Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

As he spoke, Happo Tokiji became a little emotional: "When it comes to holding a grudge, Huayue should be more serious than me. Because Lingcai caused her to lose a lot of money, she was very angry."

Afterwards, Inspector Megure summoned Beppu Kagetsu to inquire about the matter. Beppu Kagetsu angrily replied: "Of course I would be angry about that matter!

Because the stock Lingcai recommended to me to buy plummeted, she caused me to lose a lot of money. And she actually sold it when the price dropped a little bit, and made a lot of money. As a result, I was left with a lot of debt! "

Inspector Megure began to ask tentatively: "So that's why you killed her?"

Beppu Kagetsu blurted out, "If I can get the money back if she dies, then I might do that."

After saying this, everyone looked at Beppu Huayue with speechless eyes. She realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed her words: "I, I was just saying it in anger... How could I kill someone..."

Officer Megure ignored her explanation and continued to ask: "Besides the stock issue, do you have any other reasons to hate the victim?"

Beppu Kagetsu bit her lip, as if she was hesitating whether to speak out. After a while, she finally spoke: "I don't want to say bad things about the deceased, but I think Juri is the same, she is also very angry.

Because of Lingcai, Shuli's son had problems during the college entrance exam, ruining her son's original plan."

Officer Megure asked hurriedly: "What's the situation?"

Beppu Kagetsu replied: "Juri's son and Reina's son are classmates, and they happen to want to go to the same high school.

However, the day before the exam, Lingcai's son came to Shuli's house to review. In fact, he had the flu, and he passed it on to Shuli's son, so her son couldn't take the exam because of the flu. "

Kudo Yuki shook her head helplessly. Seeing Conan's little movements, she knew that he had sneaked in and had been listening for a while. She laughed secretly and thought: "This boy has the potential to be a detective."

Conan walked up to Beppu Huayue and asked, "Since you sat down to drink tea, has anyone left the ward?"

Beppu Kagetsu looked at Conan and answered, "Yes. I remember that time, Tokieda and I both left once. I went to the dressing room, and Tokieda went out to buy some desserts to go with tea."

I think Juri and Reina stayed in the room the whole time. Although Reina went out with a thermos to get some hot water, that was before Tokieda and I came here together."

Conan continued to ask: "Are those teacups also from the hospital?"

Beppu Kagetsu replied, "Those are Juri's teacups. She said she used baking soda to wash them until they were sparkling."

Not long after, Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mori, Toru Amuro, Yuki Kudo and Conan came out of the room.

An investigator hurried over and called out to Officer Megure: "Officer Megure, we have already investigated the ward that became the murder scene. But no matter how hard we looked, we did not find any containers or bags that might be used to hold poison."

After hearing this, Inspector Megure frowned and murmured, "If that's the case, then the possibility of taking it outside and throwing it away is very high."

The investigator continued, "Also, we have tested the herbal tea that fell on the floor, and it doesn't seem to have any poisonous reaction."

Inspector Megure asked, "How did she take the poison?"

The investigator continued: "Regarding this, we actually found the poison in ..."

Before the investigator could finish his words, Conan spoke first: "I'm wondering if it's in the teacup..."

Everyone's eyes turned to Conan, and the next second, Conan was lifted up by the back of his collar by Mao Lilan. Mao Lilan asked angrily: "Really, what are you doing? I searched the whole hospital for you."

Conan turned around and saw that it was Mao Lilan, and he quickly called out: "Sister Xiaolan."

Mao Lilan put Conan back on the ground, squatted down, and warned him earnestly: "Didn't you say it's no good? Don't run around in the hospital."

"But..." Conan stopped talking again.

Kudo Yuki looked at Amuro Toru and found that he was staring at Mao Lilan and Conan, his eyes full of memories. This reminded Kudo Yuki that Amuro Toru only had such an expression when he thought of Miyano Elena.

Kudo Yuki took a few steps closer out of curiosity, and seeing Amuro Toru's expression, she secretly speculated in her heart: [Zero must have been reminded of Miyano Elena when he saw the interaction between Xiaolan and Conan.]

Amuro Toru was so absorbed in his recollections that even when Kudo Yuki called him several times, he didn't respond. Kudo Yuki had no choice but to change her approach. She looked at Amuro Toru with gentle eyes and whispered, "Toru, are you okay?"

