Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 519 Give me an explanation!
Early Wednesday morning, Shiraishi arrived at the police station at five o'clock, took a shower, and went straight to his office.

Having heard about the deaths of two officers from the Genshin Impact Police Department's Firearms Countermeasures Division, Shiraishi summoned Aokawa...

The relationship between Kuroki and Kanzaki was revealed to Shiraishi by Himekawa. Himekawa knew Kanzaki Kenzo and had known from the beginning that Kuroki was Kanzaki Kenzo's son.

However, Himeka was unaware that Ryuichi Kanzaki was an adopted son and thought he was actually Kenzo Kanzaki's son.

Although there are no specific regulations, it is generally avoided that two brothers serve as police officers in the same department.

However, since Kenji Kuroki and Kenzo Kanzaki had theoretically severed ties long ago, Aokawa pretended not to know and only reported it to Director Shiraishi.

Since Hakukawa had worked with Kanzaki Kenzo back then, Shiraishi naturally planned to ask him about the situation.

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"Please come in." Shiraishi called Himekawa in.

"Director, you wanted to see me?" Bi Chuan probably knew what it was about.

"Do you have an alibi for last night?" Shiraishi asked directly.

Aokiwa wasn't offended and calmly said, "The time interval between Uemura and Ando's deaths is very small. I was working overtime at the police station at the time."

When Uemura and Ando were mentioned, Aoi's tone became somewhat heavy, after all, they were former colleagues...

Shiraishi then asked, "Kenzo Kanzaki, Taichi Uemura, Kiyotaka Ando... you've worked with all three of them, right?"

“That’s right, Uemura and I tend to work more at a desk.” Himawari nodded—he and Uemura were in the semi-professional group.

It was precisely because of his experience working at the Kamurocho Bureau that Heikawa developed the habit of "keeping informants," which almost caused financial problems before.

"Is it possible that you're being targeted?" Shiraishi asked directly, without any hesitation.

Bi Chuan shook his head upon hearing this and said, "No, in the end... it should be the case of the glacier's development back then, right? I wasn't in charge of that case."

I heard that the case involving Hakukawa and [Hikawa Kosan] is unrelated, which makes Shiraishi slightly disappointed...

Bichuan:......

Although Bichuan trusted Director Shiraishi, he was still speechless at the sight of his regretful expression—it's a pity that you can't use me as bait, isn't it?

"You also think it's that case... Do you think the culprit is Kenzo Kanzaki?" Shiraishi asked after a moment of reflection.

You can tell this meaning just by listening to Bi Chuan's tone.

After a moment of silence, Bi Chuan said, "I don't know, I wasn't involved in the investigation."

When Bichuan said "I don't know" at this moment, it already proved that he suspected Kanzaki Kenzo!
After all, Kenzo Kanzaki had a good relationship with him. Whether it was Kenji Kuroki or Ryuichi Kanzaki, Kenzo Kanzaki had greeted Aoikawa when they were transferred to the Beika Police Station.

It is evident that Kenzo Kanzaki trusted his superior, Akikawa, but not so much with Uemura.

Ando has left the police force and joined a security company. Uemura is now a police academy instructor. Kanzaki Ryuichi knew him before, but Kanzaki Kenzo never mentioned Uemura to Kanzaki or contacted him.

In this situation, if Himawari didn't dare say she "didn't doubt Kanzaki Kenzo," then she clearly had a lot of doubts...

"Speaking of these three people, who else comes to mind?" Shiraishi then asked.

Bi Chuan knew that this question was asking who else was relatively close to the three of them...

Judging from the deaths of Taichi Uemura and Kiyotaka Ando, ​​if Kenzo Kanzaki is suspected, other people involved may also be in danger. If Kanzaki is not involved, then the suspect should be found among other related individuals.
After another moment of silence, Bi Chuan said, "Actually, I don't know if it's related, but there is indeed someone..."

"Stop layering armor!" Shiraishi interrupted directly.

“Zedeng Beijie.” Heichuan directly said the name of this “old acquaintance” of Shiraishi.

Shiraishi:! ! !
Shiraishi initially thought that it might really be Kanzaki Toyama who did it, but when he heard that Zeden, that fatso, was also involved, he immediately suspected him ninety percent of the time!
"I remember... Zeden, that fat bastard... his marksmanship is pretty good, right?" When Shiraishi was still the squad leader, he had barged into Zeden's office many times.

Shiraishi remembers seeing a very old shooting trophy from a Metropolitan Police Department competition in Zeden's office—at the time, Shiraishi didn't think much of it, just considering it as "soft furnishings" in the office.

