Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 465 Foreign Aid
"Eavesdropping receiver? Who searched for it?" Upon hearing this, Yu Jian frowned deeply.

“A person with legal authority,” Shiraishi replied succinctly, but with little information.

Upon hearing this, Yujian understood that Shiraishi wasn't going to tell him anything right now. In short... it wasn't something that could be taken to court by suspicious individuals like violent organizations.

"I hope the court will accept your words," Yu Jian said with a stern face.

"No need to trouble yourself... By the way, Inspector Mitsurugi, are you planning to work overtime with us tonight?" Shiraishi replied calmly, seemingly very confident in the evidence he had and not worried at all about it being "invalid."

"I'm afraid that some people might let important suspects go, allowing her to destroy evidence." Mitsurugi clearly still acknowledged Mayoi as the murderer.

Bai Ma frowned deeply, but because Bai Shi was there, he didn't say much.

After all, the prosecution and the police are only on equal footing in theory. In reality, the police are more afraid of the prosecution. His father, the chief prosecutor, wouldn't be afraid of a first-class prosecutor, but Shiraishi, as the chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department...

"Doesn't Inspector Mikami think he's being too subjective?" Shiraishi questioned directly at this moment.

"I'm not the one with subjective intent, am I? Based on the current evidence, someone witnessed the first person to discover the body committing the crime, and there is clear information about death at the scene. Isn't that irrefutable evidence?" Yu Jian retorted.

Seeing this, Bai Ma interjected, "Even if there's an obvious risk of using fake documents?"

"Risk?" Yu Jian shook his head and said, "If it's fake evidence, then we need to produce proof. If we're talking about risk... the cunning of the criminals and lawyers is the biggest risk!" Yu Jian said confidently.

The young Hakuba couldn't contain himself and said, "If that's the case, then the biggest risk seems to be the assassination of Prosecutor Matsui, right?"

Hiroshi Matsui was a senior to Reiji Mitsurugi. He was killed by the family of the wrongly convicted in a case involving collusion between the judge, prosecutor, and lawyer to control the court. This case was solved by the Beika Police Station, and Hakuba had heard about it.

"Ha, those idiots who cooperate with lawyers are indeed a stain on the prosecutor's office." Mitsurugi was not provoked by Hakuba's example; on the contrary, he was very disdainful of Matsui.

White Horse: ...

"A truly qualified prosecutor brings criminals to justice through their own abilities, not through collusion between superiors and subordinates!" Yu Jian said with a wave of his hand.

"I hope the ability you're referring to isn't fabricating evidence or altering case records," Bai Ma shrugged.

As the son of the director, Bai Ma had indeed heard about these things.

"Can I consider 'questioning the prosecution for fabricating evidence' as a formal complaint?" Yujian asked with a dark expression.

Yujian hates it most when people say he fabricated evidence...

Firstly, because he genuinely did not do it; secondly, because... in the cases he filed, a lot of evidence appeared very strangely!
"So you're not going to refute the alteration of the case records?" Bai Ma asked in turn.

"I'll consider suing you for defamation!" Yu Jian said, sounding rather unprepared.

After all... he does have a habit of keeping a record of revisions!

Seeing this, Bai Shi interrupted, "Alright, he's a minor, so defamation isn't something your Criminal Division Two can prosecute."

Sword and White Horse: ...

After calming down, Yu Jian realized he shouldn't have spoken to the young man like that, so he adopted a lecturing tone and said, "Whether it's an autopsy or a compilation of other evidence, there will always be blind spots. Just the way 'the time of death can be miscalculated' alone, I know of more than ten. If we give up the prosecution just because of an alibi that the defendant has made up, the victim will not rest in peace!"

Yes, although Yu Jian didn't say it explicitly, he does sometimes use "changing the time of death" to break "alibs"...

Yujian's logic is simple—other evidence has already proven that you are the murderer, but you have an "alibi," so it must be fake. Since it's fake... I don't care how you fabricate it, I'll just extend the time of death!
Of course, this method is only applicable when the difference is small. For example, if the estimated time of death is within three hours, but the suspect has no alibi after four hours, then Yujian would use this method...

As Yujian said, the conclusions about the time of death drawn from autopsies or indirect eyewitness testimonies may be wrong. In that case, it's reasonable for me to broaden the range of estimated time of death, right?
Shiraishi had actually experienced something similar...

