"Mr. Shuto Goki, the deceased, was thirty-four years old and the president of an IT company. He could be considered a moderately successful businessman. The explosion and fire were triggered by the cigarette clenched in his mouth..."
"Finally" was a strange word to use, but the reality was that the police who had arrived were finally not the familiar ones.
Due to the unusual nature of the case, the one who came this time was Inspector Yumichika of the First Investigation Division's Arson Investigation Unit—incidentally, Juzo Megure was from the Violent Crimes Investigation Unit Three—and he had also once been Mori Kogoro's superior.
Of course, upholding the fine traditions of the First Investigation Division, he had arrived quickly too.
Although he said he was here because suspected forest fires had recently occurred and they were investigating the surrounding woodland for any violations, Tangze could not help feeling that this was probably some kind of trait unique to the Tokyo Police...
"The cigarette in his mouth?" Conan could not help finding that strange and pressed for details.
"Yeah. A plastic gasoline container in the garage had tipped over, filling the entire garage with gasoline vapor. In a situation like that, even the tiniest open flame can be fatal." Inspector Yumichika turned to look at the elementary schooler's youthful face and frowned. "What, wasn't he smoking when you ran into him?"
Though Yumichika had no idea why these young children, who had only come as witnesses—well, he thought they were probably more here to watch the excitement—were squatting beside him in the remnants of a fire scene that smelled rather peculiar and contained a charred corpse, he did not hide anything from them. He simply assumed the little witnesses wanted to provide more information.
"No. He rolled down the car window and