Chapter 16: Catching the Murderer
"Suzuki Sonoko"'s words stunned everyone and they immediately began to recall the content of the previous conversation.
Shiratori Renzaburo reacted quickly, looked at one of them with sharp eyes, and said, "The murderer is you! Miss Arimi Hisami!"
Swish, everyone's eyes were focused on Arushi Lingmei.
Her expression changed slightly, and then she shouted sternly, "What nonsense are you talking about! How could I be the murderer?! Be careful or I'll sue you for defamation!"
Her self-righteous demeanor actually intimidated quite a few people, and some even defended her: "Arizumi and Hoshimoto are best friends, she couldn't possibly be harming her!"
Shiratori Renzaburo remained unmoved and said leisurely, "Just now, the police didn't say why Miss Hoshimoto fell into a coma."
Azumi Ryomi retorted, "Didn't you say it was a drug?"
"Suzuki Sonoko" smiled slightly: "Yes, we only talked about drugs."
When Azumi Hisami heard this, she finally reacted and her expression became panicked.
Shiratori Renzaburo said in a deep voice, "Then may I ask Miss Arizumi, how did you know that Hoshimoto Kana fell into a coma after taking the 'obedient water'?"
All those who had defended her before fell silent, staring at her in disbelief.
"I, I just heard about this thing and said it casually. Aren't all drugs the same?" Although Arizumi felt guilty, her voice became louder and louder. "Do you have any evidence? You can't conclude that I am the murderer based on just this one sentence!"
"Suzuki Sonoko": "Evidence? Yes."
Edogawa Conan crawled out from under the table. He walked around to Nagao Hide and asked with his head tilted up, "Hey, big brother, where did you change into your swimsuits?"
Nagao Hide was stunned, pointed in a direction and said, "There's a dressing room over there."
"Then your bag is placed there too, right?" asked Conan Edogawa.
Nagao Hide nodded: "There are lockers inside, and there are electronic locks."
"There's surveillance in the corridor in front of the locker room," Shiratori Renzaburo said immediately, "Azumi Ryomi put the drugs in your bag, they must have been caught on camera!"
Arizumi clasped her hands together, raised her chin and said, "Then go check it out!"
"It's highly likely that we won't be able to find out." Edogawa Conan turned around and said in Sonoko's voice, "The camera's angle is a bit off, and we can't tell which dressing room the customer walked into. If we go and check, I'm afraid we'll only see Miss Arizumi entering and leaving the dressing room multiple times. That's not evidence."
The corners of Arizumi Lingmei's mouth slowly curled up.
But the next second, "Suzuki Sonoko" said again: "However, the locker has an electronic lock. If you want to open it, you can only take the bracelet off Mr. Nagao's hand."
Nagao Hide raised his hand and said, "I share a locker with someone, and the bracelet is with him."
When the man heard this, his face turned pale and he said, "I, my bracelet fell off once when I was swimming. I didn't notice it at first, but someone else stepped on it and picked it up and gave it back to me..."
Sweat began to form on Arimi Lingmei's forehead.
"Suzuki Sonoko" continued, "Ms. Arizumi used this time to put the drugs into Mr. Nagao's bag. The electronic bracelet was soaked in water, and the fingerprints on it may have been washed away, but..." Conan paused, "The lockers here are not pop-up lockers. You have to pull the buckle by hand to open them. The police officer from the Forensic Department will take samples and compare them to see if there are any of Ms. Arizumi's fingerprints on them."
Azumi Rinmi was already panicking. She was about to retort when she heard Kindaichi say, "Don't bother." He waved his phone and said, "I've asked a classmate on campus to check the chemistry lab's borrowing records for me, and your name is on it. So, may I ask, you're a student in the Economics and Management department, why did you want to borrow the chemistry lab? Also, even if you don't report the lab's consumables, the administrators will regularly check them. It just so happens that the lab you borrowed hasn't been used recently. Just check to see what's missing after you used it, and you can probably figure out what experiments you did. Also, you might not know that some substances can't be cleaned clean with water."
Kindaichi stared at her and smiled. "Do you have anything else to say?"
Under Kindaichi's gaze, Arimi Hisami's head lowered lower and lower, her hands clutching her pants, and her whole body was trembling slightly.
Shiratori Renzaburo said in a deep voice, "Does this mean you plead guilty?"
But Yuzumi Lingmei slowly shook her head. She reached into her pocket, quickly took out a spring knife, and stabbed it towards Dong Yexi.
Everyone:!!
Higashino Hi:!!!
Dong Yexi reacted very quickly. He fell to the ground, but his hands tightly gripped the blade, preventing him from moving forward.
[100% bare-handed catching of blades]!
Hatori Yui immediately snatched the spring knife, grabbed Arimi Ryomi's arm with one hand and twisted it back. She screamed in pain, and Shiratori Renzaburo quickly handcuffed her.
Dong Yexi sat on the ground in shock, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Just now! The tip of the knife was only 1 centimeter away from his eyes! He almost lost his sight!
Hatori Yui grabbed his arm and helped him up, asking worriedly, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Higanohei shook his head. "No. My legs are just a little weak." He grabbed Hatori Yui's arm tightly, half of his body leaning on him. "Let me lean on you for a while."
Hatori Yui immediately stood up straight and used himself as a wall.
