"So, we have to change psychologists again..."
As soon as he left the café and met up with Ran Mouri, Tangze heard that remark.
Feeling that he ought to bear some responsibility for it, Tangze offered a word of comfort. "That works out nicely. Once you finish the reading list he left behind, you'll be able to adjust to the work of being the psychological committee member."
Then, when the next Teitan psychologist arrived, the legend could continue...
"At least this doctor was somewhat useful." Conan, wearing his little backpack, pursed his lips and offered that dry comment.
With Mori Kogoro acting as an information relay, he had already learned exactly what role Kihara River had played in this serial murder case born of revenge. Hearing their discussion now, he had little more to say.
In his view, the doctor's sudden disappearance either had something to do with the organization, or the police had simply taken him in.
For him to so skillfully incite Kazuki Motokami into carrying out months of murder, this absolutely could not have been Kihara River's first time doing something like this. How much blood stained his record would require a much deeper investigation.
Of course, none of that had anything to do with Mori Kogoro, who had successfully closed the case, or Tangze and Ran, who had successfully escaped Kihara River.
Thinking of that, Conan studied Tangze's reaction for a while.
Kihara River meant something different to Tangze, after all. In comparison, Tangze's reaction was somewhat too calm...
Ran Mouri instinctively nodded at first, then felt that something was off. Her expression turned strange. "You make it sound like, after giving me the required reading list, he had no other use..."
"That's the truth." Tangze spoke frankly. "Setting that aside, if we're discussing his medical