Coroner Coroner

"He ran and jumped off the building by himself. You, as well as those who passed by, have seen this."

"So, his death has nothing to do with us!"

"At most... we are just bullying at most, and it will be fine if we are taught a few words by the police."

The more Ishikawa spoke, the more confident he became, as if his bullying was just a trivial matter.

He even said confidently to Lin Xinyi, Kudo, and Maurilan and Miyano Shiho who came later:

"By the way... you guys shouldn't be in a hurry to leave."

"You are eyewitnesses, and you all saw that Uchida jumped from the upstairs himself."

"Uchida's death has nothing to do with us. When the police arrive, you have to explain these matters to the police."

"..."

There was a brief silence.

Lin Xinyi looked at the corpse quietly, completely ignoring it.

There was a smile on Kudo's mouth, which was very meaningful.

And Miyano Shiho, who arrived later, was even more lazy to speak, because she had no interest in this matter at all.

Compared to the murder case, Lin Xinyi, who was observing the corpse with a serious face, was more attractive to her.

In the end, the only one who broke the silence was Miss Maurilan:

"You...you two bastards!"

She clenched a pair of fists until the knuckles turned white, and the anger that had been accumulated for a long time broke out at this moment:

"This Uchida classmate has been forced to jump off the building by you."

"Don't you two have even the least guilt?"

The male high school student named Aoki lowered his head dodgingly, not daring to look at Mao Lilan.

But Ishikawa was just the opposite. Not only did he not show any guilt, but he replied viciously:

"What does it mean to be made to jump off the building by us..."

"He has a bad mentality and came to commit suicide. Can he depend on us?"

"Tell the police if you have the ability!"

"Let's see if they're going to arrest us for this?"

"You?!" Very rarely, Mao Lilan was angry.

She saw Uchida's lifeless corpse, and Ishikawa's hideous expression that showed no guilt at all.

The stark contrast between the dead and the living made her anger almost uncontrollable.

"Don't get excited, Lan!"

At a critical moment, Kudo Shinichi once again stopped his childhood sweetheart in time.

"New One!"

Maolilan obviously didn't want to stand by and watch the two bullies continue to be arrogant in front of the victim's body.

But Kudo Shinichi's attitude is very firm: "The punishment of the criminals should be handed over to the police."

Mao Lilan lowered her fist slowly, she knew that Xinyi was right, and she shouldn't use violence to control violence.

However, she still felt completely unacceptable:

"The police don't care about this kind of thing..."

"School bullying...no one will ever care."

Maorilan's expression was a little sad, and she felt sad for the injustice suffered by the deceased.

"No, this time is different."

Kudo Shinichi said very seriously in Maurilan's ear:

"Didn't you notice?"

"Mr. Lin Xinyi has been observing the corpse from the very beginning, and his eyes are the same as then."

"Ah?" Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something: "Could it be, you mean..."

"Yes."

"Mr. Lin must have seen it too."

Kudo Shinichi nodded lightly, his eyes extremely sharp:

"Bullying is ignored, but killing is different."

Chapter 23 Kudo Shinichi's Challenge

Hearing the word "kill" from Kudo's mouth, Mao Lilan couldn't help but widen his eyes:

"They really killed Uchida-san?!"

However, Kudo signaled her not to show excitement with his eyes, and then said softly in her ear:

"Right now I just have a guess, and I'm not completely sure."

"Don't act rashly, and don't conflict with those two guys."

"Wait until I investigate further..."

"Only by finding more clues can I confirm this conjecture."

With that said, Kudo pretended to be at peace, and quickly pulled Mao Lilan away from the two bullies.

Maurilan glanced at Ishikawa, who was still ashamed, and turned to Kudo and said:

"Shinichi...how to investigate?"

"Can I help?"

Even if she didn't move her fist, she instinctively wanted to contribute to the case.

"Don't worry." Kudo Shinichi said confidently, "Just leave it to me next."

Speaking without hesitation...

He turned around and slowly approached the old fire-fighting ladder in the alley, welded to the outside of the wall of the department store.

"Hey...you, what are you doing there?"

As soon as Kudo Shinichi approached the fire ladder, Ishikawa's expression changed slightly.

With a gloomy face, he said sternly:

"This, this is the crime scene, don't run around."

"Oh?"

Kudo Shinichi's footsteps did not stop at all:

"I really can't see it..."

"As a delinquent teenager, do you still have the awareness to help the police take care of the scene?"

"But Uchida-san didn't commit suicide?"

It may be that he was educated by Miyano Shiho before, and this great detective has learned to be yin and yang:

"This kind of suicide scene with no suspense at all, I can just walk around without any problem, right?"

"..." Ishikawa choked violently.

His face was stiff and he wanted to say something, but in the end he stood there hesitant to say anything.

And Kudo stepped on the fire ladder without looking back, and started to climb up the stairs.

The iron ladder has been rusted beyond appearance.

Stepping on the steps, every time I took a step up, I could hear the shocking sound of the iron ladder trembling.

And the rusty handrail of the guardrail is even more unusable. With a little support, it staggers as if it will fall at any time.

"New One!"

Maurilan cried out with some worry.

Speaking of which, when she and Xinyi were traveling in New York, they once rescued a guy who almost fell to his death because the guardrail fell off on this dilapidated fire ladder.

Having had such a thrilling experience, she naturally felt a little uneasy about Kudo who hastily climbed the iron ladder.

But Kudo Shinichi was still moving forward firmly, and he only had concentration in his eyes.

Finally, he climbed to the top of the fire stairs.

The department store has a total of six floors, and the fire stair has only been built to the height of four floors.

After climbing to the fourth floor, Kudo Shinichi tried to touch the iron door that opened on the outer wall of the building:

"Sure enough, this door is completely rusted to death."

"There is no way to enter the building from here."

He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, then lowered his head and searched carefully on the small platform at the top of the iron ladder.

But Kudo didn't find anything here.

He only observed the gap in the guardrail up close.

After a little comparison of the length and shape, he was more certain that the guardrail that fell beside the corpse fell off from here.

"The clues aren't enough..."

"Looks like I'll have to look elsewhere."

Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi quickly walked down the stairs and returned to the ground in the alley.

And his investigation further aroused Ishikawa's attention: