Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

? At Jinshi Metal Factory in Guoli District, Gao Cheng asked Police Officer Takagi to come with him.

As soon as we entered the factory area, we heard the noisy sound of machine processing, and the sound of metal ping-pong-pong was endless, a typical industrial environment.

The location is very remote, and the surroundings look like the countryside. The water and grass around the Tama River are lush and there are some scattered houses.

The entire area is mostly factories, warehouses, etc. Jinshi Metal Factory should be the largest factory building here, and many young people who come to Tokyo from other places will work here.

If the detective agency had closed down and couldn't afford the expensive rent in the urban area, he might have come to this kind of place like Yashima when he was desperate, although it was very likely that the factory would not want him at all.

Who knows, in this era of economic downturn in Japan, it is not easy to find a job in a strange city. Maybe it will be like Gintama World, where you can't even find a job as a waiter.

Yashima Fuyuki has not found a job for half a year, and has been relying on his girlfriend who works in a fast food restaurant to support him. He is probably also very desperate...

"About Yashima, to be honest, I don't have much impression."

In the factory office, after receiving the report from the guard, the factory manager and the former squad leader in charge of Yashima came forward to meet the guests, but faced with Takagi's questioning, the squad leader shook his head and put down the photo of Fuyuki Yashima.

"After all, he was dispatched by labor, and he didn't have much contact with him. He just arranged tasks, and he followed suit... Most of the dispatched employees are like this. It seems that the dispatch company will first tell them not to do extra things, and not Talk too much..."

Gao Cheng took up the conversation and asked: "It seems that the contracts for sending employees here are signed for three months at a time. Yashima was fired in the ninth month. Is there any special reason?"

"this……"

The squad leader hesitated and looked at the factory manager next to him.

The director of the factory is a middle-aged man in his forties with a dark complexion. He helped to answer the conversation: "It's just a simple streamlining of personnel. Now the manufacturing industry is in a recession. It's not just Yashima who is dismissed early. You can check the personnel records. understood……"

He shook his head and sighed: "Although I can understand the feelings of these dispatched employees, it is too cruel to kill the employer because of this..."

"It's still not sure that Yashima is the murderer," Gao Cheng continued to ask, "Mr. Aoyagi is the supervisor of the manufacturing department, right?"

These people don't want anything to do with the case, that's for sure.

He knew it when he came, and he would not naively think that he would say whatever he asked.

After all, even the parties involved in the case will hide...

"Yes, Mr. Qingliu himself started from the factory. He is a boss who knows the situation of the factory very well. After I was promoted to the factory manager, I often consulted with him." The factory manager seemed to respect Wuming Qingliu very much. The gentleman will come for a regular inspection."

"That means Yashima may have met Mr. Aoyagi..."

Gao Cheng wrote down the information on the notepad, stood up and said, "Can you let us visit the inside of the factory? I want to see the part that Yashima was in charge of before."

"Yes, yes."

After getting permission from the factory manager, the squad leader took Gao Cheng and the two into the factory building.

Compared with the factory workers in blue overalls, suits look out of place, especially after wearing hard hats, they are quite eye-catching, even workers who are still working can't help but look at them.

"Are you from the head office?"

"I heard it was the police..."

The noise of the factory building is much louder than that of the outside. Gao Cheng can hardly hear the whispers of the workers. When he looks over, he only sees the workers busy on the production line.

In fact, because the parts are constantly being driven along the conveyor belt, the operators can't stop at all. In addition, everyone is not close to each other. They only say a few words when they are moving. If they don't see visitors, they don't even say a word Will not say.

In a busy and terrible environment, working in this kind of place is really just for making a living and making money. Almost everyone has a numb face, and maybe they only smile when they get off work or when the salary is settled.

"This is the production line where Yashima works," the squad leader explained, "it's nothing special."

Gao Cheng looked at the assembly line-like operating procedures, and asked, "Mr. Aoyagi, did you come into contact with Yashima during his inspection?"

"I don't think I have had a direct conversation..."

The squad leader answered, and suddenly saw an operator standing on the conveyor belt, and quickly widened his eyes and shouted to stop.

"Hey!"

The operator was startled, hurriedly jumped off the conveyor belt, lowered his head and pressed the red button of the machine.

With the sound of an air leakage alarm, the conveyor belt stopped immediately, and the alarm light flickered for a while before starting to operate again.

Gao Cheng wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," the squad leader paused, then asked, "Do you want to visit other places?"

Gao Cheng glanced at the workers who continued to be busy on the production line, and said doubtfully, "We want to talk to a colleague who has a good relationship with Yashima."

"This..." The squad leader shook his head regretfully, "I tried to ask, but no one is very familiar with him, and it seems that it is not easy for the dispatched employees to communicate..."

