At that thought, Takagi Wataru could not help wrapping his coat tighter and looking out the window. Could that arrested drug dealer have accomplices, and were those vicious accomplices talking about him behind his back right now?
As one police officer sank into thought,
elsewhere, one of his colleagues was also looking at her wristwatch, briefly lost in thought.
Officer Sato, dressed in a kimono, soon reached a conclusion. Happily, she said, "Ten minutes have already passed since the agreed time. It looks like he has no intention of going through with this blind date either—why don't we call it a day?"
As she spoke, she braced herself on the table and stood up. Sato's Mother froze, then hurriedly grabbed her. "You've only waited ten minutes and you're already out of patience? Sit down, now! Maybe he ran into a murder case on the way and got delayed."
Sato Miwako's eye twitched. "Mom..." Did she like the other side or hate him? Why curse him like that?
As mother and daughter remained locked in a standoff, a figure suddenly appeared beyond the shoji.
"My apologies for keeping you both waiting." A man in his fifties or sixties bowed as he slid open the paper door. "I am Kamoi Isokichi. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
Sato Miwako stared at him in unconcealed shock. "Y-you're my blind date?!" He looked older than her father!
Sato's Mother quietly jabbed her in the side with an elbow. "Don't talk nonsense. He's the gentleman's butler."
Butler Kamoi gave an awkward laugh and apologized. "I truly beg your pardon. Our master and mistress are traveling abroad and could not return in time, so today, I will accompany our young master on his blind date."
Sato Miwako's eye twitched as she repeated a word far removed