(Y/n) was snapped out of her thoughts as she heard a crying of a child, turning around, her eyes widened in shock, and to her surprise...
That was the child who gave her candy this morning
(Y/n) couldn't believe her eyes as she just remained on her place, watching the kid as he was being dragged by the handcuff attached to her colleague's hand, trying to break free.
"Let me go-!" cried the kid, Frowning up at the policeman, pulling on the handcuffs as if it'll break and free his hand. The cop however, didn't even flinch, as if he couldn't hear the kid. The kid continued struggling to break free,
Before his eyes lay on the (h/c) haired woman cop.
Her (e/c) eyes widened as she flinched, the kid suddenly fell quite, before (Y/n) could think about the reason, the kid looked away, frowned, as he was dragged to the interrogation room.
(Y/n) blinked twice as a way to gather up her mind. She looked at the candy in her hand, then back at interrogation room, then at the candy in her hand, observing it with a frown on her face as if it was candy's fault the kid got arrested.
Wait...
She turned back to see her colleague who was coughing harshly as two other colleagues were massaging his back. "He's been coughing ever since he ate the candy" she reminded her colleague's words
Something was wrong
She rushed to the officer's office, knocking more than usual untill she heard an irritated "come in"
She opened the door, entering the office with no hesitation "sir, what's happening!?" (Y/n) asked, rushing into the office as she had a confused expression on.
Officer Minoura glanced up at the young woman with his usual frowned expression but it was clear that he was annoyed, (Y/n) could tell even the officer was sweating over it as he ruffled his hair under his hat
"You just realized?" He stated, the (h/c) haired cop frowned, she didn't like the way she was asked such question, as if she was too late to realize, it reminded her of a memory from her past she didn't want to remember. Although this time it was her fault for leaving her work mid time, she didn't want being talked like that
"What? Sir, could you explain to me what exactly happened?" She asked politely yet sternly, although her tone was a bit loud for talking to officer, she didn't mind. Officer Minoura looked at her for a moment, before sighing and reaching for his drawer "we were given reports of people getting poisoned" he searched among papers and pulled out a medium size , thick file, putting it on the table
"People getting... poisoned?" (Y/n) asked, her brows furrowed as she waited for the continuation "yeah, apparently it's been like this for a month, at first it wasn't much but...seems like more people got poisoned this time" officer Minoura added, irritated at the situation
(Y/n) picked up the files, looking through each file, there were reports of people of each location, from the location with the most poisoned people to least included location
"But... what has poisoned them??" The cop woman stressed, her voice shaked as she tried her best to not show it on her face or behavior "this" officer Minoura sighed as he pulled something out of his drawer and put it on his desk
That was a candy
"What!? This..." (Y/n)'s eyes widened, the candy was a bite on the candy "this is from one of our cops, unfortunately, he has bite it" he scoffed, (Y/n) gritted her teeth as she remembered about the candy she received from that kid
She looked through the reports to checkout the symptoms victims had "is there any antidote for it?" She glanced at officer Minoura, the middle aged man pinched his aged forehead
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the cop woman typed aggressively on her laptop, writing down the reports, her mind was too loud to let her focus 'what does this mean? Many people getting ill...by a candy? Many people ate candy at the same time? But this sounds impossible... Not to mention a kid was selling the candies, a kid can't sell candies to many people at the same time... unless...'
"Speak!!"
Her train of thoughts stopped by her colleague yelling
She titled her head, looking at the direction her colleague yelled, it came from investigation room, she her colleague investigating the kid out of glassy window, but she couldn't exactly hear what he was saying
'how loud he yelled that i heard that from here? Why you yell this loud while investigating a kid?' she thought to herself
The door of the investigation room opened, revealing a cop man walking out, his dirty blonde hair stuck to his forehead die to sweat, he aggressively closed the door.
(Y/n) assumed that by his furious expression, the investigation didn't go well, she walked to the cop "how did it go?" She wanted to hear the details if possible "not good, that kid doesn't talk at all, if this goes like this, we have to look for his parents, otherwise he will stay here until things get clear"
(Y/n) frowned, thinking for a bit, her colleague was right, but was that really a right thing to do? Weren't there any other clues? She thought maybe they're not doing exactly right
Officer Minoura exited his office, taking everyone's attention as he walked towards the (h/c) haired cop woman "did you investigate that kid?" The officer asked "I did" the cop answered shortly "so?" The officer waited for the explanation, but received the cop lowering his head, and the officer took that as an answer
"I see" he sighed "then we have no choice but to let the kid here" officer Minoura stated, (Y/n) frowned at the statement, not because she was feeling pity, because the whole case seemed odd to her
"Wait" she said, taking the attention of officer Minoura and her colleague, she reached for her pocket, pulling out an uncovered candy
Her colleague's eyes widened "that's..!"
"The kid gave me this this morning, and didn't take the money" (Y/n) said sternly, looking at officer Minoura in determination. The middle aged man stayed still, he took the candy from (Y/n) thinking.
"Is that so?" he frowned, the cop woman nodded "I see, then you go investigate the kid"
"Huh?"
She thought she misheard "didn't you hear me? You go investigate that kid" (Y/n) blinked in disbelief, she had no experience in investigating, she didn't know how to start or what questions to ask, although she often imagined doing this when she was about to become a police, she never actually thought about investigating
"B-but sir-!" Her colleague looked at officer Minoura in disbelief, still sweating "She's the only one here who received a candy from that kid and didn't get ill, so it's better if she does the investigation" she thought to herself, that was logical but still
She didn't know if she can do that.
"I bet you'll become one best of a cop"
A familiar voice echoed in her mind, recalling an old event long ago, her (e/c) eyes widened upon recalling what a certain spiky black haired detective told her long ago. Then as if she was given motivation, a wave of determination washed over her
"Yeah but-"
"I'll do it" she said, interrupting her colleague who was still arguing the officer as his jaw dropped "good, report me when you're done, and that was smart if you for not eating the candy" officer Minoura added "yes sir" (Y/n) obeyed, feeling encouraged at the compliment. Walking to investigation room as officer Minoura turned to leave to his office
The blonde cop looked at (Y/n) in disbelief and uneasy expression, before leaving to his desk. (Y/n) frowned at that but brushed it off as she entered the investigation room
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She opened the door, making the kid flinch a bit, once he saw who came in the room, he looked down "hey, kid" she said, in slightly soft but stern tone "I'm here to ask you some questions, take your time to answer honestly" (Y/n) added, she herself didn't know how to exactly, but she felt she was doing good.
"Why did you give poisoned candies to people?" She took the the seat in front of the kid, sitting behind the long table, waiting for the kid to answer
But the kid remained silent, doing nothing but looking down. Seconds turned to minutes, nothing. The cop woman's patience was lowering, wondering why he was so quiet, then a possibility hit her
Maybe the kid was scared
"Don't worry kid, no one is going to hurt you, just answer my questions honestly, you'll be fine" (Y/n) added, her tone stern but kind. The kid gazed up at the cop woman a bit, before looking down again. Seeing that didn't work again, (Y/n)'s expression saddened, the kid didn't talk again, but she wanted to try other ways to make the kid talk
"If you answer my questions honestly, I'll give you a present" She said, the kid gazed up at her again, then looked down, not saying anything. (Y/n) felt like as if she was talking to a wall, the atmosphere in the room was getting heavier and heavier, she sighed, ruffling her hair behind her cap. What do cops do when they're investigating but the person doesn't answer the questions?
She rubbed her temple, she must have known the answer. She glanced at the kid, she then thought to see things from the kid's perspective, why doesn't he talk?
'is he afraid of cops? But I told him no one's gonna hurt him if he answers my questions, so that's probably not it'
'he can't talk? That's definitely not it'
'then what?'
She frowned as her thoughts were leading nowhere, 'think, think, why a kid shall do this and doesn't talk?' she forced herself to think more
Before a possibility hit her, making her eyes widen and her train of thoughts stop
"Has somebody made you do it?" Upon asking the question, (Y/n) noticed a sudden change in kid's expression, his brows furrowed, he slightly trembled, the cop woman frowned
And to her surprise, the kid began crying
"H-hey! Calm down! It's okay! You're fine!" She jolted up from the seat, not knowing what to do, already stressed at the kid's reaction, but this only meant one thing
She hit the right possibility
Gritting her teeth, she walked to the crying kid "it's okay, kid" she said as she pulled a handkerchief out her pocket, handing it to the kid, the kid looked up at the cop in slight disbelief, before taking the handkerchief.
The cop woman smiled down at the kid, before exiting the investigation room, irritated.
"Hey, what happened? How did it go?" Her colleague asked, but she paid no attention as she aggressively walked to officer Minoura's office, knocking a few times, but didn't wait for a clear "come in" as she rushed inside, closing the door behind her
Officer Minoura raised a brow "(L/n)-San? You're already done with investigation? That was rather short-" he couldn't finish his sentence "I think we're doing wrong" (y/n) added straightforward "what are we doing wrong?" The officer frowned "what if that kid isn't the actual culprit behind this?" (Y/n) added, insisting on what she she said "what do you mean? How did the investigation go-" he was interrupted again
"I asked him if someone has made him do this and he cried" (Y/n) added, the officer's Minoura's eyes widened at this, as he aggressively ruffled his hair "damn, it seems more complicated than what i thought" he groaned "but that doesn't change the fact that that kid has to stay here unless we find the real culprit" officer Minoura added
"But that kid is innocent!" (Y/n) added, her tone of voice raised in insisting, she felt bad for the kid, she knew there was something about this case "do you have any other idea, officer (l/n)?" Officer Minoura asked, (Y/n) thought for a bit, before smirking in realization
"I do"
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Agency wasn't less busy, everyone had something to do, doctor Yosano went out to treat a dog, Atsushi and Kyouka went to find a lost cat, Kunikida was out with director Fukuzawa was on a meeting, everyone were either working or escaping the work
For the spiky haired detective, no one could tell him anything even if he laid behind his desk doing nothing all the time.
There were times when he didn't work, but was working at the same time
Times like now
His snacks all over his desk, several boxes around his desk, two packages were already out if candy, yet, some candies and snacks were just uncovered there, not eaten or bitten
"Ranpo-Kun, why you didn't eat these snacks?" Asked Poe, looking at the uncovered snacks, wondering why Ranpo left then uneaten, the black haired detective looked at his friend closed eyes "hm? Because-" he was interrupted by his phone ring
"Oh sorry!" Pulling out his phone, upon seeing the caller ID, he smirked, answering instantly "You're talking to the best detective of Japan! How can i help you?" He paused as the caller was talking, his smile never faded off his face
"I see! Alright! I'll be there!" He stood up from behind his desk, before hanging on the phone "what is it, Ranpo-kun?" Poe asked, confused and wondering
"A best detective like me hasn't much free time, I've got a case to solve, and someone to see"
To be continued....
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A/n : hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well! It's been long since i updated this book, I'm so sorry ; I finally got enough motivation to write this chapter i hope you guys enjoyed it ^^
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