CHAPTER XXV

There was a lot of noise in the banquet hall.

Kawashima Esaki and Kudo Shinichi opened the door and entered, without attracting anyone's attention.

The two waiters guarding the door are only responsible for stopping people who want to go out, and those who come in don't care.

Kawashima Ezaki inquired with the waiter a little.

It is said that this hall hosted an engagement banquet with six tables of guests, and the lady who lost the expensive necklace was the younger sister of the father-to-be of the groom, Ms. Umejima Chiri, who is thirty-six years old Chinese New Year's Eve.

She has a very flamboyant personality, and when she meets people, she said that she spent 85 million to photograph the golden cat's eye necklace some time ago, and it is not impossible for someone to be greedy and take the opportunity to steal the necklace.

"Ms. Meijima, calm down, we have already called the police, and I believe that there will be police to deal with this case soon."

The hotel manager persuaded him in a good voice, but the woman in a purple dress with a half-high neck and covering her chest did not listen to him at all.

She stepped on high heels and walked to the platform where the bride-to-be and groom were standing, squeezed the two of them behind with a strong momentum, and commanded the thirty or forty people in the audience.

"The thief must be among you, I have to search them one by one, and no one can leave until the things are found!"

Some of the guests had a whisper on their faces.

After all, they will only come to the banquet after receiving an invitation from the bride-to-be and groom-to-be.

Ms. Umejima treated them like thieves, which was too much.

"When did so many people search one by one, how could the thief be stupid and put it on his body after he succeeded, he must have transferred things."

"That is to say, it's already ten o'clock, and the last subway has stopped, and I have to get up at seven o'clock tomorrow to go to work."

"Why haven't the police come yet?"

"Tsk. There are so many things, I wouldn't have come if I knew about it. A young girl in a sundress, leaning on a planter stand, pursed her lips impatiently, her red lips curling into a sneer.

"Generally, invitations have to be sent half a month in advance, right? How can it be sent three days in advance, so I temporarily find the store manager to transfer the shift, if it weren't for the sake of a colleague, the old lady would not be too lazy to come. ”

Her position was close to the group of young people near the doorway, and both Kawashima and Kudo heard her words.

The young girl noticed their gaze and said, "What are you looking at?!" ”

Then he rolled his eyes without giving face at all and walked into the crowd.

Kawashima Esaki is the first time to eat other people's white eyes as an adult, which is very novel, not only does he not hate it, but he thinks that the other party is very handsome. If Shabei is in the system, he will definitely have to say something like cannon fodder for supporting roles.

Ha. People live freely, and it is the turn of the system to oppose it?

Kawashima Esaki held his chin and thought about the words of the suspender girl-

The invitation was sent only three days ago, does it mean that the engagement banquet was a last-minute decision?

Why is there such a hurry?

Is there any purpose behind it?

Shinichi Kudo tugged at the corner of Kawashima Esaki's suit, and the thin fabric was slightly wrinkled by him.

"Do you want to call uncle, and they come over?"

Kawashima said, "They drank like that, and it didn't come to any avail." "What's more, the crime of theft is the purview of the three search sections, and those drunken uncles who finally take a vacation should not rob their colleagues of life.

"Oh."

A new nod with excitement in his eyes!

By virtue of his small size, he sneaked into the middle of the guests to find out the news.

"Go to work? You couldn't afford to buy that necklace from me for the rest of your life! A bunch of poor ghosts! ”

The hotel manager saw that Ms. Mei Dao was unscrupulous, and was about to cause public anger, so he hurriedly greeted her and acted as a peacemaker.

"Everybody calm down. The necklace may not have been taken by someone, but at some point when it was accidentally dropped. Ms. Umejima, can you recall who you came into contact with since you came, and when did the necklace disappear? ”

Seeing that the manager's attitude is not bad, Ms. Meijima also restrained herself, and now it is most important to find the necklace.

After a moment's silence, she listed three suspects.

The first one is:

The bride-to-be, her future niece.

When Ms. Umejima went to visit the bride-to-be in the dressing room, she had helped her fix her hair, but after finishing it, Ms. Umejima also looked in the mirror again, and the necklace was hanging from the purple dress, emitting a golden light.

The second is that in the middle of the banquet, a magician is invited to warm up the scene.

The magician performed like a butterfly in the feast, interacted with Ms. Umejima, and finally conjured a rose for her.

The third is Ms. Umejima's new boyfriend.

The two sat together, and there were too many opportunities for contact, and when Ms. Umejima found that the necklace was missing, her boyfriend was serving her vegetables.

The three of them all said that they were not themselves, and they also took the initiative to let Ms. Meidao search her body.

Over there, the hotel manager also inspected the banquet hall and shook his head at Ms. Umejima.

Ms. Umejima, who found nothing, was shocked.

"How so? Didn't have one? ”

The bride-to-be withdrew her gaze from the corner and looked at the corner, with anxiety on her face, "Have you ever had physical contact with anyone else besides us?" ”

"I want to think, I want to think."

Kawashima's eyes narrowed slightly, and under the illumination of the light, the hair of the woman in the purple dress was coiled, and a few strands of hair on the back of her neck were stained with something shiny.

It's transparent, a little sticky, and looks like syrup.

When the criminal police of the third section of the search arrived at the banquet hall, Shinichi Kudo, who had long since disappeared like a wild horse, finally reappeared.

He pestered one of the detectives.

"I know who the prisoner is."

