Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 423: Witnessing the incident was effective, but not very effective?

"After a long and exciting overtime, the Air vs. Air team won this closely contested match!"

Finally, the news of the game's end came over the television.

"Hooray! Hahaha, we won the air-to-air game! This is the essence of baseball... Hahaha..." Old man Tomizawa cheered.

Sonoko, standing to the side, was already rolling her eyes, and Yuzo was becoming increasingly embarrassed...

"Ahem, it's getting late, so I'll head back now." Tomizawa seemed to realize something.

"It's raining so hard outside, Shiraishi, could you take Uncle Tomizawa home?" Ayako quickly grabbed an umbrella.

The weather changes quickly at the beach. It was beautiful on the beach at noon, but now there's thunder and lightning outside.

“Okay…” Shiraishi agreed.

However, Tomizawa Kenji declined, saying, "No need for that. Just lend me your umbrella."

Before leaving, Tomizawa added, "There's another match tomorrow, and the eldest and second eldest brothers will be there too. We three will be bothering you a bit, Ayako. You won't mind, will you?"

Hmm, I've realized something, but not entirely!

“Of course, then we’ll prepare extra for dinner tomorrow.” Ayako said with a smile.

"Eh? I'd be honored to try Ayako's cooking." Tomizawa seemed oblivious to the concept of "being polite."

"Alright, alright, no need to see me off." Tomizawa said, not letting Shiraishi see him to the door, and left with his umbrella.

As for Xiong San...

I wanted to urge my father to leave halfway through, but he scolded me a couple of times, so I went home early in a bad mood.

"No way... They're coming again tomorrow?" Sonoko said helplessly.

"It's alright, Sonoko, you and Ran can go to the room to play tomorrow night, or you can rest first." Ayako didn't let Sonoko stay with them.

We didn't let the garden leave today out of politeness, but there's no need to come back tomorrow.

After all, Xiaolan is a guest too!

Although she was just her younger sister's classmate, Ayako didn't think there was any hierarchy among the guests in this kind of setting; today, she was simply prioritizing the elders.

Actually, Ayako had told Ran to go and rest earlier today, but Ran insisted on staying with Sonoko...

click-

Just as the group was walking towards their room, the villa corridor suddenly darkened.

"Ah! It's... a power outage?" Sonoko exclaimed in surprise, which startled Ran, who was standing next to her.

"Did the circuit breaker trip? I remember the electrical box is on the outside of the first floor..." Sonoko said, looking out the window.

"It doesn't seem so. Uncle Tomizawa's place is also pitch black. It must be because of the lightning just now, which caused problems with the surrounding circuits," Ayako said helplessly.

click-

Just then, another bolt of lightning struck...

"Ah! Who's there?" Sonoko suddenly exclaimed, looking outside.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi quickly looked over and saw a person wearing a hooded jacket offering New Year's greetings...

wrong!

Instead of offering New Year's greetings, they were kneeling on the ground, holding stones, and smashing something...

click-

In the flash of lightning, Sonoko and the others could see that the person was wearing a mask, but they could still recognize him by his eyes...

"Is it Mr. Tomizawa? What is he doing in this heavy rain?" Ayako asked in surprise.

If we met on the street at any other time, it might not be so easy to recognize him just by his eyes, but we just met today and chatted together not long ago, so the impression is naturally very deep. Moreover, Tomizawa Yuzo's eyebrows are the kind that are very distinctively "thick"...

more importantly……

Shiraishi can see clearly what he's doing!
Shiraishi immediately opened the corridor window and rushed over, and the other person, upon being seen, immediately got up and ran...

After Shiraishi ran over, he didn't have time to chase after her. Instead, he immediately began to examine the "ground"—because of the bushes, Ran and the others were able to see her...

"what!"

Sonoko's scream came late, but it did.

Tetsuji Tomizawa was lying on the ground, his head covered in blood...

Clearly, the "New Year's greeting" from "that person" just now involved hitting him hard on the head with a stone!
Bai Shi glanced at it immediately and said, "Still alive! Call for help... But never mind, there's no time to get here."

The villa is located on a narrow path, and being "secluded" comes at a price. Now, with the heavy rain, it's uncertain whether an ambulance will even be able to get in.

“It’ll be faster if I take him there myself,” Shiraishi said, first giving Tomizawa Tetsuji a quick bandage, then carrying him on his back.

