Sword Art Online Crossover: They're all close friends, how did I become a player?

"You mean, there's a murderer among us?" Shishido Ryo frowned, though he knew the police had a point.

But it would be a bit unpleasant to consider them as suspects as well. They were still in the villa when the scream occurred.

“After all, you were also present at the crime scene. And the villa isn’t far from here. If there really was a murderer among you, there would be plenty of time to run over, assassinate Miss Ooba Akane, and then run back.”

“But we didn’t even know the deceased at first, so why did we kill her? And when that scream happened, we were all in the living room. There are security cameras in the living room; you can check them!” Mukahi Gakuto shouted. He was already terrified by the dead body, and now he was being treated as a suspect. This triggered a sudden shock in Mukahi Gakuto.

"Calm down, Gakuto." Noticing that Mukahi Gakuto was a little agitated, Oshitari Yuushi quickly pulled him behind him and had Ootori Chotaro and Akutagawa Jiro calm him down.

Then, calmly addressing the crowd:

"Officer, I'm sorry, Yue Ren was frightened. But we were indeed in the lobby when the incident happened, and because we were very tired from training that morning, we didn't leave the villa all day. The servants in the villa can testify for us."

Furthermore, there are surveillance cameras throughout the villa; you can check them yourself.

"I also think the older brothers aren't the murderers. When they first appeared in front of us, they clearly had fresh leaves on them and their shoes were covered in mud."

This indicates they arrived after hearing the screams, and the older men clearly smelled of essential oils. They must have just finished a massage, and used a large amount of essential oil. If it were one of them, Akane Ooba should have smelled of essential oils on her.

It takes 4-5 minutes to walk from the villa to here in a straight line, and at least 10 minutes round trip. Even if some of them wanted to leave the group to kill someone and then return, their friends would definitely notice their disappearance for a period of time.

Conan adjusted his glasses and began to reason with Inspector Yamamura, but this action immediately drew everyone's attention to him.

"Hey, Phoenix. Are kids this amazing these days?" Akutagawa Jiro rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked Chotaro beside him.

It's already quite remarkable that Jiro Akutagawa, who is naturally prone to sleepiness, has managed to stay awake this long. Even so, hearing Conan's deductions made his mind a little clearer.

"This...could this child be a genius?" Ootori Chotaro, who was holding Mukahi Gakuto's hand, was also somewhat surprised. Could this child be a little too smart?

Seeing everyone staring at him with ambiguous looks, Conan awkwardly scratched his head, his voice returning to its sweet, childlike tone: "Hahaha, Shinichi-nii taught me all of this~"

Regardless of the circumstances, the blame is first placed on Shinichi Kudo, and this behavior has become so practiced that it's become second nature.

"Don't worry. I don't necessarily suspect you, but it will be troublesome for you to come and question us one by one," Officer Yamamura said with a smile.

"So, let's start with Lai Renxian."

"Ah, Lai Ren is just a stage name, my real name is..."

"What a joke! You want to interrogate us like criminals without any evidence!" Kahara Fuga suddenly shouted excitedly, his voice even louder than Gakuto's.

"Fengya!" Anda Raito placed one hand on Kahara Fuga's shoulder, trying to calm him down.

"In short, unless you find evidence, I won't tell you anything!"

"It's possible, but your attitude will only make me more suspicious of you." Officer Yamamura put down his notebook, somewhat helplessly.

……

Because the victim died from a sharp weapon, the police began searching the house for anything that could have been the murder weapon.

Everyone was searched, and the sickles, knives, and other camping tools that Professor Agasa and his friends had brought, as well as various sharp tools from Granny Tanaka's house, were all placed in front of them.

This also includes Yagen Toushirou's short sword.

Unfortunately, Yagen's main body cannot directly enter and hide like their tsukumogami bodies.

The existence of the Tsukumogami's true form is extremely important, as the Tsukumogami's physical condition is directly reflected in the true form. Conversely, if anything happens to the true form, it will also be directly manifested in the Tsukumogami.

Not to mention that if the original body breaks, the tsukumogami will also die. That's why every tsukumogami always carries its original body with them at all times.

"Professor Agasa's camping gear and Granny Tanaka's kitchen knife are one thing, but this short sword... it looks very old. And little brother, why would someone so young carry a short sword with them?"

Officer Yamamura said this while observing Yagen Toushirou's true form.

Are kids starting to carry knives around these days? What are the adults in his family thinking?

“This is Yagen Toushirou. Isn’t it beautiful?” Yu Bai stood in front of the fish tank in the Tanaka family’s living room and slowly turned around. He had always held an extremely appreciative attitude towards the true forms of sword spirits, and he sincerely felt that the true forms of each sword spirit were very beautiful.

Whenever he picks up a different sword, he can see the long history contained within its sharp blade.

Ah Bai, what are you looking at?

Because Conan, who would occasionally glance at Yu Bai, noticed early on that Yu Bai had been staring at the fish tank while the police were searching the house.

It looked like they were watching goldfish, but it also looked like they were looking at something else.

"Yagen Toushirou?" Officer Yamamura, who wasn't very knowledgeable about swords, couldn't immediately recall Yaagen Toushirou's background.

"It's Oda Nobunaga's short sword. Historically, it's said that this sword went missing after entering Honnoji Temple with Oda Nobunaga. I didn't expect it to be with Yagen-nii. Speaking of which, Yagen-nii's name is the same as this sword's." Conan pretended to be an innocent child, probing Yagen.

He noticed this quiet, unassuming child who had always been by Yu Bai's side from the very beginning. He overheard Yu Bai's companions mentioning his name and identity.

Having known Yu Bai for so long, don't you know who's in Yu Bai's family? What distant relative is this? This is like saying that Conan Edogawa is a distant relative of Shinichi Kudo.

Now, another short sword belonging to Oda Nobunaga from history has appeared here.

It seems suspicious no matter how you look at it.

"So, in that case, this is a genuine cultural relic?"

The village police officer's hand trembled slightly as he held the dagger. When he suddenly realized that the dagger in his hand was actually an antique, priceless, the weight of the dagger in his hand suddenly increased.

If it gets bumped or bruised, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford to pay for it with my own salary, right?

I carefully placed the dagger on the cloth on the floor, looking at the exquisite dagger placed together with the sickles, scissors, kitchen knives and other tools.

There's a real sense that the art styles are incompatible.

"Huh? So Yagen has always carried such a powerful short sword?" The tennis club members were also stunned. They never imagined that the boy who trained with them would carry such a valuable item.

Conan: I'm shifting the blame to myself.

Yu Bai: I just smiled and didn't say anything.