"It's white!"
As soon as the little shota spoke, Ran immediately covered her legs shyly, her small face flushing.
"How can Conan say such things, it's too rude!"
Ishikawa Takeshi immediately looked surprised and said:
"It's just pants? It's not like you're not wearing anything, and they look pretty good!"
Ran's face grew even redder.
Bang!
Steam rose from Ran's head, and she instantly turned into a steam princess!
Ran could only silently think that Conan was still a child and didn't understand these things, so she shouldn't dwell on it too much.
And after teasing the high school girl, Ishikawa Takeshi went to the surveillance control panel on his own.
His short legs struggled to climb onto the chair, and then he began to operate the playback.
Being small was really inconvenient!
And Ran, having calmed down, then curiously leaned over.
"Conan, how do you know how to operate these?"
Ishikawa Takeshi then chuckled:
"Because I'm a genius, I just tinker with it and I know how to operate it!"
It was clearly a very lame reason, but Ran accepted it immediately.
It made perfect sense!
Conan was so good-looking, it was normal for him to be very smart!
He felt even smarter than Shinichi when he was little!
Truly worthy of being my little brother!
Ran, with a smile on her lips, gently stroked Ishikawa Takeshi's fluffy short hair, as if petting a cat.
At this moment, Ishikawa Takeshi paused the surveillance screen.
"Found it!"
Ran looked up and saw the surveillance footage of the corridor on the twenty-second floor!
The time was precisely last night!
And in the footage, it was precisely the person who had previously adamantly claimed not to be at the scene.
...
At the same time, in the Apartment on the twenty-second floor, Conan, feeling that he had already connected all the clues, was about to begin his deduction.
His desire to show off never stopped!
Especially since he had been upstaged by another little shota today.
Conan, being very competitive, wanted to win it back.
Unfortunately, he was just a small child with little influence!
Every time he tried to voice his deductions, no one paid attention to him, a strange child.
If his voice was too loud, he was also prone to Kogoro Mouri's divine iron fist of justice.
Helpless, Conan could only choose to take a risk!
He kicked a soda can, knocking Kogoro Mouri unconscious.
Then, using the voice changer he borrowed from Dr. Agasa, he impersonated Kogoro Mouri's voice and began his deduction.
"Everyone, I know who the murderer is. The real murderer is not one of the three suspects present."
"It's the victim lying on the ground!"
Kogoro Mouri's voice came from behind the sofa, and the entire room fell silent!
Inspector Megure couldn't help but raise an eyebrow:
"I killed myself?"
"Mori Kogoro, are you saying he committed suicide? What kind of joke is that?"
"This dagger was inserted into the victim's back."
"I ask you, how can someone who commits suicide stab themselves in the back with a dagger?"
Everyone heard this and felt it was completely impossible!
......
But Conan sneered a few times, then said:
"It seems impossible, but in reality, with a little design, it can be easily done."
"Everyone noticed earlier that the Apartment's air temperature was very high, there were water stains on the floor, and a noticeable indentation."
"Moreover, near the water stains and the indentation, there was a neatly placed chair."
"You just need to fix the dagger upright with ice, then raise the temperature inside the room."
"The victim stands on the chair, aligns themselves, falls backward onto the chair, and the dagger can pierce their back."
"The victim then flips over before dying, creating the illusion of being face down on the ground, stabbed in the back."
"After that, the room temperature rises, and the ice melts into water stains."
"All the design is then hidden!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at the room's layout again.
This method really could be achieved!
Takagi Wataru couldn't help but ask:
"Then why did this person intentionally die in Yoko Okino's home?"
Conan continued: "Perhaps you should ask Yoko!"
"Yoko should know the victim, and the person who has been following Yoko recently might just be him!"
Upon hearing this, Yoko Okino's small face instantly turned pale.
Just then, a Police Department officer from the investigation unit jogged in.
"Police Department, the victim's identity has been confirmed!"
"His name is Fujie Akihisa, a graduate of Konan High School!"
Upon hearing the name Konan High School, Yoko Okino knew she could no longer hide it.
"Yes, I know him."
"He was my ex-boyfriend when I was a student!"
"However, we broke up many years ago."
"His physique changed too much, I didn't recognize him at first!"
"But I don't understand why he would commit suicide?"
......
Conan's little brain spun rapidly, and he quickly came up with a reasonable explanation.
The earring under the sofa clearly proved that Ikisawa Yuko had been to this Apartment!
And Yoko Okino and Ikisawa Yuko's figures were very similar!
It's very possible that the victim wanted to reconcile with Yoko!
But in the dark, he mistook Ikisawa Yuko, who had secretly entered the Apartment, for Yoko.
This instead caused Ikisawa Yuko to resist and flee, and the earring fell off during the struggle.
Because he was rejected by the person he loved, he suffered a huge blow.
Only then did Fujie Akihisa decide to commit suicide in this Apartment and frame Yoko Okino!
Feeling that this was very likely the reason, Conan was about to continue narrating.
But just then, the phone in Kogoro Mouri's arms rang!
Ring, ring, ring!
Conan shivered in fright.
What to do? What to do?
The deduction isn't over yet?
Should he answer the phone?
But the next moment, something even more critical happened!
Kogoro Mouri, who had been knocked unconscious, slowly woke up.
Conan, behind the sofa, was so startled his eyes almost popped out.
Without a tranquilizer dart on him at the moment, he was completely helpless.
Conan felt that everything he had done was about to be exposed!
But this little kid never expected that the easygoing Kogoro Mouri, upon waking up, didn't suspect anything at all and just focused on answering the phone!
......
"What, Ran, you know who the murderer is!"
"And you found crucial evidence, in the monitoring room on the second basement level!"
Upon hearing this, someone present widened their eyes!
Monitoring room!
That was private surveillance equipment installed by the office.
No one should know about it, so how could an outsider go there?
Oh no!
"Okay, we'll go there now."
Kogoro Mouri hung up the phone and immediately said:
"My daughter wants everyone to go to the monitoring room on the second basement level. She said she knows who the murderer is!"
Inspector Megure couldn't help but frown:
"Didn't you say the victim committed suicide?"
"Did I? I didn't say that. Oh, my head hurts so much!"
Kogoro Mouri spoke with a bewildered expression.
And Inspector Megure only felt that this guy was so thick-skinned.
The deduction he just made, he denied in a blink of an eye!
How shameless!
Inspector Megure couldn't help but roll his eyes in disdain, then motioned for everyone to head to the second basement level.
And among those present, one person's legs began to feel weak!
....