The three of them made an appointment to work together to catch the thief tomorrow night, and not long after, the karate competition officially began.

As soon as Lin Xin went to the sidelines to watch the game as planned, time passed by in exciting duels.

And on the other side...

In the afternoon, towards dusk, the Metropolitan Police Building.

Searching for the model workers of Section 1, the Mumu Police Department finally ended a busy day of work.

He was about to go home, but then...

Megure's boss at the Police Department, Chief Inspector Matsumoto Kiyonaga of the First Investigation Section, suddenly stopped him: "Come with me, Megure, Minister Odagiri wants to see you."

"Eh?"

The Mumu Police Department was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the situation was not good:

Director Odagiri is the current head of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Toshiro Odagiri.

Under the Criminal Department are the Criminal Affairs Division, Search Section 1, 2, 3, and 4, Search Assistant Section, Forensics Section, Scientific Investigation Research Institute, Search Support Analysis Center, and Mobile Search Team——

As the head of such a huge department, the status of the Minister of Criminal Affairs can be imagined.

The current police department only searches the third department head among the 10 forced-murderers under the First Division.

In his usual work, he rarely has the opportunity to communicate directly with Minister Odagiri, his immediate boss.

Now that the Minister of Criminal Affairs suddenly asked him to meet him, it was like an ordinary student being suddenly called to the principal's office. What he received was usually not a good thing.

"Um... why is Minister Odagiri looking for me?"

The Megure Police Department followed him to the office of the head of the Criminal Division and tentatively asked the familiar Police Officer Matsumoto.

"You still ask me?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga's naturally fierce face suddenly became even more terrifying:

"In the case at Mihua Station at noon today, do you know how much shame you have brought to the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"A few high school students, and Lin Xinyi, helped solve the case before the police arrived."

"And what about our Metropolitan Police Department?"

"I'm just responsible for finishing things, but I can actually let the prisoner grab the police gun!"

"In the end, the police failed to control the situation, and it was another high school student passing by who took action to solve the problem!"

"High school students, high school students, wouldn't our Metropolitan Police Department even have the ability to watch prisoners without the help of high school students?"

Matsumoto Policeman scolded him all over his face...

Only then did the Mu Mu Police Department realize the special nature of this case:

Indeed, in the past, cases could not be solved, but this time, even cases that have been solved can cause problems.

This is too embarrassing.

Even the leaders of the Metropolitan Police Department, who had been humiliated until their nerves were numb and had become accustomed to it, couldn't bear it anymore this time.

"Sorry...this case is indeed our responsibility to forcefully search the third department."

The police department was a little embarrassed and admitted their mistake guiltily.

"Oh... Memu!"

After all, they were old friends. Matsumoto's vigilant tone quickly softened:

"I can't help you with this matter. How you deal with it depends on Minister Odagiri's attitude!"

"Hmm..." Memu Police Department responded with a guilty conscience.

In this way, with a nervous and guilty mood, he rushed to the criminal minister's office together with Police Matsumoto.

Knocking on the office door, the two of them went in one after the other:

Minister of Criminal Affairs Odagiri Toshiro is sitting in front of his large desk.

Seeing the Megure Police Department and Matsumoto Police Department come in, Director Odagiri did not pay attention to them directly. Instead, he tilted his head and watched the TV in the office with a gloomy expression.

On TV, the host and several guests were sitting in the studio and intensely discussing a certain news topic.

The title of this news topic is:

"You can't even eat the sushi that comes to your mouth. The incompetence of the Metropolitan Police Department has once again reached the lowest limit!"

The text that flashed by was: "Lin Xin has repeatedly solved serious cases, Kyogoku really defeated the gangsters easily. In comparison, how many saviors does the Japanese police need?"

Several guests were driven crazy by the host.

Some of them are sinister and sinister, while others use simple and crude words.

Some were heartbroken and lamented, "What's wrong with this country? Let's take a closer look."

Some simply claimed that the Metropolitan Police Department had been controlled by traitors, shouting, "Honor the emperor and punish traitors today."

Several guests have different styles, and when they cooperate with each other, it can be said that they made the Metropolitan Police Department bloody.

"..."

There was a dead silence in the air.

Seeing Director Odagiri watching this kind of program with a dark face, the Matsumoto Police Department and the Megure Police Department felt nervous:

Damn...why did the reporter run so fast this time?

In the past, embarrassing things were usually published in the next day's newspapers, but now it's better...

In less than half a day, news special topics and temporary live broadcasts were even produced.

Could it be that someone is buying trending searches to hack them?

The two of them had headaches thinking about this, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

In an awkward atmosphere, Minister Odagiri finally broke the silence with a calm tone:

"Where's the officer who lost his gun?"

"Uh... I'm already scolding you." Police Officer Megure replied with a guilty look on his face.

"Don't put too much pressure on him." It was difficult to read the expression on Minister Odagiri's clear and handsome face: "Transfer him to civilian work and let him rest well."

"Yes..." The Mumu Police Department smelled the smell of gunpowder:

Take a good rest... This rest will probably last a lifetime. Then young people should not think about promotion and moving in the future.

It seems that this time, under the siege of public opinion, Minister Odagiri was indeed angry.

In this way, the Mumu Police Department carefully waited for the reprimand, and was even mentally prepared to be demoted.

But I never expected that Minister Odagiri’s next words would be:

"Lin Xinyi, how are you communicating?"

"Well...he still doesn't want to accept the invitation just yet."

The Mumu Police Department understood what the minister meant:

It was Minister Odagiri who made the decision to recruit Lin Shinichi as a forensic consultant.

Now that the Metropolitan Police Department has lost such an important figure, Minister Odagiri must have wanted to facilitate this matter as soon as possible and recruit a capable person like Lin Shinichi to help the Metropolitan Police Department regain its reputation as soon as possible.

"However, although Mr. Lin Xinyi has not yet agreed to join the Metropolitan Police, he also told me that if there are cases that cannot be solved, I can ask him for help at any time."

The Mumu Police Department finally found good news among a bunch of bad things.

"What's the difference between that and the original?"

Minister Odagiri said in a serious tone:

"What we need now is our own capable people, not a second savior."

As he said this, he thought for a while, then turned to Matsumoto and asked:

"Matsumoto, how are you doing with Lin Xinyi's background check?"

"After investigation, his background is very clean."

Matsumoto replied carefully:

"Lin Xinyi is an orphan. He grew up in Mihua Welfare Center and studied at Didan Primary School."

"When I was 12 years old, I was adopted by a young lady from the United States. I got my green card from the United States and went to live in New York."

"He attended junior high school in New York, and his high school resume is traceable. He later studied clinical medicine at Columbia University and achieved excellent results."

"After graduation, I chose to return to China for development. I rented a high-end apartment on the 18th floor of Yoneka Town 3-chome for a long time and worked as the safety director of a pharmaceutical company called 'Babai Biomedicine'."

In most people's understanding, the security director is a high-tech position, not the security captain.

So after listening carefully, Minister Odagiri didn’t think there was any problem, so he felt relieved:

"Okay, since his background is clean and there is no problem..."

"Then we can indeed give a higher stake appropriately."
To be continued...