"Impossible! How could it be the lovely Miss Yoko!"
Before Inspector Megure could even hear the praises from those around him, he watched in a daze as Kogoro Mouri lunged at him, vehemently defending his goddess with a shout.
"I also believe Miss Yoko could never be the murderer," Hanyu Nan said, stepping forward at this moment.
"Hmm... Inspector Megure, haven't you noticed that the temperature in this room seems a bit high? Although it's just spring, the indoor air conditioning shouldn't be set so high."
Hanyu Nan said softly, pointing to the handkerchief in Inspector Megure's hand, which was already damp with sweat.
"I think the murderer did it intentionally, trying to obscure the exact time of the victim's death. Based on the clues we have so far, Miss Yoko first came to us for an investigation, and only discovered the body when she returned."
Hanyu Nan naturally knew exactly what the whole case was about, but since he was here, he definitely wanted to have some fun with Conan.
"Speak! Did you do it? You have a spare key to Miss Yoko's house, don't you?"
After hearing Hanyu Nan's words, Kogoro Mouri, for the sake of his beloved Miss Yoko, unhesitatingly employed his unique method of elimination.
Kogoro Mouri pointed with a grand gesture, then tightly grabbed the collar of Yoko's manager, Yamagishi Eiichi, and pulled him forward.
"Did you, fellow, use Miss Yoko's spare key to sneak in here and kill the victim, trying to frame Miss Yoko?" Kogoro Mouri's eyes widened as he angrily roared.
"Oh? So, Mr. Yamagishi, do you really have a spare key?" Inspector Megure, standing nearby, heard this and immediately felt Yamagishi Eiichi's suspicion greatly increase.
Facing the questioning gazes of everyone, Yamagishi Eiichi instantly panicked. He quickly waved his hands and explained, "No, I don't! Although I did have a key before, I accidentally lost it a few days ago..."
However, seeing that everyone was half-believing, half-doubting his statement, and realizing the situation was dire, Yamagishi Eiichi quickly turned to Yoko for help: "I really didn't lie, Miss Yoko can testify for me!"
Huh? Kogoro Mouri was aggressively questioning Yamagishi Eiichi when he suddenly heard the other party mention that Miss Yoko could testify for him, and he couldn't help but be stunned. He immediately turned around, looking at Yoko Okino with a face full of confusion.
"Yes, I can confirm that," Yoko Okino said weakly.
While everyone was arguing, trying to find the real culprit, Conan, under the strict supervision of a group of police officers, was running around the crime scene, truly living up to his title as the Child of the World.
Soon, Conan made a discovery under the sofa: a red earring!
"What's that? An earring!"
Conan excitedly crawled towards the earring, intent on retrieving it.
"Hanyu Nan, this time I'm definitely going to find the key evidence before you!"
"Oh, oh."
Just as Conan was crawling forward with all his might, he suddenly felt his body unable to move. Conan turned his head in confusion and saw Hanyu Nan smiling and pulling on his clothes.
Conan struggled, still wanting to move forward, but Hanyu Nan smiled and said:
"Conan, didn't I tell you that children shouldn't just run into crime scenes?"
Before he finished speaking, Hanyu Nan pulled Conan off the sofa and unceremoniously tapped him on the head.
"Damn it, just a little bit more!"
Conan clutched his tapped head, full of frustration. Ran, noticing the commotion, hurried over and dragged Conan away.
Watching Conan leave, Hanyu Nan thought to himself, "Detectives are really interesting creatures."
As he thought, he casually picked up the earring from under the sofa and shouted, "Inspector Megure, I found an earring here."
Hearing the sound, Inspector Megure Ran over, took the earring from Hanyu Nan's hand, examined it for a couple of seconds, then held it in front of Yoko Okino and asked:
"Miss Yoko, is this your earring?"
"No, this... this looks like... Yes, it's Yuuko's!"
At the first sight of the earring, Yoko Okino recognized its owner.
"Yuuko? Who is that?"
"Ikezawa Yuko, she debuted with me, and we often work together."
Saying that, Yoko Okino then asked in confusion, "But why is Yuuko's earring in my house?"
"Now the truth is clear, the culprit is Ikezawa Yuko!"
Kogoro Mouri's method of elimination was back online.
"Hmm, that makes sense. Please ask Miss Ikezawa Yuko to come over." Inspector Megure, after hearing Kogoro Mouri's words, found them very reasonable and decisively ordered his subordinates to summon her... Soon, a woman with long, curly brown hair, wearing a white polka-dotted mink coat, and a somewhat sharp appearance, arrived at the scene.
Hanyu Nan pinched his chin, looking at the approaching woman.
As expected of the world of anime, just from their appearances, Yoko Okino had the sweet and cute look of a typical heroine.
While Ikezawa Yuko, though somewhat similar to Yoko Okino, had an overly sharp appearance, coupled with her styling, she was clearly a villainous heroine.
As soon as Ikezawa Yuko walked in, she shouted loudly, "You're all joking! This is a murder case that happened in Yoko's room, if you're going to suspect anyone, you should suspect Yoko."
She then looked at Yoko Okino next to her: "Right, Miss Yoko?"
"Miss Yuuko."
Yoko Okino didn't know how to refute for a moment.
However, when an idol is in trouble, fans help out.
Kogoro Mouri jumped out, holding the earring they had just found, and questioned, "Then why is your earring here?"
Ikezawa Yuko felt a little uneasy seeing her earring. "So what? Can you convict me with just one earring?" She said, pushing past everyone and walking towards the restroom.
"Hey, wait a minute."
Kogoro Mouri was about to say something else when he saw Ikezawa Yuko suddenly turn around and angrily roar:
"What the hell! I'm very busy! What are you police officers doing, just sitting around or what? Are you just letting us taxpayers' hard-earned money go to waste by doing nothing?"
Before she finished speaking, she stormed into the restroom without looking back. Inspector Megure was also startled by Ikezawa Yuko's sudden outburst.
After all, they absolutely could not bear such accusations—this case involved two popular idol stars, and if there was any slight mishap and it was publicized by the media, their careers would be over!
For a moment, everyone present was at a loss.
Just then, Hanyu Nan walked out from the crowd. He looked at Kogoro Mouri and said, "Uncle Mouri, could I borrow a cigarette?"
Though a bit confused, Kogoro Mouri still casually pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Hanyu Nan.
"Yuusheng, what do you need a cigarette for? Minors shouldn't smoke," Kogoro Mouri kindly reminded him.
However, Hanyu Nan just waved his hand, signaling Kogoro Mouri to calm down.