Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

She resisted the urge to hit her. After all, if she really hit Vermouth, it would look like flirting.

Realizing that teasing Wynette further would strain the relationship, Vermouth added:

"Well, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. But, for him, it might be different."

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371 Detective Game

Vermouth's words confirmed Winnet's doubts. She watched her pass by her with a faint smile on her face, as if trying to find a flaw in her.

It was as if if she showed any sign of wavering, it would mean that she knew Conan's secret.

She said jokingly:

"That must be because you are not sensitive enough."

"Really? I think you're the insensitive one. Even if you pretend that nothing happens, you actually completely separate what you care about from what you don't care about, just like a little girl hugging her favorite teddy bear. As an elder, I can still guess a little bit."

After Vermouth finished talking to herself, she began to walk on the bumpy snowy road. The road ahead was already full of potholes. Winette was wearing cheap sneakers, and her feet felt soaked. Her pace felt like she was walking in the mud, so she was quickly caught up by Conan behind her.

Then he stopped.

He just stood there, looking at Vermouth's back. His expression didn't seem to be aware of her danger at all, but rather puzzled.

"Hey."

"Ok?"

"Who is he? I know he is a doctor, but what is your relationship with him?"

There might be a hint of teasing in his voice, but Winnett had no time to pay attention to that.

"He's a troublesome guy."

To you and me.

This half of the sentence was not said.

I don’t know if it’s because he and Ai go to school in the same school, but they’ve been feeling like a united front lately. Maybe he will tell Ai what happened today.

Even the detective's mind can be controlled by emotions, and he was unable to escape the shackles.

"That's it."

Seeing that Winnet didn't want to talk, Conan didn't continue to ask, but talked about another matter:

"Is there anything strange about the man named Doi Takeshu?"

Doi Tower...

Winette didn't expect to hear this name from him. It seemed that he was listed as a suspect.

His unwilling action of pounding the ground just now did make him look a bit strange. When the body was discovered, he was also the first to rush forward. If you have to say, he felt a bit like Kudo Shinichi.

"No."

"What were you doing when Mr. Hamano died?"

"Is this an interrogation?"

"Do not."

Conan choked.

Although she didn't get along well with him, the other party knew her true identity after all, so it was more convenient for her to ask him questions without having to pretend to be a child and ask other people questions.

"For things like this, it's better to check with everyone. I went to check on you when you were asleep... Now it seems that you are cuter when you fainted."

"Ahahaha, I'm so sorry I'm not cute."

Conan laughed dryly twice, changed his target and ran into the house.

After everyone entered the house, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Unconsciously, she felt tired, as if she had to deal with exhausting repetitive homework and had no interest in it.

I don’t know what Xiaoai is doing.

She imagined for a moment a little girl wearing glasses checking a computer in a room lit by bright incandescent lights.

I am essentially a homebody who likes to stay in my own space.

Winnet's mood suddenly improved a lot. She finally entered the room and met Sukanaka coming out of the kitchen. The buzzing sound of the gas indicated that he had just boiled water in the kitchen.

As soon as she entered the room, she heard Conan's voice, which sounded much more childish than when he spoke to her.

"What were you doing when Hamano was killed?"

The people standing scattered in the living room were attracted by his attention, and Huang Yi murmured and repeated his question, very puzzled.

"I was sleeping at that time, so I wanted to know."

"But what do you want to do by asking this kind of question?" Araki asked Conan in return. He obviously didn't want to continue the topic of Hamano's murder.

Ms. Kuroda, who was standing next to Ms. Tanaka, turned around and showed an understanding expression.

"I see. You must think that one of us is the murderer, right?"

His purpose was so obvious that anyone could guess it.

However, Winnet had no idea what had led him to this conclusion.

The so-called magic, once the secret is revealed, the mystery will no longer exist. The same is true for murder cases. Both seem confusing on the surface, but in fact there are clues to follow.

Winnett thought that Conan had been standing under the tree, and there might have been some trick done there.

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Did he think the crossbow was a pre-set mechanism?

Although this is possible, there are too many uncertainties in the method of committing the crime.

