Chapters 3531 & 3543 [The Unemployed Policeman] Requesting monthly votes ()
Thinking about yesterday's events, Officer Takagi tugged at his hair in frustration: "If only I had carefully put away my police ID after breaking up the fight..."
Jiang Xia glanced at the residential area in the distance: "This park doesn't have a lot of foot traffic. Since you lost it while trying to break up a fight and haven't been able to find it, could it be that those two people arguing picked up your ID?"
"Huh?!" Officer Takagi exclaimed, suddenly realizing, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that?"
Sonoko Suzuki laughed and said, "It's normal that you didn't expect that, because I didn't think of it either!"
Officer Takagi listened to this blunt, almost suicidal mockery: "..."
Fortunately, the other high school girl next to him was kinder. Seeing his embarrassed expression, Ran Mouri changed the subject: "Do you know the names of those two people arguing, and where they live?"
"This..." Officer Takagi, for the sake of his future and his colleagues, tried hard to recall:
"I remember after I broke up the fight, the middle-aged man who almost got beaten up said to the young man..."
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"Calm down, why won't you believe me, Hanzaki?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the hot-tempered Hanzaki grabbed his collar angrily again: "It's all because of you, my manager, that I haven't been able to get good jobs and I'm still not famous!"
The middle-aged man stammered in his defense: "The enka genre inherently requires time to accumulate experience; you need to be patient."
The young man immediately exploded, yelling, "I've endured so many years, and haven't I seen a single bit of reward? You're a complete liar!—Give me back all my youth, and all the money I lent you, everything!"
...
Officer Takagi summarized the key points as best he could: "That's about it. Then he tried to hit someone again, so I had to step in and break it up once more."
Jiang Xia nodded: "So one of them is surnamed 'Hanzaki,' and is a relatively unknown enka singer... What do they look like in terms of clothing?"
"Clothing?" Officer Takagi didn't know why Jiang Xia was asking this, but he still tried to recall:
"They're all pretty ordinary, you wouldn't guess they're from the entertainment industry... Oh right! That Hanzaki was wearing sandals, and when the two of them were pushing each other, he accidentally slipped and his foot came out of his sandals."
“That makes things easier.” Conan snapped his fingers. “Since he’s wearing those kinds of shoes that are inconvenient to walk in, it means that Mr. Hanzaki probably lives nearby.”
Officer Takagi jumped up excitedly: "I see! I'll go ask around the neighborhood right away."
Even if he's not famous, he's still an entertainer. Maybe someone nearby knows where Hanzaki lives. And if they find him, they can naturally find his manager and find out who picked up his ID!
"Thank you so much, Jiang Xia!" Takagi Wataru didn't expect Jiang Xia to be so good at finding not only culprits, but also finding things so quickly. He patted Conan's head again. "Thank you too, little detective."
With that, he excitedly rushed out to conduct interviews in the neighborhood—a fundamental skill that an officer from the First Investigation Division excels at.
Sonoko Suzuki watched his retreating figure, feeling uneasy: "Will we really be able to find it this way? Should we go ask around the neighborhood?"
Ran Mouri suddenly remembered something: "What if the police ID wasn't actually picked up by those two people, but rather Officer Takagi missed it?"
Sonoko Suzuki was stunned: "Oh right!"
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Then you guys stay here and look for the police IDs. I'll take Conan to look for someone nearby."
In order to prevent poor Officer Takagi from losing his job, the two kind-hearted high school girls did not refuse: "Leave it to us!"
...
Jiang Xia led Conan and skillfully began to stroll around the neighborhood.
Conan was quite interested in helping Takagi. With his childlike face that made it easy to strike up a conversation, he asked around, "Do you know Mr. Hanzaki? He's an enka singer who lives nearby."
The passersby were not wary of the child and answered truthfully, but unfortunately, the singer seemed to be completely invisible; after going around in circles, not a single person gave an answer.
As they strolled around, the two encountered Officer Takagi, who also looked ashen-faced.
"How can there be such an unknown artist?" Takagi Wataru said with a pained expression. "If only he were a star."
As Jiang Xia put away the two unclaimed murderous auras he had picked up while strolling around, he said in a good mood, "In that case, why don't we go back to the park and take a look? Xiao Lan has always been lucky; maybe she has already found the documents instead of picking them up."
...
As a police officer, Officer Takagi felt he shouldn't believe in superstitions like luck.
But since things had come to this, he had no choice but to follow Jiang Xia's instructions like a walking corpse and return to the park.
Under his expectant gaze, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki shook their heads regretfully, indicating that they had not found anything.
Officer Takagi looked disappointed, but just then, someone walked by and suddenly stopped.
"Officer Takagi?" the passerby asked in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
Officer Takagi turned around dejectedly, then his eyes widened in shock the next second: "...Hanzaki?!"
Jiang Xia was right: Although Miss Mori couldn't directly help him find the documents, her very presence attracted the suspect who had picked them up!
Officer Takagi rushed over excitedly: "You're the guy who got into a fight yesterday, right!"
Hanzaki Jiro laughed heartily: "Thank you so much for yesterday."
“It’s nothing, it’s what the police should do.” Officer Takagi couldn’t wait to get to the point. “Did you see an ID yesterday? About this size, black, that’s my police ID.”
Hanzawa Jiro shook his head: "Sorry, I haven't seen it, and my manager probably hasn't either, otherwise, given his personality, he would definitely have told me."
"..." The two leads were cut off so suddenly and unexpectedly that Officer Takagi felt like the sky had fallen. "...Is that so?"
Hanzawa Jiro looked at him and said, "Don't be discouraged! I'll help you look."
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed to the nearby trash can, rummaging through it with a clanging sound.
Officer Takagi paused for a moment, then, somewhat touched, stopped him, saying, "No need, this is too much trouble for you."
"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Hanzawa Jiro said cheerfully. "Just consider it a thank you for breaking up the fight yesterday—thanks to you, my manager and I were able to talk things out and make up."
This relatively unknown singer seemed quite talkative. While rummaging around, he said, "We had arranged to have lunch together this noon, but I waited at the apartment for ages and he still didn't come... It's really strange."
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