Although he had run into Fuji and Kawai, Shiraishi could see that they were already looking tired from working the night shift. Since they were technically already working overtime, he reasonably... chose not to order them to buy him bread.
Beika Police Station was a large station with plenty of administrative staff, one of the few stations with a cafeteria. Shiraishi had come straight to the cafeteria to buy bread; otherwise, he would have had to change uniforms before going out.
When they saw the chief arrive...
A few female administrative officers who had been bent over their desks awkwardly greeted the chief, then lowered their heads and slunk away—it was only 11:50 a.m. Tokyo time... There was still a while before lunch break!
It was understandable for the injured chief to come buy something early to avoid the rush, but it was awkward for them to show up at the cafeteria so early and get caught by him—especially the female officers from the Police Affairs Division, who only now realized that the new chief's lunches had always been "bread."
In recent years, the old chief could only eat the nutritional meals he brought himself, so the division chief had forgotten to prepare a special meal for the chief!
Just then, Shiraishi saw an officer in business attire, presumably a detective, leaning against the wall with one hand and striking what he clearly thought was a handsome pose. The nearby female administrative officers hurried away even faster...
Shiraishi froze. Do we have someone like that at our station?
"Narcissist, didn't I tell you to buy red bean bread? We still have surveillance duty this afternoon!" Haitani's voice called out.
Narcissist?
"Ah! Chief, you're already at work too?" Haitani spotted Chief Shiraishi.
Then this did not count as sneaking off to