Chapter 3

Although he is unconscious, I have confirmed that his breathing is regular… There appear to be no external injuries, and he has been put into a deep sleep.

I have called the police and an ambulance. With this, there should be no further problems.

Good work! The crowd’s finally clearing out.

Now then, the next thing on the list is— For us to investigate this case!

Investigate?

The culprit would be getting farther and farther away if we're just standing around waiting for the cops! They’d run off with the juicy fruit of truth I've been after!

If it was a crime driven by hatred, they could've just finished it with one single blow. But no... They went out of their way to knock the victim out, then scrawled 'RACHE' on the wall in ink...

So roundabout! And pointless! It reeks of human mystery! I wanna catch this culprit, crack ‘em open, and see what’s inside!

However, I recommend that we avoid getting involved with trouble during our stay here.

Ehhhhhh~! Pretty please, Nari! I’ll even give you a piece– Half of my crunchy candy with you~!

(...I believe it’s rather difficult to stop Yowa-sama in this state.)

(In this situation, it would be best for me to partake in the investigation and quickly return to our original schedule.)

……

Understood. I agree that we should conduct a quick investigation to figure out the culprit. I will help with the investigation.

Yay~! That’s the Watson I know!

(Once we catch the culprit, I'll just quietly nab a few samples before handing them over to the police.)

Then let us search the area.

Hm… Nari! There’s something on the ground near that guy!

A white pill. Is this some kind of medicine?

… The identification code has been hashed out. I’ll check what medicine this is.

—After identifying the substance, it seems to be a very potent sleeping drug. It seems you can only get this prescribed by doctors.

Did the culprit make him take this?

Very likely. If the culprit was able to pull off a crime like this, then there’s a possibility that they were prescribed this very potent sleeping drug.

Can you trace it back to the culprit if we hack?

No, that would be too difficult. Even if our target is in London, a lot of people have been prescribed this drug.

Well then, the next thing to do is~ …To ask around♪

≪You! Over there! Mind if we ask some questions?≫

≪Huh, me!?≫

≪Have you seen anyone suspicious around here?≫

≪Hmm. I was just out here on a walk trying to find something that’ll go viral…≫

≪Ah, but earlier–≫

≪Were you able to recall something?≫

≪I saw a man looking around restlessly. He looked super pale, was wearing a brown coat, and was all hunched over…≫

≪As soon as people noticed the man who collapsed over there and things got noisy, that guy bolted toward Baker Street.≫

Ohhh! This guy deserves 10,000 points for being super suspicious!

≪Ah, you mean that bloke, I saw him too! He had long blond hair, yeah?≫

≪He suddenly bumped into me and made me spill my milk tea. Oh my god, this is literally the worst!≫

… I see. Then there is a possibility that the culprit has milk tea on him.

Just a short while ago when I was checking the area, though there were wet footprints nearby that man, the traces are starting to disappear. So, next we have to…

…Ufufu.

Yowa-sama?

Ahaha! This case is already laid bare in front of a genius inventor like me!

Come forth! ‘Crystal-Clear Trace-Detecting Magnifier’!

Take a look at the ground with this magnifying glass, Nari.

! I’m able to see the footprints clearly emerging from the surface.

This magnifier is a gadget that makes the smell from footprints visible in a kawaii way, letting you track footprints. If we use this, we can follow where the footprints lead–

We can find the culprit, then.

There are footprints surrounding the victim. We should follow them.

≪Hey, can I go now? I promised to meet with a friend.≫

≪Me too. No matter how much I want to go viral, I want to avoid police cases.≫

≪Yes. Thank you for your cooperation. I recommend that you capture something cutesy if you want to go viral. Have a pleasant day, you two.≫

Let’s follow these footprints, Nari! Our next destination is…

Baker Street!