Just as Megure was left speechless.
Ai Haibara, who had been silently watching the show as usual, suddenly spoke up. "Judging from the motive, it's very unlikely that Morimoto is the killer."
"Oh?"
Juzo Megure lowered his gaze and pressed, "Why is that?"
Thinking of her little bunny milk candies, Ai decided to speak up for Miss Morimoto. "The murder took place during the lunch break, and no one else saw it. That means the killer was very familiar with this place. Even if they weren't an employee, they had to be a regular customer at the very least."
"But there are simply too many regulars here, so we can't narrow down the suspects for now. Besides, there's a tree stump between Morimoto's kitchen and the register. Even if she deliberately looked, she wouldn't be able to see inside the kitchen at all."
"Once we rule out the possibility of an outsider committing the crime, the only killers left are the three people who were extremely familiar with the kitchen."
"If Morimoto were the killer, she wouldn't have foolishly stayed in the kitchen. Like the other two, she could have created an alibi for herself, such as taking the children out to eat."
"But she didn't."
"If she isn't an idiot, she wouldn't put herself in the position of being the only one out of the three without an alibi and make the police suspect her."
It was the first time Juzo Megure had seen Xiao Ai talk so much, and he was a little surprised.
He thought for a moment, then seemed to recall something and rebutted, "But even so, she's still suspicious."
As he spoke, he gave an example. "For instance, she might have deliberately created this contrast to lead us into ruling her out and suspecting the