Inspector Megure looked at the middle-aged man in shock. "You're saying the victim was cursed to death by you?"
"What do you mean, cursed to death by me?" The middle-aged office worker snorted. "I was just speaking the truth while drunk—and I only meant to remind him to mind his limits. I never meant for him to jump off a building. I hung up right after saying that.
"When I heard from him again, it was already news of his death... Hmph, don't even think about pinning this on me. If anyone's to blame, blame his own poor mental resilience."
Inspector Megure fell silent. "..." True enough. If he had killed himself over something like that, it would be difficult to convict this middle-aged man of anything... So was this really suicide?
He wanted to reach that conclusion, but then he looked at Jiang Xia beside him, Hattori Heiji and Conan, the low-profile Teacher Jodie, and Ran, who had called the police from who knew where...
Even if just one of this group showed up at a Murder Case, it would never be simple. And now they were all gathered here...
Inspector Megure scratched at his hat, then silently shuffled over to Jiang Xia. "Brother Jiang Xia, what do you think?"
Jiang Xia pointed upstairs. "Let's first take a look at the crime scene on the 21st Floor. That's where the victim fell from, and it may hold the reason he fell."
Inspector Megure nodded. "I sent a few people up earlier. They said there were no signs of a struggle upstairs, and everything looked perfectly normal... But since you say so, let's go take a look."
On the 21st Floor, inside Room 2103.
Officer Takagi and Officer Sato were conducting a search.
When they turned around and saw