in confusion, as if they were all choked, but he continued to explain: "This level of corneal opacity should only be seen in corpses that are at least three or four days old. But Mr. Nakagami was found not long after his death, and his body was sent to UDI not long after..."

Mitsuzuki's tone was also confused.

"Corneal opacity? Could it be a disease?" Kanzaki guessed.

Although the criminal police all understand the basics of autopsy, such an obscure question as "the cause of corneal opacity in the corpse" is a bit beyond their scope.

Apart from Shiraishi, only Kanzaki knew a little more.

"No, no signs of disease were found... and didn't he fall from the building in full view of everyone? If he had developed this much disease before, everyone would have noticed it, right?" Sancheng had obviously also watched the news.

It was precisely because she knew from the news that the Mika Police Department was at a critical juncture that Sancheng made this special trip - otherwise she was worried that if she only issued a report, it would affect the Mika Police Department's ability to solve the case due to insufficient explanation.

If you need to write a report on this kind of inconsistency caused by unknown reasons, it can only be noted in one sentence at most.

If we just submit a report, the police station may not notice anything - at least Sancheng knows that if it is the Nishi Musashino Police Station, they will definitely not notice it!

Because Shiraishi had helped her before, Sancheng was of course more concerned about the cases in the Beihua Police Station.

"In short... if the disease had reached this extent when he was alive, he should have been blind long ago. And if it was formed after death, why did it become like this? I... am not very knowledgeable." Sancheng said helplessly.

Sancheng also tried his best. He looked through the information and consulted Zhongtang and other university forensic doctors whose contact information he had.

But nothing was found!
"Heat it up." Bai Shi suddenly said.

"Hmm? Director Shiraishi, when you say 'heating' you mean..." Sancheng was stunned when he heard that.

"Heating, intense heating, will cause the corpse... no, it will cause the human cornea to become cloudy rapidly." Bai Shi said affirmatively.

"Heating... indeed..." Sancheng thought about it from the perspective of physiological science and felt that this was indeed very possible, but...

"Where did you read the paper?" Sancheng wanted to confirm further.

"No, but I have seen people from a violent organization cook someone once before." Shiraishi said calmly.

The detectives present had basically given up on midnight snacks...

"Heating? Could it be that his reaction before death was... But... are there signs of burns on the deceased's body?" Kanzaki immediately confirmed with Misumi.

"Of course not." Sancheng said as a matter of course - if there were burns, she would have discovered it immediately!
Then maybe she could independently determine that "corneal opacity" was also caused by high temperature.

But because there were no other abnormalities and no one had ever written a paper on this situation, Sancheng had no place to even speculate.

"Then... how is it heated? If he was carrying something on his body, he wouldn't have not noticed... and there shouldn't be a reaction in the eyes first..." Kanzaki also became confused at this time.

However, his imagination was still at the level of "whether there was a hidden heating device hanging on his body."

"Could it really be telekinesis?" Hei Mu muttered in a low voice.

"No, Renzaki Zhiguang said during the interrogation that his telekinesis usually only makes people feel warm and happy. It was because he used his telekinesis too vigorously when punishing Zhong Shang that Zhong Shang's heart could not bear it... So, it was not fever in the physical sense." Yuan mentioned Renzaki Zhiguang's confession at this time.

Because the previous "arrest" was just a misunderstanding, and what the other party said during the interrogation was too outrageous, so it was not officially preserved at all!
Seeing everyone looking at him, Yuan quickly explained: "Ah... Of course I don't really believe it, but... According to what Renzaki Zhiguang said, telekinesis can only cause psychological effects."

Bai Shi closed his eyes and tapped the table with his fingers, as if thinking about something.

Only leaders can think like this during a meeting...

Shiraishi immediately opened his eyes and asked, "Does Renzaki Zhiguang usually stay at the shopping street?"

"No, the [Kuai Society] has a hill in Okutama Town, and the core believers live there. This place in Beikacho Shopping Street is their base for preaching in the eastern metropolitan area." Yuan said at this time with great understanding.

Today, Gen and Yamada went to visit the home of the Kuaikai...

"Top of the mountain?" Bai Shi frowned when he heard that.

"That's right. Some core believers live there with their families. The Bitter Love Society also advocates a natural lifestyle. There is only wind and solar power generation, and the water comes from wells." Yuan said with emotion.

Bai Shi curled his lips when he heard this...

Live naturally and stay away from technology... this is the standard doctrine of the East Island cult!
"Only use electricity from clean energy..." Shiraishi seemed to be very concerned about this at this time.

Bai Shi immediately said, "You six will go with me later."

"Director, you want to..." Kunikida heard this and quickly confirmed.

"Of course we have to catch the real murderer." Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

"The real murderer is..." Kunikida wanted to confirm further.

"I'm not sure how many there are yet, but considering the various other charges, there should be more than one person who needs to be arrested." Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

"Director, let's call the mobile team," Kunikida suggested seriously.

after all……

According to Yuan, there should be quite a few people in the lair of the [Bitter Love Society].

Kunikida also knew that these core members, even though they all said they wanted to be kind, would turn into a mob in a matter of minutes if they really wanted to arrest important members of the cult, especially the cult leader!

Shiraishi actually had this worry before - he was afraid that his detectives might be in danger if they rashly provoked them, so he specifically emphasized before that if they must provoke them directly, they must report to him first!
"No, there's no need for a mobile team or anything like that. I'll go and meet this cult myself..." Shiraishi said confidently.

At the same time, Shiraishi also specifically reminded: "You can carry batons with you, but don't bring other conspicuous weapons, especially pistols. If a fight really breaks out, you just hide behind me and protect yourself."

The baton was tied directly to the calf, and nothing could be seen.

If we bring conspicuous weapons, the situation will be out of control...

There is a fundamental difference between "sending criminal police and mobile teams to suppress a registered cult, which led to the other party fighting back and causing casualties" and "investigating a case unarmed, and the other party taking action after their criminal facts were discovered, and ended up being defeated by a certain director alone"!

The former carries too high a risk of public opinion. After all, although Shiraishi himself keeps calling it a "cult" in his heart, there is no basis for "anti-cult" among the people of East Island. A large number of people believe in it, and the public reaction to "freedom of belief" will also be very sensitive. If a real fight breaks out, Shiraishi will be the one who is politically incorrect.

But if it is the latter case, it is a completely different situation...

If it wasn’t necessary to capture the person, Bai Shi would even want to “go to the meeting alone”!
If only a few police officers go to visit without weapons, and if the other party attacks first and then wins the fight in hand-to-hand combat, there will be almost no pressure from public opinion.

Of course, generally speaking, this is impossible to do, so these religious groups are often fearless about such things, and are sure that the police will not dare to act rashly...

But meeting Bai Shi was like encountering a ghost!
(End of this chapter)