Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 389 The Voice of Passersby

"We've been running around for nothing this morning."

After watching Masayoshi Sakaguchi being taken away by the prison guards and walking out of the visiting room, his colleagues couldn't help but complain to Keimitsu Morifushi.

Since they picked up the tablet at around 8 o'clock, they have been running around. For example, Morobushi Keimitsu went to three places along the way, including the home of the suspect's classmate, Eto's home, and then to the detention center.

As a result, just after collecting intelligence, the headquarters suddenly sent back news that the suspect had been caught after being reported by passers-by. Although it was a good thing, it always gave people a sense of helplessness that all their efforts were in vain.

Zhu Fujingguang put his phone back into his pocket: "Don't discuss it outside, go back quickly."

Seeing that he didn't respond, his colleagues had to silently swallow some questions - such as what he thought about this case and what he thought about Eto's past crimes.

The two police officers left the detention center. It was still raining outside. They were too lazy to hold an umbrella and ran directly to the parking lot in the rain.

The two opened the door and got into the car. The colleague sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seat belt, and the car quickly left the parking lot.

Mihua is about a 20-minute drive from the Metropolitan Police Department. Due to the rain, the road was congested. Even though my colleague turned on the navigation, they were still stuck in traffic after driving for ten minutes.

"..."

My colleague looked at the traffic around him and sighed imperceptibly: "If I had known, I would not have chosen this road. We can't use the sirens, so we have no choice but to be stuck in traffic with them."

Zhu Fujing looked out the window. The raised windows turned the car into a fairly safe enclosed space. At this point, he no longer had to worry about keeping silent outside, and took the initiative to mention the task:

"Don't worry, Ishigami-senpai and the others have already taken over Kadoya from the Investigation Division 1 and are now interrogating him."

Hearing the last name Kadokaya again, a trace of discomfort flashed across his colleague's face:

"I don't know what to ask..."

He was in a complicated mood at the moment.

When he first saw Eto Daizo being kidnapped, he was shocked, angry, and worried. He was shocked by the audacity of the criminals, angry that his colleague was being tortured and killed live, and worried whether his colleague had been rescued safely.

But now...

After hearing the details of the case from the defense lawyer at the time and knowing what Daizo Eto and Officer Eto had done in the past, he realized that the criminal who dared to kidnap a public security officer, the 17-year-old boy, was also a victim.

——In this kidnapping case, the victim was unable to obtain justice through the law, so he personally raised the butcher knife against the abuser.

"…He was released from a mental hospital only last year. He was locked up for so many years. He himself did not have the ability to plan the entire kidnapping. It was the organization that took the initiative to find him and took advantage of him."

When his colleague was in a complicated mood, a calm voice came into his ears.

The colleague came to his senses and turned to look at Zhu Fu Jingguang beside him before the green light on the opposite side came on.

The colleague looked indifferent, not paying any attention to his gaze, and continued to speak:
"It's very likely that it was Aniseit. She would come to some people in person, seemingly with good intentions to 'assist' them in their revenge, but in fact that was her own purpose... She likes that very much, it's her style."

"Kadōya may have seen her true form, or he may have only communicated with her verbally. We need to check all of her emails, phone calls, and social media apps. There will be clues in them..."

Zhu Fu Jingguang spoke faster and faster. Rather than communicating, he seemed to be immersed in his own world of thinking. Seeing this, his colleague quickly interrupted him: "Zhu Fu!"

"..."

Zhu Fu Jingguang's body trembled, he finally stopped and turned to look at his colleagues.

A colleague who was about the same age as him but transferred to the public security a few years later than him, met those blue eyes and swallowed back what he was about to say.

The two looked at each other for a moment. After a while, he slowly said, "...Zhu Fu, you are too tense."

My colleague paused after he finished speaking, as if he felt that this sentence was a bit inexplicable, and then softened his tone and added:

"I felt it before we set out. From the moment I saw the code name on the note, you became different from usual."

"I'm not very familiar with Jiang Teng. When I found out that he had killed innocent people, I felt angry at him and a little ashamed. I didn't want to ask any more questions. But you didn't seem to feel anything at all. You just focused on asking about the case."

