Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 338 He was killed just as he was about to report to the Mihua Police!
Inspector Oshima of Tsukishima Police Station should be the head of the Criminal Division. He came to give a report during the regular meeting of the police chief before, so Shiraishi had met him once, but they couldn't be considered acquaintances.

However, since he had seen him before, Shiraishi, who had no face-blindness and could even be called a human facial recognition expert, recognized him immediately if he wanted to identify him.

When Oshima saw that it was Shiraishi who drove after them, his face turned dark.

Tsukishima Police Station and Beika Police Station usually have no conflicts, unlike Kamuro Police Station. Everyone knows that the relationship between the chiefs is not harmonious, so it should be okay to see Shiraishi, but...

The situation is a bit special now. A detective from Tsukishima Police Station was killed at the shooting range in Harumi, and someone from Beika Police Station is a suspect!
Oshima simply didn't say anything and just continued driving.

Shiraishi also thought that he was there to help, and drove side by side with the other car's lead car. He not only "followed" it, but also slowed down the other car's speed to a certain extent.

Soon everyone arrived at the crime scene.

Although the two sides were not at loggerheads, it seemed that Murasakibara was arguing with the other side's director.

Seeing his own police officers arrive, Tsukishima Police Chief Toyokawa was delighted, but the next moment...

Then I saw Bai Shi getting out of the car!

"Deputy Director Murasakibara, and...Inspector Toyokawa, you are here too." Shiraishi looked like they had met by chance.

Director Toyokawa of Tsukishima Police Station is also quite old, with gray hair just like Deputy Director Arikawa of Beika Police Station. However, compared to Deputy Director Arikawa, he looks more shrewd and scheming.

"Director, you've come just in time..." Murasakibara said hurriedly.

"Officer Shiraishi, an officer from your station is involved in a murder case, and you have always enforced the law impartially..." Chief Toyokawa also said at this time.

"Inspector Toyokawa is talking about a report of murder, right?" Shiraishi interrupted directly, then looked at Murasakibara and the others and said, "Who was reported by Inspector Toyokawa for murder?"

At this time, Yuan, Fuji, Kanzaki and Muto are all here.

Fengchuan couldn't help but choke when he heard this, and then said sullenly: "I... didn't say it was a report."

"What is that? Just a casual remark?" Shiraishi said, looking at Toyokawa with dissatisfaction.

Fengchuan didn't say anything after hearing that, as if he was protesting with silence, but Shiraishi pressed on, "This is not something that can be said without hesitation. Since I heard it, I won't pretend I didn't hear it. Even if you remain silent, I will report it to the headquarters!"

Seeing that Shiraishi was not giving in, Fengchuan had no choice but to say, "I was just doubting..."

Shiraishi didn't seem to be listening to him at all. He looked directly at Murasakibara and asked, "Deputy Director Murasakibara, what's going on? Why was our police officer reported for murder by the director of Tsukishima Police Station?"

Seeing that Shiraishi was holding on tightly, Fengchuan's face turned dark.

Zi Yuanyuan is to tell what happened in the morning...

The four shortlisted police officers from the Beika Police Station, plus the deputy chief Murasakibara, directly occupied an independent holiday villa, while the villa where the Tsukishima Police Station lived was right next to it, also an independent small villa.

Firstly, they also had two people shortlisted, and secondly… they were the “hosts” of Harumi.

In the morning, when Gen and Detective Katsumura from Tsukishima Police Station met, the two chatted for a while at the door. They were both shortlisted for "shooting", and just after Katsumura went back...

Yuan saw the Tsukishima Police Department's police car driving out of the Tsukishima Police Department's villa and heading towards the shooting range...

"I was also surprised at the time that Murakami set off so early, and there should have been only one person in the driver's seat in the car at the time." Yuan was also wondering how Tsukishima Police had arranged it and why he didn't wait for his teammates.

Murakami was shortlisted for "Arrest Technique", but the training ground is also at the shooting range.

