Chapter 103: The Sorrow in the Middle of the Play

Chapter 103: The Sorrow in the Middle of the Play

Two people, one big and one small, were gritting their teeth in the audience.

Kogoro Mori was also very angry and almost rushed onto the stage. Fortunately, Kazuha Toyama stopped him in time.

Princess Maori was a little confused. She whispered, "Doctor Shinde, this is different from what is written in the script?"

But the Black Knight did not respond and still held her.

Ran Mao Li couldn't help but look backstage, and saw Suzuki Sonoko holding a sign that read "Continue like this".

Mao Lilan had no choice but to continue acting according to her own lines. She wondered if Dr. Shinde had forgotten the script.

"Are you the prince who was once driven out of the palace by your father?"

Mao Lilan put her hands on the black knight's shoulders and said affectionately: "If you haven't forgotten the childhood promise, please...please put a seal on my lips as a proof!"

After reciting her lines, she closed her eyes and tilted her head slightly.

The black knight was stunned for a moment, then turned slightly while holding Princess Maori, and slowly lowered his head.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Conan's eyes widened. Didn't that guy say he was just going to replace the doctor on stage? Why is there a kissing scene?

It was too late to rush over and stop them now. Just when their lips were about to touch in front of the audience...

Suddenly, a terrified scream was heard in the gymnasium.

"what!!!"

Everyone was shocked.

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"The deceased is named Urata Kohei, 27 years old, and a doctor working at Beika General Hospital, right?" Inspector Megure looked at the information recorded in the manual and confirmed with the people next to him.

"Yes," the deceased's companion, Yume Noda, nodded in affirmation.

Inspector Megure continued to ask: "So, what was the situation at that time?"

Fear still remained on Noda Yumemi's face. She explained: "I'm not sure either. He just suddenly seemed very uncomfortable and collapsed."

Takagi Wataru picked up a cup on the ground and asked, "Is it because the deceased drank the drink in the cup?"

Noda Yumemi: “I was watching the performance at the time, so I’m not sure.”

Inspector Megure came over to take a look and said, "The drinks in there are almost all finished."

"So what time did you find the deceased lying down?" asked Inspector Megure.

Noda Yumemi looked at her watch and thought, "Well, the show starts a little after 2 o'clock, but at that time..."

"He should have fallen around 2:40." Ran Mouri, dressed in a princess dress, suddenly appeared.

"Ran?" Inspector Megure was a little surprised. "Why are you dressed like this?"

"Today is the school festival drama performance, so..." Ran Mouri smiled embarrassedly.

Inspector Megure nodded in understanding: "How can you be sure it was at that time?"

Mao Lilan explained: "Because when I heard the scream, it was the climax of the whole play. There were no accidents in today's performance, so according to the normal time, it should be this time."

"Right, Dr. Shinde?" Ran Mouri turned around and looked at the black knight beside her.

However, the other party did not respond.

Mao Lilan couldn't help but feel confused. Since the moment she stepped on the stage, she always felt that this person was different from Dr. Arata, and she had a familiar feeling about him.

"I see." Inspector Megure nodded, "No one approached the body just now, right?"

Maori Kogoro came over and said seriously, "Of course, Inspector, protecting the scene is the basic work of the investigation."

Inspector Megure looked down at Maori Kogoro, then turned to ask the forensic officer: "How is it, have you found out the cause of death?"

"Yes, I think the cause of death should be..."

"Potassium cyanate poisoning, right?" Hattori Heiji walked over, holding his hat.

"You are... Hattori?" Inspector Megure looked at the dark-skinned boy in front of him in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Hattori Heiji smiled and said, "I was invited by Miss Xiaolan to watch her play."

"I see."

"Did you touch the corpse?" Inspector Megure asked with his eyes wide open.

Hattori Heiji quickly denied: "No, no, I saw that the lips and fingers of the corpse were pink, which is evidence of potassium cyanate poisoning."

Inspector Megure looked at the forensic officer, who nodded and confirmed what Hattori Heiji said: "The deceased has a taste of almonds in his mouth. It is indeed potassium cyanate poisoning."

Inspector Megure looked at the deceased's companions and said, "So, may I ask if Mr. Urata bought the drink himself?"

"I went to buy them," said Mai Hongjo, who was wearing a green hooded jacket. She pointed to a stand not far away and said, "I went to the beverage stand over there and bought four drinks. Then I went back to my seat to look for everyone. After that, I gave the drinks to Mr. Mitani and went to the bathroom, right?"

