Seeing Tatsuya fall to the ground, Mieko screamed in terror, and Katsumi, who was next to her, immediately called an ambulance.
In this situation, one must not panic. When Guangyou saw Tatsuya clutching his throat, he sensed something was wrong and rushed to Tatsuya's side. He helped Tatsuya up and took a closer look, only to find that it was potassium cyanide poisoning.
The potassium cyanide was spreading extremely quickly, almost reaching the heart. Guangyou cursed under his breath and hurriedly told everyone to disperse and open the door to allow air circulation. Then, Guangyou used his palm to tap several acupoints near Tatsuya's heart. Through this special technique, he could block some blood vessels and slow down the spread of the potassium cyanide.
Immediately, Kōyū took out some antidote he had prepared earlier from his pocket and fed it to Tatsuya. After Tatsuya took it, Kōyū did not stop what he was doing and performed some routine first aid measures. Seeing that Tatsuya's uncomfortable face gradually eased, Kōyū breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the others, saying, "He's alright for now. Let's wait for the ambulance to come. He should be fine."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xiaolan looked at Guangyou and asked, "Guangyou, where did you learn this?"
Guangyou stammered, thought for a moment, and said, "This, I learned it when I was fighting with people in the street, otherwise..."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolan was overcome with sympathy and scratched her head. Guangyou, who hadn't yet figured out what to say next, remained silent.
The ambulance and police arrived quickly. The doctor examined him, nodded, and hurriedly took Tatsuya to the hospital.
Inspector Megure's investigation revealed that the poison was already present in the rice ball's hands, thus ruling out Manager Sumii as a suspect. However, Mieko, who was singing before Tatsuya, appeared somewhat distraught when questioned by Inspector Megure, tearfully saying, "It wasn't him who dumped me; I dumped him first! When I confessed my feelings to Tatsuya that day, he told me that he already had someone he liked, and although he didn't know where she was now, he was willing to wait, so he told me I couldn't date him."
These words, combined with the course of events, were indeed very misleading. Mari, who was standing next to her, explained what had happened and tried her best to clear Mieko of suspicion.
Conan asked the crowd, "Who requested that song 'Crimson Venus' that Tatsuya sang?"
The group shook their heads, each saying they truly didn't know.
Conan remembered something and asked, "Does Tatsuya-nii always take off his shirt when he sings?"
Xiao Lan, who was standing next to her, nodded.
Conan seemed to realize something and walked over to Inspector Megure, asking, "Inspector, where on Tatsuya's clothes did you get potassium cyanide stains?"
Inspector Megure thought for a moment and said, "I remember, it should be on his left elbow."
"Where are the other group members' jackets?"
"No, nothing was detected on the jackets of the other group members."
Kōyū rubbed his chin, looking at Conan who seemed to already know the method, and also calmed down and thought about it for a moment.
Although Guangyou was an assassin in his previous life, he knew that the more complicated your methods, the more likely others are to solve the case. Therefore, Guangyou's methods in his previous life were basically simple and brutal, solving the problem with a single shot or a bomb. When he needed to cover up, Guangyou would try to make the crime scene as simple as possible.
Conan walked up to Mieko and asked, "Mieko-neechan, that manager lady who just argued with Tatsuya-nii, do they often do that?"
Mieko had a strong impression of this, saying, "That's right, they always argue whenever something happens, and it's usually Tatsuya who starts the provocation. But Mari isn't the bad woman Tatsuya describes."
Mieko nodded her chin and continued, "She's smart and hardworking. Although she's a great beauty, she's never had any scandals."
At that moment, a police officer carrying a large box said to Inspector Megure, "Inspector, these are all things we found in Tatsuya's office cabinet."
Inspector Megure picked up a stack of papers and looked at them, but found nothing that could be used as a clue. However, a photograph floated down because of its size.
Kōyū picked up the photo and looked at it. Sumii Go said, "Ah, it's so nostalgic. This is a photo of me and the whole band before Tatsuya became a professional singer. But now, only Tatsuya and her are left in the music world."
Conan asked in confusion, "Hey, besides Tatsuya, are there any other members of this band who were scouted by talent agents?"
With a nostalgic look on his face, Go Sumii pointed to the woman in the photo and said softly, "Yes, that's her."
Conan glanced at the remaining three members of the band, then looked at the photo, and said, "They're not here?"
Kōyū noticed some writing on the back of the photo. He snatched the photo, compared it, and looked at the writing on the back. He confirmed his suspicions and said, "This woman must be Mari-neechan."
Ignoring Conan's questioning gaze, Kousuke turned to Go Sumii and asked, "Did Mari-nee have plastic surgery?"
Sumii Go leaned closer, nodded, and said, "Yes."
Guangyou tapped his hands: "I understand!"
Conan seemed to understand as well, sighed, and said to Mitsuyu, "If it's true, then it's too tragic."
Kōyū made a gesture to Conan, and Conan nodded.
Conan and Kouyu set up the private room, and then Conan used a voice changer to impersonate Shinichi and called Inspector Megure, who had already left. Inspector Megure brought Ran, Sonoko, and the three members of the band to the private room.
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