Chapter 2170: Scientific Methods of Solving Cases (Part 1)



Although he was hit by an explosion, fortunately, Officer Shiratori did not die on the spot, but he was seriously injured. Not only that, Shiratori also handed a note to Officer Sato, and after reading the content of the note, Officer Sato's face changed drastically.

After that, Officer Shiratori was taken away by ambulance, and as for Fang Zheng...

"Officer Yumi, let's go back to the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Ah, yes..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's low voice, Yumi nodded, and then hurriedly drove Fang Zheng and Okino Yoko towards the Metropolitan Police Department. In the car, Okino Yoko finally couldn't help but asked.

"Um...are all the criminals planting bombs on police cars these days? Are they all so bold?"

"Of course not. In fact, the criminal was coming for us."

"Why?"

"this……"

"Go ahead, I want to hear it, too."

Yumi looked at Fang Zheng in embarrassment, and Fang Zheng nodded. Just as Yoko Okino said, now the criminals dare to plant bombs in police cars. How brave are they?

Do you think your life is too good?

"Yes...actually..."

Soon, Yumi explained the situation to the two.

This story started seven years ago, when someone planted bombs in two apartment buildings and demanded that the police give them 1 billion yuan, otherwise they would detonate the bombs. At that time, the police sent people to dismantle the bombs, but one of them was difficult to dismantle. Therefore, with no other options, the police had to agree to the criminal's request, and the criminal also stopped the bomb's timing by remote control.

After that, the police quickly evacuated the crowd from the apartment, but what they didn't expect was that at this time they received another call from the criminal, asking them why the bomb was still counting down. At that time, the police immediately thought that the criminal might have seen the TV station's replay video and mistook it for a live broadcast, so they took this opportunity to stabilize the criminal, find out his location, and go to arrest him.

The prisoner panicked during the arrest and was hit and killed by a car.

Shortly after this, the bomb that had been stopped started again and exploded. Therefore, the police also determined that there were two bombers, and it is very likely that another accomplice mistakenly believed that the police broadcast false news on TV to lure them into arresting, and thus retaliated.

Then three years ago, the same thing happened again. At that time, a bomb was installed on a Ferris wheel. At that time, Officer Matsuda, who was Officer Sato's partner, was responsible for defusing the bomb. He could have defused the bomb, but the gangster used the bomb to inform Officer Matsuda that he had placed a bomb at another location. If the gangster wanted to know the location, he could not defuse the bomb. He would tell Officer Matsuda the location three seconds before the explosion.

In the end, Officer Matsuda chose to give up dismantling the bomb and learned that the criminals had placed another bomb at the Beika Central Hospital. As a result, the people there were saved, but Officer Matsuda was killed in the explosion.

Officer Sato has been feeling aggrieved about this matter. In fact, today is the third anniversary of Officer Matsuda's death. The note that the criminals left on Officer Shiratori's police car contained content very similar to what he passed on to the Metropolitan Police Department three years ago.

Since the police had not informed the media and the public about this case, after seeing the piece of paper, Officer Sato immediately realized that the murderer who killed his colleague had started to take action again.

"No wonder Officer Sato had that expression at that time. She must have been very sad..."

As an actress, although Yoko Okino is not as good at reading minds as Fang Zheng, she does have her own way of dealing with people. If she can't even understand other people's expressions, she would never be able to act in any TV series.

"But the prisoners are also pitiful..."

"You're wrong about that, Yoko."

However, this time Fang Zheng spoke before Yumei could open her mouth.

"Listen carefully. You think this prisoner is pitiful. It's completely your preconceived notion. Why do you think he is pitiful?"

"Because he kept his promise? But he was hit and killed by a car..."

"Keep your promise?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng snorted coldly.

"He took the lives of people in an apartment building as a hostage and asked the police to give him money. What kind of thing is this? This is insane. If the police don't give him money, do you think he will really blow up the apartment building and kill everyone inside?"

"this……"

Hearing this, Yoko stopped talking.

"The media is like this. When reporting a case, they report why the criminal committed the crime and say how pitiful he is. But what does this have to do with the police? Listen carefully. The police arrested him not because he was pitiful, but because he broke the law and caused threats and harm to others and society. To ask for money at the cost of the lives of people in an apartment building is completely insane. The last comment can only say that he still has a conscience, but it is definitely not pitiful."

"Ahem, Mr. Fang Zheng..."

Hearing this, Yumei also coughed, while Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders.

"What are you afraid of? I'm not a police officer. I'm just a special consultant. I can say whatever I want."

Fang Zheng said this because of his experience, after all, he himself was like that.

Just like what he said in the global live broadcast after bombing the United States, it was just a means of empathy to attract the public. But what about Fang Zheng himself? I just don't like Americans, I just want to kill Americans, I have destroyed the United States for several worlds, I just like to see the United States with corpses everywhere, that's all, cool!

But what if you get caught?

