Conan turned back, a faint look of grievance in his eyes. That was right—next time, don't say it.
He had finally gotten a chance to show off, only for it to be snatched away just like that!
But he could still pick up the scraps and show off a little!
Thinking this, Conan carefully examined the corpse, then said in a deliberately grave tone, "Aside from its clothes, this corpse's bones are also very strange. They're covered in a layer of white powder."
"This powder doesn't look like calcium flaked off from the bones, and it's somewhat dry and hard. I think it's probably quicklime or something similar."
"The murderer may have scattered it to make the body decompose faster. After all, quicklime releases heat when it absorbs moisture. If a corpse is left out in the wilderness, sprinkling quicklime over it would let it draw on moisture in the air and rainwater, causing it to heat up and rapidly decompose the body, making it impossible to determine the time of death."
As he spoke, he poked the white powder on the bones with a finger, picked some up, and rubbed it between his index finger and thumb.
Instinctively, he wanted to lick it and confirm that it was lime.
Then he remembered that this stuff seemed to have been sitting on a corpse...
Putting it in his mouth probably wouldn't be a good idea, right?
With that thought, Conan abandoned the idea.
Fujino silently watched Conan, a thoughtful glint passing through his eyes as he sank into contemplation.
So the kid had just wanted to taste it?
No, that stuff was bound to have corpse fluids and decomposed biological tissue stuck to it.
I find it disgusting just touching something like that, and you actually wanted a bite?
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