Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 95: Watching the fun
"Ok?"

Shiraishi was walking around the living room of the Doi family, preparing to check if there were any security loopholes, but...

Suddenly I noticed that there were "eyes" coming in from outside, as if staring at here, so I hurried to the window.

Although it is a villa, the Doi family's location is very good. It is at the top of a slope and the terrain itself has a certain height, which meets the visual requirements. It is the "king of buildings" in this villa area.

Even though Bai Shi had been careful, the size of the thing was still noticeable to people outside...

Bai Shi only saw a familiar-looking car leaving in the night.

We should have parked on a small road where we could see the villa. At this distance and angle, if we had brought a telescope, it wouldn't be surprising if we could see inside the house!
Shiraishi:……

"Brother Shiraishi, what's wrong?" Megure asked hurriedly upon seeing this.

But when he came over, there was nothing to be seen on the path.

"Nothing." Bai Shi shook his head.

……

That night, Shiraishi stayed at Doi's house and called Ayako...

"Ayako, I'm sorry, we have to cancel our date tomorrow because there are some troubles at the office." Shiraishi canceled the date on Saturday.

"I understand... It's Director Doi's business, right? You must be careful!" Although Ayako was a little disappointed, she still reminded him immediately.

"Hmm? Do you know Kenzo Doi?" Shiraishi felt that Ayako's tone did not sound like she had only read the news.

"Well, after the incident with Miss Ujigen, my father and mother handed over the management of the construction-related companies within the foundation to me, so I met Director Doi several times." Ayako said with a little resentment.

Shiraishi was also a little embarrassed - in his opinion, Ayako's job was to "gain experience in his own consortium", but as for what she did specifically... he really didn't understand!

"I see..." Bai Shi said, and after looking around to make sure there was no one else around, he continued, "Tell me about Doi... and that negotiation."

……

At the same time, Kuroki and Kanzaki finally got their rewards!
Previously, when he and Inspector Megure visited the home of the second victim, Eisuke Honma, Kuroki discovered that Honma's son was evasive in his words, so he applied to investigate Honma.

Kuroki and Kanzaki were originally sent by the Beihua Agency to help, and Megure certainly didn't refuse...

Afterwards, Kuroki and Kanzaki followed the trail and found that Honma came to "Kamurocho". He was sneaky and obviously didn't want to be discovered. He entered an office for a while and didn't come out until a long time later!
After he left, Kuroki and Kanzaki came over to check, and found...

"This is..." Kanzaki looked at the door of the mixed-use commercial and residential building in surprise. On it were hung the words "Arakawa Group" and the emblem of "Tojo Clan".

Obviously, this is the office of the Arakawa Group, which is affiliated with the Tojo Clan!

"Assholes, who are you?"

When they saw Kuroki and Kanzaki coming over to check, the minions in the group immediately came over and started questioning them.

"We..." Kanzaki was about to take out his ID.

However, Kuroki immediately held his hand secretly, and at the same time, Kuroki put on a frightened look and said, "Sorry, sorry, we went to the wrong place..." Then he pulled Kanzaki away.

"Kuroki! What are you doing? What are you afraid of?" Kanzaki asked dissatisfiedly after walking away.

"This is Kamurocho. Cross-jurisdictional searches are taboo in the first place. Besides... let's not alert the enemy. Even if we ask them now, they won't tell the truth. We first need to know what the connection is between Honma's son and the Arakawa Group." Kuroki said calmly.

……

At the same time, the leader of the Arakawa Group, Masumi Arakawa, seemed to have noticed something. From the second-floor team leader's office, he looked out the window at Kuroki and Kanzaki leaving, and then made a phone call...

……

The next morning, as the interrogation was about to begin, Kuroki asked Inspector Megure for permission to interrogate Soichi's suspect, Tsuchida, who was transferred yesterday.

Megure also realized that Shiraishi intended to cultivate them, and... he also had high hopes for these two young people.

"Tsuchida... Well, sure. After all, it was you who provided his alibi. Takagi, go and interrogate him with your colleagues from the Beika Police Station." In order to comply with regulations, Megure called Takagi over as well.

However, at this time Megure didn't know what clues Kuroki had grasped and how big a "surprise" he would give him in a while!
Megure came to Doi's house early in the morning and met Shiraishi who stayed at Tsuchida's house last night. He found that Doi was talking to Shiraishi...

"What? Director Doi, this is too risky! Let's postpone the event." Megure found out after asking that Doi was actually going to participate in an event of some construction company, and hurriedly tried to stop him.

“No, many media will also attend this event. If I don’t attend, wouldn’t it encourage the criminals to be more arrogant?
"Vice Minister Nakano and Director Homma have already died. Especially at this time, I must show my determination to be irreconcilable with evil and not bow to evil elements. Only in this way can I give the people confidence!" Doi said righteously.

