Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 4 Difference
"Heyang... Heyang!"

"Wait, Ms. Amano, you can't get close now..."

……

After seeing the bodies of Ohtaka and Hiro, they finally understood why the police officer had called them over. In addition, Shiraishi and others also found out that Ms. Amano Tsugumi was the girlfriend of the deceased.

Washinuma Noboru, who had also been to the bathroom, was also a friend of Ohtaka and Hiroshi. Together with Tachikawa Chizuru, who had not been to the bathroom, the four of them set off for a vacation in the United States...

"Wait, you're not just on vacation, are you? I just heard you guys talking about negatives and selling them for money and stuff like that! That's a very dangerous thing, right?" Uncle Ukai Tsuneo, who was sitting next to them, immediately exposed the truth.

Just when the plane was taking off, Ukai had a quarrel with the deceased because the seat next to him was too noisy.

"Sure enough..." Megure looked at the three companions of the deceased.

They didn't hide it...

"Indeed, Da Ying took some scandalous photos of the American congressman who came to Dongdu before, so he planned to sell them for a good price..." Washinuma Noboru said at this time, but then explained: "This is not a secret, many people in the industry know it."

at the same time……

Shiraishi Kuro had already put on his gloves and asked, "I want to check your belongings. Is that ok?"

Although there is no "search warrant", in theory they have the right to refuse body searches and searches of personal belongings, but...

Not to mention that doing so would simply arouse suspicion, and... looking at Shiraishi Kuro, the three of them nodded.

Only the white man looked as if he didn't understand!
"Oh no, I need to find a translator..." Megure was helpless. His Spanish was completely poor.

but……

"Jiligulu, gurulujili." Shiraishi didn't give Edward a chance to pretend that he didn't understand, nor did he give Shinichi a chance to show off. He directly communicated with the other party in fluent Spanish.

After all, not only is Shiraishi a genuine master's degree holder from the University of Tokyo, but in order to facilitate investigations in the early years, he also specially selected the [Spanish] skill - although it was only upgraded to Level 6, but... it does not correspond to only one language, but various "Spanish" languages, and he can read, write and use them normally!
Even if the other person speaks country slang, communication can still be smooth.

Although Edward still wanted to refuse at this time, he felt a huge pressure from Shiraishi Kuro... He had no choice but to nod and agree.

"Brother Shiraishi..." Megure called out to Shiraishi who had already turned around.

However, seeing Shiraishi's serious look when he turned his head, Megure had no choice but to say, "Then I'll leave it to you..."

He had also realized that Brother Bai Shi had other purposes.

This is indeed the case!
What Shiraishi Kuro is investigating is that the Minister of Justice is suspected of controlling violent organizations, which has led to many vicious cases where civilians were used as scapegoats and deliberately created "wrongful cases"...

As for wrongful imprisonment cases, since most of them are not cases in Dongdu, Shiraishi Kuro is unable to trace the root cause and can only start from other directions.

such as……

Take the fire out of the cauldron!

He found that most of the funds for these violent organizations' activities came from international money laundering activities arranged by the Minister of Justice and involving US congressmen.

The so-called "scandal" that Ohtaka and Hiro had previously photographed seemed to be that a US congressman had indecent behavior with a woman in Toudou, but in fact, the woman was the mistress of the Minister of Justice and the wife of the leader of a violent organization. This was not just a "scandal", but sexual bribery!
Although the investigation of the case has been stopped and Shiraishi Kuro was ordered to take leave for publicly contradicting his boss, he has not given up investigating the matter.

Shiraishi Kuro felt that as long as he could prove that the Minister of Justice had colluded with violent organizations and US congressmen, he could at least force his superiors to restart the investigation into those unjust cases...

At the same time, Shiraishi also said to the flight attendants: "Notify the captain that a murder has occurred on the plane. In order to prevent the murderer from fleeing overseas, return immediately!"

"Eh? Well... I need to apply for a route change..."

"Then apply immediately! Anyway, I'm here and will never let the plane continue to fly to Mizhou. It's just a matter of the return method. This time it involves an important confidential incident, and it's not impossible that a bomb was used to silence them!" Shiraishi Kuro threatened casually.

"This is...good."

Shinichi:……

Shinichi originally wanted to say that he could find the murderer and there was no need to go back the same way, but... at this time he also vaguely realized that Officer Shiraishi was deliberately making an excuse to let the plane go back!
The first thing Shiraishi Kuro found after putting on gloves was Ohtaka and Hiro's luggage. And from the way he was looking through it, it was clear that he was not searching for evidence or clues, but was looking for something with a purpose!
And… Shiraishi finally sighed with regret.

