Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 533 Press Conference

Shiraishi's attempt to "fish" failed, but it wasn't exactly a "snowball attack."

Although Vermouth didn't catch anything, she did capture an assassin trained by the Black Organization...

Although they weren't official members and hadn't even been assigned any official missions, so they couldn't possibly know any secrets, at least it wasn't a complete loss.

the other side……

With Kazato linked to the case and a new interpretation of the Nara detective's death, it's only a matter of time before Kazato is exposed!
Furthermore, under Conan's special scrutiny, it was discovered that the medicine prescribed by Kazato also had problems...

While it's marketed as having a calming effect, the capsules actually contain an excessive amount of diazepam, which can trigger anxiety and, in extreme cases, even cause symptoms of schizophrenia in otherwise healthy individuals.

Although Conan's switching of the medicine was discovered, Kazato, in the end, not only failed to silence her in time during the 1 vs 2 chase, but also ultimately caused Ran's memories to be restored!

After arresting the assassin, Shiraishi immediately received a call from the Beika Police Station's investigation headquarters—Kazato's attempt to silence Ran had failed, and he had been apprehended…

As for whether there was any news about the young boy being silenced on the spot by the restored beautiful girl, Shiraishi has not heard of it yet.

……

Tuesday, October 7th.

Early in the morning, the Metropolitan Police Department held a press conference. Shiraishi, who had been "night fishing" the night before, was also specially summoned to the Metropolitan Police Department to attend the press conference.

Upon arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, Shiraishi discovered that Toshiya and the Mori family had also arrived.

Shiraishi then looked at Ran carefully, and then at Conan—well, the former looked like a high school girl, not an elementary school student, and the latter… wasn’t missing any limbs.

"It seems that Xiaolan has regained her memory. Congratulations." Baishi congratulated her upon seeing this.

"Thank you for your trouble," Xiaolan said politely.

"By the way, what about when you had amnesia..." Shiraishi asked curiously.

Conan, standing to the side, kept glaring at him—did he hate me so much that I didn't die?

"Sorry... I can't remember. Actually, I don't remember what happened at the time of the incident either. I just saw that person attacking me and Conan, so I just acted on instinct," Ran said, slightly embarrassed.

Clearly, her memory ends before the incident!
Of course, her amnesia only lasted for two and a half days, so it didn't affect anything. In fact... Conan is quite glad that her memories from those two days haven't returned!
Seeing Ran's melancholy look, Conan could only comfort her, "It's alright, it's only for two days, Ran-neechan."

"Hmm...but...I always feel like there was an important person around me these past two days...and then they disappeared after I regained my memories...Ah! Sorry for saying such strange things, I guess it's because I just regained my memories and my mind isn't quite clear yet," Xiaolan said awkwardly.

"Ran... Sister." Conan fell silent upon hearing this, clearly saddened by his inability to speak.

Just then, Shiraishi saw Conan grit his teeth, his eyes hardening as if he had made a decision, and he opened his mouth...

Seeing this, Shiraishi even wondered if he was about to expose himself, but...

"Ran-neechan must be thinking about Auntie Hibiki, right? Auntie Hibiki had already agreed to move back in, but after you regained your memory last night, she was in a hurry to come back. She happened to see Uncle Kogoro talking on the phone with the bar madam, so she changed her mind!" Conan said in a series of breathless words.

gross profit:???
You're quite the smooth talker, aren't you?
Xiaolan: ...

Ran's face turned pale and she was speechless. She forced a smile and looked at Kogoro: "Dad, is what Conan said true?"

"This, this... really... Eri should also be... um... seeing that you're better now... hehehe..." Mori immediately broke out in a sweat.

call--

Conan, who was standing nearby, breathed a sigh of relief.

Shiraishi:……

Shiraishi also wondered whether Conan still intended to turn back into his original form!

"Ahem, I'll go prepare for the press conference now." Unlike them, who were just "guests," Shiraishi was to sit behind the table and face the reporters from the very beginning.

"Brother Shiraishi, didn't you see me?" Mina said with dissatisfaction.

Shiraishi:……

I really wish I couldn't see it!

Today, because he was at the Metropolitan Police Department to receive an award, there were not only his father's colleagues present, but also many reporters and even ordinary citizens, so Minya's attire was different from usual...

