Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 322 Direct Death Information

When the lights in the safe house came on, Iwami panicked for a moment, but he calmed down immediately...

"Hmm? Inspector Shiraishi is still worried about this case?" Iwami said, standing up calmly, as if he was also here to investigate the case.

"Of course, after all, the murderer is right in front of us. How can we just leave like this?" Bai Shi said bluntly.

"Murderer? Hahahaha... Officer Shiraishi, you don't have any shocking reasoning again, do you? But... when the gunshot was heard, I was still working overtime at the county police headquarters!" Iwami said unhappily.

Junko, who was also at the scene, said, "It was indeed me who called Uncle Iwami to tell him about the gunshots..."

"Well, Inspector Shiraishi...the director rushed here from the prefectural police headquarters after receiving a call from Junko Kimura. Many people can testify to this." Uesugi said hurriedly, thinking there was some misunderstanding.

"That's right, you were not at the scene when everyone heard the gunshot." Bai Shi nodded as a matter of course.

"Eh? I heard a gunshot... Could it be..." Junko was stunned when she heard that.

"That's right. After everyone heard the gunshot, Minister Kimura was still alive... and I think someone must have shot him from a long distance, but the shot missed. Minister Kimura still had time to hide in the safe house nearby." Shiraishi then pointed out the biggest fallacy in this case - the time of the crime!
When Shiraishi noticed what Iwami was about to say, he interrupted her and said, "As for the evidence, it's right here... I think once you finish putting the pieces together, you'll find that the vase didn't break when it fell to the ground. The center of the shattered vase is a bullet hole!
"And after comparing, we can find that there is actually a bullet hole in the safe house disguised as a wall behind it. It's just that it's too solid, so it's not noticeable. If you investigate it specifically, you can still find it.

"I think it was some kind of mini pistol that was easy to hide, and it also fired reduced-charge bullets. But someone took away the bullet later. So, including the one in the safe house, there were only two bullets fired!" Shiraishi took out a photo of the vase fragments and said confidently.

In the spiritual world, several white stones were put together after a whole night and finally completed it!

The vase was indeed broken on the spot, but it was not broken by the "dun" hitting the shelf, but by the bullet...

"I think Director Kimura should have been at the door of the safe house at the time. After being shot, he quickly hid in the safe house. Because he was not prepared and did not carry a mobile phone with him, he could not ask for help from others. At this time, the real murderer, who also had murderous intentions, volunteered to come over." Shiraishi said quietly at this time.

In order to avoid Junko Kimura from having unnecessary guilt, Shiraishi specifically said that it was "volunteered" - although it had nothing to do with Junko Kimura, it was she who called Ishi to come over, and as her father had just been killed, it was inevitable that she would have wild thoughts.

"Officer Shiraishi...you mean..." Although Uesugi already had some initial trust in Shiraishi, he still couldn't believe that Minister Iwami would do this.

"It's a simple inference... Minister Kimura was still alive when he entered the safe house, and from the fingerprints on the combination lock, we can see that after Minister Kimura entered, only Minister Iwami opened the safe house, and then Minister Kimura was shot dead...

"So from the very beginning, the real murderer has actually been standing right in front of everyone, but because of his identity, no one has ever doubted it!" Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

At this time, Junko covered her mouth in shock and grief, and looked at Iwami with anger.

Indeed, because he didn't know the situation inside the safe house at that time, Iwami not only came wearing a bulletproof vest, but also asked others to step back, so no one saw the scene inside with him.

"Also, the walls of the safe house are covered with sound-absorbing materials. Although the sound insulation is not that good when the door is open, if you use a silencer and shout at the right time, no one will hear the obvious gunshots.

"You were wearing a bulletproof vest at the time. You only had to hide the pistol with a silencer inside your clothes and put it away after firing the gun... Of course, no criminal police would specifically investigate the reaction of the smoke or blood on your body, and you had the bulletproof vest to block it, so you had plenty of time to cover up these things later." Shiraishi said in a series.

At this time, Iwami said with a stern face: "Shiraishi Superintendent Masaru, you said so much... You can't have no evidence to accuse a police officer who is also a superintendent of murder? Even if I am not a professional team, it doesn't mean that I can humiliate him like this!"

"Professional group? Minister Iwami, it's pointless to lead the pace like this. You are a murderer. What does it have to do with whether you are in the professional group or not? Is it because of your birth that you kill people?" Shiraishi shook his head regretfully.

Then Bai Shi looked at the place where he had just squatted and said, "And is there any evidence...Aren't you the one who knows best?"

Upon hearing this, Ishi Jian instinctively moved sideways to block it. Although he stopped immediately, he was still exposed to everyone, especially to detectives like Uesugi. They knew exactly what this meant!
"Minister Iwami..." Uesugi showed a look of disbelief and disappointment, gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said, "Excuse me!"

