Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 165 Reverse Investigation
A few minutes later, Ray Curtis was brought in front of the crowd by two of Inspector Otaki's men.

Faced with irrefutable evidence, Ray Curtis wanted to argue but couldn't think of any excuse.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lei finally closed his eyes and confessed his motive for murder.

The reason he wanted to kill the reporter named Ed Michael was actually to avenge his wife.

Many years ago, this reporter named Ed fabricated a report about his drug use, which attracted widespread public attention and caused his wife to be unable to bear the mental burden and eventually commit suicide.

In order to get revenge, he used himself as bait and planned this murder.

In order to realize his plan and to temporarily forget the pain of losing his wife, he really started taking drugs.

Then he deliberately revealed the news to the reporter, and used this to lead the reporter to his wife's hometown, Japan.

After listening to everything Ray Katis said, everyone present showed complicated expressions.

There was a hint of sadness in the eyes of Xiaolan and Kazuha.

A fictitious report actually harmed three people and even took the lives of two of them.

Inspector Otaki, Kogoro Mori and others, who were used to such scenes, looked at Ray Curtis in silence with serious expressions.

Unlike usual, Conan kept his head down the entire time, looking at the floor without saying a word.

Soon after, the case came to an end.

Inspector Otaki smiled and bowed to thank Makino, and said that he would definitely invite Makino to dinner when he had time in the future. Then he turned around and left the hotel with Lei and his subordinates.

Due to this case, the so-called "hotel opening party" came to an end and all the guests left the hotel.

……

Outside the hotel.

After learning that Makino and Mori Kogoro had no other plans, Hattori Heiji immediately invited everyone to stay at his house for a night and then send them to Osaka Station the next day to return to Tokyo.

After exchanging a glance with Vermouth, Makino accepted Hattori Heiji's proposal.

Looking at the backs of Makino and his companions as they left, Belmode lit a cigarette.

After taking a deep breath, a relaxed smile that she had never had before appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Although she almost lost her life this time, she also obtained information that was more important than her own life.

At this moment, she was extremely sure that if anyone could truly defeat the organization, it must be the guy in front of her.

This was not only her judgment, but also her intuition.

After all these years, Ryuichi Makino was the first person who made her, a "mystic", feel extremely mysterious.

Just as Makino didn't ask about her age, she didn't ask Makino how he knew so much information about her and the organization.

She had a vague feeling in her heart that the ability that Makino displayed in front of her today might just be the tip of the iceberg.

In this case, I can't just sit there doing nothing anymore~
Thinking of this, Belmode looked up at the night sky, smiled and made a decision.

The next moment, she took out her cell phone and typed a text message while walking towards the parking lot.

……

At Hattori's house.

After sending Kogoro Mouri and Ran to their respective guest rooms, Hattori Heiji quietly called Makino and Conan to the courtyard.

After taking a look at Makino and Conan in front of him, Hattori Heiji said with a smile: "Officer Makino, I actually suggested to this guy before that he should tell you directly about that matter, but you also know how stubborn this guy is! As expected of you, you actually saw through this guy's secret a long time ago~"

Hearing this, Conan, who was already in a bad mood because of the case that had just happened, suddenly became even more gloomy.

After noticing Conan's expression, Hattori Heiji scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, Officer Makino, besides the murder of the congressman, are there any other cases related to "that organization"?"

Hearing this, Conan also looked up at Makino curiously.

Although his expression still looked very "gloomy", he was obviously more energetic than before.

Makino glanced at Hattori Heiji and Conan, nodded and said, "Yes, but Kudo should also know about that case. Last time in the Haido Hotel, this guy was taken hostage by members of that organization~"

Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes and looked at Conan: "Oh? Kudo, has this happened before?"

No wonder Kudo didn't tell me about this, it turned out that he was taken hostage...

After noticing the gazes of Makino and Hattori Heiji, a blush appeared on Conan's originally gloomy face.

He felt somewhat ashamed of being taken hostage, so he deliberately did not tell Hattori Heiji about it. Unexpectedly, Officer Makino took the initiative to mention it.

