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Conan said, "President Ogata was worried that the glasses had fallen somewhere nearby and would become the flaw exposing his murder, so he hurriedly searched the area. Speaking of which, do you remember where we found the glasses at the crime scene just now?"
Inspector Yassa said, "Outside the balcony Guardrail, on that palm-width ledge."
Only after answering instinctively did he suddenly come to his senses. He dearly wanted to slap himself—he had actually been listening to an elementary school student's deductions, and had even answered the Elementary School Student Detective's question like a student seriously following a lesson!
Inspector Yassa: "..." However, as a mature gentleman, he needed to be receptive to opinions from all sides and patient enough with children... Besides, what Conan said seemed fairly reasonable.
As Inspector Yassa struggled to stabilize his worldview,
Conan nodded approvingly beside him and continued:
"President Ogata spent quite a while before finally finding the glasses that had fallen outside. He immediately leaned over the Guardrail and bent down to reach for them.
"But he was nervous and excited at the time, and he had already used up a great deal of strength during the chase and struggle. On top of that, there had been some light rain, and the railing was very slippery, so... not only did he fail to retrieve the glasses, he slipped and fell out, crashing into that poor passerby."
Inspector Yassa froze. "...So he fell by himself??"
A seemingly bizarre and convoluted ten-minute Falling Case had, in the end, merely been caused by a slip?!
He instinctively looked toward Jiang Xia for the right answer. As his gaze shifted over, he saw Jiang Xia slipping that secretary's Business Card into his pocket.
Noticing Inspector Yassa's gaze, Jiang Xia came back to himself and nodded. "That's