Chapter 83 Backup
When Lin Xinyi hurried back to the Metropolitan Police Department, there was already chaos in the Metropolitan Police Department.
When they saw him, the police officers seemed to have seen some kind of savior:
"Manager Lin, you are finally back!"
Before Lin Xinyi had time to answer, they grimaced and said to him in the anxious tone of a college student who skipped class and was surprised to hear that the counselor was conducting a surprise sleep check:
"Go to the interrogation room and have a look!"
"Minister Odagiri, and the Hakuba Police Director, they are all here."
"The director of the White Horse Police Department is here?" Lin Xin immediately realized the seriousness of the problem:
It was just a case of catching a thief, but it even alerted the top brass of the Metropolitan Police Department.
This is equivalent to the Heavenly Court encircling Huaguo Mountain and the Jade Emperor carrying a gun himself into battle.
In fact, there is nothing we can do about it
There was even a live TV broadcast outside the Metropolitan Police Building. Even if Director Baima wanted to go home directly from get off work, he had to worry about being stopped by reporters.
With such a huge formation, he really needed to come and see it in person.
"I'll go take a look." Lin Xinyi said a few words to the police officers and then rushed to the interrogation room.
And when he arrived, right in front of the interrogation room, Minister Odagiri and Hakuba Police Director were chatting in low voices accompanied by a group of police officers who did not dare to speak out.
"This is Lin Xinyi, Manager Lin, right?"
Noticing Lin Xinyi's arrival, the White Horse Police Director took the initiative to stop talking and look over.
He had a kind smile on his face, looking like a kind-hearted and squinting old man, and he didn't seem to be angry at all because of tonight's farce.
"It's okay, don't put too much pressure on me."
“It’s good for young people to be quick and decisive.”
"Investigating a case is always a process of resolving difficulties when encountering them. This time, Kuroba Kaito has been ruled out as a suspect, and we can continue to investigate in the future."
Director Baima always smiles when he speaks, just like a leader who expresses condolences at the grassroots level.
But Lin Xinyi knew it as soon as he heard this
This uncle sounds like an old Onmyoji.
It all sounds like comfort and encouragement, but in fact every sentence is just a slap in the face.
This is not a knock on Lin Xinyi. After all, the police chief would not have trouble with a newcomer who had just joined the job.
He was just secretly expressing dissatisfaction with Minister Odagiri next to him:
Odagiri, do you trust this young man too much?
This kid is very capable, but after all, he is too young and does not understand the overall situation.
Originally, as long as enough was enough on this case, even if Kaitou Kidd could not be caught, the Metropolitan Police Department could successfully restore its credibility by using the operation at the clock tower last night.
But this kid is simple-minded and only thinks about catching the thief, and will attack decisively as soon as there are clues.
As a result, the arrests made so much noise during the day and attracted a large group of media at night.
Isn't this just putting yourself on the fire?
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Minister Odagiri silently translated the leader's words in his mind.
His face was a little gloomy, but the look he looked at Lin Xinyi was very calm, even a little apologetic.
Because he knew that Lin Xinyi couldn't be blamed for this.
Lin Xinyi was just reasonably investigating suspicious candidates based on existing clues.
To blame, we can only blame the media’s keen sense of smell and the Metropolitan Police Department itself for not paying attention to confidentiality.
"Lin, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake once."
"This is the closest we are to the truth. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be here at all."
Minister Odagiri said this with a very firm tone.
Obviously, even if this investigation did not go well, he still chose to believe in Lin Xinyi's ability.
But at this time, Lin Xinyi gave him an unexpected answer:
"An error? It's too early to say that."
"That Kuroba Kaito may not be Kaitou Kidd."
"Oh?" Both Director Odagiri and Director Hakuba looked surprised: "Didn't the fingerprint comparison result come out?"
"I know."
"But that doesn't quite explain the problem - after all, that's Kaitou Kidd."
Lin Xinyi did not answer directly, but said calmly:
"Give me a little more time and I'll get the answer tonight."
The two leaders looked at each other and expressed interest: "Okay."
And Lin Xinyi didn't explain anything more.
He directly pushed open the iron door of the interrogation room next to him, walked up to Kuroba Kaito and walked out.
Minister Odagiri and Director Hakuba also came in, allowing Kuroba Kaito to enjoy what was probably the highest level interrogation lineup in the history of the Metropolitan Police Department.
At this time, after half a day of repeated interrogations, he already looked a little tired.
Seeing Lin Xinyi and the others come in, Kuroba Kaito immediately cried out with aggrieved expression:
"Hey Mr. Lin Xinyi and the other two uncles."
"Don't the results of the fingerprint comparisons all match? How long are you going to keep me in jail?"
"I'm really just an ordinary high school student, not Kaitou Kidd!"
Minister Odagiri didn't react at all. He just wanted to see how Lin Shinichi would solve the problem.
Director Hakuba, on the other hand, looked at Kuroba Kaito a few more times:
Speaking of which, Detective Hakuba, his son who is a famous detective, seems to be a classmate of Kuroba Kaito.
That kid doesn't know anything, does he?
Director Baima was thinking secretly in his heart, but there was no expression on his face.
Under the silent gaze of these two leaders, Lin Xinyi finally spoke:
"Kidd, when did you change your fingerprints?"
"I told you I'm not Kidd"
"Besides, I've been locked up here for most of the day, how can I change my fingerprints?"
