"Hey, come out."

Matsuda Jinpei looked at Furukawa Kumisa who walked out of Watanabe Jiro's house, smiled and stepped forward to say hello.

Furukawa Kumisa was a little unsure for a moment: "Officer Matsuda? Are you here...?"

According to her inference, the relevant people in the case should have gathered at the Mori Office to hear the truth of the case - the call that Watanabe Jiro received was made by Takagi, and the person who asked Takagi to make that call

, it can only be Kogoro Mori.

In other words, it is Edogawa Conan wearing the skin of "Sleeping Kogoro".

Then why did Matsuda Jinpei appear here alone?

Matsuda Jinpei shrugged: "I heard that the 'Sleeping Kogoro' had solved the case of the Jiuji Police Department and assigned a new task, so Officer Megure transferred me to the investigation team of the new case."

"As for why I appear here..."

Matsuda Jinpei's eyes swept over Furukawa Kumisa's face. There was no trace of curiosity or surprise on her face, she just looked at him normally, waiting for his next words.

"It's about a new case. I would like to ask Officer Furukawa for help."

When Matsuda Jinpei was observing Furukawa Kumisa, she was also considering his attitude.

It wasn't her illusion. Starting today, Matsuda Jinpei's attitude towards her became much warmer - or rather, starting from last night.

Furukawa Kumisa couldn't figure out the reason for Matsuda Jinpei's change of attitude. Perhaps the most likely reason was because of her performance yesterday.

He put the case first despite enduring a high fever, and was able to solve the case at the speed of light even when his fever reached 41 degrees Celsius - this kind of performance seemed to be enough to make Matsuda Jinpei look askance.

But her intuition told her that there should be something else involved in Matsuda Jinpei's change of attitude, but she couldn't tell the details for the moment.

...In any case, the target of her attack in this world is not Matsuda Jinpei, so there is no need to tense up and analyze his every move thoroughly, and use the character to show the side of him that he "likes".

Just be yourself.

She then raised her eyebrows: "I am a police officer from Section 2, and I don't care about the homicide cases in Section 1."

Matsuda Jinping paused slightly.

He didn't expect Furukawa Kumisa's refusal to be so straightforward.

Based on how much she cared about the case in the game arcade yesterday, he thought that this "just-minded" Section 2 police officer should not be so clear-cut and straightforward even if he hesitated to refuse a similar commission.

Then I saw Furukawa Kumisa slightly curling her lips, with a hint of smile in her eyes: "Unless Officer Matsuda is willing to treat me to a meal."

Matsuda Jinpei is a friend who you can’t keep if you don’t keep him.

Matsuda Jinpei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "It's my pleasure."

Furukawa Kumisa got into the passenger seat of Matsuda Jinpei and did not ask why Matsuda Jinpei knew he could find her here.

"So, before returning to the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Matsuda, please give us some general information about the case?"

Matsuda Jinpei clicked a few times on his cell phone. Furukawa Kumisa thought he was going to show him the electronic file, but saw him put away the phone after a few clicks.

While starting the car, he told her the case information: "Last night, a vicious murder occurred in the bathroom on the top floor of the Rice Krispies Hotel. The deceased's name was Tetsuya Ehara, a police officer from the Kanto Narcotics Control Department."

Furukawa Kumisa:…………Is it too late for me to get out of the car now?

System: "...it's exciting to solve the case you committed yourself."

Furukawa Kumisa followed Matsuda Jinpei back to the Metropolitan Police Department. It was already dark at this time, but the Metropolitan Police Department building was still brightly lit, and the people from the Search Section 1 were even more crowded.

Seeing Jinpei Matsuda and Kumisa Furukawa walking into the office area, the police officers on duty in the First Search Section all turned around and stared at the two of them.

Furukawa Kumisa felt uncomfortable with this substantial gaze, and tugged on Matsuda Jinpei's sleeve next to him: "Matsuda..."

Before Furukawa Kumisa could ask anything, Chiba, who was eating a hamburger on the side, came over in surprise: "Ah, is this Officer Furukawa? This is Officer Matsuda..."

Matsuda Jinpei stuffed the hamburger in Chiba's hand into Chiba's mouth, choking him so much that Chiba's eyes widened.

"Hmm...cough cough cough cough cough..."

Furukawa Kumisa was even more confused: "Officer Matsuda, what?"

Matsuda Jinpei smiled easily and said in a sincere tone: "Chiba wants to say that you are the 'off-site aid' I found."

Furukawa Kumisa waved his hand and smiled modestly: "Off-field assistance doesn't count... We are all colleagues, so it is appropriate to help."

The good opinion of colleagues in the Metropolitan Police Department should not be brushed aside unless it is whitewashed.

But she subconsciously felt that the bright eyes of the police officers looking at her were not just out of admiration for her "colleague love"...

A knock at the door interrupted the weird atmosphere in the class.

"Um, who is Mr. Matsuda? Your takeaway has arrived."

Furukawa Kumisa turned around and saw that someone had already brought in the takeout.

