Cleverness Backfires

September 24th, one week since Shiraishi took office.

After four morning meetings and touring various departments during the day, Shiraishi had met nearly all the police officers at the station...

He had a general grasp of the officers' basic situations, and Shiraishi knew in his heart who had Potential and which department they were suited for.

However, transferring positions always required some pretext—after all, this was actual work, not a game. Making casual transfers might displease officers and even dampen their enthusiasm.

Therefore, Shiraishi did not act rashly at this time. Moreover, most officers could actually perform well and gain experience in their current positions...

Shiraishi also gained a new understanding of management positions like that of Chief, directly responsible for hundreds of people.

It was completely different from his previous role as a Section Chief on the front lines!

As Chief, Shiraishi's personal ability was not needed most of the time...

If the Police Dog wasn't working, the Chief would sniff himself; if training for the Metropolitan Police Department Martial Arts Competition was falling behind, the Chief would fight himself... This was not acceptable!

Although it could solve immediate problems, it offered no help in terms of the Police Station's operations.

Early one morning, Kawai stood guard nervously at the entrance of the 5-chome Koban in Beika.

Seeing her like this, Fujisato Seiko beside her asked curiously, "Huh? Kawai, why are you so formal today?"

"Section Chief Fuji! You should get ready too... Judging by the time, the Chief will be running by again soon!" Kawai said nervously.

That's right, the Chief ran past here every day...

On Wednesday, Kawai was startled—shortly after six in the morning, a "huge dark shadow" streaked past the Koban entrance. It looked abnormal no matter how she saw it. Having just finished her night shift, she thought she had encountered a supernatural event...

Later, she heard from colleagues at the morning meeting that many Kobans had seen it!

And...

They soon figured out what "that thing" was...

When viewed in slow motion on the camera, it was the Chief running at high speed!

At first, everyone was puzzled, but after a discussion among the Koban patrol officers, they discovered it wasn't "the Chief speeding past the Koban entrance while I was on duty," but rather... "the Chief doing his morning run all over Beika Town early in the morning"!

As for why it was "speeding"?

Later, they pieced together the Chief's route and found that the Chief ran a winding path through Beika Town, passing all seventeen Kobans in about one hour and ten minutes, covering a distance of approximately 30 kilometers!

In other words, excluding the time spent doing high knees in place while waiting for traffic lights, the Chief was running at a speed of about 30 km/h...

In other words, for the Chief, this wasn't "speeding," it was just a steady morning run. It was only "a bit fast" to him, but appeared as "speeding" to others!

(In the real world, the world record for a 42km marathon is two hours and one minute. Considering the physique in this book world is slightly stronger, Shiraishi Kuro running 30km in an hour is very scientific.)

After realizing this, the Kobans in Beika Town became very tense—this was equivalent to the new Chief "inspecting" their duty posts every day?

Well, Shiraishi Kuro hadn't thought that far ahead...

It was mainly for exercise!

After all, his Lv10 Physique was roughly equivalent to the human limit for a 159kg individual. Not only did Physique temporarily decrease when injured, but if he slacked off on daily physical management, he wouldn't be able to maintain the "human limit."

He still had to exercise himself to maintain his physical condition!

If he ate and drank excessively every day and lived a decadent life, his body would gradually decline. This was a very scientific Point Allocation System; it wouldn't unscientifically lock his body in a certain state.

Especially since Shiraishi Kuro had been hospitalized for a month, and now he had some excess fat to burn...

It was just that Shiraishi hadn't expected his "little morning exercise" would throw the entire station's Koban patrol officers into a panic!

Of course, that was fine...

The reason Shiraishi Kuro planned this route was indeed with the intention of inspecting Beika Town.

Patrolling was the best way to improve the security of the jurisdiction!

Although Koban patrol officers seemed to be grassroots, they were extremely important and formed the fundamental guarantee of overall security.

Shiraishi was essentially inspecting the patrol officers every day...

And because of the "30km/h Chief" passing by every morning, the enthusiasm of each Koban had increased. Even... the patrol officers couldn't complain about having to attend the morning meeting at the station every day—after all, the "30km/h Chief" ran past all the Kobans during his morning exercise before heading to the station to preside over the morning meeting!

However, Fujisato Seiko said to Kawai at this moment, "Today is Saturday, the Chief probably won't come..."

"Eh? Isn't the Chief doing his morning run? Won't he run on rest days?" Kawai was stunned.

At the same time, she felt a bit resentful—senior police officers were so much better... they had rest days!

