Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 149 143. Lin Kaka, I want to improve so much!

"I didn't give you any advice. At most, I helped Officer Shiratori strengthen your confidence.

Insignificant, insignificant. "

Lin Longma smiled and waved his hands, not taking any credit. How could this be his, Lin Longma's, achievement? Even if anyone told the truth, the credit would still belong to Bai Niao.

Otherwise, what would happen if Gin knew that Hayashi Ryoma was a traitor?
But since Shiratori is talking about criminal intermediaries, I have to mention that Bingana has already started the process of establishing an "international intermediary company".

The site and funds for the base were all in place, and Lin Longma, the man Binga had brought back from Europe, also helped to settle them.

Now we just have to wait for Binga to make some noise in Tokyo, and then Lin Ryoma can guide Shiratori to investigate him.

It's very good. Everything is developing step by step. Everything is good.

Lin Longma and Shiratori chatted for a while, and then Shiratori began to sigh over his coffee:
“Alas, although a lot of people have been arrested during this period, I always feel that these people are just insignificant minor characters.

It’s still a long way from the real mastermind.”

It is human nature to desire more after getting something. When Bai Niao had no clue, he just wanted to find traces of the "criminal intermediary" to prove his hypothesis.

Now, through the arrested peripheral members of the Executive Department, we have captured some other peripheral members, and we hope to go further.

But this time, the white bird is destined not to be as "lucky" as last time.

The class division of the organization clearly meant that these peripheral members would not know much about the organization.

Most of them don't even know who they work for.

Especially the peripheral members of the executive department were the targets of strict surveillance. If they did not reach a certain level and make a certain contribution, they would not be able to learn the slightest about the organization's situation.

At most, they knew that they were working for a criminal organization, but they knew nothing about the organization.

No matter how Bai Niao judges it, no matter who judges it, it will be useless.

Just like that hellish joke about interrogation, you beat me for three days and three nights, so just ask me whatever you want to ask!

How do you know if I say it or not if you don’t ask me? How do you know what to say if you don’t ask me?

When it comes to this group of peripheral members, this is something I know nothing about. Even if you beat me to death or let me die in the interrogation room, I don't know what to say.

Even if this thing is made up, it may not be clear.

The diplomat who had entered with several other peripheral members of the executive department had already been dealt with by Rum.

Why didn't Gin deal with these peripheral members of the executive department? It was because it didn't matter if they were really caught.

These people don't know anything at all, they just do it for money. It sounds a bit like they are employees of a criminal agency.

No wonder the Criminal Department became more and more certain of Shiratori's inference.

These people were not worth rescuing, let alone being executed. If one batch was captured, Gin could always replace the next batch.

Bai Niao, who came from a big family, had high standards and he naturally imagined the embarrassing situation that would occur if he continued the investigation.

It is useless to capture any number of insignificant pawns. Once the peripheral members who are uniformly connected by a single line are captured, their superiors will choose to give up directly.

Anyway, the last thing the execution department lacks is manpower, and there are even more scum in Tokyo. If no substantial important person is caught, it means that the importance of the investigation headquarters (special task force) led by Shiratori will gradually decrease. In the end, it will become a dispensable chicken rib.

This was something that Shiratori could not accept no matter what.

The bright road to power is right in front of you, but it feels terrible to have no end in sight.

Shiratori couldn't share the grievances that were pent up in his heart with his colleagues and subordinates in the investigation headquarters.

Now is the time when the morale of the investigation headquarters is high. What's the difference between saying such things at this time and disrupting the morale of the army?
He couldn't tell his colleagues in the Investigation Section either. God knew how many people were jealous and envious of him.

Once such words were spoken, they would surely spread throughout the entire Metropolitan Police Department building, and might even spread to the police department building next door.

He also didn't want to tell his family about his work troubles. As the young master of the White Bird Group, his family hoped that he would fail in his career and return home to inherit the family business.

Now, in front of Lin Longma, Shiratori can finally express his frustration and vent his troubles at work.

Logically speaking, Shiratori did not have such a high level of trust in Lin Ryoma, but after accidentally revealing her true feelings to Lin Ryoma last time, Shiratori discovered that Lin Ryoma was an extremely tight-lipped person.

He truly made it so that what he said could reach the ears of everyone in the world, and no one else would know about it.

In addition, Lin Longma is not a member of the police system, but they still have some contact on a daily basis.

Compared to the psychologist, Shiratori really prefers communicating with Lin Ryoma.

At this moment, Lin Longma, who was sitting opposite Shiratori, performed his duty as a listener perfectly. He never interrupted Shiratori when she was talking, but just listened attentively to her talk.

Occasionally he would respond to Shiratori, and occasionally he would agree with Shiratori's opinions.

In short, Lin Longma's presence made Shiratori's confession very satisfying. When Shiratori finished speaking, Lin Longma knew that this was a good time for him to speak:
"That's true. It's really useless to just catch some small fry. It just so happens that I just made some discoveries during my visit and I want to tell you about them, Officer Shiratori."

Lin Longma's words made the anguish on Bai Niao's face disappear. He immediately sat up straight and looked at Lin Longma:
"President Lin, what do you say?"

"Last time, didn't we talk about the situation of the criminal intermediary company? I thought it was possible, so I asked a friend to help keep an eye out for it.

There has been no progress regarding this criminal intermediary, but my friend brought me some other information."

"How much do you know about Moon Shadow Island, Officer White Bird?"

"Moon Shadow Island?" There was pure confusion in Bai Niao's eyes. If Lin Longma hadn't mentioned this place, he wouldn't even have heard of it.

That’s right, Shiratori didn’t know this place at all.

Don’t know? That’s easy!

In Hayashi Ryoma's description, Gin was portrayed as a fan of a pianist, who was none other than Keiji Aso, who died twelve years ago.

As a fan of Keiji Aso, Gin was very sad about the sudden death of this talented pianist. During a recent casual chat with Ryoma Hayashi, he suddenly talked about Keiji Aso's bizarre death.

A pianist who had been performing abroad a few weeks before his death returned to his hometown and suddenly killed his wife and daughter on a full-moon night, and then set fire to the house.

In the end, he was burned to death. No matter how you look at it, this kind of thing reveals weirdness and abnormality.

"I don't know if the pianist's death is related to the criminal middleman, but why not try it out?"

(End of this chapter)