The time on the clock has been wandering for more than an hour, and there is only less than half an hour left before Furukawa Kumisa's side effects occur.

Takagi finally asked around the guests of similar heights in the game room, and was walking towards Furukawa Kumisa and Matsuda Jinpei, scratching his head, with a somewhat uncomfortable look on his face.

Furukawa Kumisa observed his words: "What's wrong, Officer Takagi?"

"Ah, ah...no, it's okay!"

Takagi sneered twice in a very covert manner: "Well, well, all the guests with a height of 175cm-180cm have been questioned. Those who did not come with friends and could not produce alibi, there are three people in total."

Furukawa Kumisa:...Unreasonable, expected, and one of the three usual choices.

It's just Takagi's reaction that's more intriguing. Furukawa Kumisa looked at Takagi's uncomfortable look and wondered if something happened during the questioning? Or did he meet someone?

On the other side, Takagi felt relieved when he saw that neither Officer Furukawa nor Officer Matsuda continued to question him.

Fortunately, okay... After all, he just met Conan-kun when he was asking for a confession, and he was asked not to tell anyone...

Although Mr. Okiya who brought him here said, "Conan-kun has always been curious about what it looks like inside the arcade, so I brought him to see it. Officer Takagi, don't worry, we are not engaging in any activities that are inappropriate for Conan-kun's age. Please

You must keep it secret”…

But it’s not appropriate to bring a primary school student to the game arcade and sit in the drinking area...

"Officer Takagi? Officer Takagi! Officer Takagi Wataru!"

When Takagi came to his senses, Officer Furukawa's big face appeared in front of him, startling him.

"Wow! Officer Furukawa, don't be scary!"

"Huh? Am I scary?" Kumisa Furukawa said with a disgusted face, "Obviously I called you several times and you are still in a daze!"

She narrowed her eyes and approached Takagi Wataru: "You are not still thinking about Officer Sato when you are on duty, right?"

"How is that possible!" Takagi suddenly blushed and yelled back uncontrollably, and then realized his gaffe, "It's still case time, Officer Furukawa, please focus on the serious case!"

Furukawa Kumisa:...Haha, no one should be more anxious to solve the case than her right now.

After spending a long time, I finally got information about the three suspects from Takagi.

As time passed by, Furukawa Kumisa gradually became a little dizzy.

The side effects of the face-changing pills do not disappear overnight. They will gradually turn from mild to severe, just like a normal cold.

"Host, it has been detected that your body temperature has risen by one degree. The current body temperature is 379, which is about to reach the standard of human 'high fever'."

"I heard it, I heard it with both ears!" Furukawa Kumisa shook his head irritably, "Do you think I don't want to solve it as soon as possible?!"

It would take more time to start with the suspect's confession, and Furukawa Kumisa had no time to waste here. She changed her strategy and walked towards the corpse.

Matsuda Jinpei had been squatting next to the body for a long time, accompanying the forensic investigators who had just arrived at the scene, examining the body up and down, inside and out.

Just when he was about to end the examination of the body and listen to the suspect's confession, a voice suddenly came from behind and above.

"Have you found any clues? Officer Matsuda?"

Matsuda Jinpei turned around and was caught off guard and met the eyes of Furukawa Kumisa who bent down beside him.

Furukawa Kumisa's upper body was very close to him because he was eagerly observing the corpse. So close that Matsuda Jinpei's cheek even brushed the hair falling down by her shoulders, bringing with it a refreshing coolness and a faint fragrance.

, got into his nose unreasonably.

The smooth hair brushed his cheek and slipped into her white shirt that was slightly open because she was leaning down. Her chest was rising and falling slightly with the rhythm of her breathing... Ah, yes, it was that breath.

The hot breath in his ear.

Matsuda Jinpei always knew that this policewoman whom he only met twice was beautiful, but when that fair and jade-like face really came so close to him, he could only think of——

"...Officer Furuta, your breath feels a little hot. Do you have a cold?"

The system that watched all this: ...I don’t know whether to remind the host first, "Your target is Rei Fangtani", or to complain about Matsuda Jinpei's magical brain circuit first. He even called the host by the wrong name...

Furukawa Kumisa was enduring the dizzy fever symptoms in his head and observing the corpse carefully. When he heard Matsuda Jinpei's question, an ellipse suddenly appeared on his head.

"...Thank you for your concern, Officer Matsuda, but my surname is Furukawa, Furukawa Kumisa."

The feeling of dizziness, swelling and pain in her head was getting worse. She straightened up and looked down at Matsuda Jinpei who was squatting on the ground: "Has the forensics department determined the type of rope as the murder weapon?"

"Some murder weapon residue was extracted from the strangulation marks on the neck of the corpse. It was detected that it was a synthetic fiber made of acrylonitrile copolymer, with a diameter of about 3cm."

Furukawa Kumisa frowned slightly when he heard this description: "3 centimeters of synthetic fiber... the range is too wide, can't the range be narrowed?"

"No matter how specific it is, you have to go back to the forensic department and use professional equipment to identify it."

Matsuda Jinpei maintained his posture of looking up at Furukawa Kumisa. He felt that his neck was a little sore, so he braced his knees and tried to stand up.

In the flash of lightning, he suddenly thought of something and froze in place.

