My Kazumi Can't Be This Silly

Chapter 23: My Miwako Couldn't Possibly Be This Silly

In front of a public phone booth on a street near Tokyo Tower.

The car stopped by the roadside, Shu Yunwen got out and entered the phone booth, then dialed his own phone number.

The call connected, and immediately, Shu Yunwen heard Tsukamoto Kazumi's voice on the other end: "Hello, this is Tsukamoto Kazumi speaking. If you're looking for Shu Yunwen, please leave your contact information, and I'll relay the message to him later..."

"Kazumi-san, it's Shu Yunwen!" Shu Yunwen identified himself.

Tsukamoto Kazumi immediately replied, "It's Yunwen-san! You finally contacted me. Are you done with your business? It's already dark, and the children should be sent home quickly. If they don't go home soon, their parents will definitely worry."

Shu Yunwen smiled and said, "Thank you, Kazumi-san, for looking after the children for me. I'm done with my business and will be there immediately. By the way, Kazumi-san, where are you now? Are the children with you?"

"Yes," Tsukamoto Kazumi nodded on the phone, then glanced at the four lively children discussing animatedly nearby. "Because it's dark, I don't dare let the children run around. I'm taking them to rest at Mingqi Cafe..."

"Hmm... Kazumi-san, you weren't right next to the children when you answered the phone, were you?" Shu Yunwen asked again.

Tsukamoto Kazumi nodded. "That's right, I'm standing to the side now... Is something wrong, Yunwen-san?"

Shu Yunwen smiled slightly and continued, "It's nothing. By the way, Kazumi-san, I need you to do something for me. You must keep this a secret from everyone, absolutely do not tell anyone, including those children. Can you do that?"

"Uh... What is it?" Tsukamoto Kazumi hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Shu Yunwen said, "Look around now. Can you see three men in black suits? One of them is Japanese, and the other two are foreigners. The Japanese man is of average height and has a handlebar mustache; as for the two foreigners, one is burly and tall, and the other is shorter. Are there any such people where you are? By the way, be careful when you look for them, don't let them notice you."

Shu Yunwen had observed the characteristics of these three men during the day, so he described them clearly.

"Let me see..." Tsukamoto Kazumi cautiously looked around a couple of times, then whispered, "Yunwen-san, there are three people here matching your description. Their features are the same. They are inside the cafe, and they're wearing sunglasses indoors."

"Thank you, Kazumi-san. Now, please go back and sit down, and wait for me at the cafe. Oh, and keep an eye on the children, don't let them run around." Shu Yunwen instructed.

"Okay, Yunwen-san, I'll wait for you," Kazumi replied.

After the call ended on the other side, Shu Yunwen also hung up. Then, he heard a tapping sound on the glass outside the phone booth. A young man shouted at Shu Yunwen, "Uncle, hurry up and come out after your call! I need to make a call too! Don't waste everyone's time, okay?"

Uncle? He's calling me Uncle again?

Shu Yunwen's lips twitched twice. He walked out of the phone booth and quickly got into the car.

Hmph, I can't be bothered to argue with this young whippersnapper.

He had Matsushita Heisaburo drive the car into a small alley near a more secluded public phone booth. Shu Yunwen, wearing a mask, got out of the car and dialed the emergency number. As soon as the call connected, he deliberately changed his voice through the mask and said, "Hello, I want to report a crime. I just saw a Japanese man and two foreign men at Mingqi Cafe near Tokyo Tower. They were discussing escaping police pursuit and finding Maple Leaf Gold Coins in Italian. I suspect they are members of the wanted Italian Bandit Group. Please apprehend them immediately."

The operator on the other end said, "Okay, sir, we are recording... Also, could you please leave your contact information?"

Shu Yunwen casually lied, "My name is Hirata Taro, and I'm a student at Tokyo University studying Italian. That's why I can understand their conversation."

After finishing his fabricated story, Shu Yunwen hung up the phone, returned to the car, and instructed, "Matsushita-kun, please drive to Mingqi Cafe nearby."

"Hai!"

Ten minutes later, inside Mingqi Cafe.

Tsukamoto Kazumi and the four little ones were sitting on the sofa. The adorable Ayumi held her cup with both hands, took a sip, and then looked at Conan, who was still resting his chin on his hand, pondering over a piece of paper: "Conan, have you thought of anything?"

"Not yet," Conan shook his head. "...But I feel like I'm close to figuring it out."

Conan looked out at the street, his cute eyes fixed on it for a while, then suddenly jumped off the sofa.

