There were simply too many suspicious people—so many that even Jodie was getting confused.
And Jodie was clearly not the only one confused. After wavering several times, Inspector Yamamura let out a weary sigh. "How about this? Let's finish collecting the evidence at the crime scene first. Everyone else, please wait downstairs."
No one objected. They turned and headed downstairs, returning to the living room.
"I never thought it would really be suicide." Suzuki Sonoko sat on the Tatami, stretched lazily, and muttered, "This is the first time I've encountered something like this in all my life."
The tennis coach thought it was her first time seeing a corpse and apologized, "I'm terribly sorry. On your rare day off, you ended up getting dragged into something like this. You must all have been terrified."
"Uh... not really." Suzuki Sonoko had indeed been startled by the corpse's condition when she first went upstairs, but she quickly calmed down. After all, she had seen quite a few hanging corpses—this was merely the first time she had seen someone hang himself.
Realizing that they had misunderstood each other, though finding it difficult to explain, Suzuki Sonoko simply changed the subject. Her lively gaze swept around and soon spotted something. "Huh? Do you like fishing too?"
As she spoke, she reached out and pulled a book from the shelf.
A Fishing Rod and a fish were prominently printed on the cover. Its title was "Introduction to Fishing."
The tennis coach shook his head. "I don't know how to fish. My wife bought that book. Unfortunately, before she could learn... sigh."
The two chatted idly. Beside them, Conan poked Jiang Xia and signaled with his eyes: There's something wrong with this guy.
The two times he had asked Jodie to go upstairs and collect the