The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Inspector Megure looked at the body that had been carried out and confirmed the information with his subordinates: "The victim's name is Yayoi Himeno. She was 24 years old and was stabbed in the heart and died."

The officer standing nearby reminded Inspector Megure, "Chief, there seem to be marks on the victim's neck where he was strangled."

Inspector Megure crouched down and carefully examined the victim's body. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Judging from the blood splatter, the perpetrator likely strangled the victim first, and after she fainted, stabbed her in the heart with a knife. After the knife was pulled out, she bled to death."

“The murderer must have originally intended to steal the victim’s money, and only decided to kill her after being seen.” Inspector Megure stood up and continued his analysis, looking at the window in the restroom: “Looking out from this window, there is a deserted path behind it. The murderer who sneaked in through the window killed Ms. Himeno, who accidentally came in, and then left the murder weapon and the emptied wallet behind. After that, he used the victim’s body to block the restroom door and then hurriedly fled through the window.”

Inspector Megure, having completed his deduction, nodded smugly, seemingly quite satisfied with his reasoning.

With a wave of his hand, he instructed his subordinates, "The murderer must be outside right now! Quickly go and investigate the surrounding area!"

At this moment, Conan offered a different perspective, drawing everyone's attention to the window: "Wait a minute, Inspector Megure, look at that window! Isn't it a little too clean up there?"

Inspector Megure clearly hadn't thought that much about it; he was obviously annoyed that Conan had interrupted his commands.

He squinted at Conan and said, "That's good. Toilets should be kept clean."

"That's not what I meant..."

Just as Conan was about to explain, a woman's voice came from behind them.

“This little boy is right, Inspector Megure.”

Several people turned around at the sound.

Conan realizes that the person speaking is the female lawyer he had previously paid attention to.

Inspector Megure appeared quite surprised when he saw the newcomer.

Eri Kisaki greeted Inspector Megure familiarly: "Long time no see, Inspector Megure. I didn't realize you were a police chief now!"

"Aren't you Attorney Fei? What are you doing here!"

Eri Kisaki waved her hand and said, "I just happened to be here."

Conan was clearly very curious about Eri Kisaki, so he asked Inspector Megure next to him, "Inspector Megure, do you know this person?"

Inspector Megure was just about to explain to Conan that Eri Kisaki was Kogoro Mouri's wife.

However, Eri Kisaki interrupted him again: "Getting back to the point, judging from the amount of blood the victim bled, the murderer shouldn't have had any blood on him at all. But you think there are no traces on the window he escaped from? That's unlikely!"

"But maybe the murderer cleaned it up!" Inspector Megure insisted on his own idea.

"Do you think a murderer would leave the murder weapon at the crime scene and flee in a panic?" Eri Kisaki deduced confidently. "I think the murderer must still be someone in the store!"

Next, Eri Kisaki had a police officer demonstrate how the murderer could climb out of the toilet stall.

Once persuaded, Inspector Megure immediately ordered other officers to investigate any suspicious individuals who passed by the restroom before or after the victim.

At this moment, Conan, who was shocked by Eri Kisaki's remarks, finally chimed in again: "I know who they are, because I happened to see them!"

"Are you serious?" Inspector Megure seemed somewhat surprised.

After Conan told Inspector Megure about the characteristics of the suspects he had previously been observing, Conan explained them one by one.

He turned around, pointed at the mysterious female lawyer, and said somewhat nervously, "And...and this auntie too."

"Huh? You've been to this restroom too!" Inspector Megure looked at Eri Kisaki with a bit of a headache.

Eri Kisaki, resting her chin on her hand, said, "He's right."

Then she looked at Conan with a smile: "You remember so clearly, little brother, that's amazing."

"Uh... it's alright." Conan couldn't help but break out in a sweat under her gaze.

"Quickly, bring those suspects here..." Just as Inspector Megure gave the order to bring the suspects here.

Outside the restroom, a loud crashing sound came from the overturning of tables and chairs.

"what happens!"

Thinking something had happened, the group rushed out of the restroom, only to find a burly man lying on the floor of the coffee shop, with chairs scattered around him.

A boy stood to the side, dusting off his clothes; clearly, it was all related to him.

What angered Inspector Megure was that the officers who remained in the lobby were all standing there dumbfounded, looking completely bewildered.

Clearly, they also didn't know what had happened.

"A bunch of freeloaders!" Inspector Megure couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Then, everyone turned their attention to the boy.

The group of people who rushed out of the restroom stared at his face in surprise and exclaimed:

"Brother Aragaki, what happened?"

"Aragaki Yu?"