Tsukamoto Kazumi immediately reached out and gently pulled Conan back. "Edogawa, where are you going?"

"Ah... I, I want to go outside and take a look," Conan said, scratching his head.

He had a feeling that the missing piece of the puzzle in his mind might be found if he just went outside to look.

Tsukamoto Kazumi immediately put on a serious and earnest expression. "Edogawa, you can't be naughty like this! We have to wait here for Yunwen-san to arrive, and then go home, understand?"

"I, I'll just go out for a little bit!" Conan said with a cute smile.

"I said, no!" Tsukamoto Kazumi refused again.

"Okay~" Conan's mood became a little dejected.

"Welcome!" The part-time waitress at the counter bowed slightly, with a sweet smile on her face.

Tsukamoto Kazumi looked up towards the entrance and saw a group of five people walking in. Shu Yunwen was not among them.

She withdrew her gaze with some disappointment, only to hear the woman among the four bow and say loudly to the waitress, "I'm so sorry. I came here with a friend yesterday, and my friend played a prank and took my work ID, hiding it under a seat in the cafe, which made me search for it all day. Now, I have something very important to retrieve my work ID..."

"Is that so? However, we clean thoroughly every day when we close, but we didn't find any lost work IDs yesterday..." the waitress said, surprised.

"Maybe my friend hid it very well! So, please!"

After bowing, the woman, without waiting for the waitress to say anything, walked with her two friends to the table of the three robbers and bowed slightly again. "Gentlemen, I'm sorry to trouble you. I hid my work ID under the seat, so..."

The Japanese man among the robbers spoke, "Alright, no need to say more! I heard everything. What a bother... Please be quick."

The woman nodded quickly and bowed thirty degrees. "Thank you very much."

The three robbers stood up. The woman, still in a bowing posture, had a change in her expression. She suddenly reached out, grabbed the burly foreigner walking past her, grunted, and brought the big man down. She shook her hand, revealing a police badge with a cherry blossom emblem. "I am Detective Sato Miwako of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division! You are under arrest!"

Beside her, the two men accompanying Sato Miwako acted almost simultaneously, moving to apprehend the shorter foreigner and the mustachioed Japanese man respectively. The shorter foreigner offered no resistance and was quickly pinned to the coffee table. However, the Japanese man cursed and actually fought back, knocking down another police officer. He quickly charged towards the coffee table where Tsukamoto Kazumi and the children were sitting. He looked at Conan and said, "Brat! If you don't want to die, hand over that piece of paper in your hand to me immediately!"

At the entrance, the two police officers responsible for blocking the exit immediately rushed in. One of them roared, "Damn it! Sawada Jinmei, surrender immediately! You can't escape!"

Another young police officer shouted loudly, "Please remain calm, everyone, don't panic. We are the police..."

Thanks to the meddling of this young police officer, the customers inside the cafe became a bit flustered.

Sawada Jinmei couldn't afford to worry about what was behind him. Just as he was about to grab Conan, Tsukamoto Kazumi suddenly threw a punch, hitting one of Sawada Jinmei's arms. The intense pain made Sawada Jinmei stop and turn to look at Tsukamoto Kazumi. He suddenly swung his arm at her and shouted, "Damn it! Get lost!"

Tsukamoto Kazumi calmly extended her arm to block, then kicked towards Sawada Jinmei's stomach.

Sawada Jinmei must have practiced some karate or similar martial art. He quickly blocked with both hands in front of him. Then, he reached into his pocket, intending to pull out a handgun and take a hostage.

Tsukamoto Kazumi's eyes were sharp. Just as his handgun was revealed, Tsukamoto Kazumi kicked his wrist again. The handgun immediately fell to the ground and rolled under a nearby table. Without his gun and seeing several police officers rushing towards him from behind, Sawada Jinmei completely forgot about snatching the "treasure map" back from Conan. He suddenly turned around, forcefully knocking over the police officers behind him, and amidst their cries of surprise, fled towards the cafe's entrance.

Tsukamoto Kazumi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Conan and the others beside her. Ultimately, she didn't chase after him.

Just then, a creaking sound came from the doorway. Shu Yunwen walked in and immediately saw Sawada Jinmei charging towards him, shoving him hard with his shoulder. "Get out of the way! Old man!"

When Shu Yunwen wasn't using Ghost Sorcery, he was just an ordinary person.

Sawada Jinmei's forceful shove caught Shu Yunwen off guard, and he was immediately knocked to the ground with a yelp.

Damn it! This hurts like hell!

Wait, what's going on here? Are the police arresting a robber? I only called them ten minutes ago, how could they be this fast?

