Conan: Naruto

"Yes!"

Detective Takagi, who was keenly aware of the implications of Officer Megure's words, saluted with his right hand and returned to the original route in fear.

When Takagi's figure gradually disappeared from everyone's eyes, Memu looked at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and said sincerely:

"Conan, Haoyue, you are indeed unusual children. You can actually think of things that none of us, the police, have thought of."

"Hahaha, where is it!"

Dongfang Haoyue scratched her head with her right hand very modestly, looked at Officer Memu, and explained sheepishly:

"It was mainly because you said you had searched everywhere that we remembered the unusual events we experienced in the elevator before."

"Abnormal event?"

Officer Mumu looked at Dongfang Haoyue with confusion.

"Correct."

Kudo Shinichi put his hands in his pockets and stated calmly:

"When we were riding in the elevator this afternoon... the alarm bell that indicated the elevator was overloaded went off."

"The alarm bell is ringing?"

Officer Memu thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and confirmed:

"You mean..."

"Yes."

Dongfang Haoyue put her hands on her hips and analyzed seriously:

“Before we entered the elevator, there were only Hideharu Tsugawa holding a cardboard box and three slender young women.

But when we four children stepped into the elevator, the overload alarm sounded. Isn’t this strange~? "

"What's weird...?"

Kojima Mota looked at Dongfang Haoyue dumbly, and recalled with confusion:

"I remember the sign in the elevator said there was a limit of seven people."

"Yes, haven't Conan and Haoyue seen that sign?"

Yoshida Ayumi placed her left hand in front of her collar, looking at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi with confusion.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya held his chin with his right hand, looked up at the white ceiling thoughtfully, and said nothing for the time being.

"Because we are children."

Dongfang Haoyue turned back to look at Yoshida Ayumi and asserted firmly:

"The combined weight of four children is only one and a half adults. Even with the weight of four adults and the cardboard box, it is impossible to trigger the elevator overload alarm!"

"Unless... there was a tall adult burdening the elevator in the first place."

Kudo Shinichi retracted his gaze from Yoshida Ayumi, looked up at Officer Megure, and calmly concluded:

"Since the police have searched everywhere and there is no body in the elevator, there can only be a body hidden on the top of the elevator car."

"Yes~!"

Dongfang Haoyue put his hands in his pockets and looked at Officer Memu with a smile.

"Well...what you said makes perfect sense, but..."

Officer Memu held his chin with his right hand like a pistol, and nodded slightly thoughtfully. He suddenly thought of something, his expression was startled, and he commented in extreme surprise:

"You are actually able to know so many things at your age, especially that corpses can be hidden at the top of the elevator... I always feel..."

"Luck, it's luck!"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi raised their hands in unison and made up innocently:

"We just watched a TV series about elevators some time ago!"

"Um, is there...is there such a TV series...?"

Officer Memu crossed his arms with a look of astonishment on his face.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudou Shinichi put down their hands in unison, flashed their big bright eyes, and said unswervingly:

"Yes!"

"Okay... okay."

Officer Megure was shocked.

He put down his hands, nodded without thinking, and suggested kindly:

"I'll take you home later?"

"No need~"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, who were afraid of being suspected again by Officer Memu, waved their little hands in unison and declined innocently:

"Let's just walk home~~~"

"Ok."

Officer Megure nodded slightly without doubt, and shifted his gaze to where Detective Takagi had left.

During this period.

The trio of elementary school students stepped back and gathered around, whispering.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya looked at Ayumi Yoshida and Genta Kojima in front of him, and raised the topic thoughtfully in a low voice:

"I always feel that Conan and Haoyue have a special tacit understanding."

"Uh-huh!"

Yoshida Ayumi nodded without thinking and commented in a meticulous whisper:

"They seemed to be one person."

"The movements are unified, and the tone, tone and lines of speech are exactly the same."

Moto Kojima secretly glanced back at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, looked back and forth at Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Ayumi Yoshida, and speculated in a low voice:

"Can they hear each other's voices?"

"Ok?"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi stood behind Genta Kojima and Ayumi Yoshida without noticing, sticking their heads out from left to right, and asked curiously:

"What are you talking about~?"

"No, nothing!"

The trio of elementary school students were startled, looked at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudou Shinichi in panic, and said perfunctorily with a forced smile:

"We didn't say anything!"

"That's it~"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudou Xin stood up and smiled without asking any questions.

The trio of elementary school students looked at each other and commented dumbly in their hearts:

"Even the smile is the same..."

after a while.

Four police officers carried a stretcher covered with white cloth and walked outside the library door.

"report!"

Detective Takagi trotted up to Officer Megure, saluted with his right hand, and reported steadily:

"We found a body at the top of the elevator car, identified as Kazuo Tamada. It was initially determined that he was strangled to death and thrown to the top of the elevator."

"Okay, close the team."

Officer Megure, who was watching Detective Takagi intently, nodded slightly, with a solemn look on his face, and took the lead in taking long strides towards the door of the library.

Takagi, who did not expect that Megure would lift up Takagi's dereliction of duty and put it down gently, was stunned. He stared blankly at Megure's retreating figure, speechless for a moment.

"He must have seen us here and thought he couldn't say certain things in front of us."

Kudo Shinichi stood eerily to the right of Detective Takagi, looked at Takagi with a smile, and said seriously:

"When you step into the police car, Officer Megure will..."

"I will criticize you~"

Dongfang Haoyue and the trio of elementary school students jumped in front of Detective Takagi who looked uneasy, their innocent faces burst into smiles.

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3 minutes later.

The open space outside the library gate.

"Takagi, Takagi."

Officer Megure stood on the concrete floor outside the gate on the right side of the back seat of the police car. He stared at Detective Takagi in front of him and said in a serious voice:

If I remember correctly...you were also present when I watched the video tape provided by Haoyue children, right?

You must have heard them say...the police are incompetent, disgraceful, and must be ridiculed by legal personnel, right? "

Officer Memu paused for a second and said sincerely:

"I specially sent you to search for the body again. I hope that you, who failed to search for the body the first time, can learn a lesson, find the body without shame, and move forward bravely from now on.

But you didn't even look for the place that a child could think of, and you once again carelessly missed the place where the body was hidden. "