Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 311 Two Exchanges
One kilometer east of the Mantiantang headquarters building, in a high-rise building...

Gin was on the roof at this time, looking through a telescope at the alley connected to the outer wall that was blown open by the bomb. The alley had been blocked by the police.

"Damn it! What's going on?" Gin was so angry that he slammed the fence.

Tequila had also contacted him just now. Originally, because he found out at the scene that the president of Mantiantang had actually invited Shiraishi Kuro, today's action was already shrouded in a haze. Fortunately, Tequila still managed to get the other party's suitcase, and the transaction was about to be completed smoothly...

Originally, Gin wanted Tequila to retreat immediately to avoid being discovered by Shiraishi.

Although the "Black Organization" did not suffer much loss at the hands of Shiraishi, Shiraishi's intuition and physical strength left a deep impression on Gin.

More importantly, the Black Organization’s allies in the top police departments can only have limited influence on Shiraishi!
Once Shiraishi spots him, even the top police officers won’t be able to stop him.

But at this moment, Gin suddenly felt that a disaster was about to happen, so...

Gin asked Tequila to first confirm whether the transaction was safe.

After listening to Gin, Tequila decided to go to the bathroom to check the suitcase, and then...

Gin saw the explosion!

For a moment, Gin was both shocked and angry - he was angry because Tequila was broken, but he was shocked because... he almost broke too!

Because Shiraishi was at the scene, Gin was afraid that it would be difficult for him to rush over. He even looked away immediately when he saw Shiraishi coming out of the gap in the outer wall...

Vodka was also anxiously making a phone call at the side. Not long after, Vodka came back and reported to Gin: "Brother, according to the police investigation, someone must be dissatisfied with the Galgame plot before Man Tian Xia, so they placed an indiscriminate bomb at the scene. It just so happened that Tequila..."

Gin was so angry that he hammered the railing: "Four Vegetarian Steamed Goose Heart!"

"You can't blame all the otakus, the second female lead in that game is indeed... ahem, big brother is right!"

……

At the scene, since Shiraishi was also there, Conan told Shiraishi what he saw and heard about "Tequila" in order not to expose himself too much.

Bai Shi directly admitted to the bug in front of the police to avoid any complications if the police found a recognizable bug at the scene later!

As for Inspector Megure, Shiraishi did not mention the bug, but said that Conan heard it - that is, he did not mention anything related to the "Black Organization", but did not leave out any clues to the case itself.

After hearing this, Feng Jian just thought that Shiraishi didn't want to expose the matter of the "Crow Legion", so he helped Shiraishi cover it up.

"Installed behind the bathroom door... sounds like an indiscriminate attack." Kazami rubbed his head helplessly.

"Inspector Kazami, what happened? From the looks of it, it was probably done by players who are dissatisfied with Mantan Paradise?" Megure walked over and asked in confusion.

He also didn't understand what the public security people meant by this...

If it really is related to some confidential incident, then they should just take over the case directly. But now it seems that it should be a serious crime and has nothing to do with the police.

"Huh? Are you sure?" Kazami questioned Megure directly.

Megure had long been accustomed to the attitude of the public security officers, and he calmly said, "President Ishikawa received a threatening letter before, and... although it is still under further identification, Officer Shiraishi smelled nitroglycerin on it before, which is consistent with the explosives at the scene."

Kazami: ...

Upon hearing this, Feng Jian looked at Bai Shi with resentment - why didn't you tell me this?

This "Tequila" is really unlucky...

As an official member of the "Crow Legion" with a code name, he should have some abilities.

But after trading confidential information with the employees of Mantiantang, he was killed by a otaku who was dissatisfied with the production of the game?
but……

Just as Kazami and Megure were looking at Shiraishi, they saw that for some reason, he had taken a piece of evidence obtained from the scene from Tomi's hand - a round iron piece folded almost 90 degrees with an "M" written on it - and seemed to be carefully examining something.

"Officer Shiraishi, have you found anything?" Megure came over and asked curiously - since there were "outsiders" like the public security present, he would not call them "brother" casually.

"This piece of iron... seems familiar. President Ishikawa, do you have one on your box too?" Shiraishi asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ishikawa.

"Eh? How could this be...ah! This is on the employee-only box for our Mantiantang..." Ishikawa was stunned at first, then he recognized it.

"Employee box? Besides you, who else brought this today?" Megure hurriedly confirmed with him. At this time, Megure didn't even know the identity of the victim.

