Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

This was an invention he had come up with a long time ago, and it had been sitting in the system space for ages.

Thankfully, it's an unscientific space, otherwise it would be covered in a layer of dust.

It's not particularly useful, but it can be used as a regular pair of gloves. At least it won't hurt your hands, right?

Shiho Miyano glanced at him and took the gloves.

Did you invent a four-dimensional pocket?

"You're not wrong to think that way."

Shiho Miyano sighed helplessly, put on gloves, and began to carefully examine the body.

"The skin contracts and softens, the skin on the hands and feet wrinkles, and the epidermis and dermis separate further without completely falling off."

“Atypical light red lividity has appeared on the skin surface, and some of it has gradually turned dark red.”

"White foam accumulates in the mouth and nasal cavity, and diatoms can be observed."

"The preliminary assessment is that the cause of death was drowning, and the time of death was probably after 10 p.m. last night."

Shiho Miyano acted quickly and determined the approximate time of death simply by observing.

As Dr. Tanaka listened to her analysis, he broke out in a cold sweat.

How can you determine the time of death from this? Where did this expert come from?

"Huh? Huh? This knot is tied so weirdly!" Conan, who had been watching from the side, suddenly interjected.

Tohno glanced at him. Could this guy really not hold back his words when he saw the case?

“Indeed, usually, if someone commits suicide, the knot on their foot will be facing towards their body.” Tohno Toru gestured as he tied a rope around his own foot.

"But the knot is facing the opposite side."

"Why is that?" the police officer asked curiously.

“This proves… that this Miss Mitsuko was most likely murdered by someone else.” Tohno glanced at the sweating Dr. Tanaka.

"Eh?!"

Chapter 109 Criminal Investigator, Criminal Investigator Soul

"Hey, don't stare at me like that." Dr. Tanaka took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "If the time of death was last night, I wouldn't have had any opportunity to commit the crime at all."

"Because last night, I was drinking with my friends at an izakaya... Mr. Mori, you saw that too, didn't you?"

Kogoro Mouri hesitated before saying, "That's not wrong..."

"See? I told you it had nothing to do with me. No matter what, I wouldn't kill my ex-girlfriend, right? Hahaha..."

“He’s obviously feeling guilty.” Shiho Miyano looked at Toru Tono. “I remember that romantic entanglements are one of the common motives for murder, right?”

"Indeed, and I'm pretty sure it was him who did it."

"reason?"

"......intuition?"

It's not exactly intuition, but it's common knowledge that suspects in the Conan world return to the crime scene.

Therefore, the only one left at the scene who showed suspicious behavior is undoubtedly the murderer.

The question is, how exactly did he do it?

Toru Tono doesn't remember cases like this on the beach at all. Detective Conan has over a thousand episodes, so he can only remember the ones that left a deep impression.

He was lost in thought.

Conan ran over and tugged at his sleeve: "Hey, do you have any clues?"

Tohno Toru glanced at him. "You have it?"

“…That’s why I’m asking you.” Conan was somewhat surprised that Toru Tohno didn’t have any ideas on how to solve the case. Normally, this guy should already be confronting the criminal, right?

I'm not feeling well today?

Alright! I'll be the first to find the real culprit today!

Conan is inexplicably full of energy.

The problem is that he has no ideas either.

Seeing that Dr. Tanaka was obviously guilty, Conan also considered him the prime suspect.

But he also went to the izakaya last night. Dr. Tanaka was indeed sitting there drinking and had an argument with Kogoro Mouri... He has a definite alibi.

This is how the same thing?

Conan and Tohru Tohno stared blankly at the corpse.

"Sigh." Shiho Miyano suddenly sighed softly, attracting Toru Tono's attention.

She stood up and asked Dr. Tanaka, "Do you have specialized autopsy equipment here?"

"Ah, yes, there are..." Tanaka paused for a moment, then answered somewhat reluctantly.

"Lead the way, and take this corpse with you."

Tono was startled by her imperious manner.

"Are they going to make a move?"

"nerve."

Shiho Miyano stood with her hands behind her back, her face serious, looking every bit the professional forensic pathologist.

"I've had enough of seeing you helpless. I finally got to come out and have some fun, and I don't want to stay here dealing with cases all the time."

