"?" Everyone turned around in confusion and looked at Inspector Shiratori.
Inspector Shiratori looked at Takagi Wataru and questioned him in the tone he used on suspects during investigations. "Did you solve that robbery case just now?"
He placed extra emphasis on the word "you."
"This..." Officer Takagi hesitated, then honestly shook his head. Though he had come up with some key information himself, objectively speaking, if Jiang Xia hadn't helped him sort through the first two witnesses' testimonies and open that crucial breach, he would probably still be circling around those four suspects even now.
Seeing him nod, Inspector Shiratori curled his lips into a sly smile. "Also, you weren't the first person to enter the private room and interrupt this matchmaking meeting—you were being supported by Jiang Xia and came in half a step later. By the time you entered, the sun had already set."
"?" Sato Miwako sensed something off in his tone and looked up at him.
This young master swept back his hair and declared in the tone of a judge delivering a verdict, "Jiang Xia solved the case, and Jiang Xia was the first to enter this room. By that logic, the one who interrupted this matchmaking meeting and has the right to date Officer Sato should actually be Jiang Xia."
Crash—!
Before his words had even finished landing, the shoji was yanked open.
A female high school student passing by, who strongly disagreed with that opinion, pounced in from the neighboring private room and snapped viciously, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"Miss Suzuki?" Officer Shiratori looked in surprise at this acquaintance who had appeared from nowhere, then at Mouri Ran, who had followed her over. "What a coincidence. You're eating here too?"
Suzuki Sonoko's momentum faltered after all that eavesdropping. "Uh, well..."