Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"That's strange. Why do I feel like Officer Matsuda's expression was a bit odd after he heard that Officer Sato went to his house? He seemed quite scared?" Ayumi tilted her head and wondered.

"Have it?"

Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Genta, three straight men, all said they hadn't noticed.

……

When Matsuda drove his police car back to his apartment building in a great hurry,

Immediately, I spotted Sato's highly recognizable Mazda in the parking lot.

"Oh no, Miwako must have already gone upstairs!"

Matsuda thought to himself, "Oh no!" and then rushed upstairs.

After knocking hard on his apartment door, it was Terumi Hoshino who opened it.

She looked at Matsuda, who was panting heavily at the door, with a strange expression, and gestured with her hand as if to ask, "What's wrong?"

“Hoshino, Miwako… no, is anyone else coming?” Matsuda asked nervously.

Hoshino Terumi shook her head, puzzled.

Nobody's coming?

how can that be possible?

Miwako's car was clearly parked downstairs, wasn't it?

Just as Matsuda was getting a little confused,

Suddenly, he heard the sound of high heels coming from the stairwell behind him.

"That footsteps sound familiar..."

After a moment of surprise, Matsuda realized what was happening. Without bothering to explain to Hoshino Terumi, he pushed her into the house and quickly closed the apartment door.

Sure enough, the next second, Sato's figure emerged from around the corner not far away.

"Hey, Miwako!"

Matsuda secretly wiped his sweat and quickly greeted them.

"Matsuda? What are you doing standing at the door?" Sato tilted his head.

"I only rushed back because I found out from Yumi that you were here," Matsuda said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Weren't you on vacation? Where did you run off to again?" Sato glanced at Matsuda sideways. "You didn't go on a date with some pretty girl, did you?"

"How could this be? Miwako, you're not wronging me!"

Matsuda hurriedly protested his innocence and quickly recounted everything that had happened in the library.

"What? This kind of thing happened at the Mika Library?"

Sato paused for a moment, then said with some annoyance,

"Inspector Megure, really, he didn't even notify me."

“It’s not your shift today, Inspector Megure probably just wants you to get some rest!” Matsuda said hurriedly.

"Hmph, no matter what, you've worked hard!"

Sato smiled and moved his hands, which had been behind his back, to the front.

"Look what I bought for you?"

Before Matsuda could guess, the impatient Sato blurted out,

"This is your favorite pasta. I only remembered it when I got downstairs, so I had to walk two blocks to buy it."

"Miwako..."

Matsuda felt a surge of emotion; Sato had been so kind to him.

And he often flirts with other women, isn't he really a scumbag?

"Alright, Matsuda, hurry up and open the door!"

Sato shyly avoided Matsuda's blatant gaze.

"If we delay any longer, the pasta will get cold!"

"This one……"

The emotion he had just felt vanished instantly, and Matsuda felt a cold sweat all over his body.

With a whoosh, they all popped out.

"Hey, why aren't you opening the door?"

Sato, being a deputy inspector in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, immediately noticed Matsuda's unusual behavior.

"I've been to your apartment before, so is there something in there that you don't want me to see?"

"How is this possible?"

Faced with Sato's questioning, Matsuda hurriedly tried to salvage the situation.

"My house is your house, but... oh right, I was in such a rush when I left that I forgot my keys!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean your home is my home!"

Sato blushed and glared at Matsuda reproachfully.

"You forgot your keys? Hurry up and go ask the building manager for them! I'll wait for you here!"

……

Sato had already made his point, so Matsuda had no choice but to slowly make his way downstairs.

He didn't ask the building manager for the key; instead, he secretly dialed the phone number inside the apartment building.

"Hey, Hoshino, you must have heard the conversation at the door. That's my girlfriend, so... I'll have to trouble you to hide for a while!"

There was no response on the other end of the phone for a long time, until Matsuda was about to think that Hoshino Terumi had hung up, when finally a meow rang out.

Phew, thank goodness she agreed!

Matsuda breathed a sigh of relief, lingered at the apartment management office on the first floor for a while, and then walked back.

……

"Why did it take you so long?" Sato asked, his face full of displeasure.

"The administrator didn't know where he put the key. I helped him look for it for a while before we found it."

Matsuda quickly came up with an explanation, then took out his key and unlocked the door.

Chapter 215 To catch someone in the act of adultery, you must catch them in the act.

“By the way, Matsuda,” Sato suddenly asked, “I heard some noise coming from your apartment just now. Did it get burgled?”

"How could there be any noise? You must have misheard," Matsuda replied, feigning composure.

“No,” Sato said confidently, “I definitely heard something just now.”

At that moment, Matsuda opened the apartment door. He was feeling somewhat apprehensive because of Sato's problem.

A black and white kitten peeked out from under the door.

"Wow, it's chocolate! How could I have forgotten about you!"

Sato crouched down and hugged the chocolate to his chest.

"I understand, the sound you just heard must have been made by chocolate," Matsuda quickly tried to salvage the situation.

The two entered the house one after the other. Matsuda took the spaghetti from Sato and went to the kitchen to get cutlery.

Sato then took the kitten and went to the living room to play with it.

When Matsuda put the spaghetti on a plate and brought it to the living room.

Sato was about to bring the kitten over to eat when Chocolate suddenly broke free from her arms and ran straight to the bathroom.

Sato hurriedly tried to chase after him.

"Never mind, Miwako, let's eat first," Matsuda quickly pulled her back. "It'll get really cold soon!"

Sato waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I've already eaten some, I'm not hungry yet."

After saying that, she walked over to the bathroom to catch the cat.

Matsuda hurriedly chased after her, not knowing where Hoshino Terumi was hiding.

But Matsuda's apartment itself wasn't very big, and there weren't many places to hide.

Matsuda was genuinely terrified that Miwako might accidentally bump into Hoshino Terumi!

With a "whoosh," Sato fully opened the bathroom sliding door, which had been only slightly ajar, causing Matsuda's heart to leap into his throat!

Fortunately, Hoshino Terumi wasn't hiding in the bathroom. The small space was empty except for the cat.

"Chocolate, come here quickly!"

Sato crouched down and clapped his hands to call to the cat.

However, after circling around in the bathroom, Chocolate suddenly slipped out of the bathroom from Sato's feet and ran towards Matsuda's bedroom.

fuck!

You damn cat, you're deliberately trying to kill me!

Matsuda inwardly groaned.

This wasn't Sato's first time visiting the Matsuda family. Although the two hadn't officially confirmed their relationship, given their usual ambiguous behavior, going into the bedroom was nothing unusual.

Seeing the cat go by, Sato walked straight over without thinking.

"Miwako, you should eat your food. I'll catch the cat for you!"

Matsuda quickly stopped her.

“No need, I’m determined to catch the chocolate myself tonight!” Sato said, puzzled. “For some reason, I feel like the chocolate is weird tonight.”

After saying that, Sato walked past Matsuda and into the bedroom.