Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 79 What would Nican do?
"Officer, Hayashi Shuichi is here too," Inspector Samezaki suggested, "Why don't I take him in to investigate? If Ito Ichiro is truly wrongly accused, tonight's incident can be resolved peacefully. If he truly murdered the person, we can find a solution then."

"This is the only way now," Manager Odagiri nodded helplessly. "Remember, you must protect his safety."

"Yes!"

After Inspector Samezaki saluted, he came over to inform the police of the arrangements.
"Lin Jun, I'll leave this matter to you! Don't worry about the gang, I will go in with you."

Before, Hayashi Xiuyi rejected Megure because he was worried about his own safety.

Now that so many police officers have arrived, the gangsters will not dare to act rashly unless they are all crazy.

Lin Xiuyi no longer had any objection to entering the nightclub to investigate and agreed immediately.

The two men walked towards the door of the nightclub. Seeing this, Inspector Megure volunteered to follow them.

Coming up to the gang members blocking the door, Inspector Samezaki said with a stern face,
"Open the door! Since you insist that Ito Ichiro is innocent, let us go in and investigate!"

"The police can come in," the gang leader with a diagonal scar on his face looked at Lin Xiuyi in confusion, "What's going on with this guy in pajamas? He can't be a police officer, right?"

"He is the investigative consultant of our First Investigation Division," Inspector Samezaki replied with a cold face.

"Haha, now even underage kids can be sent to the First Investigation Division," Scarface couldn't help but sneer, "No wonder you good-for-nothing policemen think Ito-sama is a murderer."

"You..." Inspector Samezaki's face turned pale with anger.

Inspector Megure was afraid that he would get into an argument with the gangsters, so he quickly pulled him back.

"Big brother," Lin Xiuyi interrupted with a grin, "are you really that Boss Ito's confidant?"

Scarface said proudly, "I've had a sworn brotherhood toast with Boss Ito, and I've been with him for almost twenty years!"

"Twenty years later, you're still just a small boss?" Lin Xiuyi exclaimed in surprise, "No wonder you wanted to frame the boss!"

"What did you say, kid? How could I frame Boss Ito!" The man with the oblique scar suddenly became furious and reached out to grab Lin Xiuyi's collar.

"You didn't frame us, so why are you stopping us from going in?"

As Lin Xiuyi spoke, he moved flexibly and hid behind Inspector Megure.
"The police are willing to send someone in to investigate, which is already a concession, but you're blocking the door. It's obvious that you don't want your boss to clear his name."

"If your boss goes in, will you be able to take over?"

Lin Xiuyi spoke these words in a very loud voice, and to the gangsters blocking the door, it seemed to make sense. They looked at the man with the slanted scar with a strange look in their eyes.

"Boy, how dare you frame me!"

The distrustful looks from his brothers made Scarface blush. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to teach Lin Xiuyi a lesson.

"Stop it, Takigawa!" Several other small leaders hurried to stop him. "He's right. The most important thing now is to investigate this matter thoroughly! Do you really want to see Big Brother go to jail?"

"I……"

Scarface had no way to defend himself. He knew that if he continued to insist, he would really become a traitor who framed his eldest brother, so he could only grit his teeth and make room for the door.

"Thank you."

Lin Xiuyi nodded politely and walked into the nightclub. Inspector Samezaki and Inspector Megure hurriedly followed behind.

When he passed Scarface, he asked with a dark face and suppressed anger, "Boy, what's your name?"

"Megure Jusan," Lin Xiu asked with a smile, "Why are you asking this?"

"Megure Jusan, if you can't help Boss Ito find out the truth of the case, I will never let you go!" The scarred man threatened.

When Inspector Megure heard this, his face was filled with helplessness.

"What if I investigate clearly and find out that your boss is indeed not the murderer?" Lin Xiuyi asked back.

"Then I will kowtow to you and apologize!" said the man with the oblique scar seriously.

It turns out he is a stubborn person. No wonder he can only be a small leader after following the boss for twenty years.

Lin Xiu curled his lips and walked into the nightclub.

"Lin Jun, if Ito is really the murderer," Inspector Megure said worriedly, "that person might really cause trouble for you."

"That's the police's business," Lin Xiuyi said casually. "For you, putting a gangster in jail shouldn't be a difficult task, right?"

Officer Megure was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice with a troubled look on his face: "To arrest someone, you need evidence, and the police can't arrest people arbitrarily."

Seeing that he was truly worried about him, Lin Xiuyi stopped joking: "Don't worry, judging from the current situation, the gang boss is most likely framed. We just need to get to the bottom of the case."

"Why do you say that?" Inspector Samezaki frowned and said, "Lin-kun, you haven't been to the scene yet."

