Ai Haibara held the cat and looked at the vacuum cleaner in front of her, already understanding Conan's line of thought.
After all, Gray Cat Cat was pretty smart.
Her deductive skills were not that great, but if given a few clues, she was no worse than anyone else.
She felt that Conan's mysterious act was indeed rather suspenseful.
So, she calmly explained to the children, "Simply put, there's a discrepancy in the facts of this case."
"A discrepancy?"
The children all curiously looked at Ai Haibara beside them. Their expressions turned obedient as they stared eagerly, skillfully entering Gray Mama's little detective lecture.
Holding the cat against her chest, Ai Haibara stroked its ears and said calmly, "Edogawa just found traces on the carpet in the office next to this reception room."
"Normally, if someone were cleaning a room, they should clean the carpet throughout the entire room. They shouldn't clean only that strip."
"That's why he asked Mr. Kanamaru whether he usually cleaned the room himself..."
As she spoke, she slowly walked into the office next to the reception room where the body lay. After thinking for a moment, she turned back around. "But there isn't a dust bag inside the vacuum cleaner now, which is very strange."
"I get it!" Mitsuhiko was one of the more mature and intelligent children, and he immediately understood the twists and turns. "So the culprit definitely did this, right?"
Mitsuhiko deduced, "The culprit must have vacuumed up something. Afraid of leaving behind evidence, he took the dust bag away too!"
"So that's how it is!"
"Ai-chan is so amazing!"
"Not necessarily."
Ai Haibara continued stroking the cat's head and chuckled softly. "It's also possible that Mr. Kanamaru suddenly felt inspired to clean up himself, but got tired halfway through, noticed that