It's become even more rock and punk!
The upper body is already decorated with skulls and spikes in a metallic style, but the combination of red underwear and completely transparent pants on the lower body is simply blinding to Shiraishi's 6.0 super dynamic vision.

If possible, Shiraishi wouldn't want to pay any attention to him.

"I didn't expect you to actually come and accept a certificate of appreciation, Minya. I thought you rock musicians wouldn't accept something from a good citizen like this," Shiraishi said deliberately.

If we manage to drive him away now, Minister Odagiri will probably be grateful to Shiraishi until 2018...

But it's a pity...

"I wouldn't have come if it were a certificate of appreciation, but that fat guy said he wanted to give me the Superintendent General of Police Award, so I reluctantly agreed," Min said casually.

Shiraishi:……

Goodness, is Director Bai Ma just enjoying the drama?
……

Soon, the press conference began.

Although Shiraishi was sitting far away and not in the center position, his style alone gave him a center position effect. Moreover, after Matsumoto and Uno finished speaking, the reporters all came to ask Shiraishi questions!

Of course, Shiraishi also knew that this was not a matter of art style, but because he "brought his own attention," so even if they were the same answer, his answer would get much more attention than Matsumoto's.

If it were an ordinary director, they might feel extremely uneasy at this moment, since it's not a good thing to be overshadowed by the head of the main store, the Hanagata section chief, and the criminal investigation officer.

But Shiraishi no longer cared...

Needless to say, Matsumoto and Uno didn't care anymore!

Moreover, asking Shiraishi about this matter is asking the right person.

The incident is now divided into two hot topics.

First, there's the serial killing of police officers itself; second, Shiraishi used this case to lure out a wanted serial killer!
Ironically, both of these points are related to Shiraishi.

Needless to say, the investigation headquarters for the case was located in the Beika Police Station. Although generally speaking, the location of the investigation headquarters only indicates where the miscellaneous tasks are handled, with the main focus still being the First Investigation Division, the Beika Police Station was different. In the year since Shiraishi arrived, everyone gradually began to accept that the investigation headquarters established in the Beika Police Station was also a branch of the Beika Police Station...

The latter, in particular, was reported on Bai Shi! After all, matters concerning the "public security" should be kept from the public if possible, and in the publicly available information, Bai Shi was the mastermind behind the "fishing" operation.

"Chief Mika, is this series of police killings really unrelated to Officer Zeden from before?"

“That’s right, these are two cases, which were triggered by the reinvestigation of Nino Yasushi’s suicide case a year ago,” Shiraishi said truthfully.

"Chief Mika, do you have anything to say about the police's misjudgment of a case from a year ago?"

"I... was lying in the hospital at the time. Well, of course, there were some things going on in the police force and even the entire judiciary at that time. You could say it was related to me." Shiraishi seemed to be humorously shifting the blame, but he had actually already pointed out the problem.

"So, will anyone be held responsible for the misjudgment back then?"

Seeing that the other party was feigning ignorance, Shiraishi went further and said, "I can't answer that. However, the former Minister of Criminal Investigation who insisted on closing the case as a suicide has been suspended from his post and is under investigation after the former Minister of Justice stepped down. Whether there will be further investigation into this case is not something I can promise."

"Chief Mika, the son of the head of the criminal investigation department, is also one of the suspects in this case, right?"

"There were such rumors at first, but it was later proven that they were just 'rumors'."

"Chief Beika, were you aware that you had reported Odagiri's son?"

Bai Shi glanced at the reporter a couple more times, then feigned a laugh and said, "A report? Sorry, I haven't heard of that. You're not talking about a few lyrics, are you? That's just a form of creative expression for young people to show their rebellion. It can't be interpreted as a report..."

"Just like the song of the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee, it cannot be simply interpreted as an accusation against the Democratic Progressive Party for creating white terror in the eastern island nation, right?"

Faced with the other party's malicious question, Shiraishi threw out an even more malicious answer, and sure enough, no one asked any more questions about Minya's songs!

"Chief Beika, regarding the arrest of Kiichiro Numabuchi, who commissioned him to commit the murder?"

"We don't know for now. Maybe it's a friend of Nino Yasushi. We're still investigating." Shiraishi shook his head, calmly lying.

"Chief Beika, is it true that the Metropolitan Police Department used ordinary citizens as bait in order to arrest Kiichiro Numabuchi?"

