XVII

· — who am i?

that's a secret

"Please, let me in."

"I'm sorry, sir. We can't let you. You're not authorized personnel."

"Here's my ID. I'm a detective. Now, let me in." Yoichi argues with a constable officer at Kubo Daichi's murder crime scene. The constable seemed to be new in the department. No wonder he didn't recognize Yoichi. The detective facepalmed as he couldn't pass through the main entrance gates of the Kubo Mansion. But then the Inspector comes by.

"Shinohara-San! What are you still doing outside?" The rather young man asks as he throws his cigarette on the ground and steps on it to blow it out.

"This constable here isn't letting me, even after I showed him my identity card." Yoichi states it irritatingly. The inspector was visibly confused as he looked at the constable.