Humanoid Monochromon

"Lawyer Fei, what are you doing here?!"

Following Fujino's advice, Juzo Megure had just come out of the bathroom when he saw Eri Kisaki with Ran and Conan at the scene.

"Because I had already arranged with my daughter yesterday to meet her here today."

Eri Kisaki glanced at Ran first, then asked Juzo Megure, "But speaking of Inspector Megure... shouldn't he be called Inspector now?"

She paused for a moment, then continued, "How's the investigation going?"

"The suspect has been identified."

Juzo Megure nodded. "Based on Fujino's reasoning, we can determine that the murderer is among the several people who entered the bathroom after the victim was discovered."

At this point, he scratched the back of his head again. "However, figuring out who entered the bathroom after the victim entered and before the body was discovered is a bit troublesome..."

"Inspector Megure! I noticed who went into the restroom after the victim entered!"

"Conan, did you really notice?"

"Um!"

Conan nodded.

Although I don't know why Conan managed to peek at someone going to the toilet.

However, following his directions, Juzo Megure Yayoi Hino brought all the suspects, including those who had entered the toilet and those who had been involved in the discovery of the body, to the bathroom.

Upon arrival, everyone began explaining the purpose of their visit to the coffee shop.

There are four suspects: Yuichi Ki, a college student who came to write a thesis, and Eri Kisaki, who came to meet her daughter.

Then there's Juzo Tono, who came over to chat with the boss, his hand still wrapped in bandages.

And there's also Shiro Wakabayashi comes to meet a girl.

The classic four-choice-one-option format.

Looking around at the four people at the scene, Juzo Megure leaned close to Fujino's ear and whispered, "Fujino, do you know who the murderer is?"

"I already know."

Fujino nodded.

Then, under everyone's gaze, he slowly raised his hand, pointed at the tall suspect beside him, and said sternly, "Juzo Tono, it was you who murdered Miss Hime!"

Upon hearing this, everyone at the crime scene turned their gaze toward Juzo Tono.

Conan was also stunned for a moment, but he didn't look at Juzo Tono.

Instead, he stared at Fujino with an extremely strange look.

"Hey! Stop joking, how could I possibly kill someone!"

Juzo Tono was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then shouted excitedly.

[Detective Time has begun: 59 seconds remaining]

"Is it still struggling in its death throes?"

Hearing the system notification in his ear, Fujino took a deep breath.

Then, he displayed the dagger he had been holding in the evidence bag to everyone. "If I'm not mistaken, Denyama first killed Ms. Himeno with the dagger in the bathroom, then tied a rope to the end of the blade. After throwing the body into the toilet stall through the gap in the ceiling, he pulled the rope and the dagger out together, so that Ms. Himeno's blood wouldn't get on him."

"Then, he untied the dagger from the rope and threw it into the toilet stall, thus disguising the intentional homicide as an accidental murder that appeared to be committed by a robber in a toilet stall."

"The only person who could have done this was Mr. Denyama, who was the most burly of the suspects and the last to come out of the bathroom after the body was discovered."

So that's how it is!

Looking at the dagger in Fujino's hand, Conan suddenly realized what was going on.

The thoughts in my mind kept connecting, and I finally arrived at the same conclusion.

The murderer is Denyama!

However, a moment later, his expression turned strange.

Fujino has only been at the crime scene for a short time!

I doubt it will even take ten minutes.

So they already know the modus operandi?

What evidence do you have?!

On the other side, Denyama, who was accused of being the murderer, was unhappy and retorted loudly, "Even if I was the last one to enter the toilet before the body was discovered, it doesn't mean I'm the murderer!"

"Of course there is evidence."

Fujino chuckled softly, pointing to his bandaged hand. "It's the bandage on your hand. If you were using the bandage as a rope, it should be long enough..."

"Bandage?"

Conan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then looked at the person's hand and immediately noticed something was wrong.

He clearly remembered that the bound hand he had just seen was not this hand.

Then, he immediately said in a childish voice, "Oh my! Aren't wedding rings usually worn on the ring finger?"

As he spoke, Conan gave a puzzled look and pointed at Denyama.

"Uncle, when you came to the store, wasn't your ring finger wrapped in a bandage? How come it's your middle finger now? When did you change it? Was it in the bathroom?"

"If that's the case, then Mr. Denyama, please loosen the bandage in your hand and hand it over to the police for investigation."

Fujino continued, following Conan's lead. "Logically speaking, if that was the rope used to carry out the plan, then it should have been stained with some of Ms. Himeno's blood."

At this point, he looked at Juzo Tono with amusement. "But do you dare to let the police investigate?"

The Fishing Hat effect has been triggered.

"Damn it! We were so close to succeeding!"

At this moment, Denyama's expression suddenly became strange.

"You two little devils!"

With a roar, Denyama's hands shot out, charging straight towards Fujino and Conan, yelling, "Die, both of you!"

The surrounding police officers realized what was happening and tried to rush forward to stop them.

However, he was knocked away by Denyama's massive body, which was nearly 1.9 meters tall.

Juzo Megure stepped forward, also wanting to stop Denyama.

Then, with a swing of Denyama arm, he was shoved aside and his back slammed against the bathroom wall.

It let out a mournful cry.

"Careful!"

Just as Fujino was about to activate the system enhancement and go up for a real man's fight.

But then Ran's sweet shout rang in my ears.

Fujino looked up at the sound and saw Ran rushing towards him at an incredible speed, heading straight for Denyama.

She first unleashed a whip kick, aiming for Denyama's waist.

Then, a muffled groan was heard from Denyama, and he staggered to the side.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ran steadied herself and threw out her fists, continuously striking Denyama's stomach.

Bang bang bang bang!

With the help of his sensory-enhancing glasses, Fujino could clearly see exactly how many Ran threw...

Ten punches, a full ten punches!

Moreover, he punched Denyama in the abdomen.

It's comparable to Humanoid Monochromon!

After a series of blows, Ran paused.

Then, he took a step back to create distance, leaped forward, and launched a flying kick at Denyama's face.

Bang--!

With a muffled thud, Denyama was kicked two meters away.

Its massive body slammed into the wooden door of the toilet stall, causing it to collapse and faint on the toilet.

"Call!"

After subduing Denyama, Ran finally took a deep breath.

He gave Fujino and Conan a faint smile, "Fujino- Senior, Conan, are you alright?"