Of course, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is... what did this guy just call me? Old man? Am I really that old?

Inside the cafe, Tsukamoto Kazumi, who hadn't intended to chase after Sawada Jinmei, became furious when she saw Shu Yunwen get knocked down.

"Yunwen-kun! Ah~! That damn guy!"

How dare he knock Yunwen-kun down! Unforgivable!

Tsukamoto Kazumi stepped on a sofa, jumped onto a table, and then, using the table, she moved incredibly fast towards the door. Seeing Sawada Jinmei running towards a car across the street to open the door, she rushed over in three quick strides.

Sawada Jinmei had already quickly gotten into the car and was about to drive when suddenly, with a "bang," the driver's side window shattered. Then, Sawada Jinmei felt his neck being grabbed, and half of his body was pulled out. He saw the person in front of him.

It was a young girl with fire in her eyes.

What? It looked like she was emitting fire too?

No, that must be an illusion!

Yes, it's definitely an illusion, no doubt about it.

"You damn guy!!"

Tsukamoto Kazumi suddenly let go, stomped her foot, and spun her body, growling, "Ah~~~~ Ah!"

With a "bang," a 360-degree spinning kick accurately landed on Sawada Jinmei's left cheek. The immense impact caused Sawada Jinmei to pass out immediately, his body hanging limply as if boneless.

Inside the cafe, the four kids were peeking out the window, watching Tsukamoto Kazumi's outburst.

"Sister Kazumi is so amazing!" Ayumi's eyes sparkled.

Genta and Mitsuhiko felt a shiver down their spines. Mitsuhiko chuckled nervously, "Instead of amazing, I'd say she's terrifying, right?"

Genta agreed, "She smashed the glass with her bare fists and kicked that bad guy unconscious with one kick. Will she become my future sister-in-law? If I make a mistake..."

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta simultaneously imagined Genta making a mistake and then being kicked unconscious by Kazumi. Ayumi and Mitsuhiko immediately offered Genta their sympathy: "Genta, you're so pitiful."

Conan ignored the three imaginative kids but felt a bit sheepish himself, muttering inwardly, "Her combat power is so strong... she seems even more terrifying than Ran..."

At the cafe entrance, Sato Miwako and two police officers rushed out. Seeing the situation across the street, they breathed a sigh of relief. Sato Miwako stopped, while the two male officers quickly ran across the street.

Sato Miwako glanced at Shu Yunwen, who was still sitting on the ground, and turned to say, "Takagi, aren't you going to help this gentleman up?"

The young police officer immediately responded, reached out, and helped Shu Yunwen up. He smiled and asked, "Sir, are you alright? Do you need me to call an ambulance for you?"

Shu Yunwen's mouth twitched. The words of thanks he was about to offer turned into, "Sir? Do I look that old?"

"Officer Takagi!" Sato Miwako glared at Takagi, then smiled at Shu Yunwen and said, "Sir, don't mind him. He just joined the force not long ago and doesn't know how to talk properly. You actually don't look old at all."

Shu Yunwen immediately felt a bit better. Looking at the beautiful woman speaking again—

Fine! Forget it, I can't be bothered to argue with this tactless police officer!

"...You look at most fifty years old right now, in your prime..." Sato Miwako continued to say with a smile.

Caw~ caw~ caw~ caw~ caw~

A flock of crows flew by, minding their own business.

Shu Yunwen felt as if he had been stabbed in the chest, and the whole world seemed filled with malice.

Damn it! What do you mean, "look at most fifty years old"? In your mind, how old am I really?

Damn it! These two hateful people... I'm going to file a complaint! I must file a complaint against them!

"What are your names?" Shu Yunwen asked angrily.

"My name is Sato Miwako, please take care of me." Sato Miwako bowed slightly.

"My name is Takagi Wataru, please take care of me!" Takagi also bowed slightly.

Sato Miwako? Takagi Wataru?

Officer Sato? Officer Takagi?

The two main protagonists of "The Criminal Love Story of the Metropolitan Police Department"?

Shu Yunwen stared at the faces of these two guys for a moment, and they really did look a bit like they did in the anime. But...

Impossible! Get lost!

How could the protagonists of my favorite series be these two clowns?

PS: La la la~ Muah muah, Miwako. I really like this incredibly dense and muddled police officer~~

So, I'm having them appear this early, you definitely won't have any objections, right?

Who? Who said they had objections?

If you have objections, just say so! As for me... I'm just not listening anyway~

Not listening~

Not listening~

Not listening~~

^_^