Chapter 215
Just as Inspector Megure was about to ask what had happened, Usui Saiki suddenly said he had something to do and hung up.
Wait, don't hang up yet!! Make this clear! Are you taking him directly to the Metropolitan Police Department, or am I sending someone to assist you?!
And who was killed, how was the evidence secured at the scene, etc... This is going too far with all this rambling and incomplete information!
Is this what Shinryu Hanakawa is like after resigning? He seems so casual...
It's only when you lose something that you realize its value. Inspector Megure finally realized that Shinryu Samakawa's past tardiness, early departures, and slacking off were nothing compared to this. This is what true nonchalance looks like.
Just as Inspector Megure was frantically trying to call back, but the call didn't go through, Kiyonaga Matsumoto, the superintendent of the First Investigation Division, sent someone to fetch him.
Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment, thinking that given Shinryu Samakawa's abilities, it was unlikely that he would be assassinated by the murderer before he could finish delivering crucial information, as in the movies. He decided to wait and see if the phone would be called back.
He should go to the administrator first.
Manager Kiyoshi Matsumoto was a large, burly man who looked quite fierce.
This outward danger didn't affect his life too much, because as long as he communicated with the other person, he could roughly understand their sense of justice.
But Hanchuan Shenliu is different. Hanchuan Shenliu's danger is not mainly due to his appearance. In fact, almost no one pays attention to his appearance. His danger is more about the intuition that his inner world is also dangerous, the kind that could cause a big scandal at any time.
Once you form that impression, it's hard to change. Even chatting won't work. There's no way to get to the other person's heart and achieve mutual understanding. Han Chuan Shenliu keeps saying strange things. It's good enough if he doesn't worsen that impression!
It took his colleagues in the First Investigation Division several months to realize Samikawa Fukari's perverse sense of humor...
I thought Kenji Hagiwara was lying through his teeth to save face for someone, but it turns out it was actually true!
In short, Han Chuan Shenliu's strange temperament made him basically say goodbye to classified units and high-level officials. It was difficult to trust him without long-term interaction, and the rigid and inflexible high-level officials did not have the patience to understand him, so they simply cut him off.
Looking at Matsumoto Kiyonaga, Inspector Megure felt a great pity for Sugawa Shinryu. He thought that if Sugawa Shinryu hadn't resigned and had taken a professional exam, he could have at least become a manager in another ten years or so.
Although he felt that, purely in terms of merit, Sugawa Shinryu could be appointed now, the Japanese police promotions are basically not based on merit. People without a background can only be promoted based on seniority and have to wait for their superiors to leave so that a vacancy can be filled.
Even though Hanchuan Shenliu captured Pramia, his superiors haven't even considered promoting him!
Thinking about it this way, Han Chuan Shenliu was too lazy to play along and simply left. Being a special advisor now wasn't such a bad outcome after all.
Matsumoto Kiyonaga said with a grim expression, "Megure, I have a mission."
"yes?"
"Yasuno Yasunori's subordinate died yesterday. The on-site investigation indicates suicide. The gunpowder reaction and bloodstains all match up. However... the deceased was planning to expose Yuno's dirty secrets soon, so his sudden suicide doesn't make sense. There's something suspicious. The higher-ups suspect Yuno killed him, but they have no evidence. Can you recommend a few people suitable for solving this case and investigate?"
Matsumoto Kiyonaga couldn't help but press his temples.
Some people above are worried about what kind of leverage Yunye Taisuke has, so they hope to take this opportunity to send him to prison. Once he's on their own turf, everything will be easier to discuss.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, most cases that could be considered suicides would not be rejected, so as to avoid lowering the case-solving rate and increasing the workload.
Now... although it would be good if the case could be solved and the murderer caught, the purpose was not pure enough, and he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
Mu Mu Police Department: "…………"
Matsumoto Kiyonaga absentmindedly thought for a moment, secretly cursing the high-ranking officials who had somehow given Kumono leverage over him. When he came to his senses, he realized that Inspector Megure had not yet provided the list.
Is it really that difficult to select people?
Matsumoto Kiyonaga couldn't help but ask, "After Hanakawa Shinryu left, did you have no one else to rely on?"
The people he had called before were all very confident, immediately giving out the names of several people. But when it came to Megure, who had the best performance record, he became hesitant and seemed as if he couldn't bring himself to do it.
