Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

The atmosphere in the meeting room was serious. Inspector Megure sat at the top seat, and those sitting on his right were people Lin Xiaochen was familiar with.

When Natsume saw Lin Xiaochen walk into the conference room, his eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly stretched out half of his palm from the table and waved towards Lin Xiaochen.

Lin Xiaochen noticed his action and responded by giving him a polite smile.

Officer Megure also noticed the interaction between the two, but did not say much. He coughed twice, indicating that he should remain serious, then stood up and said, "Officer Yamato, Officer Hayashi, let's not talk about politeness for now. I have another important matter to ask you to come here today. Ida, turn on the projector."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaochen and Officer Yamato looked at each other, and the originally relaxed expressions on their faces suddenly became heavier and more serious.

Then, Date Ko led the two police officers to sit on the left side of Inspector Megure, and then turned on the projector, clearly projecting the relevant case information onto the huge screen.

Three horrifying photos of victims popped up, and then Idahang switched the PPT to the next one.

Three more bloody photos.

Yi Dahang stood up and introduced with a notebook: "At five o'clock this morning, sanitation workers found a human arm in the bushes of Mihua Park. When the police arrived, they found that the remains of the victim were scattered in various corners of Mihua Park. After DNA comparison, it was confirmed that they were the same person. The specific identity of the deceased is still under investigation. The time of death was between one and three o'clock in the morning."

"Three days ago, a fisherman in Beido Town was fishing by the river and caught a fresh human head. We sent frogmen to salvage some of the remains. The body was thrown into the water, so it is not complete. The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed yet. The time of death was between midnight and six o'clock."

"The last one was a finger found seven days ago on a hill in Mika by an early morning exerciser walking his dog. The body parts of the third victim were picked up one by one along the artificial trail. This is the only victim whose identity can be confirmed - Masahiro Goda, a math teacher at Teitan Elementary School. The time of death was six in the morning seven days ago. This was also the closest we got to the criminal. The biological reaction of the corpse showed that the victim had been dead for only an hour when the body was found."

"These three cases were kept secret by the police, and the outside world was unaware of them. Because the bodies were dismembered and the time intervals were short, we have already combined the cases for investigation." Date Kou looked in the direction of Yamato Gansuke and the others, "until we received a joint investigation request from Nagano."

"You suspect the same murderer." Yamato Gansuke said, "Unfortunately, that's not the case. Seven days ago, when the first case occurred in Tokyo, three of our victims were also killed. If they rushed to Tokyo overnight to kill people, the time would be very tight."

"Also, the three bodies in Tokyo had very rough cross-sections, and the bones at the joints showed signs of being cut by knives. However, the ones in Nagano Prefecture—" Yamato Gansuke motioned Lin Xiaochen to adjust the PPT, "the cross-sections were very clean, and the bones were not even damaged in any other way, just like the Chinese idiom."

He was a little stuck, and Lin Xiaochen quickly replied: "It's like butchering an ox. Every cut of the criminal was made along the physiological structure. He is very familiar with the human body. We tend to think that he is a professional like a surgeon, or a professional killer."

Lin Xiaochen took out his notebook and said, "To be honest, in order to track down the criminal, Officer Yamato stayed up for three days in the monitoring room of the Traffic Police Department. He finally found traces of the criminal in a corner and tracked him down to Tokyo."

"The case in Nagano has not been made public." Yamato Gansuke thought of something, "I tend to think it's a coincidence."

"Coincidence?" Natsume asked involuntarily, "This kind of vicious case would be fine if it happened in one place, but it happened in Nagano and Tokyo at the same time in just a few days, and the methods were so similar, how can Officer Yamato attribute it to coincidence?"

His words were somewhat aggressive, and Yamato Gansuke frowned: "Officer Natsume, do you have any good ideas? The methods are similar, and even the timelines overlap. Could it be that the criminal can split himself to kill people?"

"That means it was a gang that committed the crime. It's not surprising that their methods were similar. It's just that one of them was more professional, while the other was a bit amateurish. Isn't this a reasonable guess?"

Xia Mu argued, and at the same time cast his eyes on Lin Xiaochen who remained silent, "Officer Lin, in your opinion, which possibility is more likely?"

At this moment, several other police officers also focused their burning gazes on Lin Xiaochen. Lin Xiaochen felt like sitting on pins and needles, with a thorn in his back, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Due to pressure from the board of directors, Yamato and Gansuke were ordered not to disclose the fact that they were being coerced by others to the police station, and even the crucial letter of complaint had to be concealed.

Thus, from the perspective of Tokyo police officers, gang crime undoubtedly became a possible explanation for this case.

Lin Xiaochen had no choice but to turn to look at Yamato Gansuke, only to see the other party shaking his head slightly, signaling him not to act rashly.

So, he could only sigh and say, "Maybe it's just a coincidence..."

Hearing this, Natsume couldn't help but sneer, turned his head with disappointment, and said sarcastically: "They are really the police from Nagano..."

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Yamato Gansuke's voice suddenly became low, and he was obviously a little annoyed.

"Natsume." Officer Megure glared at Natsume with a warning look, and looked at Lin Xiaochen and the others with a hint of displeasure, "Officer Lin, there aren't so many maybes when the police are handling cases."

"You are right, but the evidence to prove that it was a gang crime is not sufficient. If I make subjective substitutions, it may be detrimental to future investigations." Lin Xiaochen smiled like a fox.

"We are all here for the sake of investigating the case, so please be friendly." Ida Kou tried to smooth things over. "Officer Yamato, Officer Hayashi, we in Tokyo are not familiar with the case in Nagano, so there are bound to be omissions in the details. Please bear with us. Of course, if you can add something else, that would be even better."

Lin Xiaochen's heart sank. From what Ida Hang said, based on his keen sense, he should have guessed that Nagano Police Station was hiding something.

Yamato Gansuke was no fool either. He also heard the wit in Date Kou's words and couldn't help but look up to Date Kou.

However, due to the threat from the director, he did not mention the report letter after all, but only added: "Our three deceased had worked in the welfare home. If you follow your thinking, the identities of the remaining two deceased can focus on screening those who have participated in social welfare."