"It's pretty strange..." After finishing his examination, Mori Kogoro muttered, "Generally speaking, if this person really intended to steal from your house, and the suspect knew you, then with such thorough planning, he should have been quite confident about getting money, right?"
"Mm, then that means he might not have been looking for cash, but something else..." Miwako Sato followed that line of thought. "Do you have any valuable collections in your home? Or anything else of value, anyway—something other than cash..."
"You mean collectible cards or my sister's paintings?" Masashi Emoto frowned deeply. "Well, I collect some cards, and my sister buys lottery tickets, but none of that is really important... After all, we never win anything."
"Are your paintings valuable?" Mori Kogoro turned to Aya Emoto.
Aya Emoto's face immediately reddened. She stammered and shook her head. "N-No, no, no. Even in the industry, I'm just a newcomer. I-I'm not well known at all, so my work doesn't sell for much. A-And I mostly do digital paintings, so there wouldn't be anything to steal anyway..."
Tangze turned his head and gave her a subtle look, vaguely understanding something.
So he grabbed the doll attached to his bag in advance and slowly backed out of the study, where the atmosphere of deduction was running high. Lowering his voice, he said, "You're not allowed to look at what's on her computer."
"Hm? Why not? The culprit used her computer to leave a message," Noah asked, no longer pretending once they were out of everyone's sight. He lifted his fluffy toy head. "Maybe we'll find some clues if we take a look."
"I roughly know which one of them the culprit is. Besides, her computer doesn't have a camera. What could you see even if you looked? Be good. Children shouldn't