Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 44 Suzuki Ayako
Saturday, April 10.

During today's arrest training, everyone was surprised to find that the director was not there!

Some of the more cunning ones have already started to catch up on some sleep while Deputy Director Murasakibara is explaining...

……

As for Shiraishi, he actually worked overtime today.

But before when I went to work, I just “stamped” things, but today it was the director’s second function - shaking hands.

As the director, Shiraishi was invited to a banquet today by Touto councilor Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi, who was born in Beika Town, and the host of the banquet was Kenzo Masuyama, the president (chairman) of a large company in the Beika Town area.

In fact, given Kenzo Masuyama's level, he might not really take the director of the Rice Flower Agency seriously, at least not to the extent of inviting him to a special banquet. Ebihara had never hosted one.

Although the company is in Beika-cho, Kenzo Masuyama is a big shot in the financial world. In his eyes, the director of Beika is just a "little devil" who can be managed with a little help. To him, the people who are really worth winning over are the big shots in the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, Shiraishi himself was "very famous", and Masuyama was quite wary of him, and... he had some other ideas, so he specially invited Councillor Tunkou to make this banquet happen.

In the East Island Country, this is a very normal thing, and it can even be written in the director's work log. Shiraishi naturally attended the banquet with confidence - just for this kind of "work", Shiraishi also ordered a formal suit for the banquet in advance.

Of course, Shiraishi didn't need to take the initiative to offend people like Councillor Tunkou and Chairman Masuyama. Besides, they were just hosting a banquet to make themselves known...

Originally, Shiraishi was not very familiar with them, but after hearing about these two people while drinking with Iwata last night, Iwata did get to know them a little.

Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi was a member of the Touto council elected from Beika Town, but his reputation has not been very good in the past two years. He has some financial stains, but there is no solid evidence.

As for the old man Kenzo Masuyama, he is very successful in both the black and white worlds. He is a big figure in the financial world, and his main business is the production of various auto parts.

……

During the meal, Shiraishi played dumb and did not respond to some hints, which made Tunkou a little dissatisfied, but Kenzo Masuyama did not care - after all, with his power, he did not really have anything to ask the director of the Rice Flower Agency to solve.

Even if he needs help with anything in this regard, he has plenty of connections in the Metropolitan Police Department!
If Shiraishi had a promising future, he wouldn't mind investing in him in advance, but... Shiraishi's current situation didn't seem to have much of a future, so he didn't really care and was very relaxed about it.

But at the end, I was still a little unhappy...

After the banquet, the three of them, surrounded by secretaries and the like, came to the underground parking lot. Masuyama discovered that Shiraishi was actually driving a plainclothes police car of the police station. Because the space was too small, not only could he not sit upright, but his posture of holding the steering wheel was also awkward.

So Masuyama directly proposed to "lend" a Land Rover to Shiraishi so that he could better perform his duties and protect the order of Beika Town, but...

No matter how much he flattered her, Shiraishi directly rejected his bribe!

Such a blunt refusal made Masuyama feel a little embarrassed, and his swallowing revealed his dissatisfaction even more obviously.

……

The next day, Shiraishi felt that he could not delay any longer, so... he went to a Nissan 4S store in the neighboring Kaido-cho. In order to avoid suspicion, he even did not go to the store in Beika-cho!
If he doesn't buy a car, Bai Shi is afraid that he will often have opportunities like last night to corrupt himself.

As soon as Bai Shi walked in, he immediately became the focus of the 4S store.

after all……

A little giant who is two meters and three meters tall with shoes on is not something you can see everywhere. At this moment, all the SUVs in the store have become one size smaller, as if they had become small breads.

Shiraishi also had a goal in mind and placed an order for a silver QX56 that he had selected long ago. As a full-size SUV, it was not spacious at all for Shiraishi to sit in, but at least it was not too crowded.

This is the limit. Unless it is customized, it is difficult to find a car that fully meets Shiraishi's needs...

Although the price is not cheap in Shiraishi's opinion and is something that the previous Shiraishi would never consider, after the promotion, if converted to the current salary, it would only be the income for half a year!
And even if Shiraishi didn't have much savings, as a senior police officer, it would still be easy for him to get a loan...

……

October 10, Monday. Shiraishi rarely drives to work - he hasn't canceled his usual morning run, but he has to park his car at the police station first!
But just then...

Jingle bell—jingle bell—

A call from an unknown number.

Shiraishi, at this time, was driving at Level 7, and after checking to see if there were any traffic police around, he answered the phone.

"Xiao Hei! It's me!"

The voice coming from the phone made Shiraishi's face freeze - Suzuki Ayako.

The year Shiraishi graduated from the graduate school of the University of Tokyo and was admitted to the professional group, Suzuki Ayako had just started her freshman year at Beika University. Because their campuses were adjacent, the two met on campus.

and……

After several years and some things happened... we fell in love.

Shiraishi didn't know Ayako's background at first. After all, there were too many people with the surname Suzuki in Higashima, second only to Sato, and she was not her sister. Shiraishi was not that familiar with the plot of "Detective Conan"!

Later, I found out that Ayako was actually the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group, and she had even told her family about Shiraishi, but...

Afterwards, Shiraishi and Ayako's parents met, but it went very...unsmoothly.

In fact, Shiraishi had been in the professional group for several years at that time, and the fact that he had no father or mother could be considered an "advantage" in the eyes of the Suzuki couple. After all, there would be no pressure to marry into their family, as they only had two daughters!

but……

Ayako's mother, Suzuki Tomoko, and Shiraishi Kuro both have "too tough" personalities that easily break.

This resulted in the first meeting between the two parties being very unpleasant and also becoming their last meeting!
Because Shiraishi Kuro has a tough personality, Tomoko naturally wants to suppress him, saying things like, "Just be happy that our daughter likes you," "Your career in the police force will depend on our arrangements," and "We'll still keep an eye on you, don't think you're already the son-in-law of the Suzuki family."

Given Shiraishi Kuro's personality, the result is predictable, and he ends up parting ways with her mother on bad terms.

The relationship with Ayako also ended a year ago due to Shiraishi's deliberate alienation.

In the following year, Suzuki Ayako tried to find Shiraishi Kuro several times, but Shiraishi avoided her...

This time, the call was made from an unfamiliar number, and Shiraishi would answer the call. Shiraishi had already blocked the previous number.

After all, in Shiraishi's opinion, since the two sides could never succeed, there was no need to waste the girl's time. Besides... he was also a little upset about Ayako's concealment of her life experience in the beginning. In a blink of an eye, almost a year had passed!
When Shiraishi heard Ayako's voice, he frowned at first, but then he asked with concern: "What's wrong? Don't be anxious, talk slowly."

At first, Bai Shi was a little unhappy, but...

Shiraishi quickly realized that with Ayako's personality, she would not do such a thing as tricking him into answering a call with an unfamiliar number. She had not done this in the past year.

and……

Now her tone seems a little urgent, it seems that something really happened!

When Shiraishi noticed this, of course his tone changed.

"Sonoko...my sister Sonoko has been kidnapped! I don't dare call the police now, so..." Ayako said anxiously.

"Where are you? In the villa in Beika Town... OK, I understand... Don't worry, I'll be there soon..."

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