Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

After Tohru Tohru finished speaking, he ignored him and went straight to Inspector Megure, who had come to work the night shift.

For him, whether or not to expose Conan's identity was completely irrelevant—he knew everything Conan knew, and he also knew a little about most of the information Conan didn't know.

Whether it's Shinichi Kudo or Conan Edogawa, if we remove the filter from before their time travel, they are just ordinary detectives in their current identities.

Not to mention that Conan, as an upright and righteous person with a heart full of justice, is completely different from Tohru Tono.

An honest detective can only befriend a portion of Tohno Toru's character at most—further friendship would be detrimental to both parties.

Therefore, Tohru Tohno is not in a hurry to expose Conan's identity; nor will he deliberately hide the fact that he knows the truth about Conan's identity.

He had absolutely no interest in such matters.

As long as the plot doesn't go too far off and affect my ability to complete the tasks assigned by the system, it's fine.

Therefore, Tohno Toru simply gave Hattori Heiji an ambiguous answer and let them fill in the blanks themselves.

......

"Brother Tono."

Inspector Megure's eyes were brimming with exhaustion, and his face still bore the red marks left from lying on his side to sleep—clearly, he had been woken up from his sleep.

Tohru Tono raised his hand and greeted him.

He had a very good impression of this dedicated police inspector.

"Any clues?" Inspector Megure had just arrived at the scene and hadn't yet ordered his officers to begin a search—besides, the scene was so clean that it seemed unlikely they would find anything.

Seeing his tired appearance, Tohno didn't keep him in suspense and said directly, "Yes."

Let's finish reading the script quickly and go home; it's better for everyone.

"Oh?"

A flicker of hope appeared in Inspector Megure's lifeless eyes, a glimmer of hope for getting home and going back to sleep.

He knew that Tono was a reliable guy!

"Hey, that college student over there."

Tohru Tono raised his hand, guiding Inspector Megure's gaze toward Kento Toba, who was standing not far away.

"Call him over here."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure's expression turned serious, and he strode over with measured steps.

"Mr. Kento Toba, is that right?" He recalled the self-introduction the other person made when he first arrived. "Please assist our police investigation."

“Yanren…?” His girlfriend raised her hand to her open lips, looking incredulous, but still secretly took a half step back.

Toba Kento's already anxious expression turned even more unsightly.

"...I will cooperate with your investigation."

He tried to appear calm, but it was to no avail.

Having seen many criminals, Inspector Megure had already read the fear in his expression and was about 80% certain that he was the culprit in this case.

Just then, Tohru Tono walked up to them.

"Mr. Kento Toba." Tohno Toru looked him up and down for a while, making Kento Toba break out in a cold sweat. "You're the culprit in this case, aren't you?"

"...How could that be? I have no grudge against the hotel owner."

"Mr. Kento Toba, you'll never forget this book, 'Irene Adler's Mockery', will you?"

Upon hearing the name that he had harbored resentment for so long, Kento Tono abruptly looked at Tono, and their eyes met instantly.

That gaze, which seemed to see right through you, sent chills down Toba Kento's spine.

"..." He didn't know how Tohno Toru knew what he was thinking, so he remained silent.

"You thought the innkeeper's book was a disgrace to Sherlock Holmes—so you planned to kill him early on, right?"

“How could that be…” Kento Toba forced a laugh. “This reason for murder is too absurd.”

"But if you didn't know the innkeeper was going to die, as a fervent Sherlock Holmes fan, why were you completely unmoved by the test questions he set? Isn't that right, Miss Ayako?"

Toru Tono turned his gaze toward his girlfriend.

"Ah...yes, I secretly looked at his test questions before, and they were completely blank."

Kento Toba broke out in a cold sweat, thinking, "How does this person know everything?" But he still stubbornly insisted, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it—I've never been interested in that first edition..."

“But Kento, you told me at the beginning that you were determined to get that book…” Ayako said quietly, looking at her boyfriend with a strange gaze.

His words are contradictory; could he really be a murderer...? You can never truly know a person's heart just by looking at their face...

She took another half step back and hid behind several men.

Toba Kento looked around and realized that the police had already formed a circle around him... He was speechless for a moment.

The atmosphere gradually solidified.

“Actually, none of this matters. At most, they can only serve as supporting evidence for clues.” Instead, Tono spoke up to help him out, “—The real clue is on the corpse.”

Chapter 47 "Starlight" Invention Exhibition (Please continue reading (＞﹏＜))

"A corpse?" Inspector Megure was taken aback.

He did order the police to go down and retrieve the body... but even if they found it, it would be a body that had been through an explosion and would be unrecognizable... how could it still be used as a clue?

