Sato Miwako followed behind the patrol officer and hurried over.
In the darkness, she warily eyed the two "suspicious individuals" ahead, about to show her Police ID and ask them to assist with the investigation.
But before she could speak, she suddenly froze.
Officer Sato: "..." Although the light was dim, she found the two people ahead strangely familiar.
Looking more closely, she recognized them. "...Jiang Xia?"
The officers following behind her paused. Hearing that name, they exchanged delighted glances.
...Looks like they would not have to work overtime!
A murder case had occurred nearby.
On the way to the crime scene with the police,
Jiang Xia took out his phone and sent Kinoshita Yoko, who had invited him to the gathering, a message telling her that something had come up and he would be back late.
Then he looked at Sato Miwako walking beside him. "What happened?"
"We just received a report—a murder case occurred in a Detached House nearby." Officer Sato glanced at Kojima Chihiro, who was walking behind them with her head lowered, and lowered her voice.
"We had just arrived at the scene when a patrol officer happened to pass by. After hearing the general details, he reported seeing two suspicious people. Inspector Megure asked me to come with him and check along his patrol route for anything unusual, in case evidence had been discarded. We searched all around but found no evidence. Instead, we found you two."
Jiang Xia nodded. That patrol officer did not seem to know him, which was perfectly normal—tonight was very dark, and not every officer worked at the Metropolitan Police Department or liked browsing the news.
Still, it was good that they had run into each other. Otherwise, he would have had to find an excuse to slip into