Ayako was calling the police at the same time, and Shiraishi looked at Ran and said, "After this, you all stay in the villa and don't go anywhere or be alone... Ran, if you see anyone suspicious, whoever it is, take them down immediately! Especially... if you see Tomizawa Yuzo!"

"As expected, the person just now was... Okay, I understand!" Xiaolan nodded seriously.

After saying that, Shiraishi picked up Tomizawa and started running in the rain—considering that it was raining heavily and the location wasn't ideal, Shiraishi decided to rely on "human factors"... and carried him directly to the hospital.

The nearest hospital is seven or eight kilometers away, but if Baishi puts in the effort, he can get there in twenty minutes!

……

Compared to arresting the criminal, rescuing the victim is obviously more important, and... Shiraishi doesn't think that guy can escape after being seen.

Although……

It may seem like he used some clever tricks, but in Baishi's view, it was just "clever tricks."

Ten minutes later, Shiraishi had already sprinted to the hospital carrying his heavy load...

Because he was carrying someone, Shiraishi appeared to be much larger. When he crashed into the door at a speed of 30 km/h in the rainy night, everyone in the small hospital was startled.

"Help! This person has been hit on the head, quick!" Shiraishi shouted immediately in the small hospital lobby after he had stopped.

Although the hospital was small, and there was only a nurse at the nurses' station and a security guard on duty in the lobby at that moment, the nurse immediately reacted, dialed the internal phone, and soon Tomizawa was carried into the operating room...

They are indeed still alive...

However, on the way, his blood pressure had already dropped, and his pupils had just started to dilate and were not responding to light, clearly requiring emergency treatment.

"Um...excuse me, who are you...?" the nurse asked Shiraishi, somewhat timidly and excitedly. "Shiraishi Hei, this is my identification," Shiraishi said, pulling out his police ID.

"Ah! So you really are Director Mika, right?" The nurse's eyes lit up immediately.

Clearly, the reputation of "Chief Mihana" has spread to the surrounding areas of Tokyo, and she is quite well-known even on the Izu Peninsula.

Even if you can't recognize Shiraishi's face, you'll naturally have some doubts after seeing his figure.

“That’s right, I’m the head of the Beika Police Station… The injured person was attacked at the resort villa. The police have already been notified. You can also keep an eye on things with the Shizuoka Prefectural Police. The perpetrator might still be there. I have to go back.” Shiraishi said to the nurse.

Now that Shiraishi's identity had been confirmed, and it was stated that he was there to apprehend a criminal, the hospital naturally didn't stop him from leaving...

When Shiraishi ran back to the villa, it was still raining heavily.

Inside the villa, Ayako, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan were all sitting around in the living room, the entire villa brightly lit—the power had been restored in the past half hour.

Aside from fear, nothing else happened, because everyone was "one of us," so no one said the classic "I want to go back to my room" kind of thing.

"Who is it?" Sonoko was startled when she heard the door open.

“It’s alright, it’s me,” Shiraishi said directly.

Hearing that it was Shiraishi's voice, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shiraishi, are you alright? Change your clothes first. I've taken them out for you; they're in the bathroom. You can take a shower first," Ayako said quickly.

Although Bai Shi is much stronger than Niu, those who care about him are still worried that he might catch a cold.

Shiraishi shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just go change my clothes."

While Shiraishi was changing clothes, Ayako asked from outside the door, "Kuro, how is Uncle Tomizawa?"

"He's not out of danger yet, but... I estimate there's a 70% chance he won't die. It's just that the extent of his brain damage is unknown. If we want to minimize the long-term effects, we need to arrange for him to be transferred to another hospital as soon as possible. Uncle Shiro just contacted me about that," Shiraishi said, estimating.

After all, Shiraishi's degree includes "health medicine," and although it is not clinical and he has no medical experience, he is still able to make this kind of judgment.

Don't let the small size of the hospital fool you; because it's located in a tourist area, its trauma care is fairly competent—at least not terrible.

In terms of saving lives, it's about the same, but since the injury is to the brain, it's best to transfer to another hospital as soon as possible—otherwise, he might end up like Dr. Goto.

Ayako was afraid that this kind of thing would happen, so after reporting it to the police, she also contacted her family, but she didn't say that Tomizawa had been attacked. She only said that Tomizawa's uncle had fallen and was injured and that she couldn't contact his family.

After all, in Ayako's and the others' eyes, the one who just attacked Tomizawa Tetsuji was his son, Yuzo!
However, once Suzuki Shiro is notified, he will naturally be able to arrange the subsequent treatment. Whether he informs the rest of the Tomizawa family or the Suzuki family makes the arrangements first, it will be easy.

