Chapter 10 Forced to Kill

Chapter 10 Forced to Kill

Chapter 10 Forced to Kill

"Huh? It's you. This is the senior citizen's activity room. What are you doing here?"

Xiaolan was a little surprised, "It's you! It's you"

She wanted to call out the other person's name, but suddenly remembered that they had not exchanged names at all.

"Qinghai Chuantang."

"Miss Tang, this is what happened. When Yuanzi and I were passing by, we saw an old man lying on the side of the road, so we called the emergency number and the police. Because..." Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "It seems that someone poisoned him."

Poisoning?

What kind of earth-shattering event would make a group of people over fifty years old want to kill someone?

"It's okay. With me, the Queen of Reasoning, Sonoko, here, this kind of small matter can be solved in a minute, okay?"

Sonoko smiled confidently, but unfortunately, Conan didn't seem to be here.

"By the way, I seemed to have seen you with a little boy before. Didn't he follow you this time?"

"You mean, Conan?" Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "Conan and Sera are together, but they didn't say what it was specifically. It seems like they encountered some case again."

Xiaolan looked as if she was used to it, but there was a hint of helplessness on her face.

It seems that detectives are always particularly passionate about cases.

Soon, Takagi arrived.

What surprised him was that Conan was not there this time.

"The lady in hospital is"

Opposite Takagi sat four women, all members of this senior activity room.

"You mean Meiling? She is the general manager of this senior activity center."

Gao Mu nodded, recorded it in the notebook, and sighed: "Fortunately, Ms. Meiling is not in danger of life. As long as she rests a little more, she can be discharged from the hospital."

Yuanzi and Xiaolan were looking outside the house to see if they could find any clues.

Behind a potted plant, there was a bottle of insecticide, which the murderer used to poison. On the flower bed, there was a pair of white gloves, which were pulled from the bottom to the top, so the gloves were sunken.

There are five identical glass bottles in the small refrigerator inside the room. The only difference is the labels on the bottles.

From left to right: the red one is Mari Serizawa; the blue one is Mirei Asanuma; the white one is Mayu Nagashima; the yellow one is Yuri Tamagawa; the green one is Mari Aihara.

This was more complicated than expected because they had argued about drinks before.

Asanuma Mirei's drink was stolen and she got angry, but no one admitted that they did it.

The glass bottles and labels were bought by Yuri Tamagawa's daughter-in-law.

“I don’t drink the cheap bottled stuff, so I didn’t bottle anything.”

Indeed, one of the glass bottles was empty.

The person who was speaking was Mari Serizawa. She had a curly hair style and wore a hat on her head. She was dressed elegantly and must be from a well-off family.

Yuri Tamagawa curled the corner of her mouth and said nothing.

There had been conflicts between the victim and the four people.

"I had a quarrel with Ms. Yuri while playing cards. I had a quarrel with Ms. Mari because of the competition for the position of general affairs. I had a quarrel with Ms. Mari because of the membership fee, which was finally resolved when Ms. Mari paid for her."

Sonoko stroked her chin and nodded, "I can see that Ms. Mari is a bit subservient to her."

Takagi continued, "In the end, Ms. Mayu was caught drinking Ms. Meiling's drink, so the conflict arose."

Yuanzi pondered for a moment.

"It sounds like those four people are all suspects."

Xiaolan thought about it and expressed her guess: "But none of them look like they would do this. Could it be done by an outsider?"

"But why did you poison Ms. Meiling's red ginseng?"

Gao Mu's question made everyone fall into deep thought. It seemed that the other party had a purpose, so the murderer must be among these four people.

"If we can find the sales record and ask if they remember the person who bought it that day, we should know who the murderer is. There is still a lot of insecticide left, so it must have been bought not long ago. If we can still find fingerprints on it,

Sonoko stroked his chin and thought.

Gao Mu suddenly realized.

Xiaolan looked at Yuanzi and said with some envy: "How amazing!"

In fact, Xiaolan also has a certain ability to reason, after all, she has been influenced by such a person. However, she lacks a certain amount of courage, or is afraid of saying something wrong and causing serious consequences.

If she accidentally wronged someone, she might remember the feeling of guilt for a long time.

The results came out very quickly.

After questioning, we learned the other party's appearance characteristics, and combined with the fingerprints on the insecticide bottle, we can confirm that it is Yuri Tamagawa.

"I didn't expect that the murderer would be found so quickly. But why don't I have the same feeling as before?"

Yuanzi looked a little confused and puzzled.

And there is no reasoning process this time, it doesn't look like a detective at all.

"That feeling before?" Qinghai Chuantang asked deliberately.

Xiaolan explained: "Every time Sonoko is reasoning, she will fall asleep like my father, and then reveal the method or the murderer."

"Did you find anything strange?"

Xiaolan and Sonoko were a little confused, "Strange place?"

Qinghai Chuantang nodded and smiled meaningfully: "For example, every time when reasoning, my lips didn't move, just like ventriloquism."

No matter how good a ventriloquist is, the sound will be different from one's own true voice, and it is impossible to make it exactly the same. So, she stopped there, as long as the seeds of doubt are planted, they will always take root and sprout, and then slowly grow into a towering tree.

Yuri Tamagawa was taken away by Takagi for investigation. Seeing that the case was solved, Xiaolan and Sonoko also left.

There are still doubts about the matter, perhaps Yuri Tamagawa is not the real murderer.

So Qinghai Chuantang started investigating under the guise of the police. She finally understood why Conan sometimes acted like this, because this trick of using the power of the tiger to bully others really worked.

She first found Mari Serizawa alone.