"Later, Inspector Toyokawa also heard the sound of the car, so he came out and asked what happened... When he found out that it was Murakami who drove away, he seemed very angry." Yuan said and looked at Toyokawa.

Toyokawa didn't say anything, but Murasakibara continued, "So we borrowed a car from Tsukishima Police Station, and then we came here together, and then..."

Because there were many candidates from the Mihua Police Department, including the deputy director who was leading the team, a total of five people, so two police cars from the department were driven over.

However, when the people from the Beika Police Station and the Tsukishima Police Station arrived here together, they saw the Tsukishima Police Station’s police car...

"It's right there... When we first saw that there was no one in the car, we thought Detective Murakami had gone in first. But when Detective Katsumura went to get something, he found that..." Murasakibara said as he looked at a Prado (large SUV) police car next to him with its trunk open.

Bai Shi walked closer and took a closer look, only to see a male corpse wrapped in a bed sheet and stuffed in the back space of the car.

At first glance, the cause of death seemed to be a gunshot wound to the forehead...

The eyes of the corpse were still open, and it was obvious that the people in Tsukishima Police Station knew to avoid suspicion, so the body should not have been moved.

and……

Shiraishi is a little envious of this car!

If the Beihua Police Department also equipped itself with SUV police cars, Shiraishi might not buy a car...

After all, although Tsukishima Police Station is not a large-scale police station, its jurisdiction area is one of the largest. After all, they are all artificial islands, and traveling between several islands requires crossing the sea bridge, so the police cars of Tsukishima Police Station are very luxurious.

"The hood was originally closed?" Bai Shi asked.

"Well, I opened it because I was looking for something for training..." Katsumura said in a deep voice at this time.

"Training...you wouldn't have left the pistol in the car, right?" Bai Shi frowned.

"Of course not! Just something else!" Katsumura said unhappily.

"Katumura... I'm sorry, Officer Shiraishi, Murakami and Katsumura are partners, so it's inevitable that they will be a little excited." Toyokawa comforted him.

"So, who is Deputy Chief Toyokawa going to report?" Shiraishi then looked at several police officers in his department.

Gen, Fuji, and Kanzaki are all dressed in normal everyday clothes, but Muto is wearing a tights...

Just now, Murasakibara also mentioned that only Muto did not come here with everyone by car, but came here earlier for a morning jog.

"It can't be considered a report, but it is true that Patrolman Muto was nearby at the time, and... there were some misunderstandings between Patrolman Muto and Murakami before, right?" Toyokawa said calmly at this time.

"I...it wasn't really a misunderstanding! We talked it out after the game!" Muto quickly explained.

"Oh? Really?" Katsumura looked unconvinced.

"What's going on?" Bai Shi frowned.

"During the arresting skills competition before, I didn't pay attention and hurt Murakami. But I really couldn't stop at that time. It wasn't intentional. The referee can prove it... and when I went to see him after the game, he had calmed down and shook hands with me!" Muto said immediately.

Because the match between Murakami and Muto was the last one in the previous points race. Although Murakami lost, his points were enough to advance. However...

Murakami, who had an ankle injury, came here purely for vacation and could not participate in the subsequent finals.

"Speaking of which, Director Toyokawa really attaches great importance to the competition. He even leads the team personally?" Shiraishi looked at Toyokawa and said.

"Our Tsukishima Agency has been ranked first within the 11th Department Headquarters for ten consecutive years... This is the result of the efforts of many directors!" Toyokawa seemed a little indignant when he mentioned this.

Moreover, the upcoming competition will be held in Harumi, which is under the jurisdiction of Tsukishima Police Station. Even if something happens, the director will have time to rush back.

However, this year only two people from Tsukishima Agency advanced, which is already a relatively poor result in history. Considering that Murakami did not rank in the finals, I am afraid that the final total result will also be the worst in recent years!

