Old Case Lottery

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department really did have a great many unsolved cases from the past.

Otherwise, Kudo Shinichi, a high school student who had not even graduated yet, would not have been called the "Savior of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

A savior, a savior—good times did not need saving. Only a dark, hopeless apocalypse needed a savior.

Though the title of savior was somewhat sensationalized, it also reflected just how disappointing the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's previous performance had been.

"Just the index alone is this long?"

Mizunashi Rena was startled.

"Well..." Lin Xinyi looked embarrassed again. "Actually, there aren't quite that many."

"The font in this index is fairly large, the layout is rather sparse, and each case entry includes a summary. There are only a few cases per page."

"Anyway, ahem."

"This part is classified. Please don't broadcast it."

"Understood." Miss Mizunashi was a news anchor with principles.

Though those principles could be somewhat flexible.

Exposing a few harmless scandals was fine. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had long grown accustomed to being criticized anyway.

But if she leaked this sort of "state secret," thoroughly offended the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and angered the big shots in the police system—

Unless she revealed herself as an imperial envoy from her homeland and a secret messenger of the emperor, she could forget about continuing her career as a news anchor.

"Actually, this can be considered a good thing."

Lin Xinyi tried to put a positive spin on it from another angle.

"At least the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department honestly left behind the cases they failed to solve."

"They did not, like with the Moonlight Island family massacre or the Haido Elementary School suicide case, casually use excuses like 'accident' or 'suicide' to close the cases recklessly, leaving