Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 57 Everyone knows that Director Shiraishi is impartial and ruthless...

The meeting room was very quiet, with only the deliberate sound of Shiraishi's index finger slowly tapping the tabletop...

At this moment, Yan Tu came back, and as soon as he came in, he looked at Bai Shi and said with a smile: "Really... I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all!"

"No, no, it's just that the director of the headquarters is busy with work..."

Someone immediately praised it.

Bai Shi also noticed that within the 11th Department Headquarters, Yan Tu and Hai Ci had many trusted directors, which showed that he was very capable. It was said that... Yan Tu also had his own network of connections within the Dongdu Procuratorate!
However, Yan Tu shook his head and said, "Hey, this is not busy work, but someone came to beg for mercy..."

The directors were stunned when they heard this - is that how you say this?
Is it...

Is it a case from another department?
There's no need to say it in front of everyone!

Regardless of whether this matter is to be carried out or not, the director's guiding ideology should also be communicated separately...

Wait! Could it be...

A few quick-witted ones had already looked at Bai Shi.

"He is the head of the secretariat section of the Minister's Office of the Ministry of Finance. His father was involved in a difficult case this morning and has been asked by the Rice Flower Agency to cooperate with the investigation..." Yan Tu said directly at this time.

A mere "section chief" certainly does not rank among the top officials in the Ministry of Finance, but the "Minister's Office" is the core of each ministry, and the section chief of the "Secretary Section" in particular is undoubtedly in the sequence of promotion.

Even as the head of the Minister's Secretariat, he is closer to the position of "Vice Minister of Affairs" than an ordinary director.

Although it has not reached the point where a note can be directly handed over to the police, it is enough to "put pressure" on grassroots police stations.

Of course, even so, Section Chief Otani did not dare to look for Shiraishi, but went around him and looked for Yan Tu Haici.

This is not to increase the official rank and put pressure on Shiraishi, but...

When he learned that his father was taken away by the police station to assist in the investigation, his first reaction was to go to the director's office and slam the table, but... after learning that the director was "Shiraishi Kuro", Otani's mind was buzzing!
He and Shiraishi Kuro didn't know each other, but how could he not know who Shiraishi Kuro was?

He doesn't even care about the face of the Minister of Justice, so what's the point of me being "hopeful to become the Vice Minister of Affairs"... I'd better go talk to Yan Tu Haici.

"Hahaha, he also asked the wrong person for help. Everyone knows that our Director Bai Shi will not tolerate any sand in his eyes!" Yan Tu praised Bai Shi at this time.

Including Zedden, many directors started laughing at this time...

This is roasting white stone over fire!

At this time, Shiraishi just frowned slightly and said, "I don't know what's going on, but if Mr. Otani really broke the law, the law will naturally not be biased because of Section Chief Otani."

Bai Shi doesn't know what happened yet. Yan Tu also said that he was "involved in" a case this morning, so Bai Shi didn't say anything clear at this time.

only……

There is one thing that Shiraishi can be sure of - since Otani was brought to the agency to cooperate with the investigation, they must have found something!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to easily invite the father of the former Ministry of Finance official and the current Ministry of Finance official directly to the agency. Not to mention the additional pressure brought by the other party's identity, Kunikida would not allow any illegal operations...

"However, I had wanted to hold a welcome banquet for Director Shiraishi this afternoon, but it seems we have to put it on hold for now... Let's make a quick decision and each of us should give a brief report on our work last month, and then we'll adjourn the meeting!" Yan Tu clapped his hands, as if he was urging everyone to do something for Bai Shi's sake.

Normally, the directors' meeting every month consists of a report in the morning and a dinner in the afternoon, but... Shiraishi will be absent from the first dinner this week!
Halfway through the meeting, Shiraishi sent a text message to Kunikida, asking him to keep an eye on the case and... send someone in his own car to pick him up and take him back to the police station. The spare key was in the chief's office.

After something like this happened, Bai Shi had no choice but to work overtime.

After the meeting at noon, Bai Shi was about to leave...

Yan Tu also specifically said: "Director Shiraishi, just go for it, I will support you!" As he said that, he raised his hand and patted Shiraishi's arm.

After Shiraishi left, when only Zeden and Yan Tu were in the conference room, Zeden specifically asked, "Brother Yan Tu, there's news from the Ministry of Finance that Otani is about to be promoted to the Minister's Chief Cabinet, right?"

The position of "Minister's Chief Cabinet Secretary" is a crucial step towards being promoted to "Vice Minister of Affairs" - once promoted, one will go directly from "not being ranked" to "being counted", from "a big shot in the eyes of ordinary people" to "a real big shot"!
And "Deputy Minister of Affairs" is already the pinnacle of "civil servants"...

The ministers, deputy ministers, and civil servants above them are all "politicians". They are in a different line from the "civil servants" who actually do the work. If a "politician" has support, even a dog can be tied to the job. There are no restrictions on ability or qualifications.

"Haha, that can't be helped. After all, as police officers, we have to enforce the law impartially..." Yan Tu first sang in a high-sounding tone, then smiled and said, "And if Section Chief Otani's father really did such a thing, then the Chief Cabinet Secretary would be gone forever, right? Hahaha..."

“If Otani is not capable, then the one who should be promoted should be... um, hahaha..." Zedden said, pointing at Yan Tu.

If Otani was "sniped" at this time, the person who would be promoted to this position would be another Ministry of Finance official who was in the same faction as the new Justice Minister "Tetsuya Takamori"!

This is beneficial to Yan Tu, who has long been on the side of Minister Gao Sen...

At the same time, after leaving the Beihu Office, Bai Shi got directly into the passenger seat of a QX56.

Shiraishi also saw at this time that the person who was helping him drive was none other than... Gen Seiji!

When Bai Shi saw who was driving the car, he paused.

"Yuan, this is my own car and I'm still paying off the loan!" Bai Shi reminded him with a stern face.

At the same time, Shiraishi cursed Kunikida in his heart - do you really not know who causes the most accidents in your class?
"Director! Don't worry, I can drive well too!" Yuan assured quickly.

Shiraishi:……

So, it turns out that you didn't drive the office car properly, right?

"Do you know about the case of old man Otani?" Shiraishi took a deep breath and asked about the more important matter at the moment.

"Yes! We received a call at 7:05 this morning that a male deceased was found under the long steps on the north side of Dixiang Jinchuan Green Park. I also arrived at the scene at 7:..." Yuan answered very actively. He also participated in the investigation of this case.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi frowned even more - the deceased... was a murder case!
Originally, Yan Tu only said it was a "difficult case", but Bai Shi was still thinking in his mind - after all, the father of an official in the government office should be quite old, so it shouldn't be a violent crime, right?

It turns out this isn’t just any violent crime!

Yuan later recounted the scene to Shiraishi...

"The deceased, Yusuke Amano, 25 years old, died shortly before the police were called. The cause of death was obviously a fall from a long staircase. The traces and injuries at the scene were consistent, but... in the deceased's briefcase, the wallet was found to be still there, but the cell phone was missing.

"In addition, the deceased's occupation was a lifestyle consultant. There were many elderly people going out in the morning on the embankment above where he fell. They all came from the same nursing home, which was also one of the nursing homes where the deceased provided consulting services..."

As Shiraishi listened, he also analyzed the situation - the cell phone was missing, and there were a lot of people with connections near the crime scene, so there was indeed a suspicion of homicide...

(End of this chapter)