Being in Detective Conan, being officially part of the organization is just too awesome!

Chapter 919 Yokomizo Shigeo's Report.

Lin Jiayou was thinking to himself...

If Gin and his team, having provided the keywords and utilized their organizational resources without going through formal procedures, are still no match for Yokomizo Shigeo's Kanagawa Prefectural Police...................................

Then he would really have to doubt Gin and the others' competence.................................

If their abilities are not an issue...

That's it, it's a matter of attitude..............................

If even Gin's attitude is problematic............................

Heh, the organization might as well just disband; there's no point in it existing anymore.................................

"Yes--"

Upon hearing the words "Matsumoto Kiyonaga," Yokomizo Shigego immediately stood at attention and spoke loudly.

"Here's what happened..."

"Having received instructions from Manager Matsumoto, we have begun to focus our investigation on the connections between the three suspects, primarily using 'Tanabata' as a link in our screening process..."

"After receiving this assignment, I discussed it with my officers for a long time, and finally decided..."

As Yokomizo Shigeo spoke, he pointed to the picture of victim number two, Kaga Shizuko, on the daytime screen...

A smug smile curled at the corner of his mouth....................................

"With Kaga Shizuko as the primary target, conduct an investigation surrounding her......................................"

"I see..................................."

Yamato Kansuke, standing nearby, fully assumed the role of the straight man in the comedy duo....................................

He nodded, looking as if he had just realized something.

"Is it because the second victim, Kaga Shizuko, opened an izakaya (Japanese pub)...?"

"That's right,"

Yokomizo Shigeo nodded and continued speaking.

"Kaga Shizuko runs an izakaya (Japanese pub), and also works as a hostess in her own izakaya................................."

"She will come into contact with many, many people, and some of these guests will inevitably be acquaintances with her..."

"With more people, they will have access to more information, and we will be more likely to gather data..."

"In fact, our guess was completely correct....................................."

After saying this, Yokomizo Shigego took out his cell phone from his pocket..............................

He placed his phone in front of everyone and opened an email.

The email contained, quite obviously, a photo of a man...................................

"Kobayashi Kozo, a regular at Kaga Shizuko Izakaya, had a very good relationship with this victim................................."

"He is our third target in the investigation..."

"After finding him, he expressed his grief over Kaga Shizuko's death, and we also showed him the other two victims......................................"

"A photograph of victim number four, Azusa Kitajima, who also lived in Kanagawa Prefecture, and victim number six, Tsutomu Ryuzaki..................................."

"At the same time, we also emphasized the term 'Qixi Festival'....................................."

After some hesitation, Kobayashi Kozo pointed to Kitajima Azusa's photograph...........................................

"According to him, it must have been last year, around the time of Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), when Kitajima Azusa came to see Kaga Shizuko..."

"Kobayashi Kozo doesn't quite remember what they discussed..."

"The reason I remember this incident is because after Kitajima Azusa arrived, Kaga Shizuko looked surprised and immediately closed the izakaya (Japanese pub)."

"Kobayashi was very surprised, because as a regular customer of the izakaya, he had been drinking at Kaga Shizuko's izakaya for nearly ten years, but he had never seen Kaga Shizuko suddenly announce that it was temporarily closing down..................................."

"According to him, this izakaya is open almost year-round, except for special circumstances, such as when the hostess is ill, or on traditional holidays, etc."

"Like last year, suddenly closing down—this is the first time in almost ten years he's seen something like this..."

"Furthermore, as a regular at the izakaya, he comes for a drink almost every other day or two, yet he has never seen this woman, Kitajima Azusa, in all these years..."

"And yet, Kaga Shizuko is going to suspend business operations for the sake of this woman..................................."

"Therefore, Kobayashi Kozo had a very deep impression of this matter."

Yokomizo Shigeo explained it to everyone in a simple way...

Everyone listened and nodded repeatedly.

Lin Jiayou listened to these words and silently praised them in his heart...............................

The investigative approach was clear, and the key points of the case were well grasped............................

Again--

Aside from Inspector Megure, the other local police officers seem to be quite good...

"but................................."

Yokomizo Shigeo continued speaking,

"Kobayashi Kozo didn't know much about what Kitajima Azusa and Kaga Shizuko talked about, nor did he remember much about it.................................."

"On the one hand, so much time has passed, and on the other hand, after closing time, he lost interest in staying to listen to their conversation, so he's not quite sure..."

"The only thing he remembers is—"

"At the time, Kitajima Azusa seemed to say something like, 'Are you alright?' 'Are we going again this year?'..."

"According to his recollection, Kaga Shizuko, who was a female general, seemed to say something like, 'Of course I have to go, thanks to that child back then.'"

"Well, that's all Kobayashi Kozo didn't hear, and even if he did, he wouldn't remember much..."

"Therefore, based on these clues, we are able to deduce..."

Yokomizo Shigeaki thus drew conclusions based on the current findings...................................

"Kaga Shizuko and Kitajima Azusa know each other, but they probably haven't had much direct contact before......................................"

"Furthermore, there might be an intermediate event in the connection between the two, namely, something they were going to do a year ago..."

"Well, that's all we've found out so far............................................."

After Yokomizo Shigego finished speaking, the police officers present fell silent.

To be honest, the amount of information was overwhelming; they weren't able to process it all at once.

Originally, their focus was only on the relationship between Kitajima Azusa and Kaga Shizuko...............................

But now it seems................................

They don't just know each other, they're also closely connected...

And what is the meaning behind those few words recalled by that regular customer of the Kaga Shizuko Izakaya?

"alright..........................."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Matsumoto Kiyonaga spoke first...

"Officer Yokomizo's report is finished. Does anyone else have any further reports?"

"If not, I think we can first focus on analyzing the three sentences that Officer Yokomizo mentioned, which were recalled by a regular customer of Kaga Shizuko Izakaya..."