"Brother Aragaki, you... what are you doing here!?"

Conan, Inspector Megure, and Eri Kisaki all gasped in surprise, but they also heard the voices of the other two.

amount……

Oh, you all know each other?

The three looked at each other, slightly surprised.

Chapter 55 The key to solving the case was actually the Snow Woman.

"Hey, Inspector Megure, it's been a long time."

Realizing he had inadvertently become the center of attention, Aragaki Yu awkwardly scratched his head and greeted Inspector Megure, who was looking at him somewhat blankly.

Because Inspector Megure arrived in a hurry, he did not notice Aragaki Yu, who was sitting in his seat and had not shown his face.

"What...what are you doing, Aragaki-kun!" In his previous encounters, Inspector Megure knew that Aragaki Yu was not a reckless or vicious person, so he came to Aragaki Yu's side and asked in a low voice, looking at the burly man who was still lying on the ground groaning.

Eri Kisaki frowned as she looked at the boy she had just liked.

Could it be that this guy is a troublemaker?

"This guy should be the murderer in this case," Aragaki Yu explained casually.

"What?! So you're the murderer!" Inspector Megure patted Aragaki Yu on the shoulder and laughed.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. At first, he thought that Aragaki Yu had hurt someone and was afraid that his younger brother would be taken away.

Conan and Eri, who were standing nearby, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, nothing serious happened.

"It's good that you're alright. So he was just a... murderer!?" The three who were initially relieved suddenly realized what had happened and stared wide-eyed at Aragaki Yu in surprise.

The other people in the coffee shop also looked at the burly man lying on the ground in surprise.

"Shin...Aragaki, you're not kidding, are you?! You're saying this guy is the murderer who killed the victim in the toilet?!" Inspector Megure looked at Aragaki Yu with disbelief.

He just couldn't understand it. They had just concluded inside that the murderer was still in the store.

Police have just narrowed down the suspects.

As a result, Aragaki's brother found the culprit directly?

"What!" Conan, who was about to begin his deduction journey, was also stunned.

Only Eri Kisaki couldn't help but look Aragaki Yu up and down, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity.

"What exactly happened, Aragaki-kun!" Inspector Megure, who was completely baffled by the situation, finally couldn't help but ask.

……

It turns out that just as the police arrived at the scene, Eri Kisaki went into the restroom after seeing her old acquaintance, Inspector Megure.

When Yuu Aragaki, who didn't want to join the fun, stayed alone in his seat, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a Yuki-onna (snow woman) with him.

When he stood up and looked toward the counter, he was surprised to find that the Snow Woman was still lying on the counter in the same position as before.

She remained completely still, ignoring his calls for her to come back.

Annoyed, Aragaki Yuu had no choice but to walk over to the counter and sit down, taking the opportunity to pull Yuki-onna back to his side.

Before Aragaki Yu could even speak, the Snow Woman glared at him angrily and said, "Ugh! Onmyoji-sama! You promised to buy me ice cream and coffee!"

Looking at the snow woman with her cheeks puffed out and throwing a childish tantrum, Aragaki Yu was both amused and exasperated: "Alright, alright, we just haven't had time yet. Don't worry, I'll definitely buy it for you when we get home."

"Hmph!" The snow woman turned her face over, made a face at Aragaki Yu, and then continued to complain, "And that big guy next to him, he's so annoying!"

"Huh?" Aragaki Yu didn't quite understand what Yuki-onna meant, wondering what the guy next to him had done to make Yuki-onna angry again.

"I could have been enjoying the aroma of ice cream while I was here, but this big guy left halfway through and came back with a disgusting smell of blood on him!" The Snow Woman glared fiercely at the muscular man.

The man, who was chatting with his boss and complaining about how he had run into a murder case on his rare trip, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Already feeling guilty, he immediately turned his head and looked around, but didn't find anything strange. He could only say to the shop owner, "Hey boss, isn't the air conditioning set way too low?"

The shop owner looked at him suspiciously, then glanced at the air conditioner in his shop and explained, "How could that be, Mr. Tonoyama? You're not just injured in the finger, are you also weakened?"

"Hahaha! How could that be!" Dian Shan chuckled, scratching his head.

"The smell of blood!?" Hearing Yuki's complaint, Aragaki Yu glanced at Mr. Tonoyama out of the corner of his eye, and just then noticed the bandaged hand on the finger that Mr. Tonoyama was raising.

To be honest, the only person Aragaki Yu remembered about this case that happened in the coffee shop was the lawyer Eri Kisaki.

As for anything related to the murder case, Aragaki Yuu really couldn't remember a thing.