Mouri Kogoro fell silent for a moment, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "If it wasn't an electronic device, then perhaps it was a living creature!—Train a parrot to shriek beforehand, place it on the body, and then when the body falls from the building, the bird opens its beak and cries out..."
Inspector Megure: "..."
Although... but...
Hmm? It didn't seem entirely impossible?
The former subordinate and superior exchanged a glance, then silently nodded in mutual understanding.
The next second, Inspector Megure waved a broad hand and dispatched several people. "Go conduct a surprise search of the Himuro Residence and see if he keeps any similar pets!"
Jiang Xia: "..."
Conan: "..."
As Inspector Megure's longtime subordinate, Sato Miwako raised an objection, far more bluntly. "But Inspector, how do we explain the person who fell running after seeing the police?"
"This..." Inspector Megure froze, then immediately activated the reasoning skill he was best at. "Brother Mouri, what do you think?"
Mouri Kogoro pondered for a moment, confidence brimming in his chest. "Then they would need to select a strong parrot and prepare a piece of cloth cut into a human shape in advance, before putting it through precise training.
"When the murder officially began, Himuro used some method to kill Numao, placed him on the fourth-floor steps of that dangerous building, and fixed him in a posture that would make him very easy to knock over.
"Then, once the patrol officer arrived, the trained parrot would carry that human-shaped cloth in its beak and fly along the stairs, creating the illusion that someone was running—there wasn't much light at night, so it would be perfectly normal for the patrol officer to see it wrong. After flying a certain distance, it would conveniently arrive beside the body, kick it