Furukawa Kumisa looked at Matsuda Jinpei's still movements, as if he was reminded by him, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Ah!"

Matsuda Jinpei looked at Furukawa Kumisa, and saw the same epiphany as his own in her eyes.

Matsuda Jinpei smiled: "It seems that you have thought of it too?"

Furukawa Kumisa nodded, and then his headache worsened: "But if that's the case...then the scope of suspects has become wider."

Matsuda Jinpei stood up and patted her shoulder: "Don't worry, no matter how big it is, they are just the guests in the game hall."

As he said that, Matsuda Jinpei glanced at Furukawa Kumisa - obviously he had some special regard for this rare policewoman who could keep up with his brain circuit - and asked: "Do you want to go with me to listen to the suspect?"

A confession?"

Furukawa Kumisa held his throbbing forehead and slowly shook his head: "There are too many people...it's too complicated."

She took a breath and braced herself: "I'm going to check the surveillance inside the game arcade. Maybe I can find something. I'll leave the confession to Officer Matsuda and Officer Takagi."

Matsuda Jinpei looked at Furukawa Kumisa's shaky appearance and frowned.

"...Hey, are you okay? You don't really have a fever, do you?"

Furukawa Kumisa ignored him. She had already turned around and walked towards the inner room. She just waved her hand to him, indicating that it didn't matter.

Matsuda Jinpei didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs. Since Furukawa Kumisa didn't want to talk about it, he stopped caring about it and turned around to find Takagi to understand the situation.

Since the Metropolitan Police Department officially sent people to the scene, Takagi's work efficiency has improved by more than one point, and he has even searched several more likely suspects.

"Officer Matsuda." Takagi saw Jinpei Matsuda walking towards him, "How is the body examination going? Do you know what the murder weapon is?"

Matsuda Jinpei shook his head: "Currently we only know that it is about 3cm of synthetic fiber, but the specific type is not clear yet. Where is Officer Takagi here?"

Officer Takagi took out his notebook:

"The three most suspicious suspects have been searched. If we want to talk about the things on their bodies that most resemble murder weapons...

"Mr. Matsumoto on the far left has a computer data cable; Mr. Kunikata in the middle has a jump rope for sports; Mr. Noguchi on the far right has no rope-like object that could be used as a murder weapon.

"But Mr. Noguchi's height should be the most suitable candidate, exactly 178cm."

He thought for a while and continued to talk about the clues he had just searched: "All three of them were more or less wet from the rain. Only the top of Matsumoto-kun's head was wet. He said his coat was rainproof; Mr. Kunikata

The top of his head and his coat were both wet; only Mr. Noguchi’s coat was wet...

"Oh, by the way, just in case, we also searched the body of the shorter friend of the deceased, Mitsui Fuuto. There was nothing on him that could be used as a murder weapon. The inside of his shoes was wet. He said he was on the road.

I accidentally stepped into a pond..."

Takagi finished reporting the clues in one breath and scratched his head in distress: "These clues are not enough..."

"No, that's enough."

"Oh, enough...eh???enough???!!"

Takagi widened his eyes and looked to the side at Matsuda Jinpei, who was smiling with a confident face. He even put a cigarette in his mouth in a good mood, opened the lighter with a "pop" and lit the cigarette.

"Matsu, Officer Matsuda, no smoking here..."

The curly-haired man smiled very uninhibitedly, with a hint of suaveness in his tone: "Just think of it as a reward for solving the case."

"The case was solved... Officer Matsuda already knows who the culprit is?!"

"The host's current body temperature has been detected: 389, which has reached the human standard of 'high fever'. Please find a place to rest as soon as possible..."

"Tsk, don't make any noise."

Furukawa Kumisa impatiently drank the system and stared at the surveillance screen in front of him.

She also wants to rest early, but where can she rest if this case cannot be solved?

Furukawa Kumisa's finger clicked on the fast forward button, and the surveillance on the screen had reached 32 times speed, and the movements of the portraits were almost ghosted.

Oops...my vision is already a bit blurry...

Furukawa Kumisa pressed the pause button, held onto his head that felt like it was filled with lead, rubbed his eyes, and continued to watch the surveillance.

"Host, I suggest you tell Takagi Wataru and Matsuda Jinpei directly. If you feel unwell, you should leave first. They should let you go."

Furukawa Kumisa held his head and took a deep breath: "No."

"why not?"

"It's okay if I left at the beginning... Now I'm involved in this case. It's not my style to give up halfway, and..."

"And what?"

"And... now I am... a policeman. Look at the policemen in the protagonist group of Conan World who are not... working very hard. Now that I am hanging out with the protagonist group... I can't ruin my... personality..."

"..." The system was silent for a while, "Ordinary humans will fall into coma when the temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius. Host, you still have about half an hour."

Furukawa Kumisa knew what the system meant.

If she has a high fever and becomes comatose, she will definitely be sent to the hospital. The hospital will give her fever-reducing measures, but she will definitely remain feverish for three hours and cannot be relieved by any treatment or medicine. If unnecessary suspicion is aroused, it will be troublesome.

.

While thinking about it, Furukawa Kumisa's eyes never moved away from the screen. Suddenly, she saw a certain surveillance video...

"Ha, so that's what it is..."
Chapter completed!