As he spoke, Uesugi walked forward and started searching at the place where Iwami had just squatted.

"Huh?" Uesugi rummaged under the bookshelf, but was stunned - there was nothing!

If you think about it carefully, it would be strange to ask “what”!
No matter how careless the forensic personnel inspecting the scene were, they couldn't have missed the murder weapon, right? It was just placed on the bookshelf, there was no hidden compartment...

Seeing Uesugi turning his head to look at him in confusion, Shiraishi shook his head and said, "Minister Iwami doesn't need to hide the murder weapon or anything like that. No one will search him anyway... The evidence I'm talking about is right in front of you. It's... the thing that should be on the bookshelf the most!"

That’s right, Iwami is not only the director of the Criminal Department, but in everyone’s mind, he was not at the scene when the crime occurred. How could anyone come to search for him?
but……

Iwami did hide the most crucial piece of evidence!
"Ms. Junko, I think... when Minister Iwami pretended to exclaim, even though he asked you to step back, you still couldn't help but rush forward, right?" Shiraishi asked Junko at this time.

"That's right... He asked us to step back at that time, but..." Junko nodded at this time.

"It was precisely because Miss Junko was not afraid of danger and cared about her father that she exceeded Minister Iwami's expectations, which led to her seeing Minister Kimura's body at the first time. And the most crucial point at that time was... the minister was holding a book in his hand!" Shiraishi said, looking at Iwami's grim face.

"This..." Junko actually couldn't remember clearly. When she saw her father's body, her mind went blank.

But Kimura Harumitsu said at this time: "That's right! At that time, he was holding a red... colorful book!"

Apparently she also stepped forward at that time...

Although Iwami pretended to check the body and immediately asked them to step back, so that they did not find out that Director Kimura's body was still warm, but... it was inevitable that they saw the "death message" left by Director Kimura.

"In this case, Minister Iwami naturally can't simply take the book away, otherwise he will most likely be identified. At this time, the only thing he can do is... replace it with a similar book!" Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

That’s right, in fact, what everyone saw later was just “a similar book”, which was not what Director Kimura really wanted everyone to see.

"It was Minister Iwami himself who reminded me... Police officers and detectives are different. Yes, yes, although they both solve cases, the professional thinking of these two professions is indeed different.

"Then I also thought that Chief Kimura, as a veteran police officer of more than 20 years, even if he lacks frontline experience, must have the police's thinking. When leaving a 'death message', it must be direct and easy to identify!"

It was then that Shiraishi realized that there was something wrong with Minister Kimura’s “death information”!

Otherwise, as a veteran police officer, if he had the opportunity to leave a message before his death, there would be no reason to leave a confusing "death message", otherwise it would likely mislead the police.

So Bai Shi searched the bookshelf in this safe house in his mind...

"Manager Uesugi, there is a book with the same red background and many flowers decorated on it, right? Please take it out..." Shiraishi reminded at this time.

When Uesugi heard what Shiraishi said, he suddenly woke up from his dream. After a quick search, he found this "almost" book!
After pulling it out...

I found out it was a book called "Poppy" by Natsume Soseki. Although the book is not about flowers and plants, because of the name, there are various flowers painted on the cover, and it is also bright red.

Under the circumstances at that time, if you saw the corpse holding a book in its hand, you would definitely not be able to notice what the book was if you only took a quick glance at it!

Seeing this, Rena Mizunashi at the door showed an expression of "I see". Even Judy, an "East Island expert" from the United States, was slightly moved.

But Uesugi hadn't reacted yet, and he flipped through the book, but didn't find anything...

"Natsume Soseki is a pen name. His real name is Natsume...Kanosuke." Shiraishi reminded.

That’s right, the information about Minister Kimura’s death is actually very direct - Kanenosuke, Iwami’s full name is Iwami Kanenosuke!
Anyone who has a little memory of the knowledge gained during compulsory education will know this. Even if Uesugi has forgotten it, there will always be younger detectives who will remember it.

But Judy asked doubtfully, "Hmm? But... after Minister Iwami came in, he shot and killed the victim directly, right? How could he have had time to pick up the book?"

Bai Shi glanced at her - Okay, now that you see that you are not a suspect, you don't even want to pretend anymore, right?

"That's right. Logically speaking, if Minister Kimura wanted to leave a death message only after Minister Iwami drew his gun, he would have been too late. So... this means that Minister Kimura had already discovered something, and it is very likely that this discovery caused his death!" Shiraishi said seriously while looking at Iwami.

Shi Jian's face was distorted at this time, and it was obvious that Bai Shi was right...

