Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 562 Seven Files
"Where did this come from!" Miko's eyes widened instantly, and her previously composed face, meant to "avoid being seen through," suddenly broke down.

"We have an informant in a trash can not far from where Kenji Ogura was murdered. He will check all suspicious items in the trash can." The second half of Shiraishi's statement was complete exaggeration.

It was entirely because that homeless man lived near the "Ascending God's Long Stairs," and Kobe had previously offered a bounty for a case there. He also happened to have a habit of "puzzling together" things, which is why they happened to discover it.

Shiraishi said this specifically to create a "deterrent effect" and to avoid exposing his informant.

Upon hearing the location where the discovery was made, Miko's expression shifted between light and shadow before she said, "I will investigate this matter myself. The Beika Police Station doesn't need to..."

"No, the Mikasa Police Station is already investigating this case as a homicide. Transferring investigative authority requires approval from the Metropolitan Police Department. I'm here to ask Superintendent Saeko about the situation... Why are there Superintendent Saeko's fingerprints on this?"

Shiraishi said he was asking a question, but he already knew that the classified information must be from the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office!

Because Miko was shocked as soon as she saw the information, even before Shiraishi mentioned "her fingerprints," she already considered it a matter for her department.

It is clear that Miko Shiraishi never questioned why Shiraishi would seek out "internal investigation," nor did she worry about what would happen to the fingerprints she left behind.

Upon hearing Shiraishi's words, Yami's expression became conflicted...

Seeing this, Shiraishi gave one last push and said, "Chief Inspector, you don't want others to know that the information the killer was looking for came from the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, do you?"

Shemi Yako:......

Hearing what Shiraishi said, Yami knew she couldn't fool him, so she led him to a small room at the very back of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, a room that was usually deserted...

That's right, it's the archives room, of course.

After searching through the materials, Yamiko said with a grim expression, "It was indeed leaked from the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office..."

"So why do you have a file on someone who looks like an ordinary office worker?" Shiraishi asked, frowning, then followed up, "And... it seems you've lost more than just this one, haven't you?"

Shiraishi just observed Yamiko's rummaging movements, and she's definitely not just looking for this one!
It appears that more than one document was lost; to put it in the worst-case scenario, the killer may have had more targets.

As Miko hesitated, the door to the archives room opened, and a middle-aged man walked in. He looked at Shiraishi, then at Miko, and asked, suppressing his anger, "Miko, what's going on?"

It was clearly a blaming on Miko Sha for letting unrelated people into such a place.

only……

Bai Shi's identity was obvious without him even saying it, so he didn't immediately send him away—which surprised Bai Shi somewhat!
Although Shiraishi knew that he had a little bit of fame, he did not think that his little bit of fame would be useful in the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office—after all, they were under the "Cabinet" banner, weren't they?

Bai Shi was mentally prepared to take a chance, but who knew the other party would be so "sensible"?
"Chief, this is Superintendent Shiraishi of the Metropolitan Police Department..." The officer introduced Shiraishi symbolically.

Shiraishi then realized that this person was none other than Amano Korekiyo, the head of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office!
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Before coming, Shiraishi checked the list of employees to be transferred internally. Of course, Shiraishi knew about this Director Amano...

The police rank of Superintendent is secondary; what's more important is... before being transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department, Amano Korekiyo was the head of the Public Cases Division.

As the head of the public security bureau, you can imagine how difficult this guy is to deal with.

This made Shiraishi even more puzzled—why would Chief Amano be concerned about him?

Or perhaps... it's because of the "favors" we received before?
Bai Shi thought this was unlikely, since owing favors was a common practice in the current public security system, especially since Bai Shi had given it to Feng Jian, and this favor would at most go to one or two levels above him.

Could it be that Kazami is so eager to "internally transfer" and specifically seek out an old leader in the Public Security Bureau to report this favor?

Actually, when Miko brought him to the archives, Shiraishi had this question in his mind—was he so easily coerced?

Of course, the fact that Miko was so easily coerced could also be attributed to "her fingerprints," so she herself didn't want to cause trouble...

