Chapter 96

Seeing that the three suspects were frightened by the crowd, Date Kou took advantage of their distraction and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you think what you did is very secretive? Let me tell you, as long as it is a crime, no matter how sophisticated the means are, it will eventually be discovered and the truth will be made public. This is true for corruption and murder. I advise you to surrender now, and you can reduce the crime. Tell me, how did you kill Sakai?"

Ms. Arimori was already extremely nervous under the terrifying gazes of the people in the welfare home. Seeing that Date Kou was still trying to pin the murder on her, she was so angry that she wanted to jump up immediately. She said hysterically:

"I've said it before, I can't possibly be the murderer! Even if you are the police, you can't convict me at random!"

Date looked at the other two suspects and saw that although they also looked uneasy, they were obviously calmer than Arimori. Kitajima was the first to say:

"Mr. Officer, although your previous speculation about the reason for Sakai's murder was very brilliant, it is only a speculation after all. Maybe his death was just a coincidence on this day, or maybe he had offended someone and the other party happened to come to his house to seek revenge last night. In short, please don't force his cause of death to be related to us."

Inoue also echoed:

"That's right. We would never kill anyone. Please, police, look for clues from Sakai himself instead of trying to get us involved."

Ida Hang's brows were tightly locked, and he was somewhat helpless about the three people in front of him. He only had so many clues at the moment, and he really couldn't infer more useful conclusions.

At this moment, the police officer from the Identification Division who was in charge of toxicity testing came back with a report.

"Inspector Date, the results of the drug analysis are out. The drug that caused the victim's death was found in two places, one on the outer edge of the cup, and the other on the inside of the thumb and index finger of the victim's right hand. And after inspection, there were no fingerprints of anyone other than the victim on the cup."

Yi Dahang read the forensic report for a long time and felt that the test on the cup was really unbelievable.

Since the poison was to be killed through food, it would be more convenient to put the poison in the tea. However, the water in the cup was fine, and the poison was only left on the outside of the cup. This was really strange.

And even if the murderer really put the poison here, he certainly couldn't have handled such a delicate place with gloves on, right? If he took off his gloves, his fingerprints would definitely be left on the cup, right? Unless the murderer wiped them off afterwards, but that would also wipe off the deceased's fingerprints.

However, he looked at the report sheet, which clearly showed that only the deceased's fingerprints were left on the cup. No one had left fingerprints on the rim of the cup, and no one had wiped the deceased's fingerprints.

It can't be that the deceased really poisoned himself?

Why are there so many drug traces on the thumb and the inner side of the index finger of the deceased's right hand? Is there anything special about these two places? Did he accidentally get them on the edge of the cup when he picked up the cup? But who would pick up the cup by the edge? Wouldn't it be easy to spill?

Conan had been watching from a distance, and seeing that Date Kou's case had reached a stalemate, he couldn't help but become worried.

When the corruption case was uncovered, Officer Date was able to solve it so smoothly because he had known that Hoshikawa was the donor and had a lot of clues in his hands. But regarding the murder of Sakai, Officer Date obviously did not have enough clues.

If it was Inspector Megure and his team that came this time, Conan would have probably been playing nice and providing clues. But in fact, it was Inspector Hagiwara, who had an extremely sharp insight, and the cooperation between Inspector Date and Inspector Hagiwara was obviously very tacit. After the lessons of being suspected by them several times before, Conan did not dare to show too much in front of them anymore.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki was still consciously comforting Kagamino Satoshi who was angry for him, but suddenly he felt a familiar tug at the corner of his clothes. He lowered his head and saw Conan looking up at him expectantly.

"Brother Xingchuan, you are so amazing, have you guessed who killed Mr. Sakai?"

Xingchuan and Ming's mouths twitched. Why is it this familiar routine again? Is Conan looking for a tool again? But there are so many people present, why does he have to rely on himself? Where is his cute and useful tool, Uncle Maori?

Hoshikawa Kazuaki: Here we go again. Why does Conan always want me to be his gun? Am I so easy to fool in his eyes?

Kagino Satoshi: You have been wearing the mask of gentleness for too long. Now anyone will think you are easy to bully. Look at the attitudes of these people. First, the welfare institution swallowed your donation without saying a word, and then the fans wanted to poison you after a disagreement. Now even Conan treats you as a soft persimmon.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki: You should calm down. Our performance is about to start. If you are still so emotional, it will affect the performance.

Having cut off the connection with Kagano Satoshi's consciousness, Hoshikawa Kazuaki lowered his head and gave Conan a smiling expression.

"Conan, children should not play detective games while solving a case. It will only cause trouble for the police."

Conan's face froze, and he suddenly had a very familiar feeling that he was being tricked.

Sure enough, the next second, Hoshikawa and Ming grabbed Conan's hands and dragged him towards Mouri Ran without saying a word.

Conan kept shouting "No, Brother Hoshikawa, I'm not causing any trouble" along the way, and danced around trying to break free from the restraints, but Hoshikawa and Ming were completely unmoved.

When passing by the three suspects, Conan happened to see two high-end suit jackets held in the arms of a police officer. Those were the jackets that Inoue and Kitajima had taken off to cooperate with Date Ko's inspection.

