"Specific hair colors?" Ran Mouri murmured, quickly thinking of the woman they had rescued that night.
She was an adult woman with dyed brown hair styled into fashionable loose waves, and she was quite pretty.
Thinking that, Ran couldn't help drifting her gaze toward Sonoko Suzuki, who was sitting beside her.
"Y-you mean, the woman we sent to the hospital..." Sonoko touched her own hair too and shivered.
Suddenly, getting her hair dyed and styled again like Tang Ze had suggested didn't sound so bad...
"Yep, she fit the profile of the serial murder victims perfectly." Matsuda Jinpei lifted his draft beer and gave a brief explanation. "Including tonight's woman, this was already the fourth case."
"So you were there tonight because you were tracking the serial killer?" Conan instinctively asked. "But hadn't you already quit being a police officer?"
And just moments ago, he had casually dismissed the two girls' explanation that Tang Ze couldn't possibly be an assault offender. No matter how Conan looked at him, he didn't seem like the sort of person who was eager to uphold justice or lend a helping hand.
How could he still actively investigate and pursue murder cases after leaving the force?
"Yeah, I did quit being a cop. But quitting doesn't mean I can't investigate cases." Matsuda Jinpei spoke a completely sincere truth. "It's preparation for my new job. You could call it... internship work?"
"Um, if you don't mind me asking, is your new job... detective work?" Ran blinked, unable to stop the first word that came to mind from slipping out. "So many people have become detectives lately..."
Was that really such a suitable profession for retired police officers? Why did every former officer she knew seem to end up becoming a detective?
There were even several people