"No, first of all, we were not acting with the goal of arresting Kiichiro Numabuchi. In fact, I didn't even think about that before arresting him. It was only because we discovered that someone harbored murderous intent towards the culprit in the case that Mr. Toshiya Odagiri, as a police officer's family member, demonstrated his sense of responsibility and determination and volunteered to do his part."

"Chief Mika, how is the third injured detective doing now?"

Shiraishi glanced at Aida—see, other people's problems are more humane!
"Yes, everyone, don't worry. Detective Sato's condition has stabilized, and he has regained consciousness."

……

After Shiraishi answered all the reporters' questions, the press conference moved on to the next segment.

Chief Inspector Hakuba personally presented a certificate of appreciation to the Mori family for their assistance in solving the case, and... awarded Toshiya the Superintendent General Award!
The Superintendent of Police Award is mostly given to serving or retired police officers, but sometimes it is also given to...
It must be said that Min was probably the most uniquely dressed among the award recipients...

After the ceremony, Shiraishi wanted to visit his old boss, but he couldn't find Odagiri anywhere all day, and he didn't even see Toshiya.

On the other hand, it was Minister Tanaka, Minister Odagiri's old rival, who approached Toshiya in a friendly manner and praised him highly, almost saying that like father, like son.

……

The case has been successfully concluded...

Although they failed to capture Vermouth, it was a satisfactory outcome in the eyes of others.

Kuroki had done his job well until the very end, and was then transferred to the Kamuro Department.

Of course, this is a good thing for him, and for Shiraishi, it's a lot of transfer points—after all, it's a real promotion!

When Shiraishi left the Metropolitan Police Department and returned to the Beika Police Station, the farewell ceremony for Kuroki officially began.

For the criminal police officers, this "farewell" was destined to be short-lived.

After all, the jurisdictions of the Mihana Police Station and the Kamuro Police Station are adjacent, and both have special "security environments," so cross-regional searches often occur.

When that fat bastard Zeden was around, it was quite inconvenient for the Mihua Department!

Although Shiraishi's influence and prestige could deter the violent organizations of the Kamuro Police Department, the local police not only received little support from him, but sometimes even faced sabotage from the Kamuro Police Department.

As for the Kamurocho Bureau...

If it really involves the Mikasa Agency, they just wash their hands of it and hand it over to "the higher-ups" to investigate. They're very lax and won't make things difficult for the agency!
Now that Kuroki has been transferred there, and to such an important position as "Head of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Division," future "coordination" will be much easier.

Kanzaki remained at the Beika Police Station, but transferred to the Forensic Science Division.

As a forensic officer in the forensic department, Kanzaki is still allowed to be present at crime scenes, but he focuses on collecting evidence at the scene and conducting subsequent physical evidence examination.

This just happened to be exactly what Kanzaki wanted!
Old Kanzaki has now regained consciousness and is very relieved to learn that Zeden has been arrested and that his sons are all safe. If the doctors hadn't stopped him, he would have come to thank Shiraishi in person.

……

That evening, while Shiraishi and Ayako were having dinner, he vividly described to her Tanaka's excitement...

After chatting and laughing for a while, Ayako brought up the weekend's plans—going to look at apartments!

"By the way, now that the case is closed, do you have anything else to do this weekend?" Ayako asked.

“Yes, we can go and check the results together,” Shiraishi said.

Bai Shi bought a "good value for money" house. Although he didn't have the money to renovate it, he still had someone do the bare minimum tidying up.

I'll go check it out this weekend. If it's feasible, since it doesn't involve formaldehyde pollution or anything like that, then I can move in.

Ayako had initially thought that if the case continued into the weekend, the arrangements would have to be changed!
Shiraishi had even told Ayako that if he didn't have time, Ayako could go in his place...

This caused Ayako quite a dilemma at the time!
On the one hand, there's the delight of feeling like this is "announcing the mistress of the house," and on the other hand...

Go to that house by yourself?
Ayako was actually a little timid!
Fortunately, before fear and joy could be decided, Shiraishi defeated the culprit first, so Ayako didn't have to go herself.

Ayako's only hope now is that nothing else happens at the Beika Police Station in the three days leading up to the weekend.

However, sometimes you can't expect these things to happen...

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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