"The children are truly kind," Dr. Agasa said with relief.
"They just have a bit too much imagination..." Conan rubbed his head.
For some reason, in their eyes, he had become an unreasonable and naughty child. And he had been lectured for quite a while...
"By the way, Tsuneo-kun, didn't you say you weren't going today?" Dr. Agasa looked at the repairman curiously.
Yesterday, Inspector Megure called everyone to go to the police station to give statements as witnesses for the Blue Castle case, but Tsuneo had flatly refused at the time.
"Oh, you were all present for that case and know the details. I'm going today for a different case..." Tsuneo glared fiercely at Conan.
"Hehe, this really is..." Dr. Agasa glanced at Shinichi, smiling and patting his head.
"What can I do?" The great detective spread his small hands, looking helpless.
Although the so-called Detective Boys had solved some cases, most of the time, no one would believe a child. To avoid some trouble, using Tsuneo's voice was better than using Uncle Kogoro's.
"Never mind, it doesn't matter. You're buying the eel rice today." Tsuneo waved his hand and left to get in the car.
For this guy, seeing a case and not getting involved was more unbearable than killing him.
"Children, we're going to the police station!" Dr. Agasa called out to the Detective Boys, who were chatting with Akemi by the sofa.
"Yay!"
Genta and the others seemed very happy; one might have thought they were going on a tour.
"Alright, let's all go together!" Akemi forcefully closed the reference book in Ai's hand, took her small hand, and walked out the door.
You should participate in more group activities!
"..." Ai sighed helplessly.
Sister, before going out, could you please take off the cartoon hair clip on my head...
...
In front of the police station main entrance.
"Wow, no matter how many times I see it, it still feels so magnificent!" Genta said, looking at the tall building in front of him with his arms crossed.
"They must handle many cases here every day, right?" Ayumi also looked very happy.
"No matter what, this is the top police unit in Japan!" Mitsuhiko nodded.
"This shouldn't be your first time here, right?" Tsuneo chuckled speechlessly. Now, every time he saw this door, he wanted to run away.
Every time he went in, he had to lie for half an hour, and people would ask for his reasoning process and so on.
As for these children from the Detective Boys, they had solved many cases before, so they should have been here many times.
"Every time, Conan gets questioned, and we just say a few words and then it's over. We never get to go inside and look around," Genta said, glancing at Conan with resentment.
Whenever there's a tricky case, he tells us to go home first and then rushes in by himself.
"This time we're here for the Blue Castle incident, so we can't cause trouble for the officers!" Dr. Agasa reminded them with a smile.
The children seemed a bit excited...
"That's right, we're not here for camping or a picnic," Conan said, putting his hands in his pockets, adopting the stance of an experienced person.
You guys shouldn't be noisy.
"What are you saying? You're talking about us, but Conan, weren't you the one who kept saying that once we got here, we could ask about unsolved cases?" Ayumi mercilessly exposed the seemingly calm great detective.
"Exactly! The happiest person among us is clearly you!" Mitsuhiko nodded, ganging up on Conan.
"Is, is that so?" Conan patted his head, looking elsewhere.
"Idiot." Tsuneo greeted the police officer at the door and walked straight in as if returning to his own apartment.
"Moron." Ai followed right behind the repairman, adding another jab.
"Hehe..."
Conan glanced at the two people who felt uncomfortable if they didn't retort him for a day, and chuckled helplessly.
"Mr. Tsuneo!"
Just then, Officer Takagi ran out of the building and greeted Tsuneo.
He had specifically come out to escort everyone in.
"Let me see, the statement we need to take this time is for that poisoning case, right?" Tsuneo asked, quickly recalling the details the great detective had told him.
"Uh..." Takagi scratched his head, smiling awkwardly.
"Because I'm in charge of both of these cases today..."
"So, my workload has doubled today?" The repairman pulled out his car keys from his pocket, wanting to escape immediately.
"Mr. Tsuneo, today at the cafeteria..." Takagi began listing the menu to Tsuneo.
Conan looked up at the two of them, speechless.
It doesn't look like they're here for serious business, does it?
...
"Sorry to trouble everyone to come all this way."
After entering the office building, Takagi turned and said to Dr. Agasa with a smile.
The repairman's routine was already very familiar, so there was no need for such words.
"It's alright," Dr. Agasa nodded.
"It's quite clean here," Ai said, looking at the rooms on both sides of the corridor.
"It's really strange. I always thought it should be dirtier here, with ash everywhere," Mitsuhiko, finally getting a chance to look around, also observed his surroundings.
"You've watched too many TV dramas. If it were really like that, the cleaning staff would lose their jobs and go home." Tsuneo greeted a police officer from Investigation Division One who was passing by, then turned to the children.
"No, not really." Takagi laughed awkwardly.
As they spoke, they entered a large office. Dozens of workstations, with only two or three police officers sparsely seated.
"Huh?"
"Why is there no one here..."
The clean, tidy, and empty office was beyond the Detective Boys' expectations.
"Because everyone has already gone out. Are you that surprised?" Takagi bent down and asked them.
"Of course! In a police office, there should be cigarette butts everywhere!"
"I originally thought that as soon as I entered, there would be fierce uncles staring at us!"
The Detective Boys all had varying degrees of fantasy...
"Look at me, do I look fierce..." Takagi said with a smile.
Just as Mr. Tsuneo said, these little guys watch too many TV dramas...
"He really doesn't seem to have much presence, does he?" Ayumi whispered.
"Can he really catch criminals looking like that?" Mitsuhiko also nodded along.
"He must not be very popular with girls here..." Genta said in an even smaller voice.
"You shouldn't say that!" Akemi timely covered Genta's mouth, looking apologetically at Officer Takagi.
"This guy is actually very good!" Tsuneo said, patting Takagi's shoulder.
Officer Takagi visibly brightened up a bit.
"Although he didn't beat the criminal last time and got injured," the repairman added.
"Hehehe..."
(End of Chapter)
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