Furuya Rei: The sun falls into the arms of the moon

Chapter 122: The Tea Party with a Stifling Atmosphere - Memories

Amuro Toru fell into reminiscence, "Didn't I say it's not possible?"

"Didn't I tell you not to do that? No more fighting."

"But……"

"If you get hurt again next time, I won't be able to heal you. Because I have to go somewhere far away."

"I have to say goodbye to you. Zero."

"I have to say goodbye to you, Zero."

Lingzi looked at him like this and turned to his arms, "Tou?"

"It's time to come back to your senses."

"Hey. Hey, are you okay?" Maori Kogoro looked at him, "Even if you are so powerful, you can't solve this poisoning case, right?"

"Mr. Maori, you can't solve it yourself, right? If that's the case, then of course there's no way I can solve it either."

Lingzi shook her head and was about to get out of his arms, but he pushed her back with one hand.

Lingzi leaned tightly in his arms. She felt that something was wrong with him.

"What's wrong, Tooru?"

Amuro Toru shook his head, "Nothing, I just want to hug you."

Miss Lingzi, "Since you don't look very happy, I'll give you a hug."

Amuro Toru laughed out loud, "Then thank my beautiful and generous Lingzi."

"Humph……"

It's just that I thought of your first love. Never mind. I'll just try to comfort you.

My first love is in my arms. Don't let your imagination run wild.

Xiaolan looked at Conan, "Okay, we should go home."

Toru Amuro held Lingzi and looked at the sunset outside the window, what a beautiful scene.

Lingzi looked up and touched his face. "Don't be unhappy. I'm by your side. Always."

Amuro Toru didn't want to break the current atmosphere, so he pulled her back, "Well..."

It was uttered with a breathy voice, as if recalling some nostalgic memory...

Lingzi hugged him obediently.

"You mean the rim of the teacup?"

"You mean not to paint it there?"

"Yes, it was right near the spot where the lipstick was stained. The victim must have put it near her mouth, so she drank the poison along with the herbal tea."

"Because we didn't detect any poison reaction from the herbal tea in the teacup."

"You mean to say that one of us coated the rim of the teacup with poison just before Lingcai drank it?"

"If someone did that, someone would probably notice, right?"

“But no one saw anyone doing that at the time.”

"So, didn't Mr. Amuro just say that? That person didn't apply the poison directly, but applied the poison to her own teacup and then secretly switched it."

"Didn't I also say that that was impossible? Because at that time I was drinking yellow chamomile tea."

"I drink an herbal tea called peppermint, which is brown in color."

"And I was drinking a blue herbal tea called butterfly pea."

"So even if I took it secretly and exchanged it with Sudong's cup while he was drinking red roselle tea, he should be noticed soon."

"If I remember correctly, the victim was the only one who added an extra slice of lemon to his tea, right? Since that covered most of the surface, even if the color is a little different..."

"It's fundamentally different, okay?"

"Forget it, uncle who has no affinity with this kind of herbal tea, he doesn't understand this either."

"Hey, everyone, don't be like this. In short, he put poison on the teacup and killed Ms. Xudong. This has been confirmed."

"Since the container or bag used to hold the poison was not found in the ward that became the murder scene."

"That means it was Ms. Beppu and Ms. Happo who left this ward and went outside. The criminal must be one of you two. I think there is no doubt about that."

"I see. After applying poison on the wall of the cup, you then find a place to throw away the container that was used to hold the poison when you leave the ward, right?"

"Yes."

"Wait a moment, I was just going to the bathroom."

"It's the same for me. I just went to the convenience store to buy some dessert to go with my tea. I still have the receipt with me."

"It doesn't matter. Just check the toilet pipes or the road leading to the convenience store. I think we can find some solid evidence."

"But this prisoner is very courageous, isn't he?"

"Wait Conan,"

"Because if I were the one who applied the poison, I wouldn't dare to go out."

"If the teacups were cleaned by others when I was away, or the position of the teacups or the type of tea were changed."

"Wouldn't it be bad if we couldn't figure out which cup was the one coated with poison?"

"That's true,"

"In this case."

"When did the criminal poison the person? And where did the container used to hold the poison go?"

"It seems that we can only thoroughly investigate this ward again."

"I don't think it was necessary, because there was someone there who could read the poison on the teacup openly, and who never left the teacup."

"That's right, Brother Zero."

"Brother Zero?" Xiaolan squatted down and looked at Conan.

"It's Amuro-nii. He said that when he was a kid, everyone called him Zero."

Maori Kogoro also came over and looked at him, "So, what's going on? Do you already know who it is?"

"Ah, I see, because I probably guessed it from Conan's hint just now."

"That person could have applied the poison beforehand. She could have safely discarded the container that had contained the poison. In addition, when the crime was committed, she never left the ward or walked outside."

"He was looking for an opportunity to swap his poisoned teacup with the victim's teacup."

"There is no one else like this except you, right? Ms. Kosaka Juri."

"Ah? Ah?"

"Wait a minute, you said she had poisoned her teacup from the beginning, but Juri was drinking tea from that cup the whole time."

Amuro Toru looked at them, "Have you forgotten? The part with the poison on it will only touch the edge when you pick up the cup with your left hand. Just be careful not to pick up the cup with your left hand, so that your mouth will not touch the poison."

"So when was the poison?"

"I think she brought the poison with her before she was admitted to the hospital."

"On the day the victim came to visit, he smeared poison on his teacup and then took the container out of the room and threw it away somewhere. Am I right?"

"That's what I wanted to ask you. Did you forget something? Shuli, you drank blue herbal tea, but Lingcai drank red herbal tea."

"Even if there was a slice of lemon floating on it, it would still be impossible, because it would be the wrong thing to do."