Upon hearing this, Toba Kento's panic subsided, and he revealed a smug smile.

Hmph, all that trouble he went through was to cover up the time of death of the corpse, right? And now he's even using the corpse as an excuse?

A third-rate detective!

He confidently declared, "Really? Then go find the evidence!"

Toba Kento was smug, unaware that anyone with eyes could tell he was the murderer just by looking at him.

"Brother Tono, this..." Inspector Megure secretly approached Tono, wanting to remind him that the bodies from the explosion could not be used as evidence.

Before he could even speak, Toru Tono launched an attack: "It's alright, Inspector Megure. Given this person's level of knowledge, it's perfectly normal that he doesn't understand the standards of modern forensic medicine."

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Inspector Megure said, "I don't understand either. It seems like there are very few forensic doctors in the entire country of Japan."

"How so?" he asked humbly.

Seeing everyone's confused looks, Tohno Toru didn't bother to explain the functions of a forensic doctor to them, and directly asked Kento Toba: "Do you think that the method of obscuring the time of death by blowing up a body is very successful?"

"..." Toba Kento remained silent.

Once again, Tohno exposed Toba Kento's thoughts, estimating that the other party was also at the point of breaking down: "But do you know? Even a body that is severely damaged in a huge explosion—even partially carbonized—can still be identified by examining whether there are internal organ concussion injuries such as pulmonary hemorrhage, or by extracting TNT, RDX, and other components from the muscles or bones, to distinguish between pre-mortem exposure and post-mortem contamination, thereby confirming the true cause of death and time of death."

"Not to mention minor incidents like a car engine exploding."

Tohru Tono casually pulled out a small metal box and waved it at Kento Tono. "As luck would have it, I happen to have with me an invention that can detect the content of RDX—shall we try it out after the body is retrieved?"

"thump"

His expectations plummeted once again, and Toba Kento finally broke down, kneeling on the ground, bowing his head, and recounting his criminal motives as usual.

Just as Tohru Tohno said, he killed the innkeeper simply because the innkeeper, the author of the Sherlock Holmes fanfiction "Irene Adler's Mockery," didn't meet his expectations...

Fan fiction authors are trembling with fear.

This is much scarier than sending razor blades; it's a real stab in the back.

......

Toru Tohno and his group hitched a ride with Inspector Megure back to Beika Town. After giving their statements at the police station, they parted ways.

Before leaving, Inspector Megure secretly pulled Toru Tono aside and quietly asked, "That invention for detecting RDX... could you make some for our First Investigation Division?"

Tohno wanted to laugh at his cautious manner: "Of course, but I don't have that many on hand—just tell me the quantity, and I'll make them and send them to you as soon as I get back."

"But the price..."

“That’s all easy to discuss.” Inspector Megure laughed and patted Toru Tohno on the shoulder, finding him more and more pleasing to the eye.

Anyway, it's all taxpayers' money being spent, and Inspector Megure doesn't handle finances, so it's none of his business...

......

Toru Tohno refused Inspector Megure's request to leave a sample device and went out on his own.

It wasn't that he didn't want to give it; it's just that the small box he had just taken was actually a disguise he had made using the [Wireless Portable Biotrace Annihilation Device] he had previously used...

He's not really Doraemon, so why would he carry around some kind of explosives detection device? He wasn't even thinking about making one, and more importantly, his system space was limited; it was already overflowing with all sorts of random inventions...

I was just trying to scare the criminals, but I didn't expect them to be so effective.

No wonder he's a murderer in the Conan world; his mental fortitude is terrible.

However, Toru Tono was quite happy because he received another big order from the Metropolitan Police Department.

He had only walked a few steps out the door when, as he passed through a small alley, he saw two familiar figures, one tall and one short, one black and one white.

"It's Heiji Hattori and Conan," Tohru Tono said discreetly as he passed by.

Judging from their arm-in-arms, looking like best buddies, Conan's identity has probably already been exposed...

Just like some arrogant and sharp-tongued groups, detectives are indeed strong in offense but weak in defense—they are good at uncovering other people's hidden true nature, but ridiculously weak in concealing their own.

......

When Toru Tono returned home, the sky was already beginning to lighten in the east.

He greeted the inexplicably excited Tachibana Maya, then collapsed onto his bed.

There's some kind of invention exhibition tonight... I need to get some rest.

......

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3-chome, Odaiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

On the fourth floor of an abandoned, unfinished building that is usually deserted, a large number of people of various backgrounds have gathered, most of them wearing masks and waiting politely.

This building was originally planned by a large conglomerate during the bubble economy era as the world's tallest maritime dispatch center, but it was abandoned due to a broken funding chain and has now become a haven for criminals.