......

"The autopsy results are the same as before; the time of death was after 10 p.m. last night."

"The drowning occurred on the shallow beach where the body was found."

"However, something is strange..."

In a simple meeting room, Shiho Miyano held the autopsy report and spoke to herself.

"There were some suspicious abrasions on the body, which were left before death."

"And... there were traces of excessive inhalation of chemical agents in the deceased's lungs. The specific composition is unknown, but it is very likely a drug that can cause unconsciousness."

With each sentence Shiho Miyano spoke, Tanaka's face grew paler.

"I see. That means the deceased was washed ashore by the ocean current and was not completely dead before reaching the shore."

Tohru Tohno seemed to be thinking, "So, she drifted unconscious to this beach before sinking?"

"That's what it means."

"Therefore, the most likely reason is that the deflated swimming ring carried the unconscious victim and drifted until it sank in shallow water."

Tohru Tono smiled as he looked at Dr. Tanaka.

"In that case, Dr. Tanaka could simply throw the victim, wearing a swimming ring, into the sea in another location, then return to an izakaya to drink, and thus fabricate an alibi?"

"I...no, you can't solve cases based on assumptions..." Tanaka was somewhat incoherent.

"There are no assumptions. The trash that sinks to the beach will be washed ashore by the ocean currents, right? As long as you keep an eye out for swimming rings that float by at sea, you're bound to find the one you used to carry the body."

"Besides, this town is so small, and everyone knows you... A shop owner should remember that you bought that swimming ring, right? How are you going to deny it then?"

"I..." Tanaka never expected that his carefully designed plan would be so easily exposed.

"Damn it! We were about to succeed, but why did another doctor have to appear?" Tanaka's expression turned sinister. Suddenly, a wicked thought crossed his mind, and he sprang into action, pulling out the scissors in his hand, ready to rush over and exchange his life with Shiho Miyano, who was sitting quietly watching him.

Before he could even flip over the conference room tables and chairs, a baseball bat struck him on the head with lightning speed.

"Boom"

A crisp sound rang out, and Tanaka collapsed to the ground.

Tohru Tono swung the baseball bat around; it had been a long time since he'd hit someone with this thing, and it felt really good.

It's much more satisfying than using a plasma gun.

"You..." Conan, who witnessed the whole thing, was shocked. "Where did you pull that out from?"

He didn't even notice how Toru Tono was holding the baseball bat in his hand.

"I am not very talented, but I have learned a little bit of magic."

Tohru Tohno casually brushed it off, since magic in this world was pretty much the same as magic anyway, and four-dimensional pockets were standard equipment for magicians, nothing new.

"Oh." Sure enough, Conan believed it easily and nodded with an "I see" expression, as if the magician was actually a sorcerer.

"A satisfactory resolution? A pleasant collaboration?"

Tohru Tono put away his baseball bat, reached out his hand to Shiho Miyano, and gave her a high five.

"..." Shiho Miyano sighed and patted him lightly as if she had no other choice.

"Childish." The upturned corners of her mouth betrayed the fact that she was in a good mood.

"Where's Tachibana Maya?" Tohno Toru suddenly remembered someone who hadn't come to the police station with them, as he watched the police thank them while handcuffing and taking away the unconscious Tanaka.

"She said she didn't like this kind of place, so she was playing in the water outside while waiting for news." Shiho Miyano couldn't help but laugh when she thought of Maya Tachibana's stiff expression when she saw the police station.

"Oh...right." Tachibana Maya was a former assassin, Tohru Tohno had almost forgotten about her.

"Shall we continue our vacation? It doesn't seem like we've wasted much time."

Tono was completely satisfied after solving the case in just a few hours.

Unlike most people, he doesn't lose his vacation mood when a case occurs... He's used to it.

"Great! I want to try surfing too!"

Clearly, another family was also used to it. Ran wasn't affected by the murder at all and happily dragged Conan to find Tachibana Maya to continue playing.

"I'll go lie down for a while longer, my head hurts so much..." After realizing the case was over, Kogoro Mouri, still hungover, spoke in a weak and listless manner.

Shiho Miyano, needless to say, showed little emotional fluctuation.

'Who are these people?' Toru Tohno realized for the first time how different they were from ordinary people.