"It's not that bad." Inspector Megure subconsciously denied it. His subordinates were all very good, but Shinryu Saikawa was a bit of an exception.
Matsumoto Kiyoshi frowned deeply: "Then why don't you say anything?"
"...Sorry, sir, I was just thinking about how to say it."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "...???"
It's just a list, why all this careful consideration?! Surely we can't be speechless in front of his face? We've been seeing Han Chuan Shenliu every day, haven't we gotten any better yet?!
Inspector Megure said with a very subtle expression, "Actually, I just received a call from Kankawa a few minutes ago. He told me that he thinks Kumono committed murder."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "…………"
The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds before Matsumoto Kiyonaga asked with a puzzled and hesitant tone, "How did he get involved with Kumono?"
Inspector Megure: "Kumono wants Kankawa to work for his investigation company."
Matsumoto Kiyoshi was deeply shocked: "That's incredibly audacious!"
Moreover, it seems that not only is he incredibly daring, but he also dared to commit murder right under Han Chuan Shenliu's nose. How could he be so reckless? Even a resigned detective wouldn't cover up something like this!
However, it's possible that Kumono Yasunori had no other choice. If he had acted any later, his dirty secrets would have been released, so he had no choice but to silence him at this time... When he recruited Hanukawa Shinryu, he probably didn't expect to encounter this situation.
But now that it has fallen into the hands of Hanchuan Shenliu, even though Hanchuan Shenliu is currently in a state of resignation, Matsumoto Kiyonaga breathed a sigh of relief: "Then there is no problem. Quickly contact Hanchuan and ask what the current situation is."
Inspector Megure was even more exasperated: "He suddenly hung up the phone, and when I called back, the call didn't go through. I was going to ask him..."
As they were talking, Inspector Megure's phone suddenly rang again.
At Matsumoto's prompting, Inspector Megure quickly took out the phone to check it and answered it with delight: "Kanakawa-kun! Are you done with your work? What's going on? Do you need me to send someone over to help?"
Han Chuan Shenliu's indifferent voice, as if he didn't care about anything, rang out: "Inspector, Kumono will turn himself in in a bit. The evidence is with the Mobile Investigation Unit; they'll send it over together."
Memu Police Department: "...Okay, okay..."
So, during the time it took to hang up the phone, did Shinryu Hanchuan go and toy with the prisoners again?
It seems Yunye's mentality has been completely shattered...
Superintendent Matsumoto listened to the hands-free call with a subtle expression. After Inspector Megure hung up, he couldn't help but ask, "Is it possible that Kankawa... could send a batch of prisoners to the prison just by finding part-time jobs in the future?"
In the past two years, quite a few criminals have come to him voluntarily because they misunderstood Hanchuan Shenliu's true nature. However, most of them realized that Hanchuan Shenliu was actually a policeman after they found out. The rest were stubborn and believed that Hanchuan Shenliu had some high-class interests that made him want to be a policeman.
Now that Hanchuan Shenliu has resigned, it feels like there will be more people like him in the future...
Thinking of this, Manager Matsumoto couldn't help but sigh, "Could we talk to Hanchuan about not publicizing his special advisor position so much? Let the outside world think he resigned and didn't come back. Maybe we can use that to our advantage!"
Inspector Megure: "...You can discuss this with him personally when he arrives."
Although there were many flaws and no way to put it, for some reason, Inspector Megure actually felt that it was somewhat feasible.
Think about the Suminoe Group members who are still in prison. Even though they know it's a misunderstanding, some of them still dream of following Suikawa Shinryu after they get out.
Because he didn't expect the troublesome task assigned by his superiors to be resolved so quickly, Matsumoto Kiyonaga was in a particularly good mood. He even went with Inspector Megure to greet Kumono Yasunori, who had come to surrender, and the Mobile Investigation Team that was following behind.
When Yasunori Kumono drove to the Metropolitan Police Department, he saw two smiling former colleagues.
Yuno Yasunori: "…………"
When he was still a detective in the First Investigation Division, he rarely saw Matsumoto Kiyoshi so happy... After he resigned and started an investigation company, when he was trying to build relationships with his former colleagues and gather information for the company's business, he saw even fewer of these scenes.
If he hadn't remembered that he was there to turn himself in, he would have thought the two men were going to present him with flowers. But Matsumoto Kiyonaga's smile was really ugly.