Azumi Ryomi was still struggling, and Shiratori Renzaburo couldn't control her alone, so he called a few policemen to help hold her down.
Arizumi Lingmei was pinned to the ground, roaring in the direction of Higashino Hiroshi: "It's all your fault! If you hadn't said you wouldn't go outdoors, I wouldn't have carried out this plan! If you hadn't saved her, my plan would have succeeded! I wouldn't have been caught!"
Dong Yexi pointed at himself and said in disbelief: "You killed someone and you blame me for not cooperating?"
Kindaichi walked over to Azumi Ryomi and squatted down. He lifted her chin, stared into her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Even if Higashino Hiki hadn't been involved in this incident, Hoshimoto Kana wouldn't have died. As long as she sank to the bottom, I would have discovered it. Even if it was a little later, she wouldn't have drowned. And you think things are too simple. As long as the police start investigating, they will definitely discover the conflict between you and Hoshimoto and focus on investigating you, thus discovering your borrowing records. So you see, no matter what, you will be arrested."
"The moment you take action, your future is over."
Arizumi Lingmei's lips trembled slightly, and she said hatefully, "Why? She clearly deserves to die! She has everything she needs, so why did she snatch my admission to postgraduate study! She didn't want it herself, but gave it to that nightclub guy! Am I not her friend? Why did she steal my chance?!"
Kindaichi raised an eyebrow and said, "You mean the spot in the Department of Economics and Management?" He released his grip on her chin, stood up, and said, "No one else wanted your spot. You just didn't meet the requirements. Hoshimoto never applied, and due to family reasons, she won't be pursuing graduate school. Nagao was chosen based on her own abilities. Everything you imagine is just your imagination. You're not as good as you think you are."
After hearing this, Azumi Ryomi's head felt like it had been hit hard, and everything went blank. She muttered to herself, "I'm not qualified? I haven't met the standards?"
Before the police took her away, Nagao Hide said, "Actually, I applied for an overseas exchange student, and I borrowed money from Xingben to raise tuition for studying abroad. This way, a place for guaranteed admission to graduate school will be vacant. According to the order, the place should be yours."
Yuzumi Lingmei paused and said dejectedly, "Then what on earth am I doing this for..."
The case was resolved smoothly, but it was still a pity.
Mao Lilan leaned against Suzuki Sonoko dejectedly and whispered, "What kind of friendship is this?"
Dong Yexi, who was standing by, finally stopped being weak in the knees. He stood up straight, stretched, and said, "This is not friendship. Killing someone for an uncertain piece of information, what kind of friendship is that?"
Suzuki Sonoko woke up from her coma, looked at Mao Lilan with a confused look on her face, and asked, "What happened?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she received a lot of praise.
"Ms. Suzuki was so cool just now!", "The 'Sleeping Kogoro' imitation is so good!", "She's really inherited the true teachings of Kogoro Mori!", "She's truly the Queen of Mysteries!"...
Although Suzuki Sonoko was completely confused, it didn't stop her from accepting everything. She smiled proudly, "Hahaha! You're right! No murderer can escape my eyes!"
Edogawa Conan dead fish eyes: Haha, as long as you are happy.
It was already late, and although Xingben had booked a room here, Dongye Xi and the others were preparing to go home.
It just so happened that Toru Matsuzaki had a car, which was big enough for the four of them.
Higashino Xi turned to look at Hatori Yuiichi and asked, "Are you sure you don't need to send it?"
Hatori Yui smiled and said, "No need. I live nearby. It's just a short walk."
Dong Yexi sighed: "I called you to the party, but you didn't get to eat anything...Are you hungry? How about I treat you to a midnight snack?"
Hatori Yuiichi quickly refused, "No need. I ate a little before coming here, so I'm not hungry."
"Okay. We'll be leaving first then." Dong Yexi opened the car door and turned back to say, "Remember to send me a message when you get home."
Hatori Yui smiled and nodded.
Anda Shizuku, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but imitate him and repeat himself, then said, "Do you think he's a little girl? You still want to report that you're safe?"
Higashino Hi said, "As the president, I have to pay attention to the new members! I told more than just him."
Anda Shizuku turned around and gave him a complicated look: "Did you ask all the newcomers to send you a message after they arrived home?"
Dong Yexi nodded: "Yeah!"
Anda Shizuku gave him a thumbs-up: "6."
Conan Edogawa kept staring in the direction of Higashino Hiroshi, and was a little confused when he saw that Hatori Yui didn't go with them.
It turns out they are not really a couple!
But Dong Yexi's movement of leaning on him was very natural!
Conan Edogawa always remembered Higashino Hiroshi's coming out declaration, and Hatori Yui should be his type.
However, just because it’s not the case now doesn’t mean it won’t be the case in the future.
As he was thinking, he walked and accidentally bumped into a lady.
"Auntie, I'm sorry!" Edogawa Conan apologized quickly.
The lady didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled and reminded him, "Little boy, don't think about anything while walking. It's too dangerous!"
Edogawa Conan nodded obediently: "Yeah!"
At this time, the Suzuki family's car arrived. Edogawa Conan waved to the lady, then quickly ran over and sat in the back seat.
As the car started, he inadvertently saw Hatori Yui walk into the hotel again.
Conan Edogawa thought to himself: How many rooms did Miss Hoshimoto book? Is it enough for so many people to stay?
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