"This guy talks like he's begging to be punched," Chen said from the side.
"Yeah, just like you."
Ai Haibara looked up and added that, and Chen looked down at her, deciding not to stoop to a child's level.
"If we're talking about it, I was the one who got beaten worse. During the whole fight, I only attacked him two or three times."
As Shimizu Takayasu spoke, he took his chewing gum out of his mouth.
"The rest of the time, all I could do was chew gum. Just thinking about it pisses me off."
"Is that true?" Inspector Megure asked Ran Mouri.
Compared to that man's words, Inspector Megure trusted Ran Mouri more.
"Indeed, this gentleman was suppressed throughout the fight." Ran Mouri nodded.
"Shimizu Takayasu, aren't you known as Haido Lucas? How did you get beaten so badly that you couldn't even fight back? Either you deliberately went easy on him, or there was some other reason."
Chen glanced at Shimizu Takayasu as he spoke.
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Shimizu Takayasu's forehead, but when he saw that Chen was the one speaking, he immediately sneered.
"Hmph, I think you're the murderer. I hadn't arrived yet, but I heard someone beat this guy up before. That person was you, wasn't it?"
At that, Inspector Megure immediately turned to look at Chen.
"Inspector Megure, although Chen did hit him once, there's no way he could have beaten him to death. Besides, when he died, Chen was still playing a racing game."
Before Chen could calmly say anything, Ran Mouri immediately spoke up in his defense.
"So you really did have a conflict with the victim." Inspector Megure looked at Chen. Chen was now a suspect as well.
Chen shrugged, with no intention of defending himself. He