After leaving the production line, Takagi quietly approached Gao Cheng and asked, "What should we do now? It doesn't seem easy..."

"Go out and talk."

Gao Cheng feels that this kind of investigation is still too difficult for the honest police officer Takagi. Although he is not much better, he will still secretly contact the employees behind the back of the factory management.

...

In the afternoon, Gao Cheng and Takagi returned to the Nihonbashi Police Station together, tidied up, and went to the office to report

Taking advantage of the factory break at noon, the two successfully found a friend with Yashima, a young man named Yokota.

Afraid of being fired if the factory found out, Yokota carefully chose a remote place, repeatedly emphasizing secrecy, and hurriedly returned to the factory to start work after explaining Yashima's situation reluctantly.

According to Yokota, Jinshi Metal Factory has great safety hazards. Yashima had an industrial injury accident. In order to conceal that Yashima was not allowed to apply for work-related injuries, the factory asked Yashima to go to the hospital for other reasons.

It's just that Yashima has to pay all of the medical expenses by himself. Of course, Yashima didn't want to go, but in the end, not only was the work-related injury gone, but he didn't even keep his job...

In the investigative office, Manager Matsumoto's tall man was sitting on the sofa, his serious face with scars looked very vicious.

"Deliberately concealing labor injuries?"

After receiving the report from Gao Cheng, several high-level police officers showed joy on their faces.

"Is there any connection between Yashima and the victim?" Manager Matsumoto asked with a serious face.

Gao Cheng pushed Takagi from behind and let Takagi continue to report.

"Well," Takagi said helplessly, "Yashima should know the victim, because the victim often visits the factory..."

"So," the officer of the Nihonbashi Police Station thought, "the dismissed Yashima threatened to expose the fact that he concealed the fact of the labor injury, because he was carrying a knife..."

"Officer," Gao Cheng interrupted, "it cannot be said that the knife belonged to Yashima, and there is no record of contacting the victim on Yashima's mobile phone."

"Anyway, let's continue the investigation based on this clue." Manager Matsumoto nodded slightly at Gaocheng, "I'm sorry for your inconvenience, Detective Kido."

"It should."

Gao Cheng couldn't help but think about after solving the case.

If he can make a difference this time, the police shouldn't be stingy with a little bonus, right? In addition to the entrustment fee, I can temporarily supplement my pockets.

Leaving the investigation office, Gao Cheng got a temporary search certificate, which was said to be specially approved by the above, but for him, it meant that he had to run away again.

Just a trip to Jinshi Metal is enough, it took a few hours on the road, and I am afraid it will be more troublesome.

I haven't contacted Police Officer Kaga yet, and I don't know what's going on there...

After ordering a takeaway lunch box, Gao Cheng asked Takagi by the way: "Do you know that Kaga police officer?"

Takagi recalled: "I heard a little bit, it seems that I have solved many cases in the jurisdiction before, and I could have been transferred to the main office, but I don't know why I stayed here in the end."

"Oh, he doesn't seem to like your search lesson very much."

Gao Cheng quickly took a few mouthfuls of food, and continued to ask: "By the way, how is the hospital?"

"Yashima hasn't woken up yet. I heard from the people staying there that Kaori Nakahara has been guarding the ward all day today."

"yes?"

Gao Cheng paused, and continued to eat in silence.

In the evening, Gao Cheng borrowed a police car and rushed to the hospital alone. When he found the Yashima ward, he saw Kaori Nakahara guarding the bedside.

In the quiet ward, there was only the intermittent sound of medical equipment, and the faint sobbing of Kaori Nakahara.

Yashima still showed no signs of waking up, and he seemed to be struggling to maintain his breathing. His breath of life was weak, and he might not last long...

Gao Cheng glanced at Kaori Nakahara who was covering her face in pain.

I don't know if there will be people who are so sad after his accident. If there is such a day, I would rather die silently in a corner by myself, looking for an inconspicuous place like a cat that is about to die of old age...

"Dididi!" Suddenly, the sound of the mobile phone brought Gao Cheng back to his thoughts, and woke up Kaori Nakahara in the ward.

"Sorry." Gao Cheng nodded to Kaori Nakahara who was wiping the corners of her eyes, and hurried to the aisle to answer the phone.

"How is it?" Just after talking on the phone, Kaga asked, "You haven't told me what happened at the National Factory..."

"Officer Kaga, you asked me to report to the management officer first?" Gao Cheng wondered, "Barely got some gains, where are you?"

"There are some discoveries."

Kaga stood outside the Aoyagi Takeaki ceremony venue, watching the continuous stream of funeral attendees talking to Gao Cheng.