Just then, three more police cars arrived, one was a plainclothes police car, and two were marked with the Metropolitan Police Department.

The person who got off the plainclothes car was Manager Matsumoto.

Obviously the Metropolitan Police Department also knew that the dead person was a criminal policeman, and the place and timing of his death were very awkward - a criminal policeman was killed during the Metropolitan Police Department's grand competition. Whether it was an internal or external criminal, this was very embarrassing for the Metropolitan Police Department!

Therefore, a management officer rushed to the scene directly, Megure was only an assistant, and in the car behind were people from the appraisal department wearing dispatch uniforms...

After Matsumoto got off the car, he saw that the directors of both sides were also present. Especially since there were so many people from the Tsukishima Police Station, his face darkened.

"It's great that everyone is here. Colleagues from Tsukishima Police Station, please check the surrounding surveillance cameras and see if there are any witnesses." Matsumoto said directly to Oshima.

"Um... yes!" After a moment's hesitation, Oshima stood at attention and responded.

The reason why Oshima brought so many people here in a hurry was because he received an order from the director. Oshima estimated that the director wanted to suppress the other side in terms of momentum to facilitate the investigation.

but……

If Bai Shi was also present, would there be enough people to suppress them?
In terms of status, the Beika Police Station is a large-scale police station, and Shiraishi is one level higher than their chief. In a "physically" speaking... if he doesn't use a gun, this guy is no match for Shiraishi!
Now that everyone from the head office has arrived, there is even less room for "exerting pressure", so I decisively follow the instructions of Manager Matsumoto.

"Why is Superintendent Shiraishi here too?" Matsumoto looked at Shiraishi in confusion - except for the "host" Tsukishima Police Station, it is impossible for the chiefs of other police stations to lead the team.

"I just happened to be here on vacation." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

"Vacation? And you just happen to be here?" Matsumoto said in a tone that said, "You actually treat the weekend as a vacation."

Ayako, who had not disturbed them before, got out of the car and said, "Inspector Matsumoto, I invited Shiraishi to come here... Because I knew that the Metropolitan Police Department had rented this villa area, I thought Shiraishi might want to come and cheer for everyone in the Beihua Police Department. I'm sorry... I seem to have caused trouble for everyone."

Ayako's tone was very embarrassing, but everyone could hear it...

So this is your home too, right?
Yuan Hetong's expression became even more complicated - Asking the director to come and cheer me up? Thank you so much!

At the same time, Tomi and others were already at the scene and began to inspect the scene step by step...

"Director Toyokawa, who was the first person to discover the case?" Matsumoto looked at Toyokawa and asked. Seeing this, Ayako said with a tactful look, "Everyone, I just contacted the hotel manager to open the villa upstairs. Let's go there to talk."

There is a small hill on the side of the road here, on which there is a hotel villa, but it is not booked yet.

Matsumoto was thinking for a moment when he heard this. Ayako added, "We are also checking the surrounding surveillance cameras. We can send them to the police later."

"Then I'll leave it to Miss Suzuki." Matsumoto said decisively.

Since this is the Suzuki family's "territory", the case would be much more convenient with Ayako's cooperation. In this case, Matsumoto has no reason to be ungrateful.

after all……

The only reason why Matsumoto just acted a little distant from Shiraishi was that he was afraid that Toyokawa would have any misunderstandings.

Although they are colleagues, Matsumoto has always been closer to Shiraishi, especially after the incident with his daughter, Matsumoto and Shiraishi have become even closer - because of the life-saving grace of his daughter, even if Shiraishi asked him to break the law, he would have to hesitate for a night, and he might not necessarily refuse.

……

When we arrived at the sea view villa, everyone still had a stern face, and seemed not to be affected by the comfortable environment at all.

"This case is extremely serious! A colleague was brutally murdered in the Metropolitan Police Department's competition. Now, not only the Metropolitan Police Department, but also all the police stations are spreading rumors. Even outside the police community and the public have gradually heard the news. It is foreseeable that if the case cannot be solved quickly today, it will be reported on all major news tonight... or tomorrow morning at the latest!"

