"The warehouse doesn't have any lights, but there are lights outside. It's a little dark, sure, but it's only a few steps. How could anyone possibly trip?"
The store manager waved it off. "Forget employees—even regulars who occasionally come in to borrow the restroom have long since gotten used to this stretch of the way."
Seeing that she couldn't reason with the store manager, Mouri Ran sighed. She could only try to find the real thief and clear her classmate's name.
She recalled the steps Jiang Xia usually took when solving cases and decided to narrow down the suspects first. After thinking for a moment, Mouri Ran turned to Nanakawa Aya. "When you were working, did you notice any suspicious customers?"
Nanakawa Aya wiped away her tears and nodded. After being scolded by the store manager and learning that things went missing every time she worked a shift, she naturally wanted to know exactly how they had disappeared.
So whenever she worked afterward, she deliberately kept an eye on the customers, hoping to find the person who had been stealing things and prove her innocence.
But unfortunately...
"I didn't actually see anyone steal anything," Nanakawa Aya said hesitantly. "But there really were a few customers who seemed strange. There were... um... three of them!"
Jodie, who had spent ages on guard without encountering any further trouble and had begun wondering whether this was just an ordinary isolated incident, froze. "!"
Three people!
Jodie adjusted her glasses, hiding her eyes behind the glare on the lenses. She secretly watched the seemingly unremarkable high school girl beside Mouri Ran. "..." There were so many customers coming and going every day, yet she had identified exactly three suspicious people?
"...That guy really is everywhere," Jodie gritted her teeth inwardly. "Or is this just