Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

"Hurry up and get busy, I'm hungry and want to eat."

Sano added, telling Inspector Megure to make a row of dots... Shouldn't the speed of your busyness be judged by your performance?

To be honest, the thing that Inspector Megure disliked most about Sano was that he was too self-centered—not like other troublemakers who were so busy solving cases that they didn't care about any other rules or regulations.

Instead.

There's a sense of self-amusement, completely disregarding whether others can keep up with Sano's thought process. To put it bluntly... there's a kind of beauty in disregarding the lives of others, both under normal circumstances and when solving cases.

However, the latter is not so bad.

Although Sano's reasoning is sometimes too simplistic and crude, it is also...

It's fast, accurate, and ruthless enough, aiming for a single, fatal blow.

Therefore, Inspector Megure was at a loss as to how to respond to Sano's words.

They chose to remain silent.

Anyway, Sano will always be there to protect us.

Since there are already experts carrying them.

That thigh accessory should just obediently do what it's supposed to do.

And so on.

After inquiring with the staff at Beika Hotel and confirming that the electric wheelchair was indeed the one borrowed by the father of the woman in green.

The group then went up to the sixth floor.

Like Conan, Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi, who were unaware that it was a double-door elevator, almost ended up sitting on their butts in the back corridor.

As I muttered to myself, the shattered window directly opposite the elevator came into view.

"This is?"

Inspector Megure looked at the restaurant staff and got the answer—it was smashed by the deceased.

"This position is exactly above where the deceased fell."

Beneath the broken window sill lay a large patch of dried paint.

There were also some marks on the paint that looked like they had been rubbed.

Sano then looked at the two paint buckets lying to the side—each had a straight, dented mark on it, and judging by the height, it should match the two footrests in front of the electric wheelchair.

...The clues seem a bit too obvious. Could it be a troublemaker?

Sano pondered for a while and decided to continue to observe, but Sera Masumi suddenly said, "I know who the murderer is and how she committed the crime."

"What!?"

Inspector Megure paused, then looked at Sano.

Sano remained silent, but Inspector Megure understood immediately.

She then coughed, allowing Sera Masumi to demonstrate.

Then, Sera Masumi directed the police to make preparations.

According to Sera Masumi, all you need to do is place the activated electric wheelchair in front of the elevator on the second floor. When the elevator reaches the second floor and opens, the wheelchair will automatically get on the elevator and then automatically get off when it stops on the sixth floor. This is what the green-clad aunt did when she left the annex, which is why she stopped Conan from getting on the elevator at that time.

Then, after the deceased fell, he deliberately claimed to have seen a suspicious figure, thus gaining access to the top floor. The elevator then came down again, and the electric wheelchair was found to have a mechanism in place where a rubber band at the end of a fishing line was used to attach it to the elevator.

So they turned back around and, just like on the second floor, blocked the elevator door.

At last.

Upon reaching the top floor, the woman in green made another excuse to stay temporarily and secretly pressed the buttons for the sixth and second floors, causing the situation to repeat itself in reverse.

...This sounds very much like something out of a science fiction novel.

I don't think I noticed anything about fishing lines on elevator doors back then.

Sano's gaze shifted, and the electric wheelchair carrying the dummy had already stepped out of the elevator, following the "road" made up of various materials and tools that had been laid out.

It hit the windowsill.

But the dummy sitting on it did not move.

"This, how is this possible!?"

Sera Masumi stared wide-eyed, seemingly convinced that her reasoning couldn't be wrong.

Stubbornly, Sera Masumi even started to make up incoherent excuses... However, judging from her persistent glances at Conan, Sano felt that he had every reason to suspect that this girl was trying to fish for him.

The fish they're after is Conan.

Conan is clearly taking the bait... This kid doesn't even suspect the possibility that Sera Masumi deliberately made a wrong deduction?

They clearly made their point clear on the platform.

Although, there is also the suspicion that Sera Masumi deliberately created a flaw there.

However, we cannot conclude that this is not an enemy based solely on this.

Or perhaps they think this is an extremely foolish enemy?