At this time, Matsumoto emphasized the importance of the case.

Even without Matsumoto telling me, everyone knows...

"I know that there may be misunderstandings between you, but I hope that you can communicate honestly in the future and not make the case more difficult because of your own selfishness." Matsumoto said, looking at the police officers from the Beika Police Station and Tsukishima Police Station respectively.

"Very good, it seems that you all think so... Then next, let's review the basic situation of the case." Matsumoto said directly, and looked towards Tsukishima Police Station.

"This is the first person to discover it, right?" Matsumoto said to Katsumura.

Although Matsumoto didn't know Katsumura, at least he knew Toyokawa. At this time, only Katsumura and Toyokawa were sitting aside.

Katsumura nodded and said, "Yes, I am Katsumura. I was the first one to find Murakami's body this morning..."

Katsumura then recounted what happened, and others also added to the story, which was no different from what Shiraishi had heard before.

Then Tomi came over and whispered something to Matsumoto, who nodded.

Shiraishi also heard what Tomi said at this time, and his expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Matsumoto did not hide anything and shared the preliminary test results: "No blood or gunpowder residue was found outside the vehicle, and there were no signs of fighting or struggling inside the car. The bed sheets in the car have also been confirmed to be the same as those in Detective Murakami's room.

"It seems that Detective Murakami was most likely killed in his own room, and then his body was moved to the cabin of the Tsukishima Police Station's car."

If he was killed in the carriage, there would definitely be signs of a fight - after all, it would be difficult for anyone to cram such a large person into the carriage... at least no one except Shiraishi could do it easily!

If the victim was killed outside the car and then stuffed into the car, there should be blood splattered around him. And if he was not killed in a hotel villa, the body would not be wrapped in hotel sheets.

Yuan wondered at this time: "Hmm? There should be clues in that room, right?"

If it was indoors, the signs of fighting, blood and bullet holes would be clearer.

Matsumoto looked over and said, "But the room was cleaned after you left... Inspector Toyokawa, you called the hotel to ask them to do this, right?"

Although we live in a villa, it is not a rental villa but a hotel villa - cleaning and other matters are the responsibility of the hotel's sanitation staff.

"Yes, I called the hotel front desk before I left." Fengchuan nodded, but then frowned and said, "But...if the murder happened in the hotel room, the hygienist wouldn't have found nothing, right?"

Matsumoto shook his head and said, "So far, the hotel staff didn't notice anything and just cleaned the room normally."

In this way, we may not be able to collect too many clues in the room...

But if Murakami was killed in the room...

"Inspector Toyokawa, who had the keys to the police car before?" Matsumoto was obviously already suspecting that the person who drove away the car was not the victim at all.

"We have all three of them." Fengchuan said as a matter of course.

In this way, it would not be difficult for the murderer to take Murakami's keys and drive away the police car after killing him.

"Detective Yuan, did you see clearly who the driver was at that time?" Matsumoto confirmed with Yuan.

Yuan shook his head helplessly when he heard this: "No, because I was standing on the co-pilot's side, and it just flashed by... I didn't see it clearly."

"It's not certain whether it's Detective Murakami." Matsumoto asked with a frown.

After Yuan recalled again and again, he still shook his head.

"I understand." Seeing that he insisted, Matsumoto nodded affirmatively - at this time, "I don't know" means "I don't know", and if he said something wrong, the consequences would be more serious.

"If he was killed in the room, then it must be someone Murakami knew!" Katsumura said to Muto.

"I... I only saw him last night, and I didn't go to your place this morning!" Muto said impatiently.

The people at Tsukishima Police Station suspected him before, saying that he was jogging nearby in the morning and had the opportunity to commit the crime. However, if he was killed in the room, then Muto would not have been there today.

"Did I talk about you?" Katsumura said provocatively.

"you!"