Colleagues think they know Zhu Fu Jingguang quite well.

He is no longer an undercover agent and no longer needs to hide his true emotions.

If the normal Zhu Fu Jingguang saw that kind of torture video, his reaction would definitely not be so cold. Even if he had to ask for more details due to his public security duties, his micro movements and tone would change to some extent.

But it didn't happen just now.

Just now in the detention center, no matter what he heard, Zhu Fu Jingguang was not too moved. It was as if he had become a machine that executed orders. He abandoned all emotions and only focused on digging down to dig out the news about Menshi, and...

His colleague stared at him and said cautiously, "Are you a little too concerned about that member named 'Aniset'?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang was silent.

A few seconds later, he was the first to look away, looking at the still motionless traffic outside, and spoke in a deep voice:
"I don't think there's anything wrong with me."

"Anisette is the culprit that caused the last undercover operation of the public security department, and even the first operation more than a decade ago, to fail completely. His methods are cruel and vicious, and he is an extremely dangerous criminal."

"Her father has also risen to power now. Whether it's her ability or her position in the organization, it's enough for me to pay my utmost attention to her."

Zhu Fujingguang's face was vaguely reflected in the car window, and his blue eyes had completely lost their former softness.

The colleague was speechless for a moment.

The car in front of him finally started moving, and he quickly turned his attention back to driving.

To ease the awkward atmosphere in the car, my colleague started to make small talk: "That's right, after all, you have dealt with her in the past and know how dangerous she is... Uh, then do you know why she wanted the TV station to broadcast it live? I remember that organization emphasizes the principle of keeping a low profile, right?"

Zhu Fujingguang pondered for a few seconds: "Maybe it's for public opinion."

"Public opinion?" The colleague was puzzled.

"Anisette likes to take advantage of this. This was the case three years ago. After I was exposed, she knew that Teraoka was useless, so she posted the video of him shooting innocent residents directly on the Internet to arouse public dissatisfaction with the police."

"This time, too, Japan reported the incident almost simultaneously. People knew that criminals had kidnapped a police officer and live-broadcasted the killing, and the media also began to pay attention."

"But, I'm afraid they don't care about Jiang Teng's life or death..."

Zhu Fu Jingguang took out his mobile phone from his pocket, tapped a few times, and opened the most popular social platform in Japan.

The discussion of this matter has become a hot topic.

"Hey, the one who was arrested was actually a police officer? I thought it was just an ordinary street patrol. Aren't police officers very powerful? How could they be arrested?"

"This is the first time I've seen the police on the news, and in this way. It's a bit novel."

"Is this the criminals' revenge? How scary."

"If it was the police, it might not be the work of criminals. After all, they have offended too many people."

"Is there any uncensored video? I just watched it and it was gone."

"Please give me the video of the way."

"I just saw it. It was so horrible. The whole person was bloody and I don't know what happened to him..."

"It was obviously just waterboarding, a very popular torture method used by the CIA. It wasn't bloody at all, and you couldn't see their faces. I finished watching it, and it was actually quite uninteresting."

"You can still see the video? Can you send me the link?"

"It seems like they caught someone?"

"They caught him so quickly? Haha, usually we rely on detectives to solve cases, but now the police are in trouble and they sent the person to the interrogation room in less than half a day. It turns out that it's not that they are inefficient, but that efficiency is not given to us."

"So fast! Well, we should be able to find out the location soon. After all, the police have the means..."

"........."

Zhu Fu Jingguang lowered his eyes as he read these comments.

"In recent years, the incidence and clearance rates of criminal cases in Japan have been very high. While the public is worried about the deterioration of public security, they are also worried about whether the police have used forced confessions to solve the cases."

He said calmly: "The reputation of the police has always been bad. Once this kind of thing is exposed, it will only face more doubts."

My colleagues understood.

One of the reasons why the public security has a bad reputation is that they act in an extreme style and are not subject to the constraints of ordinary police officers. When necessary, they can kill people and use special means to pry intelligence.

But not this time.

Because no matter what means they use behind the scenes and how dirty and cruel they are, they are essentially one of the institutions that protect the country.

——They will be swayed by public opinion.

(End of this chapter)