Chapter 2778 2790 [Akai Shuichi's Past Form]
Mao Lilan saw the crowd of onlookers crowded in the corner of the hall, and a figure who was trying to hide himself but still stood out from the crowd.
Against the backdrop of rain outside the window, the tall figure wearing a knitted hat gradually gave her a strong sense of déjà vu.
Mao Lilan's eyes flashed again to the exotic alley with the dripping rain. She was stunned for a moment, and felt that a memory was about to emerge... But at this moment, someone strode over and held her.
"Xiaolan, Xiaolan, are you okay?"
Suzuki Sonoko shook Mao Li Ran worriedly, then turned to Inspector Yokomizo and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you know how to solve the case? Xiaolan is almost fainted by you."
Mao Lilan was not very angry, but was made more dizzy by her.
But by accident, the once forgotten memories seemed to have opened a floodgate, and more images emerged.
——She thought of a beautiful woman with an elegant posture, holding a black umbrella to cover her face; a young man with a knitted hat similar to the one in front of her, but with waist-length hair and an angry expression... and Kudo Shinichi, who was posing handsomely in the rain, his mouth opening and closing as if he was talking.
"What on earth is he mumbling about?" Mao Lilan had the urge to grab Kudo Shinichi's collar and shake him hard to make him speak clearly. "Speak louder, I can't hear you!"
"What do you mean you can't hear anything? Are you hallucinating?" Suzuki Sonoko became even more worried. She pulled a chair over and said, "Sit down and take a rest. I'll go get you a cup of hot water."
As she said this, she pushed Mao Lilan to sit on the stool, turned around to find a waiter, but almost bumped into a policeman who was jogging over.
The policeman was holding an evidence bag in his hand and said to Inspector Yokomizo, "Inspector, we found a container of potassium cyanide in the bathroom! The murderer must have taken out the potassium cyanide when he went to the bathroom and smeared the poison on the wet wipes."
"Is that so?" Before Inspector Yokomizo could say anything, Jiang Xia said, "Then it looks like you'll have to look for the murderer again - I haven't been to the restroom since I came to this store."
Henggou Police Department: "..."
The corner of his eye twitched, and he felt a vague sense of emptiness as if the progress bar had instantly returned to zero.
Jiang Xia said considerately, "But if you think about it in a complicated way, maybe when I was sitting at the table killing someone, one of my accomplices took potassium cyanide to the bathroom, and then he dropped the container, helping me to prove my alibi."
Vodka: "?!" What do you want to do?! I don't want to die with you!
On the first floor, Inspector Yokomizo did not want to take Jiang Xia's speculation seriously, because this meant that the high school detective did not kill for love, but had planned it in advance: if this was true, then the motive, the relationship between the characters, the method of killing... everything would have to be overturned and started over again.
Next to him, Conan looked at the policeman's embarrassment and added fuel to the fire: "Also, when the deceased uncle changed seats on the way, he grabbed the wet wipes that he had used to wipe his pants and took them with him. I just checked, there are still some traces of porridge on the wet wipes - in short, the wet wipes have not been replaced by anyone from beginning to end."
Henggou Police Department: "..."
The progress bar is not just 0, it is almost going backwards to negative numbers.
Suzuki Sonoko came back with hot water and interrupted, "Why do we have to start with the neighbors? Couldn't the murderer be someone else at the same table? All the murderer needs to do is quietly place the poisoned wet wipes on the edge of the round table, and then twist it hard at the right time! It will slide off the disc and fall into the murderer's hands."
Inspector Yokomizo was listening carefully at first, but his eyes twitched slightly when he heard the last part: "The friction of wet wipes is much greater than that of plates. If it is true as you said, then when the wet wipes fell, the cups and plates on the table must have fallen down as well. How could the deceased not notice such a loud noise?"
Suzuki Sonoko: “…”
Is this true or false?
She touched her head, and under the frightened gazes of the shop assistants, she walked to another table and reluctantly did the experiment.
Jiang Xia looked at her and asked the forensic police officer beside him: "Have you checked the plate and all the tableware?"
The forensic officer glanced at Inspector Yokomizo in the distance and said to Jiang Xia stealthily, "We checked. Except for the deceased's wet wipes, there is no poison anywhere else."
Jiang Xia walked to Suzuki Sonoko's side and raised his hand to gesture: "Have you checked this place too?"
The forensic police officer was startled: "!"
After receiving instructions from the detective, the young police officer went to work with his head down.
A shadow quietly appeared behind Jiang Xia, and Inspector Yokogawa asked suspiciously: "What are you two doing? - I warn you, don't try to bribe my subordinates, they will not be fooled by your appearance."
Suzuki Sonoko glanced at the young police officer who was carefully checking according to Jiang Xia’s instructions: “…” Are you sure?
Jiang Xia turned around and looked at the tall policeman who was difficult to get along with: "You have nothing to do anyway, why don't you take a statement in advance."
Inspector Yokomizo: “Huh?”
Jiang Xia knocked on the rotating table: "We were able to find the murderer thanks to Yuanzi."
Suzuki Sonoko puffed out her chest proudly: "It's a small matter!"
...But what did she do just now? She seemed to have done nothing. Could it be that she had awakened her hidden detective spirit and quietly approached the truth without even knowing it?
Suzuki Sonoko touched her chin and began to curiously review her actions just now.
Beside him, Inspector Yokomizo was stunned for two seconds before coming to his senses: "What do you mean, you know who the murderer is?!"
Jiang Xia: "When the victim was killed, the dishes on the table were arranged clockwise, namely, twice-cooked pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, scrambled eggs with shrimp, preserved eggs, dipping sauce, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, steamed dumplings, and chili oil."
"As for the seating order at the time - the deceased was facing the twice-cooked pork on the table. From his left, the people sitting were Conan, Xiaolan, the screenwriter, the assistant director, the director, Sonoko, and me."
"Why are you saying this all of a sudden?" Inspector Yokomizo muttered in confusion as he frantically dug out from a pile of documents the photos of the scene taken when the police first arrived, and then honestly made marks on them.
——This, this is certainly not listening to a high school detective, this is visiting the masses and collecting clues!
Jiang Xia: "Have you finished memorizing it?"
Inspector Yokomizo nodded, then came to his senses and said rudely, "Go on."
Jiang Xia casually slid the small table in front of him and said, "When Conan was eating the dumplings, he wanted to get the hot sauce and dipping sauce from the round table, but every time he turned the round plate, it would be quickly turned back to its original state. At that time, the dipping sauce was right in front of me, and the hot sauce was in front of the screenwriter."
(End of this chapter)
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