"That's fine, but the police must intervene and protect you throughout the process." Megure said seriously. "Then I'll leave it to you." Doi did not refuse.

"Director Doi, I will go to the scene to make arrangements first..." Secretary Xiaofeng volunteered.

But Doi refused: "No, Xiaofeng, you stay for me and take good care of my wife!"

"But..." Xiaofeng still looked very worried.

"You are the person I trust the most, and my wife also trusts you. I'll leave the home to you!" Doi said sincerely.

Seeing this, Xiaofeng had no choice but to agree.

Shiraishi:……

I see your relationship, why is it so abnormal?
……

It was noon in a blink of an eye, and Doi was about to leave when Kuroki, Kanzaki, and Takagi rushed over in a hurry. All three of them had dark circles under their eyes, which was typical of a major case...

"You came at the right time, let's go together..." Megure was about to invite them to go to the event together.

but……

"Inspector Megure! We have identified the suspect!" Kuroki interrupted confidently.

"What?" Megure asked in surprise.

"When we were doing surveillance, we found out that Honma's eldest son owed a huge debt to the Arakawa Group of the Tojo Clan. We also asked the nanny of the Honma family and found out that Director Honma had indeed had a big fight with his son because of money missing from the house, and he even threatened to kick him out..." Kuroki explained.

"You mean... Director Honma was invited to the crime scene by his son?" Megure frowned at this time.

Indeed, it was determined in the previous search that one of the conditions that had to be met in order to be the "murderer" was that he had to be able to get Director Honma to the warehouse - which was a very secluded place. Normally, if someone who hated him asked him to go there, Honma would not go to the appointment in the middle of the night unless he was stupid!

"That's right, and we have verified that the Arakawa Group has registered several small construction companies, and they have taken advantage of policies to obtain a lot of improper benefits!" Kuroki also found a lot of circumstantial evidence.

Shiraishi nodded secretly on the sofa beside him at this time - many construction companies are related to violent organizations, and are even tools for violent organizations to make money. That's why Shiraishi said before that the silly "wall-piercing president" is not even a dangerous person in the construction industry...

"It is indeed a direction of investigation..." Megure nodded.

"It's not just the direction of the investigation! Inspector Megure, we also found out... that the Arakawa Group and the head of Section 3, Section 4, Takei, have a close connection...! Afterwards, we showed Tsuchida the registered photos of Inspector Takei and some members of the Arakawa Group, and Tsuchida recognized several of them as the people who kidnapped him... including Inspector Takei!" Kuroki said in shocking fashion.

"Huh?" When Megure heard Takei's name, he immediately turned his head to look at Shiraishi.

"Puchi..." Bai Shi laughed slightly at this time.

Only then did Kuroki see that his director was also there...

"Director! You're here too... That's great. You were in the team before, so you should know this Inspector Takei, right? What kind of person is he?" Kuroki asked vaguely - he only knew that Shiraishi was the head of the team before, but he had no idea which class or department he was in.

"Well...how should I put it...he is indeed a suspicious guy, and he has no ability at all. He usually relies on his partner." Shiraishi said confidently at this time.

"really……"

Kuroki and Kanzaki both raised their fists - even the director said so, so the case is solved, right?

"Ah!" Gao Mu suddenly exclaimed: "That... Director Shiraishi... you previously..."

Takagi just felt that the prefix of "Organizational Violence Countermeasures Department, Section Three, Department Four" was somewhat familiar, but when he saw Shiraishi, he suddenly remembered...isn't this the department that Shiraishi led before!
So are he and Takei really just “acquaintances”?

But before Takagi could finish, Kuroki said anxiously: "Inspector Megure, we just found out that Takei is with the people from the Arakawa Group in a dance hall in Kamurocho..."

Kuroki doesn't even call "Inspector Takei" anymore...

"This..." Megure looked at Shiraishi again.

"It's really suspicious... By the way, the dance hall can't be the one on the corner of the street where the Arakawa Group's office is? I remember that one didn't have a dancing license... Well... But it's Kamuro Agency's business after all." Shiraishi muttered loudly at this time.

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Dongdong: The characters related to the Arakawa Group, their prototypes are of course the Arakawa Group in "Yakuza", but they are just "prototypes", and the character settings and plots are not guaranteed to be the same.

The prototype of Takei is Takei in "Inside Out", but Takei is a villain in "Inside Out", so here he is just a prototype and a gray character.

In addition, Takei also has a connection with "Detective Conan". The Ebizō in "Detective Conan vs. Ebizō: Kabuki 18th Edition SP" is based on and voiced by Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō, who also plays Takei.

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