Chapters 3537 and 3549 [Participants]
A group of people were waiting with varying feelings when a police car drove up from a distance and stopped in front of the restaurant.
—After all, it was just an attempted murder, and the Metropolitan Police Department has been extremely busy lately, so they didn't allocate too many personnel, only enough to escort the suspects.
The police car door opened, and Inspector Megure stepped out.
He looked at Officer Takagi with a hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only said, "I heard you stopped a murder case."
"Yes!" Officer Takagi said nervously, "We also have to thank Jiang Xia and the others for their help."
Beside them, Hanzaki Jiro, who was about to be put into a police car, looked at them, suddenly remembered something, and smiled sinisterly.
Officer Takagi caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, and his heart skipped a beat as he suddenly had a bad feeling.
But before he could do anything, Hanzaki Jiro sighed and muttered to himself nonchalantly, "Not only did you save my manager, but you also found your police ID that you lost for a day. Congratulations."
Inspector Megure: "Huh?!"
Officer Takagi: "!!!"
He stared at Hanzaki Jiro in shock: This guy wasn't as honest as he seemed at all! ...But then again, if he weren't, why would he have thought of killing his unfortunate manager?
After a brief silence, Inspector Megure waved his hand, signaling Sato and Chiba to put Hanzaki Jiro into the car.
Then he turned to Officer Takagi, his gaze chilling: "I remember someone called me this morning saying they had a fever of 39 degrees Celsius, accompanied by abdominal cramps, muscle aches, and difficulty breathing, so they wanted to take a sick day..."
Officer Takagi broke out in a cold sweat: "This, this is because..."
Inspector Megure snorted coldly: "You successfully saved a life, that's one credit for you, but other things can't just be left like that—you run to the Metropolitan Police Department and write all of this clearly in the investigation report! Right now!"
Officer Takagi snapped to attention: "Yes, sir!"
The car door slammed shut, and the three policemen, escorting the suspect, drove away.
Once his superior was out of sight, Officer Takagi breathed a sigh of relief: judging from Inspector Megure's words, this loss of identification wouldn't lead to the most serious consequences.
"As long as they don't fire me, that's fine. As long as I'm alive, I can always make a comeback!"
Officer Takagi silently encouraged himself, then, remembering something, turned to Jiang Xia beside him and said gratefully, "Thank you so much this time. Not only did you find my police ID, but you also saved that manager. Otherwise, if..."
If the ID is lost, the manager dies, and when the police arrive, they find Takagi Wataru's police ID stuffed in the deceased's pocket... Just thinking about that scene makes Officer Takagi feel dizzy and terrified.
"I've had such bad luck lately," he muttered. "I'm so busy with work, and then this kind of thing happens."
"Busy with work?" Jiang Xia seemed quite concerned about how busy the police were. "Is it because of what happened at the docks?"
Inspector Takagi shook his head: "Not only that. There have been some small, interconnected cases lately. No one's died, but they're still quite troublesome, and..."
After a moment's hesitation, he whispered to Jiang Xia, "And recently, the atmosphere in the Metropolitan Police Department has been very strange. I always hear people talking about explosions or that time is almost up, but I haven't heard of any particularly serious bombings. It's really strange."
After thinking for a moment, he explained, "It's probably because there's a team parade in a few days. Sigh, it's bound to be chaotic then. I hope nothing bad happens."
Beside his head.
Matsuda Jinpei was initially annoyed that the policeman was whispering so close to his face that he was practically touching it, and he was planning to find another place to stay.
But before it could move, it heard what Takagi said.
Upon hearing the word "explosion," the ghost, busy rolling cigarettes, paused, lost in thought.
Seeing this, Xiaobai seized the opportunity to reach out and steal a wisp of killing intent from Matsuda Jinpei's hand.
It grumbled as it held the murderous aura that Matsuda Jinpei liked so much, intending to stretch it into a long strip and wrap it around its neck as a new scarf, but as soon as it got close to its neck, a smell of smoke hit it.
The baby ghost coughed twice, quickly pinched its nose, and sent the murderous aura away, then stuffed it back into Matsuda Jinpei's hand, shaking its head and muttering: "The hobbies of these adult male ghosts are really hard to understand. I'd better go and grab the murderous aura from Miyano Akemi and Miss Spider."
Officer Takagi was unaware of the small-scale underworld activity right under his nose. After grumbling a few times, he dared not delay any longer, waved goodbye to Jiang Xia, and then huffed and puffed as he ran towards the Metropolitan Police Department.
"I should go too." Jiang Xia glanced at her watch and said to the others, "See you after school."
...
Half an hour later.
A bustling commercial district.
Although there were still several hours before the agreed time, Jiang Xia arrived nearby early—just in case any cadre had the good habit of arriving early and scouting the area, then the two sides could have a pleasant chance encounter.
Unfortunately, after wandering around the sushi restaurant in all directions, Jiang Xia was unable to spot that familiar, high-class, menacing aura.
He could only sigh, go to the coffee shop on the second floor, order a coffee, and watch the crowds coming and going on the street.
There weren't as many people with murderous intent as he'd imagined; perhaps most people don't like to hold back and act quickly once they have a thought. More importantly, he happened to see someone clinging to a paper shikigami on their leg.
Jiang Xia watched the person walk by, resting her chin on her hand, feeling quite regretful that she didn't have Conan with her.
But then he thought, if a murder were to occur now, the fun party that was about to start would probably have to be canceled. After all, in the eyes of his colleagues, this party might not be a party at all, but rather something like a secret meeting.
"The confirmed participants so far should include Gin and Vodka."
After whiling away some time in the coffee shop, Jiang Xia stirred his second cup of coffee, which was almost empty, and idly listed the people he was about to meet. "Vermouth... I've missed her quite a bit since I last saw her, but I wonder if she'll be willing to go out."
Just as she was thinking, Jiang Xia suddenly sat up straight as if she had sensed something.
He was about to get up when he suddenly saw a high school-aged girl walking up to his desk.
The two women looked at each other, and the girl blushed instantly. She quickly put down a plate of desserts and said, "These are the store's limited edition cookies for today. I pre-ordered them. I'm a fan of yours! Please have these."
Jiang Xia was already quite used to this kind of scene. He thanked them expertly, handed out his business card expertly, picked up a cookie, ate two, then got up to pay the bill and left the store.
...
at the same time.
On the building diagonally opposite.
A person dressed entirely in black watched this scene from under the brim of a hat, silently narrowing their eyes.
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