Chapter 3390 3402 [Suspect Jiang Xia] Ask for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
"He was poisoned after eating a hamburger." Inspector Megure grasped the key words expertly. He looked at the three employees of the deceased president and asked, "Who prepared lunch?"
The man with the middle-parted hair raised his hand cautiously: "I bought it."
Inspector Megure's eyes suddenly became sharp: "In other words, as long as you put a little poison in the burger on the way back, you can successfully kill your president."
The middle-parted man was stunned, then came to his senses and objected fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense! I did buy the burgers, but I bought four identical burgers and put them on the table for everyone to take. If I were the murderer, how would I know which burger the president would take!"
"..." His sharp reasoning was met with opposition, and Inspector Megure had to temporarily suspend his attack and look at the other two suspects beside him. "Is this the case?"
The two of them fell silent instinctively.
Obviously, they have understood the situation - the president was poisoned to death, and one of the people present must be the murderer. As long as someone else is the murderer, they will be safe.
However, although I really hope that the man with the middle-parted hair is the murderer, everyone saw what happened at that time. Lying at this time will only increase my suspicion...
After some quick thinking, the two finally nodded reluctantly according to the truth.
Officer Takagi was younger after all. He recalled the poisoning case that Jiang Xia had solved, and his young mind came up with a slightly more advanced idea than Inspector Megure:
"Since the burgers were chosen randomly, could the killer have tampered with the victim's usual utensils? Simply apply poison to the victim's hands, and let the poison get on them. Then, when the victim eats the burger, they will ingest the poison on their hands."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Inspector Megure didn't mind his subordinates coming up with better ideas than him. After all, everything was for solving the case, so his subordinates' ideas were his ideas.
He asked three members: "Where is the deceased's workstation?"
The man with the middle-parted hair quickly led the police to President Dejima's desk.
This desk was on the far right of the entire row of desks. Inspector Megure looked at the snacks on the desk and thought again: "Whose workstation is next to mine?"
Being close means more and more convenient opportunities to poison.
The man with the middle-parted hair heard the suspicion in the inspector's words and pointed at the mop-topped man without hesitation: "It's Imai Michi."
Sure enough, Inspector Megure's gaze became sharper as before. He looked directly at the mop-head and said meaningfully, "Your position is very suitable for writing something on the president's desk."
This time it was Mop Head's turn to sweat profusely. After a moment of anxiety, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Before eating the burger, the president was hungry, so he ate a biscuit to fill his stomach - look! The biscuit packaging is still next to his coffee cup. I picked up this biscuit for the president when I went to make coffee. I remember it very clearly!
"If I really was the one who smeared the poison on the president's desk, then he must have died when he ate the cookies. How could he have been poisoned only when he ate the hamburger?"
Inspector Megure: “…” Oh no, this does make sense.
Both of the roads he could think of were blocked, and he was a little worried for a moment.
At this time, someone pointed to the president's desk. On the desk was a glass of water and a small medicine bottle next to it. The person asked, "What medicine is this?"
"Yeah, what kind of medicine is this?"
Inspector Megure followed subconsciously at first, then suddenly woke up: "Brother Jiang Xia? Why are you here!"
"..." Beside him, Conan couldn't help but mutter: "What are you surprised about? Jiang Xia and I have been standing in your sight for a long time..."
Inspector Megure was used to seeing a detective silently observing the crime scene when he was solving a case. So just now, even though his eyes fell on Jiang Xia, he slid past her very smoothly, because his subconscious told him that it was normal to see such a scene at the scene.
But now...
Inspector Megure said with relief and surprise: "What a coincidence!"
It would be even better if every time I encountered a troublesome case, I could accidentally find Brother Jiang Xia at the scene.
After a brief moment of happiness, Inspector Megure cleared his throat, thinking of Jiang Xia's question, and looked at the three suspects seriously again: "What disease does this bottle of medicine on your president's desk treat?"
The man with the middle-parted hair said honestly, "That's a laxative. The president has severe hemorrhoids, and he often drinks this medicine to make going to the bathroom more comfortable."
Mop Head also said: "But the president is careless and often takes too much medicine, which causes diarrhea and makes him go to the toilet every day."
Dr. Agasa recalled the scene where the exploration team was knocked out of the toilet by the president just now, and could not help but nod: "Before eating the hamburger, the president suddenly rushed into the toilet and had diarrhea... It turned out to be because of the laxatives."
Officer Takagi rubbed his chin. "Then... could it be that someone smeared poison in the restroom? The deceased got poisoned while using the restroom, then came out to eat a burger without washing his hands. Unfortunately, he swallowed the poison on his hands and died instantly?"
"That's right!" Inspector Megure slammed his palm, his eyes becoming sharp for the third time. Compared to the previous two times, this time his sharp eyes seemed much more confident. "Before the president, has anyone of you been to the restroom?"
The girl with middle-parted hair standing at the front was caught by his sharp gaze. The office worker who was responsible for running errands and buying lunch shuddered and said quickly:
"I did go to the bathroom, but it was before I bought lunch. At that time, the president hadn't decided to eat hamburgers yet. I definitely wasn't the one who poisoned the food!"
The mop-headed man quickly said, "I went to the bathroom after him. The president asked me to make coffee, and when I was getting the water, I suddenly felt like going to bed... I didn't poison him! I remember that after I came out, Brother Caijin also went to the bathroom."
The turbaned office worker was suddenly called out and answered honestly, "That's right."
“…”
The police and detectives waited as usual, but he didn't speak.
Inspector Megure's eyes couldn't help but become suspicious: "So few words? Are you feeling guilty? - Come to think of it, you were indeed the last person to go to the bathroom. The person who went in after you was your president who was poisoned..."
"Ah? No." The turbaned office boy waved his hand and pointed to the side, "The last one to come in should be this high school student."
Memu Police Department: "?!"
The turbaned office worker said: "I was halfway through my class when someone suddenly rattled the doorknob. I got scared and rushed out, only to see this high school student and two kids going into the restroom.
"If the murderer was someone who went to the bathroom before the president, then it should be these three!"
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