While chatting, it was their turn in the queue. After Senichi paid first, Takagi, who was behind him, immediately reached into his pocket to take out his wallet to pay.
However, when Takagi took out his wallet, his expression became somewhat surprised and uncertain. "Huh... how could this be..."
"What's wrong? Did you lose your wallet?" Seeing Takagi looking like he was searching for something, Senichi couldn't help but say, "I'll pay for you."
"N-No need... I didn't lose my wallet..." After Takagi took out his wallet, paid for his breakfast, and sat down with Senichi, he began to search his own pockets again.
"No... no..."
Takagi went through all his pockets but still couldn't find what he was looking for. He started to look anxious. "Oh no... Detective Senichi, you go ahead and eat. I'll leave first!"
Seeing Takagi about to leave without even eating his meal, Senichi quickly grabbed him. "Don't panic, tell me what you lost. I can help you look for it."
Upon hearing this, Takagi sat down, looked around as if he were a thief, then covered his mouth, leaned forward, and whispered with difficulty, "It's... it's the de-de-detective badge..."
After hearing Takagi's words, Senichi couldn't help but facepalm. "Hey hey... something so important..."
Hearing this, Takagi hung his head low, wearing a grayish and lost expression. "Ahh... I'm done for..."
"Yeah, something so important, and you managed to lose it." Senichi shook his head in disbelief. "If Inspector Megure finds out..."
"Uh-uh..." Hearing Senichi's words, Takagi made a fearful strange sound in his throat, scratching his head anxiously. "Then... then I'm really done for..."
"Don't panic. Eat quickly. Later, I'll help you look for it together." Senichi comforted him. "Take this time to think about what you did yesterday besides going to handle the case with me. Consider everything from the morning onwards."
Takagi absentmindedly ate his breakfast, thinking hard. "In the morning, it seems like nothing happened. And then, it was the same until the afternoon.
I remember before the case occurred in the evening, while I was on duty, the detective badge was still there... I'm very certain about that."
"What about after that? Did anything happen before you arrived at the crime scene?" Senichi continued to inquire.
"Ah! Come to think of it..." Takagi seemed to suddenly recall something and spoke excitedly, "I remember!
Yesterday afternoon, after my duty ended, I was about to finish work. I passed by a park, and at that time, I witnessed two people arguing!"
According to Takagi's description, he heard a loud shout of "You big liar" coming from the park, which caught his attention.
When Takagi approached, he saw a man in an orange jacket grabbing the tie of another man in a suit, shouting, "I'm going to kill you right now," and kept tightening the tie.
As for the man who was pushed onto the backrest of a park bench, he began having difficulty breathing as the other person forcefully tightened the tie.
Takagi quickly intervened to stop the situation, but the man in the orange jacket impatiently shoved Takagi aside.
Afterward, Takagi took out his detective badge, and only then did the other person reluctantly stop and receive a lecture from Takagi.
Later, Takagi received a call from headquarters informing them of a case. After hurriedly instructing the two not to cause trouble, he rushed to the crime scene.
"I'm afraid the detective badge might have fallen at that time," Senichi hastened his meal. "Eat quickly; we'll look for it together later."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Takagi, speeding up his eating, hastily finished his meal in three or two bites and headed outside.
"Well, fortunately, I anticipated this and sped up my eating..."
Senichi finished the remaining tea-soaked rice and the last piece of grilled fish, then followed Takagi outside.
Driving towards the park from the previous day, facing Senichi's fast driving, Takagi, despite extreme tension, didn't have the time to feel carsick. The car quickly arrived at the location where those two people had a conflict yesterday.
But no matter how they searched, there was still no sign of the missing item.
However, Takagi was still unwilling to give up. He began searching around the gardens near the park, and Senichi joined in to help.
Of course, Senichi wasn't simply helping Takagi find his belongings; he was doing it for the case.
As a mild-mannered and obliging guy, Takagi could be considered one of the top-tier tools. Even if it's Conan and the Detective Boys, Takagi would listen to their opinions.
In general, such tools only need to play their usual roles, but at the same time, they serve another purpose—triggering cases.
So, even though Senichi's main focus in daily life is on Conan and others, in reality, as the one who occupies the advantageous position, he has always been attentive to the movements of those around him.
If anything unusual happens, it might be a sign of a case, like this time with Takagi losing his detective badge, combined with the conflict between the two individuals yesterday.
All these factors together made Senichi smell the scent of a case.
Therefore, Senichi took the initiative to offer help, one for the sake of mutual assistance among colleagues, and two, to wait for the arrival of a case and see if he could prevent it for a more substantial reward.
Well... as time passed, the clues to the case didn't appear, but instead, a group of rascals did...
Yes, it's the Detective Boys, the little rascals.
"Hmm? Why are you guys here? Today is Friday, right? Don't you have to go to school?" Looking at Conan, Haibara, and the other three little ones, Senichi expressed surprise on the surface.
"Normally, we should be in class." Haibara greeted Senichi with a smile, then explained, "But this week, because of the school festival, we got an extra day off."
"Oh, I see." Senichi nodded at the explanation, but his inner thoughts were certain.
Confirmed, even the Detective Boys is a sure trigger for a case, and it's probably their "exclusive case."
Yes, the Detective Boys also have exclusive cases.
The general situation is that a few daring kids, led by the daring Conan, go through a series of daring actions to uncover the culprit's story.
Overall, the case is relatively straightforward. Although there may be various dangers along the way, it's mostly a "routine," and in the end, they always manage to turn the tables.
And people like Takagi are essential saviors who help turn the tables, meaning they generally don't encounter very tricky cases or culprits. Similarly, this case is likely straightforward.
Although Senichi is somewhat disappointed that he can't intervene in the case early and get a big reward, being able to easily solve the case is still a good thing.
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