Not long after, the police rushed over.
"The deceased is Mr. Kohei Urata, 27 years old this year. He's a doctor working at Miyaka General Hospital, right?”Officer Megure asked his companion who was with the deceased.
"Yes." A woman replied.
"Then why did he fall down halfway through the show?”
"I thought he was just feeling unwell all of a sudden, but he fell to the ground.”
Officer Takagi, who was checking at the side, picked up a cup on the ground and asked,"Could it be that the victim drank the drink that fell beside him and fell to the ground and died?"”
"I've been watching the show the whole time, so I'm not too sure.”
Officer Megure moved closer to Officer Takagi's cup and looked inside." There's almost no drink left.”Then, he continued," By the way, what time was it when you found Mr. Urata collapsed?”
The woman raised her hand to look at her watch." Well, the show started at around two o'clock..."
"He should have collapsed around 2:40.”Lan, who had walked over at some point, interrupted.
"Xiaolan?" Officer Megure was a little surprised to see Xiaolan suddenly appear. He didn't know why she was here.
Xiao Lan continued to explain," Because when I heard the scream, it was probably at the climax of the whole scene.”She turned to look at the black knight behind her and said," Right, Shinichi?”
"Shinichi?" Officer Megure looked at the knight in black in surprise.
The knight in black took off his mask and nodded.
"Ah, Brother Kudo, when did you come back?”Officer Megamo asked. With Kudo Shinichi, the great detective, around, Officer Megamo felt much more at ease about this case.
"By the way, this garden party was organized by Xiaolan's high school.”Officer Takagi suddenly said.
"That means that guy is here too!”Officer Megure suddenly looked around nervously.
At this moment, Maori Kogoro walked over while wearing his coat. When he saw Officer Megami looking around, he couldn't help but ask," Are you looking for someone? Officer Megure?"
"I'm talking about you." Officer Megure looked at Maori Kogoro who was walking over and said helplessly. You're the God of Plagues. You actually brought such an unfortunate tragedy to your daughter's school.
"Then, there shouldn't have been anyone near the corpse just now, right?”Officer Megure asked Maori Kogoro.
"Of course, Officer Megure. Keeping the scene intact is the most basic job of an investigation.”Maori Kogoro pointed at a person beside him and said," Before the coroner touched the body, no one had approached it.”
"Have you found out the cause of his death?”Officer Takagi asked the coroner.
"Yes, I think this is probably…"
"It's potassium hydrogen, right?" Before the coroner could finish, a young man wearing a hat and Conan said at the same time.
"What?" Officer Megure and Maori Kogoro were shocked by the sudden noise.
Maori Kogoro saw Conan squatting beside the corpse and observing it, and pinched him." You little brat, you're doing this again."”He said angrily.
"I think this brother probably died from poisoning himself after drinking potassium hydrogen.”the young man said.
"Hey, didn't you say that no one touched this corpse?”Officer Megure shouted at Maori Kogoro.
"Yes, that should be the case.”Maori Kogoro said awkwardly.
"Even without touching the corpse, you can roughly guess just by looking at him.”Conan, who was pinched by Maori Kogoro, muttered.
"Brat, what do you know?”Maori Kogoro shouted at Conan.
"I'm not talking nonsense. It was Shinichi who told me. Isn't that right, Shinichi?" Conan looked at Shinichi behind Xiaolan.
Shinichi nodded.
Xiaolan looked at Shinichi and said worriedly," Shinichi, you're acting weird today. What's wrong?"”
Conan quickly broke free from Maori Kogoro's grip and ran to Xiaolan. He laughed dryly and said," Sister Xiaolan, Shinichi isn't feeling well today, so he's acting a little abnormal."”
Shinichi, are you alright?" Xiaolan said worriedly.
"I'm fine." Shinichi said calmly.
"Most people lose their blood color when they die, but the color of this brother's lips and nails are not purple, but pink. This is also evidence of hydrogen potassium poisoning. Unlike other poisons, the electron transport system in cells would start to operate after taking the drug. It could circulate through the body without using the oxygen in the blood. In this way, the complexion would become better. As long as the smell of almonds was detected in this guy's mouth later, it would definitely be that of the drug.”The young man continued to explain.
"Is that so? " Coroner?" Officer Megure asked the coroner after hearing the young man's explanation.
"Yes, there was indeed the smell of almonds in his mouth. Just as the young man said, I also inferred that the deceased had taken potassium hydrogen and died of poisoning.”the coroner said.
"I say, kid, why do you know so much about this matter? You couldn't have been sitting next to Mr. Urata's seat at the time of the crime, right?”Maori Kogoro asked.
"It's much worse. My seat is at the front of the other side of the aisle from Mr. Urata.”
"Are you sitting at the front of the other side?”
"That's right, it's three seats from uncle.”
"Is that so? Brother Mao Li?" Officer Megure asked.
Maori Kogoro scratched his head and said awkwardly," I'm sorry. I was so focused on watching the show that I didn't know who was sitting next to me.”
When Officer Megami heard Maori Kogoro say this, he turned to the young man and asked," Is there anyone who can verify your statement?”
"This?" The young man pointed at Conan who was not far away." This kid is good. I was sitting next to the little brother with glasses."”
