Jugo Yokomizo immediately wanted to chase all the little ones away. Having never suffered the Grim Reaper's poison, he still thought like a normal person—how could children stay at a crime scene? Get lost already and stop getting in the way of my investigation!
Conan frowned at this, feeling that some old bastard was about to steal his case again.
He immediately looked at the water bottle inside the Forensic Science Division officer's evidence bag. "Huh? Is this bottle cap really from this drink bottle?"
"That really is strange. There's blood on the mouth of the bottle, but none on the cap!"
That reminder immediately drew Jugo Yokomizo's attention, piquing his curiosity.
Kutsu Shōko, the long-haired woman among the three possible suspects, answered before anyone else could. "It was probably Ushigome's blood from his injured hand, right?"
The other two nodded and guessed, "I think he got cut by a clam shell while digging for clams."
"Right, right. He looked absentminded while he was digging for clams."
Professor Agasa and the little ones, who had seen them digging for clams on the beach, also confirmed that point.
Jugo Yokomizo began his deduction. "Hmm, so his wound hadn't dried when he opened the drink bottle. Then, when he carried it to the car, he noticed the blood on the cap and wiped it off...?"
"Looking at it that way, it really was suicide."
"..." Fujino fell silent and looked at Officer Yokomizo before him. Why did this Yokomizo officer seem like he was just going through the motions?
Ai Haibara couldn't stand it anymore and remarked, "But if he was about to kill himself, why would he even bother doing something like that?"
"Indeed..." Jugo Yokomizo pondered for a moment before guessing, "Maybe people want to tidy everything up before they