People in Conan, aiming to be the idol of the whole nation

Conan walked into the murder scene and happened to see Fujie Akiyoshi guarding Umemiya.

"Um, Conan. Why are you here?"

Fujie Akiyoshi said in surprise.

"Uncle Maori is on the phone with Inspector Megure, let me come and take a look first."

Conan pushed the blame onto Kogoro Mouri in an attempt to get away with it.

"Oh, is that so? I didn't expect Detective Maori to bother a kid like you to come here. It seems that he treats you as his apprentice. Well, Conan, go tell Detective Maori that when the incident happened, this Umemiya classmate took a bottle of lemonade, and then Takasugi Toshihiko snatched it away and drank it, resulting in poisoning. Tell him to quickly call the police to come and check it out!"

Fujie Akiyoshi continued speaking along with Conan's words, as if he completely believed that Conan was really called over by Mouri Kogoro.

[So, the poisonous lemonade was only touched by these two people in the entire known process? ]

Conan lowered his head and saw an empty capsule, only half full, near the pocket of the dead man lying on the ground.

Conan wanted to pick it up, but considering there were two people nearby, he was unsure about what to do.

"I really didn't poison you. How could there be any poison on me?"

Umemiya cried out, saying it was so unlucky that he suddenly became the number one suspect.

"Shut up, Conan, I'll take him out first to prevent him from destroying the scene. If someone comes in later, don't let them destroy the scene, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!"

As he spoke, Fujie Akiyoshi took Umemiya out of the lounge.

"Okay, Brother Fujie, I will take good care of you!"

It always felt like it was going a little too smoothly. I didn't expect the other party to just take Umemiya away.

Without thinking too much, Conan picked up half of the capsule with a handkerchief. Then he looked at the beverage bottle that had fallen to the ground, and a capsule that was about to dissolve could be seen at the mouth of the bottle.

[As expected! But, shouldn’t it be like this? ]

"Boom!"

"Little devil, how did you get in here? Don't ruin the scene!"

Kogoro rushed in and punched Conan, causing a large bump to appear on his head. Then, he carried Conan out of the murder scene.

After receiving a call from Kogoro Mouri, Inspector Megure immediately rushed to the battlefield with a large force. Oh, no, it should be the scene!

"Inspector Matsumoto, according to the investigation, Takasugi Toshihiko died of poisoning due to inhaling an excessive amount of sodium hydroxide. A lethal amount of sodium hydroxide was indeed detected in the drink, as well as this capsule that was about to dissolve. According to our relevant inspections, this capsule will generally dissolve within fifteen minutes. Therefore, our preliminary determination is that the murderer placed the poisonous capsule in the drink within fifteen minutes of the crime and then poisoned it."

After some investigation, Inspector Megure reported the information to Superintendent Matsumoto. Because unlike the original work, he is not the father of the bride nor the suspect, but just an inviter who happened to come across the performance.

Therefore, it is natural that he will be in charge of this case.

"Kogoro, I heard that you have become a famous detective recently. Come and analyze this."

Commander Matsumoto glanced at Kogoro. Hearing that his former subordinate had become somewhat famous recently, he took this opportunity to test him.

"Ahaha, Mr. Matsumoto asked me to tell you. It's probably that Umemiya who poisoned the lemonade beforehand and then gave it to Mr. Matsumoto to show his kindness. He wanted to displease Takasugi Toshihiko and take the lemonade away."

Kogoro pointed at Umemiya who was restrained by the police and said confidently. As for the two men's pursuit of Sayuri before, Inspector Matsumoto also told Kogoro and the others for the convenience of investigation.

This time it wasn't a choose-one-out-of-three or choose-one-out-of-four situation. Apart from the waiter who brought the drinks, only the two of them touched the bottle of lemonade.

As for the waiter, they had already investigated it and found that he had nothing to do with them. There was no incident of Takasugi Toshihiko insulting the waiter, so it was unlikely that he would poison her.

"Inspector Matsumoto, Officer Megure. The lemonade the deceased drank only had fingerprints of the deceased and Mr. Umemiya."

A policeman came out and reported.

"Ah, it really wasn't me. Although I like Sayuri-sensei very much, there is no need to do such a dangerous thing. What if Sayuri-sensei took it and drank it and got poisoned?!"

Umemiya asked back.

"Oh, then why don't you tell me why you kept the drink and didn't give it to Sayuri-sensei? You kept talking to yourself. Aren't you just trying to stall for time so that Takasugi Toshihiko could take it away?"

Kogoro spoke loudly, each word sounding so powerful that it made people feel certain.

"Brother Maori, what you said is quite right. You and Takasugi Toshihiko were rivals for a while. It's normal for you to know some things about him. Maybe you calculated that he would try to prevent you and Sayuri from communicating!"

Inspector Megure followed Kogoro's line of thought and said, "It is indeed possible if you think about it this way."