Under the strange gaze of Hattori Heiji, Conan told him about the Haido Hotel.

After listening to Conan's narration, Hattori Heiji frowned and said, "In other words, you followed the two members of the organization who made you smaller to the hotel, and their purpose was to assassinate the politician named Tsuguchi Shigehiko?"

"That's right." Conan nodded.

The next moment, Hattori Heiji turned and looked at Makino.

Judging from what Kudo just said, what happened after he was knocked unconscious as a hostage is probably only Officer Makino known.

Without waiting for Hattori Heiji to ask, Makino looked down at the moon in the small pond in the courtyard and spoke slowly: "The guy who knocked Kudo unconscious was a member of the organization named Pisco. When he fled to the back door of the hotel, he threw Kudo aside.

After I chased them out of the hotel, the two members of the organization that Kudo mentioned earlier drove up to us and shot Pisco and me directly. Pisco died on the spot, and I shot back at them..."

After listening to Makino's story, Hattori Heiji and Conan fell into deep thought.

They all knew that Officer Makino had just killed two assassins with sniper rifles not long ago.

Therefore, compared to "how Makino managed to dodge bullets and fire back at the same time", which was "perfectly normal" for Officer Makino.

They were more concerned with the purpose of gin and vodka, and the cause-and-effect logic of the whole thing.

After a moment, Hattori Heiji frowned and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Pisco who was responsible for the assassination of Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi seems to have been regarded as a 'discarded pawn' by Gin and Vodka who were followed by Kudo.

The fact that they were able to drive there shortly after Pisco and Officer Makino left the hotel shows that…"

Hearing this, Conan's eyes widened immediately and asked in surprise: "There are still people from that organization in the hotel's conference hall?!" Makino turned to look at Conan and the others and nodded silently.

As expected of the Kanto and Kansai detective duo, these two have very quick brains.

The next moment, Conan suddenly remembered something and frowned, "Wait, in that case... Officer Makino, did you deliberately contact the star named Chris Wynyard tonight to confirm whether she was a member of the organization?"

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji immediately glanced at Conan and Makino, and asked in confusion: "Kudo? Why do you say that?"

Conan explained: "This star, Chrissie Wynyard, was also at the Beihu Hotel that day."

"What?! Officer Makino...?" Hattori Heiji immediately turned around and looked at Makino, his eyes full of surprise and suspicion.

Under the two people's puzzled gazes, Makino shook his head and said: "No, I didn't contact her intentionally just to confirm whether she was a member of that organization."

After saying this, Makino secretly blinked his eyes.

He didn't lie. After all, he didn't contact Chris Wynyard just to confirm whether she was a member of the organization.

After hearing what Makino said, the look of surprise on Hattori Heiji and Conan's faces instantly faded a lot.

After two seconds of silence, Hattori Heiji's face showed a trace of solemnity: "According to the intelligence we have so far, this organization seems to often resort to assassinations. Officer Makino, Kudo! Perhaps we can carefully investigate the assassinations that have occurred over the years and find some clues..."

"Their methods are very sophisticated. They never leave any useful evidence at the scene. Just like the case that happened in the Beihu Hotel, when they learned that Pisco was exposed, they killed him without hesitation!" Conan shook his head.

At this moment, Makino suddenly said, "No, I think Hattori's idea is interesting. From another perspective, sometimes the absence of evidence is the best evidence, right? By finding and comparing similar assassination cases, we may be able to get some clues from the victim."

Upon hearing this, Conan and Hattori Heiji lowered their heads and thought for a moment, and a glimmer of surprise flashed in their eyes at the same time.

As expected, he is Officer Makino!
Although doing so will not yield any "direct clues" about the organization, if we can roughly determine the organization's assassination targets over the years, we might be able to find some "indirect clues" from them!
Simply put, the reason why the organization assassinated those senior officials must be because of some "important reasons".

For example, these people are blocking the organization's way, or these people have some connection with the organization...