His initial resentment had somewhat subsided, and he got out of the car speechlessly: "Good afternoon, gentlemen."
Matsumoto Kiyonaga and Inspector Megure both looked behind him.
Kumono Yasunori: "...Stop looking, Hankawa-kun isn't here."
The smiles on the two people opposite them vanished instantly.
Inspector Megure coughed and began the formality: "I heard you came to turn yourself in?"
“Yes, I confess.” Yunye Taisuke admitted, “I killed Xiao Zeng.”
As a former elite criminal investigator, he was skilled at solving cases, and naturally, he was also adept at committing crimes.
After the murder, he checked every possible place that could be exposed, based on his experience in solving cases. He held the gun to the victim's head and waited for an angle that could perfectly disguise it as suicide before firing. He even took into account the gunpowder reaction, so that the victim's hand, which was on the gun when he tried to stop him, would also be stained with gunpowder.
Then he cleaned the fingerprints off the gun, put Zeng's hand back on, deleted his own incriminating material from the computer, wrote a suicide note, locked the door... and so on, doing everything he could to be perfect.
When the police found him because of Zeng's death, Han Chuan Shenliu happened to be with him. He was also acquainted with the two members of the mobile investigation team, so he easily obtained the information from the scene and raised a series of questions on the spot.
She completely broke his defenses with her questions.
He even had a nagging doubt about whether he had ever truly been an elite detective, given how he had left behind so many suspicious points! He had even carried evidence that showed signs of gunpowder residue on his person without realizing it!
It was only after Hanchuan Shenliu spoke that he realized he had made such a huge mistake...
I always felt that when Han Chuan Shenliu said the evidence was on him, his eyes were full of speechlessness, as if asking, "Is this all the elite detectives are?", which made his already fragile heart even more vulnerable.
The thought that he actually had the nerve to recruit Han Chuan Shenliu made him so embarrassed that he wanted to bury himself in the ground.
If only he hadn't recruited Han Chuan Shenliu, he wouldn't have coincidentally run into the Mobile Investigation Team's police for questioning, and the case wouldn't have been solved in a flash, making him look like an idiot.
He smugly thought he had committed the perfect crime by relying on his experience as a criminal investigator, but it turned out to be a complete clown.
If it were Shinryu Kanakawa who committed the crime, he certainly wouldn't have made such a mistake...
Yunye Taisuke sighed, raised his hands, and happily received a pair of silver bracelets.
As Inspector Megure led him inside, he asked curiously, "How did you convince Hanukawa to turn himself in?"
He drove himself there and wasn't handcuffed by the mobile search team, so it felt like he turned himself in.
Mentioning this matter made Yasunori Kumon feel even more ashamed, and he felt resentful and indignant at being completely disregarded, so he refused to answer the question.
It was Ibuki Ai, who was following behind, who helped answer the questions.
"It doesn't really count as turning oneself in. Han Chuan said he had already resigned, and this wasn't part of his job description, so he asked Mr. Yun Ye to come over himself, saying that if he cooperated, it might be considered turning himself in..."
Mu Mu Police Department: "…………"
Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "…………"
That's so casual! After quitting his job, he's completely let loose, Hanchuan Shenliu!!!
Sure enough, his personality is more suited to entrapment than being a special advisor...
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Extra chapter tonight, landmine bonus chapter, 99/100 energy recharge.
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Since the story jumps to the first year of Detective Conan after the Akai arc ends, it's necessary to explain the aftermath of Hanakawa's situation here. You can speculate on Hanakawa's fate in the first year of Detective Conan based on the current information.
The next chapter will be about Akai's side.
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This case comes from "The Chronicle of Jadeite in Reverse," and writing it from Usoha's perspective would be too weak, so it's fine to just mention it indirectly.
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I saw some people hoping that Hanukawa would stay in the Metropolitan Police Department and become a high-ranking official in the first year of Detective Conan… I can only say that in Japan's promotion system… without connections, no matter how great your achievements are, it's useless. Most people just take a promotion exam when their time comes and then get promoted naturally. High-ranking officials have to wait for someone above them to fill a vacancy before someone can fill it.
So, even after working at the Metropolitan Police Department for over ten years, Han Chuan might only ever be a police inspector.
It was pointless, so after realizing she couldn't generate any suspicion points, Bo Ye simply ran away.
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