Such good brothers were rather rare among the police in Conan World.
Hakuba Saguru quite agreed with this officer's reasoning.
Mori Kogoro wanted to say something, but sheepishly held back. He, too, thought it had been an accident.
Inspector Nishimura looked over the people present, his hands tucked into his pockets.
It was not to look cool.
He simply had not brought gloves, and his hands were getting cold.
In a low voice, he asked, "When did you all discover that Miss Ogura Sakuko had gone missing?"
"Where were you when she disappeared?"
"Officer, what do you mean by that...?"
The group was taken aback and immediately protested, "Are you saying we killed Sakuko?"
"That's impossible!"
"Whether it's possible or not can only be determined after the investigation is over."
Nishimura's tone remained low. "I understand how you feel after suddenly losing a companion, but given that this clearly wasn't an accident and was instead a deliberate murder, it's suspicious that you're not thinking about helping your friend find the killer..."
"Could the murderer be among you?"
"..."
The group immediately fell silent.
Because there was nothing wrong with what the officer had said.
Watching Nishimura's approach, Fujino silently gave him a thumbs-up.
If all of Japan had cops like this,
there probably would not be any need for detectives.
The people who had come with the victim began describing the last time they had seen her.
The chubby young man, Motoyama Kaji, had last seen Ogura Sakuko before lunch at noon. Miss Onoe Asuka had been behind her and saw Sakuko return to her room.
After that, the four of them had agreed to meet in the cafeteria for lunch, but Sakuko never showed up. Worried that something had happened, they knocked on her door, only to find that