Of course they pretend to be pitiful, saying that they lost their family in American air raids when they were young, and that they suffered a mental breakdown and became ill due to grief. In short, they would use any means to win social sympathy. As long as they were not sentenced to death, they could wait until they escaped from prison and then strike back again. How comfortable it would be.

It couldn’t be any cooler to be able to play the police and others for fools.

But this is a good idea. Next time, I'll try planting some bombs all over the United States. It would be fun to play hide-and-seek with the FBI.

Hmm... we've gone off track, let's get back to the topic.

"That piece of paper must be the prisoner's notice, right? What should we do next?"

At this moment, Yoko Okino also understood Fang Zheng's meaning and stopped commenting on the matter.

"Go back to the Metropolitan Police Department and show you how the police solve cases nowadays."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng glanced at Okino Yoko. She was currently wearing a beautiful police uniform, and with her appearance, if one didn't look closely, one would think she was just an ordinary policewoman.

But it doesn't matter. I'm here to bring her to experience life.

With the police lights on, Yumi drove the police car all the way back to the Metropolitan Police Department. Then Fang Zheng took Okino Yoko in the elevator and came to a room on the third underground floor.

"This is……"

When Fang Zheng pushed open the door, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. The three walls in front of him were all covered with screens, and below, dozens of police officers were sitting in their seats with nervous expressions, typing on the keyboards.

"This is the Skynet system. We monitor the entire Tokyo through this system. No criminal can escape our eyes."

Fang Zheng explained to Okino Yoko, then looked forward and gave the order directly.

"Retrieve the surveillance footage from area D-46!"

"yes!"

Although Fang Zheng's title in the Metropolitan Police Department is only a special consultant, because he built and maintained the Skynet system, he has considerable authority in this regard. Upon hearing Fang Zheng's order, the police officers immediately took action, and soon the surveillance footage of the intersection appeared on the big screen.

"Bring up all the surveillance cameras covering the restaurant."

Following Fang Zheng's order, the image on the big screen switched again, but... the viewing angle was not very good.

MMP!

Seeing this, Fang Zheng cursed inwardly, but there was nothing he could do. After all, they could only install cameras in public areas, not on private land, and they would not share the information from their own cameras with you... Never mind, just make do with it.

"Shiratori and Takagi were dispatched at 3 o'clock, and the explosion occurred at 6 o'clock. All the surveillance footage for the three hours in between was saved, downloaded, and packaged for inspection... Come with me."

Fang Zheng made a gesture to Yoko Okino, then took her to his office and turned on a computer.

“Can you use a computer?”

“This…will…”

Yoko Okino looked at the surveillance video on the screen anxiously.

"But what are we going to do?"

"check."

"check?"

"Yes, you should have known that there was no bomb in the restaurant. The criminal called the police to lure the police over, and then installed a bomb on the police car while the police went to the restaurant to look for the bomb. This process must have taken a lot of time, and because the police car was parked on the side of the road, it is very likely that someone or a vehicle witnessed something. But now, we first need to find out the exact time point."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pressed the play button and then fast-forwarded. Soon, Officer Shiratori's police car drove in from the intersection and stopped in front of the restaurant at the end of the screen. Then Shiratori and Takagi got out of the police car and walked towards the restaurant. Not long after, the people in the restaurant came out one after another...

“This picture is too blurry…”

Yoko Okino looked at the figure on the screen in front of her and whispered, "Indeed, since the cameras of this era were not advanced, the people in the distance looked no different from moving mosaics. All you could see were a few moving spots of color..."

"There's nothing we can do, but it's better than nothing. Now just watch here and take note if you see anyone approaching a police car."

"Just, am I doing this alone?"

At this moment, Okino Yoko was also extremely uneasy. Although she came here to experience life, she was just an actor after all. Moreover, the criminal they were chasing now was a criminal who dared to blow up the police. This kind of thing was left to her...

"Of course not. I brought you here mainly to let you feel the atmosphere of the Metropolitan Police Department. Of course, the comparison and search work will be done by professional surveillance police officers. All you have to do is to assist in the comparison. Also, record the license plate numbers of all vehicles passing through this street during this period. We will call them one by one to investigate and ask them if they have seen anything."

"I see."

Hearing this, Yoko Okino breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly.

"I will try my best, Mr. Founder."

"Come on, I'm going to get busy too."

Fang Zheng nodded to her, then sat down at his desk and started watching the surveillance video as well.

In fact, if the Skynet system is connected to Fang Zheng's personal terminal, then the problem will be solved immediately. However, computers of this era still have their limitations. In addition, since the case happened in front of Conan, it means that Conan himself may be able to solve the case, so Fang Zheng is not so anxious... Of course, this case is also a good opportunity for Skynet to make a contribution.

