After finishing his statement, Jiang Xia had originally wanted to continue touring London Police Headquarters and see if any new murder cases had been reported there.
But after he had only wandered into one office, the vigilant Inspector Yassa intercepted him and ushered him out.
The London police did not seem particularly friendly, which disappointed Jiang Xia somewhat.
Still, he had already sent the Ghosts to make a round of the place, and they had found that there were indeed no murder cases at the Police Station at this hour. So he was not too reluctant to leave.
At the entrance to the Police Headquarters, Jiang Xia was about to check his mailbox to see whether Kinoshita Yoko had sent any new messages.
Just then, the doors that had just closed suddenly opened again—Inspector Yassa appeared inside, carrying a first-grade bear child.
"This child nearly sneaked into the Archives Room... How exactly do you teach your children? Don't let him run around again. This is the Police Headquarters!"
The haggard middle-aged inspector snorted, tossed Conan over beside Jiang Xia, and shut the doors again.
"Conan, you ran off again..."
Mouri Ran recalled Inspector Yassa's increasingly sparse hair and felt somewhat apologetic. But she really could not keep an eye on this child who loved running around. Conan's presence was sometimes absurdly faint, and he was very good at furtively using blind spots to do other things. Often, he would vanish the moment she looked away.
Fortunately, this time had not caused any serious consequences. All she could do was issue her useless warning for the Nth time: "Don't do this again next time!"
Conan nodded obediently while brushing her off, then looked back at the police building with the same disappointment as Jiang Xia.
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