Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 323 Visiting the Former Suspect
Although Horinouchi was unhappy in his heart, he still appeared friendly on the surface and even exchanged a few words with Shiraishi. However, there was a hint of sarcasm in his voice, as if he was questioning Shiraishi - who was he guarding against by investigating the case overnight?

"I have a hard life. I encountered this kind of thing when I came to Aomori. Moreover, Chief Cabinet Secretary Onoda has entrusted me with a task, so I have no choice but to risk my life." Shiraishi said with emotion.

When he heard Onoda's name, Horinouchi's eyes moved slightly - now he knew who to blame!
Ayako felt helpless when she heard Shiraishi say this.

In theory, if the situation had ended more smoothly this time, Shiraishi could have taken advantage of the situation to recognize Onoda as his backer - the Chief Cabinet Secretary of the National Police Agency, whose influence in the police community is no less than that of the Superintendent General.

However, Shiraishi directly threw Onoda out to attract hatred and let them fight, which naturally saved trouble, but it was also equivalent to rejecting the olive branch from Onoda.

Of course, Shiraishi did not think it through, but it was precisely this decision that - investigating the case was one thing, and Shiraishi did not want to throw himself into the power struggle within the police department.

……

"That is to say, there should be another assassin who has not been discovered?" Horinouchi confirmed the previous case with Shiraishi.

Of course, what Bai Shi had informed them before was not so detailed, so he was telling them everything now.

"That's right, that shot missed... I don't think it was a close shot. If it was really a professional killer, he would have shot from a long distance, and it is not ruled out that he shot from outside the window." Shiraishi swore nonsense.

But this logic is correct...

If Mizunashi Rena didn't want to kill Kimura, there's no way she would have just broken the vase next to her - it would have been no different from firing a warning shot!
Shiraishi estimated that Minister Kimura probably didn't see who fired the shot before his death, so after hiding in the safe house, he hurriedly took "Poppy".

"But Iwami Kinnosuke has already been caught, and we can just pry open his mouth later!" Shiraishi looked very confident in Horinouchi.

When Horinouchi heard that there was still some "soup", he felt a little better.

Of course, Bai Shi actually didn't think he could drink this soup...

Not to mention whether Iwami dares to betray the "Black Organization", what's more important is that Shiraishi estimates that he doesn't even know who the killer is!
When they were investigating the case, what made Shiraishi feel that something was wrong with him was his attitude towards Kimura Harumitsu. At the beginning, he was obviously reluctant to say bad things about the director's wife, but later, as long as Shiraishi investigated Judy and Mizunashi Rena more, he would immediately direct Shiraishi's attention to Kimura Harumitsu...

Shooting to death, and killing the director of a local headquarters. Such a radical way of killing, how could it be done by the victim's wife... This is not in line with common sense.

Although there may be situations beyond common sense in a case, it is precisely because these situations are the most common that they are called "common sense", and police officers often care more about "conforming to common sense" than detectives.

Iwami didn't dare to say directly that he suspected Kimura Harukitsu, otherwise Shiraishi would have suspected him a long time ago. But now looking back, it is not difficult for Shiraishi to find that Iwami was protecting someone, and...

He is protecting both Judy and Rena Mizunashi.

It can be seen that he has no idea who the killer of the "Black Organization" is!
I just know that Kimura Harumitsu is definitely not one of them.

After all, he was just a police officer who was bribed and threatened by the "Black Organization", not an official member of the "Black Organization".

……

After that, Shiraishi no longer cared about Horinouchi or whether he could catch Rena Mizunashi. He said goodbye to Horinouchi and the police officers from the Aomori Prefecture headquarters, and returned to Toudou with Ayako.

It was already Saturday, March 3th.

but……

"After arriving in Dongdu, I will go to the police station. You can go home first." Bai Shi planned.

"Eh? Do we still have to supervise the arrest technique training today?" Ayako asked in surprise.

Shiraishi doesn't have time to watch arrest techniques training every week, but it's random inspection without notice!
"Well, the Metropolitan Police Department's big competition will start next Monday, and I have to go and see it." Shiraishi nodded.

Next week is the day of the big competition. In theory, this Saturday is the last training session for the contestants, so of course Shiraishi has to go and take a look.

The quotas for shooting and arresting techniques have already been decided by the Beika Agency - Shooting: Gen Seiji, Kanzaki Ryuichi, Suzuki Atsushi; Arresting techniques: Kuroki Kenji, Muto Tou, Fuji Seiko.

