Chapter 46 Open Book Examination
Conan Edogawa, who looks like a first-grader, is actually the 17-year-old genius detective Shinichi Kudo. After witnessing a crime scene, he was forced to consume a poison that made his body shrink. Since then, he has been active as an elementary school student, vowing to bring the criminal gang that harmed him to justice... This is the narration that plays at the beginning of every Conan movie, and Shinichi is repeatedly hit from behind.
Today, Conan Edogawa, who was originally following the FBI to track down the same organization, found out that a member of the organization would attend today's charity auction dinner to assassinate an important person. For this purpose, he specially sneaked into the venue with Shuichi Akai, a former undercover FBI agent who faked his death and continued to investigate the organization using the false identity "Chong Shiang".
But not long after the dinner started, the suspect, who had just picked up a piece of chocolate from the snack plate, may have heard something and suddenly avoided the FBI who were secretly observing him and left the scene.
Fortunately, Conan Edogawa and Shuichi Akai who were in the field quickly realized that the man was likely to change into the employee uniform of the utility room and escape, so they immediately chased after him.
But they were still a step too late. When Conan pushed open the locked utility room, he saw a strange young woman with blood on her right hand, and opposite the woman was the suspect who died with his eyes open.
They had seen many times how the organization would silence its members after discovering that they were exposed and unable to escape, so when the woman looked over, both of them were ready for her to pull out her gun.
But the woman just leaned slowly against the wall, weakly shouted "Someone's dead, help!" and then tilted her head, closed her eyes and stopped moving completely.
? !
First witness, please don't die!
The two men were startled and rushed in to help the woman and check her pulse and breathing. After confirming that the woman had simply fainted, they breathed a sigh of relief and quickly moved her to the corridor to breathe fresh air.
When they moved the person under the light, Conan and Shuichi Akai noticed that the woman's face was pale, so they immediately asked someone to find medical staff.
In fact, Cheng Xiaoyu just didn't have time to make her disguise transparent because she didn't recover enough. If Akai Shuichi and Edogawa Conan came a few minutes earlier, in addition to the medical staff, they would have to find a bottle of makeup remover to remove the "makeup" on her face and look at her skin color to determine whether she can be saved and how to save her.
After all, no normal human being can have a face that blue, whether alive or dead.
At this time, people who did not know the truth had gathered around. However, after all, they had seen and even experienced hundreds of murders in Beika Town in the past six months. Edogawa Conan and Akai Shuichi immediately asked the people outside to call the police and protect the scene. FBI agent Judy, who was disguised in the crowd, dragged a chair for the unconscious woman and waited for her to wake up.
When Cheng Xiaoyu was helped to the chair, she had actually almost recovered, but with so many people surrounding her, it was difficult for her to use magic to escape.
Especially with Edogawa Conan around, God knows whether this approach of subverting Conan's worldview will anger that high-dimensional creature No. 2.
Although the No. 2 high-dimensional creature looks quite peaceful most of the time, who dares to assume where the sensitive points of the highly microorganism are? The slightest thought of such a thing is enough to cause trouble.
Cheng Xiaoyu, who didn't know that she was already suspected of being a member of an illegal organization, secretly sighed that she was unlucky. She had no identity in this world but was involved in a murder case. It would be a lot of trouble when the police interrogated her. Otherwise, she might as well make up an excuse and pretend that "I thought I killed someone". Anyway, Conan would definitely be able to identify the correct murderer in the end.
Let me find some reason to use it...
Cheng Xiaoyu pretended to be unconscious and used her shadow to explore everything around her, and then she "saw" Huihara Xiong in the crowd with a complicated expression, who obviously saw her.
Haibara Yu: Miss Ghost... I haven't seen you for many years. Why do you look a little dead?
Cheng Xiaoyu was ecstatic: Oh, an old acquaintance!
This is a sure thing!
So Cheng Xiaoyu confidently began to inject the blood color of a living person into her disguised skin color, so as not to be in vain for the questions that would be asked later.
The legendary documentary "Corpse Rewarming: The Medical Miracle from the Dead to the Living" is now in theaters!
"What's wrong with you?" Judy noticed Cheng Xiaoyu raised her hand, and Conan and the others who were telling the police how they found the scene immediately ran over. "What did you see?"
Cheng Xiaoyu used the shadow from Huiyuan Xiong's clothes to poke his shoulder, signaling him to wait and cooperate. Then, panicking, she grabbed Judy's hand and began to act out tears in her eyes: "I, I felt blood! Someone's dead! Someone's dead in the corner of the utility room!"
People who don’t know the truth would think that this poor woman was really scared, but knowing that Cheng Xiaoyu tore the ancestor of the cannibal ghosts apart with her bare hands, Huiyuan Xiong was also really scared.
For her superb acting skills.
Cheng Xiaoyu: Are your acting skills strong? I learned it at work.
