Conan Rick's Investigator

"Oh?" Qin Zhibo's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked inquiringly, "From Officer Yamato's tone, do you know the suspect's grandmother?"

Yamato Gansuke looked at Qin Zhibo, and after two seconds of silence, he nodded and said, "The suspect is someone I have known for a long time..."

"Oh, I see."

Qin Zhibo nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, Zhufu Gaoming suddenly looked at Yamato Gansuke and asked, "Speaking of which, Gansuke, did you see any suspicious people or smoke this morning?"

"I remember that bridge was the route you took for your foot rehabilitation..."

The bridge that Zhu Fu Gaoming was referring to was the bridge where the head and corpse were found this morning.

Yamato Gansuke glanced back at Zhufu Gaoming, then withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Yes, but I had something to do today, so I didn't go."

hum...

At this moment, the sound of a cell phone vibrating came from Yamato Gansuke's clothes.

He took out his cell phone, took a look at it, and then left on the pretext of having something to do.

Uehara Yui and Morobushi Takaaki just watched Yamato Gansuke's back as he left, and did not offer to follow him.

Among them, Zhufu Takaaki's eyes were relatively cold, but Uehara Yui looked a little concerned.

This scene also made Qin Zhibo understand the relationship between the three people.

Although I just asked Yamato Gansuke whether he knew the suspect's grandmother, in fact, when Zhufu Takaaki introduced the situation, he had already said that the suspect's grandmother was over 80 years old.

This means that both of them knew the suspect's grandmother.

Plus, their ages are exactly the same, so they are most likely childhood sweethearts.

And Uehara Yui just said that she used to be a police officer, but later quit her job and is now a police officer again. It is estimated that this has something to do with these two people.

Just then, a burly figure walked out from the depths of the corridor.

"Section Chief."

"Section Chief."

Zhufu Takaaki and Uehara Yui stood up and greeted them.

Kurodabei nodded slightly in response, then glanced at the three people left in the corridor and asked, "Where is Yamato?"

"Officer Yamato had some things to deal with outside, so he left..." explained Uehara Yui.

Kuroda Heibei's eyes darkened, and then he turned to look at Qin Zhibo.

"Detective Qin, come with me."

Without waiting for Qin Zhibo to respond, Kuroda Beiwei walked deeper into the corridor with his hands in his pockets.

Qin Zhibo stood up from the bench and followed Kuroda Beiwei away.

After Qin Zhibo left, Uehara Yui turned to look at Zhufu Gaoming and asked curiously, "Gaoming, what is the relationship between the section chief and Detective Qin?"

"Although the section chief said that he and that detective are old friends, I don't think that's the case."

"It's like they just met for the first time today..."

Yui Uehara's intuition is still very sharp.

Zhu Fu Gaoming's eyes flashed with thought, and he replied calmly: "Maybe..."

However, the man named Toru Amuro was definitely not the first person to meet Kuroda Heibei.

The image of the blond man he had just seen on the bridge, Toru Amuro, flashed through Zhufu Gaoming's mind again.

As a loyal police officer who has made the same vows as his brother,

The friend has changed his name and is now lurking beside the famous detective as an apprentice.

The only reason that Zhufu Takaaki could think of was that Amuro Toru or Furuya Rei was a public security police officer.

Public security police are relatively the most mysterious type of police force. Their identities are mostly kept secret, and they have powers that exceed those of ordinary police officers.

When his younger brother Zhufu Jingguang graduated from university, he was admitted to the police academy. After graduation, he was assigned to a unit, but he never told him the specific unit. Zhufu Gaoming roughly guessed that his younger brother was a public security policeman.

Now this Fūya Rei is also a public security policeman, and he probably knows the whereabouts of his brother over the years.

It’s a pity that just now on the bridge, Zhu Fu Gaoming couldn’t ask directly in front of everyone.

As for this famous detective with a mixed-race face, the probability that he is a public security policeman is low. He is more likely to be a public security informant.

In this case, the identity of Kuroda Heibei is obvious.

He is also a public security policeman.

……

Qin Zhibo, led by Kuroda Beiwei, entered an office.

"This is my office, please take a seat."

Kuroda Bei informed him, then walked to the desk and poured a cup of amber transparent liquid from the glass teapot.

He brought the teacup to Qin Zhibo.

"Freshly brewed black tea, please taste it."

"Thanks."

Qin Zhibo took the teacup, took a sip, and it was still slightly hot.

Kuroda Bei didn't care about the temperature. He sat on the sofa next to him, picked up the teacup and took a big sip.

Then he put down his teacup and got straight to the point.

"Detective Qin, what do you think of this case?"

"The case..."

Qin Zhibo stretched out his voice and said with some shame, "I'm sorry, but there are too few clues right now to confirm who the suspect is."

"But I think it has a lot to do with the 'Woodpecker Society' that Officer Uehara mentioned."

"Do you know what kind of organization this is?"

Kurodabei put down his teacup and shook his head.

"I was in a coma in the hospital for many years, so I don't know what this organization is..."

"But I've heard a rumor that there's a secret organization supplying guns to the market."