But at this moment, Matsumoto raised his voice and interrupted the quarrel between the two: "And..."

After everyone looked at him, Matsumoto said, "I just checked the deceased's call records before his death, and found out... he contacted the Human Resources Section of the General Affairs Department yesterday and made an appointment to meet with the Inspector. Do you know what it is?"

Matsumoto's tone turned serious.

This kind of thing was originally kept confidential, but now because the person is dead, the call records showed the phone number of the Personnel Department. When verifying it, the situation was explained to the Personnel Department, and then the Personnel Department revealed the matter.

Make an appointment to meet with the Ombudsman…

Matsumoto couldn't help but speak in a serious tone!

The Inspector is specifically responsible for investigating irregularities and abuses of power within the police force. If you make an appointment for an interview with the Inspector, it is very likely that you have discovered some internal illegal activity and want to report it. Murakami was killed afterwards, which is a murder to silence him no matter how you look at it.

"So he really made an appointment..." Katsumura murmured at this time.

"You know?" Matsumoto said, and immediately looked at Katsumura.

"That's right. Murakami told me yesterday... that he would go find the Inspector and report that Muto Tou from the Beika Police Department maliciously injured his foot during the arrest competition, and... he also suspected that he had changed his position specifically for the big competition!" Katsumura said righteously.

Muto was so angry that his face turned purple, but he was speechless: "You... are talking nonsense! Murakami and I made peace yesterday..."

Yuan saw that he was not good at speaking, so he quickly stopped him and asked for him: "Detective Katsumura, when did you say that happened?"

"He talked to me about this last night around six o'clock," Katsumura replied.

"Muto, you went to apologize to Murakami. It was around ten o'clock in the evening, right?" Yuan confirmed with Muto.

"That's right." Muto nodded quickly.

Then Yuan looked at Matsumoto and asked, "Manager Matsumoto, the phone records you mentioned are..."

"8:35 last night," Matsumoto said.

"In other words, Murakami may have cleared up the misunderstanding with Muto after making the phone call." Yuan said as a matter of course.

Shiraishi interrupted directly, "And killing someone for something like this is too trifling, isn't it? And... Inspector Toyokawa, didn't you say anything when the police officers in your department made such a fuss?"

Facing Shiraishi's questioning, Toyokawa calmly said, "I didn't know about this before. Murakami should have only discussed it with his partner Katsumura."

Katsumura also said at this time: "Yes, I also advised him not to do this, but Murakami has always been stubborn and he still refuses to give up..." As he said this, he looked at Muto with suspicion again.

After hearing Toyokawa's explanation, Shiraishi's eyes became sharp...

Not long after, Takagi hurried over and reported to Matsumoto: "Manager Matsumoto, we just visited people nearby. Around seven in the morning, someone saw Patrolman Muto jogging on the road."

Although there weren't many people on this road, it was still not deserted. Muto was wearing a black tights and looked very strong, so it was normal for some people to have an impression of him.

Upon hearing this, Muto said angrily: "I told you so long ago! I've been jogging nearby since six o'clock..." He thought he was accusing him of being around nearby.

Yuan Hetong was relieved, but after hearing what Muto said, he said helplessly: "Muto... Based on the estimated time of Murakami's death, if you were jogging here at 7 o'clock, the murderer would not be you. After all, the crime scene is at the villa, and I saw the police car from Tsukishima Police Station coming out at around 7:20."

"Eh? I see! Thank you." Muto finally reacted and thanked Takagi.

Indeed, Muto arrived here at six o'clock and was seen at seven o'clock, and the car of Tsukishima Police Station drove out of the villa at around seven-twenty, and the people of Beika Police Station and Tsukishima Police Station left the villa together at around seven-forty, and then the body was found at "7:57".

It is not impossible to get back to the villa in 20 minutes, but killing Murakami without anyone noticing and then packing the body and stuffing it in the car...that's a bit unreasonable!

(End of this chapter)