Regarding the identity of the deceased, Shiraishi only told Kazami. To Inspector Megure and the others, there was only the testimony provided by Conan - "happened to hear it", "a mysterious man in black clothes", and he didn't even mention that he had eavesdropped on the other party.

After all, the affairs of the "Black Organization" are not suitable for ordinary police officers to know.

"I require all employees to wear specific tie clips and boxes. This is also to deepen the impression of our Mantiantang to customers." Ishikawa said as a matter of course.

"What? Do you have a list of employees attending the event?" Megure asked quickly.

"Yes, there are, but we've already counted them, and the victims are not our employees." Ishikawa was also confused.

"Not your employee? Then besides your company's employees, is there anyone else who has this box?" Megure asked hurriedly.

"Well... theoretically no, but actually in the logistics department, all employees can receive extra boxes as long as they report it. Not everyone gets one, and someone may give it away as a gift..." Ishikawa said uncertainly.

Conan then interrupted and said, "That man didn't wear a tie clip, and he was wearing a black suit and a round-brimmed hat. He looked very secretive, so he shouldn't be an employee of Mantiantang."

"Hide the head and show the tail?" Megure looked at Conan in confusion, not knowing whether he should believe what came from a child's mouth. At the same time, he was also wondering how Conan could remember it so clearly.

However, Kazami interrupted at this time and said, "Then check with the Manten employees present to see if the box has been given away."

Kazami only took Conan's confession as what Shiraishi asked him to say, so he helped to cover it up at this time.

"Wait, I don't think this verification will produce any results. The person who gave it to me might not admit it." Bai Shi suddenly said at this time.

"Eh? No way... Although the rules do not allow gifts, but after all, this is..." Ishikawa was stunned when he heard this.

It is true that this does not comply with the company's rules and regulations, but...

All his "friends" were killed in the explosion, but the police only asked him about the victims' information at this time, and he didn't dare to say it out loud. Isn't it too strange?
"Look at the direction in which this piece of iron is bent... President Ishikawa, can you bring a box to compare it?" Shiraishi said, and brought another intact box.

The evidence found at the scene was bent almost 90 degrees towards the side with the letter "M". On the intact suitcase, the iron sheet was fixed at the seam. In other words...

"Wait! If this was caused by a bomb, that means..." Inspector Megure looked around and suddenly reacted.

"That's right, which means... the explosion came from inside the box. I'm afraid that what Conan heard, 'it turned out there was no lock', was not referring to the toilet door, but the box he was holding." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Hearing what Shiraishi said, Feng Jian immediately reacted, looked at the place where the luggage was stored and said, "I see... Are you using the method of exchanging number tags to conduct a secret transaction?"

Of course Kazami's reaction was quick!
He was originally a public security officer, and the criminals he usually dealt with were also these "secret" guys.
[The items to be traded are deposited in a locker or something like that, and then the two parties meet secretly to exchange the deposited cards, completing the transaction without anyone noticing] - Public security police officers have seen a lot of "encrypted transactions" of this level!

more importantly……

Shiraishi had previously used the excuse of "secret eavesdropping" to tell Kazami that the dead bottle of wine had previously mentioned that it was here to make a secret deal with the employees of Mantiantang.

Knowing this, it is only natural for Kazami to think that he was killed by the suitcase he traded for.

Megure looked at Kazami in surprise, and then suddenly realized, "So that's the case. It is indeed possible... Was it to make some kind of shady deal, so he gave the victim a suitcase in advance, but put a bomb in it to silence him?"

Megure was also surprised - he didn't expect that there was someone in the public security department who was so good at on-site reasoning!
When Kazami met Megure's gaze, her face couldn't help but turn red, but she still kept a straight face and didn't show any fear.

"So... there should have been no guest leaving so early before. If we go to the storage office and ask, we'll find out which item he took." Bai Shi said as he looked towards the storage office.

At the counter of the check-in office, Conan had already jumped up, leaning on the edge of the counter, and asking something to the receptionist.

Because all the police officers present suddenly looked over, Xiaolan immediately noticed this and quickly picked Conan up.

"You can't do this! Conan, you're being naughty again!" Xiaolan said quickly.

"Wait! I want to investigate a case..." Conan was a little anxious.

After all, this was one of the few opportunities for him to find clues about the "Black Organization", so he was very anxious and not as calm as usual.

but……

Duang——

Uncle Maori's iron fist successfully helped him get rid of his "detective addiction" physically!
Megure hurried to the counter and asked the receptionist, while Kazami whispered to Shiraishi, "Officer Shiraishi, please don't involve the child..."

