Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 112 Radical Sakurayama
“The deceased, Sakurayama Rika, was an executive at [For W] and also worked at [Morning Glory Tourism].

“The cause of death was strangulation, the death scene was in his own home, the door was locked, and the murder weapon and rope were left at the scene.

"The time of death was between 11:5 and 11:1 on November . No property damage was found. The first person to discover the body was the representative of the same organization, Haseoka Kanko. She said that because the organization had a meeting that afternoon and Secretary Sakurayama was not present, she went to her home to check and found the body."

Akasaka briefly described the main situation, paused, and then continued: "After a subsequent visit, it was discovered that in [For W], Representative Haseoka and the murdered Secretary Sakurayama had quarreled many times because the latter's rights protection methods were too radical..."

Well, Shiraishi was basically confirmed at this time that he was the one who brought Shirai Akiko here!

"Just two days before the incident, the conflict between Representative Haseoka and Secretary Sakurayama broke out. Haseoka threatened to suspend the victim's position, but the victim said that he had received support from many sponsors and would formally apply to replace Haseoka as the new representative of the organization at a meeting. Many people in the organization heard it at the time.

“This meeting was held on the afternoon when Ms. Sakurayama was murdered, but… Ms. Sakurayama was not present at the time. Ms. Haseoka went to her home after the meeting and found her body.

"In addition, at the time of the incident, Ms. Haseoka provided an alibi that she was working out in the gym. However, because of the self-service model, the gym operator can only show the time of clocking in and out. We are not sure whether she was really there the whole time, rather than just clocking in and leaving. We are currently looking for witnesses who were in the gym."

Akasaka then revealed Haseoka's suspicious reason...

Obviously, before the third series, it was following the line of "Haseoka Mikiko"!

"Fierce quarrel, conflict of interest, having a spare key, and being the first person to discover it..." After Shiraishi nodded, he didn't comment much, but looked at the other two: "Well, Aoki, Huitani, what are the results of your investigation?"

Aoki and Huitani looked at each other, and Huitani showed a helpless expression. Seeing this, Aoki stood up first tacitly.

“Director, we are investigating this company, Morning Glory Tourism… We learned from For W that the victim, Ms. Sakurayama, joined this company because three months ago, the president’s secretary, Mio Okazaki, sought help from For W, claiming that she was harassed by the president, Jun’ya Kosaka.

"Because there was no evidence, and because I heard that there were many similar problems with Morning Glory Tourism, Ms. Sakurayama Rika directly interviewed this company and conducted an internal investigation..." Aoki then explained why Sakurayama was at Morning Glory Tourism.

【For W】is a non-profit organization. As an executive, it is not surprising that he has his own job. It is only when he does not have his own job that people will doubt whether there is a problem with the flow of funds of this non-profit organization!
but……

It is no coincidence that Sakurayama Rikakai works at Morning Glory Tourism.

Shiraishi was also surprised at this time - she actually joined the company specifically for the purpose of collecting evidence... No wonder even the organization's representative, Haseoka Mikiko, thought her approach was too radical!

And she is not just radical in words or towards other people, but she also really gets aggressive when something happens.

"During the time she had been employed, although she had not yet obtained any evidence of workplace harassment by the president himself, she had already reported a section chief who had sexually harassed his female subordinates..." Aoki introduced at this time.

"Huh? Was it Morning Glory who fired her herself?" Bai Shi asked another question at this time.

"No, that's the problem." Aoki also showed a helpless look at this time: "Afterwards, we also found the person who resigned and investigated. At that time, Ms. Sakurayama reported to the president but it didn't work. The person only apologized hastily and was not ready to resign.

"However...Ms. Sakurayama followed him and found evidence of his extramarital affair. She threatened him that she would give the evidence to his wife, which made him 'voluntarily resign' for the sake of family stability."

Aoki paused and said, "Of course, we have already confirmed this person's alibi. He is indeed not likely to have committed the crime, and he has already joined another company, so his motive is not strong.

"It's just that... from this incident, we can basically judge that Ms. Sakurayama usually uses very radical means and is not responsible for her own safety when defending the rights of others. In addition, my department continued to investigate President Kosaka of Morning Glory Tourism.

"Not only did he keep silent about Ms. Sakurayama Rika's case, he also issued a gag order within the company, which seriously hindered our investigation. Even... Okazaki Mio, who initially went to [For W] for help, remained silent under pressure."

Aoki's tone at this time was helpless, but also contained a hint of ruthlessness - the more they tried to hide things, the more suspicious they would appear!
"I see... I understand." Shiraishi nodded at this time, and roughly understood - both sides did have their own suspicious points, and Shiraishi could not accept the "suggestions" of Section Chief Okamoto and Congressman Shirai.

