Chapter 708

Fujino naturally agreed to Inspector Megure's request.

This kind of joint investigation was the best opportunity to demonstrate one's own value.

What was more, with the Kyoto police involved, he certainly wanted to go and get a piece of the action.

If he went over there, he would undoubtedly become closer to the police from Tokyo and Osaka.

After all, he had already cooperated with the police forces of both places before.

By comparison, apart from the Shinkansen incident last time and the Numabuchi Kiichiro case, he had no other contact with the police from Kyoto.

When it came to the investigation, the police from the other two regions would provide him with more convenience, while the Kyoto side would relatively not help him with much.

As a result, with the help of Tokyo and Osaka, the clues he uncovered would ultimately be credited to the achievements of those two places.

Naturally, the Kyoto police, who did not assist him, would not receive any credit.

If a joint operation took place and Kyoto failed to find a single clue, wouldn't those big shots from Kyoto lose face?

The relationship between Kyoto and Tokyo was mediocre—neither particularly good nor particularly bad. But the relationship between Osaka and Kyoto was truly not very good.

Although their prefectures and districts bordered each other, due to various reasons, the people of the two places always made quite a fuss and essentially looked down upon each other.

It certainly hadn't reached the level where the police forces openly discriminated against each other, but since the internal police ranks were drawn from local personnel, both sides undoubtedly still held a bit of mutual disdain.

Thinking about it more deeply, the purpose of inviting him to join the joint investigation probably had some of that mixed in.