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"I do not know either."
"According to my investigation, the evidence that guy found was actually quite suspicious. I believe he must have noticed it himself afterward, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately not informed the local newspaper of his name!"
"But even though he already knew the truth and knew he was wrong, he still insisted on his previous reasoning, just for the sake of face and reputation. In the end, he caused the death of my friend!"
Yue Shui gritted her teeth and said angrily,
"I will absolutely not let this bastard get away with this!"
"So, you don't mean to kill him to avenge your friend, do you?" Matsuda asked helplessly.
Yue Shui remained silent and did not answer, clearly indicating that she did indeed have this plan in mind.
“I also encountered a revenge case a couple of days ago,” Matsuda advised. “If you want revenge, you should take it out on what that guy cares about most. Just killing him will only drag you into it as well.”
"In that case, I doubt your deceased friend would be happy either."
"Judging from the fact that that guy clearly realized he was wrong, yet still refused to change his reasoning, what he cares about most is probably his reputation as a detective,"
Yue Shui paused,
"Does Inspector Matsuda mean that he wants me to reveal the truth?"
Chapter 76 The Story of Matsuda's Father
"We'll decide what to do with him after I've investigated his identity."
Matsuda kept everyone in suspense, saying that it was Koshimizu who said that so many detectives at the Shikoku Police Headquarters were misled about this matter by a high school student.
Matsuda suddenly had an idea: if he could damage the reputation of detectives in society, the Metropolitan Police Department would be overjoyed.
Although the local police headquarters in Shikoku may lose face.
In fact, the higher-ups at the Metropolitan Police Department have long been dissatisfied with the fact that local police headquarters are being suppressed by detectives.
Even in Tokyo, before Matsuda, the First Division's Inspector Megure relied entirely on the Kudo father and son to solve cases.
This makes the police seem inferior to detectives.
Any detective can boss the police around.
If Matsuda can successfully curb the detectives' arrogance,
This would be absolutely beneficial and harmless to his promotion within the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Officer Matsuda."
Yue Shui had no idea that there were so many twists and turns involved.
She stood up and bowed respectfully to Matsuda.
"Don't worry, the truth about your friend will definitely come out."
Matsuda offered her a word of comfort, and the two then exchanged phone numbers and email addresses.
"Actually, I didn't trust the police at first, after what happened to my friend,"
Yue Shui raised her hand and tucked the stray hairs that had fallen across her cheek behind her ear, revealing her delicate earlobe adorned with a sky-blue stud.
She looked at Matsuda and said with a smile.
"However, Officer Matsuda's previous behavior has improved my perception of the police quite a bit."
"Actually, I didn't like the police to begin with,"
Matsuda shook his head, and then, to the surprise of Koshimizu and Conan, told them a story.
There was a man who was a professional boxer.
Once, during his running training, he encountered two people fighting.
This man had already reached the boxing final and was giving his all to fight for the championship.
He worried that if he went to mediate the fight, he might get involved and end up missing his own match.
So he just glanced at the two fighting and then left.
But the next day, one of the two who were fighting died.
The police, based on testimonies from people who saw the man around the time of the crime and at the scene,
And the fact that the deceased was also a professional boxer led them to believe that the man was the murderer.
They speculated that the man and the deceased had an argument because of professional boxing.
Then the deceased was punched to death by that man.
Based on these two points alone, the police arrested the man.
"These two points, the former only proves that the man was at the crime scene, and the latter is just a deduction. How can these be used as reasons for the police to arbitrarily arrest people?" Yue Shui asked in surprise.
“Yes,” Matsuda sighed and chuckled, “but the police did indeed arrest that man based on those two points.”
"And then what happened?" Conan asked anxiously. "Was the truth of the matter uncovered?"
"The matter was eventually investigated and resolved; the real culprit was caught, and the man was released by the police."
Matsuda took a sip of coffee and said in a deep voice,
"Unfortunately, it will happen three days later."
"Three days. You said before that he was training for the championship battle. Does that mean he missed the competition?" Yue Shui speculated.
"Yes, because of the police's arrest, he missed the championship match he had been fighting for for more than ten years."
Matsuda continued, his expression complex.
