The few high school girls by the river weren't particularly fond of murder cases, but after hesitating for a moment, they still reluctantly followed them down.
Suzuki Sonoko shaded her eyes with one hand, looked at the tracks slanting above them, then gazed into the distance. She quickly remembered something. "Isn't that the line we took when we came here?"
Mouri Ran looked around with her in confusion. After staring for a long while, she still had no idea. She was never very good with directions, especially in places she rarely visited. To her, all railway lines looked the same.
Jiang Xia nodded quickly. "It is."
At that moment, a junior officer beside them finished gathering the relevant information and reported to Inspector Otaki:
"The victim, Kenmura Giyuu, was ostensibly an employee of a Housekeeping Agency. However, according to the intelligence we've obtained, he was likely involved in fraud and had a small gang—the group specifically targeted elderly people living alone, gained their trust, then used fake investments to swindle large sums of money from them. Many victims went bankrupt because of this, and quite a few committed suicide."
Suzuki Sonoko recalled the building they had just seen and spoke thoughtfully. "So he was a wanted criminal?"
The junior officer looked a little awkward and shook his head. "Our chain of evidence isn't complete enough to make an arrest. It's just that nearly all the evidence vaguely points toward them, so he's been on our watch list."
Jiang Xia swept his gaze over the crowd, then looked at the junior officer. "The cause of death was that wound on his head?"
"That's right." The officer nodded. "There were no other injuries on the victim's body. He was killed in a single blow."
Conan surveyed the surroundings, somewhat surprised. "The victim