Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 526 Minye: I'll perform a song for you!
"Damn it, that old geezer..."

"Min-ya, what's going on...did we come all this way for nothing?"

"It's not in vain, Kotaro paid..."

"Can you get paid without performing? That's an insult to art!"

"Then... go back?"

"We'll go outside and sing! If ordinary people can't hear us, then there's nothing we can do!"

……

Toshiya Odagiri was eventually kicked out, and the band's drummer and bassist seemed to be speaking up for him.

Kotaro, who is today's male protagonist, is Harutsuki Kotaro.

"Minya." Shiraishi followed out at this moment.

“Brother Baishi…” Min also breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Baishi.

He didn't have a good impression of his other father's subordinates either, but Shiraishi was an exception.

The other three members of the band were even more afraid to breathe when they saw Shiraishi—after all, they were all rock musicians, and who hadn't been afraid of the police a few times?

"Did you receive the album by Yoko Okino that I asked Manager Odagiri to forward to you?" Shiraishi asked.

Toshiya:......

Min also fell silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Shiraishi shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems there isn't one. Sigh, the minister is really something."

Toshiya:......

Your minister is indeed a bad person, but why did you send me a female idol's album?
"It seems the minister still has a prejudice against music. Give me your address and I'll mail it to you. All my albums are signed copies given to me by Yoko!" Shiraishi said confidently.

“That’s not necessary…” Min also wanted to tell him that music is music and rock is rock.

"Honestly, didn't I tell you? Odagiri is just not good at expressing himself, and you just happened to inherit that from him..." Shiraishi said kindly.

"Tch." Min didn't even bother to utter a sound.

"Hmm?" Shiraishi slightly toned down his amiable demeanor.

"..." Min also put away her disdain.

“Didn’t I remind you before? Since you like rock and roll and want your father’s approval…” Shiraishi continued.

Min also denied it impatiently: "I didn't care about his approval! What does he know...?"

"Alright, alright, even if it's just to appease that old geezer, you can do it your own way. Since you like rock music, why don't you try writing a song for him?" Shiraishi encouraged.

“I…actually wrote it,” Minye said, her eyes flickering, then immediately added, “but he won’t give me a chance to sing it!”

"What more opportunities do we need? Isn't today a perfect opportunity?"

“Well… that’s fine.” Minye seemed to have received a hint at this, so he said to the staff member next to him, “Hey, you guys have a playback room, right? Connect the speaker to this banquet hall on the fifteenth floor!”

"Huh?" The waiter looked troubled upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Shiraishi said, "Let him go."

Although it was an extra service without an appointment, Director Mika's words still carried weight.

……

After settling Minya in, Shiraishi returned to the banquet hall.

As for the case, Shiraishi did not mention it to him.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, a long-haired woman walked past Bai Shi with a slightly quick step, and Bai Shi couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.

"What's wrong?" Ayako noticed Shiraishi staring at the back of a beautiful woman and came over to ask, puzzled.

"Do you know that woman?" Shiraishi asked, puzzled.

“I don’t know…” Ayako shook her head.

"I have a feeling she's stalking Minya," Shiraishi muttered.

"Could it be a fan?" Ayako guessed.

"That's too niche..." Shiraishi complained.

Just then, Conan chimed in, "That older sister seems to care a lot about the detectives! She's been hovering around them the whole time, like she's watching something, and she's not eating anything."

Because Ayako was right next to him, Conan spoke in an innocent tone, but Shiraishi understood what he was actually trying to say—that the woman was very concerned about the police officers at the scene, and might even be trying to eavesdrop on some information!
Not only did Shiraishi think of it, but Ayako also worriedly said, "Ah! Could it be that she is... Minoru is also the son of Minister Odagiri, could it be..."

Ayako was clearly worried because she was the serial killer, and the person she was now targeting was the "son of the head of the criminal investigation department"—after all, Shiraishi had just said that she seemed to be following Toshiya.

Bai Shi wasn't worried: "There are four grown men..."

"Huh? But didn't the murderer use a gun?" Ayako reminded him.

Bai Shi shook his head and said, "Don't worry, she definitely doesn't have a gun on her."

"Hmm?" Ayako tilted her head in confusion upon hearing this.

“I can see right through that kind of fitted dress at a glance, not a single detail is wrong,” Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

Ayako:……

Conan looked at Shiraishi speechlessly, then immediately looked at Ran with concern—well, thankfully Ran wasn't wearing a fitted dress!

