The Police quickly arrived at the Fujimaru residence crime scene, and after a basic investigation, the victim's body was removed. The robber was also escorted away by the arriving Police, and Ran and Toyama Kazuha also came to the victim's home.
"Fujimaru Kazuo, a composer by profession. He always locked the living room door when composing with his assistant, Ms. Hideko Nakajima."
The Officer who arrived at the scene, with a suspicious look, questioned the male owner of the house.
"Composing is a very delicate matter."
When asked this, Fujimaru Kazuo replied with a hint of helplessness.
"I don't want to be disturbed by anyone."
Saying this, Fujimaru Kazuo walked over to Ms. Fujimaru Yoshino's side. Fujimaru Yoshino looked at her husband with a slightly surprised expression.
"The broken glass hit Ms. Hideko, who was sitting on the sofa."
The Officer said, looking at the broken glass of the art photo frame of the male owner, Fujimaru Kazuo, hanging on the wall behind the sofa.
Shinichi Kudo looked at the wall where the photo frame hung, then suddenly walked through the door in that wall, came behind the wall, and saw two shelves placed there. One shelf was filled with various boxed CDs, and the other held various audio equipment.
Looking around, Shinichi Kudo pondered as he walked out, only to bump into Hattori Heiji, who was about to walk in.
"Ouch."
The two, who had bumped their foreheads, each clutched their heads.
"Don't just wander around."
Hattori Heiji looked at the departing Shinichi Kudo and said helplessly.
"Hey! You there, student!"
"Yes."
Looking at Shinichi Kudo who walked out, the investigating Officer called out to him, pointing to the soccer ball in the living room that Shinichi Kudo had kicked in.
"Is this soccer ball yours?"
"Yes."
"Mr. Fujimaru, did this soccer ball hit the photo frame and break the glass?"
After receiving Shinichi Kudo's affirmative answer, the Officer asked Fujimaru Kazuo.
But Fujimaru Kazuo was not very sure: "Was it like that?"
Then, he suddenly said affirmatively: "Yes! Because it happened so suddenly I don't remember very clearly, but it should be like that!"
Hearing this reply, the Officer looked at Shinichi Kudo, and with a scrutinizing look, said: "Did you hear that? Someone died because of your mistake!"
"That's not it!"
Facing the questioning, Shinichi Kudo and Hattori Heiji both said the same thing at the same time.
"It's not his fault."
Clearly, Hattori Heiji's words overshadowed Shinichi Kudo's, and after Hattori Heiji walked out, he added another sentence.
"What?"
The Officer felt a bit strange facing these two. Hattori Heiji walked to the living room window, pointed to the hole in the window broken by the ball, gestured the trajectory of the ball falling in, and found traces of the soccer ball on an audio system in the living room, finally following the trajectory, it pointed exactly to where the soccer ball was currently located.
"Look, the ball came in like this."
"On what grounds do you say that?"
The Officer said, quite displeased with Hattori Heiji's gesticulations.
"Look closely at the surroundings. To bypass so many obstacles and hit the photo frame, it's impossible no matter how you think about it."
Hattori Heiji pointed to the layout of the living room and said.
"Moreover, there's a clear time difference between the sound of the soccer ball breaking the window and the sound of the photo frame shattering."
Shinichi Kudo added.
"Enough!"
Facing the continuous gesticulations of two "High School Detective"s, the Officer became a bit angry.
"What time difference?! You kids, what exactly are you?!"
"Don't you know? I am..."
"My name is Hattori Heiji, a "High School Detective" with some fame in Osaka."
Before Shinichi Kudo could finish, Hattori Heiji preemptively introduced himself. Hearing this, everyone present clearly reacted to the name and identity, and the investigating Officer showed even more anger, even pushing Hattori Heiji who had walked forward.
"Detective? Me! I hate Detectives the most! Not only do they put on airs, but they always steal the spotlight! In short, you shut up! Leave the investigation to the Police!"
He expressed his dissatisfaction with Detectives with strong words. Shinichi Kudo and Hattori Heiji did not interrupt him while he spoke, just waiting for him to finish. However, Toyama Kazuha walked in and whispered a few words to the Officer, and then the Officer immediately changed his arrogant demeanor, coming to Hattori Heiji with a slightly fawning attitude and saluting.
"Please forgive my ignorance! I apologize! I am Patrol Sergeant Moriaya Masayoshi, in charge of violent crimes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Beika Precinct!"
"Don't drag my dad into this."
Seeing Officer Moriaya's change in attitude, Hattori Heiji said to Kazuha with some reproach.
"It's fine. You have to use it when you need to."
Kazuha said nonchalantly, so Hattori Heiji could only reluctantly accept the current situation, then looked at Shinichi Kudo beside him.
"Buddy, what's your name?"
"How can you be a Detective and not even know? His name is..."
Ran was very displeased with Hattori Heiji's behavior and said with some hostility, but was stopped by Shinichi Kudo.
"My name is Toiru." But he quickly realized something was wrong and immediately added, It's Toiru. I'm just an ordinary second-year student at Teitan High School."
"Toiru? What a strange name."
Kazuha couldn't help but complain.
"Toiru? Alright, leave the rest to me!"
Hattori Heiji said this after hearing Shinichi Kudo's introduction, and then Shinichi Kudo was pulled by Ran to the outside.
"Wait a minute! Shinichi! What are you trying to do? What's with Toiru?"
But Shinichi Kudo showed a smile, "Such a good opportunity is rare! This is probably not an accident! The famous Detective of Naniwa, let me see your true abilities!"
Meanwhile, at Teitan High School, in the old school building, led by a Female student, Takato walked up the stairs, and then noticed that the stairs of this old school building were actually covered with a brand new thick carpet. He couldn't help but ask casually, and the Female student replied that because the school building was old and had been repainted not long ago, it had become very slippery, and after a student fell here, the school laid a carpet.
They arrived at the door of a classroom located at the stair landing on the second floor of the school building. This was the Art Club's activity room.
At this time, there was only one Female student in the classroom, a beautiful, lady-like Female student with long, flowing hair. It seemed she was Nakagawa Moemi, as mentioned by the bespectacled Female student beside him.
Nakagawa Moemi saw the Female student bringing a gentleman over, and couldn't help but step forward and ask: "Ayako! You're back. How was it, did you find Sonoko?"
It was then that Takato learned the name of the bespectacled Female student was Ayako.
Ayako shook her head.
"No. But this Detective said he is Sonoko's friend, so he also came to help. Oh, Detective, I haven't asked your name yet. My name is Ninagawa Ayako, and this is Nakagawa Moemi."
"Akechi Takato. Let's not talk about that for now, Ms. Nakagawa, can you tell me what happened?"
Takato asked Nakagawa Moemi—it's best to combine the testimonies of both parties first.
However, at this moment, Takato's phone rang. He took out his phone and saw that the caller ID was Toyama Kazuha, so he gestured to the two Female students and went out to answer the call. But as he left, Takato suddenly noticed that the door of this classroom opened outwards.
"Hello. Mr. Akechi, are you still at Teitan High School? Heiji and I encountered a case on the way and might not be able to make it in a short time. I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long. However, we actually met two Teitan High School students at the crime scene, and the boy's name is Toiru, how strange."
On the phone, Kazuha briefly explained that she and Heiji couldn't make it to the competition venue due to a case, and apologized to Takato.
After hanging up, Takato was about to return to the classroom to investigate Sonoko's disappearance—wait a minute, Toiru? That sounds so much like Doiru? Doyle!
"No way!"