"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure glanced at Yoshihiko Negami without leaving a trace.
At that moment, Yoshihiko Negami was talking to Keizen Karata.
Although his face looked off, it was the expression a normal person would have after an incident.
But according to what Takagi Wataru said, Negami Yoshihiko's expression had changed just now.
If I had to say, I would definitely trust Wataru Takagi more.
After all, he was a subordinate I could rely on.
He then whispered to Takagi Wataru:
"Brother Takagi, go contact the nearby police station and ask them to send a few people, and bring some police dogs with them."
"Focus on investigating Yoshihiko Negami."
"In addition, we had police dogs search for the missing button on the victim's clothes."
"Once found, immediately hand it over to the forensic department for testing."
Since the plan had to be kept secret for the time being, Takagi Wataru answered in a very low voice.
He nodded and said:
"I see."
Just as he was about to turn and leave, Kwang-woo called out to him:
"Officer Takagi, could you lend me your notebook and pen?"
Although he didn't know what Kousuke wanted to do, Wataru Takagi still handed Kousuke the notebook and pen.
Taking the pen and notebook, Guangyou began drawing on the blank pages while explaining:
"I still remember the route I followed."
"It should be able to provide some assistance to the search."
After drawing the route map, Kōyū returned the notebook and pen to Takagi Wataru.
He pointed to a mark on the route map and said:
"When I caught up with him here, he had disappeared."
"I see."
Nodding in agreement, Wataru Takagi said to Inspector Megure:
"Inspector, I'll go investigate now."
"Yes." Inspector Megure nodded.
After greeting the group, Wataru Takagi left the apartment to continue his investigation.
The investigation was conducted covertly.
On the surface, Inspector Megure appeared to be making no progress.
To prevent the prisoner from noticing and taking the opportunity to escape.
He picked up the photos from the officer's hand and examined them carefully.
"Um?"
After observing for a moment, Inspector Megure focused his attention on the photo of the shirt and couldn't help but say:
"The victim's shirt was really dirty."
"The collar is already black."
Knowing the inside story, Akira Hojima explained it to Inspector Megure:
"Because he has never really liked taking baths in the ancient village."
"I only wash it about once a week."
“He was wearing this shirt when the four of us were playing mahjong three days ago.”
“If I remember correctly, he hasn’t changed his clothes since that day.”
"I understand." Inspector Megure nodded.
After listening, Conan made a guess:
"That's probably when they tampered with the shirt."
"Be more confident, remove 'maybe' and replace it with 'definitely'."
Although Guangyou leaves room for interpretation in his words.
But this time, it seems there's only one possibility.
Um...
No, there's actually another possibility.
He said to Conan:
"It must have been done by Tokusho Komura while he was sleeping after the mahjong session ended."
"Could it be a special fluorescent coating?"
"Unless the two are fencing, this is the most likely possibility."
"As long as we know that Gucun Dechang doesn't like to take baths and change clothes, then this method can be implemented."
"But this is also a gamble that he won't shower for the next few days."
After speaking, Guangyou suddenly sighed about the case.
He said:
"well..."
"Just because I don't like taking baths, I fell into someone else's trap."
What does this story tell us?
"They told us to shower frequently, change clothes often, and pay attention to personal hygiene..."
"Hey, aren't you going a bit off-topic?" Conan couldn't help but complain.
He initially thought that Guangyou was right.
Logically, there's nothing wrong with it; both explanations make sense.
The plan is feasible and is similar to what he had in mind.
How did the conversation end up about hygiene?
He's not recording a public service announcement about personal hygiene here!
This wasn't the first time Guangyou had done this; he was used to it.
He was pondering the meaning of Guangyou's words at that moment.
"fencing?"
He thought this was another way to tamper with the buttons.
I thought about it for a while, but I still couldn't come up with a solution.
So he had no choice but to ask Kōyū, who had said those words:
"Guangyou, what do you mean by 'fencing'?"
"What is the connection between this and the case?"
"Is this hinting at another way to tamper with buttons?"
After hearing Conan's words, Kousuke did not respond immediately.
Instead, he hesitated for a few seconds.
After all, this term has some age restrictions.
After a moment's consideration, he nodded and said:
"That is indeed another method."
"However, this method is unlikely."
"And it's not very convenient to say, so you can just ignore what I said."
"Oh." Conan didn't press further.
He casually agreed and continued to observe Yoshihiko Negami.
All the clues and discoveries found so far point to Yoshihiko Negami.
There's practically no doubt he's the murderer.
What puzzles Conan is what Yoshihiko Negami's motive was for committing the crime.
Could it be that he lost a sum of money to Tokusho Furumura in mahjong, or that they had a dispute, and that's why he plotted this case?
It's not impossible.
But this is just speculation.
We'll have to wait and see what happens in the next phase of the investigation.
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