Conan: Start with three choices, but sequence potion

Chapter 171 The opposite of birthday

"It's a bit complicated to explain." Officer Sato just smiled. "We didn't have these devices until yesterday. It was only when I suddenly received the news from above that I knew that the police had added these devices to their standard equipment."

"Because we need to keep up with the pace of the Metaverse's launch, the Investigation Division is now divided into three shifts that take turns to go online, making the already short staff even more urgent. However, the police academy is already organizing a new round of recruitment, so the pressure on staff should be less after a while."

"So profound." Yuan Tai didn't quite understand, "Will there be eel rice for lunch?"

"Of course we have to eat pork cutlet rice in the Metropolitan Police Department!" Mitsuhiko retorted.

"Hehe." Officer Sato could only smile awkwardly.

How should I tell these two little kids that there is no eel rice or pork cutlet rice in the Metropolitan Police Department?
The three little ones were as unreliable as ever and soon digressed the topic to some unknown direction. Fortunately, there was still Conan who remembered the main topic.

"Those are not important. What's important is that we are here with Ayumi to provide clues." He reminded weakly.

"Oh, that's right." The three little ones suddenly realized.

Then he followed Sato to her office.

Miyano Shiho and Yasuwa followed from a distance, silently observing the changes in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"The authorities are really quick to act." Miyano Shiho looked at the cocoon equipment next to the workstations. "Within just one day of the Metaverse going online, its importance and extraordinary credibility were confirmed. The decision was decisive."

"The National Police Agency is behind this." An He was not surprised. On the Redemption Rose side, Kenmura Tadaki had already consulted with officials from various countries. No matter what doubts and thoughts they had before the Metaverse went online, they would know what kind of opportunity this was after the Metaverse went online.

Having given advance notice, they cannot be slow. Anyone who lags behind may end up falling behind further.

"We are short of manpower, so I have to take charge of the portraits." Officer Sato picked up a pen and a sketchbook. "Just so you know, I'm not a professional."

At this time, the children don’t know what they are going to face.

"Briefly describe the appearance of the person you saw."

"Let me think," Ayumi began to recall.

"His hair is messy and a little long."

Officer Sato looked serious, picked up the notebook and started writing.

"The eyes are a bit scary, drooping up like a fox!"

Officer Sato nodded: "Fox eyes"

"He had a black beard under his nose, his face was a bit long, and his chin was very pointed."

"Black beard, long face, pointed chin."

"Okay!" Officer Sato put down his pen and picked up the finished portrait. "Does it look like this?"

The children came forward and then simultaneously narrowed their eyes.

“Not at all”

“No one’s face is shaped like a diamond.”

“I feel like the weirdo in Kamen Rider”

Yuan Tai hits the nail on the head: "Your drawing is so ugly."

Conan was also a little nervous: "Is there no one who can draw better?"

"That's why I told you I'm not a professional." Officer Sato felt embarrassed and tore down the painting that could be called graffiti and threw it into the trash can.

"Let me try." Miyano Shiho suddenly spoke up and recommended herself.

During the time when the metaverse turned to physics research, she also gained some training in drawing.

Officer Sato was stunned for a moment, then handed her the pen and paper.

Miyano Shiho sat down, asked Ayumi the details again, and started writing quickly on the paper.

After a while, the image of a scruffy homeless man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks appeared on the paper.

"Wow!" Ayumi's eyes sparkled, "Sister Shiho is amazing!"

"He is so much better than Officer Sato." Mitsuhiko nodded in agreement.

"Then there shouldn't be any problem." Seeing Ayumi's approval, Miyano Shiho put away the pen and handed the portrait to Officer Sato: "Let someone screen according to this facial feature, and we should be able to identify the suspect quickly."

Officer Sato took the portrait with some disappointment.

It was hit so hard that it was worthless.

laugh--

The sounds of the "cocoon" devices being turned on were heard one after another, and many police officers crawled out of them, including two police officers familiar to everyone.

Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori had almost just emerged from their "cocoons" when they saw the crowd surrounding Officer Sato, and then they moved over at the same time in tacit understanding.

"What are you doing?" Officer Takagi asked curiously.

"I'm helping the kids draw a portrait of the suspect," Officer Sato replied. "They said they saw someone who might be the culprit behind the serial arson."

"Isn't this a beautiful painting?" Officer Shiratori walked forward and looked at the lifelike portrait in Officer Sato's hands, and exclaimed in admiration.

"." Officer Sato was silent.

"Hey, that's the result of Sister Miyano's hard work!" Mitsuhiko picked up the piece of paper thrown away by Officer Sato from the trash can indignantly, opened it and showed the abstract graffiti.

"This is Officer Sato's painting."

Officer Sato was hit again.

It's heart-wrenching enough, but why do you have to chase and stab me?

She remembered this boy with full of resentment.

The honest Gao Mu saw something was wrong and immediately changed the subject with a smile: "It just so happens that we are on shift change and have some free time, why don't we just go and investigate on the spot?"

Officer Shiratori became alert. How come Takagi suddenly played such a good hand?

Is he really honest or just pretending to be honest?

Officer Shiratori was unwilling to be left behind and said, "I'll drive you there."

However, he was ruthlessly rejected by Officer Sato.

"no need."

She smiled gently, "I have to stop by somewhere else on the way for some personal business."

"Private matter?" Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori didn't understand what this sentence meant.

"Yeah." Officer Sato first laughed heartily as usual, and then his expression became somewhat calm.

"Because today is a special day for me."

"It's not your birthday, is it?" Officer Shiratori guessed.

Officer Sato shook his head.

"exactly the opposite."

Of course, no more clues would be found at the arson fire scene. After briefly looking at the situation at the scene, Officer Sato took a detour to the street next to the alley and walked into a flower shop.

When she came out again, she had a dandelion in her hand.

She stuck it in an empty can, placed it next to a street lamp on the side of the road, clasped her hands together and closed her eyes.

There was a long silence afterwards.

Miyano Shiho stood beside Anhe and whispered, “The opposite of a birthday is only a death anniversary.

An He knew that she was thinking of her parents, so he didn't answer. He just gently took her hand, held it tightly, and passed the warmth of his palm to her.

She felt his concern and shook his hand back.

"I remember now." Officer Shiratori next to him finally understood the so-called "special day".

"Today is the day that Officer Masayoshi Sato, Sato's father, died in the line of duty."

(End of this chapter)