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

There's no way to hide his brilliant mind as a high school detective from his small frame!

"Now this act of pretending to be stupid is much more normal."

"..."

......

The next day.

"Dad! Come diving over here!" Ran and Conan, wearing diving goggles, shouted at Kogoro Mouri, who was lying on a beach chair.

"Go swim by yourselves! I'm so miserable!" Kogoro Mouri was suffering from a terrible hangover and bought some ice-cold soda to roll on his head to relieve the pain caused by the alcohol.

"Aren't you going for a swim?" Tachibana Maya, wearing an orange two-piece swimsuit, asked the two people lying side by side under the same parasol, her face puffed out.

"Go by yourself if you like, there are two other people with you." Tohno Toru was enjoying his rare moment of leisure and didn't even bother to touch the cold seawater.

"Shiho! We agreed to go together yesterday!"

"You and Ran Mouri agreed to this, didn't you? I didn't agree to it at all."

"How cunning! Silence is tantamount to admitting guilt, isn't it?"

“I don’t have that kind of thing here.” Shiho Miyano smiled.

She was wearing a thin sun dress and a sun hat today, so it was clear she had no intention of going into the water.

"unacceptable!"

Maya Tachibana unhappily put on her swimming goggles and ran into the sea, calling out, "Ran! Wait for me!"

Shiho Miyano turned over and continued reading the fashion magazine.

"Hey, aren't you planning to make a few new friends?" Toru Tono took a sip of orange soda, feeling much more refreshed, the fatigue from work almost completely gone. "Even though Maya Tachibana works so hard."

'I really should take more vacations.' He silently planned to balance work and rest in the future.

"Friends? I don't need that kind of thing." Shiho Miyano said this in a calm tone, which was quite remarkable.

"Are you a celestial being descended from heaven? Humans are, after all, social animals and need to interact with others."

"Communicating with you is already a very mentally taxing social activity."

"Is it exhausting? Have you heard of my title 'Little Prince of the Prom'? Whenever I want, I am the undisputed King in all social settings."

"Oh my, you really know how to make being a gigolo sound so elegant and refined."

"...Tachibana Maya even told you this? I should fire her." Tohno Toru paused. "Let me clarify, I earn money based on my natural advantages, I'm not one of those people who live off women."

"You can say whatever you want, but you've certainly applied sunscreen to quite a few ladies and wives, haven't you?"

"Sunscreen?" Toru Tohno paused for a moment, then laughed, "You've been talking all this just to get to this? Want me to help you apply it?"

Applying sunscreen to a beautiful girl on the beach is a classic scene, and Tohno Toru doesn't seem to mind.

"Actually, it was just a thought that came to mind... but I don't object."

Shiho Miyano glanced at him and raised the obviously expensive bottle of sunscreen in her hand.

"..." When she said that, Tohru Tohru, who was only joking, didn't dare to respond.

"Heh." Shiho Miyano let out a triumphant, mocking laugh.

"I'm not a casual person," Toru Tono added, turning his head to look at the scenery.

......

The salty sea breeze gently caressed their faces, and the two people, who had brought sunscreen but were just huddled under the parasol, were both feeling a little drowsy.

Just as Tohru Tohru's consciousness was about to soar into the sky, an exaggerated shout swept away all his drowsiness.

There's a body in the sea!

Tohru Tono could recognize Ran's voice even with his eyes closed.

He opened his eyes and sighed.

This is the first time I've felt that making money is so troublesome.

Chapter 108 was originally a proof problem.

The beach area is not under Tokyo's jurisdiction, so Inspector Megure, unusually, did not come.

The town's police didn't seem very professional, but they arrived quickly.

It's just a small town, after all; the police station is probably less than 2 kilometers away.

It's human nature to watch a spectacle, and when people heard that a woman's body had been pulled from the sea, a crowd gathered around.

The lead officer was a middle-aged man with a buzz cut, a rather peculiar hairstyle.

He was taking notes on Kogoro Mouri's testimony in his notebook.

"Were you the first person to discover it?"

"No, actually the first one to discover it was the child over there..." He pointed to Conan next to him.

Conan was being grabbed by the collar by Toru Tono.

"Hey, let go!" Conan hates having his collar grabbed; it feels like a cat being pinched on the back of its neck.

"I said," Tohru Tohru lowered his voice, "didn't you say last night that you'd keep a low profile from now on? Have you forgotten already?"

"Uh, I think I did mention it." Conan glanced furtively at Shiho Miyano, who was mixed in with the crowd, and sure enough, she was looking at him too.

His expression seemed a little...disgusted?

"Photon! Photon!" While the situation was being recorded, someone came out to claim the body.

"Do you know this victim?" the police officer asked, looking at Yamada Tomoko as she ran towards them.

