"...Why did you have to say something so misleading?" Megumi Aiko didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she saw this scene.
It was obvious that the bomb on Mouri Ran's side had been solved but Matsuda Jinpei just had to make Conan misunderstand it.
"That brat is too curious and will affect our work," Matsuda Jinpei replied with a scoff.
"But he's really smart…." And Megumi Aiko had already asked for Conan's help covertly several times in the past since she couldn't really solve some cases.
"Even if he's smart, he's only an elementary school student. You can't possibly let an elementary school student be the one to solve the case all the time, can you?" Matsuda Jinpei retorted. After all, in his view, Conan was indeed just an elementary school student who's a bit too smart for his age.
Megumi Aiko: ???
It seemed that the Conan's halo really prevented others from noticing that he's Shinichi Kudo except for some people.
Forget it.
It didn't matter.
"Let's just find the bomb for now…."
"Alright." Matsuda Jinpei saw that Megumi Aiko no longer wanted to discuss this and didn't make things difficult for the other party.
Soon afterwards, they were being called by Inspector Megure who had already caught the culprit through Megumi Aiko's description and investigation over the people in the amusement park.
…
Kayama Ichiro stared blankly at the culprit who was being caught.
So, the case is over?
It felt rather lackluster right now.
…
[High School Student [2]: The case is over so quickly that It's unbelievable. I thought that there would be more interesting things in the case rather than having the police officers solving it so quickly. Tsk, can't there be more excitement?
University Student [6]: Pfft, why do you want the case to last much longer? If it has been solved, then it would have been easier for you, wouldn't it?
Doctor [9]: True
Artist [11]: Be more merciful for No. 4 who have suffered a lot while working as a police officer.
Journalist [12]: Pfft.
Megumi Aiko [4]: … Thank you for remembering me.
Public Security Officer [5]: Be careful of what you wished for, No. 2. What if there's another bomb that hadn't been found.
Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: No. 5, please don't jinx things.
Megumi Aiko [4]: + 1
Public Security Officer [5]: (roll eyes. jpg) I'm talking seriously. Even if the case seems to have been over, you still need to be careful and…
…
Kayama Ichiro regretted that he ignored No. 5 lecture and went on to play with Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko at the water park. They were planning to fetch Mouri Kogoro who was drunk and almost fainted, so they headed there.
And when they were about to pull Mouri Kogoro up, Kayama Ichiro noticed that something was wrong with the chair and a blaring timer appeared in front of their eyes.
Kayama Ichiro: "..."
So, how come the one in trouble ended up being Mouri Kogoro?
Albeit exasperated, he still had to call Megumi Aiko and Matsuda Jinpei who were about to leave the amusement park with the other police officers.
Seeing Megumi Aiko who was restraining her laughter, Kayama Ichiro felt humiliated and refused to look at the other party.
After all, he had just said that it was really boring with nothing happening.
And then look at what happened?
Kayama Ichiro felt that someone was messing around with him right now.
…
[High School Student [2]: Don't think I don't know that you're laughing right now, no. 4!!!
Megumi Aiko [4]: Hahahaha! I can't help it. You have just complained that the case was over so simply and then there's another bomb.
High School Student [2]: That b*stard is a liar! You have to interrogate him properly and make him confess everything!
Megumi Aiko [4]: Hahaha, there will be other police officers in charge of the interrogation.
…
Kayama Ichiro saw the message and then decisively left when the bomb was already solved.
Even if there were other follow ups in the case…
He didn't want to participate!
Please, he already had enough of being followed around by Conan and Eisuke Hondo all the time and would rather stay in the classroom.
So when Kayama Ichiro found Conan coming to Teitan High School and somehow tailed him, he directly went to complain to Mouri Ran, who dragged Conan away with embarrassment on her face.
"Conan! Why are you following my classmate all the time? Don't you know that he's uncomfortable with it!"
"I'm sorry, it was just a coincidence Ran Nee!"
Conan was panicking while trying to explain himself to Mouri Ran.
But at the same time, his evaluation of Kayama Ichiro was higher because the other party could sense him following him.
To be honest, it was not that Kayama Ichiro has particularly high counter tracking ability. Even if he used to be an intelligence dealer, he was more used to the time when he had an official position and worked with the government.
Years of working like this had made Kayama Ichiro no longer so sensitive.
Besides, his real age was actually much older than his current age, so he felt quite uncomfortable.
In order to counter this, Kayama Ichiro had no other choice but to keep on using his ability to check on things where he had passed by to check if someone had followed him. While this increased his workload, it also made things safer for him.
The problem is…
He just keeps on seeing Conan around.
The client for his work this time was a high school student from another school and he arranged a meeting with the other party in their classroom after class. Kayama Ichiro thought that there wouldn't be any problem after he reported Conan to Mouri Ran.
But seeing that Conan was following him and Eisuke Hondo also came halfway through, Kayama Ichiro was silent.
They were really persistent.
But he really couldn't hold this back off anymore, so Kayama Ichiro had no other choice but to go through with it and head to the empty classroom and saw his so called client was sitting there. When he saw Kayama Ichiro wearing a high school student uniform from another school, he was startled and puzzled for a moment.
"Can I borrow the classroom for a while?"
"The school will be closed at 6," the student blurted out.
"I know, so I won't take long, just 20 minutes at most," Kayama Ichiro replied.
"Alright. Just remember that the guards might pass by at any moment."
These were the code words they had agreed upon and then Kayama Ichiro walked towards the other party and passed the flashdisk in his hand to the other party.
The student's eyes widened but seeing Kayama Ichiro's eyes that seemed to tell him not to say anything, he pursed his lips and then left the classroom. But before leaving, he still handed over the envelope that he had prepared to the other party.
This quick exchange was clearly done because it was not safe enough for the two of them to exchange words or others with each other.
So it's better to directly trade.
And if they dared to doublecross each other…
Kayama Ichiro knew the other party's identity and could just have a good 'talk' with the other party.
Tep.
"...You two, how long are you going to follow me?" Kayama Ichiro asked as he turned around and saw Conan crouching not far from the door with Eisuke Hondo following behind the other party. These two people seemed to think that their tracking skills are amazing, but the truth was truly the polar opposite.
Even Kayama Ichiro felt painful when he thought about how he had to keep up acting with these two people.