Officer Megure: "Calm down, Miss. You are safe now. You are the first person to discover this case. Can you tell us how you discovered the body?"
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the people around her awkwardly and said, "Can I...can I talk to the female police officer?"
Officer Megure immediately called Officer Sato, who was on duty this time. "Oh! No problem, no problem. Can we use the next room?"
Judy pretended to be concerned and supported Cheng Xiaoyu. She was still not sure whether this person was a member sent by the organization to silence her: "You just fainted, let me help you go."
Cheng Xiaoyu also needed to continue to play up her innocence and the vulnerability of an ordinary citizen encountering a murder scene: "Thank you very much."
As she left, she poked Huihara Xiong several times with her shadow.
Come on, start making it up! I can make anything you come up with work!
After entering the room, Cheng Xiaoyu took a deep breath to keep herself calm, then sobbed as she recounted her experience, still in shock. "I hadn't slept all day, and just now I felt incredibly dizzy and my heart was beating so fast. I was afraid I might die suddenly, so I decided to squat somewhere deserted to catch up on some sleep. As soon as I squatted down in the utility room, I smelled a faint odor of blood... I initially thought it was my own fault, so I decided to go to the bathroom to check, so I leaned against the wall and tried to stand up. Then I felt something sticky on my hand, and when I got closer I smelled what looked like blood. I looked down and saw a human hand under a pile of broomsticks in the corner. I thought it was a light-colored glove, but when I looked closely I seemed to see an eye... The door behind me opened, and I thought it was the murderer, but when I saw the little boy and the man, they didn't look like the murderer. As soon as I relaxed, I lost consciousness..."
Human eyes cannot adapt to darkness immediately. This answer not only explains why Cheng Xiaoyu could see the corpse in the dark utility room, why she ran into the dark utility room alone, and why she fainted after someone opened the door.
Anyone would faint in this situation. As an ordinary person, she really had a strong heart as she didn't die of fright on the spot!
After hearing the story, Officer Sato looked at Cheng Xiaoyu, who was still clutching her chest, with concern: "Do you need us to accompany you to the hospital for a checkup or to rest in your room? Although we are sorry, we still need your cooperation in our subsequent investigation."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "I can do it. I'm not sleepy anymore after what I just did. I also want to find the murderer quickly and go home to sleep early."
Sato: "Thank you very much... By the way, may I ask your name, Miss? And how old are you?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Meichuan Kuzi, 24 years old."
Sato wrote in his notebook, "Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding, Ms. Umekawa. We will do our best to find out the truth as quickly as possible. Now let's go out together."
When they went out, all the irrelevant people in the corridor were evacuated, and the only ones left were Huihara Yu and a man dressed as a waiter.
Edogawa Conan and Akai Shuichi?
Those weren't irrelevant personnel; they were key personnel. The crime scene in Beika Town could be without police officers, but it couldn't be without them.
Sato handed his recorded confession to Inspector Megure, who, after reading it, lamented inwardly that this man was unlucky: "Ms. Umekawa, if you feel any discomfort during the investigation, please let us know immediately."
Cheng Xiaoyu's confession seemed fine at first glance. After reading it, Conan was just puzzled: "Sister Meichuan, why is your name different from Brother Huiyuan's? Brother Huiyuan said your name is 'Katsuura'."
Cheng Xiaoyu pretended to be helpless and said to Huiyuan: "That's my pen name, not my real name."
Huiyuan Xiong immediately continued: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yushiro, who entrusted me to attend the meeting, asked me to address you like this, and I always thought..."
Edogawa Conan pretended to be a real child and said, "So Miss Umekawa knows a great painter! How amazing! You must be a great painter too!"
Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes dimmed, and she tilted her head slightly and laughed dryly: "Haha... I'm still far from it..."
You act and I act too, come to the Mihua Theater if there’s a show!
"Ah... I'm sorry. But I believe you can do it, sis! You tried so hard."
Conan Edogawa thought he had asked the wrong question and hurt someone, so he replied awkwardly and continued to investigate the crime scene.
After the police explained, Cheng Xiaoyu learned that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning from eating a piece of chocolate tainted with cyanide. The male staff member who stayed behind was the one who brought the plate of chocolate to the table next to the deceased. Huiyuan Xiong had also been near the plate and was therefore considered a suspect.
The suspects are the classic three, Huiyuan Yu, the male waiter and Cheng Xiaoyu.
Cheng Xiaoyu and Huiyuan Xiong saw each other shaking their heads slightly and immediately knew who the murderer was.
It's not absolute trust, but because they both know that if the other party were to take action, it would be impossible for them to leave such a big mistake.
Then is there any need to wonder who the murderer is?
There are only three suspects. If it’s not Cheng Xiaoyu or Huihara Yu, then there is only one suspect!
So the two of them cast complicated looks at the male staff member.
Come on, confess your guilt, brother, and don't waste our time.
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