"Yes, her name is Mitsuko Sekine, and she's my best friend..."

"Sorry to keep you waiting, officer." At that moment, a man wearing a tie and a white suit walked in through the crowd.

He noticed that Kogoro Mouri was visibly taken aback for a moment. "You are...?"

"We meet again." Kogoro Mouri remembered seeing this person at the izakaya yesterday. The other person had a bit of an unpleasantness after hearing that he was a famous detective from Tokyo.

The police introduced the two parties. The man's surname was Tanaka, and he was the most famous doctor in town. He was the one who called him over to assist in solving the case.

"Shall we begin?" Tanaka turned to look at the corpse, only to find Yamada Tomoko squatting beside it, staring at him with hatred.

"Ms. Yamada, is something wrong?" Toru Tono asked, noticing her expression.

"...He used to date Mitsuko." Tomoko Yamada kept staring at him, clearly believing that the victim's death was related to him.

"Huh?!" Everyone present was startled by her words, and their gazes toward Tanaka changed.

"Is that so?" Kogoro Mouri asked him.

"Ah, we did date for a while, but that's all in the past."

"Why didn't you mention something so important? You should avoid suspicion if you're related to the victim." Tohno glanced at the man and thought he looked suspicious; he was probably the suspect.

It turns out this case is a proof problem.

"What's the point of telling me? I'm the only doctor in this small town."

Dr. Tanaka shrugged, not taking his ex-girlfriend's death to heart at all.

"I think you killed Mitsuko because you knew that!" Tomoko Yamada glared at him, completely convinced that he was the murderer.

"If you keep spouting such nonsense, I'm going to sue you for defamation." Tanaka completely disregarded her. "Alright, alright, do you still want me to perform the autopsy?" He looked around, his expression arrogant and disdainful, as if he were relying on his profession.

Kogoro Mouri and Conan fell into deep thought; it seemed that only he could conduct the examination...

"Shiho! Aren't you a medical doctor? You should be able to perform autopsies, right?" Tachibana Maya nudged Miyano Shiho and whispered in her ear, "That man doesn't seem like a good person!"

Shiho Miyano paused for a moment, "Maybe a little..."

But she has a PhD in biology and pharmacy, and what she knows is at most something she learned out of curiosity and incidentally, and is not within her professional field.

Before she could finish explaining, Tachibana Maya pushed her out, saying, "Then go!"

"..." Shiho Miyano glanced at Maya Tachibana, who was smiling, and was speechless.

"Huh? Haibara-neechan is a medical doctor?" Conan's hearing was excellent, and he overheard their conversation. "How come I've never heard Tono-nii mention this before?"

Toru Tohno glanced at Conan sideways: "Do I have to report everything to you?"

That's not what I meant...

"And I remember you used to call me 'Brother Tou' all the time, right? Why don't you call me that anymore? Have you matured?"

“…” Conan kept his mouth shut.

Wasn't that because she pretended to be a primary school student before? Now that she's been exposed, it's shameful to keep pretending to be young!

Shiho Miyano chuckled softly and walked over to the corpse.

“Hello, officer. I’m also a detective from Tokyo. My assistant happens to be a PhD in biology and can perform autopsies. How about she does it? It’s much better than having other people involved in the case.” Toru Tono explained to the officer who was unaware of the situation.

"Oh, okay..." The police in the small town had never seen anyone with a doctorate before. After being shocked for a moment, they didn't even ask if it was true or not, and just nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, where did you come from?" Dr. Tanaka panicked when he saw that there were other doctors present. He wanted to grab Shiho Miyano's shoulder and argue with her.

Halfway there, Shiho Miyano stared at him with an icy gaze as if he were a dead man, the chill emanating from her eyes seeming capable of freezing him to death.

Dr. Tanaka's imposing manner vanished instantly.

“...Ah...haha, I should indeed avoid this matter.” He retreated behind the policeman, secretly praying that the other party was all show and no substance.

Tohru Tono walked over to Shiho Miyano, who was squatting next to the corpse.

"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to help?" he asked with a smile.

"Wasn't it because she insisted on pushing me out here?" Shiho Miyano said irritably, "Gloves!"

Tohru Tohno was speechless: "Go ask that doctor for it. Am I Doraemon?"

Shiho Miyano didn't move, keeping her hands outstretched as she looked at him.

"..." Tohno Toru sighed and casually pulled out a pair of gloves from his system space and handed them to her.

"Intelligent Protective Gloves: Gloves made with a special process. They feature a built-in intelligent temperature control system and a wireless charging heating module, allowing for flexible temperature adjustment. The external advanced protective features include a nuclear, biological, and chemical protective layer, which can resist alpha/beta rays and strong acid corrosion."