"The victim should have been wearing Platform Shoes?" Inspector Megure scratched his head in confusion as he looked at the female high school student who had hurried over to provide a clue. Completely ignorant of trends, he asked, "What does that mean?"
"It means..." Mouri Ran gestured as she explained, "shoes with soles more than ten centimeters thick, the kind that look very distinctive. With the exaggerated makeup of a gyaru look, ordinary shoes would seem out of place. So girls who wear gyaru makeup these days generally pair it with thick-soled shoes."
Officer Sato took the crime scene photos from earlier and examined them. "When the body was found, she was wearing a pair of very ordinary red leather shoes. And according to the officers from the Forensics Department, those shoes didn't fit very well... In other words, after killing the victim, the murderer changed her shoes? Why would they do that?"
Mouri Ran froze. "Yes, why?"
"..." Conan fell silent for a moment, then had no choice but to remind them, "Maybe because the murderer wanted to conceal something—that all of his targets were people who wore thick-soled shoes and drove to this Department Store to shop."
The three police officers: "?!"
Inspector Megure abruptly turned to his two subordinates. "What shoes were the other three victims wearing when they were attacked?"
Officer Sato flipped through the photos in her hand. "Only the second victim was photographed full-body. She was indeed wearing these Platform Shoes.
"However, judging by their makeup, the other two victims were also wearing gyaru makeup. In that case, they were probably wearing the same kind of shoes when they were attacked."
Inspector Megure nodded and said to Officer Takagi, "Go confirm this with the three surviving victims immediately."
"..." Officer Takagi, who had just