Chapter 498 Off-site aid personnel

"The sun is shining in the sky ~ the flowers are smiling at me ~"

The summer sky is as bright as fire.

Lie was invited to the Metropolitan Police Department and hummed the children's song "Everyone Knows" in the corridor leading to the conference room as if there was no one else around.

——In the end, the otaku Hiroki still refused the invitation to come to the Metropolitan Police Department with Lie.

It's not yet seven o'clock, but on this somewhat special day, many policemen in suits can already be seen walking past in a hurry.

Many police officers were a little confused when they passed by Lie - because at first glance Lie was not from the Metropolitan Police Department, nor did he look like the county police who were coming here from various places for a meeting today.

Moreover, Lie was afraid of the heat today and was wearing a large, high-collared gray-blue vest. He didn't look like a serious person...

In addition, the way he poked his head around to find the conference room made him even more suspicious.

"The first conference room...the first conference room...where is it? I didn't expect this floor to be so big~"

Lie scratched his head in distress.

Just when he was at a loss, a kind-hearted police officer finally came over and said, "Hello sir, I didn't know where you were coming..."

Lie looked at the other party with eager eyes, held the other party's hand, and smiled brightly: "Oh! Hello, hello~ I'm here to participate in a certain case, so... Oh, it's just a meeting,

The location is in the first conference room. Can you give me directions? This is the first conference room. Thank you!"

…

First meeting room.

The seats in the hall were arranged neatly, and many police officers were already sitting in their respective seats, or dozing off on the table, or chatting with each other among acquaintances.

Many of these police officers are unfamiliar faces.

But this does not prevent Lie from seeing a certain cub he likes sitting by the window at a glance——

"Xiao Jinping~ You woke up so early today? Look, why do you look like you haven't woken up yet? Did you have poor sleep quality? This is not possible~ Do you want to run around the Tokyo Tower after the meeting?

How many laps?”

Matsuda Jinpei, who was called out by Lie and felt hopeless: "..."

Officer Megure must have had a headache before calling this guy here, right?

When he thought that the police had reached a dead end in solving the case and had to find a detective and a criminal to help make plans, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly felt that the future of the Japanese police was gloomy...

Also invited to the Metropolitan Police Department as a crime-solving consultant is the famous Kogoro Mori——

This confused detective was not taken seriously by the Metropolitan Police Department in the early days, but later because Retsu and Hiroki were not present many times, and because of Conan's anesthesia needles, Mouri Kogoro performed miraculous feats in a coma state many times, and was arrested by the police.

The theater is regarded as 'Sleeping Kogoro'.

"You don't have to worry about that, Mr. Retsu... Lin." Matsuda Jinpei almost said Retsu's code name. Fortunately, he turned quickly, and the police officers Sato and Shiratori next to him didn't notice anything wrong.

On the other hand, Sato and Takagi looked at Lie a little apologetically - they were supposed to go out to greet him, but they didn't know that Lie would touch him without saying a word.

Matsuda Jinpei then pointed to the seats arranged diagonally in front of the conference room: "The seat of the special advisor this time is over there. It has your and Mr. Mori's names on it. You can sit down by yourself."

Feeling Matsuda Jinpei's deliberate alienation, Retsu didn't have any special reaction, and responded with a smile: "Okay, okay~ I'll sit over in a minute... But the meeting hasn't started yet? How about a chat?"

Having said that, Lie didn't wait for Matsuda Jinpei's reaction, he moved a chair over there and sat down opposite Matsuda Jinpei.

Rensaburo Shiratori, who was standing nearby reading the manuscript: "..."

Strange, the relationship between Mr. Lin and Matsuda is so good? I didn’t pay much attention to it before...

Miwako Sato, who was sitting at the next table with Takagi: "!"

Strange, why does she have the illusion that Matsuda is very similar to Mr. Lin?

As for Lie's scoundrels, Matsuda Jinpei had no idea at all. He rolled his eyes cryptically under his sunglasses and said feebly:

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

"Just the case~and today's meeting and so on~" Lie had a warm smile on his face, "There are many strange police here today. Are there so many people in your search class?"

