Transmigrated to the world of Detective Conan.

"Maybe you made a mistake in your deduction?"

The search found no results in the investigation, which led Megure to say, "Perhaps when the owner Manaka threw the pen, the pen cap hit the ground and caused the tip to retract. This is possible, isn't it?"

"It's true that this could be a possibility."

Shinichi stroked his chin and replied calmly, "But how do we explain the words on the paper?"

"Maybe the killer had already written them on the paper since he tore the sticky note and then wrote the name…"

Megure presented his idea but thought this possibility was unlikely, so his voice became increasingly quiet.

"Wait… the name."

Shinichi was shocked and then hit his head hard: "Am I an idiot? Why didn't I realize this until now…"

After saying this, he started tugging at his hair in desperation, making it look messy: "The name! The name!"

Megure was completely confused and said cautiously, "Kudo-kun… have you discovered something?"

"Ah… yes."

Although Shinichi had made a discovery, he was not happy at all: "The name… the writing. We just need to compare the writing on the sticky note with that of other people, and then we'll know who wrote that name."

"Damn it… I've been completely fooled."

Shinichi was frustrated that he hadn't realized it sooner: "If I hadn't been so obsessed with that pen… I should have caught the killer much earlier!"

Megure ignored Shinichi's complaints and immediately ordered his subordinates to have the suspects write "Kubota" and then send it to the identification department to compare the writing.

Half an hour later, the results of the writing comparison were ready. The match between Director Ochiai's writing and the death message was ninety percent, confirming that the paper had been written by him.

Realizing that the police had investigated the writing, Director Ochiai had no choice but to confess his crime.

With the culprit caught, Shinichi was no longer interested in staying at the museum. After saying a few words to Inspector Megure, Shinichi hurriedly left the museum.

As soon as he stepped out, he realized it was already dark.

Shinichi took out his phone and saw another message from Ran, sent half an hour ago.

[Shinichi, do you have a date tonight? We were hungry, so we went to eat first. Be careful on your way home!]

"Damn it… if I had known better, I wouldn't have made excuses."

Shinichi was very annoyed and decided to call Ran. When she answered, he said, "Ran… where are you?"

"And the date… ah, something came up suddenly, so it got canceled… Well, Asakusa Imahan? I'll go there right now; please order something for me."

After hanging up, Shinichi quickly took a taxi.

At the café.

Lin Yi was quite annoyed, feeling that the goddess of luck was favoring Ran and Sonoko.

Especially Ran, who had incredible luck, with only two cards left in the first round.

Then, in the first hand, she drew the right card from Sonoko's hand, successfully escaping and leaving the "fool" card in Lin Yi's hands.

Sonoko also repeatedly avoided the "fool" card and managed to escape.

Forget it, even though this had not happened just once, Lin Yi had encountered this kind of situation several times, and in each case, he was the one who ended up with the "fool" card.

As the loser, he had to answer without conditions to the questions that Sonoko and Ran asked him.

Since it was a game of "truth or dare," they had to ask private questions, those that would normally not be answered; this is the essence of the game.

Sonoko, naturally, didn't beat around the bush and asked questions she normally wouldn't ask all at once.

"Lin Yi, what kind of girls do you like?"

After asking the question, Sonoko looked at Lin Yi with great expectation.

Oh, haha!

Answering this question couldn't be easier; he just had to describe the two of them but make the one asking identify with herself—it's a very easy question!

Lin Yi replied, "I like girls who smile a lot… and also those who are quite reserved."

Lin Yi was somewhat greedy, wanting both of them, so he mentioned both points. Having said this, that was it.

Since Sonoko and Ran fulfilled these two points, if he continued talking, he might make a mistake, so he decided not to say anything more.

With these two points mentioned, Ran and Sonoko unconsciously identified with them.

Sonoko showed her happiness on her face, smiling cheerfully.

Meanwhile, Ran flashed a slight smile, trying to hide her joy.

When it was Ran's turn to ask, she inquired, "Lin Yi, why did you suddenly transfer to our school?"

This question… needs to be answered carefully.

After a quick reflection, Lin Yi soon found an answer and said, "Because Teitan Junior High School is one of the best in Japan. I want to get into a good university, and the study environment here is better, so I decided to transfer."

Lin Yi, realizing that he had something called "memory bread," had considered building an image of a "model student" for himself.

However, he was worried that if someone asked him about "his previous school" (or an academic database), he would draw a blank, which could make his image crumble.

So he decided to abandon it; he couldn't be a model student, but being a hardworking student shouldn't be a problem, right?

"Speaking of which, Lin Yi, in class you are really very serious."

During the classes, Sonoko had been observing Lin Yi: "You're even taking notes with great interest."

Those weren't notes… but he was formulating a strategy plan for them…

"I'm not very good at studying…"

Lin Yi quickly gave a heads-up so that if his exam results were poor later, it wouldn't be hard to explain.

As for the memory bread… Lin Yi preferred to use it for learning languages instead of for exams, as it would be a waste.

Unless he could get another bag of memory bread.

This was the first question; both still had more to go.

After all, he had lost.

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