During the reinvestigation of the "murder of the Ono Group's daughter," the Beika Police Station quickly discovered that the witness was lying. No one could have passed through the location mentioned in the testimony. However, the prosecution simply changed the testimony, with the excuse of "misremembering."

Upon hearing Yujian's reason, Baima shook his head and said, "I know at least twenty ways to obfuscate the time of death... but I will investigate the murderer's methods and uncover the truth!"

"What if we don't find out?" Yu Jian shrugged.

Even if the investigation fails, the culprit cannot be let go—that's what Yujian thought, so he did indeed alter case records more than once through various means, such as…

clap clap-

Shiraishi then clapped his hands to draw their attention, and said, "Let's not stray too far from the topic, let's get back to the case at hand..."

"Then let's talk about the present..." Yu Jian said, seemingly about to spout some wild words.

However, Shiraishi interrupted, saying, "Regarding the current case, there's something I need to address first..." Shiraishi then looked seriously at Yujian and said, "I've heard some rumors at UDI... The forensic doctors who are working late into the night are not only working overtime, but after writing the autopsy report, some people are questioning it, demanding that 'death on the spot' be changed to 'or short-lived survival'? I don't know if it's true or not... If I catch such a guy, I'll make sure he knows what happens when you interfere with an investigation!"

Sword Control: ...

Of course, Mikasa understood what Shiraishi meant, and he also knew who "this kind of guy" was...

After all, the most important physical evidence, namely the death information "the blood letter with the name [Mayoi]", can only be considered a death information if "the deceased did not die on the spot". Otherwise, its meaning would be completely different!
As Yujian said, forensic medicine, like medicine, is constantly evolving—what if we get "death on the spot" wrong? Wouldn't "or survival for a short time" be more accurate?
only……

Yujian hadn't expected that Shiraishi's "ears" were so good.

We can hear the news from UDI so quickly!

In this case, it's no longer feasible to forcefully attack with a sword...

“If we don’t find out the truth, then there will be another unsolved case in the world… It’s better than another wrongful conviction,” Bai Ma said relentlessly.

"you……"

Just as Yujian was about to say something, Baishi interrupted him again, saying, "I said, 'Let's get back to the present!'"

Miken: ... Now Miken can see that Shiraishi Kuro is "taking sides"!
After remaining silent for a while, Mayoi couldn't help but ask, "Hey... I've already told you all this, why are you still more suspicious of me? Even if you only believe in evidence, shouldn't you be suspecting Ooka by now?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jian frowned, seemingly hesitant about whether to answer.

Seeing this, Shiraishi asked curiously, "I have the same question."

Shiraishi didn't think that Mitsurugi was being manipulated or won over by Kou, Naka, and Dai, which was why he was so relentless towards Mayoi.

“Since Chief Shiraishi insists on knowing, then I must apologize for my rudeness…” Mitsurugi paused, then explained, “First, there is eyewitness testimony from the person who reported the incident…”

Seeing that Mayoi was about to refute something, Mitsurugi raised his hand to stop her, and then continued, "Although you say that the motive of the person who called the police is questionable, this is your counter-accusation... If Chief Shiraishi had not rushed to side with Mayoi Ayasato before, I might have believed you more. However, since you are on the same side, your accusations against the person who called the police are weaker than her testimony in my opinion."

"Secondly, the information about the death at the scene matches the eyewitness testimony of the person who called the police. As for the autopsy results... I can only say that forensic medicine is still developing, and it is normal for deviations to occur!" Yu Jian continued to analyze the logic.

"Although you will testify against Koichi and Dai later, apart from Chief Inspector Shiraishi's testimony, Koichi and Dai have no connection to the case..." Yujian had said before that he was going to "be impolite," and he wasn't saying it for nothing.

Anyway...

In Mitsurugi's opinion, since Shiraishi wanted to protect the highly suspicious Aya Mayoi from the beginning, the credibility of his testimony should be discounted at this point!

As Yu Jian laid out his logical arguments one by one, Bai Ma frowned deeply as he listened…

"Inspector Yujian... do you only have eyes and ears, and a small part of a brain?" Hakuba was increasingly disregarding his noble young master persona, and his words became more and more blatant.

"Bai..." Yu Jian was about to lash out.

Shiraishi interrupted again, saying, "Alright, let's get back to the present!"

Sword Control: ...

