Fortunately, that case was not urgent, and Wataru Date finished his workday just before ten o'clock. Following the address Matsuda had sent him, he strolled through the streets of Beika.
As he passed a street lined with various bars, Wataru Date noticed a crowd gathered outside one of them. A policeman's intuition told him something was happening. He glanced at his map, raised an eyebrow, and walked over with a toothpick clamped between his teeth.
He hoped nothing serious had happened; otherwise, he really was going to stand Matsuda Jinpei and Kenji Hagiwara up tonight.
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