Finally, there is Haidani, who seems even more helpless than Akasaka and Aoki.

Akasaka and Aoki did encounter some obstacles during their investigation, but...

The presence of obstacles often means that you are getting closer to the truth, and then you can just face the challenges head-on!
But the "third-party suspects" investigated by Gray Valley are really daunting - the scope is too large.

"He actually joined the company for three months just to investigate and gather evidence... It seems that considering the style of this victim, the workload of the Huigu team is not small." Shiraishi comforted him at this time.

When this matter was brought up, Huitani said helplessly, "It's not just that... The information provided by [For W] alone involves a lot of companies, and we also found news on the Internet that this Ms. Sakurayama would even go to the train routes where perverts are frequented to fish, and she successfully arrested double-digit perverts after reporting them. She's really too hardworking. Now we have confirmed the alibis of some of them, and we are still investigating."

"Hahaha, maybe that won't happen." Akasaka suddenly patted Haidani's shoulder confidently and said.

"I think the forensic department will have news soon..." Akasaka was very excited - he had discovered that Haseoka's arm was injured before, and then he asked the forensic department to confirm that there was indeed skin tissue between the nails of the corpse. And before that, Akasaka found the Band-Aid that the other party had changed in the trash can of the bathroom of [For W]! But...

At this time, Kunikida, who had been silent all this time, said, "Detective Akasaka, the biological evidence you submitted to the Forensic Department before was obtained illegally, right?"

"Eh? This..."

"Illegal evidence collection is absolutely prohibited. I have asked the Forensic Department to destroy it." Kunikida said with a straight face.

"What? This... even if it can't be used in court, at least it can be used as a reference for our internal investigation..." Akasaka immediately showed anxiety when he heard this.

"There is no degree of illegal search!" Kunikida said and glared at him.

"But……"

"No buts, Detective Akasaka, if you had already identified the murderer in your mind, you would not have found any other results. To demand that the other party be deprived of his citizenship in order to cooperate with the investigation because of your suspicion is such behavior..." Kunikida said sternly.

Shiraishi interrupted and said, "That's right. When we use our police identity to investigate, we must make sure that the means are legal... For example, when collecting biological evidence, there must be a third party present to testify, and the other party must have explicitly agreed to the collection."

Biological evidence collected secretly has no legal effect, and it is itself an illegal act!
"Akasaka Squad, Haidani Squad, from now on, you should exchange the directions of your investigations, which can be considered as a change of mindset." After Shiraishi said this, he prevented Akasaka from continuing to be scolded, and at the same time, he also transferred Akasaka to an investigation direction far away from Haseoka!
Hearing the director's words, Akasaka replied sullenly: "Yes..."

Akasaka now knows who is coming to the police station today!

Director Shiraishi was able to withstand the pressure and allow them to continue their investigation. In their minds, he was already a great figure...

Although he did not understand Kunikida's stubbornness, Akasaka did not insist when he thought that his illegal evidence collection might affect the director.

Upon hearing this, Huitani was immediately delighted and patted Akasaka on the shoulder, saying, "Don't worry! Maybe we'll have some results before you finish your investigation!"

Akasaka:……

"Detective Haidani, when the time comes, you have to investigate the entire [For W] to make sure if there is anyone else who has a grudge against Sakurayama." Shiraishi emphasized.

"Yes!"

Shiraishi made such arrangements not entirely because he was worried that Akasaka would be too radical and lead to flaws that could be complained about.

The main purpose is to send narcissism over!

With [Cupid's Poison Arrow], we will soon know whether Haseoka is the murderer. We can even conduct a large-scale investigation by just scanning [For W].

After all, the people in [For W] are mostly women...

As for Aoki, he is very polite and is the most suitable one among the three departments to investigate the company. Moreover, Aoki's class also has Maki Takami and the "only female police officer in the criminal department". It is more appropriate for her to contact the silent important witness Okazaki Mio, and no changes are needed.

……

After rearranging the direction of the investigation, Bai Shi clapped his hands and adjourned the meeting.

I just left Kunikida behind...

"Section Chief Kunikida, I'll leave the investigation of the case to you." Shiraishi was clearly using Kunikida as an "inspector."

"Don't worry, Director... This time, thanks to your presence, the case can continue to be investigated normally." Kunikida complimented with emotion.

"You don't have to worry about external pressure, but... you must not allow any illegal investigation to be caught by others."

"Of course, I may be dull, but I will strive for excellence in compliance investigations!"

(End of this chapter)