Chapter 37 Lament
"Officer Hyakugen, what can I do for you?" Odagiri Toshiro sat in his office chair, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Minister, why have you stopped investigating Inspector Kurosawa's case? There are still so many unanswered questions!" Hyakugen Ryu's eyes were bloodshot, his fists clenched, and he was trying his best to control his emotions.
"Calm down, Hyakuyuan. I understand how you feel," Odagiri Toshiro comforted her. "Inspector Kurosawa is an outstanding officer. Losing him is a great loss to the Metropolitan Police Department."
"But we have already handed this case over to the police, and we have no right to interfere."
"Why should we hand it over to the police! Officer Kurosawa risked his life to retrieve that document, why should the credit go to the police!" Hyakugen Ryu questioned, his expression extremely dissatisfied.
As everyone knows, the police are a notorious force within the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Hyakuyuan, there's nothing I can do either." Odagiri Toshiro shrugged, indicating that he was also helpless.
"But……"
"Bang!" The office door was flung open, and Jingxia Yao stormed in aggressively.
He didn't seem to be sleeping well these past few days. Two large dark circles hung under his listless and dejected eyes, and his orange hair was dry, frizzy, and lackluster.
"Minister!" Inoshita Yao shouted, protesting, "Why has the investigation been stopped!"
Odagiri Toshiro's face darkened as he looked at Inoshita Yō, who, like Hyakugen Ryū, had come to interrogate him. He frowned slightly.
"You didn't knock!" Odagiri Toshiro said, displeased.
However, Inoue Yo remained unmoved and pressed on with his own question: "The culprit who killed Ajin is still at large, so why has the investigation been stopped? We can't just let Ajin die in vain!"
"Enough!" Odagiri Toshiro said sternly, adopting the demeanor of a superior. "Inoshita Yo, I see you've been working too hard lately. I'm giving you two days off so you can go home and rest for a few days."
He effectively suspended Jingxia Yao from his duties so that Jingxia Yao would stop investigating the matter, which involved highly confidential information.
When Inoshita Yo heard Odagiri Toshiro's words, his veins bulged and his face was full of disbelief, making it seem as if he would rush up to Odagiri Toshiro and punch him at any moment.
At this moment, Jingxia Yao's ideals and beliefs collapsed once again.
When he first stepped out of the police academy, Jingxia Yao was a young man full of aspirations for the police profession. He considered himself a messenger of justice and took it upon himself to fight against organized crime.
However, during his five years as a corporate slave, he experienced a lot and learned that police officers are not perfect; some are hypocritical and cunning, and sometimes, they can even become accomplices to crime.
Today, when tragedy struck his best friend and he was unable to avenge him, Inoshita Yao felt as if his world had collapsed.
"Jin has done so much for the Metropolitan Police Department, we can't let him die with his eyes open!!!" He glared angrily and strode forward, as if he was about to attack Odagiri Toshiro.
"Officer Jingxia, calm down." Baiyuanliu stood by and stopped him. Beating up his superior was not something that could be resolved simply by suspending him from duty.
"Men, drag Inoshita Yao away." Odagiri Toshiro waved his hand, summoning several policemen who dragged the shouting Inoshita Yao away.
"Minister! Ah Jin, he..."
Once the door was closed, those inside the office could hear Yao's indistinct shouts from down in the well.
"Sigh!" Odagiri Toshiro wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead. Compared to Inoshita Yo, Hyakugen Ryu suddenly seemed particularly composed.
"Is there anything else?" he asked, also eager for the other person to leave quickly.
"Actually, there are some things I can guess. Inspector Kurosawa is still alive, right?" Hyakugen Ryu observed Odagiri Toshiro's expression and probed.
Odagiri Toshiro's eyes flickered, and he looked up to meet Hyakugen Ryu's gaze, asking slowly, "Oh? Why do you think that?"
"Minister, I was the first person to come into contact with the body, and I know the scene better than anyone else!"
As Bai Yuanliu spoke, he fell into deep recollection. Two days earlier, on that evening close to nightfall, he drove his police car to the scene of the shooting on that avenue.
At that time, the green belt in the middle of the road was smashed to pieces, the two cars had long been reduced to rubble, large patches of bright red blood on the ground were almost dried, and his most respected superior lay motionless in a pool of blood.
Baiyuanliu almost fell to the ground when he opened the car door. He was in a daze and stumbled to the corpse, where he saw the mangled body of "Kurosawa Jin".
“There were signs of a fierce struggle at the scene. I saw a knife stuck in the neck of the body and a huge hole in the abdomen, which must have been caused by a giant weapon.”
"However, what's strange is that the clothing around the abdomen of the corpse was intact, without any marks of being shot through, which most likely meant it was put on later."
"Then comes the hair..."
"Alright, I understand." Odagiri Toshiro interrupted Hyakugen Ryu's further analysis.
He sized up Hyakugenryu. Kurosawa Jin had once mentioned Hyakugenryu, a subordinate, to him, saying that he could succeed Kurosawa Jin.
The fact that she could observe so carefully after witnessing the death of her mentor and friend shows that she has considerable skill in the Hyakugen-ryu style.
