Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 339 The Director Taught Me

At around six o'clock, Muto left the villa and started his morning run.

At around 7 o'clock, Muto was spotted jogging near the shooting range.

Around 7:20, Gen and Katsumura were talking in front of the villa. After a minute or two, Gen saw a police car from Tsukishima Police Station driving out, but he didn't see who the driver was.

At around 7:40, people from the Beihua Police Station and the Tsukishima Police Station left the villa in two police cars.

At 7:57, Katsumura found Murakami's body in the trunk of a Tsukishima Police car on the roadside. The time of death was estimated to be within an hour of the discovery!

Matsumoto sorted out the key time points...

Except for the time when the body was discovered, which is a specific record, the rest are "estimates". However, criminal police usually have a good sense of time, so this time should be roughly correct.

……

"Wait a minute, Officer Matsumoto, the eyewitness testimony about Patrolman Muto was provided by ordinary citizens. We need to leave some room for the judgment of time, right?" Katsumura raised an objection at this time.

Muto kept glaring at him, but because the director had told him to shut up, he didn't lose his temper for the time being.

Matsumoto looked at the interview records and shook his head, "No, although he was an ordinary citizen, when he saw Patrolman Muto, he was on the phone. The call records also show that the error is not large... It is basically impossible to return to the villa within 20 minutes and complete the killing, clean up the scene, and move the body."

Seeing this, Chief Toyokawa took the initiative to speak: "Detective Katsumura, I know that Murakami's death makes you very sad. This is also a huge loss for Tsukishima Police Station... But you should not act on impulse. What kind of words are you saying if you always doubt our colleagues?"

"Yes..." Katsumura nodded dejectedly after hearing that.

……

The people from the Investigation Division 1 and Tsukishima Police Station visited the area repeatedly but failed to obtain any groundbreaking clues. However, two officers from other police stations also witnessed a Tsukishima Police Station police car near the shooting range, but they did not see who was driving it.

However, this can confirm that the Tsukishima Police Station's police car did arrive near the location where the bodies were found before Murasakibara and Toyokawa, and there was no such thing as a "changing car" trick.

"It seems that the search has to continue. There will be things we need to know later, and I hope for the cooperation of my colleagues." Matsumoto seemed to want to call it a day at this time.

After all, let alone evidence, the people present now don’t even have a decent motive.

Moreover, regardless of the subjective expectations of the police or the objective situation, these police officers are not the most suspicious people - criminal police will inevitably be hated, and later "criminals arrested by Murakami", if they have been released from prison recently or appeared in Harumi, will also be the focus of investigation!
"Of course I will cooperate with Officer Matsumoto, but... I also hope that it will not affect the upcoming competition among our police officers." Shiraishi had a "points slave" look on his face at this time, still thinking about the competition.

Upon hearing this, Katsumura couldn't help but sneer.

Matsumoto looked at Shiraishi with some confusion. In his impression, Shiraishi was not that kind of person. However... on second thought, he suspected that Shiraishi was being cold on purpose so as not to make people suspect that he had a good relationship with him and needed to avoid suspicion. So he nodded without saying anything more.

But after Shiraishi and the other police officers from the Beika Police Station left...

“Director, I’m sorry for causing trouble for everyone… But… I really don’t think Murakami would want to report me… Although we shook hands and made peace after he called the Personnel Department, but… when I went to see him… he didn’t act like he was going to report me at first…”

Muto felt a little apologetic at this time, but at the same time he couldn't help but want to raise questions again - although they had not known each other for a long time, Muto felt that Murakami was a relatively straightforward person, and it didn't seem like he would go and make accusations just because of this matter.

"Hmm? If Katsumura was lying, then what exactly was Murakami trying to do by contacting the Inspector?" Kanzaki immediately believed what Muto said and became confused.

"Kanzaki." Murasakihara reminded him - this was originally within the jurisdiction of the Tsukishima Police Station, and the incident itself was very sensitive, so there was no need to meddle in it. What's more, Kanzaki's words were basically a direct questioning of the internal affairs of the Tsukishima Police Station.

However, Shiraishi said, "It doesn't matter. Since they came to us on their own initiative, as long as it doesn't affect the competition, if you want to investigate, you can go to Manager Matsumoto to find out the situation. But... don't make it too difficult for Manager Matsumoto."