The detective thought that the child had witnessed the criminal's crime, so he squatted down and listened to him, "Can I tell my uncle?" ”

Kudo Shin's eyes shone brighter, with a strong desire to express.

"The Prisoner Is ——!"

"The prisoner is the bride-to-be, Miss Rika Kokurisu."

Kawashima Esaki took over the conversation lazily, his voice didn't fluctuate at all, and he thought it was very interesting to see the stinky fart kid almost bite his tongue.

"Uh...... You are......? ”

Kawashima Ezaki took out his public security police ID.

Since he robbed Shinichi of his happiness, he reluctantly said a few words about it.

He had seen a lot of these tricks in his previous life.

"The modus operandi should be related to some kind of adhesion that will melt the human body's temperature, under the pretext of tidying up the hair, opening the necklace lock and then gluing it with the adhesion."

"Calculate the melting time, find an excuse to distract the owner of the necklace during that time, and then take the opportunity to kick off the necklace that fell on the carpet and find the right time to pick it up and hide it."

"As for the stolen items, they should be in the pot of pothos in the corner."

"It's obviously an empty corner, isn't it too strange to look at it so often? Miss Rika Ogurisu. ”

"I'm sorry that your engagement reception was part of the plan."

There were already criminal policemen who ran to rummage through the pothos flower pots, and sure enough, they found a luxurious and unusual gold wire cat's eye necklace.

"Found it, take it back and check the fingerprints to find out who touched this necklace."

Rika Kurisu instantly knelt down and sat down.

The groom-to-be took her hand with a blank expression, "Lixiang... You...... I thought you couldn't wait to get engaged to me......"

Rika Kurisu held her face, and tears slipped from her fingers, "I'm sorry, but I really need money." ”

“……”

The theft of the cat's eye necklace came to an end.

Shinichi Kudo couldn't be happier.

looked at the young man who seemed to be in a good mood, and he couldn't say anything to blame him, after all, he was not the only one who could reason about this case.

Compared to himself running around the world, Kawashima Esaki can deduce who is the criminal when he stands still, which is amazing.

"Okay, it's not too early, I'll send you back."

Kawashima Ezaki admired Shinichi's angry expression and took him back to the banquet hall where Mori Kogoro and others were.

"Shinichi, where did you go?"

Moriran sat on the couch with her legs crossed, and when she saw them returning, she jumped down and ran to Shinichi.

Kudo Shinichi scratched his head, "Lan-chan, let's go to the bathroom." ”

"Oh, it's slow."

Kawashima Ezaki glanced at his watch, it was already past ten o'clock, and if he didn't go back, the dormitory building would be closed.

He said hello to the drunken Mori Kogoro.

was poured two sips of wine by the other party before getting out.

The young man rubbed the heads of the two little devils, pushed the door and left.

The night breeze downstairs in the hotel is cool, and when the wind blows, the smell of wine in the stomach seems to be a little stronger, and the smoke makes people's heads dizzy.

"Mr. Kawashima, let me confirm with you, the place where you need to drive is in front of the Rice Flower Sogaya Hotel, right?"

"Sir? Mr. Kawashima? ”

The young man who was holding a hand to answer the phone walked down the stairs, and the dim street lamp outside was blocked by the roof of the staircase, dividing a vague line of light and dark.

The sound of leather shoes on the stairs suddenly stopped, and half of Kawashima Ezaki's face was gently illuminated by the dim light, and half of his face was hidden in the darkness. With a faint smell of sake, he looked condescendingly at the few people waiting by the car.

"Waiting for me?"

The men were dressed in suits, with slight bulges in the ribs under their armpits, presumably equipped with holsters.

They walked over at the same time and opened their police cards to signal.

"Kawashima Police Officer, please come with us to the National Police Agency."

Kawashima Ezaki's expression did not change, and he said to the substitute driver who thought that the mobile phone was malfunctioning and had been "hey, hey, hey".

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to go back with the car, I will leave the key at the hotel front desk, please drive the car to the parking space outside the police academy."

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The hour hand jumps to the middle of 11 and 12.

Toyota sedans poured into the traffic like black fish.

Kawashima Esaki was squeezed in the middle by two policemen, and if he hadn't been convinced that after he came to this world, not only did he not do anything bad, but he helped the police solve several cases, he would have thought that his villain nature would have been exposed.

None of the five people in the car meant to speak.

In silence, Toyota drove to the National Police Agency headquarters.

Let's talk about Japan's police system.

The National Police Agency, the most powerful government agency, directly supervises the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, where Kawashima Esaki worked, and indirectly supervises the local police headquarters.

Among them, only the public security police are an exception.

Both the Public Security Division of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Division of the local police headquarters are directly under the control of the Garrison Bureau of the National Police Agency. The Garrison Bureau can even issue orders directly to the public security departments of each police headquarters without going through the Inspector General of Police and others.

can directly "invite" him here without going through his superiors.

Who else is there besides the Garrison Bureau?

"Kawashima Police, please follow me."

Because of the steaming of wine, the young man's cold white skin was a little crimson, and he followed the man into the police station.

After a few minutes of walking down the twisting corridor, the man stood still in a doorway.

"Please come in."

Kawashima Ezaki raised his eyes and looked at the words on the door-

Planning Division, Garrison Bureau.

Very good.

This is the leading department of the Garrison Bureau, where the entire public security police system is in charge, and it is said that there is also a secret unit called "Zero".

Such a place, call him to come.

Kawashima Ezaki lowered his icy eyes, pushed open the door and entered.

He wanted to see what these people were up to. ：，，