However, there were too many people around and the anesthetic needle was useless. Besides, it seemed that Uncle Maori had become suspicious. Conan thought about it again and again, and suddenly ran to Mai Ryomi's handbag and threw the pink capsule he took out nearby, and asked curiously:
"Hey? Mai-sister, what is this pink thing? Is it cold medicine?"
Mai Ryomi's face was blank for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her expression and said with a smile, "Yes, cold medicine."
"Cold medicine?" Maori Kogoro took the capsule from Conan and looked at Mai Ryomi with suspicion, "When did cefdinir become a cold medicine?"
Now he understood everything no matter how dumb he was. His eyes were cold, "Officer Megure, this is not a simple case of alcohol poisoning. It's a murder, and I already know the murderer."
"Brother Maori, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us who it is!"
Maori Kogoro changed his usual frivolous attitude, and the determination in his eyes almost turned into a sharp blade that pierced people. He turned his head with a stern look and said: "The murderer is you, Miss Mai Ryomi."
After he said this, Mai Ryomi fell silent. Instead, Tanaka Takayama stood up with an unhappy look on his face and began to accuse him angrily: "Come on, what are you talking about?"
"How could Mai kill someone? If you don't know how to handle a case, then don't do it, okay? Is this how you handle cases, to wrongly accuse innocent people?"
"Yes, Uncle Mori," Sugawa Gen seemed to nod in agreement, with confusion showing on his face at the right time.
"This is a simple case of alcohol poisoning. It's impossible for Ms. Mai to manipulate alcohol to poison Mr. Takahashi."
Kogoro Mori glanced at Sugawa Gen indifferently. The question didn't sound like suspicion coming from this kid's mouth, but he was cooperating very well.
He nodded. "That's a good question. But it is indeed possible that Miss Mai manipulated the alcohol to poison Mr. Takahashi."
Qichuan Yuan asked again: "But manipulating alcohol is a bit too strange, Uncle Maori, do you have any evidence to prove it?"
"Of course there is," said Maori Kogoro, full of confidence. He held up the pink capsule in his hand. "Cefdinir capsules. If you take cefdinir capsules after drinking alcohol, you will have a disulfiram-like reaction. I think Miss Mai killed Takahashi in this way, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense, Yu Shimizu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly retorted: "Mai only carries the capsule with her because she has pharyngitis. This alone cannot prove it. And Mai can't force Takahashi Sakai to drink it!"
"What if there is no compulsion?"
Kogoro Mori stopped her from talking with an expressionless face.
Qing Shuiyou was stunned: "What?"
Maori Kogoro looked at Conan: "Conan just asked the police what was in the cup, right?"
Conan raised his hand and said enthusiastically: "Hi! It's Shimizu!"
Maori Kogoro nodded and looked at Sugawa Gen: "Then you should still remember what Miss Mai said was inside, right?"
"It's hangover soup." Saikawa Gen pretended to think, and then suddenly realized, "Why did the hangover soup turn into water?"
"I know!" Conan said seriously, "Miss Mai must have remembered it wrong!"
Huiyuan sighed and resigned herself to coming in to cooperate with them. She said with a look of disapproval: "That's not right, maybe Miss Mai has just changed!"
Sugawa Gen also added a foot and shook his head at the two of them: "Maybe Mr. Takahashi changed the drink to water after drinking it himself."
Maori Kogoro looked at the three people with admiration. He looked at the silent Mai Ryomi and asked sharply, "Really, Miss Mai, which of these situations is yours?"
"I don't think it's either of those. The real situation is that you replaced the hangover soup with water after Takahashi Sakai drank it."
"And the purpose of doing this is to clean up the cephalosporin particles that may be left in the hangover soup, right?"
"What evidence do you have?"
Tanaka Takayama shouted: "You are just imagining things!"
Of course there is evidence.
Conan and Sugawa Gen exchanged a glance, then left the crowd in tacit understanding, squatted next to the trash can, and shouted in a very exaggerated voice - "Sugawa brother, what is this floury thing?"
“It’s the capsule shell.”
"But why throw away the shell?"
"Maybe Miss Mai doesn't like taking medicine with the outer shell."
Conan asked in a confused tone: "But why are there so many shells inside? Does Miss Mai need to take so many medicines? This is so scary!"
Maori Kogoro walked quickly to the trash can and looked inside. There were at least twenty capsules of Secret Mama. An idea suddenly occurred to him:
“Isn’t this evidence?”
"Ms. Mai, I think you can explain why there are so many capsule shells in the trash can. Do you dislike taking medicine with the shells? I don't think so. You should know that without the protection of the capsule shell, the particles inside will not reach the stomach to take effect. You poured the particles into the hangover soup, right?"
"You poured out so many particles at once to ensure that it worked. I think there must be drug residue in the sewer. Please ask the forensic department to check it again."
"No need," Mai Ryomi said calmly. She was silent for a long time, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on her face. "It's me."
"Mai!" Tanaka Takayama looked at her in disbelief, "What are you talking about?"
Mai Ryomi shook her head soothingly, her voice revealing some relief, "It was me. Ms. Tanaka should have known from the beginning, so she said she was the murderer."
"Thank you, Ms. Tanaka, but I am responsible for what I have done myself."
She looked at the police and detectives in the room, some with disbelief and some with stern expressions, and said generously:
"What the detective said is correct. I did pour cephalosporin granules into the hangover soup, and there are indeed residual drugs in the sewer. In order to ensure the effect, I have been doing this for more than a month. His allergic reaction is also caused by this. And today, I added enough dosage to ensure that I can really kill him."
