Superintendent Baima stood in front of the blinds, his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery downstairs through the grille, sweating profusely.
The afternoon sun alternated between light and dark, and the entire office was filled with an extremely hot atmosphere.
He could still hear complaints coming from downstairs.
During the hottest days of summer, the Metropolitan Police Department area was undergoing line maintenance and there was a power outage. All electrical appliances were paralyzed, including the air conditioner that "saved the Metropolitan Police Department."
Without air conditioning, the Metropolitan Police Department building turned into a stuffy steamer, and everyone thought they were the fat monk who was captured by a monster and was waiting for his three disciples to come to his rescue.
Even though he was sweating all over, the White Horse Superintendent did not complain. He believed...
If you calm down, you will naturally feel cool.
There was no air conditioning in primitive society, but could people have survived?
I really don't know what those spoiled policemen downstairs are complaining about...
As he thought about it, he took out a frozen popsicle from the insulated box on the table, tore open the wrapping paper, and bit off a piece.
In the eyes of people like Megure Jusan, the importance of air conditioning is roughly equal to that of Kudo Shinichi. After all, they are both saviors!
Boom boom!
Someone knocked on the office door. Superintendent Baima's body shook, and with a flick of his wrist, the popsicle drew a graceful arc in the air and fell accurately into the trash can.
The next second, he hid the incubator under the table, sat upright at his desk, picked up the documents and pen...
"Enter."
Squeak...
"Lao Ma, is there a power outage here?"
Carrying a file bag, Makoto Sakaki walked into the office first, his face covered in sweat.
The office of the White Horse Police Chief was on the top floor. The elevator was out of service, so they had to walk up the stairs. Climbing the stairs in the sweltering summer weather was an extremely painful experience.
"Oh, it's Brother Sakaki Makoto..."
Seeing that it was Makoto Sakaki who came to visit, Superintendent Hakuba breathed a sigh of relief and stopped pretending. He took out the incubator from under his desk and came to the sofa:
"Today we suddenly received a notice that the power lines in the surrounding area are aging and need to be repaired and replaced. It is expected to take three days... Please take a seat."
"No wonder there are ghosts and wolves howling downstairs, all clamoring to go out on field missions..."
Sakaki Makoto and the other two sat on the sofa, tugged at their collars, and saw the cold mist slowly rising from the incubator, which was filled with ice cubes. Among the ice cubes were various kinds of ice cream, including the well-known Japanese national ice cream Curry Curry (soda flavor).
"Life is pretty good."
Sakaki Makoto glanced at the White Horse Superintendent with deep meaning:
"Eating alone?"
"Ahem...public funds are tight lately, and I'm poor. I bought this privately..."
Superintendent Hakuba kept his eyes on the file bag in Makoto Sakaki's hand. He knew that Makoto Sakaki would come to deliver the bribe information of Thomas Sindora today, and he had been looking forward to it.
Compared to the bribery file, what are a few ice creams?
If Sakaki Makoto is willing, Superintendent Hakuba can buy all the ice cream in a convenience store and give it to him in exchange for the file.
"Xiao Ai, Conan, don't be polite to Lao Ma, his things are our things."
Sakaki Makoto didn't consider himself a guest at all. This time his work was "voluntary". Did he get paid?
No!
The only good thing was that I found out a lot about Karasuma Renya, and...
I saw Miss Miyano's childhood appearance.
Miss Miyano and Conan took out the ice cream from the thermal box. Superintendent Hakuba personally took a few empty cups and took out a bag of chilled grape-flavored iced fruit, which was actually fruit-flavored ice cubes. When added with sparkling water, it became a simple iced drink.
"Please drink."
Superintendent Hakuba pushed the cup in front of Sakaki Makoto with a smile on his face.
"I heard that you have already got the bribe list, brother?"
The hot weather always makes people restless, so Superintendent Baiba simply got straight to the point.
"Right here."
Sakaki Cheng held up the thick file bag in his hand, waiting for the price to be raised:
"Oh, Old Ma, you don't know how much effort we put into this list. Jack the Ripper is no pushover, and Professor Moriarty is even more so!"
“I understand, I understand…”
As expected, a few ice creams were not enough to get rid of the problem. The White Horse Superintendent sighed inwardly, stood up and took out an envelope from the desk drawer:
"As usual, 500,000 yuan. This is a personal commission from me, so I won't use the official account."
"I can't take this money."
Facing the envelope containing 500,000 yen, Sakaki Makoto said in a serious tone, contrary to his usual attitude:
"We are all friends. How can I charge money for doing things for my friends?"
"puff!"
Conan, who was tasting iced grape sparkling water, couldn't help but spit it out.
Without having time to wipe the water stains from the corners of his mouth, he looked at Sakaki Makoto in shock, his eyes full of horror.
Sakaki Makoto who plucks feathers from passing geese and leaves the skin of beasts behind...
When did you change your personality?
No money?
Are you sure it's not Kidd in disguise?
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Conan quietly reached out his hand and touched Sakaki Makoto's cheek, intending to tear off the hateful mask.
result...
Bang!
Just as his hand was halfway extended, it was ruthlessly shot down by Makoto Sakaki.
"No money?"
Superintendent Hakuba thought that Sakaki Makoto thought it was too little and said:
“You can add more.”
“Really.”
Sakaki Makoto still insisted:
"Expressing gratitude with money is really vulgar. I just read Jin Ping Mei recently and found that friends should still be open with their hearts."
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