However, the fewer people who know the truth about this case, the better, thought Odagiri Toshiro, picking through the pile of documents on his desk and pulling out a file.
"I know what you're going to say, that you suspect the body is fake..."
"But the fact is that the body is real."
Bai Yuanliu took the document and saw that the report was a DNA test report of a corpse. It stated in black and white that the corpse was Kurosawa Jin, and there was even a parentage test report with the head of the Kurosawa Group.
Baiyuanliu was stunned upon seeing this, and his fingers trembled involuntarily.
"I...I understand..." He lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression; only his unusually hoarse voice could be heard.
"You'll be in charge of the Fourth Investigation Division's work these next few days."
"Yes." Baiyuan dejectedly put the documents back on the table, turned around and left, looking lost.
"Sigh—" Toshiro Odagiri sighed again.
Outside the office of the Minister of Criminal Investigation, Bai Yuanliu had only taken a few steps when Jingxia Yao grabbed him by the collar and led him to a deserted corner.
"Minister, what did they tell you!" Inoshita Yao asked fiercely, "What exactly happened back then? How exactly did Ajin die?"
"Speak!" he roared.
"I'm sorry, Officer Jingxia, I have nothing to say..." Baiyuanliu lowered his head, not wanting to meet Jingxia Yao's gaze, his eyes filled with guilt.
Ultimately, Inspector Kurosawa also bears some responsibility for his death.
"Will you talk or not!" Inoshita Yao grabbed Hyakugen Ryu's collar, raised his fist high, and pretended to hit him.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." However, Hyakugen Ryu only apologized to Inoshita Yo repeatedly, refusing to say anything.
"You!" Inoshita Yao was furious. Just as his fist was about to land on Hyakugen Ryu's face, it was blocked by Ichihara Haruhiko.
"Stop, Ah Yao!"
You need to calm down!
"I'm very calm!!!"
When Inoshita saw that Ichihara Haruhiko was also physically and mentally exhausted, he was tearing at his hair in a fit of impotent rage and slamming his head against the wall.
"Go back now." Haruhiko Ichihara gestured for Hyakugen to leave, and after apologizing once more, Hyakugen hurriedly left.
“Ah Yao…” Chunyan put his hand on Inoshita Yao’s shoulder and patted him.
"That idiot Kurosawa Jin, he promised me he would never leave alone first..."
"Damn it, he's such a bastard! I'm going to beat him up, I'm definitely going to beat him up!" Jingxia Yao sniffed and covered his eyes with his hands.
"I shouldn't have... I shouldn't have let him leave the hospital..."
Haruhiko Ichihara's eyes were also moist as he weakly said, "Yao, the head of the Kurosawa Group has come to take Jin's body. He's to be buried tomorrow."
"Let's go see Mrs. Kurosawa."
"Um……"
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"This afternoon, the funeral of Kurosawa Jin, the heir to the Kurosawa Group and the officer who died unexpectedly in the line of duty, was held. Let us bid farewell to Officer Kurosawa." The television reporter dutifully reported the news.
"Some experts have pointed out that after Inspector Kurosawa's death, the Metropolitan Police Department's crime-solving rate will once again enter a period of decline..."
"Inspector Kurosawa died in retaliation by a rival; the case is still under investigation..."
"With the death of the sole heir to the Kurosawa Group, what will become of this massive conglomerate?"
At Kurosawa Jin's funeral, a heavy coffin was placed in the center.
"Ahhh—my baby—how could you leave me all alone—"
"Waaaaaahh ...
Kurosawa Ko, the head of the Kurosawa Group, dressed in black mourning clothes, was crying her heart out, making it seem as if she was about to faint.
"Madam, Madam..." Bai Miao stroked Gu Gu's back, her crying mirroring Gu Gu's.
Two drama queens: one only makes thunder but never rains, and the other only makes rain but never thunders.
[“How was my acting? Pretty good, right?”] Gu Gu broadcast the entire process live to Kurosawa Jin via Xiao C’s video call function.
[“Heh!”] Kurosawa Jin sat speechlessly on the plane bound for America.
That day, after leaving the safe house, he sped all the way to the police station, sneaked into the office of a workaholic high-ranking police officer who was still working late at night, and to the officer's astonishment at the unexpected windfall, he was recruited into the police force again and became an undercover agent.
That night, Kurosawa Jin had the Public Security Bureau make a copy of the important document, which he then handed over to the BOSS the next day to complete the mission and infiltrate the organization.
So, he was sent by the BOSS to the United States to carry out a secret project.
"You turned on the video just so I could see you howling?"
Kurosawa Jin is probably the first person in the world of Detective Conan to be able to watch his own funeral live.
That night, he let that high-ranking police officer arrange his original identity as he saw fit, and then he truly died in society!
Kurosawa Jin: ...
[“Hey, hey, don’t hang up! Mom’s going to give you something big later, just look forward to it!”]
[“What are you up to now?”] Kurosawa Jin rolled his eyes.
"Hehe, of course I'll announce something that will make the reporters happy!"
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