After getting the scoop he wanted, Detective Noda began discussing business in satisfaction.
"You're here to ask about Kusukawa, right?" He glanced at the date and did a quick calculation. "That guy actually hasn't answered his phone for two or three days. A while back, he said he was busy with a major case, so he's probably just too occupied to get in touch."
"No contact for two or three days?" Mouri Ran froze. "Didn't you report it to the police?"
"Haha, for ordinary people, losing contact for a few days might be terrifying, but for us Private Detectives, it's commonplace."
Detective Noda waved a broad hand, looking rather proud. "To get the information our clients need, we can do anything—tail people, lie in wait, even go undercover. During that time, to avoid exposing our identities as Detectives, we sometimes don't communicate with the outside world. Forget two or three days; some people disappear for a year or half a year. The person who received you today disappeared for two years. Back then, we were planning to find his family and arrange a death certificate, but then he suddenly showed up again."
Jiang Xia: "..." You really couldn't judge a book by its cover. That man had looked like nothing more than an ordinary balding middle-aged uncle, yet he had such a story behind him... When they got to the Haido Detective Agency later, he should ask him for a Business Card too.
Well, since they were already here, he might as well get one from everyone. Detective Noda was right—colleagues needed to communicate more and share cases.
"..." Watching them drift further and further off topic, Okiya Subaru could not help offering a stick of incense in his heart for "Mr. Kusukawa."
Normally, a Detective disappearing for two or