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The middle-aged man exclaimed, "A body!?"
Conan affirmed, "Absolutely no mistake!"
"Th-there was a man dead in the bathroom!"
"He was covered in blood!" the Junior Detective League added.
"Hmph! What utter nonsense!! I just came out of the bathroom after my shower! See, it's the one at the end of the hall." The middle-aged man said, pointing towards the bathroom.
"Please forgive my rudeness," Inspector Megure said, pushing past the middle-aged man and walking towards the bathroom. Conan also ran after him.
"Hey! Hey!" the middle-aged man shouted in surprise.
Yuu observed the middle-aged man's face, noting the calmness hidden beneath his surprise, and knew something was definitely amiss. As expected, when Conan and Inspector Megure opened the bathroom door, they were astonished to find the bathroom completely empty.
Conan stared in disbelief at the empty bathroom. "It's gone... the body's vanished!?"
"See for yourselves, where's any body here?!" the middle-aged man yelled at Inspector Megure. "These brats must be playing a prank!!"
"We're not playing a prank!! There was clearly a man covered in blood lying in the bathroom just now!!" Conan quickly retorted.
"Uncle must have hidden him!"
"Yeah! He must have heard our voices and quickly hidden the body!" Genta and Ayumi also quickly told Inspector Megure.
Yuu carefully examined the bathroom. "The smell of human blood isn't that easy to wash away, Uncle! Although the scent is faint and most people wouldn't notice it, you won't be able to hide it from me. I smelled it instantly."
At this, Haibara chuckled softly and spoke, "Well, Inspector, it took about fifteen minutes from the time you received the report until you arrived here. This uncle had ample time to clean this bathroom."
Inspector Megure nodded after hearing Haibara's words. "That's right, that's enough time to hide the body."
The middle-aged man yelled angrily at Inspector Megure, "Hmph! If you suspect me, then go ahead and search as much as you like!! I'm going back upstairs to sleep."
Inspector Megure asked, "Are you truly allowing us to search freely?"
"Anyway, there's nothing incriminating in the house, and my younger brother will be back soon, so you can just ask him if you have any questions... Hmph, and I'm too lazy to deal with foolish police like you who take children's pranks seriously! Hahahahaha!!" With that, the middle-aged man arrogantly laughed and went upstairs to the second floor.
"..." Inspector Megure watched the man go up with a grave expression, then began loudly instructing his subordinate officers: "Search!! Don't miss a single corner!! You must find that body!!!"
"Yes, Inspector Megure!" The police officers quickly replied.
Just as the police were busy searching the house, a middle-aged man walked towards it. Suddenly, he noticed a police car parked outside his house and was quite puzzled. He asked the police officer guarding the door, "Excuse me? Has something happened at my house? I'm Tomofumi Tanaka, the owner of this house."
"Darn it! Nothing found!!" Inspector Megure was frustrated.
Tomofumi Tanaka, seeing his house being ransacked by the police, exclaimed, "Wh-what's going on..."
The police officer who had followed him in explained to Inspector Megure, "Inspector, his younger brother, Tomofumi Tanaka, is back!"
Tomofumi Tanaka asked Inspector Megure, "What exactly is going on?"
Inspector Megure stroked Conan's head and explained to Tomofumi Tanaka, "It's like this, these children found a body at your residence..." Just as he was about to continue, Inspector Megure suddenly realized that only Conan, Yuu, and Haibara were left beside him. "Huh? Where are the other three?"
"Uh, they were just here," Yuu said.
"Could it be..." Conan had a bad feeling.
"Why did you make the room like this?" Inspector Megure, who had rushed with Conan to the room where Genta and the two others were, saw the room in disarray.
Thump! Crack! This startled Genta, who was searching the room, causing him to accidentally smash a vase. "Oh no!" Genta knew he had made a mistake.
Tomofumi Tanaka quickly said, "It's fine, it's not anything valuable..."
"So noisy!! Can't you be quiet?!" A roar came from the second floor.
Tomofumi Tanaka walked to the staircase and looked up. "Is my elder brother on the second floor now?"
"Yes, he seems very angry!" Inspector Megure nodded. "Excuse me, what line of work is your elder brother in?"
"Oh, my elder brother is a freelance writer, so he often stays at home writing." Tomofumi Tanaka said, handing Inspector Megure his business card. "Um... this is my business card."
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