Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

After all, they are just underage children.

It's normal to be a little silly or make mistakes sometimes.

Education and guidance, ensuring that this situation will not happen again, is enough.

It wasn't that Sano really cared whether Ran Mouri would endanger other people's lives.

But this girl is actually a good person.

If possible, Sano still doesn't want to lose such a good junior.

Let's return to reality.

Ran Mouri was taken aback by what Sano said, and after realizing what he meant, her face turned deathly pale.

Just as Ran Mouri began to doubt her own foolish actions, the others present also came to their senses—the man frantically turned his gun towards Sano and demanded, "Who are you!?"

"Let's just call him a detective for now."

Sano hooked the door open with his foot and walked into the house in a very natural and unpretentious manner.

"I'm sorry, I broke your lock to get in... I think a righteous person like Detective Mouri wouldn't mind such a small sacrifice for justice. If you really want to complain... then just apply for reimbursement from the police later."

Watching Sano sit down on the sofa, talking as if no one else was around.

The man finally came to his senses.

"Police, police!?"

"Hey, what do you mean by that? Are you saying the police are already here?!"

"Ah."

Sano cut to the chase: "The police have surrounded this place. You have no way to escape now. In fact, if it weren't for this girl's stupidity just now, you would already have your head punched through and be a corpse."

The man glanced at Ran Mouri, following the direction Sano was pointing.

"So...you were sent by the police?"

"That's it."

"You want to negotiate with me?"

"I guess so..."

Sano stroked his chin: "But that's not important. What's important is the murderer who killed your sister. I listened outside the door for a while and I already have the answer."

"What!?"

Everyone present, including Conan on the phone, was taken aback by Sano's words.

"Are you serious!?"

The man asked Sano with a face full of excitement.

"Ah."

Sano rested his chin on his hand, his gaze shifting to the trio of suspects.

He was the shortest, thinnest, darkest-skinned, and had buck teeth.

Just look at that woman who looks a bit shifty.

"You agree, right? In the deceased's website log, the person he referred to as a fox."

"This young lady?"

Chapter 545, 548, Blind Shot

Details of this case.

Sano didn't actually know much, let alone evidence or reasoning.

But that doesn't stop Sano from knowing who the murderer is.

After all, compared to the suspect, in the current situation, the murderer faces the risk of revealing the truth and being taken away by the man. This is completely different from the suspect's anxiety about the truth not being revealed, or even the tension and anticipation of hoping the truth will be revealed as soon as possible.

of course.

If we start from the result, work backward, and then combine it with Sano's own ideas.

Perhaps it is possible to make a rather illogical deduction.

According to what Sano knows.

Shortly before his death, the deceased used his brother's account to post three "experiences" from that night in a dating website's log, in which three people were referred to by animal nicknames...

These are the three suspects.

The first one to arrive was an elephant. The deceased had just finished showering and his hair was still wet, so the elephant was very impatient. After signing his name, the elephant left. The second one was a fox, which made many unreasonable demands. The third one was a rat, which also made demands after signing his name. In the end, the rat even insisted on staying at the deceased's place and refused to leave. It was only with great difficulty that the rat was driven away.

This is a perspective from the point of view of the deceased.

And from this perspective, it seems that the last mouse is the most suspicious.

But if you think about it carefully, you'll realize something's wrong.

Firstly, from an external perspective, the elephant, fox, and mouse can correspond to the appearances of three women—a plump aunt, a tall and thin aunt, and a short and thin aunt.

From Sano's perspective, however, such a possibility can be ruled out directly.

Because it's too superficial.

In other words, the fat auntie could not be the first, the tall and thin auntie could not be the second, and the short and thin auntie could absolutely not be the third.

Let's start from an objective perspective.

The trio entered the deceased's room one after another, their purpose being to ask for his autograph.

Therefore, the three novels with the deceased's signature were placed on the table.

The first thing you notice is the novel cover featuring a tall, thin woman.

It's a little wrinkled.

It looks like it got wet and then dried.

This matches the first elephant that went to ask for an autograph after the deceased had taken a bath.

In other words, the first elephant has almost been fixed as a tall, thin aunt.

And since the short, thin woman shouldn't be the third, it can only be the second.

Therefore, the fat aunt was the third one.

As for why the fat aunt who was the last to enter was not the murderer.

Besides the fact that Sano already knew who the murderer was, there was another point.

From the perspective of the deceased's brother.

The reason the man suspected his sister's death was not suicide was because he received a text message from the deceased that sounded like she was planning to commit suicide, and then broke into her home through the balcony window.

There are suspected cases of a murderer hiding inside the house escaping through a window.

The man broke in through the window. The glass shards should have been facing inwards, but when he heard the noise and went to check the window, he found only broken glass on the outside.

Let's look at it from the suspect's perspective.

The plump woman was the only one witnessed leaving the deceased's room in a panic.

In other words, if the fat woman really was the murderer, then it doesn't match the man's story.

Recalling the contents of the deceased's diary, Sano had a guess in his mind.

That was "Fox," the short, thin woman. After arriving at the deceased's room, she didn't leave but hid inside until the fat woman left.

Even the three suspects in the log, the first and third were clearly mentioned as "already gone", but the second one was not mentioned.

However, these are all Sano's "speculations," and some of the processes involved are even purely based on "experience" to make judgments.

It is completely unconvincing.

Of course, Sano didn't need any persuasive power. He only needed to get the fox to confess its crimes on its own, just like last time, and that would be enough.

"...You say I'm the murderer, what evidence do you have?"

After a moment of silence, the short, thin woman also forced herself to remain calm and stubborn.

Just as Sano was about to take action, his gaze fell on the book belonging to the short, thin woman among the three novels, and he sensed something was wrong.

It seems there really is evidence?

Looking to the side, there was a photograph.

The photo shows a doormat at the entrance of the bathroom.

It has a bloody handprint on it.

The man also believed from the photo that his sister made a last-ditch effort to escape before being killed, but was dragged back by the murderer.

However, in retrospect, this photo is actually a supporting clue.

Its real purpose is to draw attention to the truly crucial evidence.

"This handprint is missing some fingers, besides the palm and fingertips."

Sano picked up the photo, and what he said immediately made the short, thin woman nervous.

"Could it be that the blood on the deceased's hands was unevenly distributed?"

Sera Masumi had just presented her conjecture when Sano interrupted her.

"And this young lady's book seems a little different from the other two young ladies'."

Sano picked up the short, thin woman's novel again, and sighed with a smile: "Perhaps it's because the deceased mentioned in her diary that you went to ask for an autograph. If this book is not there, it will increase your suspicion, but isn't that just increasing suspicion? To keep such important core evidence for such a small issue is just asking for trouble."

Sera Masumi took a few seconds to react before finally realizing what was happening.

"Could it be that what the deceased was grabbing at the bathroom door was her book?"

The short, thin woman's face turned deathly pale, and she didn't even need to say anything more.

Sano merely amplified the fear in his heart, causing him to collapse to the ground.

"Yes, I did it..."