“From then on, the man always had bad luck no matter what he did, and then he completely gave up on himself and started drinking heavily until his wife couldn’t take it anymore and divorced him, and the once happy family was broken up.”
Seeing the pain mixed with reminiscence on Matsuda's face, Conan tentatively asked, "Officer Matsuda, that man and you..."
“He is my father,” Matsuda countered. “Well, didn’t expect that, did you?”
"Given what my father went through, I should hate the police, so why did I choose to become one myself?"
Conan and Koshimizu nodded in agreement; they did indeed have the same question in their minds.
"In fact, even today, I still can't forgive the policeman who ruined my father's dream because of his own mistake at work, and then acted like nothing happened."
A smile appeared on Matsuda's lips as he spoke loudly.
"So I want to give all the police chiefs, including the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, a good beating to vent my anger, and then I, Matsuda Jinpei, will become the new Superintendent General!"
"I want to change the Metropolitan Police Department, and change all the police in Japan! At the very least, I want to prevent tragedies like my father's from happening again. That's my goal and dream as a police officer."
"How about it? Isn't it amazing?" Matsuda asked with a smile.
"Yes, that's a truly great dream. If every police officer were like Officer Matsuda, my friend wouldn't have ended up like that," Koshimizu sincerely wished. "I believe Officer Matsuda, you will definitely achieve your dream!"
……
After parting ways with Koshimizu, Matsuda took Conan to the entrance of the aquarium to wait for Sato and Ran.
On the way, Conan looked at Matsuda and suddenly asked, "Hey, you're not thinking of using the media to report on the detective that Koshimizu-nee mentioned to the whole of Japan, are you?"
"So what if it is?" Matsuda glanced at him.
“If you do that, that detective will be completely ruined, and he might also…” Conan couldn’t help but say.
"Suicide?" Matsuda patted Conan's head.
"So what if he committed suicide?" Matsuda sneered. "He drove an innocent girl to her death for the sake of his reputation as a detective. It's best that he's dead."
Conan fell silent. From a detective's perspective, he also looked down on colleagues who would drive innocent people to their deaths for the sake of fame.
“But if you do this, it’ll probably be very difficult for high school detectives to work in Japan in the future,” Conan sighed.
"Isn't that good?" Matsuda retorted. "High school students should focus on their studies. If you really want to be a detective, you'll have plenty of time to do it after graduation."
“I’m more concerned about Koshimizu than that bastard high school detective,” Matsuda said slowly. “I hope she doesn’t do anything stupid.”
"So, the reason you just said you became a police officer was because you hoped that Sister Koshimizu would be like you, not choosing hatred, but thinking about making a change?" Conan was taken aback.
"Yes, I hope that girl understands what I mean."
Matsuda sighed.
The two stood at the entrance of the aquarium and called Sato and Ran. The two arrived quickly afterward.
"That girl is gone?"
Sato glanced sideways at Matsuda, a hint of jealousy in his eyes, and asked,
"What does she want with you?"
Chapter 77 Yumi's Attempt to Extract Information
"Investigate the name of a detective,"
Matsuda recounted everything that Koshimizu had asked him to do.
"That girl who was driven to her death, she was so pitiful," Xiaolan said with a face full of sympathy.
"Are all the police in Shikoku idiots? They were misled by a high school kid," Sato said angrily.
Let alone Shikoku, wasn't the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department also manipulated by Shinichi Kudo and his son before?
Matsuda could only think these words; he didn't dare say them aloud.
Although it was the truth, Sato couldn't help but feel that Matsuda was saying she and the other police officers in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department were idiots.
"But with so many police officers around, why does that girl insist on looking for you?" Sato said, somewhat annoyed.
"Hey, why is Officer Sato so concerned about that female detective named Koshimizu?" Ran teased. "Is it because of Officer Matsuda?"
"I don't care about her at all!" Sato snorted. "I just don't know why, but seeing her makes me feel uncomfortable."
Isn't that still something you care about?
The remaining three thought to themselves.
……
The day after returning to Tokyo, Matsuda arrived at his office and immediately began asking in the first division if anyone knew any police officers from Shikoku.