Mitani Yota nodded: "That's right, the play was about to start, so I remember it very clearly."

Inspector Megure looked at Mitani Yota and said, "Mr. Mitani, did you give the drink to the deceased?"

Mitani Yota was a little nervous, swallowed his saliva and said, "No, after I got the drink, I handed Mr. Urata's portion to Noda and asked her to pass it on, so she should have been the one who directly handed the drink to Mr. Urata."

Noda Yumemi's face changed: "What do you mean? It was you who helped him choose the iced coffee just now!"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Gao Mushi quickly interrupted: "Um, can you explain the relationship between the deceased and you?"

Hong Shang Mai said: "We all graduated from this high school, and now we happen to work together, so it is our habit every year for the four of us to come to the school festival to watch the drama, but I didn't expect that this year..."

Noda Yumemi said: "Yes, he was very happy recently that his theory was recognized, but he didn't expect something like this to happen."

Maori Kogoro asked in confusion: "But why did you buy four drinks by yourself? It's not easy for one person to carry them, right?"

Hong Shang Mai explained: "I saw that there were too many people. If we went over to buy drinks together, there would be no seats left, so I wanted them to come over first and take a better seat.

By the way, Mr. Urata came over and said he wanted to get me a drink, but he suddenly turned pale and went back to his seat.

"Your face is blue?" Inspector Megure was a little confused. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"I guess he saw me at the stall." At this time, a female student wearing glasses suddenly spoke.

Noda Yumemi looked at her in surprise: "Ayako? So you are a student of this school?"

Hong Shang Mai also said: "I was wondering where I've seen you before. It turns out to be Ayako. I didn't recognize you before I've seen you in your school uniform."

Inspector Megure asked in confusion: "Do you know each other?"

Noda Yume nodded and said, "This child is the daughter of our hospital director."

Maori Kogoro looked at Ayako and said, "So, you were the one who added drinks to the four people just now?"

Caizi replied calmly: "It's me."

Hattori Heiji smiled slightly: "I see, then in this way, all the suspects are here, right?"

Hong Shang Mai said anxiously: "Please don't talk nonsense, Mr. Urata and I both drank iced coffee. If I put poison in his cup, what if I drink it myself?"

Inspector Megure asked suspiciously, "If you poisoned both cups, couldn't you just not drink your own?"

Hong Shang Mai was a little angry: "I drank it all!"

Mitani Yota said: "I just handed the quilt over. I didn't have time to poison it."

Noda Yumemi also said: "I don't have the time to poison."

Inspector Megure asked: "Then you at least opened the cup to check the drink inside, right? Wouldn't you have had a chance then?"

Noda Yume shook her head. "You can tell without opening it. It's written on the cup what's inside. If it's coffee, there's creamer and syrup on top. You can tell at a glance."

Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and said, "If I prepare poisonous creamer and syrup in advance and let him pour it in and drink it..."

Noda Yume immediately said, "Willn't he die if he drinks it? Mr. Urata almost finished the drink!"

Kogoro Mori was a little embarrassed for a moment.

Hattori Heiji smiled slightly: "No matter what strategy the murderer used to poison the victim, it is now obvious that the murderer who poisoned the victim is among you four."

The four of them looked unhappy.

Takagi Wataru, who was examining the body, suddenly said, "Inspector, I found unused creamer and syrup in the deceased's pocket."

"Never used it?" Inspector Megure was a little confused. He looked at his three companions, "Mr. Urata, don't you usually drink coffee without adding it?"

Noda Yumemi was stunned for a moment and said, "I remember he usually adds it."

The other two nodded in agreement.

"Why is that?" Inspector Megure pinched his chin and thought.

"Because, there's not coffee in the cup, but Coke." Ayako suddenly said.

Everyone looked at her.

Caizi said: "I deliberately changed the coffee to Coke, thinking that he might come to me to change the coffee, and maybe ask me why I broke up the engagement with him."

"Engagement?" Everyone was surprised.

There's about a 10-year age difference between these two people, right?

Caizi lowered her head and explained, "I originally planned to marry him after graduation, but last week I suddenly felt very uneasy, so I called him and told him that I wanted to cancel the engagement. Since then, he no longer wants to see me when I go to the hospital."

Hong Shang Mai suddenly realized: "No wonder, I was wondering why my coffee turned into Coke, and I almost added creamer into it." As she said that, she took out the unused creamer and syrup from her pocket.

Inspector Megure pondered for a moment and said, "Let's take all four drinks for testing first and wait until the results come out before we say anything."