Now that I think about it...

It might not be fake!
Although Bichuan felt that Director Shiraishi's immediate suspicion of Zeden seemed to be full of personal vendetta, he still spoke the truth: "Well, although he is not as good as Gen, he is not bad either. After all, this is Kamurocho twenty years ago... there is no shortage of opportunities to get hands on him."

Shiraishi nodded—it was completely understandable. Let alone twenty years ago, even seven years ago when Shiraishi was in Kamurocho, it was a scene of gunfire and explosions…

At this moment, Shiraishi noticed that Hakukawa seemed to want to say something, but hesitated.

"Deputy Director Bichuan, have you thought of something?" Baishi pressed.

“Actually… there’s something else. Back then, they weren’t just a department, but also involved in that operation…” Bi Chuan said.

Although he only mentioned "that operation", Shiraishi immediately realized that he was referring to the operation in which Kanzaki's informant was killed!
At that time, the headquarters of [Glacier Industrial Development] was raided, and more than twenty people died...

In the end, the police identified only one culprit: Tatsuya Ihara—a rising star in the [Hikawa Kosan] team who, for some unknown reason, suddenly went mad and killed the entire team.

Of course, Kuroki continued to investigate this matter afterward. Last year, Shiraishi learned from Kuroki that there were probably two people who stormed into [Hikyo Kosan] back then, and the other one was the current leader of the Arakawa Group, Arakawa Masumi—he was also a member of the Hikyo Group at the time, and it was said that he was even engaged to the daughter of the Hikyo Group's chairman...

Let's put aside the matter of Arakawa for now.

When such a big incident happened back then, even if the police didn't want to get involved in the gangsters' revenge killings, they still had to catch the murderer when faced with more than twenty lives lost. As a result, Ihara contacted Kanzaki at that time.

Kanzaki also reported the matter to the police station, informing everyone that Ihara was his informant—but this was basically useless!

Informants...

Petty theft and brawls are usually overlooked, but since you, Kuku, have killed so many people, it makes no difference whether you're an informant or not.

At that time, Ihara brought his son to meet Kanzaki. In order to keep him in check, Kanzaki even brought his son, who is now Kuroki, with him.

The two met at a family restaurant. During the meeting, Kanzaki kept urging Ihara to turn himself in, but Ihara knew that turning himself in at this point would be useless. He just asked Kanzaki to take good care of his son.

Of course, there were other police officers lying in ambush with guns in the restaurant at this time!

Ihara seemed to have discovered this as well. First, he kidnapped his own son, and then resignedly pushed his son toward Kanzaki, pointing a gun at him...

Kanzaki knew, of course, that he wouldn't fire; he was determined to die. But the officers present couldn't hesitate any longer...

Even though Kanzaki had tried to stop it, but...

Bang! Bang! Two gunshots rang out, and Ihara died on the spot.

His young son was so frightened that he lost his memory—that is, the current Ryuichi Kanzaki!

Afterwards, for some reason, Kenzo Kanzaki became very concerned about this matter and left Tokyo with Ryuichi Kanzaki, even at the cost of abandoning his wife and children...

Of course, this was what Kuroki told Shiraishi. In fact, even Aokawa didn't know that Kanzaki Ryuichi wasn't having an affair or having an illegitimate child. He was actually the son of Ihara from back then.

Out of concern for the protection of minors, the reports at the time only stated that a criminal had taken a child hostage at a family restaurant, and was subsequently shot dead by the police on the spot.

At this point, Himeka simply repeated the urgency of the situation—the criminal was pointing a gun at Kanzaki and a child!
At that moment, two detectives opened fire...

"The detectives who fired the shots were Ando... and Zeden," said Bichuan.

This is the first time I've heard of Bai Shi.

but……

Even if Shiraishi had a strong prejudice against Zeden, it's hard to say he did anything wrong—what was wrong with firing a gun at that moment? It would be strange if he hadn't dared to fire in that situation!
"What about the fatal wound?" Shiraishi pressed.

“One shot hit my leg, and the other… hit my head,” Bi Chuan said, pointing to his temple.

"Zeden shot him in the head?" Shiraishi didn't think there was anything wrong with shooting someone in the head at this point, but he still asked the question.

“No, a bullet hole analysis was done afterwards, and the bullet in his head was fired by Ando,” Bichuan shook his head and said.

"Huh? Isn't Zeden a good shot?" Shiraishi asked, puzzled.

"All I remember about this is that Zeden and Ando both claimed that they were aiming for the legs."