Well, considering the impression that Shiraishi had provided clues to Souichi through Conan’s mouth before, Kazami would of course think that Shiraishi was asking this elementary school student to “run errands” again.

This is a case related to the "Crow Army", and Kazami feels it necessary to remind Shiraishi about the issue of "safety".

In his opinion, in this kind of case, the public should not be asked for help, let alone a child!

"He is not an ordinary kid... and seven years old is not young. When I was seven, I was fighting with thugs who came to collect protection fees." Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

Kazami: ...

Conan, who was thrown over by Maori, couldn't help but ask when he heard Shiraishi say this: "Didn't you say... when you were my age, you studied every night?" "Well, actual combat is the best teacher, and it's free." Shiraishi said confidently.

Conan:? ? ?
You don't really want me to go to Kamurocho to get beaten up, do you?
……

At this time, Megure came back and said to Shiraishi and Kazami, "It's good news. There was only one person who took the luggage before the explosion... and that person was No. 98!"

At that time, the game trial event had just opened, and no matter reporters, players, or colleagues would leave at that time.

Only Tequila - he liked "Suo Duan Qi" and had no interest in "Man Tian Tang". The reason why he waited until after the press conference to pick up the box was to avoid attracting attention, so he waited a little longer.

"Only one? That's good. In other words, let the employees of Mantangtang pick up the suitcases later, and then see whose suitcase contains the suspicious items obtained in the transaction, and then we will know who the murderer is." Shiraishi said, looking at President Ishikawa.

As a police officer, given the current situation, I am not qualified to search the luggage of hundreds or thousands of people at once...

Even if we only searched the employees of Paradise, there were nearly a hundred of them!
but……

Just because the police can’t do it doesn’t mean the company can’t do it!

Police officers cannot conduct forced searches without evidence, and asking them to cooperate voluntarily may not be effective.

but……

President Ishikawa: Yes!

As the president of Mantangtang, he has to check the suitcases of his employees. There will definitely be very few people who don’t cooperate, and then he can directly lock on to his target.

Seeing this, Ishikawa naturally nodded.

Not to mention that it was Shiraishi who asked, even without considering Shiraishi's face, Ishikawa was still worried that he had such a person among his employees - what a guy, it would be fine if he sold out the company's secrets, but he actually pretended to sell them and directly blew up the trader...

What kind of outlaw is this?
With such people under his command, Ishikawa himself cannot feel at ease!

"Oh, okay, I'll let everyone..." Ishikawa was about to use the president's privileges.

But at this moment, Conan suddenly said: "Wait...ah, I think I know who No. 98 is..."

"What? Little boy, how do you know?" Feng Jian asked hurriedly after hearing that.

"This..." Conan said, looking at Xiaolan and Maori.

Seeing this, Xiaolan thought Conan was messing with the police again, so she hurried forward, but Conan asked, "Sister Xiaolan, Uncle Maori, are your numbers 100 and 96?"

"Huh? I'm No. 100...Yes, dad is No. 96, what's wrong?" Xiaolan said after thinking for a while.

Xiaolan got number 100, and she thought to herself that she had good luck today, so she was impressed. Thinking about it carefully, her father's number was 96...

"Wait a minute, these numbers are given in order, right? Is there someone else between you and your father?" Feng Jian also understood at this time.

"It's those three big brothers!" Conan immediately pointed out Ueda, Nakajima and Takeshita with an innocent look on his face.

"When they were queuing before, Nakajima-san was talking to Uncle Mori the whole time, so he stood between Xiaolan-san and Uncle Mori. Then when it was almost his turn, Takeshita-san and Ueda-san also came over to cut in line because they had urgent matters, and the three of them stored their luggage together." Conan remembered it very clearly.

Bai Shi and the others looked over immediately and found out...

All three of them still have boxes in their hands!
Before the explosion, only Tequila was in a hurry to get the box. However, after the explosion, when Shiraishi evacuated people, many people went to get the boxes and were ready to leave at any time, including the three of them.

President Ishikawa also came over angrily at this time, walked in front of the three people, and then...

Thinking that the man was a "ruthless person", Ishikawa inexplicably cowered again and hid behind Shiraishi before questioning, "You three! Who... sold out the company's confidential information? Did you sell the script for the new galgame?"

The three people did not know that the previous reasoning conducted by the police, in the impression of others, was still an "indiscriminate attack".

When the little ghost pointed at them, the police officers came over and the three of them had different expressions...

The scumbag Nakajima and the extremely introverted Takeshita both looked a little unnatural. Only Ueda didn't seem to have any other unnecessary expressions except for being puzzled.

