Officer Sato said regretfully, "So we could only abandon that line of investigation and search like a needle in a haystack for the culprit who might have passed by the crime scene that night."
Mouri Kogoro went over to inspect the file as well, and quickly noticed something. "This Takahashi's car was a Red RV, and the license plate matches too... So it really was the car that nearly hit us! This guy is way too suspicious. I hereby officially declare that he's the culprit who planted the bomb!"
"Brother Mouri, don't jump to conclusions." Inspector Megure had originally thought the same, but hearing Mouri Kogoro say it out loud made him decide to proceed more cautiously.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xia nodded too. "He is indeed highly suspicious. And since he works at a chemical company, it would be easy for him to obtain enough Explosives to rig the garage."
"But Mr. Takahashi doesn't seem to have any motive to blow up Ms. Sakihara," Officer Takagi said, scratching his head. "Their lives had no overlap at all, and they even lived very far apart... But he followed Ms. Sakihara a week ago, and today he happened to pass near the crime scene. Looking at it that way, there are indeed too many coincidences."
Beside them, Vodka shifted uncomfortably when he heard the word "coincidence."
Vodka: "..." Stupid cops. What was there to wonder about? Obviously, Uzo had deliberately switched the Knives on the two Stages, making them each kill the other's target in order to show off and add some fun.
As he reached that conclusion, he covertly looked around, trying to see which cop would be the first to catch on. That would tell him who had been most deeply corrupted by Uzo, so he could avoid them in the