By the time everyone left the shrine and felt the warm sunlight on their bodies, the chill deep in their hearts had faded somewhat.
"Heiji... I'm scared... Let's not investigate this case."
Kazuha clutched Heiji's arm tightly and spoke in a low voice. Beside her, Ran also held onto Conan and shook her head.
"Me too, Shin... Conan. Just like my father said, this was probably only an accident, right? Yeah, it must have been an accident..."
Conan and Hattori Heiji paid no attention to their girlfriends' reactions and continued discussing the case in low voices.
"What do you think, Hattori?"
"I think... it's hard to say."
Hattori Heiji frowned, looking completely lost.
"Honestly, after hearing what Miss Shimabukuro Kimi said, I think she did have a motive for murder."
"Right, but only a motive. If Miss Shimabukuro Kimi was telling the truth, then those three were already dead before she even planned the murders."
Conan nodded as well. He was also baffled by how things had developed.
"But... a website?"
"Could she have hired someone to kill them, then regretted it?"
"Probably not. If Shimabukuro Kimi had hired someone to kill them, she never should have said it in front of us. And Hattori, did you notice? She was extremely cooperative with our questions, as if..."
"As if she were asking us for help."
Hattori Heiji understood what Conan meant. As high school detectives, they often encountered this sort of thing. After all, many people faced problems they weren't sure how to handle, and the police would not necessarily intervene, so asking high school detectives like them for help became their choice.
And Shimabukuro Kimi's behavior was just like that of many clients they had met before.
But... she was clearly a suspect!
"If you ask me, either she's