After tallying up this round of rewards, Senichi was overall quite satisfied.
The stacking of mainline rewards is essentially already a very good reward.
After all, even if you want to stack ordinary cases, the system won't give you that opportunity.
Being able to stack implies that Senichi can extract better rewards.
This is something that cannot be obtained through any other means, and Senichi encountered it for the first time, making him even more excited.
With a sense of contentment, Senichi slept soundly until he was called up for lunch at noon.
Lunch was still the leftover spicy curry from last night. Japanese often make a lot of curry, and the remaining curry is not considered leftover but rather a method to enhance the flavor of the curry.
Because after a night of refrigeration, the curry becomes thicker, and the ingredients are more permeated by the curry, enhancing the flavor.
As for the meat that was added to the curry, after cooling, the muscle tissue begins to relax, allowing the spices to fully penetrate. This is the secret of curry becoming even more delicious after being left overnight.
The reason why overnight curry doesn't become leftovers, unlike other dishes, is because curry generally contains spices such as chili, nutmeg, turmeric, cloves, black pepper, and other spices.
This part of the spices can effectively slow down the oxidation of the meat, reducing the release of unpleasant odors from fats, which is a decisive difference from other leftovers.
"As expected, overnight curry is more delicious."
Although Senichi understands this principle, making too much curry would mean eating it for several days in a row due to the small number of people eating. So, despite knowing this principle, he usually doesn't have leftovers.
This time, however, he could compare the changes in flavor between the curry he ate now and the one from last night after just one taste.
"Cold-stored curry is indeed delicious." Haibara smiled and said, "Many curry specialty shops even add one-third refrigerated curry to the curry cooked on the same day."
...
Watching Haibara talk enthusiastically about food with Senichi, Miyano Akemi couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"What's so funny, sister?" Haibara, attracted by the laughter, looked curiously at her sister, who was smiling.
Although for safety reasons, Akemi Miyano still wore a disguise mask even in Professor Agasa's residence and during the day.
However, Haibara still felt that it was the most beautiful smile in the world.
"It's not just that I feel this scene is just too good." Miyano looked at her sister with eyes carrying an indescribable tenderness. She murmured as if sighing, "This is the scene I've dreamed of..."
"Sister..." Haibara was surprised, then immediately flashed a bright smile. "Don't worry, this is our everyday life!"
It would be even better if there wasn't that damn boyfriend! Haibara thought of that stern and oppressive man, and her heart couldn't help but sink.
Anyway, I strongly opposed having such an unreliable boyfriend!!
After finishing lunch, Senichi drove to the police department and also began to focus on handling the theatrical version case.
The previous mainline was too sudden, to the point that Senichi had to deal with that issue first.
Fortunately, Senichi had plans for these mainlines long ago, so even if something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be caught off guard.
Although many events occurred, from solving the case of Itakura's murder to now, it's only been one night.
In the afternoon, Senichi bought a cup of strong coffee downstairs before leisurely going upstairs to the office.
"Hey, Senichi-kun, you look quite bad. You didn't come in the morning. Are you feeling unwell?" Takagi asked with concern after seeing Senichi yawning and looking slightly lethargic.
"I'm not sick, mainly because of the case yesterday."
Staying up all night wasn't a big deal with Senichi's physical condition, especially since he had slept in the morning. This action was meant to spark a conversation.
And sure enough, someone took the bait upon seeing his appearance.
...
"Ah, you mean the case where it was disguised as a seizure but was actually a homicide?" Takagi was a bit puzzled. "What's wrong with that case?"
"Yesterday, I suddenly thought that the recent criminals might be a bit too cunning."
Senichi pretended to have a gloomy expression and said: "Haven't you noticed? In the recent cases we've encountered, the criminals are obviously much more challenging.
Many of them are premeditated, planned murders. Even in yesterday's case, it was disguised as a seizure. Are criminals nowadays all this cunning?
In general, many murder cases are crimes of passion, right? Most of the time, these cases are easy to solve and identify the culprit, and the crime scenes often leave behind decisive evidence.
But since I joined the force, I've never encountered such cases. Instead, criminals employ cunning tactics, creating scenarios of suicide or manufacturing alibis."
"Now that you mention it..." Takagi looked at Senichi, who was yawning, and couldn't help guessing, "Could it be... Detective Senichi, you didn't sleep because of this?"
"Ah, I was organizing the data on cases where it looked like suicide but wasn't."
Senichi smiled slightly. "I accidentally stayed up, mainly because there are too many tricky criminals lately, and I am afraid that those suicide cases are deliberately designed by someone."
After bringing up this topic twice in a row, Takagi was finally drawn in. He thought for a moment and said, "Although there were many difficult cases before, it seems like there are especially many recently... It's almost like it started when Detective Senichi joined."
"Hey, hey, your wording makes it sound like it's all my fault." Senichi, hearing that the "Grim Reaper's" blame might be placed on him, hurriedly began to refute.
He didn't want Conan to take the blame. He could only say that he happened to join around the time when Conan was shrunk due to the poison.
Yeah, that's it. This "Grim Reaper" thing has nothing to do with me!
"But after listening to Detective Senichi, it does seem to be the case." Sato Miwako, who was overhearing their conversation, joined in.
"It might be related to the economic downturn in recent years...
There were so many suicide cases those years. Even though it seemed to have calmed down on the surface now, the impact didn't disappear. Instead, it turned into a series of cases."
"No, it's the Grim Reaper's will that is causing trouble, after all, the mainline plot has started."
Senichi silently ridiculed and complained to himself, but on the surface, he continued according to the plan and said, "So last night, I was thinking, could many apparent suicide cases actually be homicides? It's just that because the criminals' methods are too cunning, they are treated as suicides."
Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako and Takagi looked at each other and their expressions became somewhat strange.