Chapter 93

Facing Hagiwara Kenji's questioning ridicule, Kitajima just opened his mouth this time, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't respond. On the other hand, Inoue, who was already talkative, suppressed his palpitations and said with a pale face and a guilty smile:

"I'm sorry, Officer Hagiwara, that you have to see such a terrible scene. But this kind of thing is not as common as you think. Look, the welfare house is so small, and it doesn't have much funds. We don't have so many fake accounts to make. This matter is actually just a special case.

The most important thing now is to investigate Sakai's case first. Officer, is there anything else we can do to help you with that case?"

Although Inoue usually likes to joke with people and has no defensiveness, when it comes to the critical moment, his ability to change the topic and draw attention is definitely much better than that of Kitajima, who is a newcomer and is gentle and reserved.

However, reality is always different from what one wishes. The person he faces is none other than Kenji Hagiwara, a social expert who is considered a rare person in the entire police force.

Kenji Hagiwara is good at controlling the situation with words, so how could he be led astray by a few words from Inoue?

He just glanced at Inoue who was trying to change the topic, and looked at Kitajima who remained silent with a half-smile, and then joked with Date Kou:

"Look, squad leader, there are still two capable people in this small welfare home. No wonder the original corruption and embezzlement of public funds have escalated directly to the level of a murder case."

Just one sentence shattered the atmosphere that Inoue had created and the direction he was about to take.

Inoue, who was about to speak, suddenly stopped talking and his expression froze instantly.

"Kenji!"

Although the effect is good, it really can't go on like this. Date Ko immediately stopped Hagiwara Kenji from directly making fun of the case during the investigation.

After all, Kenji Hagiwara is actually a member of the mobile team and does not usually participate in the investigation work of the investigation department.

Therefore, he was not very familiar with some of the taboos at the crime scene, but he had more of the work style of getting to the source that he developed in the mobile team.

In comparison, Date Kou was clearly more experienced in handling cases. He quickly changed the subject before the people in the welfare home could become dissatisfied with what Hagiwara Kenji said.

"Mori-senpai is indeed a famous detective who was born as a criminal police officer. He was able to come up with such an unconventional method to quickly break the suspect's psychological defenses and make him admit that they conspired to make false accounts last night. You are indeed worthy of our learning!"

The sudden flattery from Date Kou left Maori Kogoro confused. He had no idea what he had ever done to deserve such praise from the other party.

But he was still very good at seizing the opportunity, and immediately responded with a big laugh:

"Hahaha! No, no, I'm just cooperating with the police!"

“You are too polite, Mori-senpai. But there is one more thing that I am sure you have already noticed.

Just yesterday, on the same night, at different locations, poisoning and collective fraud occurred. They seem to be unrelated, but in fact, they are deeply connected.

"Hmm? Are there any intrinsic connections between these two things? Strange, why can't I figure out anything?"

Kogoro Mori had no idea about this and was shaking his head in confusion.

Date Kou felt helpless about Kogoro Mori's behavior.

"Mori-senpai, you are so humble. It was just like that last time. Even though you had deduced so much information, you were very easygoing and still gave us the opportunity to investigate. You finally told us the truth at the last minute. We are really sorry that you took care of us like this."

Maori Kogoro looked confused, he had no idea what he was talking about, but he couldn't keep saying he didn't know, otherwise he would look too stupid. So he had to use his best skills again and smiled to brush off the topic.

Kenji Hagiwara looked at Kogoro Mouri with surprise.

I never thought that the seemingly unreliable Mr. Mori was actually such a humble person. I really didn't see it.

Could it be that I really had made a mistake this time?

It turns out that the insight that I have always been proud of actually becomes ineffective when facing a detective!

Only Conan complained in his heart with his half-moon eyes, "I was the one who solved the case in the tower apartment last time. Uncle Maori is not humble at all, he really doesn't know anything!"

However, today's corruption case and the poisoning case are indeed closely related, as Officer Ida said. I never thought that these two officers would become so powerful after working together, which is far beyond my expectation.

It seems that if I'm lucky this time, I may not need my uncle, the "Sleeping Kogoro", to take action.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri really didn't intend to intervene, Datehang decided to make a quick decision. If the matter here is resolved as soon as possible, he and Hagiwara Kenji will have to rush back to the Metropolitan Police Department to help.

"In fact, just looking at these new account books made last night, which are thick enough to fill a whole schoolbag, you can guess it. Your fake accounts are not to deal with one or two "financial omissions", but to fake the financial circulation of the entire welfare home for a long period of time.

You can tell this by just looking at what you wrote in the account book.

In addition to being teachers, the three of you are also responsible for accounting, financial and logistical work in the orphanage.

As long as the three of you collude and work together to make false accounts, it would be equivalent to completely changing the face of this welfare home, whose financial system is already imperfect. You can decide how to embezzle. Am I right?"

"After all, according to your original plan, this false accounting will not be discovered by anyone. So you don't even need to hide the contents of the account book so carefully, as long as you can fool the people you want to deal with, it will be fine.

Moreover, the murderer knew that Sakai's body would be found today. The suicide note on the table would also prove that he committed suicide out of fear of crime for some reason.

Everyone’s focus will shift to the deceased, and naturally no one will care about the authenticity of the account contents, and the funds that disappeared behind them will naturally never be known again.”

As soon as Date Kou finished speaking, Ms. Arimori, who had been in a tense state, shouted excitedly:

"Don't keep linking our case to the poisoning case in Sakai! We were just gathering together to settle accounts, how could it be related to a murder case?"

Date Kou was immediately asked back:

"Is it really okay? Then why did the deceased's job happen to be a cashier, but the suicide note said that the deceased had been secretly operating for three years and embezzled all the donations to the welfare home. Now he feels deeply sorry, so he decided to die to atone for his sins.

However, the date of the first huge amount of money in the personal account book found in the deceased's luggage is almost the same as the starting date of the false accounting you made?

Aren’t you really embezzling the same funds?”

Ms. Arimori, who had been very excited before, paused when she heard this, and looked at Date Ko with disbelief in her eyes.

Kitajima and Inoue, who had been trying to remain calm before, couldn't help but look at each other and noticed the panic on each other's faces.

None of them had expected that Sakai, who always loved to take advantage of small opportunities but was always confused about big things, was actually secretly keeping accounts behind their backs.

When the teachers and students of the welfare home heard this, they were immediately furious.

"What is this policeman talking about? When has our welfare home ever received any donations?"

"Oh my god! Donations? And all of them were embezzled by Mr. Sakai alone? Is this true?"

"It's not just one person! Didn't you hear what the police officer said? Mr. Sakai and the other three are embezzling our donations! They might be in the same group!"

"Mr. Ono, if we get donations, can we have delicious lunch boxes at noon when we go to school? We don't have to eat dry bread anymore."

"Great! When I have money in the future, I will definitely buy a reference book!"

"I want to buy a thicker cotton coat. Winter in the mountains is really too cold!"

"I want……"

When every child in the welfare home learned that the welfare home where they lived could actually receive donations, an expression of beautiful expectations for their future life immediately appeared on their faces.

The teachers working here were immediately filled with anger. But when they thought about how Sakai, who claimed to have embezzled all the donations, was now dead, their anger turned into confusion.

The vice president was the only one who was devastated when he learned that his trusted employees had collectively committed fraud.

Now I learned that the welfare home was almost able to get rid of its current predicament, but it was destroyed by the employees he trusted.

She was almost instantly overwhelmed by the tragic news. Her body swayed and she couldn't even stand steadily. Fortunately, a teacher who had been paying attention to her supported her in time and comforted her.

After a long time, she finally couldn't help crying.

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