Inspector Yassa: "..." Fortunately, he had heard that Jiang Xia and his group were only here on vacation and would be staying for just a few days. They should be leaving soon.
Until then, he would just have to work a little harder and keep a closer eye on them. At worst, once they left, he could finally take a proper vacation and make up for all the leave he had missed.
...Of course, it would be even better if he could solve a case before that little detective did during the course of his work, and show him just how capable United Kingdom police officers were.
"But, Inspector." Sergeant Anna had already heard Inspector Yassa complain several times on the way over.
Hearing it again, she finally could not help asking, puzzled, "What does Jiang Xia have to do with 'arrogance'? I think he's very easy to get along with, and he really has helped us quite a lot. Otherwise, who knows how long we would have had to work overtime on that case."
"..." He had indeed been helpful, but easy to get along with?
Inspector Yassa recalled that sarcastic detective from this afternoon and snorted angrily, no longer paying attention to this subordinate who was taking someone else's side.
In any case, driven by that competitive spirit, Inspector Yassa carefully listened to the witnesses' noisy, overlapping testimonies.
After hearing several key details, question marks could not help appearing over his head. "Wait, what do you mean the culprit disappeared?"
—The witnesses included not only Jiang Xia and the others who had rushed upstairs, but also those who had remained below.
Jiang Xia listened to the testimonies alongside Inspector Yassa as well.
When the police asked about it, he explained with the patience of a teacher, "This