"Come here now if you can. I'm at the funeral ceremony."

"understood."

After Gao Cheng asked for the address, he hung up the phone.

Going to the funeral venue again, I'm still not used to being a detective for so long...

The funeral venue was in a special funeral home, also known as the funeral parlor. Two sheds were set up at the entrance, and countless people in black suits waited in line in the middle.

When Gao Cheng drove over, he heard the sound of monks chanting scriptures before he saw Kaga. Not only did he not have a sense of ceremony, but he was a little noisy.

But this is a Japanese tradition, and it's not his turn to talk...

"Mr. Kaga!" Parked the car to the side, Gao Cheng looked around for a week, and quickly found Kaga outside the venue. At Kaga's request, he did not reveal the purpose of the investigation, and just acted as an ordinary mourner.

After confirming that he did not attract the attention of others, Gao Cheng explained the situation in a low voice, and shared the information obtained from Jinshi Metal with Kaga.

"Does the factory hide work-related injuries?"

Kaga pondered, looked at the scene of the ceremony and said: "I didn't find out the purpose of Mr. Aoyagi's visit to Nihonbashi today, but I found an interesting piece of news about the victim's son. Aoyagi Yuren quit because of an accident when he was in junior high school. The swimming club, which has given up swimming since then, seems to be bothered by the victim."

"Accident?"

"A student from the club sneaked into the swimming pool at night, and almost drowned. The consultant teacher found out in time and was saved..."

"But what does it have to do with the current case?" Gao Cheng wondered.

"I don't know, it's my principle not to let go of any clues."

After the wake ceremony was over, the guests shifted their positions one after another and walked into the next room where drinks and meals were prepared. Kaga narrowed his eyes lightly and found that Aoyagi Yuto and several teenagers appeared at the gate of the Buddhist Association together. Even the consultant teacher of the swimming club exist.

"These people were all students of the swimming club at that time."

"With Qingliu Youren?"

Gao Cheng looked along, just in time to see the swimming teacher pat Qingliu Youren on the shoulder as if comforting, and several other teenagers who looked like students also seemed to be comforting.

swimming club...

It feels like there is something hidden in the middle.

"If we can find out why Mr. Aoyagi went to Nihonbashi, maybe the whole case will be clear," Kaga nodded, and took a picture of Ko Chengdao, "Okay, take a good rest today, and we will run again tomorrow."

"it is good."

A smile appeared on Gao Cheng's face.

As a detective or policeman, the feeling of getting closer to the truth through investigation is like taking drugs without side effects. Even after a busy day, the spirit is more excited.

Finding out the truth is a good thing for both Fuyuki Yashima and Kaori Nakahara, as well as the Aoyagi family...

...

The next day, Kido Detective Agency.

Xiao Ai went to school, and there was breakfast and a note on the dining table as always.

In the bedroom, Gao Cheng didn't fall asleep much all night, and when he was awakened by the phone ringing in a daze, the time agreed with Kaga had already passed, and the several missed calls on the phone were all from Kaga.

"Oops!"

"Detective Kido, what time is it now?!" Kaga frowned, "Am I so unpopular?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Gao Cheng jumped out of bed, holding his mobile phone and said with a dry smile, "I'll be there right away..."

"Forget about that now, just watch TV."

"what?"

While dressing, Gao Cheng rushed to the living room and turned on the TV in confusion. The morning news happened to be broadcasting news related to the "Nihonbashi Murder Incident".

"The suspect man, who is still unconscious, had an accident in the dispatched factory half a year ago and took a rest for about a week. Originally, if he rested for more than four days due to labor injuries, he was obliged to apply to the Labor Insurance Bureau, but Jinshi Metal and manpower dispatch The company, neither party has filed an application, and there is a possibility of deliberately concealing the labor injury case..."

"What's going on?" Gao Cheng asked in surprise, "How did the media find out so quickly?"

He obviously only reported it yesterday afternoon, and no other policeman had been there before him...

"It seems that the higher-ups leaked the information, just in case there is something wrong with Yashima and cannot be sent for inspection," Kaga was not too surprised, calmly said with a hint of urgency, "It's just that we don't have much time in this way Already, if there are no new clues, the higher-ups may directly consider Yashima as the murderer and send him for inspection."

"Will it be like this? There are still many doubts, right?" Gao Cheng's palms tightened.

"Hurry up, leave Mr. Aoyagi to me for the time being," Kaga nodded, "Fuyuki Yashima..."

"I'll talk to Miss Zhongyuan again."

Gao Cheng put away the phone solemnly.

No matter what, even if you risk your reputation as a famous detective, you can't let the incident end here. There are still so many uncertainties...