The "gunmanship expert" that Counselor Uno had promised Shiraishi could only be transferred during the centralized deployment in April, so he could not be counted on for this year's competition.

In addition, in terms of shooting, Shiraishi has high hopes for "Minamoto Seiji" - Minamoto's previous [Absolute Empathy], who "copied" Kanako Akiyoshi's second personality. If he is in good condition, he will be able to display his "super talent" in shooting.

The more stable one is Kanzaki Ryuichi. As a "good student" in the police academy, Kanzaki Ryuichi's shooting skills are at least "above graduation level", and it has been less than a year since he graduated from the police academy, so his regression is relatively small...

Generally speaking, in shooting competitions, those with average or above average scores are mostly these “newcomers”. After all, after they officially join the job, the number of times they will use guns in their lives will not be more than when they were training in the police academy.

Only the top ones are specially trained.

However, the competition is meant to showcase the strength of grassroots police officers. It is not easy to select police officers above the rank of inspector general, nor are they easy to select older ones. Kuroki is considered to be relatively "old".

As for the shooting team, Suzuki Atsushi was chosen purely due to the lottery, which is embarrassing...

"By the way, the Metropolitan Police Department's competition will be held next Monday... How is the Beika Police Department preparing?" Ayako asked curiously.

"Shooting depends on luck, but the results in arresting skills should be good. After all, the two deputy directors have worked very hard. I believe that the Rice Flower Bureau will not be at the bottom this year." When Shiraishi said this, his tone was a little strange.

In terms of "arresting techniques", Shiraishi has been doing relatively thorough training in the past six months since he took office. I believe the overall results will be good this time, especially since Deputy Directors Murasakibara and Akihabara are working hard enough!
Needless to say, Deputy Director Murasakibara is in charge of training.

As for how Deputy Director Bichuan worked hard?
In order to achieve better results, Deputy Director Bichuan used all his strength and finally got through the personnel relationship at the headquarters and transferred a mobile team member in his twenties to a patrol post...

Only patrol police and criminal police can participate in the competition; desk work and mobile team members are not allowed - otherwise the Mihua Police Department, which has a mobile team, would not have been at the bottom of the list year after year!

After all, patrol police spend most of their time on duty, criminal police spend most of their time investigating cases, and mobile team members...spend most of their time in training.

Now, a big and strong "Muto Toru" was directly transferred from the mobile team. It can be said that in order to achieve results, he didn't care about his shame...

"Are you free tomorrow?" Ayako asked specifically.

"Hmm? Is there anything?" Shiraishi could tell that Ayako's tone didn't sound like she was talking on a date.

"Ms. Takami is about to be discharged from the hospital. Didn't you say before that you would visit her when you have time?" Ayako helped Shiraishi pay attention to this matter.

Shiraishi also remembered that Atsumori Takami was the mother of Atsumori Maki. The previous Atsumori family case was mainly because Atsumori Takami was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. In order to prevent Atsumori Maki and Atsumori Shu from having custody of Atsumori Liuzo, they launched a plan. After the case, Atsumori Liuzo was arrested by Shiraishi and naturally lost custody. Takami, who had no worries, accepted Daimon's surgery suggestion.

After all, it was pancreatic cancer, and Damen had to undergo three operations over the past two months to completely remove the lesion.

After being hospitalized for a while, I have now recovered to the point where I can be discharged...

"Is she discharged safely from the hospital? Okay, let's go visit her together tomorrow." Bai Shi nodded.

As expected of Dr. Daimon, the operation was actually successful.

Although such a tossing and turning would definitely damage the vitality of the person and make it difficult to reach the average life expectancy, but this is pancreatic cancer, and living one more day is a life snatched back from the hands of the devil...

……

It was already afternoon when Shiraishi returned to Dongdu, but he still went to the police station and trained with everyone - it was already this late, there was no time to sharpen the weapons before the battle, and the main purpose was to boost morale.

In fact, Kuroki and Fujiya didn't train today...

The first reason is that they are afraid that they will get injured "during training", and the second reason is that they are afraid that "they" will get injured during training - the former refers to accidental injuries, and the latter refers to these two old hands using injuries as an excuse to "deserve"!
The only female police officer spot finally fell to Fuji Seiko this year. She was actually one of the more capable female police officers, but she had always found excuses to escape when we tried to sign her up before...

Originally, the fighting side also wanted to report the source. After all, although this would not produce any results, it would at least save manpower. However, under his firm protest, they did not do so cruelly.

