Chapters 3580 & 3592 [Judy: The Curse of the Police!] Requesting monthly votes ()
Conan noticed Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki's expressions and quickly answered before they could, "The deceased recently wanted to resign!"
The two high school girls, their words cut off, were speechless.
Officer Sato immediately picked up on the key phrase: "Resignation?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "The deceased was a top hairstylist at a beauty salon. Recently, other beauty salons have tried to poach her, and she was preparing to switch jobs."
"But the manager of her current salon, 'Green Beauty Salon,' is clearly very unhappy about her departure—we happened to see them arguing when we went to the salon yesterday."
Officer Takagi said thoughtfully, "Interpersonal disputes like this can easily lead to murder, like 'I'll kill you if I can't have you'... How about this, I'll call the manager of that green beauty salon and ask her to come over to identify the body and find out what happened."
“In that case…” The two high school girls exchanged a glance.
—Think about it carefully, the longer the time since death, the easier it is for various traces to be hidden.
Instead of getting bogged down in this, we might as well take advantage of the time we're gathering the suspects to have the police call Ms. Judy and James over as well.
As for the evidence...
Although they haven't found any useful evidence yet, with Jiang Xia here, finding the real culprit should only be a matter of time.
We can't wait any longer!
After much hesitation, Ran Mouri finally spoke up: "Why don't we invite Ms. Jodie and Mr. James who lives nearby as well?"
Miwako Sato paused, then said, "Ms. Judy and Mr. James? They're not F... cough, they have nothing to do with this case, and they shouldn't have any connection with the deceased."
“They are indeed the FBI, but whether they had any connection with the deceased is another matter.” Sonoko Suzuki lowered her voice furtively.
"When we ran into Miss Mika yesterday, she told us that Ms. Judy had also gotten her hair cut by her. In addition... in addition, she also saw a secret that Ms. Judy couldn't let anyone know!"
Officer Sato hadn't expected this to be the case, and her ears perked up: "What secret?"
"this……"
Sonoko Suzuki cleared her throat, her face flushed, and said in a serious, businesslike tone, "18+ comics! And the kind with a teacher-student theme—Miss Mika saw a whole stack of those comics that Ms. Jodie had thrown in the junkyard."
“A teacher-student themed…” Sato Miwako’s pupils dilated in shock, “…that kind of manga?!”
While it's normal for adults to watch various things, however...
The already mediocre image of the FBI shattered further in her mind.
“But…” Officer Sato hesitated, “It shouldn’t be enough to kill someone over something so trivial.”
"Who can say for sure?" Sonoko Suzuki touched her head, which had been plagued by misfortune, with lingering fear. "I almost got beaten to death with a metal rod just because I put a shopping bag in the car."
Recalling the harrowing burglary in the underground parking lot last night, Officer Sato wavered: "That's true, since that's the case..."
Her gaze drifted towards Jiang Xia, only to find that the famous detective didn't seem to object.
Sato Miwako's gaze immediately sharpened, and she said to Officer Takagi, "In that case, let's invite Ms. Judy and Mr. James over as well, and have them assist with the investigation."
"Okay." Officer Takagi had just finished a call with the manager of the Green Beauty Salon, and upon hearing this, he immediately began dialing Judy and James.
At the same time, he felt much more at ease: he had felt something was off since the beginning, but now that he had gathered three suspects, he suddenly felt that everything was back to normal.
Beside him, Conan watched this scene, silently adjusting his glasses.
"I'm so sorry, Ms. Judy, I've tried my best, but there are just too many suspicious things about you, and Ran and Sonoko won't let it go." The mini detective muttered to himself.
"However, continuing to doubt like this isn't a solution. If we can figure out what those comics are all about this time, that would be a good thing—otherwise, Ran and Sonoko are always quite proactive when they get serious about something, and if we keep getting entangled like this..."
The previous wave of suspicion uncovered a congressman's murder case, three kidnapping cases, a dock shooting, a cruise ship murder case... and a whole bunch of other minor cases.
He didn't dare to imagine how things would develop if this suspicion continued.
"As enemies of the Black Organization, we should all have more trust in each other." Conan nodded slightly.
"Furthermore, if the mysterious cadre's goal is to sow discord among us and cause us to split apart... then I absolutely cannot stand by and watch that happen."
A fake student who had just removed the FBI from his list of allies yesterday clenched his fist and thought to himself like this.
...
At the hospital.
Judy was sleeping soundly when suddenly her cell phone, which was next to her pillow, rang.
She yawned, picked up her phone, and saw that the contact name was "Officer Takagi".
Judy: "...?"
What's going on? Wasn't she enjoying a peaceful recovery? Why are these persistent police officers coming back again?
Reluctantly reaching for the phone, Judy glanced warily at the police captain figurine on her bedside table, as if remembering something.
—After receiving the gift, Judy immediately grabbed the figurine as soon as the high school students left, intending to stuff this unlucky item into the bottom of the cabinet.
But James disagreed. After inspecting the figurine and finding no suspicious devices inside, he casually placed it on his bedside table, saying that if the suspicious high school students came back and saw that the gifts they gave him were being treated so well, they should be able to lower their guard and trust the FBI more.
"That's true, but is this thing really free of any curse?"
Judy glanced at the police figurine, then at the missed calls from the police, and suspiciously pressed the answer button to pick up the phone.
Then I heard Officer Takagi's voice: "Ms. Jodie! Excuse me, are you free right now? I need your help with a murder investigation."
Judy blurted out, "No..."
Splash!
The hospital room door was opened, revealing a corridor where James held up his phone and nodded at her.
"..." Judy had to change her tone, "No, no... no problem!"
After figuring out the location, Judy was about to ask about the specifics when the other end of the line abruptly hung up.
She stared at her phone screen, now disconnected from the call, her head spinning: "Why did you agree to something like this?"
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