You could tell from Bi Chuan's tone that he was also a little confused—a prisoner with a gun, you either don't shoot him at all, or you shoot him to death... what's the point of shooting his legs? Are you just provoking him?
They have a gun; shooting him in the leg won't render him incapable of being killed!

"Oh, right, there's something that wasn't reported at the time... The gun the prisoner was shot in didn't have any bullets in it," Bi Chuan added.

Because Heikawa was also at the Kamurocho office at the time, he knew about this.

Even so, the police had a valid reason for firing, but it was still easier said than done. Saying that the police shot and killed a criminal who was pointing a gun at a child was much better than saying that the police shot and killed a criminal whose gun was unloaded.

But this still feels strange...

Logically, since no one else knew that his pistol was unloaded, it doesn't explain why Zeden and Ando both said they wanted to shoot his leg!
Of course, while it's said to be inexplicable, there are actually explanations...

That means neither of them wants to take responsibility.

No matter what, it's not a good thing for a prisoner to be shot dead, especially if it turns out afterwards that the prisoner was not a threat.

Therefore, they all chose to evade responsibility afterwards...

As for why Ando's gun hit his head while Zeden, who had excellent shooting skills, only hit his leg... that can only be explained by the saying, "Even the wisest person can make a mistake, and even the most foolish person can have a stroke of genius."

Even the best marksmen make mistakes; even when they're just guessing, they can still kill someone!
"Kanzaki... I mean, old Kanzaki, is his relationship with the informant really that good?" Shiraishi felt something was off.

While some detectives do have some kind of bond with their informants, it's rare to find someone with such a deep relationship. You'd believe it if you thought it was the White Rock from Brokeback Mountain!

"I don't know... Ando's mental state wasn't good after that incident, and he eventually resigned," said Hinokichi, shaking his head.

Shiraishi always felt there was something strange about this matter...

Shiraishi glanced at the time and saw that it was already nine in the morning. So he specifically instructed Aoi-kawa: "Deputy Chief Aoi-kawa, in these extraordinary times, if Kanzaki really contacts you, be sure to report it in time and also let me know. Also... have an officer take you home after get off work."

Although Shiraishi felt that Himawari, who had not been involved in the case, was unlikely to be the target, he still decided to be cautious.

After giving instructions to Hakukawa, Shiraishi stood up...

I have to go to the Metropolitan Police Department again!

Although he didn't sleep all night, Shiraishi's condition wasn't affected much.

After parking his car in the Metropolitan Police Department's underground parking garage, Shiraishi got out and began to compose himself... He stormed in, even shoving aside the security guard during the security check!
"Get out of the way! Do you think my fists are no match for a toy filled with gunpowder?" Bai Shi shouted directly.

In an instant, Shiraishi's loud voice attracted everyone's attention.

The police officer in charge of the case instinctively nodded and bowed, letting Shiraishi in directly.

At this moment, Shiraishi's face seemed to have turned into a ghostly expression. Wherever he walked, it was as if even the air itself was distorted by his anger. Getting too close would make one feel uncomfortable. After getting on the elevator, there was a group of people outside, but not a single person dared to enter...

Upon seeing Shiraishi, they went straight to Moroboshi's office. Some even secretly called Deputy Director Moroboshi, fearing that Shiraishi would beat him to death.

That's right, Shiraishi did it on purpose.

It is impossible to fight.

Shiraishi is simply trying to express his anger...

In reality, contrary to his seemingly angry expression and the intimidating aura he exuded, Shiraishi was quite calm.

You can express anger, but you can't express it in a fit of rage—Shiraishi understood this principle all too well.

Shiraishi can certainly express his anger now, and it could even be said that he is justified in doing so!

Upon arriving at Moroboshi's office, Shiraishi pushed the door open and went in, just in time to see Chief Inspector Fujiwara there as well. Shiraishi thought to himself, "Perfect timing!"

“Inspector Shiraishi, you are being very rude…” Fujiwara was about to say something at that moment.

However, seeing Shiraishi striding over angrily, he was immediately interrupted, breaking out in a cold sweat, under Shiraishi's [intimidating power].

At the same time, Shiraishi, without even glancing at him, stepped forward and slammed his fist on Moroboshi's table, roaring, "Moroboshi Toshio! Why is Kuroki's gun barrel in your son-in-law's pistol! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll drag you next door right now and we'll get to the bottom of this!"

Next to the Metropolitan Police Department is the headquarters of the National Police Agency.

Although Moroboshi rationally understood that this guy was just using this as an excuse, he was momentarily silenced by Shiraishi's rebuke, his face a mixture of confusion and uncertainty...

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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