After the training, Shiraishi met with these six criminal police and patrol officers.

"The Dongdu Metropolitan Police Department's competition will begin next Monday. I hope everyone participating can achieve good results. It will last for a total of ten days... On the 15th, it will not only be the finals, but also the day of our regular meeting of directors. I don't want to be nagged by the head of the Yantu Department, nor do I want to be sarcastic by some fat guy.

"After all, I'm not as good-tempered as the old director. It would be bad if I couldn't help but beat them up... Those who didn't make it to the finals will be responsible for going to the scene with me. If I want to beat someone up, you will be responsible for stopping me."

Bai Shi gave everyone a vivid encouragement...

Although they knew that the director was joking, they didn't know how much of it was true, so the five people felt quite pressured. They stood up straight and responded loudly.

Why five people?

Only Muto Tou is the most confident!
Shiraishi had trained the mobile team before and had met him several times...

He is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 90 kilograms. He is a strong man, especially with broad shoulders. It is conceivable that with the efforts of Deputy Director Bichuan, Muto Tou can beat many people to tears...

"Don't feel too stressed. There's good news. After you finish the first five days, you'll play at the Harumi seaside resort for the next five days. If you can make it to the finals, it's equivalent to three extra days of paid vacation at a resort hotel!" Shiraishi said very reasonably.

"Why three days... um, okay, just pretend I didn't ask." Fuji muttered softly.

Obviously, even if it comes to the final day, Director Shiraishi still has to take into account the two theoretical days of rest per week!

Except for Muto Tou and Kanzaki Ryuichi who were full of fighting spirit at this time, the other four were obviously not interested in vacationing in Harumi...

At this time, Kuroki glanced at his silly brother and then sighed - Muto Toru has confidence, but his stupid brother is just fighting spirit.

Although ten days may sound like a long time, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has more than a hundred police stations, plus various departments of the headquarters, and more than 500 people participate in the ranking competition for each major project...

The first five days are the points competition, and the last five days are the elimination competition. Last year, all six people in the Mihua Agency finished the competition in five days and returned to work.

Arrest is of course a one-on-one competition, with shooting in groups of eight.

Kanzaki's shooting is just at the level of "an OK graduate result". It is estimated that he will have to play five days of the points competition and then come back to work!
After all, in the finals, only the top 64 shooters will be selected, and only the top 32 fighters will be selected - it is not easy to stay in a hotel paid for by the Metropolitan Police Department.

As for the first five days...

Commute to the shooting range at the Metropolitan Police Department!
……

The next morning, Shiraishi and Ayako went to Totei Hospital together.

The case of Atsumori Liuzo has basically come to an end. The results are both good and bad, but no matter good or bad, they are generally within Shiraishi's expectations...

In the intimidation incidents arising from the "kidnapping case", only Hitomi Kanzaki and Sachiko Ichihara were ultimately prosecuted - the singer who returned to her country and the little girl who assisted Atsumi and her daughter.

The former was charged with "fraud" and the latter was charged with "intimidation". The remaining people either had no criminal facts or the prosecution decided not to prosecute.

Finally, when the verdict was reached, both of them were granted suspended sentences.

This can be considered good news. After all, in reality, the scene was so serious that it was unlikely to "get everyone off the hook."

In addition, Atsumi Ryuzo, who was arrested by Shiraishi himself, was eventually sentenced to three years in prison without parole.

But the bad news is that he did not spend a single day in jail and was released on medical parole.

The only people who actually went to jail were the thugs from Sakaki Group...

Under public opinion, "Sanyun Life Insurance" has closed 90% of its business, and will basically go bankrupt once the dismantling and selling are completed. Regarding the responsibility for the deaths of employees, two senior executives have been thrown out and the case is still under trial - after all, it was not a direct murder, and the tasks of collecting evidence and prosecuting are very arduous.

The slight consolation is that the families of the deceased, who had been unable to appeal before, have received compensation quickly in the past two months...

As for whether Atsumi Ryuzo will be involved in this case, the matter is still under discussion.

However, the influence of the Atsumi faction in the political arena has basically hit rock bottom. Without Shiraishi doing anything, other factions will also take action to share the pie.

Overall, although Shiraishi was not very satisfied with the result, he was not surprised.

The reason why Shiraishi came here in person today was not only to "celebrate Ms. Takami's recovery", but also to show the Atsumi faction, who were still alive, not to do anything behind the scenes...

(End of this chapter)