Amuro Toru was brought back to reality by Kudo Yuki's voice. He came back to reality immediately, stunned for a moment, looked at Kudo Yuki, and coughed again to cover up his gaffe: "It's okay, I just remembered some scenes from my childhood."

"It's good that everything is alright." Kudo Yuki thought to herself: [This trick is still useful.]

At the same time, Mao Lilan grabbed Conan's hand and was about to leave: "Okay, it's time for us to go home."

Mao Lilan took Conan a few steps, but Conan stopped: "But the case has not been solved yet."

Mao Lilan turned her head to look at Conan and asked in confusion: "I seemed to hear the sirens of police cars just now. Did something happen in this hospital?"

Conan took the opportunity to shake off Mao Lilan's hand that was tightly holding his: "A woman was framed and took poison and died. Both Inspector Megure and Uncle Kogoro were very distressed and could not solve the problem."

Mao Lilan leaned down, looked into Conan's eyes, and warned him seriously: "Conan, look at the sky outside the window. It was originally blue, but now it has turned red. It's time for the children to go home. So the case here will be handed over to my father and the police..."

Before Mao Lilan finished speaking, Conan ran away. Kudo Yuki quickly pulled Conan to her side and asked, "Conan, where are you going?"

Conan waved his hand to signal Kudo Yuki to squat down. After Kudo Yuki squatted down, Conan whispered softly in her ear: "Sister, I already know who the murderer is."

Kudo Yuki raised the corner of her mouth and asked with a smile: "Conan, you doubted the color of the teacup I mentioned before, and then Xiaolan's words woke you up, right?"

Conan was stunned and said in surprise: "Sister, you guessed it all."

Kudo Yuki ruffled Conan's hair: "Remember, details determine success or failure."

Kudo Yuki stood up and walked to Mao Lilan: "Xiaolan, Conan will stay with me for now. You go back and take care of your mother. I will send him to you after the case is over."

Mao Lilan responded: "Then I'll trouble you, Sister Xue. Conan, please don't cause trouble for Sister Xue." Then she left.

Conan tugged at Kudo Yuki's sleeve and said, "Sister, follow me." Kudo Yuki picked up Conan and walked in front of Toru Amuro and Inspector Megure and put Conan down.

At this moment, Maori Kogoro and the three suspects had an argument, and Inspector Megure mediated in the middle: "In short, the criminal put poison on the teacup, and it has been confirmed that he killed Ms. Sudong."

Conan walked up to the three suspects and said, "This criminal is very courageous. If I had applied the poison, I would not have dared to go out. If the teacup was cleaned by someone else when I was away, or the position of the teacup and the type of tea were changed, then it would be difficult to tell which one was the poisoned cup, wouldn't it be bad?"

The investigator asked: "Where did the container used to hold the poison go?"

Inspector Megure replied: "We can only thoroughly investigate this ward again."

Conan answered directly: "I don't think that's necessary, because there was someone there at the time. He could put poison on the teacup openly and never left. That person was the one who put poison on the teacup. That's right, Brother Zero."

Maori Kogoro walked up to Amuro Toru, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "How about it, do you know who it is?"

Amuro Toru looked at Maori Kogoro and nodded: "Because of Conan's hint just now, I probably have guessed it."

Amuro Toru turned his head to look at the three suspects and continued, "That person could have applied poison beforehand, or safely discarded the container that had contained the poison. In addition, when she committed the crime, she did not leave the ward at all.

"At that time, he was looking for an opportunity to switch his poisoned teacup with the victim's teacup. There is no one else like that except you, Ms. Kosaka Juri."

Happo Tokiedi and Beppu Kagetsu couldn't believe their ears after hearing what Amuro Toru said. Happo Tokiedi immediately questioned, "But Juri has been drinking tea from that cup from the beginning to the end."

Amuro Toru smiled and reminded: "Have you forgotten? The part with poison on it will only touch the edge of the cup when you pick it up with your left hand. Just be careful not to pick up the cup with your left hand, so that the upper mouth will not touch the poison."

The searcher asked nearby: "So when was the poison?"

Amuro Toru glanced at Kudo Yuki and motioned for her to speak. Kudo Yuki turned around and tried to leave, but Amuro Toru blurted out, "Xiaoxue, you should answer this question."