Fang Zheng's main task was to collect the license plate numbers of vehicles that passed by this street during this period, and then investigate their addresses and phone numbers. He then called each of them to ask if they had seen anything while passing by. The Metropolitan Police Department was also very busy at this moment, because the criminal had also faxed the letter to Officer Shiratori to the Metropolitan Police Department. Because the letter contained baseball terms such as "Major League", the police were worried that the other party might have planted a bomb on the baseball field, so they also put a lot of effort into investigating, and almost all the personnel that could be sent by the Metropolitan Police Department were sent out...

Soon, Fang Zheng got a clue.

After receiving the call, several drivers said they saw a man approaching the police car. Because they were searching for bombs at the time, many people gathered outside the restaurant. Although these drivers were driving, they would naturally take a second look when they saw so many people gathered outside. However, they did not have a clear impression of the man at the time. However, based on the testimonies of several drivers, the other party should be a man in his thirties or forties, wearing a brown suit and glasses.

So this... well, at least it's a little easier to find than before. At least, the gender and characteristics are there.

At the same time, Fang Zheng also received news from Officer Sato. According to Conan's reasoning, they found the first place where the criminal mentioned the bomb was placed, which is - Minamibeito Station!

However, the bombs placed there were all fake.

But... for Fang Zheng, it doesn't matter.

No matter whether it is real or fake, if you set it off, it means you have been there. Then ask about the locations where the fake bombs are placed. Fang Zheng immediately had an idea.

"Immediately retrieve the surveillance footage from the time Nanbeihu Station stopped operating last night to before it started operating this morning."

"Why this time period, Mr. Fang Zheng?"

Hearing this, Yoko Okino asked curiously, while Fang Zheng just chuckled.

"It's very simple. According to the report, one of the bombs was on the roof of the train. Unless he can fly like Kaito Kidd, it is impossible for him to climb onto a moving train in public. This means that he must have found a way to sneak into the station after the train stopped running and climbed up to plant the bomb."

"I see!"

At this moment, Yoko Okino nodded excitedly and looked at the screen again.

Sure enough, based on the information, the police checked the surveillance footage again and found that indeed in the early hours of this morning, after the train stopped running, a man drove his car stealthily to the outside of Nanbeihu Station, then avoided the guards and entered the station, and only sneaked out after a long while.

Although the lighting was dim and the man's appearance and license plate number could not be seen clearly, it could be seen that he was driving a white Toyota, so the field of suspects was narrowed down again.

"The suspect is a middle-aged man in his thirties to forties, wearing a brown suit, glasses, and driving a white Toyota! Get me all the surveillance videos along the street immediately and keep an eye on this bastard!!"

Although Officer Sato said that Conan was trying to uncover the secret in the notice letter, Fang Zheng said that we are police officers, not detectives, so why do we care whether there is a notice or not? What’s the use of reasoning?

Find evidence, check surveillance, investigate the person, done!

What a bullshit reasoning preview. The person on the other side is mentally retarded, so should we also become mentally retarded?

That's what's called mental retardation.

Although we have a target, it is still difficult to find it. There are 12 million people in Tokyo, and there is no telling how many people drive white Toyotas. In fact, even with surveillance, they only monitor three intersections. After the rush hour, everyone is completely stunned when they see the busy streets.

"Keep checking, check his route before he got to Nanbeihu Station."

However, Fang Zheng was not discouraged.

"If the perpetrator of this incident is the same as before, then he certainly would not place the bomb in one place. It is likely that he is using the trick of placing bombs in two different places. To achieve his goal, he would definitely choose some crowded places. These places are not easy to sneak into during the day, so he may go in at night to install the bomb. In short, continue to investigate."

"Mr. Fang Zheng."

Just after Fang Zheng gave the order, Okino Yoko raised her head and looked at him uneasily.

"Well...I have a discovery."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng's eyes lit up, and he walked to Okino Yoko and looked at her screen. The reason why he brought Okino Yoko to investigate the case was not only to let her experience the life of a police officer, but also to use "science". After all, as one of the main supporting characters in the Conan series, Okino Yoko also has a "evidence" physique. Just like some people are prone to encounter murders while walking, some people can get key clues to solve the case without doing anything... Fang Zheng thinks Okino Yoko has this potential.

"What did you find?"

“It’s here…”

Yoko Okino pointed at the surveillance camera, and soon Fang Zheng saw a white Toyota parked in the parking lot, and then a man walked down with a bag on his back.

"This is Tokyo Tower. The time was... two days ago?"

"Ah, yes... I just heard from Mr. Fang Zheng that the criminal might have committed the crime at night, so I wanted to investigate..."

"But what made you think of Tokyo Tower?"

"Uh... because... it's more famous?"

This is also normal, just like when people think of Beijing, the first thing that comes to mind is the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.

How should I put it...the supporting characters in Science are indeed extraordinary.

Fang Zheng estimated that Okino Yoko had just thought of it suddenly, and then she opened it and took a look, and then "happened" to find...

Well... after Conan, Fang Zheng seems to have discovered the normal way to play the supporting characters in science fiction.


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