Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 83 The Bad Suspect
After hearing about Yoshii's situation, Shiraishi couldn't help but rub his head - directly investigating the officials of the National Police Agency wouldn't be more difficult than this!
The counselors who are still in office are just counselors, but behind the political and business brokers is an entire interest group.

Who knows whose money bag he is and whose stepping stone he is?

If we really want to move him, there will definitely be a lot of resistance. What Bai Shi fears the most is...

Kunikida's attitude!

Kunikida is definitely not a person who clings to power. If he interferes with the detectives handling the case, or even to the point where the detectives handling the case come into direct conflict with him, there is only one possible reason, and that is... the detectives handling the case have used or want to use some shady means.

In other words, regular search methods don't work.

As a counselor of the National Police Agency, Daijiro Yoshii is very familiar with the "rules".

If he could get direct evidence of Yoshii Hiroya's murder, "handling official business impartially" would be an easy choice for Shiraishi. Of course, he wouldn't have to give face to anyone, but now...

"By the way, it seems that Mr. Yoshii...last year, his son seemed to be involved in some major case, and Soichi even set up a special task force at that time...ah! The investigation headquarters seemed to be in the Beika Police Station at that time. Could it be that his son has caused trouble again?" Iwata said as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Last year? What happened?" Bai Shi really didn't know about this, after all, he was still in a "pair" last year.

"I don't remember the details... Your station should have a record of it. It was quite a big deal at the time. It was a homicide case. The suspect was Mr. Yoshii's son, but in the end they released him due to insufficient evidence. The case became an unsolved case and was not solved until the investigation headquarters was disbanded." Iwata only remembered that this was what happened.

"Well, I'll hang up first...the traffic police is coming." Bai Shi suddenly said.

"Hey, you have to be careful... Hey?"

beep-

"Really?" Iwata muttered a few words, but still went to get dressed. At the same time, he said to his wife, "I have to work overtime, so you don't have to prepare dinner for me..."

……

On the other hand, Shiraishi was stopped by Yumi when he was waiting for the red light...

"Director Shiraishi, did you make another phone call just now?" Yumi rode to Shiraishi's car, knocked on his window and said.

Shiraishi's silver QX56, Yumi already knew it...

"Official business, official business, I died before the light turned green!" Shiraishi said as he lowered the car window and glanced at the motorcycle under Yumi's crotch.

Seeing this, Yumi quickly dodged and said, "I won't lend you the motorcycle! You're considered overloaded if you come on board, you know that?"

"Let's go first..." When Bai Shi saw the light turned green, he stepped on the accelerator and left.

……

Not long after, Shiraishi arrived at the police station.

Unlike the two previous cases that were at the center of public attention, this time, no reporters or media paid attention to it, but this does not mean that Shiraishi can relax.

Faced with hot topics such as "suspected torture in the Beihua Police Station" and "close relatives of Ministry of Finance officials are involved in the case", the media, which used to dare to strike hard, was as quiet as a chicken when faced with "the son of a political and business broker is involved in the case".

This just proves that the interfering force behind the scenes is stronger than before!

Unless it has a huge impact and brings Minister Inukai to the brink of downfall, like the incident with him, there will be no voice from the media.

Seeing the director approaching, the corridor, which was once filled with heavy atmosphere, finally became more lively...

"Chief, Detective Akasaka and Section Chief Kunikida are in the interrogation room." Haidani took the initiative to remind Shiraishi when he saw him.

"Oh, you also know about this case... and the case from a year ago, right? Tell me first... Makio, help me find the case files related to Yoshii from a year ago, and then send them to my office." Shiraishi said, and stopped Haitani. On the way to the "investigation room", he asked him to tell him about the case first.

"At five o'clock this morning, an old man who was digging wild vegetables in the Beihua Forest called the police and found a female corpse... The victim was Kana Murano, 25 years old. The preliminary cause of death was strangled. A driver's license and wallet were found on her body, but her cell phone was missing.

"After investigation, we found that the deceased started chatting with Hiroya Yoshii online a week ago and made an appointment with him to have dinner yesterday. After that, her relatives and friends have never contacted her again." Huitani first briefly summarized today's case.

"Just that? As expected...what about the case from a year ago?" Shiraishi understood that if it was just this, although Yoshii Hiroya was suspicious, it was not to the point of "who else but me".

"Yes, around this time last year, a woman named Hirahara Shiori... had almost the same experience. She also met Yoshii Hiroya on the Internet, and the surveillance camera captured Yoshii Hiroya taking her back to his villa in the port area. However, two days later, the victim's body was also found in the Beika Forest."

After a pause, Haidani gave an additional explanation for Akasaka: "At that time, a special task force was set up under the leadership of the head office Souichi. The investigation headquarters was set up in the Beika Police Station. Akasaka was also a member of the task force at the time and had more contact with the relatives of the victims, so..."