"No, I heard Gen mention before that he and Yamada are going to help the Chief move today... and they're going early in the morning," Fujisato Seiko recalled.

That's right, Shiraishi was indeed moving today...

Previously, Shiraishi had lived in the Metropolitan Police Department's dormitory. After all, although he was an Inspector and Section Chief before, Shiraishi had never married and had no need to move out. Living in the dormitory also made commuting more convenient.

But now that his workplace had moved to Beika Police Station, even if he continued to live in the Metropolitan Police Department's dormitory, no one would force him out. However, transportation would be inconvenient—Minato Ward and the area where the Metropolitan Police Department was located, Chiyoda Ward, were indeed close, but not that close. Moreover, he had his morning run every day, didn't he?

"Eh? Section Chief Gen and Senior Yamada... are they that eager to get ahead?" Kawai showed a strange expression at this moment.

Genjiro and Fujisato Seiko were both "Sergeants," while Yamada was a "Patrol Officer" at the same level as Kawai, but he had been working for several years. Therefore, the newcomer Kawai called Gen and Fuji "Section Chief" and Yamada "Senior."

Kawai thought at this moment, Minister Gen and Senior Yamada are always not getting enough rest, often complaining that they haven't slept in a bed for days while tailing someone. He never expected that now, on a day off... they would proactively help their leader move?

If this isn't trying to "get ahead," what is it?

"Get ahead? You think too highly of those two idiots," Fuji said, rolling his eyes.

"Huh?" Kawai was taken aback.

"Have you forgotten what day it is? Remember to take some time to rest later, we still have to go back to the Police Station's dojo," Fuji reminded him.

"Dojo... Ah! Today is... Ahhhh..." Kawai deflated completely.

After their night shift, they still had to participate in the weekly "Arrest Technique Training"!

"In the civil service, the police system is probably the most inhumane!" Kawai complained about the exploitation within the police world.

Suddenly, Kawai realized, "Ah! I get it... Minister Gen and Senior Yamada want to use helping the Chief move as an excuse to skip training! Damn it... they're so cunning!"

Well, with that excuse, Vice Chief Murasaki wouldn't be able to say much.

However...

Two hours later, at Kagemaiha Apartments.

Gen and Yamada had already finished helping the Chief with his luggage and were now drinking beverages at Shiraishi's new place...

Shiraishi had hesitated before whether to move directly into the Beika Police Station's dormitory.

He was alone anyway, and living in the dorms would be fine!

But upon closer thought, he was already a "Chief Superintendent" and held the position of Chief. Even if he didn't care about "face," living in the dorms within the station would make the other young police officers living there uncomfortable...

It would be hellish to finally get some rest only to have the Chief living "upstairs/downstairs/next door."

Moreover, with the rank of "Chief Superintendent" and the position of "Chief," his income was already quite substantial. Shiraishi decided to find a high-end apartment – he didn't scrutinize it too much, after all, he couldn't remember the specific plot details of Conan, and besides... in Beika Town, an apartment this large, wouldn't there be deaths in the future? It didn't matter where he lived!

Shiraishi chose Kagemaiha Apartments, which had a good living environment and wasn't too far from the Police Station...

Of course, it was a rental... Buying a house was out of the question. Not to mention the ridiculously high housing prices in Tokyo. Even with good loan approval as a senior police officer, with murder scenes popping up all over Beika Town in the future, buying a house now would easily lead to insolvency.

"Phew! Alright, let's go!" Shiraishi said after moving the last piece of luggage.

"Huh? Chief, is there still luggage?" Gen was surprised.

"No, the move is finished. Thank you very much... Just in time, we can go to Arrest Technique Training!" Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

Gen, Yamada: ???

"Ch-Chief... You're going to... Arrest Technique Training too?" Gen froze.

"That's right, I'll give you all some proper guidance today! Hahaha..."

Gen, Yamada: ...

Even though they had just finished helping the Chief move, ... the Chief himself was going to Arrest Technique Training. What else could they say?

Later, on the way to the Police Station, Shiraishi once again experienced the cramped discomfort of a standard Fong Tin police car. Shiraishi had already criticized Gen and Yamada for using official vehicles to help him move.

As they were heading to the Police Station together, Shiraishi was seen struggling to "fold" himself into the back seat...

Unfortunately, local police stations didn't have other models of police cars. Shiraishi was contemplating looking into buying a larger vehicle when he had free time. Otherwise, constantly squirming in the Fong Tin wasn't ideal!