"Um... afterwards, the Tomizawa family's villa remained dark, and we didn't see anyone going in or out," Ayako said worriedly.

Although I only caught a glimpse of him, it must be Tomizawa Yuzo...

Shiraishi, having changed his clothes, came out and said, "Well, let's wait for the police to arrive. And the other two sons of the Tomizawa family will be here tomorrow morning, right?"

“Yes, that’s what Uncle Tomizawa said.” Ayako nodded.

……

With Shiraishi there, everyone could go back to their rooms to rest, and Shiraishi slept in the living room on the first floor...

The next morning, around 7 a.m., just after the rain stopped, the sound of an engine could be heard outside.

Before Yokomizo could even knock, Shiraishi had already opened the villa door—since it was in Izu, the officer on duty was naturally Inspector Yokomizo, who knew Shiraishi!

Previously at the Princess Hotel, Yokomizo also witnessed Shiraishi's reasoning... and brute force!
Well, I don't remember much about the reasoning involved, since no one died in the end and it wasn't a big case.

However, the image of Shiraishi wielding the great sword of his sculpture and shearing off a corner of the car greatly shocked Yokomizo...

"Inspector Shiraishi, was it Ms. Suzuki who called the police earlier? I'm sorry, it was really..." Yokomizo said apologetically.

Normally, patrol officers should arrive at the scene first, but due to the weather and road conditions, no officers were on duty until now. Detectives from the Shizuoka headquarters, on the other hand, arrived nearby earlier, but the floodwaters on the road had just receded before they arrived...

"It's okay, I know... but the scene is definitely beyond saving." Shiraishi certainly knew that; he had also waded through the water before.

Just because Baishi can do it doesn't mean a car can. A mere motor vehicle is nothing compared to Baishi's well-trained physique!
Moreover, Yokomizo came from the headquarters in Shizuoka City, which was the result of traveling overnight in the rain.

Shiraishi, accompanied by Yokomizo and the forensic team, arrived at the place where Tomizawa had been "visited" the previous night...

However, after being washed away by the rain, no trace of it was visible at this point.

"The assailant was masked, right? I just contacted the hospital, and Mr. Tomizawa is out of danger and is being transferred to another hospital by medical helicopter, but..." Yokomizo's expression turned serious.

It seems that although Tomizawa has survived, his situation is not very optimistic. It is not something that can be done in a short time if he identifies the murderer himself.

"then……"

Just as Yokomizo was about to ask about the specifics of what happened, Sonoko, who had come out after changing her clothes, heard the noise and hurriedly said, "It's Tomizawa Yuzo! We saw it, it was Tomizawa Yuzo who smashed his father!"

"Huh? Is he the victim's son?" Yokomizo was taken aback upon hearing this.

Just then, Yuzo came out of a nearby villa wearing a beach T-shirt and beach shorts, looking quite relaxed.

Upon seeing this, Sonoko quickly said, "It's him!"

Soon enough, without the police officers even needing to arrest him, Xiong San was already walking over here, yawning.

Sonoko: ? ? ?
Do you have such a strong mental fortitude?

"Hmm? What happened? By the way, Miss Ayako, did my father stay at your place last night?" Yuzo noticed early in the morning that his father hadn't returned to their villa and instinctively assumed that the rain was too heavy last night, so he stayed at the Suzuki's place.

Yokomizo was momentarily stunned—if this was a criminal, his mental fortitude was simply too good, wasn't it? And... he was the victim's son?

For a moment, Yokomizo, fearing there might be a misunderstanding, looked at him suspiciously.

Sonoko then used her hand to shield his face below his eyes and his hairstyle, scrutinizing him closely before saying, "No matter how you look at it... you were definitely the one who attacked Uncle Tomizawa last night!"

"What? An attack?" Xiong San was taken aback upon hearing this.

"Um... May I ask who you are...?" Yokomizo had never seen Sonoko before.

“This is my sister. What we see is a person wearing a mask and a hood, but…” Ayako then looked at Yuzo—although she could only see his eyes, it should be Yuzo.

Ran nodded vigorously, while Conan looked at the person suspiciously—was it really acting? That was too realistic, and...did he really not run away all night?
"Huh? What happened?"

"Xiong San, why are there so many people? Are these people police officers?"

Just then, Yuzo's two older brothers arrived, and...

Although their appearances and demeanors differ, especially the eldest brother who sports a mustache, but...

They are triplets!

(End of this chapter)