……

Shiraishi wasn't worried about the four grown men, including Toshiya. Moreover, Shiraishi vaguely remembered that Toshiya should have been "one of the suspects who was wrongly accused" in the original theatrical version.

So we went back to the banquet hall first...

"Shiraishi, don't do anything unnecessary," Odagiri said irritably.

It's unclear whether he was referring to the case or to the situation between him and his son.

However, Shiraishi assumed he was talking about personal matters and then advised, "Actually, Min just doesn't like being overly controlled and reacts negatively... Oh, by the way, he also said he wrote a song for you and hopes to sing it for you in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Odagiri's expression softened slightly.

Immediately, Shiro went to find the two main characters of the day, and luckily there were no people around them.

Because of Inspector Shiratori, Shiraishi knew Shiratori Sara before, but this was the first time he had met her fiancé.

Haruzuki Kotaro does look honest and simple, and he even has a small mustache... on his chin.

"Miss Sara, congratulations." Shiraishi came over with a wine glass.

"Mr. Shiraishi, it's been a long time. I hope you'll take care of me in the future," Sharo said with a sly smile.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi said with a headache, "I don't really want too many opportunities."

After all, Sharo just passed the bar exam!
Lawyers contacting police officers is never a good thing...

Just then, the sound of an external broadcast came on.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Next, let's welcome your superstar RAZE to perform a song bomb for a certain old geezer!"

Many people recognized it; it was clearly Minya's voice.

Thump, thump, snap—thump, thump, snap—

……

"Hmm? Is that Minamoto? The intro is... Queen's 'We Will Rock You'?" Sara looked at Haruyuki with a puzzled expression.

"Uh... well... I haven't heard that Min is going to sing this either," Haruzuki Kotaro said awkwardly.

A sense of foreboding suddenly gripped Bai Shi's heart... "You, in your suit and tie, represent the law, setting rules in your towering office, trying to imprison the world in your black-and-white world of right and wrong. Your proud, perfect designs are already stained, how shameful! Your system is all lies! You trample my dreams on them!" (Sung in English, see comments for the English version)

Thump, thump, snap—thump, thump, snap—

Shiraishi:……

“We/will, we/will/rock/you!”

Thump, thump, snap—thump, thump, snap—

"Hehehe... Minya's English is very fluent..." Shiraishi chuckled dryly, while immediately turning his head to look in the direction of the murderous aura.

Sure enough, Odagiri glared at him with "reproach".

Thump, thump, snap—

"You are a ruthless minister who commands justice with a voice that echoes through the heavens, burying the truth with your steady hand. Your file is stained with blood, your trial is shrouded in darkness, what a disgrace! Your badge is a cage! You wield your power like the setting sun!"

Shiraishi:……

It's not that Min really knows anything; rock lyrics are just about rhyming and venting emotions.

Thump, thump, snap—thump, thump, snap—

“We/will, we/will/rock/you!”

Because it was all in English and sung so fast, many people didn't even recognize what it was.

Especially for frontline criminal police officers who don't have much education, most of them felt... that it was quite rhythmic!

“Thump, thump, slap…” Takagi hummed along for a moment, not understanding why, before being immediately held down by Shiratori.

"Shh! Want to die?" Shiratori winked at Odagiri.

Then Takagi saw for the first time the red-faced Department Head Odagiri...

“Shiraishi Kuro!” Odagiri glared at Shiraishi—after all, his son wasn’t around, so he could only find this “accomplice.”

"Uh... I'll go find Minya right now." Shiraishi awkwardly went out and grabbed a waiter to ask for directions to the broadcasting room.

At this point, Min also began to play the chorus solo.

"You draw the line, I will break down the wall! Your gavel cannot shatter my cry..."

Boom——

"Oh my goodness!"

Just then, an explosion rang out, startling Toshiya Odagiri into speaking his native tongue.

The lights in the lobby on the 15th floor suddenly went out, but the announcements continued!

"What's going on?" Minye's panicked voice rang out.

"Sir! Please come out first, we need to make an urgent announcement..."

Then the staff's voices came through, clearly indicating that something had gone wrong.

At the same time, Shiraishi, who had just arrived at the seventh floor where the broadcasting room was located, immediately ran up to the fifteenth floor!
The explosion came from the fifteenth floor.