"Inspector Shiraishi is here for an internal investigation. What's the matter?" Amano asked directly with a stern face.

Before Shiraishi could answer, the man was already holding the file for "Kenji Ogura" and explaining it to Chief Amano.

"What? All their files are lost?" Amano exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this, She nodded solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Amano's face also showed annoyance. He first called Sha and Shiraishi to a closed office.

Upon entering, Shiraishi noticed the atmosphere was somewhat silent, and the other party showed no intention of speaking first. So, Shiraishi took the initiative to ask, "What exactly is going on with this Kenji Ogura? Why does the Cabinet Information Research Office have his files? And... what about the files that went missing along with him?"

Then, Sha looked at the section chief, and seeing that Amano had already given her a look and nodded, Sha said, "This matter shouldn't have been revealed to outsiders..."

Shiraishi:……

Shiraishi is very patient—"It shouldn't have been" means "It can be now"!
"However, because of this matter... it's also related to Inspector Shiraishi, so I won't hide it from you," Sha said, changing the subject.

Shiraishi's expression was serious at this point, and he did not specifically correct the statement that it was not "not concealing" but "cooperating with the investigation."

"It all started with Yaro Polk, you surely remember him, right?" the agency said.

Bai Shi frowned upon hearing this—how could the internal investigation team know about the intelligence he had just shared with the Public Security Bureau?

Even if Amano is a former leader of the Public Security Bureau, shouldn't the Public Security Bureau share this kind of intelligence with the Internal Investigation Department?

Especially matters involving the "Raven Legion" should not be leaked to members outside the task force, even within the public security system!

It is precisely because it is difficult to keep secret that the Public Security Bureau set up a special task force for the "Raven Legion." If the intelligence is shared with other departments, what is the point?
Seeing that Shiraishi remained silent, the company took the initiative to say, "Thanks to the fact that we noticed something was wrong with him earlier and notified the police, we learned that he was also involved in espionage activities in the East Island!"

Shiraishi:……

Shiraishi remained expressionless, but he was already having some doubts.

It seems that although the police shared some intelligence, they did not share anything related to the "Raven Legion"!

It is estimated that when the police were investigating Yaro Polk based on the "Raven Legion" incident, they discovered that he had engaged in espionage, and this information was then passed on to the "internal investigation team".

Therefore, from the perspective of the "internal investigation," Yaro was a diplomat engaged in espionage and knew nothing about the "Raven Legion." "This man is very shrewd. As soon as we started investigating him, he discovered us and allowed him to flee to the US embassy for refuge," the agency said helplessly.

"The United States?" Shiraishi was taken aback upon hearing this.

"In order to investigate him, we also used other undercover agents to expose the fact that his superior had accepted bribes to Mao, originally hoping to force him to turn against us..." She shook her head regretfully upon hearing this.

Shiraishi:……

At this moment, Bai Shi understood best that Ya Luo would never betray him, and... he was probably also worried that his identity as a member of the "Raven Legion" would be exposed, and with his old superior being arrested, he didn't dare to return to Mao Country, but instead went directly to apply for asylum.

"The US is just letting him take refuge like this?" Shiraishi frowned—so arrogant? Are they not even going to put on an act anymore?
"Of course, they also proposed an exchange... The US submitted its list of informants to us," Amano interjected at this point.

Shiraishi inwardly scoffed—this is what they call an "exchange"? Why not just say they don't dare mess with the US? They're really trying to justify themselves…

Of course, Shiraishi actually had another idea in mind...

Why would they go straight to the US for refuge? Could it be that there are also "drinking crows" at the US embassy?

"So Kenji Ogura..." Shiraishi realized at this moment.

“That’s right. Including Kenji Ogura, we previously identified seven people who leaked secrets to Yaro Polk!” the company said seriously.

"Confidential? Kenji Ogura?" Shiraishi confirmed again—after all, Ogura's public identity was just an HR person at a software company.

"Although we don't know exactly what they leaked, there's definitely been some kind of transaction!" The company's tone was somewhat helpless.