" Is that so, Conan?" Lan, who was standing beside Conan, asked.
"Yes, Brother Hattori was sitting next to me.”Conan nodded vigorously and said happily.
"Hattori?" Officer Megure looked at the young man in surprise.
At this moment, Kazuya suddenly appeared in front of the young man and took off his hat. She asked curiously," What are you doing, Heiji?”
The young man who took off his hat was a young man who looked very similar to Shinichi. He looked at Kazuya and Kazuya who had suddenly appeared in front of him in horror. Didn't I tell her not to come?
He Ye walked up to the young man, Hattori Heiji, and wiped his face with his hand." You've applied so much foundation on your face and your hairstyle has changed. Are you here to perform kabuki?"”
Hattori Taira looked at Kudo Shinichi, who was standing not far away. He rubbed his hair and quickly wiped off the powder on his face with a towel, revealing his dark skin. He scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly." Ahaha, I pretended to be Kudo Shinichi just to give everyone a surprise. I didn't expect Kudo to come back today."”
Seriously, I thought that I would disguise as Kudo Shinichi and appear with Conan to dispel Xiaolan's doubts, but who is that guy? Hattori looked at Conan and then at Shinichi.
"Ahem, in short, let's continue our investigation. May I ask if Mr. Urata bought this drink himself?”Officer Megure continued his investigation.
"No, he didn't buy it." the woman replied.
" I went to buy it," a female voice interrupted." I went to the beverage stall over there and bought four servings of drinks. Then, I brought the drinks to everyone's seat. When I arrived, I handed the drinks to Mr. Mitani and then went to the bathroom, right?"”She looked at Mr. Mitani and said.
"Yes, I am."
"Then, Mr. Mitani, were you the one who handed the drink to the dead Mr. Urata?”Officer Megure asked.
"No, I gave it to everyone and slowly passed it on to him. Therefore, it was actually Noda who gave the drink to Urata.”Mitani-san explained nervously.
"What are you talking about? You were the one who helped Dr. Urata choose the iced coffee just now!”Oda-san was a little excited when she heard Mr. Mitani's words.
"I'm so sorry. May I ask what relationship Mr. Urata has with the three of you?”Officer Takagi saw that they were about to quarrel and quickly interrupted.
"Actually, we all graduated from this high school. We used to be members of the drama club. Coincidentally, we work together now, so it has become an annual tradition for the four of us to watch the play together.”the woman who bought the drinks said.
"I just didn't expect that something like this would happen to Urada. It's really unexpected.”Mitani-san continued.
"Urata has been very happy recently that his theory is likely to be recognized.”Miss Oda said.
"Exactly!"
"But, Miss Dancer, why were you the only one who went to buy drinks for the four of them? It's too hard for you to carry four drinks by yourself.”Maori Kogoro asked.
"Because there were a lot of people at that time, I asked everyone to go to their seats first so that they could still occupy a good seat. After that, Mr. Urata came to look for me, but he seemed to have seen something and suddenly went back to his seat with a pale face.”The dancer explained.
"Your face is green? Did something happen?" Maori Kogoro was puzzled.
"I think he must have seen me selling drinks at the counter.”A girl wearing the Imperial Pill High School uniform said.
" It's Caiko!" Noda-san was surprised to see this girl. She looked at her school uniform and said," So you're a student of this school."”
"No wonder I thought I saw you somewhere.”The dancer looked at the female high school student named Cai Zi and said.
"Do you guys know each other?" Officer Megure asked as he listened to their conversation.
"Yes, this lady is the only daughter of our hospital's director.”Miss Oda said.
" Then, in that case, the person who refilled the drinks for the four of them just now was..." Maori Kogoro said.
"It is indeed me."
"I see. In that case, all the suspects are here.”Hattori had been listening to their discussion and concluded.
"What are you talking about? Both Dr. Urata and I ordered iced coffee. If I poisoned his coffee, I could have just handed it to him in order not to accidentally eat the poisoned drink.”The dancing costume girl retorted after hearing Hattori's words.
"However, you can also poison both cups and not drink yours.”Officer Megure said.
"But I drank it all."
"You didn't pour your glass into the bathroom, did you?”Maori Kogoro asked suspiciously.
"Like I said, I handed everyone's drinks to Mitani before going to the bathroom. After I came back, the scene started, and I haven't left since.”
" I was just sharing the drink she gave me, so I didn't have time to poison her," Mr. Mitani said.
"I don't have that chance either." Miss Oda said.
"But you at least opened the lid of the cup and confirmed what drink was inside, right?”Officer Megure asked.
"I know even without opening it, because it's written clearly on the lid.”Mitani-san said.
" Also, if you order iced coffee, there will be toffee and syrup on the top," Ms. Oda continued.
"You might have prepared toffee and syrup mixed with poison in advance. As long as she switched the package before handing it over to him, it would be fine.”Maori Kogoro continued to ask.
"Then shouldn't he die immediately after drinking it? Isn't potassium hydrogen a quick-acting medicine? However, Dr. Urata had almost finished his drink.”Miss Oda retorted excitedly.
" This..." Maori Kogoro was speechless.
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