Demons and Monsters, Go Away

As Jiang Xia clicked the door shut.

The three people in the corridor outside fell silent for a moment.

"...I don't think it was him."

Haibara Ai lowered her voice, speaking half in complaint and half in speculation. "Officer Sato said the victim was stabbed to death with a sharp weapon. And that guy just now... I don't think he had any reason to carry a knife."

Conan, meanwhile, remembered Mouri Ran from an hour earlier, along with that innocent iron pole she had straightened and bent again.

He raised a hand in feigned calm and pushed up his glasses, still shaken. Only after two seconds did he truly come back to his senses.

Recalling what Haibara Ai had just said, he belatedly added, "Not necessarily. If he really is the murderer, we can't rule out the possibility that he deliberately carried a knife to conceal the characteristics of his crime."

Jiang Xia silently listened to their discussion without interrupting.

When that "lackey" had punched the ground, a little Killing Intent had actually spilled out.

But it quickly fell away again. Perhaps Yoshikawa Gozo had just picked up the butcher knife and immediately seen the light, or perhaps he remembered that Laoyang was already dead... In any case, the Killing Intent that had suddenly appeared soon dropped off, and the cat happily seized it in its mouth and dragged it away with a huffing effort. Although this new cat had not officially signed a contract yet, it already looked entirely like a capable Working Ghost.

"Let's note down the suspicious points first and tell Officer Sato later."

After the two children finished their discussion, Jiang Xia gave them a needless summary while subtly moving his fingers to pocket the Killing Intent the "lackey" had just dropped.

Then, in a rather