"You're still trying to say you put the medicine in there yourself, aren't you?"
Yoruichi Toyama sighed and said calmly.
"When did you release it?"
“It was…it was…” Sayuri paused for a moment, then answered definitively, “It was when I picked up my drink again.”
"I didn't realize I had taken the wrong one at the time. If Ms. Akemi hadn't reminded me, I definitely would have drunk it."
"I see!"
Yoruichi Toyama drawled out her words with a sarcastic tone.
"If you put it in yourself, and it was just put in, then I'd like to ask you, Miss Sayuri, where did you hide the medicine before?"
"That's right!" Conan's glasses flashed, giving him a "sense of the element" look.
"Caustic alkalis cannot be left in the air. If left for a long time, they will absorb moisture from the air and become a highly corrosive liquid. Therefore, they should be placed in a sealed container with a desiccant."
"That's it!" Yoruichi Toyama chuckled and ruffled Conan's hair again. "Judging by how corrosive this drink is now, it must have contained a considerable amount of caustic soda!"
"Such a big jar, Miss Lily, where did you put it before?"
The way everyone looked at Sayuri had become sharp.
Most of them were Matsumoto's direct subordinates, and they attended the wedding to support their superior. They had only just met their superior's daughter.
And this daughter actually dared to criticize her father in public, which is enough to ruin his image.
In the end, this accusation was just a smokescreen, merely an attempt to exonerate her playboy groom.
Now that things have come to this, who can't see that the real culprit who poisoned the bride is the groom himself!
Inspector Megure coughed first and began to gather his men.
"First, search the outside corridors and lobby to see if there are any similar containers. Be careful when collecting evidence!"
"And you guys, thoroughly search this preparation room!"
The police officers responded with a chorus of agreement, and those who had been instructed and those who hadn't all began to act.
Those who are investigating are investigating, and those who are monitoring are monitoring.
If you really have nothing to do, go find the church staff and inform them that the wedding has been canceled.
Just kidding, a groom who wants to poison his bride, how is that any different from scum?
Why would someone like that want to marry? Matsumoto's daughter must be blind.
...
In the blink of an eye, the church was transformed into a temporary office for the police.
The people directly involved in the incident, as well as the witnesses, all sat in a corner of the preparation room, waiting for Inspector Megure to send someone to take their statements.
Regardless of whether the murderer is obvious or not, in the absence of evidence and without the murderer's confession, the necessary procedures must still be followed.
Manager Matsumoto and his daughter Sayuri, the groom Toshihiko Takasugi, Ran, Sonoko, Akemi, and Conan, who had been in the preparation room with Sayuri, sat in a row, each with their own thoughts.
Yoruichi Toyama didn't participate at all; she could only make up the numbers as Kotaro's cat owner.
Not long after, the police officers who went out to search returned.
"Inspector, this bottle was found in the trash can in the hallway. It was empty, containing only a bag of desiccant."
“In the hallway!” Conan immediately said.
Yoruichi Toyama and Akemi Miyano exchanged a glance and nodded.
Even Inspector Megure reacted much faster than usual this time: "In the corridor? That means..."
He turned to look at Lily, who had already fallen into despair.
“Miss Lily, this bottle, and the caustic soda that it once contained, could not possibly be on you who has never left the preparation room.”
"Therefore, the most suspicious person right now is you—the groom, Mr. Takasugi!"
"Please come back to the police station with us and explain yourself!"
Just as the police officers came up to handcuff Toshihiko Takasugi, he suddenly burst into a fit of maniacal laughter.
Alright, it's time to move on to the murderer's confession.
Yoruichi Toyama and Taro exchanged a glance.
What should I do if I don't want to hear anything at all?
Can we cut this rolling sound and stop broadcasting it? ...
However, apart from the time traveler and the time travel elf, everyone present listened very attentively.
At least we need to know why this groom-to-be chose such a joyous occasion to openly provoke such a powerful figure.
The answer is that the tiger had offended him.
Or rather, he felt that the tiger had offended him.
“I see.” Manager Matsumoto nodded thoughtfully. “I remember now. I was chasing a serial killer at the time and didn’t notice that there was an injured person under his car…”
"Is this your excuse for standing by and watching someone die?" Takasugi Toshihiko roared, his disguise completely shattered. "Which is more important, chasing down a criminal or saving a person on the verge of death?"
"What do you think?" Yoruichi Toyama couldn't listen to this anymore.
"Mr. Matsumoto also explained that he was a serial killer on the run. Can you guarantee that he won't kill again if we don't catch him in time?"
"What does that have to do with me? Protecting the safety of citizens is the duty of the police!"
When it comes to making grand pronouncements, Toshihiko Takasugi is truly an expert.
"See, you said it yourself, wasn't Mr. Matsumoto fulfilling his duty as a police officer when he was chasing the fugitive? If he had left the criminal behind and taken your mother to the hospital first, and then a murder occurred, wouldn't it be people like you who would be criticizing the police?"
Yoruichi Toyama wanted to say something more, but Manager Matsumoto reached out and patted her on the shoulder.
"No... this was indeed my oversight."
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