"I understand." Shiraishi knew that Haitani was explaining on behalf of Akasaka.

The more contact you have with the relatives of the victims, the more frustrated you will feel if the case is not solved.

Especially when there is already a suspect, but the investigation is forced to be terminated due to insufficient evidence or even some "off-site reasons"!
This time, an almost identical case reappeared, and the suspect was even the same. One can imagine how angry Akasaka was...

If it were Shiraishi, he would also think - if he had caught him last time, there would be no victims this time! ...

When Shiraishi arrived at the interrogation room, he found that the conflict between Kunikida and Akasaka had become more intense than he had imagined, and the quarrel could be heard outside.

"What kind of investigation is this? It's just being manipulated by the criminals again and again, stabbing the victims' families in the heart!"

"Detective Akasaka! If you are already controlled by 'sympathy for the victim's family', you should withdraw from the investigation now! The duty of a detective is to investigate the truth, not to show off sympathy!"

"You guy..."

……

bang-

Just as their argument was turning into a quarrel, Bai Shi pushed the door open.

"What are you doing? Although the sound insulation of the interrogation room is very good, there is no need to test it like this. If the suspect hears it, he will make fun of us!" Bai Shi scolded with a stern face.

Akasaka and Kunikida looked at Shiraishi at this time and both bowed their heads to apologize.

Bai Shi said, and looked into the soundproof room...

There was a young man being interrogated by Yuan, and Yamada was sitting beside him, accompanying him, feeling anxious.

The sound insulation between the inside and outside of the "interrogation room" is very good. The previous quarrel between Kunikida and Akasaka did not come in, and the sound inside came from the loudspeaker.

It can be seen that the young man being interrogated looks very relaxed, but there is a hint of playfulness in his eyes...

"Mr. Yoshii, you said before... the victim not only complained to you online about her ex-boyfriend's cold violence, but when they met, she also said that her ex-boyfriend had a tendency to violence and threatened her safety... This is a lie, right? We have found Mr. Fujii. He concealed the reason and broke up with the victim because he had cancer. It is impossible for him to hurt Miss Murano." Yuan then exposed Yoshii's previous lies.

"Eh? Is that so... It's so touching, but I'm not lying. Maybe Miss Murano misunderstood it herself?" Yoshii said in a nonchalant tone.

“You are simply…” Yamada couldn’t help but slam the table at this moment, looking like he wanted to use violence, luckily he was stopped by Yuan - this was also the reason why he was so restless… It took all his strength to be able to hold back and not take action!

This is exactly why Akasaka outside is going crazy...

Because Yoshii understands the police rules, he not only acts fearlessly during the interrogation, but even deliberately throws out some clues - these clues are not only unhelpful in solving the case, but are "hidden secrets" that doubly hurt the victims' families!
For example, Murano's ex-boyfriend broke up with his beloved girlfriend because he was suffering from cancer, hiding the truth. As a result... at the end of his life, he learned about his girlfriend's death from the detective.

"Detective, this won't do." Yoshii warned fearlessly while glancing at the watch on Yamada's hand when he slammed the table.

Shiraishi and Kunikida also noticed this outside the glass...

"By the way, Mr. Detective, when can I leave? I have to go back to feed the cats." Yoshii asked calmly.

“You…” Yamada was about to lose his temper.

Yuan pulled Yamada out first while also trying to report first.

"Section Chief...ah, Director!" Yuan noticed that Shiraishi had also arrived.

"How is it? The suspect... is very stubborn?" Shiraishi only saw the last two paragraphs of conversation, so he confirmed with Yuan.

"Stubborn?... I can't even use the word stubborn to describe it, it's just... terrible! I even feel... I would rather be interrogated myself!" The "business-style fake smile" that Yuan deliberately maintained on his face was now stiff.

Seeing that the interrogation ace in the office had been broken, Shiraishi also realized that Yoshii Hiroya was not a simple person.

"Director! Leave it to me next!" Kuroki volunteered.

Although Kuroki's [Interrogation] ability is not stronger than Yuan's, but...

What we need now is the hawk-watching tactic!

"Pay attention to the interval time. He can apply for a break in fifteen minutes," Kunikida reminded.

Yes, during standard interrogation procedures, suspects can ask for a break.

"I'll pay attention." Kuroki said helplessly.

"You're not paying enough attention." Shiraishi interjected. Seeing Kuroki and Kanzaki looking at him in surprise, Shiraishi added to them respectively: "You randomly set your watch back half an hour to an hour, and you randomly set your watch forward half an hour to fifteen minutes."

"Eh? Yes!" Kuroki was stunned at first, then he reacted immediately.

(End of this chapter)