Conan: Life between Green Plum and Skyfall

As he spoke, Conan carefully glanced at the two people who were still studying the clues, and thought to himself:

"Now you should be able to react! I've basically told you everything! The huge block of ice, the inexplicable water on the ground, and the clues that Hattori found. If you still can't react, then you're worse than a pig!"

"Ice, water, temperature..."

Fortunately, Megure took his words to heart! He frowned, touched his chin, and kept muttering something.

"Inspector Megure? What are you thinking about?"

Mao Li, who was concentrating on observing the evidence, asked curiously when he saw this.

"Brother Maori, do you think it's possible that the murderer committed suicide?"

As he spoke, Megure produced several pieces of evidence:

"The water left on the ground wasn't actually water, it was ice. According to Ms. Yoko's testimony, the air conditioner in her rented apartment was turned on by the victim in an attempt to cover up her own death."

Mao Li thought for a moment after hearing this:

"Although I've considered this possibility, logically speaking, ice shouldn't solidify that quickly! Furthermore, the ice wouldn't be enough to cause widespread frostbite behind the deceased!"

"That's right. The victim was lying face down on the ground. So, the frostbite on his back couldn't have been caused by the ice! There can't be a hidden murderer in this case!"

Megure also frowned and spoke in a heavy tone.

If there is a fourth person involved in this case, it will not be so easy to solve the case!

"? What are the uncles thinking? Isn't the case basically solved?"

Seeing that the two of them fell silent again, Conan, who had finally relaxed and was about to drink a few sips of water to cool down, felt a headache coming on!

Aren't you the ones who hold all the clues? I've already revealed the key information that ties them all together! Why can't you react?

Is it because this world is a detective show? Do detectives have to be relied upon to solve cases? Are the police just supposed to be a background presence?

Now, it's Conan's turn to have a headache! Without revealing his true identity and solving the case himself, it seems that he can only do so much! Damn it, why does he have to rely on this useless uncle? Why isn't his teammate a sharp thinker like Hattori?

"Idiot uncle! I can't just tell Hattori the whole thing! Next time I encounter a case, should I call Hattori first? Ask him to solve the case remotely? Forget it. If I really do that, I'll never be able to enter a crime scene again!"

After thinking for a long time, Conan gave up the decision! If it was an uncle, it would be fine, but he didn't want to give all his credit to Hattori, an outsider!

"Do we really have to knock the uncle unconscious and let the sleeping Kogoro appear in this world?"

Looking at the ashtray lying on the ground after Hattori was knocked down, Conan thought for a moment and moved towards the ashtray.

"No, it seems like someone is looking at me?"

Suddenly, Conan shuddered. He had a feeling that if he did this now, something bad would happen. So, he decisively gave up moving and looked around.

"? Sister Xiaolan, what can I do for you?"

Then he found that Xiaolan was staring at him.

"Ah! It's okay! But thank you, Conan!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan forced a smile on her face, shook the water cup in her hand, and said to Conan.

"Ah! It's okay! After all, Sister Xiaolan is very nice to me!"

Conan pretended to be silly and cute, but he started to complain in his heart:

"Damn, didn't I just subconsciously give a glass of water to Xiaolan? Why are you so sensitive! But in this case, the idea of ​​directly helping Uncle Maori solve the case seems to be impossible! As expected, God doesn't support the appearance of the sleeping Kogoro!

Forget it, let's find out why Uncle Maori and the others didn't react!

Thinking of this, Conan moved away from the ashtray and walked towards Maori and the other man.

Looking at Conan's movements and the ashtray lying quietly on the ground, Xiaolan's eyes drooped slightly. Was all this really her illusion? Why did she always feel that Conan and Shinichi were similar?

Not knowing what Xiaolan was thinking, Conan moved closer to the two of them and carefully eavesdropped. Soon, he heard everything that Megure and Mori were confused about.

'It seems to be true! From being dumped by Yuko, to his suicide, to Miss Yoko's return, there were only a few hours in between. How could he freeze the ice in such a short time? Unless, Miss Yoko's family prepared the ice in advance?'

Thinking of this, Conan looked at Yoko who was dazed at the side. He remembered the possibility of Yoko fans turning against him in the fan fiction he had read:

"Could Miss Yoko be the real culprit behind all this?"

'No, no, don't be misled by those conspiracy theories!

Even if Miss Yoko knew all this and wanted to do this, there was no way she would prepare an ice cube that was big enough to fit the handle of the knife!

Unless, she has a very accurate grasp of the unlucky guy's mind and knows how he will choose to commit suicide!

If that were the case, she wouldn't be just a minor idol!

The autopsy report clearly stated that the victim's death was caused entirely by the knife, and it was a single blow, with no trace of a second blow. Therefore, there was no possibility of murder disguised as suicide!

"If we follow this line of thought, then the ice was prepared by the deceased himself. However, as Megure and the others said, the ice..."

Conan always felt like he was missing something. According to the plot and the on-site analysis, the truth was almost clear at a glance, but the most important piece was missing!

"As expected, it's not good for Inspector Megure to be too clever! If he weren't so clever, this case would have been closed!"

Conan shook his head helplessly. According to the plot, after Conan used Mori's identity to tell the truth of the case, Megure closed the case based on this reasoning without any hesitation!

Unlike now, although we have guessed the truth, we found that the problem of time has caused the case to reach a dead end.

"Damn it, my head hurts. Who did this?"

At this moment, Hattori woke up. He touched the big bump on his head and complained angrily.