Conan: Developing business in Kexue World

Chapter 168 The Moment of Life and Death ([-])

Mao Li said: "It's probably because he was in pain after drinking the poison, and that's why he held it too tightly."

Police officer Mumu objected, "Nonsense, if that's the case, the cup would have been crushed long ago."

Shinichi explained: "There is only one reason why the lid of the cup will be opened after drinking this kind of drink with ice cubes, that is, Mr. Urata did not drink the poison, but ate it."

"Did you eat it?" Police Officer Meguro asked.

But Takagi suddenly realized: "That's right. Officer, don't you often put the leftover ice cubes in your mouth and bite them."

Officer Meguro asked, "Do I have any?"

This kind of small habit, I often do not realize it, but it will be noticed by people around me.

Police officer Mu Mu suddenly wanted to understand the method of committing the crime, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He also had the habit of chewing ice with the deceased. If the gangster knew about it...

Police Officer Megure came back to his senses: "So that's it. As long as we know that Dr. Urata has this little habit, we can definitely kill him with poison. Moreover, this poison will not remain on the drink cup."

Mao Li asked: "Then tell me, who is this person who put poison in the ice?"

Shindo: "Mr. Mitani and Ms. Noda who are only responsible for passing drink cups are impossible. As for Ninagawa-san who is responsible for selling drinks, it is very likely to add ice cubes."

Ayako Ninagawa showed a frightened expression and wanted to say something.

Shinichi continued: "But she deliberately replaced the iced coffee that Dr. Urata ordered with Coke without authorization. So it is absolutely impossible for her to make a stupid act of drugging in a drink that may be returned. And At that time, there was another person who ordered the same iced coffee as Dr. Urata, so the target of poisoning cannot be determined, and the danger of betting success or failure on a [-]% chance is too great."

"So?" Officer Mumu was surprised.

Xin nodded: "So the only ones who poisoned Dr. Urata were those who went to buy drinks, or even brought them to the auditorium..."

All eyes turned to one person.

Xinyi revealed the riddle: "The prisoner is you—Miss Hongshang Wuyi."

Hongshang Wuyi lost control of his expression for a moment, showing a look of fear.

Xindao: "After you bought drinks for everyone, just pretend to add creamer and syrup to them on the counter of the drink stand, and then you can add ice cubes mixed with poison."

"Just wait a moment." Noda Mengmei still couldn't believe that Mai was poisoned, and asked a question: "But Mai herself didn't add creamer or syrup."

Mitani Yota also asked: "Didn't Urata also find unused creamer syrup in his pocket?"

Xindao: "That's because she found out that the drink in it turned out to be cola after she added the ice cubes mixed with poison. If she added these things, Mr. Urata might not drink it at all. She would The drinks are brought to you before the play begins, so that you don't want them to be sent back."

"Even if the drinks inside are found to be wrong, it will take a lot of effort to go back and forth to change drinks once the lights in the restaurant are dimmed."

Mu Mu asked, "But how did she carry that poisoned ice cube around?"

"Actually, I found this in the trash can in front of the bathroom when Officer Takagi went out to investigate." Shinichi took out a lavender handbag the size of a palm from his pocket.

Xindao: "This is a metal shrink wallet made of plastic."

Police officer Mumu ordered: "Take it for identification!"

Takagi: "Yes."

Takagi stepped forward to take the bag from the new one, and went out to hand it over to the appraisal team.

Shinichi continued to explain the method: "As long as you put ice cubes mixed with poison in this wallet, and a small piece of dry ice, you can keep the ice cubes from melting for a long time."

"So, Miss Hongshang, after you handed over the poisoned drink to Mr. Mitani along with the other drinks, you went to the bathroom, flushed the dry ice down the toilet, and then threw the wallet into the trash can .Am I right? Miss Hong Shang."

Koshang Mai made the last resistance: "Kudo Shinichi really deserves his reputation, and he does look like a detective. But, you haven't forgotten, I ordered the same iced coffee as Urata, and I also handed both cups of coffee to Sangu is distributed to everyone, and I don’t know which cup of iced coffee he will give to Urata, so how could he poison it?”

"Then again, if I would put success or failure on a bet with only a [-]% chance, Caizi is also possible."

Xinyi smiled and said: "No, the probability is [-]%. Because, you added ice cubes mixed with poison in those two cups of iced coffee."

Officer Mu Mu was taken aback, "How is that possible? She obviously drank all the contents of her drink?"

Xindao: "As long as you finish your drink as soon as possible before the ice melts, you'll be fine."

Officer Takagi returns.

