"You are..." Kudo Shinichi recognized Shiraishi at that moment as well.
"Ah! Officer Shiraishi, what a coincidence... Huh? Ayako? What a coincidence!"
Ran not only recognized Shiraishi, but also... Sonoko's older sister beside him.
After all, she was her best friend's sister... Though Ran and Ayako were not particularly close, they had met several times before.
"So it's Ran and Kudo-kun. It really is a coincidence." Ayako smiled faintly and stood openly beside Shiraishi, close enough to seem intimate.
"I see..." Ran looked at Ayako and Shiraishi. Amid her surprise, she also wore the excited expression of someone shipping a couple.
But Shiraishi had no time to say anything to these two brats. Instead, he began "reassuring" the tourists around them.
"Everyone, please stop taking pictures. Please cooperate with our questioning later..." Shiraishi was mainly trying to stop the cameras aimed at him.
Kudo Shinichi was guarding the body, so no one was getting close to it. Instead, everyone was more interested in "Chief Shiraishi"!
"Chief Shiraishi, can you smile for us?"
"Can you stand here? I want to see that classic shot..."
"Orcas are so cute. How could you hit an orca?"
Shiraishi maintained order while keeping up his professional smile—he had trained for this, after all. Waving was also part of a chief's job!
As chief, it was actually inappropriate for him to do too much frontline work in public...
After all, "maintaining order" was not something people liked!
A chief was not a politician and did not need votes, but it was still a position that required him to be liked. Whether Shiraishi liked it or not, it was part of the job.
As long as the scene was not disturbed, Shiraishi did not say anything too harsh.
Fortunately, he did not have to keep up