Provide guns?

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly, remembering that the two cases that Yamato Gansuke and others had just investigated and found out that Takeda had handled were both related to guns.

Although potassium cyanide is sold in convenience stores in Tokyo, to be honest, guns are still difficult to get in Japan, where guns are completely banned.

There was probably no 3D printing in that era, so it was unlikely to print a homemade gun by yourself.

"By the way, what do you think of this guy Yamato Gansuke?"

Kurodabei suddenly asked again.

"The officer with the crutches?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and said, "It's not bad. Although he seems a bit reckless, he is actually trustworthy."

"Because even if he were to do something bad, it would be easy to reveal his true intentions..."

"Did he do something bad?" Kurodabei murmured, then changed the subject, "Actually, I just received a report that someone saw Yamato near the cremation site."

"I wanted to call him over and ask him why he concealed this at the scene, but I didn't expect him to be out."

When Kuroda Heibei mentioned this, Qin Zhibo also remembered the conversation between Yamato Gansuke and Zhufu Takaming just now. Yamato Gansuke said that he had not been there this morning.

Qin Zhibo told Kuroda Beiwei about this situation.

Upon learning of the situation, Kurodabei held his chin in his hand and said in a gruff voice, "Then it seems we need to call him back and question him..."

Just as Kuroda Bei was about to stand up, Qin Zhibo said, "There shouldn't be any need for that."

"If the murderer was Officer Yamato, he wouldn't have set the place where the body was found.

It was placed on the bridge he must cross every morning for his exercise."

"And even if you set it up there, you shouldn't lie and say you haven't been there. That would obviously arouse suspicion."

"His legs aren't very handy, so even his morning jog wouldn't be very fast. He should be very aware of whether he's being seen..."

Qin Zhibo's analysis was all based on the belief that Yamato Gansuke was the murderer, but he instead came to the conclusion that he could not be the murderer.

After listening to Qin Zhibo's analysis, Kuroda Bei stopped and said in a deep voice, "You mean someone is pretending to be Yamato?"

"Well, that's possible."

"And this person also knows that Officer Yamato wouldn't be going to the bridge for morning exercise today, otherwise the two of them might bump into each other on the bridge..."

"I guess not many people know about this. As long as we find out who this person is, he will most likely be the murderer."

"But now I have a suspect..."

Thinking back to the conversation in the corridor just now, even Morobushi Takaaki and Uehara Yui, who were childhood friends and subordinates, didn't know that Yamato Gansuke was not doing morning exercises today, so the probability of outsiders knowing this was even lower.

The scope was narrowed down a lot in an instant.

"Who do you suspect?" Kurodabei's expression was slightly heavy. "Who are you suspecting?"

"Those three people from the Takeda Group."

Qin Zhibo did not hold back this time and directly expressed his thoughts.

"When the three of them heard about the 'Woodpecker Club,' their eyes changed slightly. I guess they all knew about it."

"Even if there's no murderer among them, this is highly suspicious..."

"Besides, when we met them in the park this morning, they were also looking for Team Leader Takeda."

"I think the killer's original plan was for them to find Takeda's head in the river while they were searching for him, but the rope broke a little later than expected, so they had to give up."

"As for why the murderer deliberately disguised himself as Officer Yamato, perhaps only the murderer himself knows..."

"Perhaps his criminal plan is not over yet, and Captain Takeda is just the beginning."

"He used the Woodpecker Mark as a mark of death. His motive was likely revenge against all Woodpecker members."

After listening to Qin Zhibo's analysis, a smile appeared on Kuroda Beiwei's originally serious face.

He nodded approvingly, "It seems that what Haneda said is right. You are indeed a trustworthy person."

"Whether it's the code Amanda left behind or this case, he's able to reveal so much from such limited information. He truly is a master detective who can see the big picture from the smallest details..."

"You mentioned Kurodabei's morning exercise, and I remembered something. I wonder if it could be a clue..."

"Today is the anniversary of the death of Yamato Gansuke's childhood best friend, who was shot and killed by Takeda nine years ago."

Kuroda Heibei's words meant that he had also investigated in the direction of revenge, but it was the revenge of Yamato Gansuke.

After hearing this latest development, Qin Zhibo had a rough idea in his mind.

"I see……"

"But the murderer was very professional this time and left nothing that could serve as evidence."

"Unless he has something else to do next..."

……

After Qin Zhibo and Kuroda Heiwei left the office, they heard the latest developments from Zhufu Gaoming.

Yamato Gansuke called and said that he had received more than a dozen missed calls from Kano Akira, a thin policeman who was one of the three members of the Takeda Group.

He suspected that something might have happened, so he rushed to Kano Akira's house first and asked other police officers from the headquarters to rush over as soon as possible.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the other two people from the Takeda Group who were also at the headquarters, and guessed that they were probably in danger.

Everyone rushed to the house of Akira Kano and found that the door was not locked.

I pushed open the door and found the room was pitch black with no lights on.

but

Yui Uehara, who was walking in front, recognized the leather shoes at the entrance at a glance.

"They're Agan's shoes..."