Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Inspector Megure? We are back with the materials."

At the entrance of the Bunmei store, Takagi Wataru, who was in disguise as Tomoda, shouted at the policemen who were surrounding a man and looking him over. He handed the report to Officer Megure under his contempt, and was then pulled aside by the senior police officers out of curiosity.

Because he had taken a simple shock drug, he didn't have enough strength at the moment, so when he was pulled over, he staggered and leaned directly on other policemen. Fortunately, everyone thought that he was a little tired because he ran too fast, so no one said much.

"Takagi, have you seen that man?" A policeman whispered as he approached Takagi Wataru.

"Eh? You mean the person who just lowered his head and kept silent in front of Officer Megure and Officer Sato?"

Takagi Wataru secretly glanced at Matsuda Jinpei who was staring at Officer Sato in silence, and while complaining in his heart that this guy was unreliable, he adjusted his expression and scratched his head in confusion.

"Is he an acquaintance of Officer Megure and Officer Sato? I've never met him before." Takagi Wataru showed an honest smile: "But it seems that Officer Sato has a good relationship with him, and his mood seems to have changed."

Everyone stared at him, as if wondering why this guy was so stupid. Only an old policeman, who had a decent relationship with Takagi and often shared his wife's snacks with the young policeman, shook his head.

"That man is Officer Sato's first love."

"What? First love?!" Takagi Wataru must have been panicked at this moment, so he shouted it out without hesitation, causing Officer Sato to glare at everyone.

"Then...what should we do? Officer Sato is not..." Takagi Shigeru rubbed his hair: "No way, is that person a very powerful policeman?"

"He...he really makes sense..." Several policemen who treated Sato Miwako as their daughter and felt that someone was trying to take advantage of them when they heard those words all wilted when they thought of Matsuda Jinpei's last case.

If it really comes to that, it's hard to say whether they dare to sacrifice themselves. After all, most of them will never become police inspectors in their entire lives, so there's no reason why they shouldn't be promoted. It's not right for them to sacrifice themselves.

"Anyway, Takagi, you have to stand up."

"But...you still haven't told me who he is."

Takagi Wataru has been keeping an eye on Matsuda Jinpei out of the corner of his eye. He reads through his lips that he claimed to have been rescued but had to abandon his original identity because of a special case, and he knows that this guy has no intention of telling the truth to Officer Sato in this world.

"Takagi, you will tell the identities of these people and the autopsy reports in front of others later to facilitate the continued reasoning," Officer Megure was looking through the forged documents, and then he entered the store with Takagi Wataru, but he took the opportunity to peek at Matsuda-kun who was wearing a ring.

"You were... not dead. We searched the ruins like crazy for anything related to you, but we only saw the charred remains of a cell phone."

Miwako Sato's gaze stayed on the wedding ring on Jinpei Matsuda's finger. She had an indescribable feeling in her heart, a mixture of anger and relief. However, she was not as moved as she was when she received the last email.

"Didn't I tell you that the public security department was tracking down that guy? A public security officer was also tracking down the mastermind behind the bombing. So after rescuing me, he detonated the bomb again and asked me to hide and not hinder their operations."

Jinpei Matsuda looked at Sato Miwako. Her tone of voice and habits were different from his wife's. He felt that this woman was dissatisfied with him for hiding his death only among his colleagues.

"That's good. I see you've come out of the shadow." Matsuda Jinpei took out a cigarette from his pocket, took a cigarette and put it in his mouth, but did not light it: "Don't always think that you will bring pain to others. In my mind, Officer Sato is an outstanding strong woman."

"You're quite skilled at saying that." Officer Sato looked at the cigarette and reached out to take the lighter from Jinpei Matsuda's hand, but saw that the curly-haired man turned his head, rejecting her intention.

"I'm trying to get pregnant recently, so I can't smoke."

"And still put it in your mouth?"

"It's just to satisfy my taste and smell the flavor." Jinpei Matsuda sighed and threw the cigarette into the trash can.

"What kind of person is she? What's her name?"

"Someone who will... rely on me."

As for the name, there was no answer. Matsuda Jinpei put his hands on his hips, noticed that the policemen next to him were looking at him viciously, rolled his eyes, and patted Sato Miwako on the shoulder.

"Let's go, it's time to work."

The curly-haired detective had to work as a police officer again. (End of this chapter)