Chapter 648 I Don't Want to Get Involved in Those Murder Cases
Qian Zhu took a sip of tea, glanced at Conan coming downstairs out of the corner of her eye, turned to look at him, and smiled gently, "Conan, you're awake. Do you feel any better from your cold?"
Conan nodded slightly upon hearing this, his voice still a bit muffled, "Yeah, I feel much better, but why did you wake up so early?"
"I tend to get up earlier when it's cold," Qianzhu replied softly, as if it were indeed his habit.
Conan blinked, slightly taken aback. "Ah, I see..."
But according to normal people, shouldn't they want to stay in bed more in winter, wishing they could hibernate like animals?
However, some people do have these habits, so Conan didn't think much of it.
When the butler saw him come down, he also got up to say goodbye to Qianzhu and went to check on how the breakfast preparations were going.
While it's true that winter makes people want to sleep more, there's no reason to stay snuggled up in a cozy bed and continue hibernating in this villa where a murder occurred. So almost everyone got up very early.
Okada Sumire, who had secretly gone to the crime scene in the middle of the night, also pretended to be like everyone else and followed Okazaki Naganobu down to the living room early.
When her gaze fell upon Qianzhu, she quickly looked away.
On the surface, everyone seemed to have rested quite well, except for Kawabata Nagi.
It wasn't that he was doing anything sneaky, but rather that he was simply unable to sleep because of Kogoro Mouri's snoring.
Kogoro Mouri, feeling deeply apologetic, scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.
During this time, Conan went to the hot spring again to re-examine the deceased's state of death.
The body was pulled out of the hot spring after it was discovered, and now, after a night, the body is cold and stiff.
However, no wounds or other marks were found on his body, which further convinced Conan that the deceased had died of poisoning, although he still could not determine what kind of poison it was.
However, it can be tentatively identified as cyanide.
A very familiar cyanide.
But how exactly did the murderer poison the victim?
Conan put his hands in his pockets and wandered around the hot spring area.
Then he suddenly realized that something seemed different from last night.
I made a special trip to get the photos I took at the scene last night and compared them carefully.
Then they discovered that something was indeed different; something was missing from the scene compared to the photo.
Conan's eyes flashed, he put the photo back in its place, and ran back to the living room.
"Conan, where have you been again? Come and have breakfast."
He was caught by Ran Mouri as soon as he appeared.
"Okay~" Conan has completely mastered the skill of 'getting away with cuteness'.
While eating breakfast, Conan secretly observed the behavior of the five suspects, but their behavior seemed quite normal.
After breakfast time, Conan casually mentioned it, then secretly observed everyone's reactions.
"Oh, right, Uncle, I think I found a ring at the hot springs last night, but when I went to check on it today, it was gone."
Then he caught a glimpse of Okada Sumie's slightly evasive gaze and her narrowed pupils.
Before he could even think of anything, Kogoro Mouri punched him in the face. "You little brat, why didn't you say so earlier?! You're only saying it now, aren't you?!"
"Ouch!" Conan clutched his head, his eyes filled with saline solution from the pain, and then Ran hugged him with a look of grievance on his face.
"Dad! Conan is still sick!"
Kogoro Mouri simply ignored these words, letting them go in one ear and out the other.
"I just want to ask who took the ring."
Conan rubbed his still-throbbing head, his voice filled with aggrieved accusation.
"Do you mean, little brother, that someone secretly went to the hot springs last night while everyone was resting and took the ring?" Harada Yumiko raised an eyebrow slightly.
"But everyone stayed in pairs last night. Wasn't that person afraid of being discovered if he acted rashly?" Kawabata Megumi asked, slightly puzzled.
"Unless... the person in the room knows what the other is doing but doesn't say, or one of them is sleeping too soundly to notice the other's actions."
The latter feels like it's targeting Kogoro Mouri.
Kogoro Mouri's lips twitched slightly.
The living room fell silent.
Just then, Qianzhu's cough suddenly rang out. After the cough subsided, a smile appeared on his face, but it still couldn't hide his pale complexion. "If we're talking about who got up and left the room last night, then I did come to the living room."
"Huh??" Conan looked at Chizuru with a blank expression.
The latter coughed lightly and continued to explain, "Because I wasn't feeling well last night, I was afraid of waking Conan, so I left the room."
After he finished speaking, he coughed violently again.
"Qianzhu!"
"Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"
Those who were familiar with Qianzhu immediately tensed up.
Qianzhu nodded slightly, "That's fine, besides, all my medicines are in the room."
He stood up and, with Ran Mouri's help, went back to his room.
After politely declining Ran Mouri's suggestion to stay and keep him company, Chizuru moved a chair to the window and sat down. He glanced at the snow scene outside and then picked up a book to read.
As long as he doesn't say anything, no one will know that he doesn't want to get involved in those murder cases.
His hand, which was turning the page, paused slightly.
Although I don't want to, sometimes I still have to get involved.
Through the window, he saw the police helicopter landing on the open ground in front of the villa.
An hour or two later, the murderer was successfully apprehended.
As Chizuru suspected, it was indeed Harada Yumiko who killed Furuya Shinnosuke.
The reason for the murder was that the two had been in a romantic relationship, but after their breakup, Shinnosuke Furuya continued to blackmail her with private matters. The expensive clothes and accessories he wore were all bought with money he had extorted from Yumiko Harada.
On the very day that Harada Yumiko made her move, Furuya Shinnosuke came to blackmail her again, which only intensified her desire to take action.
She did use cyanide, after all, it's fast-acting, potent, and, more importantly, very common in Beika City.
As for why Okada Sumie took such a big risk to pick up the ring in the middle of the night...
That's because the ring belonged to Okazaki Naganobu. He had simply left it near the hot spring by accident, and since he wore more than one ring, he hadn't noticed that he had left it behind.
However, Okada Sumie misunderstood, thinking that her boyfriend had done it, which is why she rushed to pick it up in the middle of the night.
But the reason she misunderstood was because Shinnosuke Furuya had harassed her more than once, even though he knew she was Naganobu Okazaki's girlfriend.
When Okazaki Naganobu found out, he was furious and confronted him, even saying things like, "If you do it again, I'll kill you." No wonder Okada Sumie misunderstood.
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