The police arrived quickly, but this time it wasn't Inspector Megure, a familiar face to everyone, but a complete stranger.
After learning what had happened, the police were somewhat surprised: "You said you just happened to leave your seat, which is why you were saved?"
The company president, named Yuichi Ohara, recalled the incident with lingering fear: "Who can argue with that? I happened to be going back to find my lighter at that time."
As he spoke, Yuichi Ohara took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to an older policeman who was in charge of the operation.
"You're truly blessed!" The old policeman took the business card, vaguely recognizing the company on it. "The president of Ohara Planning. Come to think of it, Ohara Planning is located a little up this slope, right?"
The name sounds high-end, and indeed, the planning department is responsible for important tasks such as brand promotion and organizational planning.
However, judging from the conversation between Yuichi Ohara and the guy who was hit and killed, Ohara Planning now only designs posters and the like. It does sound high-end, but it's actually just a high-end printing shop that occasionally takes on other jobs to earn extra money.
On the slope, a young policeman called out the older officer's name: "Officer Saito! I've found the delivery truck driver!"
Officer Saito turned around and responded, indicating that he would go up immediately.
Just then, a slight smile appeared on Ohara Yuichi's lips.
Why did you have to laugh next to Conan, especially at a crime scene? You're like a crazy donkey.
Conan himself didn't know why, but he had felt something was off since earlier, so he had been observing Ohara Yuichi. When he saw that slight smile, Conan immediately felt that this case was not so simple.
Meanwhile, inside the café
Ai and Kousuke remained seated, leisurely sipping their coffee.
"What? You're letting me have coffee today?" Ai took a sip of her coffee and frowned slightly. "I haven't had it in a long time, and it tastes a bit bitter."
Guangyou chuckled and replied, "You stayed up very late last night researching materials, so drinking some coffee will help relieve brain and muscle fatigue."
Coffee has many benefits: it can promote urination, stimulate the central nervous and respiratory systems, dilate blood vessels, accelerate the heartbeat, strengthen skeletal muscles, and relieve brain and muscle fatigue.
However, the disadvantages are also quite obvious. If people who are used to drinking a lot of coffee stop drinking coffee, they will experience symptoms such as headaches, irritability, muscle tension and nervousness. These symptoms will only disappear after consuming caffeine.
Another drawback that Guangyou couldn't help but laugh about after learning about it was that pregnant and breastfeeding women should drink coffee in moderation, because caffeine can seep into the placenta and appear in breast milk, meaning that the baby might be drinking milk coffee right after birth.
Ai Haibara used to drink coffee frequently because her long-term research required her to maintain a high level of mental alertness. Back then, there was no such thing as Red Bull, so whether it was even useful is another matter.
Hearing Kōyū's words, Ai felt a warm current flow through her heart: "Aren't you going to join Kudō and cause trouble for the police? That guy was really pitiful, getting hit by a car and dying for no reason."
"Wrong, wrong, wrong." Guangyou smiled, as if he had everything under control. "This time it wasn't an accident, but a murder."
"Murder?" Ai asked curiously. She hadn't found any clues about the murder. "Tell me how it happened."
Guangyou chuckled: "Let's briefly review what happened. The president was chatting with the deceased, and they seemed to be arguing. Then the president went to the restroom. After coming out of the restroom, he said he was going to find a lighter and left his seat to go to the restroom. Then the deceased was hit by a car."
Ai nodded, confirming the account: "If it was murder, how did he commit the murder? Do you have any evidence?"
Just then, a bespectacled kid in a blue suit ran into the coffee shop and rushed straight into the restroom.
“It seems Conan noticed it too.” Kouyu wasn’t surprised. “Actually, the suspicious points all started after the president came out of the restroom. He was sucking his fingers when he came out. Do you really think it’s normal for someone to suck their fingers right after using the restroom?”
"Pfft." Ai couldn't help but laugh when she heard Kousuke's words. "It seems there really is a problem."
"Secondly, after he came out, he used a different hand. In addition, he was sucking his fingers earlier, so I can assume that his fingers were injured and he couldn't use his usual hand."
"Besides, how could you hurt your finger while using the toilet? Unless the toilet came to life and bit him, I really can't think of any other way he could have gotten injured in the toilet."
"Third, Yuan Tai knocked on the toilet door, but there was no response. Normally, you would at least make some noise. If it's inconvenient to speak, you could at least make some sound to prove that someone is inside, but there was none. Considering the previous points, his injury was probably done outside. I went to the toilet once when I came here before. There is a window inside, so you can go out."
Ai rested her chin on her hand, looking at the eloquent Kōyō: "And what about the technique?"
"The method, according to my estimation, should be the car parked on the ramp, the one that killed the person. I noticed that the president often looked at his watch before. When a bus passed by us, he made an excuse to go find a lighter."
As Kōyū recounted this, Ai, recalling the incident, had an idea: "You mean he used something to temporarily support the vehicle, then tied it to the back of the bus with a string or something, and when the bus started moving, the support disappeared, and the truck crashed into it?"
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