Police Officer Meguro still has doubts: "Even so, her drink cup did not appear. Any poison reaction, if you want to forcefully pour the ice cubes somewhere in order to avoid being suspected, it will arouse the suspicion of the audience around you." right."

"What if, like Mr. Urata, after drinking, she pretended to bite the ice cube and put the poisoned ice cube in her mouth?"

"Nani?" Police officer Mu Mu was shocked, it was possible to do this?Not just down the drink, but put ice cubes in your mouth?It's literally dancing on the tip of a knife.

Xindao: "That's right, in this way, you only need to spit the ice cubes on your palms afterwards, and secretly hide them somewhere."

"And there is..." Shinichi took out a ten-yen coin and bounced it into the air.

The coin drew a perfect parabola, and fell steadily into the hood of Kou's dancing clothes. Heiji even went behind her to prop up the hood just in case.

Xinyi: "Although it is a dangerous act to put ice cubes mixed with poison in your mouth, as long as you make sure that the poison is in the middle of the ice cube and has not melted, there is no danger at all."

Mu Mu still couldn't believe it: "This, but, is she really in the hoodie?"

"Absolutely not wrong." Heiji suddenly said, he took out the coin from the hoodie, holding it with a handkerchief of course, "Otherwise, see for yourself, after buying this ten-yuan coin, it will still shine like a pickup. Right."

Everyone looked at it, and it was really like this.The main material of the ten-yuan coin is copper, and KCN has strong oxidizing properties. When it encounters copper, it will undergo an oxidation reaction, so the ten-yuan coin will become smooth, just like a brand new one.

Heiji said: "This is the best proof of the oxidation-reduction reaction phenomenon that occurs after exposure to cyanide."

"So, that's how it is." Police officer Mu Mu stammered. As a liberal arts student, he really knew very little about this kind of chemical reaction.

Megure asked Shinichi: "However, how do you know that she hid the poisoned ice in her hood?"

Xindao: "Oh, this is because..."

"Because it's raining outside." Hong Shang Wuyi said, "It's obviously raining outside. When we went to find Urata's car with the police just now, I didn't pull up the hoodie, so you started Doubt me."

Xindao: "That's right, I did start to suspect it at the time. You didn't wear a hoodie to avoid cyanide, which would melt after encountering water."

Sangu Balcony was surprised: "Then Wuyi, you really killed Putian?"

Hongshang Maiyi admitted: "Yes, that's right, I was indeed the one who poisoned Urata and killed him. Because, his actions are not qualified to be a doctor at all!"

Oh, then the prisoner couldn't bear the pressure, did he confess his motive for the murder?Is it because he found out that he was stepping on two boats, killing love?Or a vendetta?Or... Kenta guessed from the sidelines.

Noda Yumemi asked: "Why do you say that? What happened?"

Hong Shang Wuyi said: "I think you should also know that he originally planned to publish a paper at this academic conference, right?"

"Yes." Mitani and Noda nodded.

"However, there was a case that overturned Urata's theory, and this doctor lived in our hospital. Unexpectedly, the patient's condition suddenly deteriorated and he died like this. It was as if this exception never existed. "

Noda Yumemi was surprised, "Then, could it be that it's Urata..."

Hongshang Mai glared: "Yes, Dr. Urata prescribed the wrong medicine for that patient, which led to the rapid deterioration of the patient's condition, in order to keep his unsightly theory."

Kenta was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect the reason to be like this. The doctor, as an angel to save the patients, did something like a devil.

Hongshang Mai's tone softened, "Actually, Urata would tell me this, that was when Caizi refused to marry him last week, and I went out to drink with him to relieve boredom. At that time, he didn't know if he felt regretful, or it was too painful He said that a person like him, who can freely decide his life and death, would be played around by a girl 10 years younger than him. This world is really karma."

Noda Mengmei: "Why?"

"So I showed great righteousness to him, and I told him that a doctor like him who plays with human life will be punished."

Takagi asked: "Then, the person who put the medicine bottle in the glove box of Mr. Urata's car is also..."

"Yes, that's what I put there too. I deliberately hid the driver's license in the glove box in order to shake Urata." Koshang Mai admitted, then turned to Shinichi and said, "Detective, your luck is still there." That's good. Thanks to the rain, otherwise, you wouldn't be able to find any evidence to prove that I was the murderer."

"You are wrong." Shinichi denied, and said to himself: "Even if I didn't find any problem with the hood, I was going to ask the police to examine your clothes, because you kept the useless creamer and syrup. From this point of view, I have already determined that the murderer is you."

(End of this chapter)