Chapter 155: Almost Dead
There were two people, Miwako Sato and Jinsaburo Shiratori. No, there were five people who were eavesdropping next door, a total of seven people.
After waiting for a long time, Takagi Shigeru still didn't come.
Shiratori Jinsaburo glanced at the somewhat anxious Sato Miwako, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He took out his mobile phone and called Inspector Megure. From him, he learned that Takagi Wataru was involved in a convenience store robbery and the case was now under investigation.
Miwako Sato was a little panicked: "What's going on with the robbery?"
Shiratori Renzaburo shrugged his shoulders and said, "They said they happened to encounter a convenience store robbery while on patrol. They have found three suspects, but the witnesses' testimonies don't add up at all."
Sato Miwako was puzzled: "How can it be different? Since there are eyewitnesses, can't we investigate it immediately?"
"Then I'm not sure about that." Shiratori Renzaburo shrugged his shoulders, and he didn't ask about the robbery in detail.
Sato Miwako didn't know what she was feeling. She was happy that Takagi Shigeru was loyal to his duty, but she was also worried that it would take him too long to solve the case and he wouldn't be able to get here in time. Didn't she really have to marry Inspector Shiratori?
"Forget it, I'll call him myself." Miwako Sato took out her cell phone.
"That won't work," Shiratori Renzaburo grabbed her hand as she was about to dial the number, "If you contact him directly, wouldn't that be against the rules?"
"Or do you have no confidence in him?"
Miwako Sato was startled: "Of course not..."
Shiratori Renzaburo smiled and said, "If a police officer leaves the case while handling it, he will be punished! Also, I remember that he has already had his salary cut once. If he comes here again at the risk of being punished, I admire his courage."
“Another sentence may be a little out of place, but if he really did that, then as a police officer I would also look down on him.”
Sato Miwako gave two dry laughs and was unable to refute. After being reminded by Shiratori Renzaburo, she realized what kind of trouble she might have brought to Takagi Shigeru.
Similarly, she would not agree with a policeman who left casually while investigating a case, even though... the reason for leaving was to save her from the blind date venue.
Sato Miwako's strong sense of justice would not allow her to agree with such a thing.
Suzuki Sonoko was very excited: "Things seem to be getting more and more interesting."
Mao Lilan was furious: "Why are you still making sarcastic remarks at this time!" She couldn't help but raise her voice a little in anxiety.
"Shh!" Niide Tomoaki quickly reminded. Wouldn't it be so embarrassing if the two people next door found out?
Conan turned around and saw Yuya lowering his head to play with his phone. He couldn't help but walk over to ask him: "Why aren't you anxious? If Officer Takagi doesn't solve the case in time..."
"Ah," Yuya said without looking up, "I was asking him about that, but Officer Takagi hasn't gotten back to me."
"Why don't you just call and ask? He may be busy investigating the case and has no time to read the message." Conan reminded.
Youye touched his chin. In a convenience store robbery case, there would definitely be many witnesses, and there were three suspects at the scene. Isn't it a very simple case of choosing one from three?
Then why has Takagi Shigeru been unable to solve the case?
Inspector Shiratori also said that the witnesses' testimonies did not match. What accident happened in between?
Yuya nodded and dialed Takagi Wataru's number directly.
After two rings, the call was connected.
"Hey, Kamiya-kun, what's going on?" came Takagi Wataru's voice.
You was also stunned. Why didn't he sound anxious at all?
"Officer Takagi, what are you doing?" Yuya asked.
"Ah, I just encountered a convenience store robbery and I was having a headache. Kamiya-kun, your call came at the right time!" Takagi Shigeru was very surprised. If it was Yuya, he would be able to solve the case easily, right?
"Ah, there's no rush about that." Youye said calmly, it was just a robbery case and it could be solved in the blink of an eye.
On the other hand, Takagi Shigeru doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all. Doesn't he know that Sato Miwako is on a blind date?
Didn’t Yumi Miyamoto say that she would inform Takagi Wataru? How could this person be so deceiving!