At this time, the police officer held him at an angle, and something in the inner pocket of one of his coats was exposed. It was a pack of tissues that had been opened, and the edges were slightly black, which seemed to have been used to wipe something very dirty, but it was not thrown away.

An idea suddenly occurred to Conan.

So that's how it is. I finally understood how the murderer made the victim voluntarily drink the poisoned tea.

However, it was this moment of enlightenment that caused Conan to miss the last chance to escape from Xingchuan and Ming's clamp. When he finally reacted, he was already brought under the eyes of Mao Lilan.

Ran Mouri thanked Hoshikawa and Ming, and when she turned around to look at Conan, her ferocious aura scared Conan so much that his legs went weak.

"Don't be angry, Sister Xiaolan, I won't dare to run around anymore!"

Date Kou was still asking the three about their detailed movements. Inoue replied impatiently:

"I have said this many times. I was reading a magazine in my room last night. At eight o'clock, the vice president called me over to help prepare the welcoming props for this morning.

It was already 8:30 when I finished tidying up, and then I received a call from Bei Dao, who asked me to go to his place to work overtime together, so I went there immediately. After that, the three of us stayed together until this morning.

If I hadn’t gone to the study room to help students with their homework right after that, I wouldn’t have been in time to change my clothes, and these sequins are still stuck to my body now.”

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and tugged at the spot on his shirt where the sequins were stuck. His despicable attitude, as if he had simply torn off the mask after his corruption crime was exposed, made everyone frown.

When it was Ms. Arimori's turn, it was clear that she had not yet completely calmed down from her fear, and her speech was somewhat incoherent.

"I definitely have never been to Sakai's dormitory. I...I was originally in the library. There was a book I had always wanted to read. The lights in the library were brighter than in the dormitory, so I was reading on the second floor. It wasn't until Bei Dao called me that I put down the book and went to look for Bei Dao.

When I arrived, they were waiting for me, and we spent the rest of our time sorting out the accounts. I didn’t even care that Sakai was leaving. Sakai’s death really had nothing to do with me!”

Her nervousness and panic were so severe that people couldn't even tell the truth from her reaction.

Bei Dao's reaction was the opposite of Ms. Arimori's. He stated very calmly:

"Since I knew that Xingchuan and Ming would come back to visit the welfare home the next day, I stayed in the dormitory to sort out the accounts. Later, I found that the efficiency of one person was too slow, so I called them and asked them to come to my place to help.

But we all knew that Sakai was not good at accounting, so no one planned to ask him to help. Who knew that he actually knew everything, but he was probably too lazy to help, or he just wanted to take advantage of us, so he always acted like he was not good at it.

I really didn't go to Sakai's dormitory, otherwise, Ms. Arimori would have seen me when I passed by the library, right? Didn't she say that she stayed in the library on the second floor before she received my call? "

He looked straight at Ms. Arimori with smiling eyes, causing Ms. Arimori, who had been in a state of panic, to be stunned. Then she nodded in confusion and admitted:

"Yes, the library I work in can indeed directly see the path in front of the ancient forest from the window. Kitajima and Sakai's dormitories are built on both sides of the ancient forest. If Kitajima had been to Sakai, he would have passed by the path in front of the ancient forest. There is no way I could not have seen it in the library."

Inoue also emphasized at this time:

"Before I received Kitajima's call, I was helping the vice-dean organize the welcoming props. The vice-dean can also prove for me that I have never been to Sakai's dormitory."

The vice president in the crowd snorted coldly upon hearing this:

"You blood-sucking parasite, you still have the nerve to ask me to testify for you?"

Inoue's face suddenly looked a little ugly.

Instead, Hagiwara Kenji gently advised:

"Teacher Ishikawa, we understand the resentment in your heart, but now that the truth of the corruption case has been revealed, they will definitely receive the punishment they deserve. So now please focus on helping the police solve the case."

The vice president's expression improved a little, and he replied reluctantly:

"When I asked him to help me organize and hang the props, I did see him doing it myself. But when he went to the storeroom to get the props, Inoue went alone. And the storeroom was so close to Sakai's dormitory, I'm not sure if he was sneaking out to do something bad at that time."

Inoue's face flushed with anger when he heard this, and he said angrily:

"You were the one who ordered me to go to the warehouse to get the tools. Why are you doubting my intentions now? And it took me less than five minutes to go back and forth to the warehouse. How could I have gone to Sakai's dormitory and killed someone in such a short time?"

The vice-dean was so angry that he was shaking all over, and Hagiwara Kenji hurriedly tried to comfort him.

Date Ko immediately sent police officers to conduct on-site tests between the warehouse and the crime scene. As Inoue said, five minutes was not enough if the time for getting the props and the round-trip time was included.

The case has once again reached a stalemate.

Conan was secretly worried about Date Kou and couldn't help but turn his gaze to Mouri Kogoro.

Should I take a risk and let Uncle Mori fall asleep again in front of the sharp-sighted Officer Hagiwara?

At this time, the forensic police officer who was previously responsible for checking the drug ingredients finally got news.

"Inspector Date, according to the analysis of the drug ingredients, the drug used by the murderer this time is exactly the same as the drug used in the poisoning case that occurred in the tower apartment a month ago!"

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