Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 375, Page 369: Inspiration from Conan

"Eight murders have occurred in a single month. This is no ordinary serial killer. The Metropolitan Police Department has decided to crack down on the killer."

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has now decided to appoint Kiyoshige Matsumoto as the head of the special task force.

It was the same meeting room, and the same people who had attended the initial meeting. The only difference was that there was one new person this time.

It's not that new either.

The former Rum confidant disguised himself and attended the meeting as Ireland's leader.

Inside the meeting room, apart from Ryoma Lin, both Gin and Vermouth cast intriguing glances at Binga.

“Now that the head of the police task force has been selected, can the plan I suggested be implemented?” Lin Longma continued.

Ireland's presence in the conference room with Binga itself symbolized his agreement to Lin Longma's plan.

"I agree with Chairman Lin's proposal," Ireland said succinctly.

Vermouth chuckled lightly: "Since Ireland has no objections, then I have no objections either."

All eyes in the conference room eventually fell on Gin.

"I agree." Gin, who has been in charge of cleaning up the organization's spies for many years, is probably the member who agrees with this plan the most.

After being planted with spies all these years, how could he refuse the opportunity to be a spy himself?

Moreover, the undercover agents don't need to be selected from the executive department.

"I'll have someone find the information about Matsumoto Kiyonaga in a bit. I'll leave the rest to you."

Lin Longma told Vermouth that if they wanted to perfectly replace Matsumoto Kiyonaga with Binga, Vermouth would have to put in the effort.

"It's my duty." It's just disguising someone else; it's as simple as it gets to Vermouth.

"So, shall we now discuss how to switch Matsumoto Kiyonaga out of the police force?"

Ireland nodded to Belmod and then began to explain the situation.

"Ever since Matsumoto Kiyonaga became the head of the task force, he has been working overtime at the Metropolitan Police Department."

He hasn't left the Metropolitan Police Department for at least three days.

"They eat in the Metropolitan Police Department's cafeteria and live in the detectives' lounge. How can we replace them without attracting attention? Do you have any good suggestions?"

The fate of a detective in Beika Town is to work overtime, and this is especially true for detectives in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Kiyonaga Matsumoto is about to take office as the head of the First Investigation Division, and he doesn't mind highlighting his background as a frontline police officer at this time.

After becoming a section chief, he probably won't have many opportunities to work overtime, but since he's still a manager, it's no problem for him to lead by example.

Vodka immediately started speaking in a path-dependent manner: "Think of a way to lure Matsumoto Kiyoshi out of the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"Then just kidnap them."

The proposal was rejected by Ireland as soon as it was put forward.

"Impossible. Matsumoto Kiyonaga is focused on the serial murder case right now. How are you going to trick him into coming out?"
Any actions will naturally be carried out by his subordinates, not by him, the team leader, personally. Unless the murderer shows up.

But right now, the police don't even have a suspect among the murderers.

Gin proposed a further plan: "Then... kidnap his family and force him to come and deal with it personally?"

Simple and straightforward, very much in the style of Gin, but unfortunately it still doesn't work.

“Kidnapping Matsumoto Kiyonaga’s family at this time? That’s inappropriate.” This time it was Ryoma Hayashi who spoke up in denial.

“Matsumoto Kiyoshi is about to be promoted to section chief, and he'll be in charge of a major serial murder case. Kidnapping his family at this time is no different from provoking the police. Don't make yourself an enemy of the police, or things will get interesting.”

"It seems that infiltrating the Metropolitan Police Department is the only way forward?" Vermouth said upon seeing this.
"Perhaps we need to utilize the undercover agents within the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"Hmm," Ireland hesitated.

Sending an undercover agent in disguise to replace Matsumoto Kiyonaga is itself a resource-saving solution.

If we could use undercover agents to forcibly kidnap Matsumoto Kiyonaga within the Metropolitan Police Department, wouldn't that render the undercover agents useless?

Moreover, Matsumoto Kiyonaga is a large and burly man who fought on the front lines in his younger days. In other words, after all these years, Matsumoto Kiyonaga may not have lost his fighting spirit.

It's obvious that a single hidden stake won't be enough.

If two or three more covert agents are deployed, wouldn't there be no point in replacing Matsumoto Kiyonaga? Trying to save resources has resulted in using even more.

Ireland instinctively wanted to refuse such an unprofitable deal.

Fortunately, Ryoma was understanding: "Everyone, I recently collected a rather interesting little gadget, you can take a look."

Lin Longma took a pen from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"A fountain pen?" Vodka stared at the fountain pen on the table for a long time, then looked up in confusion and asked.

"That's right, it's a fountain pen. But to be precise, this thing should be called a fountain pen-type tranquilizer gun."

It looks exactly like a fountain pen from the outside, and of course, the inside is also quite similar.

Lin Longma picked up the pen, opened the cap, and then began to write and draw on the paper.

"But there is a built-in anesthetic needle in the pen cap, which allows the pen to fire once."

The anesthetic needle is coated with a specially developed anesthetic agent, and one injection can make an adult fall asleep for more than half an hour.

Most importantly, it's very well hidden.

Without a doubt, this pen-shaped tranquilizer gun came from Dr. Agasa, the equipment supplier in Beika Town.

After learning that Conan had a wristwatch-shaped tranquilizer gun and used it so frequently, Ryoma Hayashi asked Professor Agasa to develop a similar product.

Of course, he didn't use his own identity; instead, he found someone else to pose as a client and order something from Professor Agasa.

Dr. Agasa initially didn't want to do it, but the client who ordered it was too respectful of technology.

In short, this pen had been with Lin Longma for some time, but unexpectedly it came in handy at this time.

Ireland picked up the pen and examined it, finally nodding in admiration: "With this pen, things will be much simpler."

There's not even a need to use hidden stakes.

Ireland, holding the pen, turned to Vermouth and said, "I'm afraid I'll need to trouble you to make two more disguise masks."

I'll start the switcheroo plan right away. As for Gin...
After Matsumoto Kiyonaga was taken out of the Metropolitan Police Department, I entrusted him to your care.

"Yes, someone will meet you."

"Now let's discuss the specific action plan."
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This meeting was undoubtedly a successful one. It not only clarified the responsibilities of each party but also resulted in a practical and feasible plan.

Lin Longma, as the initiator and logistics provider of the conference, deserves immense credit. Meanwhile, Vermouth, as the technical advisor, provided impeccable technical support for the conference.

Ireland and Gin, one providing manpower and the other providing labor, precisely divided their respective execution tasks.

This is a fairly comprehensive plan; all that's left is to implement it.

(End of this chapter)