When Sano frowned, Conan's frown deepened even more—although he knew that Sera Masumi was acting a little strange, he genuinely didn't doubt the error in his previous reasoning.

Actually, it was Sera Masumi who did it on purpose.

Therefore, Conan hesitated about how to intervene.

Since the two best friends didn't catch up, Conan was a bit troubled because he didn't have a good partner for their act... Wait a minute.

Conan suddenly turned his gaze to Sano.

Sano happened to be watching Detective Conan as well.

Conan blinked, clasped his hands together, and made a pleading gesture.

Sano raised an eyebrow, just about to ignore it.

Conan then hurriedly tugged at Sano's sleeve and whispered, "Didn't you just say you were hungry? I'll treat you to a good meal after this is over."

That's more or less.

Of course, more importantly, Sano also received two missions—one was to solve a case, and the other was somewhat special.

【Please make Sera Masumi feel fear within the mission time limit. Completion will earn you 100 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 2:59:59】

...A family really does need to be all together.

If the older brother has it, the younger sister should naturally have it too.

Both siblings are meticulous people, constantly striving to achieve their goals.

There are still too many lewd people in the world.

Sano sighed inwardly before glancing at Sera Masumi.

They immediately became much more friendly.

"sensible."

Sano pressed Conan's head down with one hand, as if the sound of a gavel signifying a deal being struck. At the same moment, Sera Masumi, who was pretending to be arguing with Inspector Megure but was actually secretly watching the two of them, frowned.

"Alright, Inspector Megure, now that she's finished, it's my turn."

"Ok?"

Inspector Megure's stomach tingled, and he instantly became alert.

Chapter 535, Inspector Megure: I hate Sano.

"Then please demonstrate, Sano-kun."

Unlike Sera Masumi, Inspector Megure has absolute trust in Sano, and the "demonstration" mentioned here is to bring things to a close.

Instead of waiting and seeing because of doubt, as before.

However, Sano shook his head: "No need to do anything, because her idea is correct, it's just missing one thing, which is those two paint buckets over there."

Inspector Megure looked at the two buckets that Sano had pointed to.

"If you put this thing in front of the windowsill, when the wheelchair hits it, there will be a tilted space above, and the person will naturally fly out."

Sano, too lazy to do anything extra, simply gave the answer... Of course, he was initially a little hesitant to believe this Conan-esque answer.

Especially those two buckets on the ground, they're so damn easy to fool people.

This is similar to a question in the college entrance examination math section: "What is one plus one?"

It's about the same feeling.

That person might not even dare to write "two" on it.

However, Sera Masumi's earlier part, especially the part about the fishing line, did make some sense. In addition, Conan hadn't reacted until he noticed that the paint bucket hadn't been placed there, at which point he frowned.

Sano could only write down this one and only answer.

"As for the murderer and the motive, I think everyone knows the answer."

Sano looked at the woman in green: "But there is indeed no evidence."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback.

Sano thought for a moment and then added, "When I was learning about the law before, I saw many cases. There are actually quite a few cases like this. If we have to force a connection, we can only hope that there might be something on her body, such as the deceased's clothes or skin fibers... On the other hand, we can also start from the deceased's body, but even if we find something, there are still many excuses that can be used to disassociate ourselves from the case."

"For example, if the two hugged or kissed, it doesn't mean she actually killed someone. The best outcome might be that she deliberately put the drunk victim in a wheelchair, which led to the victim's death. In other words, it would be manslaughter, and she wouldn't be sentenced for long."

At this point, Sano's decision was final.

Now, unless this woman in green confesses herself and is then dealt with as a self-surrender, the only solution is for her to turn herself in.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult to prosecute it as murder.

Inspector Megure was completely stunned, because in all the cases he and Sano had worked on together, this was the first case where even the other side couldn't find any evidence... Of course, given the circumstances of this case, it was still quite impressive that they had handled it to this extent.

Conan and Sera Masumi, who were standing nearby, seemed hesitant to speak.

However, after a moment of silence, the woman in green gave a bitter laugh.