Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 342: Dark Clouds over the Metropolitan Police Department
In order to "take charge" of Kanzaki and the others, Shiraishi has taken two days of annual leave in one go. He was in Harumi on Monday and Tuesday, and as for Wednesday... the director, whose subordinates advanced to the finals, was originally invited to watch the competition, so it can be considered as a vacation.

At midnight on Tuesday...

"Huh?" Bai Shi's cell phone rang at this time. He was stunned when he saw that the caller was from an "external expert".

"Hello, this is Shiraishi... Counselor Yuto. Why haven't you gone to bed yet? Don't you have school tomorrow?" Shiraishi asked after the call was connected.

"You don't need to worry about school, Director, but this afternoon, Detective Kanzaki took a pair of monitoring glasses from me... the kind you asked me to debug before. He originally said he was just going to record the competition, but I just found that the glasses were activated. Your competition should not be held at night, right?" Yuto reminded.

When Bai Shi heard this, his expression became serious.

"Where is it?" Bai Shi asked immediately.

This pair of glasses is the same one that Shiraishi got from Dr. Agasa before - the function is slightly different. In addition, in order to prevent Conan from being bold enough to eavesdrop on the police, Shiraishi specially asked Yuto to re-process it.

Although Kanzaki is not online now and Yuto cannot hear the recording content of the glasses, he can find out from the radio signal that the glasses are turned on and lock its location!

"You can see it by opening the app I installed for you." Yuto said reliably.

After Shiraishi hung up the phone, he sighed and said, "You're really a worry to me. Ayako, I'm going out for a while." After that, he put on his clothes and went out.

"Hmm." Ayako responded twice vaguely while lying on the bed.

……

The glasses are located in an abandoned building.

"Enough! Bring the things over here!" Fengkawa seemed to sense something at this time and immediately stopped him, while winking at Katsumura standing beside him.

Seeing Katsumura coming forward, Kanzaki opened his backpack and swung it towards the other party. However, Katsumura seemed to have thought of something. He did not take the notebook inside, but directly pulled the backpack towards him.

Katsumura immediately handed the notebook to Toyokawa and started to check the backpack himself...

Fengchuan frowned as he flipped through his notes - this was different from what he thought, there didn't seem to be anything useful in it!

At this moment, Katsumura suddenly said, "Director... this."

Katsumura found a bug from the strap of his backpack.

"Detective Kanzaki, are you challenging our patience?" Toyokawa said in a deep voice.

At this time, Katsumura threw the wiretapping device to the ground and stomped it to pieces. The other two detectives also clenched their fists.

Even if the recording of the last part had already been leaked, Tsukishima Police would not be worried - after all, they did not directly admit anything, so it could not be considered direct evidence and there was a lot to be said for!
Kanzaki said calmly, "That's all. Detective Murakami did not put down on paper the fact that Tsukishima Police Station had 'secretly raised funds'."

To raise funds privately, to put it bluntly, is to set up a slush fund in private!

The methods include fabricating reimbursements to superiors, exaggerating activity expenses, and even making false accounts to the outside world and intercepting event sponsorship from private individuals or companies...

Since it was “privately raised funds”, it proves that the director was not the only one taking money to do the work.

Rather, the entire police station is sharing this money. The lower-level police officers certainly don't know about this, but there are definitely more than one or two people cooperating with them. Even the grassroots police officers, even if they don't know what the money is, may know that some of their surveillance reimbursements or business trip expenses come from here.

This situation actually exists widely, it’s just a matter of scale…

To be more precise, when there is sufficient reimbursement money, reporting more and leaving it for later use can also be considered as "raising funds privately." However, if such an investigation is conducted, few police stations will be spared, and even... the same is true for the Metropolitan Police Department, the National Police Agency, and the Public Security Commission.

However, the situation at Tsukishima Police Station has already greatly exceeded the normal standards - otherwise it would not have developed to the point of silencing people!
The amount has far exceeded what is necessary "to carry out work more smoothly". Instead, a vested interest group has formed within the agency, and they are actually dividing the money on a large scale, especially for external funds, and they basically tacitly "take money to do things".

