The witch had always lived under Kaito Kid's spotlight and had not seen many of the bizarre murder motives in Conan World.
All she could say was that she had learned something new today.
Listening to Sato Miwako, Chiba the little fatty turned around and looked behind him. "If that's the case, then this could be a murder. The culprit resented Old Lady Egami for always rummaging through garbage and prying into other people's privacy. Then, when Old Lady Egami came home after digging through trash and accidentally dropped a coin beneath the refrigerator while reaching down to retrieve it, they knocked the flowerpot off her balcony and smashed her in the head with it..."
"Why does that motive sound a little forced? And isn't everything a little too much of a coincidence?"
"How is it forced?"
Faced with Sato Miwako's question, Chiba Kazunobu rubbed his chin. "No matter what, no one would kill someone just because they rummaged through their trash."
Koizumi Akako nodded in agreement, feeling that was how it should be.
It seemed there were still normal people among the police.
Then she looked at Sato Miwako.
She saw her fold her arms across her chest and speak calmly in an extremely certain tone. "That motive is indeed somewhat forced, but it doesn't mean murder is impossible. After all, asymmetrical buildings, an ex-girlfriend being unable to stand her ex-boyfriend dyeing his hair blond because his current girlfriend liked it, or saying 'thank you for sparing my life' to a roommate while gaming—those can all become motives for murder..."
"There are simply too many bizarre murder motives these days. Compared to those, isn't being hated and killed for rummaging through someone else's garbage perfectly reasonable?"
"Uh..."
Chiba suddenly felt that it did seem much more reasonable.
Meanwhile, Koizumi