He said helplessly: "Anyway, check your phone to see if there are any unread messages. If I'm not mistaken, Miss Yumi should have sent you a message."
Takagi Wataru was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Yumi did send me a message, but I was busy confirming who the robber was and didn't have time to read it." Then he opened the message and started reading.
"Meiwako is in danger, go over there immediately and lie that she's on a blind date..."
"Blind date?" Takagi Shigeru's eyes were filled with the word "blind date" and he shouted in panic.
Chiba Kazunobu next to him was startled and looked at him in confusion.
"Is Officer Sato on a blind date?" Takagi Wataru shouted into the phone.
"Ah?" Chiba and Shinya widened their eyes.
What’s going on? Officer Sato would actually go on a blind date?
Yuya had already expected that Takagi Wataru would shout excitedly, so he moved the phone away a little in advance, but he could still hear the shouting from the receiver.
However, the quality of the phone was so good and the sound was so loud that it alarmed the two people next door.
"Hey, why do I feel like I heard Officer Takagi's voice?" Sato Miwako looked towards the next room hesitantly.
Shiratori Renzaburo was stunned. Impossible? He had just called Inspector Megure and was told that Takagi Wataru was investigating a robbery. Even if he solved the case in seconds, he couldn't have come here so quickly, right?
He stood up and walked to the partition door, stretched out his hand to push it open, and was surprised to see Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and a man who he had no impression of but looked a little familiar, sitting upright at the table.
"Lan, Yuanzi? Why are you here too?" asked Shiratori Renzaburo in confusion.
The three of them were extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it. They couldn't just say that we were here to watch the fun, right?
After all, Aida Tomoaki was a few years older and was calmer when faced with things. He coughed and said, "It's like this. Today when I was going home from get off work, I ran into Ms. Lan and Ms. Sonoko. They helped me before, so I invited them over for some drinks and desserts to thank them."
"Huh..." Shiratori Renzaburo was stunned, "But this is Haido City..." Did you deliberately run to the neighboring city to meet by chance?
"Ahahaha." Suzuki Sonoko was quite familiar with Shiratori. After the initial awkwardness passed, her mind became active and she asked back, "By the way, why is Inspector Shiratori here? You're dressed so formally, are you here to meet someone? Are you here for a blind date?"
Mao Lilan was startled and asked, "Sonoko, what are you talking about?"
As expected, Shiratori Renzaburo was stumped by the question. He subconsciously glanced at Sato Miwako in the room and found that she had her back to him, bent over and covering her face. It was obvious that she had no intention of recognizing these acquaintances.
Shiratori Renzaburo coughed lightly and said calmly, "I came here to eat with my mother. She just went to the bathroom. I heard a little noise here and was worried that something unexpected might happen, so I came over to take a look."
As a policeman, it is reasonable for him to come over to check out the noise, right?
"Oh, so I have to say hello to my aunt." Suzuki Sonoko pretended to stand up.
As the second daughter of Neon's number one financial group, it's reasonable for her to say hello to an elder she knows, right?
"No, thanks!" Shiratori Renzaburo suddenly panicked. In fact, he didn't really want to let others, especially acquaintances, know that he was here for a blind date, and that the person he was going to meet was his subordinate. Otherwise, he would have chosen the next city as the location for the blind date.
A huge drop of sweat fell from the back of his head. "We are just coming out for a casual meal. No need to be so formal!"
"Is that so... That's fine." Suzuki Sonoko said regretfully. Of course, she didn't really want to say hello. "Then say hello to my aunt for me!"
Shiratori Renzaburo nodded repeatedly in agreement, quickly closed the door, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Really, why did he open the door just now? He almost died.
Mao Lilan pulled her best friend aside and whispered, "Sonoko, why did you say that just now? You almost got exposed!"
Suzuki Sonoko chuckled twice: "Don't worry, even if Inspector Shiratori doesn't care, Officer Sato's personality will definitely not want to run into us, so Inspector Shiratori will definitely not let me go over to say hello."
"Is that so..." Mao Lilan responded blankly.
When did her best friend become so smart?