Although there had been no direct evidence on the financial front, there had been “visible risks” for many years—so even though the Minister of General Affairs had no evidence, he knew there must be something wrong.

Now hearing Kanzaki's confident words, Toyokawa said coldly: "Oh? Then can Detective Kanzaki explain it to you? Since it's not in the notes, how do you know it's about Li Jin?"

"It's not on paper, but... Murakami has stored some of the information he found in the cloud. The password is exactly the name of the victim in the first murder case that Detective Murakami solved when he was working in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division." Kanzaki said as a matter of course.

Previously, Yuto combined big data and automatic enumeration to crack the password. While constantly trying the password, he would also give priority to trying those words related to Detective Murakami. Finally, he found that the password was the name of the victim.

"That was the name of the second victim after the case happened. Although Detective Murakami was awarded the Superintendent General's Award after the case was solved, I think Detective Murakami must still be feeling regretful. If he had solved the case earlier, he could have saved the victim. So this name is an important motivation and warning to him." Kanzaki said regretfully.

Detectives who come down from the First Investigation Division to the police station often have flaws, and Murakami’s flaw may be that he “can’t tolerate any sand in his eyes”!
Fengchuan then loudly asked, "Where is the information?"

"I know you're anxious, but don't worry. I've already said it's on the cloud, so of course it's too late to delete it." Kanzaki said as a matter of course.

"You idiot...you're the same idiot as Murakami! Tsukishima Police Station has jurisdiction over three islands, including a coastal resort and a large residential area. The situation is complicated. What can you do without money? I have already said hello to Minister Tanaka. Didn't Director Shiraishi tell you to stop?" Toyokawa scolded.

"I don't know anything about this... You took advantage of your police position to make a lot of money, and even killed your colleague who wanted to report you, Toyokawa Ko, you are guilty of a heinous crime!" Kanzaki also scolded directly at this time.

"Enough! Can this be shipped out?" The second half of Fengchuan's sentence was a question to Katsumura.

As for what to ship out?
As we all know, it is easy to kill someone but difficult to hide the body...

This is true even if the police do it.

But... it definitely won't work if we just leave the body here.

Upon hearing this, Katsumura nodded and said, "Of course!"

As they said this, three detectives from the Tsukishima Police Station were about to pounce on Kanzaki.

But at this moment, I heard footsteps coming...

I saw Yuan, Fuji and Muto all running up the stairs - Kanzaki had not intended to go alone. The three of them had been listening to the monitoring devices on their backpacks downstairs, and when they were smashed, they were already rushing upstairs.

"Director Toyokawa, I advise you to surrender." Yuan said directly.

Seeing that there were other people coming, Fengchuan's forehead was also throbbing with veins - silencing Murakami before was already very risky, and dealing with Kanzaki would be even more like walking a tightrope. If he wanted to get through it safely, he had to find a backer...

But we have to deal with four more police officers?
It’s not that it can’t be handled, but there is no one who can handle such things, and Fengchuan doesn’t even have the channels to do it.

Just a director, it’s not worth it for those big shots to make such a big deal!

click -

At this moment, Katsumura directly pulled out his pistol - he had a pistol that was not recorded in the police station. It was given to him by Toyokawa, and this was the weapon that killed Murakami before.

Although the gun control in East Island is strict, as the chief of the police station and a veteran police officer with decades of experience, there will always be a chance for him to seize an unrecorded pistol!
"Don't move!" Katsumura shouted, pointing his gun.

"Calm down, you are also a police officer, you should know what the best choice is now." Yuan persuaded gently.

Yuan also brought a gun...

Police officers who come to participate in the shooting competition all have permission to carry guns. After all, police officers in the East Island Country are usually allowed or even required to carry guns.

However, Yuan not only did not put on the "personality mask" at this time, but even suppressed the tendency of the "personality mask" to cover his main personality...

