Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

Giantism, a phenomenon of highly decomposed corpses.

Its entire body's soft tissues are filled with putrefactive gases, its face is swollen, its eyeballs are protruding, its lips are enlarged and everted, its tongue tip is protruding, its chest and abdomen are distended, its abdominal wall is taut, its limbs are thickened, its skin is dirty green, and putrefactive venous networks are frequently seen;

The subcutaneous tissue and muscles are emphysematous, and the skin on the hands and feet may peel off in a glove and sock-like manner. The entire corpse is swollen and enlarged into a giant, making it difficult to recognize its appearance before death, hence the term "giantism".

This is the state that Zhang Tianzhengji is in when he appears in front of the Junior Detective League...

Upon opening the bathroom door, a putrid stench quickly spread, reaching every corner of the room at an almost unbelievable speed, causing everyone present to gag, with some even vomiting on the spot.

As a newcomer who had only been on the job for a few years, Officer Takagi was in no better shape than the onlookers.

However, being a police officer, he couldn't afford to make a fool of himself at this moment.

So he put on white gloves, covered his mouth and nose with his left hand, and pushed aside the imagined stench with his right hand, trying to move forward to observe the specific condition of Zhang Tianzheng's corpse.

However, just as he was about to touch the corpse, Conan Edogawa behind him suddenly had a thought and immediately shouted loudly to Inspector Takagi:

"Officer Takagi! Get down right now!"

Upon receiving Conan's order, Inspector Takagi immediately lay down without hesitation. At that moment, Zhang Tianzhengji's body, impacted by the sudden movement, made a dull 'pop' sound and then burst open like a balloon in the cramped bathroom...

Scattered chunks of meat and entrails, along with highly compressed putrid air, flew at a visible speed to every corner of the bathroom.

Because Officer Takagi lay down in time, only his hair and back were stained with some sticky liquid.

But the onlookers behind them were in a much worse situation.

Everyone was already churning from the sight of the giant's corpse and the stench, and now they were witnessing this bloody and terrifying scene.

In an instant, apart from a few people like Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara, most of the others couldn't hold it in and vomited with a "whoosh," making the stench in the bathroom even worse.

Seeing this, Officer Takagi quickly asked the onlookers to leave the scene, while he himself, suppressing his suffocating nausea, struggled to dial Inspector Megure's number and report everything that had happened, requesting backup.

Inspector Megure took this very seriously. Realizing that he had missed a life due to his mistake, he immediately said he would personally lead a team to investigate the case.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, just as Officer Takagi and Officer Megure were communicating.

Having already taken precautions against the virus and wearing his ever-present mask, Conan Edogawa sneaked back into the scene once again.

Ignoring the previous orders from Inspector Megure and the threat of Kogoro Mouri's iron fist, and with Inspector Takagi unable to intervene, he once again made the same mistake and walked alone into the foul-smelling room.

Upon seeing this, Ai Haibara wanted to stop the rest of the Junior Detective League, but the three children, including Ayumi, were already pale and weak from the stench and visual shock, so they had no energy left to cause trouble.

So she took the three little ones outside the apartment to get some fresh air and thoughtfully gave them some drinks to rinse their mouths.

After waiting outside for a while, until Inspector Megure's reinforcements arrived, Conan Edogawa finally walked out of the apartment dejectedly.

Seeing the Junior Detective League waiting for him at the door, Conan shook his head in disappointment: "No, the body is too badly decomposed. With the explosion just now, it's hard to tell how long the maggots inside the body are. It will be very difficult to determine the time of death."

"What about the cause of death?" Mitsuhiko, having finished rinsing his mouth, wiped it and quickly asked, "Are there any other clues?"

"The cause of death should be drowning. I haven't found any clues. It takes at least 3-5 days for a giant to form during this season, so even if there were any clues, they would have long since disappeared with time."

At this point, Conan sighed again, "I estimate that it will be impossible to find any further information from the body in this case. However, the identity of the body should be no doubt. Judging from the shoes and the fragments of his clothes, the deceased should be Mr. Zhang Tian, ​​whom we met before."

"how so……"

Even though Zhang Tianzhengci had left a very bad impression on the three children, he was still a human being with whom they had once interacted.

Seeing their opponent die so tragically, the three children, still quite young, were all a little downcast.

Seeing this, Conan wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't think of the right words.

In the end, he could only grit his teeth in resentment: "Although we can't find any useful clues on the body, based on the information provided by Officer Takagi, even if the murderer isn't that detective named 'Kurosawa Saburo,' he should at least be connected to him..."

"So, you're planning to start with Saburo Kurosawa?" Ai Haibara asked, looking up.

"Hmm," Conan nodded, "It's probably pretty close to the truth. Haibara, what exactly is this guy...?"

Conan Edogawa's thoughts naturally did not escape Ai Haibara's notice. She shrugged helplessly and said, "I don't know, but he's probably not what you think."

"hateful……"

Hearing this, Conan punched the floor in frustration. When he looked up, he found that Ai Haibara had already left with the three children.

This made Conan a little anxious. "Hey, Haibara, where are you going? Aren't Inspector Megure and the others supposed to be here soon?"

"so what?"

Ai Haibara turned around coldly, pointed at the three little ones, and said, "I'm not a detective, and didn't you see what they're like now? You don't... want them to stay here and keep playing this boring detective game with you, do you?"

"I, I didn't mean that..."

"Do as you please. Anyway, I'm taking them home now. This... I'll leave it to you, the great detective. I believe you can give a satisfactory answer, right, Mr. Detective who calls himself Sherlock Holmes?"

With a polite smile, Ai Haibara turned and led the three children away.

Only Conan Edogawa was left standing there, trembling with anger, his face almost as red as Heiji Hattori's.

……

It's time to go to sleep!