Chapter 105 The Metropolitan Police Department is also catching ghosts?
"Is it my imagination? Why do you seem so proud?" Miwako Sato, who was chewing an orange segment, looked at her partner playfully. The moment her eyebrows curved, a smile overflowed from the corners of her eyes.
"That's not it."
Uehara Katsumi, who had his right elbow pressed on the armrest of the seat, turned sideways, raised his eyes to meet the woman's smiling gaze, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you ever done such a thing when you were in the police academy?"
"No."
I don’t know if it was because she was sore about the orange, but Miwako Sato curled her lips and said, "My class was very strict. It must be that it is too easy to manage our class, so I am relaxed towards you?"
"No, the management is still very strict."
Katsuki Uehara raised his left hand and shook his index finger, grinning, his brows full of pride: "But I have always believed in one sentence: There are always more solutions than difficulties."
"Do you have irreconcilable conflicts with that Oikawa Kunihiko? Is it to this extent? Did it happen during the magazine shoot?"
Miwako Sato didn't understand.
That was a police academy, and a police academy with stricter management.
Under this background, Uehara Katsumi could actually lead someone to sack the person who ranked first in overall performance, and it was just before graduation. What a big hatred.
"How should I put it? He is a rather annoying person. He always feels like a messenger of justice, so I just let him know a little bit about the dangers of adult society in advance."
"uh-huh?"
Looking at the man with a smile who was obviously avoiding the important matter and unwilling to answer directly, Miwako Sato tossed aside the orange with less than half left in her hand noncommittally. Katsumi Uehara, who had no regrets, picked up the thermos cup and drank water tactically.
Avoiding her eyes.
"Sato, have you finished writing the report on the eucalyptus from last week?"
"I finished writing, what happened?"
"A witness changed his statement. You may have to rewrite it."
"..."
Under Katsuki Uehara's gloating gaze, Miwako Sato's eyes revealed a hint of danger.
"Congratulations, it's time to work."
Katsuki Uehara, who was leaning against the back of the chair, was playing with the ballpoint pen rotating back and forth between the five fingers of his right hand. With his left hand, he picked up the notebook he used to draft and raised it toward his partner, stimulating her nerves.
Reporting something like this is a hurdle that no police officer can escape, especially at a time when laptop computers are not yet very popular.
The old-school Rumu Mu Thirteen still doesn't even know how to use a computer. He only knows how to turn on and off the computer and light up the mouse.
"Should I apply for a laptop for office use? Coding is always faster than writing."
Uehara Katsumi, who was discouraged as soon as he picked up his pen, glanced at the workstations of Miwako Sato, Rensaburo Shiratori, Wataru Takagi, and even Kazanobu Chiba. The mountains of documents and materials made him even more speechless.
After a full two hours, Uehara Katsumi, who just wrote out a line of title on the draft, felt that everything was boring:
Forget it, the eucalyptus just broke yesterday, and the eucalyptus report is not due so soon, so take it easy for now.
Uehara Katsumi raised his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. He pouted and shook the ballpoint pen against his lips. With his hands resting behind his head, Uehara Katsumi had already begun to ponder the problem of the century: "What should I eat for lunch today?"
While he was wandering in the outer world, a sudden call almost scared him to death——
"Brother Uehara."
"I'm at the police department."
Uehara Katsumi, who quickly came back to his senses and looked like he was working hard, stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. Megure Shisan, wearing an orange windbreaker, stood at the door of the office area and greeted him: "Let's go."
Go to conference room No. 3, Police Chief Odagiri is waiting for you there."
"Okay, I know."
Katsuki Uehara, who had put aside the problem of the century, nodded and walked out of the third series under the watch of his colleagues.
Conference Room No. 3 is not far from the office area of the third department. After turning a corridor and nodding to his colleagues who were walking towards him, Uehara Katsumi knocked on the door of the conference room——
“Tuk-tuk-tuk.”
"Please come in."
"Chief Inspector Odagiri, are you looking for me?"
Pushing open the door and entering, the first thing that catches the eye in the huge conference room is a figure sitting alone at the head of the conference table——
Wearing suits and leather shoes, with stern eyes and serious expressions.
As the head of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, this is the impression Odagiri Toshiro has always given people.
Katsuki Uehara didn't know much about him. I only remembered that this man appeared in the Conan movie when a big deal was involved. He was a good official. He seemed to have noticed that Conan was extraordinary and saluted him. He was even a man who wanted to uphold the law.
Justice directly arrests the ruthless man who owns his own son.
"Sit down, Uehara Police Department."
When Odagiri Toshiro saw his subordinate coming, he put down the information at hand, motioned for him to sit down and chat, and pushed a document in front of him.
Puzzled, Katsuki Uehara opened it and saw that what was recorded on it was the explosion of the Mantendo Company that he had experienced yesterday.
"Chief Inspector, what is this?"
"This is the summary of information that Megumi gave me this morning."
Odagiri Toshiro crossed his fingers and explained in words that surprised Katsumi Uehara.
How could this piece of news alarm a genuine high-ranking official of the Metropolitan Police like Toshiro Odagiri?
Is it because of the agave?
After turning to the last page of the report and seeing the words "The identity of the deceased is still unknown", Katsuki Uehara narrowed his eyes slightly, and a guess came into his mind.
As the boss of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, basically nearly two-thirds of the cases that occurred in Tokyo were handled by the Investigation Section 1, 2 and even 3 under his command; and the Forensics Section, Scientific Investigation Section and even
Therefore, the mobile teams are also affiliated with the Criminal Department.
Therefore, in terms of power alone, Odagiri Toshiro's status in the Tokyo police system is very high. It is not problematic to say that he is the de facto number three figure after Police Director Hakuba and Deputy Police Director Toshio Morohoshi.
It would not be surprising if a person like this knew something about the winery.
"You cracked this case. I need to ask you about all the things I'm more concerned about."
Just as Uehara Katsumi was thinking, Odagiri Toshiro spoke: "Do you have anything to add about the deceased and the scene when he died? Any details, even if you think they are unimportant."
"We have asked many people and checked a lot of information about the true identity of the deceased, but so far we cannot confirm it. Regarding the scene, there is actually nothing to say about the scene, because it was a bomb that killed the deceased, and the bomb destroyed everything.
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After a pause, Katsuki Uehara answered truthfully: "But what I am personally puzzled about is why not long after the deceased was killed, the bar he frequented was destroyed by a natural gas pipeline explosion."
He really didn't know the name of agave.
Odagiri Toshiro pointed at the table with his fingers, his expression seemed to be thinking or considering something.
"Has anyone contacted you since you broke the case yesterday? Whether it was inside or outside the Metropolitan Police Department."
"No."
Katsuki Uehara's eyelids twitched: "Police Chief, is there any hidden secret behind this guy?"
"Yes Uehara-kun."
Odagiri Toshiro, who has attached great importance to this junior since the last time Moses separated, nodded: "I hope you keep this matter secret, and I will handle the follow-up of this matter.
"In addition, if you feel that someone is contacting you, I hope you can inform me in time."