Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 367, 361. How can this be allowed?

26, Okuho Town 2-chome.

The unremarkable detached house in front of us is the home of Kobayashi, the team leader of the intelligence support department.

Xiaolin is not married, or rather, the organization with the most married and childless members is the Yixin Association.

In such an uncertain world, how many people would dare to start a family and create a life full of entanglements for themselves?
Xiao Lin usually kept to himself and didn't interact much with his neighbors, so much so that no one discovered he was dead even a day later.

The body was discovered when field agents from the Isshin Society found it at his home based on information from the intelligence support department.

Wearing a mask, Lin Longma examined Xiao Lin's body under the guidance of his subordinates.

Kobayashi died from cyanide poisoning. Although it is a controlled substance, it is not hard to find in Beika Town.

Moreover, Kobayashi was a junior officer in the intelligence support department, making it even easier for him to obtain cyanide.

"President, all the data on Xiaolin's computer has been wiped clean, and the disk used to store the data has been completely destroyed."

While Lin Longma was examining the body, other field personnel naturally went to check Xiao Lin's room.

Now that the inspection is complete, he naturally comes to report to Lin Longma.

"Can it be restored?" Lin Longma asked his subordinate, turning his gaze away from Xiao Lin's corpse.

"I'm afraid that won't work." The field staff shook their heads; Xiaolin had clearly made ample preparations for this day.

If one is not rushing to their death, then naturally they will not allow anyone to easily recover the data on the disk.

"There were also some paper documents, but they have all been burned by Kobayashi."

Kobayashi's family also had a paper shredder, but after shredding those paper documents, Kobayashi burned them all.

The burnt remains and ashes were left openly in the living room. It seemed that Kobayashi wanted people to know that he had burned these documents, so it was best not to bother.

This behavior had nothing to do with camaraderie; Kobayashi simply wanted to discourage Ryoma Hayashi from pursuing the matter further.

"Are they planning to wipe out debts with the death of a person?" Lin Longma understood Lin's thoughts the moment he saw the wreckage and ashes.

The phenomenon of debts being wiped out upon death exists in both the political and business spheres.

A crucial moment occurs when someone jumps from a building or dies mysteriously, causing all leads to a standstill.

The unspoken agreement among everyone is not to seek revenge on the dead.

However, this approach simply won't work within the organization, which is always determined to get to the bottom of things. This also means that Kobayashi can only cause some trouble for the investigation, rather than completely halting it.

"Is it confirmed to be suicide?" Lin Longma asked his field agents.

"Confirmed, President."

"Call the people from the intelligence support department over here, have them re-examine the documents, and then file them."

Lin Longma was only responsible for investigating matters related to the "fake death and defection." Since Xiao Lin was dead, Lin Longma was no longer needed to take over the remaining work.

It doesn't matter whether the Intelligence Support Department ignores Kobayashi's death or launches a retaliatory operation.

Since Kobayashi was able to choose to die at this time, it's obvious that he must have already taken care of his affairs after death.

What kind of retaliation could an organization possibly take against a bachelor who lives alone and has no close relationship with his neighbors?

After leaving Okuho Town and returning to the base, Ryoma Hayashi went to the office of the Security Countermeasures Division.

In the huge office, everyone was busy.

"The lead regarding the 'faked death and defection' of an organization member has gone cold. Kobayashi, an officer in the intelligence support department, committed suicide by poisoning himself at home. He probably cleared out all the leads before he died."

Lin Longma did not order any further investigation into Xiao Lin's death. What was there to investigate?
Since Xiaolin was determined to die, he must have destroyed all the necessary documents and clues before he died.

Unlike the murderer in Beika Town, Kobayashi is a professional. Being a team leader in the Intelligence Support Department means he definitely has work to do.

Are there any new leads?

“Yes, brother,” Doi Yushiro, the head of intelligence in the Security Countermeasures Division, replied to Hayashi Ryoma.
"Besides Kobayashi, the team leader of the intelligence department, we went back six years to check the files and found that Kobayashi's partner from when he was a full member is still alive."

And he was also a junior leader in the intelligence department.

"Both partners are still alive?" Lin Longma was a little surprised, but not entirely unexpected.

Such situations are rare in the Executive Division. Even the Executive Division's sniper executives, Cohen and Chiantina, only became partners after they became executives.

However, the missions of the Intelligence Support Department are clearly not as dangerous as those of the Execution Department, so it is normal for a pair of partners to be promoted at the same time.

"Who is that person?"

"Kobayashi's partner is named Masaaki Okakura. He used to be a frontline intelligence agent in the intelligence department, and later transferred to the undercover system as an unofficial undercover agent sent by the organization."

Currently, like Kobayashi, she has become a team leader within the system and possesses information on some of the organization's undercover agents.

If official agencies can send spies to organizations, organizations can also send spies to official agencies.

In fact, the Intelligence Support Department doesn't have that many undercover agents in this area; the Isshin-kai is the one that sends the most undercover agents into official agencies.

Of course, Lin Longma didn't think this should be called an undercover agent; rather, it was just that the members of his Yixinhui had taken on an extra job.

In short, Masaaki Okakura has been very active on the undercover mission over the years. His undercover identity was that of a member of parliament's secretary, and he has taken advantage of this identity to place his own people in government departments.

Those members planted by Masaaki Okakura naturally became his direct subordinates.

"So this guy has a list of members who are undercover agents in the organization? How can that be allowed?!"

Lin Longma was flipping through Okakura Masaaki's files when he suddenly became alert.

Those members of the Yixinhui who entered the political and business spheres initially had no organizational support.

This means that these people initially entered these institutions entirely based on their hard skills.

The assistance provided by Yixinhui can only be realized after they enter relevant fields and institutions.

To use the civil service exam as an example, you have to pass the written exam first before you can put your efforts to the test during the interview.

Given this operational logic, the organization is unaware of how many moles the Yixin Society has within its institutions and public service departments.

Over the years, companies, organizations, and institutions have had new members joining every year. It's impossible for every new member to be fully capable of learning everything, right?

However, Masaaki Okakura's organization was different from Isshin-kai. The members he placed in various departments were all brought in through connections.

This list naturally fell into the hands of Masaaki Okakura.

How could he not know the people he had planted?

This list is not important to Lin Longma, but once it is exposed, Lin Longma is afraid that this mess will implicate his Yixinhui members.

These seemingly insignificant matters are actually the ones that require the most caution and must be guarded against.

Where is Okakura Masaakito now?

(End of this chapter)