Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 41 Treat
Thursday, October 10, 6 p.m.…

Attorney Dai, Tsubokura's first attorney and a new female attorney at Miki Law Firm, investigated a high-end Japanese crab restaurant in Ginza.

In the past two days, Dai has been looking for "loopholes" in the blogger's blog and has found several. What she needs to do now is to further expand these "loopholes" and visit the stores where the other party has posted blogs one by one!

"Hello, I'm a lawyer. Can I consult you about something? It's like this..."

Dai was about to ask a question, but the kimono lady at the front desk said with a standard smile: "Sorry, for such inquiries, please contact our public relations department."

After all, lawyers are not officials, and questioning them does not have the effect of forcing them to cooperate.

"Can you reveal a little bit? It won't cause trouble to your business..." Dai made a pleading gesture at this time.

Just when the receptionist was about to decline again, a man in a suit who looked like the lobby manager suddenly came over. Just when Dai thought he was going to chase her away, the man asked, "Are you lawyer Dai?"

"Eh? That's right..." Dai nodded puzzledly.

"It's like this. Your guest is in Mei's private room. Please come this way." The lobby manager said and winked at the front desk, telling her not to say anything.

"Huh? No one asked me out..." Dai was confused when she heard that and instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she seemed to think of something and immediately changed her words: "Then please."

Although I don’t know what’s going on, Dai feels that…

This "guest" should be related to the case!

After all, her last name is Dai and she’s a lawyer...it shouldn’t be that easy to have the same name as someone else.

After changing her shoes, Dai was led by another waitress in kimono and then entered this high-end restaurant with a retro style.

There was a real plum tree at the door of [Mei], and the waitress knelt down, knocked on the door three times, and then opened the sliding door. Then Dai saw...

A "small mountain" is kneeling at the main seat!
At first glance, Dai even had some illusions about the distance and the size of the low table, and the next moment she was sure...

It’s not the room’s problem, nor the desk’s problem, it’s just that this person is too big!
"You are... Director Shiraishi?" Although Dai had never dealt with Shiraishi before and only met him at the last court session, and they had never even greeted each other face to face, but this figure was really hard to forget.

"Please take a seat." Bai Shi then extended his hand and pointed to the seat opposite.

This private room has Japanese style dining, with two tables facing each other.

"Excuse me." Although Dai didn't know what was going on, she became more and more convinced that it was related to the case.

After Dai adjusted her skirt, she knelt down somewhat uncomfortably. The unusual friction on her calves made her complain in her heart - if she had known, she would not have worn this kind of black stockings today.

Bai Shi didn't speak first...

"Director Shiraishi..."

Just when Dai was about to lose her temper, two waitresses brought in today's main course. The two of them ate a crystal crab each, from sashimi to crab legs to hot pot.

Dai was immediately attracted to the scene and even swallowed her saliva. However, just when she was blaming herself for not doing her best and was about to ask Bai Shi if he wanted to "bribe" her...

"This is our regular gift on Thursdays, crab claw tempura." The waiter introduced and placed a small plate of fried crab claws in front of Dai.

Hearing this, Dai's pupils shrank involuntarily. She quickly checked her phone and asked the waitress, "Wait! You said this is the Thursday show? Was it the same two months ago? Wasn't there any on Friday?"

"Hmm? Our menu has not changed since we opened the shop. For Fridays... it's a few drinks of your choice." The waitress said as a matter of course. Dai immediately gave herself a fist pump as if to encourage herself, and then took pictures of them with her mobile phone, but...

Then she realized that this was probably not a coincidence!

After the waiter left, Dai couldn't help but ask, "Director Bai Shi... have you discovered it?"

"Well, if the blog was not rigorously recorded and published at the time, it would not have the significance of physical evidence. If it was just eyewitness evidence, a month has passed and the blogger's memory is likely to have been confused." Shiraishi told the truth.

"No, this is not confusion, but invalid evidence that cannot be used to testify clearly!" Dai obviously did not want to follow Bai Shi's logic. She still believed in her client.

"Heh, there's no point in arguing like this." Bai Shi shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Dai frowned when she heard that, feeling that there was something else behind his words.

"Does Lawyer Dai trust his client very much?" Bai Shi asked back.

"Of course," Dai replied firmly.

"Unfortunately, the blogger lady no longer needs an alibi or anything like that," Shiraishi said calmly.

"Why?" Dai had a bad feeling.

"That day, the victim's estranged wife also went to the victim's home at the time of the incident..."

Just when Dai was a little happy, thinking that the police had changed the direction of the investigation, Shiraishi continued, "Her car was photographed in Tsubokura, and she was wearing a hat and gloves."

Dai was stunned...

After a long while, Dai said, "How, how is it possible... Tsubokura should obviously..."

“In the coffee truck’s order record for the next day, there was also an order during that period. You should understand what this means, right?

"Your client, Tsubokura, entered the crime scene within the time of the crime with the intention to kill and made detailed preparations. This is an unshakable fact." Shiraishi said slowly.

"So... why are you telling me this?" Dai was already confused and even a little discouraged.

Shiraishi smiled slightly, "Tsubokura must have gone to the crime scene with perfect preparations, even leaving time to confuse the witnesses' memories. He refused to give in at all during the interrogation, and fabricated an alibi that was proven by the investigation... How could such a person leave fingerprints on the murder weapon? And the parking surveillance camera captured his gloves."

"Eh?" Dai's eyes softened a little at this time.

"Actually, I suspect there is another possibility at the scene..." Bai Shi explained slowly at this time.

Then, Shiraishi stated his purpose: "It is not difficult to verify it. We just need to interrogate both suspects in depth. It's just that my agency was too hasty in the previous search, so we can't interrogate Tsubokura now, but... you can still do it."

"Wait, doesn't the Prosecutor's Office have..." Dai hurriedly confirmed.

"The Prosecutor's Office only accepted the new evidence that was unfavorable to Tsubokura, otherwise there would not be this meeting today." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

"How could this be..." Dai immediately became anxious. She did not hope that Tsubokura would die quickly because of his deception, but she felt that... the truth is the truth!
Dai thought of what Bai Shi had just said, and said with embarrassment: "But...we can only see Tsubokura, but we can't find Ms. Hayashida..."

"I have reported Ms. Hayashida as a new witness to the Procuratorate, and the Procuratorate has accepted it. So...you will have a chance tomorrow to find out the contradictions in her testimony during the witness questioning. If you can really confirm the second possibility, then report her as the murderer in court!" Shiraishi calmly stated his purpose.

(End of this chapter)