Chapters 3585 & 3597 [A Great Injustice Throughout the Ages] Requesting monthly votes ヽ(〃〃)~
"this……"
Having been students for so long, and with the person opposite them having once been their teacher, Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri instinctively chose to answer this sudden question: "Of course, it was our own idea."
After giving their answers, they began to recall the events surrounding the discovery of the body, following Judy's lead. Upon reflection, they realized that one of their questions actually matched Judy's earlier inquiry.
Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed in surprise, "I remember when I rang the doorbell and no one answered, that brat said something like, 'Could it be that Ms. Jodie has silenced him?'... That brat's reasoning ability is actually better than mine!"
Although what she was thinking was completely different from what Judy was thinking, Judy and James still frowned and caught the key word.
—That brat!
James pushed up his glasses: "..." Sonoko Suzuki herself was only a 17-year-old high school student. The only one who could be called a "brat" by this child was probably a real child—that bespectacled elementary school student!
Jodie, having known the high school girls longer, immediately recognized who Suzuki Sonoko was referring to. She whispered, "Conan..."
Unexpected.
But it also seems to make sense.
That first-grade elementary school student... Has he truly become Uzo's henchman?
Moreover, the extent to which the children are affected is probably even deeper than they anticipated.
Across from them, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki realized what was going on: "Wait, what do you mean by 'guiding'? It sounds like you, Jodie-sensei, were set up—you're just plain suspicious!"
Judy declared righteously, "I was just framed!"
Two high school girls stared at her suspiciously: "Hmm..."
Although there were still many suspicious glances around, after this incident, Officer Sato's suspicions about Judy had lessened considerably.
—When Sonoko Suzuki mentioned the manga earlier, Jodie's reaction of turning red from head to toe didn't seem fake.
While this might seem to confirm that the teacher did indeed have some eccentric hobbies... at least in this murder case, she should be considered innocent.
After all, if Judy really is the murderer, it means she had a motive, which means she overheard the conversation between the deceased and the two high school girls yesterday.
If she had overheard this conversation, she should have been somewhat prepared for the exposure of pornographic comics, instead of turning into a giant red shrimp pulled from boiling water the moment she was exposed.
If Judy is innocent, then James, who is next to her, has even less connection to this case.
Thinking of this, Officer Sato couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia, who hadn't said a word, and walked over to ask quietly, "Why didn't you stop us from bringing those two FBI agents over? Do they have some other problems?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Xia came back to his senses, thought about her words, and showed a kind smile. "It's rare that Xiao Lan and Yuan Zi are willing to take the initiative to solve the case. Why not give them a chance to try? Besides, it's not good for Teacher Judy's health to stay in the hospital all the time. Maybe she will recover faster if she goes out for a walk."
Officer Sato: "..."
She slapped herself in the face and suddenly realized how silly she had been—how could she have actually started thinking along with Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki?
“However, in that case,” Officer Sato sighed, refocusing her attention on the matter at hand, her gaze sharpening, “there’s only one suspect left.”
Meanwhile, Judy and James belatedly realized that something was wrong.
They looked left and right, then exclaimed, "Where's Conan?"
Ran Mouri snapped out of her daze and sighed habitually, "He's probably running around again... By the way, Jodie-sensei, don't say anything like 'leading us to discover the murder case' in front of Conan—he's just a kid who doesn't know anything."
Judy: "..." Ha, I think you're the one who knows nothing—look closely, besides Jiang Xia, how many good people do you have left around you?
However, there is something even more concerning than that.
Where did that brat go?
Could it be that after successfully guiding the process, he couldn't contain his joy and ran to Uzo to report his achievements?
...
Conan was completely unaware of the gossip taking place downstairs.
Aside from Judy herself and a certain quiet psychic, James was probably the person in the room who most believed in Judy's innocence.
So when Conan saw the store manager's wife leaving the scene in tears, he immediately frowned and cautiously followed her.
As he followed, he kept a close eye on his back, learning from his mistakes to avoid being startled by a classmate who suddenly appeared.
Fortunately, this time, Jiang Xia didn't seem to catch up, and Conan successfully completed his tracking.
As expected, the shop manager's wife did not hide in the corner to weep for the deceased—after getting away from the police, she immediately put down her hands covering her face and ran upstairs.
Conan followed them all the way to the rooftop.
Pushing open the door, I saw the shop manager's wife had already run to the corner of the rooftop. She was standing on tiptoe, climbing over the safety net, and peering intently down at the street below.
Conan stroked his chin: "It's that direction again. If I remember correctly, when we entered the apartment just now, she tried to sneak off in that direction while everyone else's attention was drawn to Ms. Jodie and the others... but Jiang Xia stopped her along the way."
"What's in that direction? Why is she so concerned?"
Conan, an expert in criminal psychology, pondered for a moment, then suddenly adjusted his expression, and strode over like an innocent elementary school student.
...
The shop manager's wife looked downstairs but didn't see what she wanted to confirm, and anxiously bit her nails.
Just then, a childish voice came from behind: "Auntie, what are you looking at?"
"?!"
Just now, Jiang Xia startled her downstairs, and this time, the shop manager's wife was startled again by this first-grade elementary school student who suddenly appeared.
She turned around in alarm, only to find a child behind her, not the famous detective. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.
"Auntie didn't see anything," she said kindly. "I was just feeling a bit down and wanted to come to the rooftop for some fresh air... I'm feeling much better now! I'll be going now."
With that, she walked past Conan and hurried back into the building.
Conan obediently watched her walk away.
As soon as the door to the rooftop closed, the fake elementary school student turned around abruptly and ran to where the shopkeeper's wife had just been standing, beginning to look around from every angle.
"Hmm?" Suddenly he stared at the rooftop of a building in the distance and squinted: Why are the shapes of the dust there so strange?
...It looked like someone had been lying down in that spot.
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