The weather is fine today, and since it is Saturday, the business of Rice Flower Department Store is naturally good.
People come and go, either to watch movies or to shop. It is much more lively than on weekdays.
Although she came to investigate Shuichi Akai's whereabouts, Judy couldn't help but feel discouraged after finding nothing.
After saying goodbye to Conan and others, she and Camille, who was traveling with her, chose a cafe in the mall.
But just when she was halfway through her meal, Judy received a call from James: "Sorry, boss, I haven't finished my lunch yet."
"Hello Judy, how long do you plan to take for lunch?" James said helplessly on the phone.
"Well... because something happened before, we are still having lunch in the cafe of Beika Department Store." Judy explained embarrassedly.
"Something happened?" James asked in surprise, "Is there any problem?"
"No, no, that's not the case."
Judy quickly denied it, “I was just investigating some things, but I didn’t find anything.
Kamal is going to the bathroom now, we will meet you when he comes back."
"Okay, I understand." James nodded.
"That's all for now. I haven't finished the iced tea I ordered yet." Judy said goodbye to James, hung up the phone, and walked towards the restaurant.
On the other side, in the men's restroom, Kamal was absent-mindedly washing his hands after using the toilet.
"What's going on? Miss Judy's attitude has changed drastically recently. It's like she's become a completely different person..."
Kamal mechanically washed his hands, his mind lost in thought: 'I remember the change happened after the last robbery at the Imperial Capital Bank...
Although Miss Judy told me not to tell Mr. James, but what is the matter with that black hat...
Just as Kamal thought of this, he saw a black baseball cap appear in the mirror reflection.
But when he saw the profile of the man under the hat, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Because the other person looks exactly like Shuichi Akai!
Kamal subconsciously followed the movement of the man in the mirror, but the next moment the other person's image disappeared.
He turned around to look at the bathroom exit and saw a man in a black jacket walking out.
"Wait, wait, wait a minute!"
Kamal ran out of the bathroom with an expression of disbelief, shouting to try to stop the other person, but the man did not stop at all.
When he caught up and ran out of the mall, he found that the figure who looked like Akai Shuichi was no longer there in the bustling mall with people coming and going.
"Could that person just now be Mr. Akai?!"
Kamal looked around and chose a direction to run.
No matter if it was an illusion or something else, he had to look for it!
——Kamel is searching——
In the cafe, Judy put down the empty glass of iced tea in her hand, clasped her hands together and thought about the results of the previous investigation.
"It's really strange. If a silent man with burn scars on his face went to buy a hat, the salesperson at the counter would definitely not forget such a unique person..."
"But after visiting for so long, not a single shop assistant had any impression of this. Could it be that there really wasn't such a person who went to buy a hat?"
'But if that's the case, who am I seeing?'
Recalling her experience at the Imperial Capital Bank, Judy couldn't believe that the other party was a non-existent person.
After all, I was sitting next to him at that time and actually touched him.
But when the bank robbery was solved, he did not find the other person among the hostages. It was as if that person did not exist at all and he had completely lost any trace of him.
Even today's investigation was the same, no one remembered each other at all.
Judy, who was stunned, came back to her senses and her eyes began to focus.
The next moment, Judy's expression changed, and she found that there was something unusual about the base of the cup she was looking at.
"That's weird, one corner of the coaster is bent?" Judy paused for a moment and recalled, "Was it like this before?"
Feeling strange, Judy picked up the cup that was empty and only ice cubes were left, lifted the coaster and looked at the back. The next moment, her pupils contracted violently.
Because on the back of the cardboard coaster, there was a sentence written clearly.
[Run away, this area is dangerous]
'Shuichi! '
Judy's face was full of horror. She immediately stood up and looked around, but she didn't see any figure that looked like the other person in the store.
But soon, Judy took a deep breath and began to force herself to calm down.
Since the other party is unwilling to show up and meet them, he may have his own considerations.
Or maybe he had to hide his tracks because of information he didn't know.
But no matter what, the other party’s reminder cannot be ignored now.
Suppressing the urge to look for Shuichi Akai, Judy began to call Camille to contact him and reunite with him.
…
Compared to Camille encountering someone who looked like Shuichi Akai himself, Judy received a warning that looked like it came from Shuichi Akai.
On the other side, Kogoro Mouri was very unhappy because his investigation had yielded no results at all.
It was fine when Kogoro Mouri and the others arrived, as it was lunchtime, but after the three of them investigated and visited several counters, there were more and more people coming.
When there are too many people, it becomes much more troublesome to ask the store clerk questions, after all, they have to entertain customers, so the investigation progress becomes slower and slower.
I finally finished shopping at all the counters on this floor but ended up finding nothing.
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