You're taking sides completely and not holding it against yourself, are you?
Shiraishi has also discovered that Mitsurugi views cases entirely through a "werewolf mentality." Each person has a different "credibility" in his eyes, and "credibility" is the highest standard for judging a case. As for other logical inconsistencies... they must be the "werewolf's" conspiracy. If you investigate further, you'll find that you've been tricked!

To this end, he would even subjectively suppress the statements of "people with low credibility" to prevent other "fools" from being deceived.

However, the problem is...

If the case is indeed a "Werewolf" game, then Reiji was clearly just a civilian and didn't have any more perspectives than others. He simply made his own deductions based on his own credibility ranking.

Perhaps the "win rate" isn't low, but...

They will definitely become "mobs" and stir up trouble without even realizing it!

For example, right now, when Yujian looks at Shiraishi and Hakuba, it's like he's dealing with a "lawyer" in everyday life—they're both from the werewolf faction!

"The only people who would be happy about the absolute presumption of innocence are criminals and police officers. The former can get away with it, and the latter can expand the boundaries of their power while reducing their responsibility. They can just push everything off as 'presumption of innocence'." Despite Shiraishi's attempts to dissuade him, Yujian persisted, and even made a veiled sarcastic remark about Shiraishi.

"If even the presumption of innocence isn't necessary, then there's no need for the Prosecutor's Office," Shiraishi retorted, frowning.

Seeing the atmosphere growing increasingly tense, Mayoi sighed helplessly, "Are you guys still going to investigate the case or not? I..."

Just then, Shiraishi's phone rang again, but this time it was a text message tone.

After glancing at the text message on his phone, Shiraishi's eyes lit up. "Alright, everyone go back and rest tonight... Oh, by the way, if Mayoi doesn't have anywhere to go, you can stay here for now."

"What are you talking about?" Yujian looked at Baishi in confusion.

“The case has just made great progress. Hmm… Xiao Zhongda has been arrested. We should be able to get some information out of them,” Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

"Arrest? How did you do that?" Yu Jian's eyes lit up upon hearing this—if Shiraishi could really prove that it was Koichi Dai, he would also use "Koichi Dai is the criminal" as the goal to advance the case, since it hadn't reached the prosecution stage yet, and it wasn't impossible to prosecute Koichi Dai.

and……

What interests Mitsurugi even more is that if Shiraishi really has the means to "easily arrest suspects," then he would like to learn it.

“This wasn’t done by me… It was Xiao Zhongda who was involved in a dangerous criminal organization and has already been arrested by the police,” Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

Sword and White Horse: ...

Mayoi didn't understand anything yet, but Mitsurugi and Hakuba naturally understood what Shiraishi meant!
Now Hakuba finally understands who Shiraishi has been secretly contacting all along—that's right, Shiraishi was contacting Inspector Kazami of the Public Security Bureau.

Although it's just a police inspector position, which isn't a high rank, the important thing is that it's "public security"!
Moreover, the department where Kazami works is in charge of the "Crow Legion"...

After hearing from Chihiro Ayasato that Okada and Okada were likely related to the "Raven Legion," Shiraishi contacted them.

Xiao Zhongda does indeed have the power to "get himself out of trouble," and he is not without connections even within the Public Security Bureau. However, as far as Kazami and his team are concerned, as long as Xiao Zhongda is really related to the "Crow Legion," they will eliminate other interference and detain him first!
Within the public security system, there are also high-ranking officials who cooperate with the "Raven Legion," otherwise they wouldn't need to secretly set up special teams to deal with it, or even dare to carry it out openly.

However, at least the temporary department specifically responsible for the "Raven Legion" is tasked with investigating this dangerous criminal organization.

After Kazami consulted with his superior, Furuya Rei, this department had already secretly become involved in the case...

After confirming that Shiraishi had some evidence, they lured Matsutake away and searched room 703 without following any procedures. The Beika Hotel not only refused to cooperate, but was also completely unaware of the situation!
After they found the listening equipment and confirmed what Shiraishi had said, they went to Koichi's house that very night to arrest him...

Unlike ordinary police officers, the police don't need an "arrest warrant" before taking action!

What's more...

This isn't the only charge that can warrant an arrest, even for minors like Xiao Zhongda...

As for his "network of connections"?
Given his extensive network of connections, the police will only act more swiftly and decisively to arrest him, leaving no room for maneuver...

(End of this chapter)