Bai Shi also curled his lips as he spoke - although this is not a case of the Beihua Police Department, but... the other party came to them first!
"Them? Director, you are suspicious..." Yuan reacted at this time, and then said anxiously: "But... they should not have had the time to commit the crime..."

The alibis of the two people at Tsukishima Police Station were almost entirely made up by Minamoto.

Shiraishi didn't say much at this time, but just reminded: "When I mentioned that Murakami had an appointment with the Inspector just now, the old man from Tsukishima Police Station reacted strangely."

Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and began to recall, but he didn't notice anything strange just now, and he didn't have Bai Shi's memory, so of course he couldn't remember anything about such a bland memory.

Instead, Shiraishi looked at Fuji and said, "It seems Fuji has discovered it too, right?"

Just now, Bai Shi discovered that Teng must have noticed something and had not spoken a word, but... he had also been observing carefully!

I have to say that in terms of this kind of "observational ability", Fuji is indeed better. To be precise, Fuji's ability as a criminal police surpasses Yuan in almost all aspects, except for interrogation and communication, where he is slightly inferior to him.

"Huh?" Yuan was stunned when he heard that, feeling a little bit unconvinced and incredulous.

Teng was very satisfied with his reaction, so he reminded him calmly: "If you had made an appointment to talk with the inspector and the director had just heard about it, what would his reaction be?"

"If I... have any dissatisfaction, I will report it to the section chief first. If the section chief can't do anything about it, I will report it to the director first!" Yuan said hurriedly with his head held high, as if speaking of "loyalty".

Upon hearing this, Teng just rolled his eyes at the guy, ignoring his shamelessness, and changed the question: "What would be the director's reaction if I had made an appointment to talk to the inspector and he just found out?"

"You are really..." Yuan just finished speaking, and suddenly reacted: "Huh?"

Seeing that he understood, Teng nodded and said, "Yes, normally, even if the director did nothing, he would be surprised and even suspicious when he heard that his detectives bypassed him and went to the inspector of the head office, right?

"After all, it's hard to say for sure about this kind of thing. Wasn't the superintendent of Hyogo Prefecture reported to the National Police Agency because he asked his subordinates to download Bing Xixi..."

If one of your subordinates reports the situation to the head office without your knowledge, you will inevitably feel guilty, no matter whether you know what the other party wants to report or not. In fact... you will feel even more guilty if you don't know what to report!
"Now that you think of it..." Yuan also remembered at this time - Director Toyokawa was very calm at that time!

Moreover, when questioned by Shiraishi, Toyokawa later emphasized that he had no idea in advance that Murakami was going to report Muto.

"Also, if I discussed with you about going to the inspector, and you only advised me privately and did not report it to the director, and then this matter was exposed and the director knew about it, how would you react?" Fujishin hypothesized again. "Of course I would report it to the director... But, if you put it this way, it is true..." Yuan recalled the situation at that time.

Toyokawa said he didn't know about this, and Katsumura said confidently, "Murakami is going to report Muto for malicious injury," without any embarrassment at all!

This is obviously even more unreasonable...

If Chief Toyokawa is most likely a shrewd, cunning, and calm old man... and that's why he doesn't show his emotions on his face, then Detective Katsumura's behavior is undoubtedly even more unreasonable.

His description makes sense at first glance - Murakami would seek advice from him because the two have a good relationship and have worked together for a long time.

However, if he really did not report to Director Toyokawa about Murakami's intention to contact the Inspector, would he not consider Director Toyokawa's feelings at all when someone brought up the matter in front of Toyokawa?
It is very possible that he just "did not tell the director" and "persuaded his partner privately", but after being exposed to the director, he was not worried at all, which is strange...

That's why Shiraishi complained at that time, "Why are you guys at Tsukishima Police making such a fuss?" to find out whether Toyokawa knew about this - and the answer given by Toyokawa was also no.

"That is to say... Director Toyokawa should have known about this matter before? And it was Katsumura who told him?"

Even Kanzaki, who was inexperienced in the ways of the world, understood what was going on.

but……

This brings us to a more important issue!
"If they really just wanted to report Muto, there would be no need for them to tell such a lie, right?" Yuan now understood why Muto cared about this, and the director had even specifically tested Toyokawa before.

And if you think about it this way, Yuan feels that Katsumura's reaction was also very strange after the director said those words at the end!
Bai Shi seemed to care more about the result of the competition, and acted like "Don't let the dead people in your department get in the way", but...

