Suzuki Sonoko, however, remembered the incident in Mie Prefecture where a private doctor had pretended to save his employer while actually murdering him right in front of everyone.
Following Jiang Xia's example, she looked at the store manager and said steadily, "And the store manager, who was the first to reach the victim after he collapsed, right?"
Conan looked at her in surprise. "That's true."
Suzuki Sonoko proudly raised her head. "Too bad I still have to go to school. Otherwise, I'd have become a Great Detective long ago!"
As she spoke, she could not help looking toward Jiang Xia, hoping to hear whether she had guessed correctly.
To her disappointment, however, Jiang Xia was making a phone call some distance away.
Beside them, Inspector Otaki's eyelid twitched. He had a feeling that having too many Detectives was not a good thing. Fortunately, this little girl did not seem all that reliable, so becoming a Detective would probably be difficult for her. But that elementary school student beside her...
As he was thinking, the miraculous elementary school student suddenly looked over at him.
"!" Inspector Otaki jumped, straightening his expression. "What is it?"
A moment later, he actually saw something like "helplessness" on an elementary school student's face. Then Conan pointed at the three people and urged, "Officer, we just heard that all three of them had grudges against the victim."
If bystanders like them asked about such things, the suspects could easily play dumb.
It was best to let the police ask.
As Inspector Otaki looked over, the three suspects, who had remained silent all this time, exchanged glances and finally spoke.
The Blue Hat customer seated beside the victim sighed. "I did have a bit of a conflict with him, but not enough to kill him over it.