Lie stretched out his hand and pointed at the police officers behind him who were looking at him curiously.

——In a venue where everyone is wearing a suit, it would be no exaggeration to say that Lie stands out from the crowd with such a casual look.

Matsuda Jinpei looked back and said, "No, they came from the police headquarters of each county, because this serial murder case involves a wide area..."

"Serial murder case?"

Lie's interest was aroused, "What is the specific situation?"

When Mumu Shisan called him and asked him to come over, he did not explain in detail what the case was.

"This will be discussed at a later meeting, and the detailed information about the case has not been brought over yet. Only Shiratori has a summary here." Matsuda Jinpei tried to divert Zou Lie's attention.

However, Lie's starry eyes only moved away for a second to focus on Shiratori Rensaburo, and immediately turned back to stare at him unblinkingly: "Oh~ we'll talk about it later... This case involves

Which places?"

"...Tottori, Nagano, Shizuoka, Saitama, Kanagawa, and even Tokyo."

Seeing that the method of diverting attention was ineffective, Matsuda Jinpei had to go to the battle in person to chat, "And the most recent one was near the toll station in Odawara City..."

"Is that so? That means there have been seven cases so far?" Lie counted on his fingers.

"No, it's Liuqi."

"...Eh? But you mentioned seven places~"

"That's because a victim died at the junction of Nagano and Gunma. His upper body was in Nagano and his lower body was in Gunma."

Lie: "......⊙▽⊙~"

Hey, this man died very skillfully, or did the murderer want to increase the police's workload?

After pondering the murderer's thoughts for a while, Lie then asked about the details of the case, and took out a small notebook out of thin air and started recording:

"Oh! The deceased was knocked unconscious by the criminals and taken to various places to commit crimes and then escaped... So what are the mahjong tiles found next to the deceased~?"

Matsuda Jinpei cupped his chin and said: "The six mahjong tiles are all different. Just wait for Officer Megure to come back. He has gone to copy relevant documents..."

"Oh, then, what are the missing things on the dead body?"

"...it's in the information, just wait."

Lie blinked his innocent eyes: "Hey~ You can tell me in advance~ You won't lose any meat if you say more, right?"

Matsuda Jinpei had a dark look on his face: "I'm not in charge of this case, how can I remember the specific content?"

Didn’t you know that he just finished the insurance work for those bombs yesterday? Although it was almost a week ago, it was just like the work that was completed yesterday...

……etc.

Is there something wrong with this timing?

Matsuda Jinpei was in a daze for a moment, feeling that something was not right.

"That's it... forget it~" Lie shrugged.

He noticed that Matsuda Jinpei's expression was a little strange, but he didn't take it to heart.

Just when Lie stood up and was about to move the chair back to his seat to drink some water, he suddenly paused and stared straight at the back of the conference room. At the same time, he glanced outside the door and smiled at Sato Miwako.

road:

"Officer Sato~Mr. Mori and the others seem to be here. Do you want to go out and take a look?"

"...Eh?"

Miwako Sato was stunned for a moment, and then she realized what she was doing. She didn't think too much about why Lie knew that the person was coming. She picked up Takagi, thanked her, and rushed out the door. It was their mistake not to welcome the person...

Don't make the same mistake a second time.

If Lie knew that Sato Miwako's inner consciousness was so high, he would be very pleased.

Unfortunately, his full attention was now focused on a certain policeman with eyes sitting at the end of the conference room.

Lie stared at the opponent for a while, then suddenly leaned down and whispered next to the absent-minded Matsuda Jinping: "Xiao Pingzi, have you practiced the 'Gongfa' recently?"

Matsuda Jinpei came back to his senses: "No...what?"

He has been busy installing insurance recently and has no time to practice in the United States.

"It's okay~ I just want to remind you to practice well! Once you have Qi, you will discover many interesting things."

Lie smiled and patted his shoulder, then walked straight to the last row under the gaze of a bunch of policemen, and slapped the bespectacled policeman on the shoulder:

"Haha~ Doing some research~ I would like to ask... is 'Vermouth' delicious?"
Chapter completed!