Although his shooting skills would improve after putting on the personality mask, at the same time, Yuan suspected that as long as he got into the state, he would raise his hand and shoot at the opponent's forehead without any hesitation!

After all, the other party is holding a gun now, and if you hit other unknown parts, you may be easily counterattacked.

Although the evidence was irrefutable and the other party was holding a gun, Yuan had sufficient reasons to shoot back, but Yuan was not mentally prepared to kill...

"Katumura... wait a minute." Fengchuan said timidly at this time.

Fengchuan is a black-hearted bureaucrat, not a murderer. Killing is a means, not an end. If the consequences cannot be dealt with after killing someone, he would rather not kill.

But... Ka-

Katsumura turned around and pointed the gun at his head!

"I was following your orders and killed Murakami, and now you're telling me to wait?" Katsumura said angrily.

He didn't get much money, but if the matter was exposed, his crime would undoubtedly be the most serious, which made Katsumura furious.

"You... calm down..." Fengchuan was so scared that he quickly raised his hands.

The two detectives from Tsukishima Police Station nearby were also confused at this time and didn't know who to stop.

At this moment, a burst of more frequent footsteps came...

Led by Shiraishi and Matsumoto, a group of "Soichi" police officers arrived at the scene.

Matsumoto watched this scene and heard what Katsumura said just now. He said directly: "Are you going to throw the can into the ground? However, in the East Island Country, the sentencing for killing one person and killing two people is completely different. Especially if there is instigation, the sentence is likely to be further reduced, and proving the instigator is also considered a meritorious performance.

"Now you may think that killing one more person is no big deal, but... after you have been in prison for ten years, and you see that other murderers may have been released, and you still have more than ten years in prison, you will definitely regret killing this one more person."

When Katsumura heard this, his face turned grim, but then he turned the gun around and pointed it at Matsumoto, saying, "Shut up!"

However... just now Muto was lurking beside him, and at this moment he turned around and gave his back to Muto!

Although Muto looks like a "meat shield" or a "fighter", as a mobile team member, how to cooperate in capturing criminals with guns and knives is a compulsory course, so this kind of movement is certainly no problem for him.

Seeing Katsumura pointing his gun at Matsumoto, Muto immediately used a standard wrist lock to raise the muzzle of his gun...

boom--

Although Katsumura fired his gun instinctively, his wrist was firmly grasped by Muto. Before other police officers could rush forward, Muto had already knocked him to the ground and strangled him with a fatal scissors kick!
The surrounding police officers only had time to handcuff him...

At the same time, Matsumoto also went to Toyokawa in person.

"Inspector Toyokawa, please come to the Metropolitan Police Department later to explain clearly the crime of incitement to murder and the money involved!" Matsumoto said as he took out handcuffs.

"Wait, wait a minute... I've already talked to Minister Tanaka, and he said he would stop the search!" Toyokawa said without thinking.

Matsumoto frowned upon hearing this - he certainly wouldn't let Toyokawa go just because of such words. What he was frowning about was... since Toyokawa said so, should he investigate Minister Tanaka?
Matsumoto is no fool, but it would be bad to pretend he didn't hear it...

Shiraishi said at the right time: "When Minister Tanaka told me about the case two days ago, he didn't mention this kind of thing. He also said that he would investigate you thoroughly!"

"How is it possible..." Fengchuan's face turned purple with anxiety when he heard this.

At the same time, with Shiraishi's "testimony", as long as Tanaka Yasushi is not the main participant in Rikin, he will not be implicated.

otherwise……

Although Toyokawa's "random accusations" may not be useful, saying it in front of everyone will definitely have an impact on Tanaka Yasushi.

Although Shiraishi didn't know what Tanaka Yasushi had said to him before, he could tell that Tanaka Yasushi didn't have a strong desire to save him. From this point of view, Tanaka Yasushi should not have been involved in "privately raising funds".

Most of the time, it was Toyokawa who went to "pay his respects" and Tanaka would just deal with it - Shiraishi had seen this kind of situation many times. Some of the grassroots violent organizations would also talk about how great the president of the Tojo Clan was, how great the leader of the Dojima Group was...

