291. Black tea
Ruomatsu Yuro was happily eating the cake one second before, but fell to the ground in pain the next second, and died with a ferocious face.
This incident was really sudden and I was stunned by everyone in the audience.
"Yurang, Yulang?" Ruosong Qinxiang got up first and was about to pass by anxiously.
"Don't move!" Kogoro Mouri said in a deep voice: "No one is allowed to act rashly until I say I can act freely!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shiina Masahiro next to him couldn't help but say, "That's what he said, but these two teenagers have already..."
Kogoro Mouri looked over. Conan and Hattori Heiji were already looking at the body at some point, and they would touch it from time to time. This made the detective’s face heat up and he was slapped in the face by his own people.
"There is no way, he is dead." Hattori Heiji shook his head, "It seems that it should be a cyanate-based toxin."
Conan frowned and said, "So, he just ate the cake..."
As he was talking, he suddenly realized and immediately turned around and said, "Sister Xiaolan, you must not eat the annual ring cake just now!"
Ran Maori nodded obediently, and Chenxiong had already pushed the cake aside.
After calling the police, Officer Meguro and others arrived quickly.
"The victim is Mr. Wakamatsu Yuro, 25 years old, and the son of Mr. Wakamatsu Kohei, the president of the design company who passed away in Karuizawa last month." Takagi said.
Officer Meguri turned around the annual ring cake on the table with his hands behind his back, "But when did the murderer poison the cake?"
"Although I don't know when it was, the poison seemed to be in a capsule." Conan said, looking at the teacup on the table.
The first person to find out that something is wrong in the black tea is actually Chen Xing. He seemed to be idle and became interested in the black tea he brewed.
"What?" Officer Meguchi was puzzled.
"The bottom of this cup of black tea has something that seems to be a capsule sinks down," said Chen Xing.
Conan nodded, "But almost all melted."
Hattori Heiji walked over and speculated: "The murderer may have opened the pre-prepared capsules, sprinkled poison on the annual ring cake, and quickly threw them into this cup of black tea when we were attracted by the body."
"As soon as the capsule dissolves, there is no way to find the fingerprint." Takagi Suk said: "That means that the person next to this cup of black tea is the murderer?"
"With that being said, after telling everyone not to touch the body, everyone gathered near this table." Hattori Heiji looked at Wakamatsu Sekika and others, "So you who were in this room at that time can throw the capsules into this cup of black tea in the chaos."
Ruosongqinxiang immediately said, "I'm afraid I can't do it. I haven't even gotten close to the annual ring cake once at that time. Besides, that cup of black tea is mine."
Officer Meguri asked, "So, who is the one who cuts the annual ring cake?"
The female housekeeper, Mihara Yonehara, said: "I cut the cake right, but Miss Satake also helped put the cake on the plate, and she also said she wanted me to divide the cake into nine parts and share it with everyone."
"Nine equal parts?"
"There were six guests at the scene, including the wife and son Mr. Yuro, and the portion of Shiina General Manager who loves sweets very much, so they had to cut into nine equal portions in total." Satake Yoshio said: "And the person who bought the annual ring cake was originally the general manager. I think if it was added, everyone would get too few."
"So you bought it?" Officer Meguru walked closer.
"Yes, because the deceased president and I like the annual ring cakes in that store very much, we must buy them every time we come." Shiina Masahisa said: "Today I bought them when I drove with Fujiha."
These people seem to be explaining themselves, but in fact they have pulled everyone around them into the water to reduce their suspicion.
Kogoro Mouri said, "After that, you said you have eaten the New Year's Ring Cake outside, right?"
"It's just a small piece." Fujiha Junsuo hurriedly said: "When I was sitting in the car at the door of the store, the general manager handed me the box of the annual ring cake, but he suddenly said that he forgot to get the invoice, so he went back to the store immediately. While waiting for him, I ate a little on a whim."
Speaking of this, He Ye was immediately resentful, "That's right, I'm a little less than that!"
After a little girl said this, Fujiha Junsu's face couldn't help but feel hot.
"That is to say, in your situation, you have enough time to poison the entire annual ring cake in advance." Kogoro Mouri sneered.
Takagi asked, "So what you mean is that poison is on the entire annual ring cake, and Mr. Yuro was the first to eat the cake by chance?"
"No, this is an inevitable result." Kogoro Mouri was quite confident, "because Mr. Yuro was very hungry at that time and ate everything."
"But if that's the case, there's no need to put this capsule in the black tea, right?" Officer Meguru asked a question.
"Hmph, that's just an illusion." Kogoro Mouri said disdainfully.
"Illusion?"
"As it seems that there has been poisoning in it, just to get yourself who is not close to the ring cake from suspicion." Kogoro Mouri suddenly looked at Junzuo Fujiha, "I'm not wrong, right?"
"Please, how could I not tell myself and say I stolen it?" Junsi Fujiha defended: "And, before I arrived at this room, when I parked my car in the garage, the general manager had already taken the cake before me, so he had the chance to poison it.
Besides, I didn’t know in advance how the fool’s son was hungry, so how could he poison the entire annual ring cake? Because if someone ate it first, he might die first, right?”
Kogoro Mouri blinked his eyes, it seemed to make some sense, but could it be a conspiracy?
He wanted to say it, but he didn't want to say it all.
"But why is Mr. Yuro hungry?" asked Takagi.
"Because I used up the soy sauce, I went out to buy it, and it turned out to prepare supper later." Saki Yonehara said.
"Who are the people who know in advance that he is hungry?" Officer Megu asked immediately.
"I, my secretary, Miss Satake, and the female housekeeper, Miss Yorihara." Kurika Ruomatsu replied.
Kogoro Mouri pondered: "However, Mr. Yuro did grab the remaining one of the two annual ring cakes with his hands to eat. Did he eat this way before?"
Yonehara nodded, "Yes, because he said that eating that way is better, and he doesn't even need a fork to eat fruit."
Hattori Heiji suspiciously: "You wouldn't have deliberately let Mr. Yuro, who is greedy, rush to eat it, and poison the larger cake, right?"
"I just cut nine equal parts. Isn't the cake I gave you the same size?" Mihara Saki argued.
Chapter completed!