Yuji Kudo, the manga artist behind Detective Conan.

"If it were really as simple as suicide, I don't think Inspector Takagi would have called me here, as a famous detective in Tokyo."

Old Kudo confidently tugged at his tie, but was mercilessly mocked by his daughter the next second.

"What? Dad, wasn't Miss Ghana your client? Isn't it normal for you to come looking for her after she died?"

"Stop nagging! Children shouldn't interrupt adults!" Old Kudo waved his hand at his daughter, signaling her to take Conan Edogawa aside.

"Let me tell you, Conan, every time Dad thinks something is wrong at a crime scene, he gets furious and tells me and Third Generation to leave. Actually, he wants us to secretly observe if anything is amiss. Inspector Takagi has complained a few times that he's acting too fake."

Sayoko and Conan strolled around Kanao Akira's apartment, hand in hand. Fortunately, as the daughter of Detective Kudo, who had cooperated most with the police, no police officers stopped them from investigating. Some even offered her materials.

"Sayono, you seem to get along quite well with them..." Conan looked around and found that Takagi Wataru had brought mostly ordinary police officers, which was a bit strange.

Based on the timeline, thirty years later, Takagi Wataru is roughly the same age as Inspector Megure was back then. Judging from the report obtained by Shoyoko, he is currently the main person in charge of the Third Division of the First Investigation Department. Therefore, as an inspector, Takagi Wataru should have an even more important task besides solving cases: training new recruits capable of taking on important responsibilities.

"That's right. Let me tell you, Hagiwara-nee from the third department, and Fujiwara-nii-san, are older brothers and sisters who have watched me grow up since I was little." Sayoko nodded in the scene description, gesturing for Conan to look at the emphasis on the Kano Akira teacup.

"It's these teacups in this cabinet, right? There seems to be one teacup that stands out a bit."

Conan jumped up and grabbed the two sides of the cabinet, peering over to observe the red teacups on the second shelf. He noticed two were neatly arranged inside, while another was far away on the outside.

“That’s suspicious… Normally, only you would take your own cup. Would you accidentally take another cup with you? Would it be that convenient?” Sayoko snapped her fingers and said to Conan, “I think there was definitely another person in this room at the time. That means Miss Kanao Akira must have seen someone else before she died.”

"Oh, that makes sense..."

Standing behind Sayoko, one can see that both the current Kudo and Inspector Takagi give their approval.

[Hey, you two are just sitting here doing nothing, and then you make the kids do the work, huh...] As if he had heard Conan's inner monologue, Old Kudo took out the photos of Mr. Sakon that Takagi had just brought from the file bag, and then pointed to the woman who had a close relationship with Ms. Kanao Akira's boyfriend.

"Miss Kuga Mitsuru is the heiress of a well-known construction company in Tokyo. From what I've observed, she's a rather naive and kind woman. I don't know why she would fall for Mr. Sakon, a mere office worker..."

Old Kudo flicked the photo: "The most suspicious person in this case is, as expected, Sakon..."

"Takagi Police Department!"

A crisp sound came from outside the apartment. A woman dressed in a rather mature style walked in, wearing tactical boots. She shook her blue denim jacket and pulled a USB drive out of her pocket.

"Ah, it's Hagiwara-nee!" Sayoko waved at the woman, looking a bit silly.

"It's you guys again, Sayoko. Detective Kudo really has bad luck." The woman greeted them, then looked past Conan and reported to Takagi, "When I drove out of the Metropolitan Police Department, I ran into my mother. She said that the Minister of Public Security gave her this data disk today and asked me to give it to you."

"Ministry of Public Security?"

Takagi Wataru paused for a moment, then took the tablet from the minister and put it on public storage. After connecting to it, he glanced at it and said, "It's from the Information Department... It shows Ms. Ghana's mobile internet browsing history and spending records for the past month."

"It's the Public Security Information Section again... What is that guy trying to do? I told him not to keep watching me." Old Kudo snorted somewhat discontentedly, but still took the tablet from Takagi Wataru's hand, thinking that it might as well be used.

"Hmm, why is Miss Gana constantly searching for information related to stalkers?"

(End of this chapter)