Listening to Jiang Xia's invitation, the Thousand-Faced Witch's eyelid twitched. She suddenly regretted not slipping away amid the chaos earlier.
But aside from herself, there were three other people in the private room. Even if she really ran off, those three children would expose her afterward. Vermouth could only sigh and keep smiling. "If I have time, I'll go."
...In truth, she did not want to go at all. But looking at Uzo's posture, with Mouri Ran in his left hand and Conan in his right, Vermouth ultimately could not bring herself to refuse.
Just then, a waiter poked his head in. "Mr. Shiratori, when should we serve the food?"
Officer Shiratori also remembered the lavish table of dishes he had originally planned to use to keep Jiang Xia occupied. With a grand wave of his hand, he said, "Serve it now."
The moment he finished speaking, Officer Takagi's phone suddenly began buzzing.
The starving policeman looked down at his pocket. "...?"
He cautiously answered the call. The next moment, Inspector Megure's voice came through the receiver. "Takagi, congratulations on successfully catching the robbers!"
Officer Takagi froze, then let out a heavy sigh of relief. So he was calling to congratulate him. He had thought there was more work—what a pointless scare.
He scratched his head and modestly said, "It was nothing. It was my duty, and Jiang Xia helped too."
"Oh? Jiang Xia is with you too?" Inspector Megure's dead-flat voice suddenly gained some vitality. "Perfect! Go to Dawn Town immediately and find a way to trick Jiang Xia into... I mean, bring him along!"
Hearing that tone, Officer Takagi's heart skipped a beat. "Is there a case over there?"
"Yes." Inspector Megure sighed painfully. "An employee at a secondhand furniture store was moving a sofa when it slipped