Police in a Pod Vol. 21 (Kodansha, 2023)

""He's already this annoying within four seconds of meeting."" Despite having arrested Shiotani, who was in charge of the bank transfer fraud group, Machiyama station is unusually busy dealing with the subsequent cases. Minamoto, who hasn't seen Yamada for a long time due to a special investigation, is annoyed within four seconds of meeting him and not being able to see Chief Fuji as she's also a part of the special investigation, Kawai becomes more aware of Seiko's absence... Thanks to Director Nakatomi's thoughtful arrangement, there are developments in the pairs of interest which include the pair of girls going to the hot springs and the romance between Kawai and Kisaragi!