The Phantom Thief and Detective Join Forces

"Ah, you must be the police officer who called earlier. That customer with the sunglasses I mentioned hasn't come by yet."

"You're certain he comes here every afternoon?"

"Yes, he seems to be waiting for someone. What's wrong? Is he involved in some kind of case?"

"No, it's just a traffic accident issue... Um, could I trouble you to make a brief statement about the phone call from a couple of days ago?"

"Oh, oh, of course..."

Watching Yumi Miyamoto speak with the cafe's chef, Mori Kogoro looked around the establishment for a while and curled his lip.

Third Block and Second Block were so far apart. How had the man who dropped his phone and then died in a traffic accident managed to come to the wrong place?

"Should we call Miss Azusa? If he shows up, she can listen to his voice and probably identify him. By the way, is it really okay to leave the shop to Miss Azusa while you come with us?" Mori Kogoro looked at Tooru Amuro, who was trailing behind them.

Though, come to think of it, working as a waiter while running a detective agency did not seem like it left him much time to look after the cafe anyway...

"It's not the evening rush yet, so the shop isn't too busy. And even if it gets busy, there are other people to help out. Ever since I opened the agency, I haven't been working here full-time." Tooru Amuro smiled and offered a brief explanation.

The main reason he had kept his job at Polo Cafe was that Tangze needed to stay at the cafe throughout his protected observation period. For the next year, Polo Cafe was destined to remain the place where he and Tangze spent most of their time.

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