Chapter 2297 2309 [Case Closed]
Jiang Xia flipped through the information collected by the police like reading a book. What he input were fragmentary clues and fragments, but what he told was like a story he had seen with his own eyes:
"After Mr. Haitang died, around midnight, Mrs. Haitang finished her bath and returned to her bedroom.
"At this time, she received a call from Editor Toda. When she bent down to answer the phone, Mrs. Haitang accidentally knocked over a water bottle beside her."
Suzuki Sonoko suddenly thought of something and blurted out, "No wonder the carpet next to the desk is wet! Did the water in the bottle leak out?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Haitang wanted to drink some water as usual, but the kettle had been knocked over. She had to go to the kitchen to get some water again, but when she passed the refrigerator, she suddenly changed her mind.
"There were a lot of cold beers in the refrigerator. In the past, Mrs. Haitang had to follow the doctor's advice and give up these for the sake of her health. But now that she was about to die, it would be okay to drink a few glasses, so she made up her mind to commit suicide and took two cans of beer instead, and happily took them upstairs.
"And the empty porcelain cup that Mrs. Haitang had taken down earlier was placed next to the sink - this was not an ordinary cup, it was the one that Mr. Haitang had coated with poison.
"After Mrs. Haitang went back to the study to drink beer, some time later, the secretary couldn't sleep, so she got up and went to the kitchen to drink some water.
"She saw the cup next to the sink and drank the water from it, which unfortunately made her the second person to die of poisoning in the villa."
Everyone: “…”
It is really sad that the two people who were with Mrs. Haitang, who was in the way, accidentally poisoned each other.
Inspector Megure thought for a moment and asked, "Then Mrs. Haitang committed suicide and became the third person to die here?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "At 2 o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Haitang was still thirsty after drinking beer. She went downstairs to the kitchen again. She wanted to get some water, but was surprised to see the female assistant lying on the ground and the water cup that belonged to her next to the body.
"Mrs. Haitang was, after all, a gifted mystery writer. After she was surprised, she immediately figured out what was going on. Then she went to her husband's room and saw Mr. Haitang, who had also died.
"Soon, Mrs. Haitang understood everything - those two people wanted to kill her, but because they did not communicate with each other in advance, they accidentally fell into the deadly trap set by each other.
"The drama of this made her angry and amused. After returning to the study, she couldn't help but stand by the window and laugh."
When Suzuki Sonoko heard this, a corresponding voice almost immediately emerged in her mind.
She sighed: "This is the noise I heard when I went to the bathroom yesterday night... No wonder I always felt that laughter was very strange." - With such a complicated background, it was quite normal to laugh like that.
Jiang Xia continued, "The two annoying guys disappeared at the same time. After Mrs. Haitang was angry, happy and confused, the idea of suicide was swept away. Not only did she not want to die now, but she caught a wonderful inspiration.
"She returned to her study, threw the two chocolate cookies injected with toxins into the trash can at her feet, then excitedly turned on her computer and quickly wrote down her inspiration.
"While writing, she habitually took a piece of the chocolate cookie on the table, but unfortunately, the cookie contained the poison she injected herself, so she became the third corpse in the room."
Vodka: "..." What a coincidence? What a coincidence! This must be something you did yourself!
He glanced at the man behind the coincidence, then at the police who were listening carefully to the man behind the coincidence, and sighed silently: "..."Isn't there anyone who questioned why this guy was not at the scene, but could tell so many details as if he had seen it?
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, Sato Miwako's voice came from the side: "But..."
Vodka's eyes lit up: Could it be that this policewoman has seen something? - Come on! Expose his true face, and leave the rest to me... Ahem, leave it to the organization behind me. I will immediately submit the information that Wuzo needs to be silenced, 800 miles away!
Under his expectant gaze, Sato Miwako hesitated and asked, "But didn't Mrs. Haitang throw away the two poisoned chocolates?"
Vodka: “…” It makes you question why he knows so much, but doesn’t let you support him!
As expected, Uzo was not at all embarrassed by the question. Instead, he seemed very satisfied with the question and explained in detail: "This has to start with what Editor Toda did."
Suzuki Sonoko: “!” I said this editor was suspicious!
"!" Editor Toda, "I didn't do anything!"
Jiang Xia: "I remember you made two phone calls before?"
Editor Toda nodded repeatedly: "That's right, but I just asked about the progress of her new book, I didn't do anything else!"
"I know." Jiang Xia waved her hand, signaling him to wait and talk. "Your call at 11:30 last night was not answered because Mrs. Haitang was taking a bath at the time. But in fact, the call was not completely unheard."
"When the phone rang, Mr. Haitang should have been in Mrs. Haitang's study, applying poison to her cup. When the phone rang, he was so focused that he was startled and knocked over the box of chocolate biscuits on the table in a hurry.
"The chocolate biscuits were scattered all over the floor, so Mr. Haitang had to squat down and hurriedly put the chocolate biscuits back into the box.
"That's why there are no fingerprints on the syringe, but the chocolate biscuit packaging is full of traces left by Mr. Haitang. In the process, the order of the chocolates was completely disrupted."
"Mrs. Haitang didn't know this. After she gave up the idea of suicide, she threw away the two chocolates on the edge because they were the 'poisonous cookies' in her memory.
"But in reality, the two cookies were non-toxic, and the real killer was hidden in the remaining cookies - there was about a 10% chance that she would step on them, so in the end she became part of this 'ironic cycle'."
Amid the murmurs of the crowd, a family murder case that was a combination of malice and coincidence came to an end.
But Conan always felt that he had overlooked something.
He thought for a while but to no avail, so he turned his eyes to Vodka: It must be the Black Organization's fault!
But at the same time as coming to this conclusion, Conan was full of doubts: If this case was really caused by the mysterious cadre who had sent passports to him and Haibara Ai, then what was the other party's purpose?
(End of this chapter)
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