When Ishikawa stepped forward to question them, Ueda and Takeshita both looked surprised, while Nakajima's face changed drastically.

"No... President... I didn't sell out any company secrets... I just gave him some 'that'..." Nakajima hurriedly explained.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Nakajima in amazement...

"You... don't have to be so extreme." Ishikawa said, hiding further behind Shiraishi.

"Mr. Nakajima, so... it was you who returned the card number 98 to the victim, right?" Megure said with a stern face.

"Victims? What victims?" Nakajima was stunned when he heard that.

There were indeed "suspicious persons" who purchased the information of Mantangtang's technical staff from Nakajima. Nakajima also knew that this behavior was unethical - it was equivalent to giving all the information of his own technical staff to "headhunters", which would make them easy to be poached in the future.

However, because Nakajima owed gambling debts, he had no choice but to take the risk!
and……

After all, he felt that at least this was not a secret like a game plan or patented program, so it should not be discovered and it was not that serious.

Who knows why the police are so serious now? What does "victim" mean? My information is not fake, so how could he be a victim?
Besides, why are you leaving the bombing case alone and investigating my little matter first?

"Mr. Nakajima, did you get your suitcase through a trade?" Megure said and winked at Takagi. Seeing this, Takagi stepped forward and took the box from Nakajima.

Nakajima did not resist at this time, but...

Shiraishi noticed that Takeshita's face became nervous again, and when Takagi opened the box to check, Takeshita obviously dodged back.

but……

There were no dangerous items in Nakajima’s box—all of them were Dongdao people’s favorite, stacks of ten-thousand-yuan bills!

The offer made by the “Black Organization” was very generous, otherwise Nakajima would not have been tempted.

"Mr. Nakajima, we are arresting you now for 'intentional homicide' and 'use of explosives', is that ok?" Megure felt that at this point, the criminal would not resist.

Who knew that Nakajima showed a shocked expression at this time: "Wait! What do you mean no problem? What are you talking about? I just sold some information in the company to those people!"

Megure heard this, but shook his head and said: "It has come to this, do you still want to quibble?"

Kazami said, "Inspector Megure, regarding this suspect... because the deceased has a special identity, we the Public Security Bureau will take over."

"Hmm? As long as you have the documents." Megure was not surprised when he heard that.

"Wait a minute! I really didn't kill anyone! What do you mean the police?" Nakajima was also confused at this time.

Finally, Shiraishi interrupted and said, "Wait a minute, Inspector Kazami, can you police check Mr. Takeshita's box again?"

"Eh? Okay..." Feng Jian was stunned at first, then looked at Takeshita, whose hair was extremely parted.

At this time, Takeshita also hugged his box tightly in a suspicious manner.

"Wait...I..." Takeshita seemed reluctant to hand it over.

However, Feng Jian said directly to his face: "The public security search, I hope you will cooperate."

Directly checking the personal belongings of "unrelated persons" is still a bit taboo for ordinary criminal police, but...

For the "public security", there are fewer concerns. After all, public security police officers are not afraid of general complaints, and their search rules also have a lot of "convenient space."

Feng Jian saw this and snatched the box away. After opening it, he saw what was inside...

"This is... President Ishikawa, come and take a look." Kazami called Ishikawa over at this time.

After seeing this, Ishikawa also discovered what these materials were...

"Takeshita, why do you want to print out the information of the company's programmers?" Ishikawa asked immediately.

"I..." Takeshita couldn't come up with any idea for a moment.

Instead, Nakajima looked over at this time for no apparent reason...

Shiraishi said, "President Ishikawa, this is difficult for him. I don't think he knew that Nakajima was going to trade these with others today... Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen today to exchange the bombs with Nakajima."

After seeing Takeshita's reaction, Shiraishi basically understood the whole story.

These are actually two cases - one is that Takeshita wanted to kill Nakajima because of his love, so he thought of making a homemade bomb, and then exchanged the boxes of the two people to blow up each other; the other is the illegal transaction between Nakajima and the "Black Organization"...

Because the two cases collided with each other, "Tequila" failed to get the information the organization wanted, but instead got a ticket to hell!

"Takeshita... could it be you..." Ueda was also looking at Takeshita in shock. He didn't expect that "a barking dog doesn't bite". Takeshita, who usually seemed to be the least likely to turn against someone, actually killed the person directly.

Ueda was also puzzled at this time: "He stole your girlfriend...wasn't that a few years ago? And it seems that he broke up recently..."

"That's right! It was because he abandoned Liang Mei that... Liang Mei committed suicide!"

(End of this chapter)