"..." Jiang Xia looked back at him innocently. Perhaps Officer Takagi had been in a hurry, or perhaps he subconsciously felt that he had already said it once. What he had just told Jiang Xia had not been as detailed as what he had told Conan.
As an ordinary detective with absolutely nothing to do with the mastermind behind the scenes, Jiang Xia could only raise a hand and nudge Officer Takagi's path-dependent brain. "Think carefully. Among those three suspects, was there any man with some special habit that only women would have?"
"A woman's special habit..." Officer Takagi thought anxiously, but the more anxious he became, the blanker his mind grew. Romantic music even began playing in his head as his thoughts ran wild—if he could not solve the case, he would not be able to leave and get to Officer Sato's matchmaking venue. If he could not get there in time, Officer Sato and Officer Shiratori would have a romantic Valentine's Day date...
He subconsciously looked at his wristwatch, wanting to determine the exact time of sunset. Just then, Takagi Wataru stared at the watch on his wrist and froze.
"...I get it!" Officer Takagi suddenly said excitedly. "The wristwatch—it's the wristwatch! I understand everything now!"
Jiang Xia nodded slightly, revealing a gratified smile, as though the student was finally teachable.
While the enthusiastic detective accompanied the police in their crime-solving game.
Elsewhere, a fake secretary carried the Mini Pistol entrusted to her by the Spirit Medium Master, avoiding the bustling streets as she made her way discreetly toward Beika Town.
At the same time, across from an Apartment Building along her route.
Hashimoto Maya, dressed in a suit and looking every bit the respectable man, sat in a café speaking with a building materials supplier.
Suddenly,