But...
Conan, like Okiya Subaru, pushed up his glasses, the gesture faintly revealing the pride of a senior:
Compared with real Detectives like them, Mr. Okiya was still too green—aside from the stride length, Inspector Megure's earlier deduction that "someone entered through the Emergency Exit and committed murder" had quite a few other flaws.
For example, if Taniguchi Mika had been suddenly stabbed just as she exited the elevator and then fallen, she should have fallen headfirst into the elevator. Yet now, her head was facing outward, with the lower half of her body still inside.
Besides, after committing murder, the killer should have been somewhat panicked, and their stride should have changed. Yet the footprints in the room were spaced almost evenly throughout, more like someone walking at an unhurried pace.
Inspector Megure was also half a beat late in noticing that something was wrong.
Though it was not because he had spotted the issues with the footprints.
Rather, he had seen Jiang Xia and Okiya Subaru speaking in low voices.
"Brother Jiang Xia." Inspector Megure's ears twitched as he walked toward Jiang Xia. "Do you know who the killer is?"
Jiang Xia: "..." The Inspector had sharp eyes...
Inspector Megure's booming voice made everyone else turn to look as well.
Jiang Xia cleared his throat. "Let's check everyone's alibis first."
"Oh! Right." Inspector Megure understood at once, his eyes lighting up—Jiang Xia had definitely already found the killer; he just needed a little more conclusive evidence.
The police quickly gathered everyone in the lobby.
While his subordinates busied themselves collecting evidence,
Inspector Megure turned to the security guards, his expression stern. "Where were all of you at the time of the crime?"
"All of us were in the lobby." The elderly guard looked far calmer than