Sure enough, just as the passenger next to him had said, Da Ying and Yang carried the negatives with them, and the body had obviously been searched before!

Then Shiraishi Kuro immediately went to look through Edward's luggage...

He had just discovered from his "micro-expressions" that Edward could definitely understand the Japanese language and was just pretending!
Shiraishi Kuro, who has [Psychology] Lv8 and [Insight] Lv10, has a good grasp of "micro-expressions"... Unless the target is a well-trained agent or someone with [Spirit] Lv8 or above, it would be difficult to hide anything in front of him without being discovered.

Shiraishi was convinced that Edward's identity as a reporter was most likely just a cover, and that he was actually here to work for the congressman.

If he had killed Daying and Yang, the film might still be in his possession...

Inspector Megure will search the person, and Shiraishi Kuro thinks it is more likely to be in the luggage... Unfortunately, nothing was found.

At this time, Shiraishi Kuro's face was full of regret...

"Officer Shiraishi, the other three could also be the murderer..." Shinichi said helplessly - isn't it too obvious that you have other intentions?

But Shinichi couldn't do it himself. After all, the one accompanying him now was not Inspector Megure, or that new "Souichi" who seemed to have no opinion, but Inspector Shiraishi, whose face showed "not easy to mess with"!

"Yeah." Shiraishi Kuro then looked at the seats of the other three people.

"Hmm?" Bai Shi immediately discovered something.

He just stretched out his hand...

He took out a piece of black film debris from the gap between Amano Tsugumi's seats, and at the same time...his face turned ashen.

Shinichi was also stunned when he saw this - how come he didn't even bother to look for it, but saw this directly from the gap between the seats? What kind of eyesight do you have?
"Inspector Shiraishi..." Shinichi saw Shiraishi holding the crumbs and about to break them, so he quickly reminded him.

Then Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief, took out the evidence bag, and placed the debris inside.

"This evidence is already very strong...Looking at the woman's appearance, a little interrogation should yield results." Shiraishi Kuro muttered somewhat unwillingly.

I don’t know why, but…

It seems that the murder of Daying and Yang has nothing to do with this scandal. He was killed by his girlfriend!
In order to confuse the audience, the film has been cut into pieces, and the remaining fragments were probably flushed away in the bathroom. It has been an hour or two, and they must have become part of the "heavenly ice". Trying to find them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The film fragments on the seat must have been accidentally stuck to clothes and brought back.

"Wait, Officer Shiraishi, we haven't found the murder weapon or confirmed the method of murder yet..." Shinichi said immediately.

Bai Shi looked at him like a fool...

"The police are different from detectives. This is something the victim carried with her before her death, and it appeared in the seat of the target who was suspected of murder. There are obviously fingerprints left on the film fragments, which is inconsistent with her previous confession...

"Based on this, we can already warrant an emergency arrest. Then, within 48 hours of detention, we can get her to tell us what you said." Shiraishi was too busy playing detective games with him to crack the murder method.

Judging from the temperament of Amano Tsugumi, with the pressure of evidence such as the "film fragments", a Level 5 interrogation would be enough to make her confess the course of the crime. There are many talented people in this field in "Search One", and there are even some interrogation masters at Level 7 and Lv8!
Even if he is so stubborn that he cannot be convinced even at Level 7 or 8 interrogation, it does not matter. Since the direction of the investigation has been determined, we can then conduct a comprehensive investigation of his living environment and determine the motive for the murder. By then, we can further increase the pressure and it will be easier to break through his psychological defenses.

Shinichi couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard Shiraishi say that, but...

Thinking of Shiraishi's actions just now, Shinichi's eyes turned and said, "Inspector Shiraishi, if she is the murderer, don't you want to know who moved the body after the crime?"

That's right, judging from the misplaced bloodstains on the wall and the dried water stains in the trouser pockets, someone else must have looked for something on the body after the victim died!
After seeing the film fragments, Shiraishi had already given up on this line of thought - as for who moved the body... it was obvious that it was most likely Edward. After all, he had the motive to find the film and was willing to search the body.

But the film had been cut into pieces and washed away, so Edward must have found nothing...

However, after hearing what Shinichi said, Shiraishi Kuro suddenly reacted!
Since the film was cut into pieces by the murderer and Edward went to look for the body later, then... he probably didn't know that the film was gone and just thought it was obtained by someone else!

"What you said... makes sense." Bai Shi then put the evidence in his pocket, looking like he didn't want to take it out right away.

(End of this chapter)