Conan: The man who rejected the criminal department

The implication of Sotakuya's words is obvious, you are a policeman, so since you think it's okay, why don't you investigate?

What's the use of just standing here and saying something suspicious?

Interpols always rely on their legs rather than their mouths to investigate cases. With just one sentence, Zong Takuya's impression of the director of the station suddenly became bad.

Faced with Zong Takuya's doubts, the director of the station just sighed.

"Why didn't I investigate? After Kai's death, I led the other patrol officers at the station to investigate for a whole month.

But there has been no substantial progress this month.

At that time, the village festival was about to be held, and our office was already short of manpower.

Once it comes to the festival, it will be even more stretched, so we can only give up the investigation temporarily. "

"Then" Zong Takuya's impression of the resident director immediately changed greatly. It's not that he has never acted, but his ability is limited. He is not a professional criminal policeman.

Since one's own abilities are not good enough, then one can completely sway others?

Contact the superior police station, or if that is not possible, contact the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters.

Zong Takuya didn't believe that a patrolman died in an unknown way, and even his colleagues at the station found it suspicious.

Can no one take care of it anymore?

The director of the station knew what Zong Takuya wanted to say, and nodded: "I know that I am not capable enough and may not be able to find the truth about Xuan Ren's death.

So I jumped over the top and contacted the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters, hoping they would send someone down to help with the investigation. "

"The results of it?"

"Unfortunately, the criminal police sent by superiors did not find any new clues or evidence to prove that Xuanren died of homicide.

There was no choice but to shelve the case in the end. "

Zong Takuya nodded. The director was right. The file of Kai Gento's case did not indicate that the case was closed.

This means that the investigators still have doubts about the case, but there are no new clues or evidence.

The case can only be put on hold temporarily, waiting for new clues or evidence to appear one day, and then restart the investigation of the case.

The director of the station is a little excited. In his opinion, whether Zong Takuya has a great background or a brilliant method, it is good news for him.

If Sotakuya had a great background, it would be easy to restart the investigation of Kai Gento's case.

What they couldn't do back then, some people can do it now, or even do it better.

It would be better if Zong Takuya was smart and capable.

Their entire station can assist Sotakuya in investigating Kai Gento's cliff fall case.

After reading the dossier, Sotakuya asked the director: "Speaking of which, I have always been a little curious.

Director, why are you so sure that Patrolman Kai did not fall off the cliff due to an accident? "

"Because Xuanren has been the village's best archer for many years." The resident director explained:

“The so-called Yabusame horse refers to the sport of riding a galloping horse and shooting arrows at the target.

That is to say, mounted archery. For so many years, Gento has been the Yabusame archer at the festival.

For so many years, Xuan Ren has never failed at the festival.

If it was just a frightened horse, how could he not be able to control it?

Something must have happened that prevented Xuan Ren from reacting at the time, and he fell off the cliff. "

When Kai Gento's body was found, the station director heard about it and hurried there.

He also applied to his superiors for a forensic doctor to perform an autopsy on Kaigento. The results of the autopsy showed that Kai Gento did not die from falling from a height, but from starvation.

In other words, they were starved to death alive.

It was a week later when they found Kai Gento's body.

The fallen leaves covering Kai Gento's body at the foot of the cliff were blown away, and only then was he discovered.

In addition to the injuries sustained from falling from a height, the forensic doctor did not detect any other abnormal injuries on the body. This also means that Kai Gento's fall from the cliff could only be caused by the influence of others, rather than direct personal intervention.

To be honest, cases like this are difficult to investigate.

"You said that the Kai Patrolman has never missed a shot at the festival for many years, that is to say, he has never missed his target?"

Zong Takuya was a little surprised. It was really not easy to be able to achieve perfect accuracy in riding and shooting.

As we all know, shooting static targets and moving targets are completely different things.

"Not only will Xuan Ren hit the mark every time, he will hit the bull's-eye every time he rides and shoots at the festival!

Of course, this is also the result of his early practice. "The resident director seemed very proud. The festival is a very grand festival in the village.

His friend was able to steal the show at the festival, and he was sincerely happy for his friend.

When Sotakuya heard what the station director said, he suddenly grasped the fleeting inspiration: "You said that the Kai Patrolman never missed a shot while riding a gun at the festival.

So who is the Yabusame archer who succeeded him? How is the level of riding and shooting? "

"The Yasumasa Sagittarius who succeeded Xuan Ren is A Jing, a child of the Tatsuo family.

Because of his outstanding riding and archery skills, he has performed Yabusame at festivals for six consecutive years and is currently the top marksman in the village.

Although A Jing did not fail at the festival, his level was still a little lower than Xuan Ren. "

"Is that so?" Zong Takuya nodded thoughtfully, and then asked about the condition of his back:

"By the way, the village festival is about to start again, right? Are there many tourists coming today?"

The resident director thought for a while: "Actually, there are quite a few tourists this year, but they are still a little less than in previous years."

"In recent years, which year has the most tourists? Which year has the least tourists?" Zong Takuya asked.

"Let me think about it." The resident director frowned and thought. Speaking of which, he was not the village chief and did not have complete statistics on this kind of thing.

I can only make judgments based on my own impressions: "I think it was the last year Xuan Ren served as a Yabusashi horse shooter that had the least number of tourists.

I remember that the institute was not busy at all during the festival that year, and we were even able to assign people to take turns.

However, the year of Xuan Ren’s accident, the number of visitors to the festival suddenly became unbelievable. I remember that the worship center was so busy for a whole week that year.

However, since that year, fewer and fewer tourists have come to the village during the festival. "

"I see." Zong Takuya nodded and figured out a lot of details. Then Zong Takuya said goodbye to the director of the station.

He said that he would also go to Longwei's house to investigate some situations, and the resident director expressed his understanding.

When sending Sou Takuya away, he also said that if you need any help, please contact them at any time.

So Takuya returned to the restaurant where he had arranged to meet with Gunda Ikumi and Morofushi Takaaki.

When he arrived, the other two people hadn't arrived yet. So Takuya asked for a private room and ordered a lot of local dishes, like a tourist trying new things.

Not long after, Gunda Ikumi and Morofuku Takaaki returned one after another.

Gunda Ikumi had already changed out of the clothes she had been wearing when she arrived, dressing herself up like a tourist on vacation.

There are also big and small packages on hand, and it seems that he is taking care of the business in the village. (End of chapter)