Chapter 3421 3433 [Halloween Dress]
"Hmm?" Officer Takagi followed Jiang Xia's words and looked towards the roadside in confusion. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he caught a glimpse of a figure on the sidewalk.
It was a young man with brown hair and a windbreaker, wrapped in a scarf, with his hands in his pockets, walking quickly forward.
At first glance, this person looked like a passerby on an autumn day. However, because of Jiang Xia's words, Officer Gao Mu took a closer look and suddenly recognized him.
"Doctor Arata!" There was just enough space to park the car on this stretch of road, so Officer Takagi immediately pulled over, happily rolled down the window, and shouted outside, "What a coincidence!"
The "passerby" paused and stopped.
Officer Takagi opened the door and got out. "I haven't been able to contact you lately. There are documents I need to sign regarding the case at your house last time. I happen to be going back to the Metropolitan Police Department, so why don't we go together?"
The "new doctor" stood there without moving, looking like he had no intention of accepting the invitation at all.
Officer Gao Mu noticed and quickly added, "Just take a look at the documents and sign them. It'll be quick! I'll drive you wherever you want to go after that."
"..." Perhaps realizing that he didn't want to give up easily, the innocent witness he was holding onto sighed after weighing the pros and cons for a moment, "Okay then."
…
5 minutes later.
"Dr. Xinchu" was sitting at the reception desk and glanced at Jiang Xia next to him: "..."
Why are you everywhere?
Fortunately, unlike usual, the detective didn't initiate much conversation today. However, this atmosphere made one's nerves rise, feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Fortunately, Officer Takagi ran over with the documents. He handed the pen to "Doctor Shinide" and pointed at the document: "After you read it, just sign here."
The fake doctor didn't even look at the patient and just wanted to leave quickly. However, the opposite happened. He had just written the first word when the ink ran out - the pen had run out of ink.
"New Doctor": "..."
Officer Gao Mu looked embarrassed: "Maybe there have been too many people signing recently. Um, I'll go find another one!"
"Use this." A caring voice came from the side, and Jiang Xia took out a pen and handed it over.
"..." The "new doctor" took a deep breath, picked up the pen and quickly wrote it down. Then he efficiently returned the pen with one hand and handed over the document with the other, "Is that all right?"
Officer Gao Mu took the document, but Jiang Xia didn't take the pen. He waved his hand and said, "You keep it. How can a doctor not carry a pen with him?"
Just as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from a distance: "Jiang Xia!"
Jiang Xia raised his head and found that the person who came with the voice was Suzuki Sonoko, who was holding two sandwiches.
This classmate, who ate three healthy meals a day, stopped in front of Jiang Xia, chewing on a sandwich while handing the other one to Jiang Xia: "Why didn't you call me to take the statement?"
Officer Gao Mu was checking signatures when he heard this and said, "This case doesn't need so many witnesses. Jiang Xia and a few classmates of the deceased are enough... Hmm?"
As he spoke, he belatedly realized something and looked around: "Where's the new doctor?"
The handwriting is interrupted in the middle, it seems that I should sign again.
But when I looked down, I found that the missing ink spot was exactly the last stroke of the first character, and Dr. Shinchu had hurried away, as if he had something urgent to do...
The thoughtful Officer Takagi didn't pay attention to this detail. He put the documents away, took statements from Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko, who was on a buy-one-get-one-free deal, and then skillfully acted as a driver to take the two witnesses and regular customers home.
On the way, Suzuki Sonoko remembered something and slapped her thigh belatedly, "Oh no! I was planning to borrow makeup props from Chuanghua and ask her what kind of makeup would be best for you, but who knew something like this would happen!"
"Huh?" Officer Gao Mu was startled at first, then he slapped his thigh: Oh no! In the transcript just now, they actually forgot to write down the reason for Jiang Xia's presence, and instead assumed that the detective's presence was normal...
Wait, so it seems that the previous case was not written about either.
This...why don't we wait until the next case comes and put it all together?
After all, it was already late and the car had driven some distance. Officer Takagi really couldn't say something like "Let's go back and take a fresh statement!" to the two minors.
After a fierce inner struggle, he finally pretended that he had not thought of anything and continued driving.
Next to them, two high school students seemed to be still chatting about their cute costume party. Suzuki Sonoko hesitated, "How about I ask her now? But with two classmates suddenly gone, Chuanghua looks very sad now, and she might not be in the mood to discuss this."
"Don't look for her, I'll do it myself." Jiang Xia comforted, "I'm actually quite experienced in playing ghosts."
Suzuki Sonoko was skeptical: "Really?"
Jiang Xia nodded confidently.
Suzuki Sonoko then became excited: "Then I'll wait and see! - Speaking of which, I have to accompany Xiaolan to the tennis match during the day and to the Halloween party in the evening... This vacation is really fulfilling."
Jiang Xia glanced at her and asked, "Are you going to that tennis match too?"
Suzuki Sonoko nodded: "Xiaolan said that she might have something to do tomorrow, so she asked me to look after the kids while she's away and make sure they don't get lost."
After a pause, she remembered something and asked Jiang Xia, "Why don't you go and take a look? I checked. Besides the tennis match for the kids, there's also a regular tennis tournament going on there with a lot of professional players participating. It's bound to be very lively!"
Jiang Xia showed a regretful expression: "I want to go too, but unfortunately I have something to do tomorrow."
In the front driver's seat, Officer Takagi, who was about to suggest that going to the tennis tournament might be better than coming to the Metropolitan Police Department, said: "..."
Sigh, Jiang Xia's schedule is so packed. I really don't know when I can find him to finish taking notes.
…
The other side.
Conan did not go back to the Mouri Detective Agency with Mouri Ran. He used the excuse of taking care of a sick classmate and returned to Dr. Agasa's house, just like a few days ago.
After Ran Mouri, who brought him here, left, Conan immediately went out again under the puzzled gaze of Dr. Agasa, climbed over the fence, and sneaked into his home.
Because no one had lived in the Kudo residence for a long time, the children in the neighborhood had mistaken it for a haunted house. Fortunately, after Mao Lilan discovered this, she would occasionally come to help clean it, finally avoiding the embarrassing situation of dust all over the floor.
Even so, there is still a dead atmosphere here all year round, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this is an empty house.
But now…
Entering the yard, Conan turned on the flashlight and recalled how he found his water meter and electricity meter.
When he opened the lid, he saw that the pointers inside were jumping, and the numbers were completely different from what he remembered.
Conan's eyes changed slightly.
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