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Just then, a staff member in a forensic uniform jogged in, panting.

"Senior Koji, the fingerprint analysis results are in."

He handed a thin report to Koji Yano.

All eyes followed the report.

Koji Yano quickly glanced through the report, then looked at Toru Hanyu with some surprise before handing it over.

Yuzuru took the report but did not read it aloud immediately. His gaze slowly swept over the three tense girls and finally settled on the delinquent girl with dyed yellow hair.

"Nakano Yuna."

He uttered the name softly.

Swish!

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on the delinquent girl, Nakano Yuna.

"W-what's wrong?" Yuna Nakano shrank back instinctively as so many people stared at her, a nervous strain on her face.

"How did your fingerprints end up on the deceased's ring? Can you explain that?" Yuzuru Toru casually placed the report on the table, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable pressure.

"Me? My fingerprints?" Yuna Nakano was taken aback at first, then exclaimed, "What am I supposed to explain? Mio is my friend, isn't it normal for her to have my fingerprints on her ring?"

Her voice was sharp and shrill, revealing a fierce but cowardly demeanor.

"Is that so?" Yuzuru chuckled lightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "But I remember when I asked if anyone recognized the ring, you said yourself that you didn't recognize it at all."

"..."

Yuna Nakano's body stiffened abruptly, and the words of explanation stuck in her throat.

She clearly remembered what she had said earlier.

"I...I was drunk at the time! I wasn't fully sober, so it's normal to misremember or say the wrong thing! And having my fingerprints on the ring doesn't mean I'm the murderer!" Yuna Nakano explained loudly.

"Is that so?" Yuzuru repeated noncommittally, and this ambiguous attitude was more unsettling than a direct question.

Meanwhile, Conan stood silently with his arms crossed, wondering where Yuu Tetsu had found the clue. Since Yuu Tetsu dared to identify the murderer, he must have found a clue or evidence.

"Indeed... if there are other people's fingerprints on the ring, it doesn't necessarily mean that the other person is the murderer." Takagi, stroking his chin, analyzed objectively.

"That's right, Brother Yuzuru." Inspector Megure nodded in agreement. Although he was inclined to believe Yuzuru, the case ultimately required a complete chain of evidence.

Hearing the police say the same thing, Yuna Nakano seemed to have found a lifeline, and her arrogance returned.

She bent down and slammed her hands on the table with a loud "bang!" "I told you, I'm not the murderer!!"

"Who said I only have one piece of evidence?"

Yuzuru's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly drowned out all the noise.

He didn't even glance at the shouting Yuna Nakano, but instead turned to the forensic pathologist Koji Yano.

"Senior Koji, could you please have the forensic team check all the glasses in the private room?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuna Nakano, who had been so aggressive just moments before, turned pale and a look of panic appeared on her face.

This subtle change did not escape the notice of Toru Hanyu.

"Okay." Although Yano Koji was puzzled, he immediately nodded out of trust in Hanyu Tetsu's reasoning and beckoned his subordinates to carefully pack up the four glasses on the table and take them away.

As she watched the cup being placed into the evidence bag, Yuna Nakano unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes.

"Um... Yuzuru, is there something wrong with the cup?" Inspector Megure leaned closer, his face full of curiosity.

"Yeah~ Yuzuru, did you find some evidence on the cup?" Sonoko Suzuki squeezed right in front of Toru Yuzuru, her big eyes sparkling with admiration.

"Hmm." He nodded first, then his gaze fell back on Nakano Yuna, his tone as flat as if he were stating a trivial matter.

"The thing is in your bag."

"..." Nakano Yuna pursed her lips and did not answer.

"What is that?" Takagi and Inspector Megure were both a little confused.

"Laxative," Yuzuru uttered.

"Huh? Laxatives?!"

Sonoko Suzuki and Ran exclaimed in unison, their faces filled with disbelief.

Yuzuru nodded and began to put the last piece of the puzzle together. "Before Conan and I found the body, I remember Ms. Yano Rina and Ms. Horie Miyuki, you both went to the restroom, right?"

"Hmm..." Horie Miyuki thought for a moment and nodded, "At the time, I thought it was because Yuna bought such bad beer that my stomach started to hurt after I drank it."

"Me too!" Yano Rina immediately chimed in, then, as if struck by a sudden thought, she abruptly turned to look at Nakano Yuna, her tone changing, "Did you give us laxatives, Yuna?!"

"..." Nakano Yuna remained silent, but her body trembled more and more violently.

"Still not talking?" Yuzuru's voice turned cold. "If I'm not mistaken, that packet of unused laxatives is still in your backpack. Are you waiting for the police to search it, or are you going to take it out yourself?"

This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Yes……"

After a long silence, Yuna Nakano finally managed to squeeze out a single word through gritted teeth before collapsing to her knees.

"Why?" Yano Rina couldn't understand.

This "why" is like the fuse that ignites a barrel of dynamite.

"What else could it be!" Yuna Nakano suddenly raised her head, her bloodshot eyes glaring at Rina Yano as she roared, "That bitch Mio! She stole my boyfriend, wasn't that enough! I finally started dating a senior, and she went around gossiping about me behind my back, making him break up with me too! Why did I do that?! She did so many disgusting things, doesn't she deserve to die?!"

Her voice was filled with resentment and bitterness, sending a chill down the spines of everyone present.

Yano Rina, who was standing to the side, was rendered speechless by her shout, and Horie Miyuki's expression was also uncertain.

"She says we're best friends! But what she's done is nothing a friend should do!" After venting, Yuna Nakano seemed to have all her strength drained away and slowly quieted down.

"After the exams, I suggested we go to karaoke, and I even bought the beer. When you weren't looking, I secretly put laxatives in both of your glasses. After you all ran to the restroom, only Mio and I were left in the room..."

"I made her drink a lot of alcohol and questioned her about why she treated me like this. She actually laughed and said that she earned it through her own abilities and that it was my fault for being useless."

"That's when I saw the ring on her hand, the one my ex-boyfriend gave her. I said I wanted to see it, then pretended to drop it, letting it roll under the sofa. When she bent down to look for the ring..."

Yuna Nakano paused, then looked up with a strange expression mixed with pleasure on her face.

"I took the glass bottle full of water from the shelf, aimed it at the back of her head, and pushed it off!"

"The instant it hit me, I felt... I felt incredibly relieved!"

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and stopped talking, letting her long hair cover her face.

The room fell into a deathly silence, broken only by her intermittent sobs.

Yuzuru looked at her quietly, and after a while, he slowly spoke.

"For someone who doesn't belong to you, for a few harmless bad words, do you think it's satisfying to ruin another person's life, and then throw away your entire life? Is it worth it?"

His voice was soft, without any preaching, more like a sigh.

Yuna Nakano's shoulders trembled violently, but she did not answer.

Yuzuru didn't care whether she listened or not.

"Um, Koji Yano-senpai, Inspector Megure, if there's nothing else, Sonoko and I will be leaving now."

"Okay, okay, Yuzuru!" Megure nodded hurriedly and then asked Takagi to go forward and register Yuzuru Toru's phone number.

After registering his phone number and name, Yuzuru led Sonoko Suzuki and her group out of the karaoke bar under the complex gazes of the crowd.

As soon as I stepped out the door, a cool night breeze blew in, instantly invigorating me.

"Yuzuru! You were absolutely amazing!" Sonoko Suzuki grabbed his arm, her face flushed with excitement. "When you were deducing just now, it was like you were possessed by Sherlock Holmes! You were incredible!"

Just as Yuzuru was about to say something modest, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on your first appearance in "The KTV Murder Case"!]

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