"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 generation was very strict. It must be that the management of our generation is too easy, so I 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 you make a fuss 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. It was just before graduation. How big a hatred this was.
"How should I put it? He's quite annoying. 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, Sato Miwako tossed the orange with less than half left in her hand noncommittally. Katsumi Uehara, who had no regrets, picked up the thermos cup and strategically drank water, avoiding her eyes.
"Sato, have you finished writing the report on the knot of the eucalyptus last week?"
"I finished writing, what happened?"
"One of the witnesses 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 this kind of thing is a threshold that no police officer can escape, especially at this time when laptop computers are not 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 Sato Miwako, Shiratori Rensaburo, Takagi Wataru, and even Chiba Kazanobu. The mountains of documents and materials made him even more stunned.
After two full hours, Katsuki Uehara, 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. Uehara Katsumi, who rested his hands behind his head, 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 here, police department."
Uehara Katsumi, who quickly came to his senses and looked like he was working hard, stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. Megure Thirteen, wearing an orange windbreaker, stood at the door of the office area and greeted him: "Let's go." Go to conference room 3, Police Chief Odagiri is waiting for you there."
"Gene Era"
"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 3 is not far from the office area of the third department. After turning down 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."
"Police Chief Odagiri, are you looking for me?"
Pushing the door open, the first thing that caught the eye in the huge conference room was 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.
Katsumi Uehara doesn't know much about him, I just remember that this person appeared in the Conan movie version when a big deal was involved, and he was a good official. It seemed that he recognized Conan's extraordinary status and saluted him. He was even a ruthless man who directly arrested his own son in order to safeguard legal justice.
"Sit down, Uehara Police Department."
Seeing his subordinate arrive, Odagiri Toshiro put down the information at hand, motioned for him to sit down and chat, and pushed a document in front of him.
The puzzled Uehara Katsumi opened it and saw that the explosion at Mantendo Company that he had experienced yesterday was recorded on it.
"Chief Inspector, what is this?"
"It's 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 disturb 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 him; 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 no problem 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 such a person 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. .”
After a pause, Katsuki Uehara answered truthfully: "But what I am personally more 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, as if he was 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.
"Also, if you feel that someone is contacting you, I hope you will let me know immediately."