It would be fine if Toyokawa was indifferent, after all, many leaders are like this. However, Katsumura had always shown a "deep affection between partners" before, but at that time, his expression only revealed sarcasm towards Shiraishi, and no anger...

This is inconsistent with his previous performance!
"Who knows? Maybe they were just afraid that I would hold a grudge, so they lied and said they didn't know about reporting Muto." Shiraishi said nonchalantly.

Obviously, Shiraishi was not prepared to intervene further, but... he did not stop his officers from intervening and even gave hints!
Just as Shiraishi said before, it was the other party who "came to the door" first.

Shiraishi even suspected that using Muto Toru as an excuse was not only to pass the fact that "the deceased had made an appointment to talk to the inspector before his death" to the Beika Police Department so as to have a reasonable explanation, but also to "use the Beika Police Department officers to create an alibi" while also making the Beika Police Department "too busy to take care of themselves and not to participate in the murder investigation"!
Although the matter of "reporting Muto" is a bit far-fetched, Katsumura and Toyokawa have been deepening the image of "Murakami as a stubborn and stubborn person."

One gets the feeling that maybe he would actually do that.

It is very likely that Murakami is indeed of this kind of personality, but in this case...

He should not be reporting Muto Tou, but reporting something more worthy of reporting!
"But remember... we finally made it to the finals, and this is not the time for you to embarrass yourself. Starting this afternoon, perform well!" Shiraishi specifically reminded them.

"Yes!"

The four of them agreed.

Seeing this, Murasakibara couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression.

After the four people left, Murasakibara said with emotion: "Director, you are too pampering them, aren't you?"

The murder of a detective is a very sensitive matter, and now it is obvious that the matter is related to the Tsukishima Police Station...

At this time, the police officers from the Mihua Police Department crossed the border and exceeded their authority to intervene in the search, which cannot be simply explained as "personal behavior."

However, since Bai Shi specifically gave a hint, he must be prepared to withstand the pressure!
"Hahaha, after all, it was the other party who came to provoke us first, and... these old guys, if we don't teach them a lesson, they seem to have forgotten how I, Shiraishi Kuro, came to the Beihua Office!" Shiraishi just smiled at this time.

Murasakihara:......

Murasakihara also wanted to complain, "You came to the Beihua Office, weren't you sent there as an exile? Why are you showing off?"

But it is true that Bai Shi wants to stir up trouble...

In the eleventh department, Shiraishi's position was already awkward.

Although he is the director of a large police station and has a good reputation, he is secretly marginalized, especially since Yan Tu Haici is happy to see it happen. Shiraishi is increasingly trapped in an atmosphere of isolation.

Although no one showed direct hostility except for the fat guy with whom he had an old grudge, among the other ten directors, only the relationship between Sano and Shiraishi could be considered "average".

After all, before Shiraishi came to the 11th Department Headquarters, Director Sano, who came from the non-professional group, was the target of their "bullying".

This is also a way for Yan Tu Hai Ci to gather his men...

Isolating Sano is to rally the other directors, and isolating Shiraishi... is because they are afraid that Shiraishi's prestige is too high and they can't suppress him!

Sano admires Shiraishi very much, but he doesn't dare to get too close to him. After all, Shiraishi is a member of the Gold Watch Group and a Superintendent of Police, and he is a strong person. He is also afraid that if he stands a little closer to him, it will not be a "grouping together for warmth" but a direct "standing in opposition"!
After becoming the director, Sano no longer had the ambition and aspirations he once had...

However, this time Toyokawa fell into Shiraishi's hands. Shiraishi was not going to let him go, but wanted to start from here and open up the situation for himself at the headquarters of the eleventh aspect.

It would seem too reckless to just go out and search, so Shiraishi chose to send out Ruozhong... ahem, his subordinates to investigate the case.

"This is probably what Director Bai Ma meant, the one who wants to play chess?" Bai Shi said with emotion.

Murasakihara:? ? ?
Although I don’t know what the director is talking about, but... Ziyuan instinctively feels that the director’s meaning must have been misinterpreted!

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Dongdong: Today was a little short. I took my child to get the BCG vaccine this morning. Not only did I not sleep much at night, but the child was also upset and fussy after the vaccination during the day...

(End of this chapter)