"Huh? You got involved in another hostage incident?"
Xu Yue's response to Conan's phone call was equally listless.
Conan really was impossible to guard against. He had just said that he was almost done with what he was working on and could come keep him company for some fun, only to turn around and ditch him again.
The kids had run into a hostage situation at a department store, then worked together to take down the hostage-taker.
Now that they were out of danger, Conan was calling him.
"Why did you say 'another'? I've only run into a hostage incident once, haven't I?"
Conan's voice on the other end of the line sounded rather strange.
At that moment, Xu Yue could vaguely hear Ran's voice from the other end of the phone. She was probably not speaking to Conan, but to Sonoko, discussing what they should wear to attend Teacher Matsumoto's wedding.
Mm, very good. One phone call, and the next case had probably already been decided.
Tsk, tsk.
Inviting Conan to a wedding really was asking for trouble.
Still, it was his teacher's wedding, so Xu Yue had no particular reason to...
Wait, wasn't his teacher Matsumoto Kiyonaga's daughter? The chief of the Criminal Investigation Division's First Investigation Section.
Though Xu Yue was not his direct superior, it should be fine to show up uninvited for a wedding or something...
"Officer Sato?"
When Ran saw Xu Yue arrive in formal attire, a trace of surprise appeared on her face.
Today was her middle school music teacher's wedding, so she had come with Sonoko, along with Conan, who had insisted on tagging along.
She had not expected to run into Officer Sato here.
Ran had become fairly familiar with Officer Sato by now. Though they met every time because