Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 73 That Big Event
On the morning of October 10, Zuo Tian arrived at the Mihua Office on time for work...

However, this time, he still failed to meet Director Shiraishi, and even... he no longer needed to meet Director Shiraishi!

"What? Can't take him away? Inspector Kunikida, what do you mean?" Sakuda glared at the bald guy in front of him and asked.

"Inspector Sakuda, I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious... What's going on is, there was a crucial breakthrough in another case last night..." Kunikida's gentle tone at this time made Sakuda feel like he was facing a soft knife.

"Another case? Then hand over all of your reports, and our Investigation Section 2 will also handle them together!" Sakuta said immediately.

Kunikida shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. This is a murder case that happened within my agency's jurisdiction, and during last night's interrogation, Ms. Kobayashi admitted to the murder. As for the fraud case, we can only deal with it after this."

After finding the victim's cell phone, the forensic department recovered the data in it, clearly proving that Kobayashi had made an appointment with the victim to meet at the crime scene in the morning!

After the victim was pushed once by old man Otani last night, he went to find Kobayashi, hoping that she could return the money he had cheated. However... Kobayashi saw the opportunity to frame Otani instead.

Seeing that the records on his phone were restored, Xiao Lin could no longer bear the psychological pressure and admitted to the murder...

The "murder case" was not originally the responsibility of the "Second Investigation Section". Moreover, at this point, since there had been decisive progress and even the suspect's confession had been obtained, there was no reason for even the "First Investigation Section" to intervene.

As for "fraud cases" and the like, they must give way to "murder cases" at this time. After the murder cases are sent for inspection, additional investigations will be conducted.

Although Sakuda was not very clear about the details, he understood that this was probably the reason why the Ministry of Justice had specially "given a greeting". He had completely missed the opportunity...

"Of course, this murder case is closely related to the fraud case. The suspect has also explained the circumstances of the fraud case. We can connect later." Kunikida generously handed over the "fraud case" as promised, without leaving him any soup.

Sakuta had nothing to say about this - it was obvious that this must be the result of the Beihua Agency's investigation over the past few days, otherwise it would be impossible for someone to reveal the fact that he had committed murder when explaining the circumstances of the "fraud case"!

Looking at the still depressed Sakuda, Kunikida comforted him: "Inspector Sakuda, Chief Shiraishi and I are also for the case, to punish the criminals and comfort the victims' families. You are also for the case, to recover the losses for the victims... There is no conflict between us, and I hope you don't mind."

“Heh…heh, how could that be?” Sakuta laughed dryly.

At this time, Kunikida took out a bag of steamed buns, handed it to Sakuda and said, "By the way, the director said he was in a bad mood yesterday. This is a gift for you..."

Sakuda:……

"Just one piece?" Zuo Tian was speechless after taking it - what if it's just a gift package?

Kunikida shrugged upon seeing this. He had no idea where the director got the "gift" from... It seemed like he just handed it to him whatever was in his pocket!
……

At the same time, Shiraishi received an even better gift in his office—a cake to celebrate his one-month tenure!
Early in the morning, Director Ebihara knocked on the door mysteriously, and then... pushed a cake cart in!

"I'm so sorry. I've caused so much trouble for everyone and have done nothing valuable, but I still want you to help me celebrate." Bai Shi said modestly.

"Hahaha, Chief Shiraishi is too modest. Everyone in the police station praises Chief Shiraishi." Ebihara complimented. "Yes, Chief Shiraishi has worked hard in the past month. Everyone has seen it." Deputy Chief Bichuan also praised him.

Bai Shi was already a little embarrassed, and at this moment...

Ebihara gave a wink and the office door opened again. A group of female police officers wearing ceremonial skirts and holding batons in their hands filed in.

The one in the middle, holding a long baton with a star on the top, is Fuji Seiko, who looks unhappy...

At the same time, the guard of honor was fully equipped with gongs, drums and trumpets. Everyone waved their batons while playing and singing, and first performed a piece for Bai Shi.

Beep-beep!

Everyone stopped only after the female police officer in charge blew the whistle.

The female police officer who was giving the orders looked to be in her forties. She stood like a compass, giving people the feeling of a difficult middle-aged woman. She was none other than Ms. Maruo, the head of the Police Affairs Section.

"Section Chief Yuanwei, what are you doing..." Shiraishi was a little embarrassed.

and……

It would be fine if it was just a cake, but if the Police Affairs Section was really so idle that they specially gathered female police officers from other departments to rehearse something like this to celebrate "one month in office", Shiraishi would suspect that they were not doing enough work!
"Director Shiraishi, you're always busy in the Criminal Division, but... our Police Division isn't idle either!" Yuanwei said in a tone of asking for credit.

Seeing this, Ebihara reminded him, "Director Shiraishi, this is not just to welcome you, but also for the big event at the end of this month..."

"Oh, that..." Bai Shi's eyes were clear.

Ebihara understood immediately and continued, "That's right, it's the 'One-Day Police Chief' event! October is Legal Education Month, and each of our police stations will hold a 'One-Day Police Chief' event. Deputy Chief Bichuan went to the Publicity Division of the General Office for a meeting and selected a good Publicity Chief. The event will be held this Wednesday!"

Bai Shi then remembered that he had indeed seen this on the work calendar, but... he had forgotten about it because he was so busy!

The so-called "one-day chief" means inviting some celebrities, usually idols, to serve as the chief of the police station for a day. Of course, they will not really be asked to handle official business. The main purpose of the day is to conduct legal publicity and crime prevention speeches in the jurisdiction.

Holding legal education activities is originally one of the responsibilities of the police station, but Shiraishi is indeed unfamiliar with this aspect. After all, when he was in the Metropolitan Police Department, the Publicity Section of the General Affairs Department was responsible for such matters - you can't expect the "paired" people to educate the public about the law, right?
Fortunately, Shiraishi doesn't have to worry about this matter himself. Deputy Director Arikawa and Section Chief Marubi have already made arrangements!

Bichuan handed over a stack of activity plans. Shiraishi flipped to the first page and saw the candidate for the "One-Day Director"...

"Okino Yoko... um, the idol who is becoming popular again and transformed into a host, right?" Shiraishi had some impression of this person.

She was originally a member of the idol group "Earth Lady Team". After the group graduated and disbanded, she transformed into a host of Nichimi TV. After experiencing a low period, her popularity is now recovering...

(End of this chapter)