[Really? It's not that easy. Let me do it! ]

After collecting a lot of evidence, Conan can basically put the clues together to form a reasonable line, but he still doesn't understand one thing. However, first save Mr. Umemiya who almost became a scapegoat.

Conan took out the anesthetic needle and shot it at Kogoro.

"what!"

Kogoro screamed, then his eyes began to close. His body leaned back, made strange movements, and then sat on the ground.

Fujie Akiyoshi stood aside and watched Conan take out the voice changer and start controlling the sleeping Kogoro. He raised a smile at the corner of his mouth and took a few steps back to Sayuri's side.

"Brother Maori, are you okay?"

Seeing Kogoro sitting on the ground, his good friend Officer Megure hurried forward to ask.

"No need, Officer Megure. I think this sitting posture is fine. Next, let me deduce the truth of today's case. Mr. Umemiya is not the murderer, the murderer is someone else!"

Said the voice of Conan user Maori Kogoro.

"Why did you change your mind again?"

Inspector Megure was speechless.

"Sorry, I just wanted to check Mr. Umemiya's reaction. I found that his hands would tremble uncontrollably when he was nervous. If he was really asked to carry out the poisoning, it is inevitable that there would be something strange in such a tense process. However, combined with the memories of Ms. Takenaka and others, Umemiya did not show any panic during this process. So, I have some doubts that the murderer is someone else. Of course, this is just my guess, after all, he may have practiced it. But Conan, take out that thing."

Conan jumped out, held up a half capsule shell wrapped in a handkerchief and handed it to Inspector Megure. Then, when everyone's eyes were focused on it, he hid behind his back and continued to reason.

"This is what Conan found next to the deceased's pocket. There should still be some residual sodium hydroxide on it. Everyone, do you understand what I mean?"

"Could it be that?"

Inspector Megure raised his voice, and Conan thought he understood and said "hmm".

"Did he accidentally drop it on the ground in panic after the Umemiya incident?"

Hearing this answer, Conan felt a headache.

I led you step by step, and yet you still took the wrong path!

"No, I think the murderer opened the sodium hydroxide capsule in advance, poured it into the drink, and then flattened half of the capsule and placed it on the bottle mouth with a straw. There was a decorative fake flower on the straw, which just happened to block the capsule. When the waiter picked up the lemonade and brought it over, it was bound to cause quite a stir.

Next, half of the capsule fell into the water and began to dissolve, so that it could be disguised as a capsule that was suitable for poison. Instead of the murderer's original method of poisoning the drink separately, it was used to confuse the police. To do this, we can investigate who has entered the lounge before and the fingerprints on the capsule. If I remember correctly, there are surveillance cameras outside the lounge. "

"Come to think of it, I went into the lounge once when I passed by it, and I saw Mr. Takasugi inside once."

"what?!"

Fujie Akiyoshi suddenly spoke, and his words instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Even Conan was shocked. He didn't expect that this guy was involved in the case.

"Yeah, but I just went in and talked to him for a few words, then left. Basically, everyone was standing at the door, and they didn't go in to do anything. I just remember Mr. Takasugi said he would prepare some lemonade for Sayuri and the others, and then he said sorry for bothering him and left."

Yes, it is troublesome to prepare poison specifically for Sayuri.

So, Fujie Akiyoshi hypnotized him and gave him the glass of water to send him to heaven early to repay his debts!

"Fujie would never poison someone. He would never risk Sayuri's safety!"

Inspector Matsumoto said loudly, using these two absolutes to make his position clear.

Although he was somewhat upset about Fujie Akiyoshi's affair with the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, he was also very clear that Fujie Akiyoshi would never do such a thing.

Many people present looked at Fujie Akiyoshi. They all kept silent because they knew very well that Fujie Akiyoshi would never do such a thing.

Or maybe he didn't bother to poison and kill people. If the other party really wanted Takasugi Toshihiko to die, there were countless ways to do it. There was no reason to do something that would most likely expose himself!

"That's right. There are many ways to kill someone. How could Fujie-san take such a big risk? If you really want to kill Takasugi Toshihiko, tell our Suzuki Group. Just bring down the Takasugi Group and make him bear a huge debt, so that he will be so desperate that he will jump into Tokyo Bay?"

Sonoko agreed very much with what Matsumoto Kiyonaga said, and then said something that was easy and feasible.

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence.

Everyone looked at Sonoko, and many of them sighed: She is worthy of being the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, she looks carefree, but she is very ruthless when she gets serious.

"Yuanzi, stop talking!"

Xiaolan looked at her best friend and didn't know what to say. It was a bit inappropriate to talk about how to kill the deceased here.

"But if that's the case, then it means..."

Inspector Megure is not stupid either. There is only one possibility in this situation.

"That means the murderer who poisoned the victim is actually Takasugi Toshihiko himself!"

Conan continued.