"Does this mean that Minister Odagiri wants to investigate his own son but isn't keeping it a secret from him?"
"Or is it that the Odagiri father and son are putting on a show, trying to silence everyone who participated in the investigation back then?"
"There's absolutely no need to use such a stupid method, is there?"
Xiaolin's eyelids twitched as she listened, trying hard to keep up with the train of thought.
But the people around them started nodding thoughtfully.
Indeed, if Minister Odagiri had ulterior motives, he wouldn't need to reopen the investigation at all. He could have easily found any pretext to suppress those three people and prevent them from speaking.
If he were truly selfless and believed that his son was the prime suspect, then his son wouldn't have known about the reopening of the investigation so quickly.
Huang Di, who has always been involved in investigating disciplinary violations within the police force, was the first to nod in agreement.
“From this perspective,” he added, “the person who shot three police officers in succession, whether or not he was the perpetrator back then, was trying to stop the investigation.”
"Then he must have channels to obtain inside information from the police."
"Or perhaps, he is one of the insiders."
Mingzhi nodded as well.
"Is this why you told the people in the Third Department that you were going to investigate them immediately?"
"Yes!" Receiving a wise affirmation, Huang Di patted his chest proudly. "I did my homework before I came!"
Yoruichi Toyama almost burst out laughing.
Brother, you really enjoy showing off in front of him!
However, at the same time, I felt that this group of people seemed to have some kind of subtle understanding.
"We can't rule out the possibility that the police officer's murder is unrelated to the case from a year ago," Takagi suggested. "They were colleagues who worked on the same case, so it's reasonable that they were targeted for retaliation because of another case."
"So, in that case, Inspector Yu Cheng's son was very dissatisfied with the three of them, saying that they were responsible for his father's death?" Nanjo said.
"That's it!" Kobayashi, after racking her brains, finally slapped her forehead and exclaimed, "Officer Sato was attacked at the wedding banquet last night, right? Did she see the killer's face? Is she in danger?"
The seemingly unrelated analyses pointed to different directions for investigation.
The next steps in the investigation were thus determined.
Huang Di proceeded with the original plan to question those from the three departments who had been involved in the police shooting incident, to see if they had leaked any relevant information to the outside world.
As the head of the Personnel Section, he clearly had a unique advantage in this regard.
Hakuba Saguru offered to assist him.
Seeing this group, everyone felt a pang of sympathy for Inspector Megure and the others.
The questioning by the head of the personnel department and the son of the superintendent general made it seem as if Chief Odagiri had already fallen from power and was being thoroughly investigated for his close associates and cronies.
Even a slippery guy like Inspector Shiratori probably wouldn't dare not tell the truth.
“Let’s go to the hospital to protect Officer Sato,” suggested Takagi and Nanjo, the former partners.
"And the high school girl who was also at the shooting scene, she is said to have symptoms of amnesia."
"If she had seen the killer's face back then, and then suddenly her memory returned, wouldn't the killer be in big trouble?"
"So she might also be in danger."
“Akemi should still be at the hospital visiting Ran, that girl,” Yoruichi Toyama said. “I’ll go with you guys so our two groups can take turns on duty.”
Although the real culprit in the original story did not harm Xiaolan at the hospital.
But given the current thoroughness of the search, it's only a matter of time before he's exposed.
Therefore, we must guard against it strictly.
"Who is Akemi?" Takagi suddenly asked.
Yoruichi Toyama was about to answer when, for some reason, her face turned red.
Mingzhi glanced at him with a smile.
"They're the perfect partner for Yuanshan. But, what a pity..."
As he spoke, he sighed again, feigning seriousness.
"I was originally going to ask you to mentor Kobayashi, but now..."
Xiaolin looked completely confused, but still eagerly stepped forward.
"No problem, senior! I can manage on my own... Ouch!"
With a "thud," Mingzhi's middle finger, which he had been bending for a long time, accurately flicked his forehead.
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