Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Inspector Megure glanced down at the test report in his hand, then looked up at the deceased's booth in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh.

“If it weren’t for the wound on the back of his neck, I would have thought he died of a heart attack.”

"The digoxin concentration is a bit high, but it's still within the therapeutic range..."

He does not mean that.

Matsuzaka Yuki's body stiffened slightly.

The stiffness was brief, so brief as to be almost negligible, but Lin Xiuyi, who had been secretly observing her, still caught it.

The woman blinked, her expression seemingly somewhat annoyed.

But that expression only lasted for a moment, and she quickly reverted to her sad ex-girlfriend look.

Lin Xiuyi's gaze lingered on her face for a second before shifting away.

His brain began to race, fragments of thoughts colliding in his mind: digoxin, heart disease, medication, the wound on his neck… trying to piece together a complete picture.

But before he could figure things out, Kujo Yoshiyuki spoke up.

“Inspector Megure, after thinking it over, the only person who could have harmed the deceased is the woman who had coffee with him earlier.”

"The others are either too far away or have no chance to get close at all. The most important thing now is to find that woman."

Inspector Megure gave a wry smile: "I've already given the order. But the waitress at the coffee shop said that the woman was wearing large sunglasses that covered most of her face, so you couldn't see her face at all."

"Although I've had someone draw a sketch based on the waitress's description, I'm afraid that with just that sketch, finding someone in a vast crowd is..."

He shook his head and didn't continue.

But everyone understood what he meant. Tokyo is so big and has such a large population. Trying to find someone whose face is not even clearly visible based on just a blurry sketch is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"No matter what, we have to try," Lin Xiuyi said. "It's the only way now. We have to follow this lead; maybe we'll find something."

At this point, he glanced at Keiichi Kujo.

The prosecutor uncle was also looking at Lin Xiuyi.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and they both saw the same thing in each other's eyes: helplessness and a hint of resentment.

They are all people who are used to solving problems.

But now, faced with this seemingly simple murder case, both of them are at a loss.

All the clues are like kites with broken strings, floating in the air but impossible to grasp.

The three suspects each had a motive, but none of them had direct evidence pointing to them as the murderer.

The girl who mysteriously left may be the key, or she may just be an unrelated passerby.

The only breakthrough was her sketch portrait, which was so blurry that it was almost unrecognizable.

Lin Xiuyi shifted his gaze from Kujo Keiji and slowly swept it across the coffee shop.

His gaze swept over Sato Kohei's anxious face, over Miyazaki Naoto's gloomy profile, over Matsuzaka Yuki's slightly trembling back, and finally landed on the booth where the deceased was sitting.

The man named Kosuke Iguchi had already been taken away by the forensic doctor, leaving only the empty booth and the two coffee cups on the coffee table.

One cup was empty, and the other had half a cup left.

They lay there quietly, like two silent witnesses, having witnessed a meticulously planned murder, yet unable to speak the truth.

Just as Lin Xiuyi was lost in thought, the door to the coffee shop was suddenly pushed open, and two figures rushed in.

It's Yukiko and Eri Kisaki!

Both girls had flushed faces of excitement and fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, clearly indicating they had run back.

Yukiko's hair was a little messy, and Eri's glasses were dusty, but their eyes were surprisingly bright, as if they had discovered something extraordinary.

All eyes immediately fell on them.

"Inspector Megure!"

Eri Kisaki walked quickly to Inspector Megure, clutching something tightly in her hand, wrapped in a handkerchief.

"We have discovered another important piece of evidence!"

Yukiko stood beside her, nodding vigorously, her expression a mixture of pride and anticipation.

Lin Xiu frowned as she looked at the two girls. They had left in such a hurry that they must have discovered something.

"What evidence?" Inspector Megure asked hastily.

Eri carefully unfolded the handkerchief, revealing what was inside.

A small medicine bottle.

Brown glass bottle, white cap, label with clear lettering.

"Geoxin".

"Where did you find this?" Inspector Megure asked quickly, his eyes fixed on the small medicine bottle.

He's not stupid; Officer Denmi just said that the deceased's blood had a high level of digoxin.

In the blink of an eye, Eri and Yukiko discovered the digoxin bottle, and there was clearly some undeniable connection between the two.

"In the sewers of a nearby alley!" Yukiko answered first, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and a sense of pride.

She took a step forward, gesturing with her hands, and began to describe it vividly.

"It's that narrow alley next to the coffee shop. It's very damp, and there's moss and trash everywhere."

"We searched carefully for a long time, leaving no corner unchecked, and finally found it under a sewer grate!"

She paused, then quickly added,

"When we found it, we were worried about damaging the fingerprints on it, so we used a handkerchief to hold it."

Hmph... Eri Kisaki glanced at Yukiko sideways.

What does "when we find it" mean?
If she hadn't spoken up in time to remind him, that clumsy fox would have already picked it up, and the fingerprints would have been destroyed, rendering such good evidence useless.

Now, she's the one who beat me to it, making it sound like she was the one in charge.

However, Eri Kisaki was too lazy to argue at this time; solving the case was the priority, and credit could wait.

"Yes, very well done!" Inspector Megure praised sincerely.

He quickly took the handkerchief holding the medicine bottle and handed it to Officer Denmi.
"Immediately analyze the fingerprints on the bottle and get the results as soon as possible."

"Also, confirm whether this is an item from the wellhead, and check his house to see if there are any drugs from the same batch."

Officer Denmi nodded and was about to turn and leave to carry out his mission.

Just then, Eri Kisaki suddenly spoke up.

“Inspector Megure,” the girl adjusted her glasses, “it would be best to also collect the fingerprints of the three suspects from the coffee shop and compare them together. Especially…”

She paused, her gaze sweeping across the coffee shop before landing precisely on the figure still seated near the door.

"Especially Ms. Matsuzaka Yuuki." (End of Chapter)