To be precise, even the "internal investigation" team doesn't know what these people are leaking.
Among the seven, there are politicians, Self-Defense Force officers, and university professors... all of that is understandable, but there are also some employees of purely private companies... what secrets could they possibly have?
However, Shiraishi already understood...

When Shiraishi saw the software company's personnel information, he had a vague suspicion that it might be related to the Black Organization.

Upon hearing that these people were informants of Yaro Polk, Shiraishi immediately understood that someone like Kenji Ogura must be an informant for "White Whale"!

Bai Shi even suspected that this guy was using Mao's funds to work for the Black Organization—finding skilled software engineers, which was clearly what the Black Organization was doing.

"There are seven people in total... All the data is lost, right? Who can get into the archives?" Shiraishi asked directly.

Shiraishi already understands why Kenji Ogura was an informant; now, the more important thing is the other lost files!

"That's right, they were originally placed together," the organizer said helplessly.

"Who are the other six people?" Shiraishi asked directly.

“This…” The club then glanced at the section chief again.

Chief Amano seemed to realize that it was no longer possible to keep it a secret, so he handed the information over to Shiraishi.

There are indeed six more people, and...

"Kishika Yosuke, an associate professor at Keimei University, and Wakashima Hirofumi, a salesman from a pharmaceutical company... These two people..." Shiraishi's face darkened.

Although it wasn't a case from the Mikasa Police Station, Shiraishi still remembered those two names—they were people who had been killed in Toku in the last two days!

Because the cause of death and the location of the murder were not related, and no one knew about the interpersonal connections between the three people before, it was investigated as an independent case.

However, upon seeing this list, Shiraishi immediately realized that this must be a serial murder case!

“Of the seven people, three are already dead… This is absolutely a major accident!” Shiraishi said in a grim tone.

Even if they didn't know the files were stolen from them, the "internal investigation" shouldn't have completely cut off contact with the Metropolitan Police Department and concealed the situation after discovering the three men had been murdered.

Amano, with a stern face, said directly, "If the Metropolitan Police Department had said earlier that it was a serial murder case, we would have naturally suspected that it was related."

Amano is good at shifting the blame, acting as if "it's all because your police failed to conduct a proper investigation and didn't discover that the cases were related."

Although Shiraishi disagreed with his statement—to file a case as a serial crime, there must be some reason; if the "internal investigation" had not concealed the informant, the police would have already searched in that direction—he did not deliberately expose his past for the time being.

“Alright, there’s no point in talking about this now. Whether it’s to get more clues or to ensure… the safety of these bastards, we must contact the remaining four immediately,” Shiraishi said, shaking his head.

Of the remaining four, one is a member of parliament, one is an employee of a precision electronics company, one is a Self-Defense Force officer, and one is an employee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government…

If the first three people seem more like they're working for the "Black Organization," then the last four look like they're working for Russia. It's just unclear which side Yaro is funding.

To some extent, without knowing Yaro, it is indeed difficult to connect the first three. If one had to say, it would be that Kusaka is an associate professor in medicine and Wakashima is also a medical professional.

Shiraishi suspects that, in order to compensate for the side effects of Ai's departure, the Black Organization wanted to recruit other medical talents. Kusaka himself is an associate professor of research-oriented medicine, and Wakashima has access to many drug developers.

As for collecting information on software engineers and screening talent for contact, this is something the Black Organization has been doing.

"One last question: who are the people who can get into the archives and take these things?" Shiraishi asked the most crucial question.

Clearly, the file was taken directly because it couldn't be photographed or copied, but...

It's impossible for an "assassin" to sneak in and steal this on their own; there must be a mole within the "internal investigation" team!
This might also explain why the people "internally transferred" were so polite to Shiraishi—they didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

The editor was momentarily embarrassed, then said, "Well... besides the editor-in-chief and me, there are also deliberative officers, advisors, investigators, and analysts..."

"Okay, I understand," Shiraishi said helplessly—it seemed that the security level of this archive room was not very high.

Those with some positions during the "internal investigation" could be contacted, but Shiraishi couldn't arrest and interrogate all of them...

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