"Even if a gangster like Ito wanted to kill someone, he wouldn't have to do it himself. He could just order one of his subordinates to do it," Lin Xiuyi said. "Secondly, even if he did kill someone accidentally, the best solution would be to threaten the witness to change his testimony and then find another subordinate to take the blame." "Just like now, calling his brothers to block the door of the nightclub makes me think that Boss Ito may really believe he is being framed."

"He was worried that if he was taken away by the police, he would be convicted of a crime and die without a clear explanation, so he wanted to make the matter bigger."

"By then, with journalists and the media watching, the police won't be able to do anything to him without definitive evidence. Even if they have to temporarily detain him, they have to ensure his safety, otherwise they won't be able to explain to the public."

"Lin Jun, are you saying that there are people in the police force colluding with the gangs?" Officer Megure was a little angry when he heard this. "Isn't it a bit..."

"What he said is true, Megure," Inspector Samezaki patted his subordinate's shoulder. "Many officers in Investigation Section 4 are secretly colluding with the yakuza. This is no longer a secret in the Metropolitan Police Department."

"How...how could this happen?"

As a newcomer in the police force, Jusan Megure obviously found it hard to accept.

As the three of them were talking, they had already arrived at the ballroom of the nightclub.

I basically didn't meet anyone along the way.

The guests of the nightclub had been released by the gangsters long ago, and Megure had squeezed out among the guests.

The remaining people in the nightclub have been gathered together.

There were less than thirty people sitting scattered around in the spacious ballroom.

Most of them were nightclub staff, including Mr. Sada, who had been to the izakaya before.

There are police officers guarding the front and back doors.

When Lin Xiuyi and the other two entered, they saw an old man in his fifties, short in stature and wearing blood-stained clothes, standing on the stage holding a microphone and singing loudly.

Several burly men in black suits and with tattoos were sitting below, clapping and cheering continuously.

Officer Matsumoto was leaning against the wall alone with a gloomy face. When he saw Lin Xiuyi and the other two, he hurried over to greet them.

"What's the situation?" asked Inspector Samezaki.

"I have people guarding the crime scene and the murder weapon, and nothing happened," Officer Matsumoto reported.

"Is he the suspect Ito Ichiro?" Lin Xiuyi pointed at the old man on the stage.

"Yes," Officer Matsumoto nodded. "Even though we have Mr. Sada's testimony and the forensic department's Tomomi only found Ito's fingerprints on the murder weapon, I still feel like something's amiss, like someone's setting us up."

"Tell me what happened," Lin Xiuyi found a place to sit down.

"We rushed here at 11:30 a.m. after receiving a call saying someone had died at the nightclub," Officer Matsumoto recalled. "It was almost midnight when we arrived."

"The crime scene was the restroom behind the dance hall. According to the eyewitness, Mr. Sada, he was about to use the restroom when he opened the door and saw Ito Ichiro standing inside, dagger in hand, covered in blood. At his feet, a man lay motionless."

"Are you sure that the murder weapon is the dagger in Ito's hand?" asked Inspector Samezaki.

"Tommy has already compared the wounds on the body," Officer Matsumoto nodded affirmatively, "The deceased was indeed stabbed to death by that dagger."

"There are eyewitnesses, and only Ito's fingerprints were on the murder weapon. This is irrefutable evidence," Inspector Samezaki frowned. "Why do you say something's wrong?"

"I interrogated Ito Ichiro," Officer Matsumoto explained. "He said he was attacked and knocked unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he was found in the bathroom, wielding a dagger. Beside him lay a bloody stranger."

"He just stood up in confusion, and before he could come to his senses, Mr. Sada pushed the door open and walked in."

"I checked Ichiro Ito's head and found signs of being attacked."

"Also, I always felt something was wrong with the bathroom scene, and I just couldn't figure out what the problem was."

While they were talking, the old man on the stage had already finished singing.

Amidst the enthusiastic applause of his men, the old man walked over and said, "Hey, isn't this Officer Samezaki? We've met him before."

Inspector Samezaki nodded indifferently, and the old man didn't care, but continued to complain,

"Your ability as officers in the First Investigation Division is really getting worse and worse. This Officer Matsumoto actually wants to take me to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation despite such an obvious frame-up!"

"Since it's a frame-up, then tell me," Inspector Samezaki asked, "Who would frame you?"

"Who else could it be? It could be those guys from the Ni Can Hui," the old man sneered. "Unlike our three gangs, which have basically established their own forces, the Ni Can Hui, which has only been around for a short time, is obsessed with expansion. If they can kill me, they'll have a chance to enter the Rice Flower."

At this point, Ito Ichiro also noticed Hayashi Hideichi in pajamas.

"You...I think I've seen you on TV? Sigh, I'm getting older and my memory is getting worse."

(End of this chapter)