Kuroba Kaito's face was full of helplessness.
But he knew very well:
Fingerprints and other things were secretly changed by him last night.
As Kaitou Kidd, isn't it easy to go to the Metropolitan Police Department and steal physical evidence?
He was rescued by Hongzi last night and went home to prepare a mask and props. Then he rushed to the Metropolitan Police Department overnight to replace the fingerprints collected by the forensics department from the scene.
Therefore, if you compare his fingerprints with those of "Kid", the results will definitely not match.
But this doesn't mean that Kuroba Kaito really doesn't have to worry at all.
In addition to fingerprints, there was another more fatal thing that he couldn't solve when he came last night.
"DNA, you should know that your DNA test results haven't come out yet, right?"
"I personally took Kaitou Kidd's blood back to the Department of Science for research and conducted a DNA test overnight."
"I was watching the whole process, and by morning, the results of Kaito Kidd's DNA sequence had been obtained."
"Now as long as your DNA sequence is identified, we can directly compare it with the DNA sequence of Kaitou Kidd."
"If the results are consistent, then you are Kaitou Kidd."
Lin Xinyi said calmly what Kuroba Kaito was most worried about.
And Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but feel a little uneasy:
Indeed, when he came to replace the physical evidence last night, he successfully replaced various test materials such as fingerprints, blood, nails, and nail polish without anyone noticing.
But he failed to prevent DNA identification and identification of the ingredients of nail polish.
Because Kuroba Kaito came late.
Magic performances require careful preparation, and just the preparations for sneaking into the Metropolitan Police Department took a lot of effort from him.
When he sneaked in in the early morning, Kesouyan had already measured the thickness of his nails and easily confirmed the material composition of the nail scale.
And this report on the material composition of armor scale, which Kuroba Kaito himself didn't pay much attention to, later became an important basis for Lin Xin to find it among the vast crowd of people.
As for the DNA identification that Kuroba Kaito attached great importance to, he wanted to stop it, but there was no way to stop it.
Or is it because he came too late?
By the time Kuroba Kaito infiltrated the scientific research team, the DNA sample of "Phantom Thief Kid" had been amplified by PCR, loaded into a porous gel made of agarose, and sent to the electrophoresis instrument.
And this time
The porous gel with the DNA fragments looked like a large piece of jelly soaked in an electrified liquid.
Kuroba Kaito never imagined that the intermediate process of DNA identification would look like this.
He can change various testing materials such as fingernails and fingerprints, but he can't change a thing that he has never seen before.
Not to mention, Lin Xinyi is particularly concerned about DNA identification.
He kept a close eye on the instrument, leaving no opportunity to take advantage of it.
Then, in the morning, the appraisal report came out directly.
The identification report marked the genotyping of "Phantom Thief Kidd" at 16 loci. As long as this report is saved, it can be used to compare it with the DNA identification reports of other samples.
The report was saved directly to the Metropolitan Police Department’s online database.
If you want to tamper with this report, you can't do it using conventional means.
There was no other way, Kuroba Kaito could only give up temporarily and go back to make other preparations.
But who would have thought that within a few hours of his return, the Metropolitan Police would "invite" him back again.
"I have no choice but to trust Mr. Terai."
Terai Kinosuke, Kuroba Kaito's criminal assistant, is also his last resort.
After he returned in the morning, he specifically told Terai Kinosuke that if he was accidentally caught, he would use the disguise props he had prepared in advance to sneak into the Metropolitan Police Department and interfere with the DNA identification work.
As the special tool man of two generations of Kaitou Kidd,
Mr. Terai not only has excellent abilities, but he also knows many talented people in science and technology.
Even if Kuroba Kaito is in jail and unable to help, he should still be able to tamper with the identification report in the police database.
"Are you waiting for your accomplice to rescue you?"
Lin Xinyi suddenly said:
"The fingerprint comparison results are inconsistent, which means that the inspection materials may have been secretly replaced by you."
"In this case, as long as you find someone to interfere with this DNA test, and then find a way to tamper with or destroy the DNA test report of 'Phantom Thief Kidd', you can be completely free of charge, right?"
He suddenly hit Kuroba Kaito's mind.
But Kuroba Kaito always maintained his poker face without revealing any flaws.
"Alas" Lin Xinyi shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Do you know why I attach so much importance to DNA identification, and even just focus on this and not pay attention to other things?"
"Because the DNA sequence information can be completely recorded in the identification report."
"The appraisal report is not an object, but information."
“It’s easy to replace the inspection materials, but it’s extremely difficult to destroy the information.”
"So, after the DNA identification report of Phantom Thief Kidd came out, I took this report back to the forensics class and checked my office from beginning to end."
"After confirming that there are no monitors, cameras or anything like that, I"
"I just made some small preparations."
"What preparations?" Kuroba Kaito remained silent, but Minister Odagiri on the side asked curiously.
"Ha ha"
Lin Xinyi smiled slightly.
Then, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Kuroba Kaito:
"Tell you what"
"The DNA identification report of 'Phantom Thief Kidd' was automatically saved to the Metropolitan Police Department's online database."
"I also secretly sent it to my mailbox, uploaded it to the website, took it as a photo, copied it to a floppy disk, and faxed it to my home, as well as to the homes of several reliable colleagues such as Megure and Komatsu. Each of them printed 100 copies on A4 paper. Backup."
"If you have the ability, ask your accomplices to steal slowly!"