"But why did Miss Mai do this?"
Sugawa Gen said coldly: "Is it because of Mr. Takahashi's impersonation?"
Kogoro Mori was stunned. Impersonation?
Mai Ryomi shook her head slowly, "Not entirely."
"I just had enough of this kind of life. Takahashi Sakai once forced himself on me while drunk and unconscious. But he didn't repent at all, and even often used drunkenness as an excuse to do all kinds of evil things."
She looked at Qingshui You with guilt: "I'm sorry, Miss You, Qingshui has also suffered this kind of thing. But she asked me not to tell others, so I kept it a secret."
Qing Shuiyou smiled bitterly, "You don't need to apologize. In fact, I already knew it. Yue has become more and more silent in the past few years. As her sister, I have already noticed that something is wrong with her. It's a pity that she left before I could do anything."
Mai Ryomi wiped the tears from her face and sighed deeply:
"Takahashi Sakai did a lot of evil things. He didn't just steal Shimizu's work. In fact, Shimizu didn't commit suicide by jumping off the building. Takahashi Sakai found out that Shimizu had collected evidence of evil deeds. Seeing that the matter was exposed, he pushed Shimizu off the building."
“I just can’t stand it.”
"But you should hand him over to the law," said Sugawa Gen, his eyes calm, "instead of killing him."
"But even if he is punished, what will happen? There is insufficient evidence, so he will only stay in there for a while at most. But Qingshui's life is not just a few years!"
Mai Ryomi smiled helplessly, "Besides, I don't have much time left, so I'll have no regrets if I can take this demon away with me before I leave."
What does this mean?
Tanaka Takayama looked at her in disbelief, "What did you say?"
"I have been diagnosed with frostbite for a long time," Mai Ryomi said with clear eyes and a calm tone. She looked at Conan and the other two, "Aren't you curious about why my hands are shaking all the time?"
"It's because of frostbite. My muscles are weak, and even a simple movement like clenching my hands causes me to tremble uncontrollably. As for the pain..."
There was some sadness in her eyes. "It may be a complication. I really have lost my sense of pain, so I always keep a band-aid ready."
"In a few years, I may not be in this world anymore. Before I leave, I just want Takahashi Sakai to receive the punishment she deserves. I don't have the energy to do anything else. I prepared a certificate for Shimizu and was going to announce her true identity as the artist at the exhibition, but it's too late. Ms. Takayama, I'll trouble you with this matter. Let Takahashi Sakai apologize for Shimizu when she is surrounded by people."
Mai Ryomi was finally taken away by the police. The police car came with sirens blaring and left in silence. The art exhibition gradually became lively again. In order to ensure safety, Inspector Megure sent another team to stay here to maintain order.
The passing of a life and the innocent life behind the exhibition quietly added a tragic touch to the exhibition. It's a pity that those who knew about it kept silent, while those who didn't were still commenting on the works and joking around in the gallery.
A classmate whom he hadn't seen for many years was killed, and in addition, he also knew the evil things he had done.
Since the police left, Kogoro Mori stood in the smoking area in silence, surrounded by smoke, and did not say anything about leaving this boring art exhibition.
Sugawa Gen turned his eyes away from Hope and looked back at the smoking corner, sighing helplessly, "Uncle Maori must have suffered a great blow."
"I can't help it. Who could have thought that something like this would happen? I witnessed the death of my classmate and learned about his crimes."
Conan sighed, although they didn't see eye to eye, they still had a deep friendship. But Uncle Maori's performance today was really unexpected. As expected, the uncle would only be serious with the people he liked.
Haibara Ai just walked away from Shimizu Tsuki's work, "But what is the sign that Mai-san said is enough to prove Shimizu Tsuki?"
"It's a rose."
Gen Sugawa pointed to "Hope" and said, "Almost every work has a simplified rose in the darker areas. This should be Ms. Shimizu's own painting habit..."
"Don't move!"
Qichuan Yuan's words were suddenly interrupted by a hoarse voice. Several fierce-looking men broke into the exhibition, holding a knife in their hands and threatening a terrified lady.
The guests at the scene ran towards the door in panic. However, the guard at the door had somehow become an accomplice of the robbers, brandishing his weapon with a sly smile, and drove all the visitors who rushed to the door in.
“Save me…”
The woman being held captive had tears on her face and begged with a trembling voice.
Feeling that the man's limbs were paralyzed and he was sliding down helplessly, the robber sneered. Perhaps because he was too tired, he glanced at the crowd. Everyone he saw lowered their heads in panic, fearing that he would be the next one to be treated like this.
Only the three children were incredibly calm. The robber fixed his eyes on the indifferent Qichuan Yuan and shouted:
"That kid in pink, come here! Or I'll kill her!"
Child Sugawa Gen: ..
We knew that nothing good would happen where Conan was, but two accidents happened in just half an hour, which was too much.
He walked silently to the robber, who then quickly pushed the woman away and put a dagger against Qichuan Yuan's neck, threatening him viciously:
"Cooperate, or you'll die together!"
It’s a pity that the robber was half a head shorter than Sugawa Gen. With the two people’s completely different expressions, it really looked like a comedy.
Morofushi Jingguang, who happened to arrive at the exhibition, looked at this extremely funny scene:
The robbers were like frightened birds, and the hostages were incredibly calm.
Did the door jam the robber's brain?
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