"Can we be sure now that you can't recognize those three people?"
"Yes, I really don't know who those three are."
Reiko Yuto raised her hand and pointed out where several people were to Ran Mouri.
The man with sunglasses, dark skin, and light-colored hair; the one with bangs and a bob; and the bearded photographer they had run into before the event began.
"They do sound suspicious," Ran Mouri readily agreed. "Do you need us to ask around for you?"
It was somewhat difficult to determine who the culprit was, but much easier to rule out who was not.
Without warrants or other documents requiring their cooperation and fingerprints, there was still a possibility of failure. Fortunately, they were all at the banquet.
They only needed to collect a few items those people had touched and hand them over to forensics. Results would come quickly.
"No, if I had to say, some of them do match the people on the list." Reiko Yuto, still thinking she was genuinely helping solve the case, hurriedly shook her head. "For example, that person who keeps taking pictures. He could be Uncle Gunji. He used to be our neighbor and an old family friend, but after becoming a photographer, he often traveled overseas, so we saw each other much less. Even if my parents came, they might not recognize him..."
"Is that so? What about the other two?" Yumi Miyamoto reached out and linked arms with her. "Wearing sunglasses indoors is strange too."
"H-he's probably my ski instructor." Reiko Yuto smiled awkwardly. "Actually, I probably shouldn't have invited him. It's such a bother, but Masateru and I met in his class, so I felt it was necessary to invite him..."
"So you can't recognize him because he normally wears full ski gear?"
"Yes,