The Corpse Collector in Conan
Chapter 3412

Megure's Deduction

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Inspector Megure looked at him, then at the victim, then at Jiang Xia. "..."

That made sense.

But...

"My deduction was wrong." An inspector smoothly retracted his earlier statement, then turned to the unofficial suspect with zero suspicion on him. "Brother Jiang Xia, what do you think?"

Officer Takagi, meanwhile, had caught another key point. He looked suspiciously at the two tiny children. "You two..." Why were they following Jiang Xia to the restroom? Both kids looked pretty smart. It couldn't be that, could it?

Conan reddened under his stare and hurriedly said, "My coin rolled into the restroom, so I brought people in to help me look for it! Haibara is short, so it's easier for her to search the floor. Brother Jiang Xia has strong observation skills, so he'd definitely help me find the coin quickly... Anyway, stop talking about that and talk about the case! Aren't you a police officer?"

"Oh, right." Officer Takagi nodded repeatedly, then realized something was off. "..." Wait, wasn't this talking about the case?!

Come to think of it, making a Detective of Jiang Xia's caliber search for a coin that had rolled into a restroom crack... You, you kid were way too extravagant!

While Officer Takagi was still reeling in shock, Conan hurriedly continued, "After the victim uncle finished eating biscuits at his workstation, he got up and went to the restroom. After coming out, he picked up his hamburger and started eating, then the poison took effect and he died.

"Since that's the case, we should check the stretch between his workstation and the restroom. During that time, the victim uncle only moved around this small area, so the poison must be somewhere in this zone... Brother Jiang Xia just told me that!"

Inspector Megure looked around skeptically. Brother Jiang

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