3781 [The Metropolitan Police Department's Strange Romance] Please Vote with Monthly Tickets

"Heh, I knew it. That guy really took advantage of the resemblance in appearance to worm his way in..."

The other officers who had been eavesdropping nodded vigorously, and the command vehicle was briefly filled with a sour atmosphere.

At the Dessert Museum, Officer Koyama, who had been questioned by Sato Miwako, could not explain why he had included Matsuda... no, why he had included this fake imitation of Officer Matsuda among the suspects. He just wanted to include him.

But since he had been asked, he could hardly say that everyone simply found the guy irritating.

Under Sato Miwako's quiet stare, Officer Koyama's mind raced. Then inspiration struck, and he pointed at Matsuda Jinpei. "There was a disturbance in the Garden just now. Everyone else was running toward the Dessert House, but this guy was strolling along behind them, like he already knew what had happened. That's suspicious!"

Matsuda Jinpei met his provocative gaze and gave a tolerant smile, imitating what Jiang Xia had learned from the television. Smiling was all it could do—it could not speak, after all. It could hardly suddenly open its mouth and whisper with the officers.

Fortunately, someone else could speak. Jiang Xia rubbed his chin and looked at the officer who had asked the question. "How did you know what happened at the time of the murder?"

Officer Koyama: "!!"

Sato Miwako furrowed her brows suspiciously. "Yeah, we hadn't even called the police yet."

"Th-this..." Officer Koyama panicked, flailing his arms.

Beside him, the other three officers exchanged glances. Then Officer Nakai, the quickest-witted of them, stepped forward to save him. "We came to the amusement park to have fun too. When something happened in the Dessert House just now, the two of us happened to be walking past the Garden entrance, so