Chapters 3530 & 3542 [Jiang Xia: Prioritizing Organizing Gatherings] Requesting Monthly Tickets ()
A school doctor stared at the disconnected phone, lost in thought.
On the other side.
After Dr. Araide walked away, Sonoko Suzuki stroked her chin and said, "You know what, Dr. Araide was really acting a bit strange today."
Ran Mouri nodded: "I thought he would come to have dinner with us, but he probably has something urgent to attend to."
Conan secretly wiped away a cold sweat, and subtly smoothed things over for the unfortunate real school doctor: "It must be because his family's case is going to trial soon, and he's been too busy, which is why he's acting a bit strange."
"Is that so?" Sonoko Suzuki then thought of a new route. She chuckled and suddenly began to recite in a narrator-like tone:
"The protagonist, exhausted after a long day, thought that the supernatural events at school had come to a satisfactory conclusion. But what she didn't know was that the school doctor who had helped them in the case was no longer himself."
Conan: "..." That's kind of scary. I meant the truth you accidentally brushed off.
Ran Mouri was genuinely startled: "No!!"
She had finally managed to get Jiang Xia to come and resolve the paranormal incident, and she was finally able to go to school for her duty a few days later... She didn't want all her efforts to go to waste!
"Haha, don't worry, I'm just describing one possibility." Sonoko Suzuki pulled out her notebook, swiping through notes as she muttered to herself:
"It seems like the main storyline, but it's actually a bad ending side story... It's not that easy to get to the end and get the romantic CG with 'Detective Jiang Xia'!"
Ran Mouri caught a glimpse of her childhood friend's mischievous grin, shook her head helplessly, glanced at the sky, and began to consider her next move:
"I took half a day off this morning... After lunch, I have to go to the karate club for an event."
Sonoko Suzuki nodded: "I need to go check out the tennis club too—we'll meet up after school and go buy the things we need to visit Ms. Judy tomorrow."
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "I have to meet with a few clients this afternoon, so it might be a little late. Let's meet at the shopping mall."
He received an email from Gin yesterday. But compared to buying a gift for Ms. Judy, his delicious colleagues were definitely more appealing.
However, the sushi restaurant we agreed to go to was right next to the shopping mall, so we could just go there after dinner and it wouldn't be too late.
Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki readily agreed, not at all surprised: it was more surprising that someone as busy as Jiang Xia would take the time to come to the school to investigate a prank that had no murder.
...
After having lunch at a nearby shop, the group walked to the intersection, ready to go their separate ways.
Conan looked left and right, wanting to go with Ran Mouri, but also a little curious about Jiang Xia's client.
Just then, Sonoko Suzuki noticed something. Looking at the park next to her, she asked in confusion, "Why is Officer Takagi picking up trash in the park?"
"Huh?!" The group of people couldn't help but turn around and look at the police officer they knew so well, following Suzuki Sonoko's words.
Upon closer inspection, they indeed saw Officer Takagi in the park, his head buried in a trash can, frantically searching for something.
“This…” After a brief moment of confusion, Ran Mouri broke free from the thoughts that Sonoko Suzuki had led her astray. “Instead of picking up trash, he should be looking for physical evidence.”
Conan narrowed his eyes: "He doesn't seem to be wearing gloves, and there are no other police officers around—this doesn't look like he's looking for evidence, it looks more like he's lost something."
Just as he was about to ask Jiang Xia next to him to verify the answer, he looked up and saw that Jiang Xia had already walked over there: "You'll know once you go and see."
Sonoko Suzuki slapped her palm: "That's right, why guess when you can find out by asking?"
Conan: "..."
As a detective, why ask questions when you can guess them?!
...
Anyway, everyone else went to find Officer Takagi, and Conan hesitated for a while before finally following along on foot.
Officer Takagi was oblivious to the approaching students. He rummaged through the trash can for a while, then lay down on the ground and peered into the bushes.
"No……"
"No……"
"No, not here either!"
The desperate police officer collapsed to the ground: "Where did I put it?"
As he was muttering to himself, a voice suddenly came from beside him: "Officer Takagi? What are you doing?"
"Huh?" Takagi Wataru looked in the direction of the voice, paused for two seconds, and then suddenly jumped up in surprise.
Remembering Jiang Xia's nickname "Answer Machine," he rushed over as if he'd seen a savior: "I can't find my police ID!"
Ran Mouri was startled: "You lost something as important as your police ID?!"
For police officers, their police ID is just as important as their gun and baton. Losing it is a very serious mistake, and in the worst case, it could even lead to dismissal from public office... Even her clumsy father rarely makes such a serious mistake!
Thinking of all this, Ran Mouri suddenly became genuinely anxious: "What should we do... Let us help you look!"
Compared to something as important as this, club activities can simply be skipped again.
Sonoko Suzuki didn't have a father who was a former detective, so she didn't fully grasp the importance of a police officer's badge. However, seeing Officer Takagi's dejected appearance, she roughly understood the situation.
"What's there to rush?" The carefree high school girl patted Jiang Xia on the shoulder, her tone still carrying the lingering air of a screenwriter. "You're unlucky, but also lucky—because you met Jiang Xia!"
Conan: "..." Losing a police ID is no joke. You're just making such a guarantee for Jiang Xia? What if he can't find it? After all, losing something isn't like a three-option scenario; there are far too many possibilities...
Beside him, Jiang Xia didn't seem so pessimistic. Just like when he was investigating a case, he calmly asked Officer Takagi, "When was the last time you saw your police ID?"
Officer Takagi slumped onto a nearby bench, exhausted, and said weakly, "I discovered my police ID was missing this morning when I was on my way to work. I searched the entire room but couldn't find it."
“I clearly used it when I was on duty yesterday. So after thinking it over, I think the loss of my ID must be because of something that happened last night.”
"—After getting off work yesterday, I passed by this park and suddenly heard people arguing."
"Two men were arguing... well, around this spot. The younger man was grabbing the middle-aged man by the collar, yelling things like, 'You liar!' and 'I'm going to kill you right now!'"
“I was afraid they would commit murder, so I rushed over to break up the fight, but the young man completely ignored me. I had no choice but to show my police ID to intimidate him.”
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