Therefore, Bai Shi was happy to do him a favor and get him out.

"Kanzaki..." Shiraishi looked at Kanzaki at this time.

The latter suddenly became nervous, after all, he came out without telling the director this time.

"Then give a copy of the evidence to Manager Matsumoto." Shiraishi didn't say much in front of Matsumoto.

"Yes!" Kanzaki agreed immediately.

"Not only evidence, let Detective Kanzaki write a report as well." Matsumoto said directly at this time.

"Huh?" Kanzaki was stunned when he heard that.

"Hey what? Hurry up and go! You were eliminated on the first day, and you've stayed here until now...how many overtime hours have you missed?" Shiraishi scolded directly.

"Oh... yes!" Kanzaki responded again.

Shiraishi certainly understood that this was to "show off" to Kanzaki.

Kanzaki and Souichi's men left together, and they were expected to work overtime overnight, while the three people including Yuan who stayed behind...

"What? Kanzaki didn't even tell you, Director, about this operation?" Yuan said in disbelief.

"It's too bad! Director, let's clean up the mess!" Fujiya immediately echoed.

"Ah?" Muto looked at the two of them in confusion - didn't the three of you agree that telling the director in advance would make it difficult for him?

This is true.

It's not that it's "difficult" because of the human relations, but from the perspective of regulations, the Beika Police Station is in Harumi and has no investigation power. What's more, it has to conduct a sting operation and the target is the police officers from Tsukishima Police Station... If Shiraishi really nods and confirms that this is a "search behavior", then it must be an illegal search!

On the contrary, if Shiraishi didn't know, in the end, it was just that Kanzaki was threatened, recorded the evidence, and then cooperated with Souichi to successfully solve the case...

Bai Shi ignored their exaggerated performance and said directly to Yuan: "Tomorrow is the last round of the shooting competition... I don't want to hear excuses like you didn't get enough rest last night. And you two... The work in the office is already very busy, go back to work overtime in the morning!"

"Yes!" the three answered in unison.

……

March 3th, Wednesday, is the last day of the Metropolitan Police Department competition.

At this time, Director Hakuba, Director Tanaka of the General Affairs Department, and Principal Terakado Sosuke of the Toudou Police Academy were all watching the finals on the scene.

Twenty police chiefs also came to the scene because some of their officers entered the finals of "arrest skills" or "shooting"... However, except for Shiraishi, the other police chiefs seemed to be forcing smiles.

The dark clouds that had been hanging over the clear sea since the first day of the finals had now dissipated...

Well, it’s spread to every corner of Dongdu!
The murder case has been solved, but the matter of Tsukishima Police Station "secretly raising funds" is still under further investigation. The scale of the case and how many hidden crimes are involved remain to be investigated.

but……

Such a serious matter as "murdering a criminal policeman who wanted to report something" has happened. The Public Security Commission and the National Police Agency will certainly not look favorably upon the Metropolitan Police Department, and will definitely conduct a thorough investigation into the financial problems of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The Metropolitan Police Department will naturally crack down on financial problems in police stations...

As you can imagine, this will be much stricter than normal inspections.

Even though the directors were here, their hearts had already flown back. At this time, except for Bai Shi, everyone else was indifferent to the results of the competition...

Everyone is concerned about the financial situation of the agency!
Although it's definitely not as big a problem as Tsukishima Police Station, but...if something is really discovered at this time, they will definitely be punished.

Shiraishi was very calm. One reason was that the Mika Agency was prominent in this case, so the agency that was least afraid of financial audits was the Mika Agency. As a hedge against public opinion, the Mika Agency was praised for its achievements. In this case, the General Affairs Department would turn a blind eye unless there were any major mistakes.

After all, the financial audit was conducted because of this case, so the Mihua Bureau, which solved the case, should not be used as a negative example at this time.

Secondly...the person in charge of finance has always been Deputy Director Bichuan, so what could go wrong?
(End of this chapter)