Sunday, February 24th, afternoon, community park outside Hideo Goda's house.

Yamazaki and Midaiko were playing poker with an old gentleman until nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, when the old gentleman suddenly said that he could not play anymore, and then took his leave and left.

Seeing the old gentleman leave, Mei Daizi asked, "Brother, do you think this old gentleman, well, is a little strange?"

Yamazaki asked, "What's strange?"

"Even though he doesn't walk with a good sense of how he walks, and he doesn't behave much, I just feel that he's, uh, that, that," Midaiko scratched her head and asked, "Is he the kind of person who changes from a woman to a man?"

"Uh," Yamazaki smiled after a pause, "Well, maybe, but don't go around talking about it." ”

"I know. "Also, since he came, I feel like someone has been watching us, and as soon as he leaves, he is gone, is he a big man?

"Maybe yes, but it's not about us. Yamazaki said, "I asked him if he was idle, and that is why he came to us. ”

"Oh, then he said he wouldn't be bored, meaning it wasn't for us. ”

"That's right. "If he's bored, he'll keep pestering us." ”

"So that's the case, then leave him alone. Mei Daiko said, and then asked, "Brother, when are we going back?"

"Wait. "I wanted to see if someone came looking for us." ”

"Who?" asked Midaiko, "Uncle?"

"It's not. Yamazaki said, and then noticed an acquaintance walking towards him, a little surprised, "Look who is over there?"

"Judy-sensei?" Midaiko was surprised when she looked at it.

"Oh, Yamazaki-san, Miyamoto-san, what are you doing here?" said Judy-sensei with a smile.

"Teacher Judy. Yamazaki and Midaiko stood up to greet each other.

"Sit, sit, I just took a walk, I didn't expect to see you. Teacher Judy laughed, "Oh, you're playing poker." ”

Yamazaki asked, "Sensei, would you like to make up the numbers?" and as he said, he put the shuffled cards on the table and asked Judy-sensei to take the cards first.

"Okay. Teacher Judy sat in the old gentleman's seat, looked at the food box, and asked while touching the cards, "Are you having a picnic here?"

"No, teacher, it's because of the incident. Mei Daiko said, "My brother is here to help Uncle Maori squat, and I'll come and deliver lunch." ”

"I see," said Judy, who smiled and looked at the opened mineral water, "By the way, did you just play with the two of you?"

"No, there was an old gentleman just now. Mei Daiko said.

"Old gentleman?" asked Miss Judy, "don't you know each other?"

Yamazaki said, "I don't know, I seem to be passing by." ”

"That's right. Teacher Judy diverted the topic, "I haven't asked yet, what kind of cards are we playing?"

"Run fast, whoever finishes the cards first wins. Mei Daiko smiled, and then introduced the rules.

"I see," said Teacher Judy with a smile, "the three hearts are here, and I will play the cards first in this game." ”

After a few rounds of cards, Yamazaki asked, "Speaking of which, you have never said it, teacher, where are you from the United States, can you tell us?"

"Yes," Midaiko asked, "where are you from America, teacher?"

"Uh......" Ms. Judy hesitated.

Yamazaki looked at Judy and asked, "Teacher, are you from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, or whatever?"

"Okay," Ms. Judy pushed her glasses, "Washington, D.C., I'm from there." ”

Mei Daiko asked, "Does the teacher often go to the White House to play?"

"I was organized to visit when I was a student. Teacher Judy smiled, "But except for being able to meet Mr. President, and being lucky enough to take a group photo, nothing else is interesting." ”

Next, Ms. Judy introduced the White House while playing cards, and some anecdotes, until she played a dozen rounds.

At this time, it was a little dark, and Yamazaki took out his mobile phone and looked at it, "Teacher Judy, it's almost time, I can get off work, let's play again next time." ”

Teacher Judy looked at her watch, "Oh, it's already four o'clock in the afternoon, so let's go first, I'll clean up the garbage here." ”

"It's all snacks we eat," Midaiko asked, "isn't that good?"