The selection of the tree location, the process of securing the crossbow, the pulling device, and the recovery afterwards.

Besides, what is the reason for doing this?

Just to make people think that the murderer is from outside?

"But, little brother, the arrow just now was shot from outside, and even the crossbow was found in the woods. In any case, the murderer must be someone else." Miss Tanaka tried to convince Conan.

But for the stubborn detective boy, it was obviously a futile task.

"But no one has seen the murderer yet. Isn't it too early to draw conclusions?"

Conan looks so cool.

With his hands behind his neck and his chin tilted up, he looked like a bad guy waiting for a public official to process documents.

To be precise, he was a young boy.

Xiaolan couldn't do anything about his behavior and could only call out his name.

"Conan."

There was a slight tail tone, and at the same time, he grabbed his raised arm with his hand.

"It's not okay to be so gentle. When a child makes a mistake, he should be reprimanded."

Winnett's interference made him feel really uncomfortable. When she was a child, if she behaved like this, her hands would be swollen by the nun's ruler. Although she is very tolerant of other children now, she is an exception to Kudo Shinichi.

Most of the time, no one disciplined them properly when they were young.

"Eh, a scolding?"

Xiaolan was at a loss. In her impression, although Winnet sometimes seemed cold, she was actually a gentle person.

"He is like this now because you are too permissive."

"I feel so too."

Sonoko put the back of her hands on her waist and looked at the arrogant Conan.

"Okay."

Unexpectedly, Doi Takeshu came out to smooth things over, with his chubby and kind expression. He said gently:

"He's right. It's better to get things straight now."

Doita thought about it for a moment.

"Let me think about it. Hamano was killed when he was alone in his room. At that time, I was in the restaurant with Ms. Kuroda and Sonoko, arranging the tableware for dinner later, right?"

"correct."

Miss Kuroda and Sonoko said in unison.

"After the tableware was laid out, I went into the kitchen and started helping Sukama prepare."

The topic turned to Sukama.

"Mr. Huang asked me to go to the kitchen to prepare some dishes." Sukan maintained his unchanging calm tone.

Conan arched his eyebrows inward and stared at Doi Tower.

"So while Auntie Kuroda and Uncle Sukama were in the kitchen, what were you doing, Uncle Doita?"

"Doitata, he was in the living room with me at the time."

Yuanzi came out to explain.

Although I felt a little disillusioned when I first saw Doi Tower, he was very enthusiastic. Not only did he help Dr. Shinde look after Conan, he also supported her in the snow.

This made her feel a little better.

"Sister Sonoko, have you been staying in the living room this whole time?"

"Let me think—"

Yuanzi put a finger on his lower lip and thought:

"Doi Ta left once, but he went upstairs to get some biscuits. The whole process only took a few minutes."

"Well, I went back to my room to get some cookies I had prepared for the party."

"Take the cookies—"

Conan looked at Doita with sharp eyes.

"At that time, Dr. Shinde and I went to Ran's room to check on you."

Winnett continued what he was saying, and while she was speaking, Vermouth was standing beside her with her eyes narrowed and smiling.

"Sister Sonoko, have you been staying in the living room this whole time?"

"No, I wanted to go upstairs to check on you and Xiaolan, but when I heard the teacher outside say that you were fine, I followed you to the kitchen to help."

"Yes, Sonoko is here to help too."

Ms. Kuroda replied with a smile.

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It seemed as if some small drama had taken place in the kitchen.

Winette remembered that Sonoko could at least cook simple dishes and was not a kitchen disaster.

After her, Araki Yoshinobu continued:

"At that time, I went to the wine cellar to get the wine."

Finally, it's Ms. Tanaka.

"Because I was assigned the job of boiling water for bathing, I have been using firewood to boil hot water."

Conan asked:

"How long did this period of time take?"

"Hmm... well——"

Miss Tanaka rested her chin on her hand and thought, then said, "About seven or eight minutes."

"It probably took me about the same amount of time, but I don't know the exact sound." Huang Yi added.

"About eight minutes."

Sukanara interrupted suddenly.