It sounds like the explosion wasn't very big.

However, when Shiraishi ran to the fourteenth floor, he found that the power was out on the fifteenth floor. He immediately realized that the criminal must have installed an automatic explosive device in the lighting and electrical room on the fifteenth floor!
And the purpose...

"Kuro! Something seems to have happened over at the restroom! Sonoko went over there too..." Ayako called out as she saw a large dark figure coming up from the emergency corridor.

"You stay here, I'll go check!" Bai Shi said quickly.

Just now, there was a scream coming from the bathroom.

And that scream was familiar to Sonoko—it was Ran's voice!
After all, Xiaolan often has the opportunity to call him that...

Sonoko rushed over, and Ayako couldn't stop her.

Shiraishi rushed to the bathroom, where Inspector Megure and the others arrived with flashlights. They found Ran and Sato lying in pools of blood.

"Sister Xiaolan..."

"Ran... Hmm? Ran isn't hurt... Sato, Officer Sato was shot!"

"Quickly, call emergency services!"

Upon seeing this, Shiraishi immediately went forward to check—Sato was lying on top of Ran, with a bullet hole in his back... very close to his heart!
He must have turned around to protect Xiaolan immediately after discovering the murderer, which is why he was shot in the back.

"She has a pneumothorax... Do you have any plastic wrap or tape? Give it to me first..." Shiraishi noticed that her breathing was abnormal.

After treating the wound briefly, Shiraishi, while supporting the bullet hole on her back with his hand and using her own weight to compress the wound to stop the bleeding, lifted her up and quickly ran downstairs—there had just been a power outage, and although it was only one floor, someone needed emergency medical attention, so Shiraishi didn't dare take the elevator.

Fortunately, there was Bai Shi...

It's more reliable than a fixed stretcher, as it allows you to "carry" a person down without disturbing the wound.

……

After all that commotion, Bai Sha and Kotaro's wedding celebration was definitely over ahead of schedule.

Shiraishi and the others were already at the hospital...

Although everyone was concerned about Sato's injuries, apart from the Mori family, Sonoko, Shiraishi, and Megure, no one else came to the hospital.

On the one hand, it was to remain at the scene to conduct the search; on the other hand, it was because after learning about the situation, Odagiri immediately ordered the scene to be sealed off, and all the police officers present had to undergo gunpowder testing!
While on the road, Shiraishi called the gate...

Sato was shot too close to his heart.

Aside from the main gate, Shiraishi really doesn't trust any other doctors!

Shiraishi only breathed a sigh of relief after watching Sato being wheeled into the operating room.

Shiraishi doesn't remember much more about the case...

Although Sato definitely didn't die in the original work, this was a shooting incident, and any chain reaction could lead to different results!

At this time...

It must have been Ran who took out the flashlight following the light. Sato realized that this was the killer's trick and immediately tried to tackle or cover her, but he was shot in the back by the killer!
Just then, Sonoko rushed over and said, "Something terrible has happened! Brother-in-law, Uncle... Ran... Ran, she..."

Although Xiaolan was not injured, she fainted and was therefore taken to the hospital as well.

"What's wrong with Xiaolan?" Maoli asked hurriedly.

Originally, Mori and Conan were more concerned about Sato, who must have been shot while saving Ran, since Ran was unharmed. However, upon hearing Sonoko's words, they both became anxious.

"Ran has woken up, but something's not right!" Sonoko's voice trembled slightly.

Upon hearing this, the two immediately ran to Xiaolan's hospital room.

"I'll go take a look too," Shiraishi said to Megure, and then went over as well.

Shiraishi was also puzzled—Ran was definitely not injured at the time… what could be “wrong”?
Upon arriving outside the ward, Shiraishi immediately heard Ran's exclamation, but...

That exclamation was indeed from Xiaolan. It wasn't the first time Shiraishi had heard it, but... it felt somewhat unfamiliar.

"Dad... Dad? Why do you look so old?" Xiao Lan's slightly childish voice rang out.

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"Xiaolan? You...you're not scaring me, are you?"

“Really… this garden’s relative, and she even told me she’s the gardener…” Xiaolan said, pointing to the gardener next to the hospital bed.

Sonoko: ...

"Ah! Shinichi, did you get nearsighted from playing video games?" Ran finally recognized someone she knew.

Conan:! ! !
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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