Iwami is the spy in the Aomori Prefectural Police who is collaborating with the "Black Organization"!
Because Chief Kimura found out about this matter, and even found out a lot of things that the "Black Organization" had not dealt with cleanly, the "Black Organization" could only take the risk of letting Rena Mizunashi assassinate him.

Things were already not going well enough with Shiraishi showing up at the birthday party, so they had to ask Vermouth to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

However, after Vermouth paid the price of breaking both arms, lured Shiraishi away and created a killing opportunity, Rena Mizunashi failed to kill Kimura because of hesitation, mistakes, or deliberate misses.

After reporting to Gin, Gin, in addition to being angry, also contacted Iwami again and told him that if he didn't want to become a prisoner, he had to find a way himself!

So Iwami decided to take the risk and kill Kimura on the spot...

Originally, everything was going well for Iwami. Although Kimura had been on guard and left a message of death, he replaced it in time and no one suspected him. Unexpectedly...

"Minister Iwami, I think you didn't have time to wear gloves at that time. Once your fingerprints are found in the book, you will not be able to explain it." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Seeing that Iwami no longer refuted, Shiraishi winked at Uesugi...

Uesugi couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he saw this - we've only known each other for a few days, and you're already telling me to arrest our own criminal minister?

Of course, he still had to arrest the person, and Uesugi took out the handcuffs. But at this moment, Iwami suddenly pulled out a pistol with a distorted face!
Uesugi was pointed at and quickly retreated behind the bookshelf...

"Minister Iwami! There's no way you can escape, just surrender!" Although Uesugi still called him "Minister", he also added his last name, which meant that he did not regard him as his superior.

At the same time, Bai Shi also "drilled" in directly from the door of the safe house and blocked the door tightly - not because he was afraid that he would run away, but mainly to block the people behind him!

"Minister Iwami, although I don't know how much you have done in collusion with that criminal organization, but... I think if you are willing to confess, you will have a chance to get a reduced sentence for your meritorious service." Shiraishi persuaded calmly.

Anyway, Shiraishi is blocking here now, so whether Iwami wants to shoot outwards or Rena Mizunashi outside wants to shoot at Iwami inside, it is difficult to get through.

Especially since Judy was also at the scene, Rena Mizunashi had no chance to do work for the "Black Organization" and silence Iwami.

"Achieve merit? I've done a lot of merit!" Ishimi shouted excitedly, "But what? Just because I'm not in the 'professional group', I'll never get a chance to be promoted. Only these incompetent people can climb up!"

"Well, so... in that case, 'what's wrong with me getting a little for myself'?" Bai Shi said for him sarcastically.

Shi Jian's face froze when he heard this.

"If you make a little, you will get two. If you make too much, you will naturally be trapped. Even if you are not controlled by these strange organizations, you will fall into other traps. In the end, you will be a superintendent of police and the criminal director of the county police headquarters, but you will be reduced to being a gunman and assassinating your superiors to protect yourself." Shiraishi continued to mock.

"You..." Iwami looked at Baishi angrily and pointed the gun at him.

But Bai Shi was staring at him, and with just a pistol, there was no chance of hurting Bai Shi in this situation!

"You are in the professional group, of course you are noble! Don't be afraid even if you offend the Minister of Justice, because the Suzuki family is still recruiting a son-in-law!" Iwami said darkly.

Bai Shi's eyebrows jumped when he heard this...

"First of all, I'm not aloof just because I'm in the professional group. Secondly, the Suzuki family is not recruiting a son-in-law." Shiraishi said, and took two steps closer.

Uesugi, who was standing by, wanted to take advantage of Minister Iwami's distraction to sneak up from behind and capture him, but he was immediately discovered by Iwami, who swung his arm and shot him twice!

Fortunately, Iwami was just firing randomly out of frustration at the time and didn't hit anyone. Uesugi immediately hid behind the bookshelf.

Then I saw Iwami put the muzzle of the gun against his own jaw...

Obviously, Iwami didn't want any chance to "make a contribution" - he didn't have much to make. As Shiraishi said, he was caught with something and was blinded by greed, so he cooperated with the "Black Organization", but he himself was not a member of the "Black Organization".

Moreover, Iwami was also very clear about the Black Organization's style of doing things. Even if he was really caught, he would not dare to tell anyone about them. After all, he was not alone.

But in the next moment...

boom--

bang——

wow-

Gunfire rang out.

Fortunately, the bullet didn't hit Iwami's jaw, and hit the roof directly...

Although it was a close-range shot, but... his head was hit off track by Bai Shi who rushed over, and he avoided the trajectory of the bullet!
Seeing Minister Iwami smash into the bookshelf, Uesugi was stunned at first, then hurried forward to check...

"Still alive!" Uesugi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course he's still alive. Didn't I save him?" Bai Shi glared at him.