Kudo Yuki was in a dilemma of whether to leave or not. Everyone's eyes were on her. Conan was a little confused about what Amuro Toru was trying to do. He looked at Kudo Yuki with a puzzled look.

Kudo Yuki glared at Amuro Toru from an angle that no one could notice. Amuro Toru curled his lips and waited for Kudo Yuki's next words. She took a deep breath and began to explain: "Ms. Kosaka Juri should have brought the poison with her before she was hospitalized.

On the day the victim came to visit, he would smear poison on his teacup, then take the container outside the room and throw it away.

After hearing what Kudo Yuki said, Kosaka Juri looked a little nervous, and her hands tightened a little bit involuntarily. Kudo Yuki noticed her change, but did not expose her, but continued to observe the situation.

Beppu Kagetsu defended Kosaka Juri without hesitation and retorted, "But Juri was drinking blue herbal tea, and Reina was drinking red herbal tea. Even if there was a slice of lemon floating on it, it's impossible that they took the wrong tea."

Amuro Toru felt a little disappointed when he saw that Kudo Yuki didn't want to say anything. He smiled and explained, "In fact, that piece of lemon is the key to this trap."

After saying that, Conan poured the tea from the kettle into the teacup: "Oh, it's really blue."

Everyone looked at Conan, and just as Maori Kogoro was about to step forward to tell him not to mess around, he shouted, "This herbal tea called butterfly bean is really magical."

Conan demonstrated as he spoke: "This is the hot water and lemon I just asked for from the nursing station."

After everyone watched Conan pour the lemon into the hot water, Conan said in a puzzled tone: "No way, this is really weird. This cup of tea was clearly blue just now, but I didn't expect it to slowly turn red after adding lemon."

Amuro continued to explain: "The tea changes color because of a chemical reaction with the acid in the lemon. There are other types of herbal teas that will have the same reaction."

Kudo Yuki chimed in, "It's just like the violet tea I drank before. Once you add lemon, it changes from blue to pink."

Amuro Toru smiled at Kudo Yuki, walked to the cupboard and took out some baking soda, saying as he demonstrated: "If it turns red due to acidity, then if you put in the alkaline baking soda that Ms. Kosaka claims to use when washing tea cups, it will turn blue again."

Amuro Toru began to analyze with confidence: "This is how Ms. Kosaka committed the crime.

First of all, after knowing that Ms. Xudong and others are coming to visit you, you should ask Ms. Lingdong to come over a little earlier, saying that you will have a tea party later and ask her to get you hot water.

Taking advantage of her absence, he smeared the poison he brought with him when he was hospitalized on the other side of his teacup, and then found a place outside the ward to throw away the container used to hold the poison.

Next, when the three visitors have arrived, you suggest that since we are having a tea party, we should try different teas for comparison, and wait for the moment when Ms. Xudong chooses Hibiscus tea.

Because the color of Hibiscus tea is dark red with a slight hint of purple, it is very similar to the color of Butterfly Pea Tea which turns red after adding lemon.

When Ms. Xudong chooses Hibiscus tea as you expected, you place a tea bag with the contents of butterfly pea tea replaced in her teacup.

Then add lemon and hot water, and you can serve the red butterfly pea tea, which looks just like roselle tea, to Ms. Xudong who has fallen into the trap.

Maori Kogoro looked at Kudo Yuki and asked, "How did she switch the teacups?"

Kudo Yuki originally wanted to watch the show, but today everyone had to solve their own puzzles. She calmed down and continued to answer the questions: "While Ms. Xudong and others are concentrating on looking at the photos stored in Ms. Xudong's phone."

Amuro Toru smiled and agreed, "Xiaoxue, can you tell me the specific steps?"

Kudo Yuki gave Amuro Toru a cold look and said, "First of all, the blue butterfly pea tea in her poisoned teacup turned red because of the lemon.

Then, he put it over as if he was pushing Ms. Xudong's teacup, and then pretended to pick up Ms. Xudong's teacup as if he was taking his own teacup.

Then, remove the lemon from the cup and add baking soda until the tea turns blue again, then move the cup that was stained with poison slightly away using the same method, and quietly place the handle of the cup to the left of Ms. Sudong.

Ms. Kosaka Juri thought that Ms. Suto's attention was focused on the photo on her phone, so she picked up the poisoned teacup with her left hand.

To be continued...