"It's okay. Teacher Judy smiled, "I can handle this." ”

Yamazaki said, "Then thank you, teacher." Then he put away the playing cards and picked up the food box, "I'll take these with me." Then he glanced at the mineral water bottle, "I'm going to trouble the teacher here." ”

Teacher Judy frowned and looked at the playing card, then shook her head with a smile, "Okay then, Yamazaki-san, Midaiko-san, goodbye." ”

Mei Daizi smiled: "Goodbye, teacher." ”……

Downstairs at the Miyamoto house.

Yamazaki said that he was going to go to the Maori detective agency to let Mei Daiko go home first, but after Mei Daiko left, he took out his mobile phone and made a call to Oda Nobue, but it was Oda Sakurako who answered the phone, and Oda Nobue and Oda Haruko were playing games.

"Then you don't need to call them. Yamazaki said, "The English teacher who asked you to keep an eye on me last time, Teacher Judy, now tell me when Teacher Judy went out today." ”

"Please wait a minute. Sakurako Oda said, and then added a little later, "Sir, according to the video footage from the monitor in front of the convenience store, Judy-sensei walked out of the apartment at 2:47:23 p.m., and Judy-sensei's pace was about three steps per second, so it is inferred that she was in a hurry. ”

"Can you tell from the surveillance footage that someone is following her?" Yamazaki asked.

"Wait a little longer. Oda Sakurako said, and after a moment, she said, "I'm sorry, sir, there were quite a few people at the time, and there was no way to deduce. Then he asked, "Sir, do you need to raise the level of investigation? Expand the scope of surveillance? Send someone to follow up?"

"No, just keep an eye on it. Yamazaki said, "Judy-sensei should be an official American organization. ”

"Official?" asked Sakurako Oda.

She said she was from Washington and should not be lying, and Washington's words were the Bureau of Investigation or the Defense Intelligence Agency. "I don't know what it's for, but it's not for us, it's the one in Virginia, so we don't need to get involved now, just watch and see what happens." ”

"Yes, sir, I see. Oda Sakurako said.

Yamazaki said: "In addition, I will hand over a deck of playing cards to the driver who comes to Mei Dai Restaurant to deliver at night, and you will extract the fingerprints on it and keep it as a backup." ”

"Yes, sir. "But why don't you send it to Miss Belinda?" ”

"No," Yamazaki said, "the odds are slim, but if they are discovered, they will be passive." ”

"I see. Oda Sakurako said.

Yamazaki said: "By the way, if there is only one person on the fingerprint on the playing card except for me and Mei Daiko, then send me a text message." ”

"Yes, sir. Oda Sakurako said.

Yamazaki said, "So be it, I'll hang up." ”

Oda Sakurako said, "Goodbye, sir." ”

Yamazaki hung up the phone and went to the Maori Detective Agency, only to find that Ran was the only one there, and Maori and they hadn't returned yet.

Hearing that Lan's voice was different, Yamazaki asked with a smile, "Lan, you can't be a cold, right?"

"It seems a little," said Ran, "I saw that my father and Conan were not at home, so I cleaned the house a little, sweated a little, and then probably opened the window, and was a little cold from the wind." ”

Yamazaki asked, "Do you have any medicine then?"

"I've already boiled a bowl of ginger soup and drank it. Lan smiled, "It should be fine." ”

"Then you take a hot shower and change your clothes. Yamazaki said.

Lan smiled: "I know, I'm about to go." ”

Yamazaki said: "Then you go quickly, leave me alone, I will go back after writing the report." ”

"Then I'll go, you can do it yourself. Lan laughed.

Yamazaki said, "Okay, goodbye. ”……

With nothing to do, a simple report was quickly written, which Yamazaki filed and left. ……

Monday, February 25th, morning, Teidan High School.

Lan felt a little uncomfortable, touched her forehead and felt a little feverish, so during recess, she asked Mei Daizi and Yuan Zi to accompany her to the infirmary.

The new teacher helped Lan take a look, and after asking Lan about it, he thought that it might be a fever caused by a cold, and prescribed medicine to Lan, and gave Lan sick leave, so that Lan went home to rest, so Mei Daizi and Sonoko sent Lan home. ……