By doing this, you may not get direct intelligence related to the organization, but you can get a lot of indirect intelligence related to the organization!

They can reversely investigate the people killed by the organization and find ways to obtain intelligence related to the organization!

Thinking of this, the two of them looked at Makino beside them and nodded silently.

Isn't Officer Makino right in front of us a living example? !
The reason why Officer Makino was assassinated by the organization was probably because he had previously chased Pisco in the Haido Hotel and shot Gin and Vodka.

The organization determined that "Officer Makino" was a threat to them, so...

Makino looked helplessly at Hattori Heiji and Conan who were "eager to try", and after briefly instructing them on the "precautions", he turned around and went back into the room.

Strictly speaking, the survey method he just mentioned actually has a high threshold and limitations.

First, let’s take the Metropolitan Police Department as an example.

Even a "high-ranking police inspector" like Officer Matsumoto cannot arbitrarily access files with a high level of confidentiality, such as the "Parliamentarian Assassination Case."

Not to mention case files like the "Grey Goose Case" and the "Beihu Hotel" that have been targeted by the National Police Agency's Security Bureau and transferred from their criminal department.

In the entire Criminal Department, except for Minister Odagiri and him, almost no one could access the files of such cases.

However, for Hattori Heiji, this so-called high threshold almost does not exist.

Due to the special nature of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, which is "far away from the emperor", if we only talk about the "right to speak" and "control" internally, Hattori Heizo, the chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, may be higher than the Hakuba Superintendent General.

After all, there are many other factions within the Metropolitan Police Department, and the National Police Agency is right next to the Metropolitan Police Department...

As long as Hattori Heizo turns a blind eye to his eldest son, Hattori Heiji can ignore the confidentiality level and easily browse the case files of the Osaka Prefectural Police.

……

The next afternoon, inside Osaka Station.

Perhaps due to last night's discussion about the Black Organization, Conan's attention has been completely diverted from his idol's crime.

Makino glanced at Hattori Heiji and Conan who were discussing "how to investigate the Black Organization" in the distance, then looked at Xiaolan and Kazuha in front of him and frowned.

At this moment, he suddenly had a strange idea.

Compared to Xiaolan and Kazuha, Hattori Heiji and Conan spend more time together and have more common topics...

Thinking of this, Makino shook his head vigorously, throwing those bad thoughts and images out of his mind.

At this moment, the broadcast in the hall suddenly sounded:
——"The train to Tokyo is about to arrive..."

After hearing this voice, Hattori Heiji and Conan stopped their discussion and quickly walked back to Makino and the others.

After seeing the two, He Ye immediately frowned and said, "Really, why are you two so close? You have been chatting secretly there this morning, right? Heiji, I remember that you don't like children..."

Before Kazuha could finish, Hattori Heiji immediately smiled and waved at Makino and the others, interrupting Kazuha: "Okay, Kazuha, if they don't get in the car, it will be too late, right? Come again next time if you have a chance, and I will take you to eat that authentic Okonomiyaki~"

Seeing this, He Ye also hurriedly said goodbye to Makino and the others.

Before getting on the car, Hattori Heiji secretly made a "call me" gesture to Conan, and Conan nodded seriously in response.

……

Shortly after.

As soon as Makino and his companions sat down in their seats, they heard a familiar voice.

"Counselor? Mr. Maori? Why are you here?!"

As soon as they turned around, they saw Officer Takagi with a surprised look on his face.

After everyone greeted each other, Officer Takagi called Makino and Kogoro Mori to his seats.

At this time, Officer Sato, who was sitting at his seat, also showed a surprised expression after seeing Makino and Maori Kogoro, and quickly stood up to greet the two of them.

"Officer Takagi, Officer Sato, why are you here?" asked Kogoro Mouri puzzled.

Makino glanced at the handcuffed middle-aged man sitting next to Officer Sato, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

Officer Sato glanced at Makino, then looked at the middle-aged man beside him and explained, "In fact, we are escorting this prisoner. His name is Chizo Ogura, and he is a drug smuggler."

(End of this chapter)