Uesugi:……

"That's right, luckily Officer Shiraishi took action in time..." Uesugi said with a wry smile.

If he hadn't said it, Uesugi would have almost forgotten that Shiraishi was "saving people".

After all, a 2.3 meter tall, 300-pound big guy rushed up in an instant and punched me in the face. It looked like a fatal blow no matter how you looked at it...

Fortunately, Shiraishi knew what was going on and held back a lot of his strength, but even so, Iwami was taken away by an ambulance.

As the ambulance left, Bai Shi was a little confused. That was right! He was seriously injured! But how come...

The reason why Bai Shi acted more harshly was not entirely out of personal revenge, but mainly because... Bai Shi himself was also hesitant just now.

You know, when Shiraishi was chasing Vermouth before, he showed no mercy!

Although Vermouth was running at full speed at the time, and Vermouth was also an extraordinary person, and took advantage of the situation to jump back, dissipating 90% of the force, but...

Even so, Shiraishi's "full-strength flying knee strike" only broke her arm?

You have to know that this is a "flying knee strike". If it is dodged, Bai Shi himself will also lose blood. He will not easily use this ultimate weapon in a fight!
If he could even withstand Shiraishi's all-out "Flying Knee Strike", then in a serious fight, he would probably be able to hold out for three punches and two kicks...

Therefore, when Bai Shi attacked again just now, he had some problems in judging his own strength. He thought to himself, am I overestimating my strength? Then it's okay for me to be a little stronger, right?

Then Kinnosuke Ishikawa got on the ambulance and was intubated right away!

It seems that it’s not that my strength is “not strong enough”, but that Vermouth’s ability to withstand blows is much higher than what her figure shows - she looks like she has a protruding front and a curvy back, and has little ability to withstand blows, but in fact, it is not the case...

Just thinking about it this way, Bai Shi wondered - why is Vermouth not strong enough?
Judging from this ability to withstand blows, Shiraishi even suspected that her body was also at Level 10, but the actual performance was far less than that.

Since he couldn’t think of a name at the moment, Bai Shi gave up thinking about it.

because……

Several Aomori Prefectural Police vehicles passed by the ambulance and stopped at the entrance of the villa. The deputy director and other directors of the Aomori headquarters also got out and surrounded a person with smiles on their faces...

The reason they were here was not because of the case, but because of the person they met - Horinouchi Juro, the Chief Inspector of the National Police Agency's Chief Cabinet.

After receiving a call from Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda, Shiraishi also learned about the current Chief Inspector...

This understanding shocked Bai Shi too!
Although the Chief Inspector is generally not a top position for the "Superintendent General" or "Chief of the National Police Agency", this Chief Inspector Horiuchi is actually a ruthless person who fought his way back to the National Police Agency from the position of a local head...

Therefore, his police rank is one level higher than the lowest rank of Chief Inspector, and is Superintendent of Police. Although the Chief Inspector can be done as long as he is a "Senior Inspector", his power is far beyond that of an ordinary Superintendent of Police, especially not that of a "Superintendent of Police" like the head of a local headquarters.

Just like the section chief of the Personnel Division of the Chief's Office, theoretically he could also be a superintendent of police, but the current section chief Yamazaki is a superintendent of police.

Moreover, this Horinouchi Juro is a very enterprising person. Just like Shiraishi's boss Yan Tukaiji, he is definitely not the kind of person who would stay obediently in a "position where it is difficult to be promoted".

Although it was not stated explicitly, it was clear that Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda and him did not get along very well...

Otherwise, he wouldn't have told Shiraishi to speed up the investigation and put pressure on Horinouchi!
Now Horinouchi got out of the car, and he also looked like Shiraishi owed him money...

Naturally, people from Horinouchi and Aomori Prefectural Police Headquarters had already heard that Iwami Kinnosuke had confessed to his guilt.

Horinouchi originally wanted to reorganize the Aomori Prefectural Police, and it would be best if he could also bring the Aomori Prefectural Police Headquarters under his own command.

After all, the one who died was the chief of the county police headquarters, so the entire county police headquarters will definitely be in turmoil. At that time, these deputy chiefs and chiefs will naturally have to find a mountain to rely on, otherwise the hanging people will eat their fill!

But his plan fell apart halfway—right after he got off the plane and was on his way back, it fell apart…

The murderer has been caught...

In this way, even if he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he couldn't do much.

The reason why the chiefs of the Aomori Prefectural Police are smiling all the time now, besides because of their "enthusiasm", is also largely because Inspector Shiraishi has already caught the murderer - in this way, they will not have to worry about it in the future.

"I have long admired Officer Shiraishi. This murderer is really blind. He unexpectedly met Officer Shiraishi and solved the case overnight..."

(End of this chapter)