Suzuki Sonoko objected, "But an attacker jumped down from the balcony earlier. If the person who killed Mr. Geralt was him too, that means he could survive after jumping down."
Inspector Megure's head felt like it had swollen a size. "There was another attack?"
As he spoke, he walked over to the balcony and peered down seriously. But no matter how he looked at it, below was nothing but an extremely steep cliff, and shattered rocks at the bottom dampened by the waves. Could a living, breathing person really jump down from here and climb back up still living and breathing?
Conan suddenly noticed something and was slightly startled: there was actually a long, thin scratch on this balcony too!
"I remember when Mrs. Kana was attacked, there were similar long, thin scratches at the base of her balcony railing. Also, the tuning fork Geralt was clutching had scratches on it too, and then there's the balcony...
"Why are there scratches all over both attack scenes?"
Not right.
It seemed Suzuki Sonoko had actually gotten one thing right: the mastermind behind these two incidents was very likely the same person.
Nearby, President Kana firmly supported Suzuki Sonoko's claim that "the culprit could have escaped from the balcony"—otherwise, wouldn't he once again become the prime suspect?
Inspector Megure looked at Suzuki Sonoko, but he had very little confidence in this young lady's accuracy rate. Still suspicious, he asked President Kana:
"Didn't you say that when you turned back, you didn't see anyone inside the room except the deceased? If the culprit was someone else, how could he escape successfully from such a steep balcony without making a sound?"
President Kana was anxious. "But that's what happened!"
Nearby, Haga Kyosuke looked at the bloodstained piano, then raised his head and looked toward