Only then did she remember that the few orders Matsuda Jinpei had just made on her phone in the car were ordering takeout?

The kawaii bag has various Q-version flowers and plants painted on it, and the name and style of the logo look a bit familiar.

"Hey, everyone worked overtime and worked hard today. I'll treat you to supper."

The male police officer carrying the bag opened the takeout bag, and then shouted loudly: "Matsuda, how can you, a gentleman, drink milk tea and bread at night?"

Then he was bumped by the police officer next to him, who winked in the direction of Furukawa Kumisa.

The male police officer holding the takeout suddenly realized: "Oh~~~"

Then I saw him pushing the takeaway milk tea in front of Furukawa Kumisa with great interest: "Officer Furukawa, let's choose first, ladies first."

In the entire search class, there is only one woman, Sato Miwako. She happened to be out in the field today, so it was the turn of Furukawa Kumisa to come to class to help.

Furukawa Kumisa looked at the takeout bag that was approaching and recognized it as a niche milk tea shop downstairs from the Metropolitan Police Department, specializing in tea drinks and bread.

It was her favorite restaurant when she served in the Metropolitan Police Department as "Kawasaki Ryoko" in her third life.

Weird thoughts flashed through his mind. Furukawa Kumisa took the takeout bag in front of him and smiled normally: "Okay."

When she played different characters in each life, she would incorporate a little bit of her own nature into it. When playing Ryoko Kawasaki, she didn't change her taste much.

Ryoko Kawasaki likes the fruit tea in that store the most, but doesn't like milk tea because she thinks it's too greasy.

Then choose a cup of milk tea yourself.

Kawasaki Ryoko likes three-quarter sugar, so she chooses full sugar.

Kawasaki Ryoko likes to add ice, so choose the hot one.

Having made up her mind, she chose a cup of hot milk tea with full sugar from several cups of milk tea.

Then she glanced at the custard buns in the bag, and sighed with regret: It seems that she won't be able to eat them today. This custard buns are delicious.

Finally, she picked up the milk tea in her hand and smiled artificially at Matsuda Jinpei: "Thank you Matsuda-senpai. I like the full-sugar hot milk tea in this store the best. I didn't expect that senior would order it just right."

Although the system has repeatedly guaranteed that there will be no trace of "Kawasaki Ryoko" in this world, it is always better to be cautious.

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the milk tea she chose, then looked at the iced 30% sugar fruit tea in the bag, and smiled back: "It's okay, you just like it."

The subtle interactions between the two were all captured by the gossipy eyes in the search lesson.

"I was just wondering why Officer Matsuda ordered a late-night snack or milk tea on a whim today...it turned out to be because his girlfriend was here."

"Eh? Even if I'm not my girlfriend, I usually see Officer Matsuda going to that store. Several times, I watched him eat and walk away with the custard buns from that store."

"You're stupid. He must be influenced by his girlfriend because she likes to eat. The decoration of that store is so cartoonish. No gentleman would go in there if he has nothing to do."

"Oh~~that makes sense."

Fortunately, these whispers did not reach Matsuda Jinpei's ears.

He had already taken Furukawa Kumisa to his work station to share the case information with her.

Furukawa Kumisa looked at the photo of Ehara Tetsuya's body in front of him with a somewhat complicated mood.

Although Tetsuya Ehara's death was not her fault, after all...she had a chance to save him.

If she hadn't been distracted and let him stab him, or if Bourbon had been a few seconds late, she would have had a chance to save him.

She calmed down quickly, and when she looked up again her expression was as usual: "What are the specific details of the case?"

"The presumed time of death of the victim, Tetsuya Ehara, was around 22:00 that night. The victim's flight landed at 20:20 that night, departed from the airport around 20:45, arrived at the Rice Flower Hotel at 21:50, and was finally found dead in the rice flower restaurant.

In the bathroom on the top floor of the hotel.”

Furukawa Kumisa raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you seen the surveillance cameras at the Rice Krispies Restaurant?"

Matsuda Jinpei frowned: "All the surveillance videos of the entire building that night were destroyed. I asked the technical department to restore them, but it is said that the possibility... is unlikely."

Furukawa Kumisa: Of course it is unlikely. It was something she asked the system to destroy. It would be surprising if people in the small world could repair it.

She thought for a while and followed the normal way of handling cases: "If there is no surveillance, there must be witnesses, right?"

"That night, a charity banquet was held on the top floor of the hotel, and Tetsu Ehara was also there.

"According to the greeter at the door of the banquet, Tetsuya Ehara arrived at the banquet hall around 22:03, signed at the door, and was bumped by a woman in red. The drink spilled, and the two of them went together.

Bathroom. I never saw Tetsuya Ehara again after that."

Furukawa Kumisa followed his clues and continued: "The woman in red is very suspicious. Has her identity been checked?"

Having said this, Matsuda Jinpei rubbed his eyebrows with a headache and placed a stack of documents in front of Furukawa Kumisa.
To be continued...