"I don't think Ms. Lily is the culprit. I think it's more like the general affairs director wrote and performed this act herself. She is just like that. She is always satisfied only when she gets attention from others. Or maybe she was found to be greedy for money and was worried about being kicked out of this senior activity center, so she deliberately did this."

While speaking, Mari Serizawa's hand kept touching the pearl pendant on her neck, indicating that she was very uneasy.

“Did you really write and perform it yourself?”

"Of course it's true."

Serizawa Mari's eyes flickered for a moment.

Then, Qinghai Chuantang found Mari Aihara.

"They are not that kind of people. But, Ms. Mayu..."

After looking around, Mari Aihara approached her and whispered, "He always steals the red ginseng from the general affairs department, so we always quarrel."

Qing Hai Chuan Tang looked directly at her and asked, "So, was it Ms. Mayu who put the insecticide into Ms. Meiling's glass bottle?"

Mari Aihara was visibly nervous. “That’s not what I meant. Anyway, I didn’t put pesticides into the red ginseng.”

The polygraph result was. True.

It means the other party is not lying.

So, Qinghai Chuantang found Nagashima Mayu again.

"I think it was Ms. Mari who ordered it, and then Ms. Mari did it. Because Ms. Mari didn't pay the dues, the general affairs department wanted to fire her, but in the end Ms. Mari paid it on her behalf."

After she finished speaking, Mayu Nagashima sighed, "After that, I can't describe how fawning and attentive she was. Oh, really, she was just like a maid."

At the end of her speech, she seemed a little angry, and it was obvious that she couldn't stand the other person's behavior.

The other party really doesn't seem to be lying.

"That day, you wanted to drink red ginseng, right?"

Mayu Nagashima nodded, but said, "Why should I drink that? I don't like it, okay?"

Inconsistency between what you say and what you do is a sign of lying.

Finally, Qinghai Chuantang came to the Metropolitan Police Department, found Yuri Tamagawa, and asked if there was anyone suspicious.

Yuri Tamagawa thought for a moment and said, "I think it should be Ms. Mari."

The reason is very simple, because Serizawa Mari coveted the position of president. I heard that the general affairs officer would participate in the next election of the president, so she wanted to take the initiative. The two of them were relentless when they met, and they also gave various gifts to members in order to solicit votes. Whether secretly or openly, they were competing with each other.

"Last time, the general affairs director's daughter-in-law had an affair, and she told everyone about it, so the general affairs director sued her for defamation."

Qinghai Chuantang nodded, the other party was indeed not lying.

"So, Ms. Lily, why did you quarrel with the General Affairs Office?"

"It was just because she cheated at the card game, so we had a small argument."

What was said before should be true, but I am afraid that the "small" at the end should be replaced with "big".

"One last question," Qinghai Chuantang looked very serious and asked, "Ms. Lily, did you wear gloves when you sprayed the insecticide?"

Yuri Tamagawa nodded.

"Of course, how can you spray pesticides with bare hands? When I was done, I just left my gloves on the flower bed."

Well, now all that's left is the prisoner's confession.

Qinghai Chuantang returned to the senior activity room and waited for Gao Mu outside the door. When he contacted Gao Mu again, he asked him to buy the same glass bottles and labels and write the names of several people on them.

When they entered the senior activity room, the three of them were already sitting in a row.

Qinghai Chuantang placed the bottle with a blue label and the bottle with a green label in front of Nagashima Mayu.

"On the day when General Affairs collapsed, you actually wanted to drink red ginseng, right?"

Mayu Nagashima nodded slightly, but denied it, "No."

Inconsistency between words and actions is a sign of lying.

"After you and the general manager had a fight over the red ginseng, you couldn't drink freely anymore, so you changed the label, right?"

As he spoke, Qinghai Chuantang swapped the two labels. "After all, red ginseng and green plum juice are the same color, so no one would know. However, if we test it, we will find that your fingerprints are left on both the bottle and the label."

"So, the criminal is actually Ms. Mayu?"

Qinghai Chuantang looked at Gao Mu but didn't say anything.

Gao Mu suddenly understood something, scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I think there might be someone else."

Mayu Nagashima had already changed the label and was about to drink it, but Mirei Asanuma happened to come over. She felt a little guilty, so she quickly put the glass bottle back to its original place. Later, she was afraid that Mirei Asanuma might drink the plum juice and realize something was wrong, so she took advantage of the time when she went to the bathroom to change the label back.

Gao Mu asked seriously, "So, how long was the time interval?"

Nagashima Mayu thought about it and said, "We changed after lunch, so it was about two hours apart."

Qinghai Chuantang nodded, then sat opposite Aihara Mari.

Before she could speak, the other party said, "I have nothing to do with the General Affairs Office. I just didn't pay the membership fee."

"I know."

"I didn't put any drugs in the red ginseng, really."

"I know."

Mari Aihara seemed relieved. She looked at them and then looked at Qinghai Chuantang.

"Then the prisoner is not among us?"

Of course.

The matter was actually very simple. When everyone went out to eat, the criminal found the gloves on the flower bed and the bottle of insecticide placed next to it. So she put on the gloves that Yuri Tamagawa had placed on the flower bed and poured the insecticide into the green plum juice.

"The bottle that contained the drug was not red ginseng, but green plum juice."

Qinghai Chuantang stared at the other person, as if he saw through everything.

Seeing everyone staring at her, Mari Aihara felt very uncomfortable, which made her even more nervous and she kept rubbing her palms.

"Ms. Mari, your palms sweat when you're nervous. I think it's hyperhidrosis?"

"So, what's going on?"

Mari Aihara wiped her hands with a handkerchief and tried to defend herself: "This doesn't mean I'm guilty, does it? It's just that my hands tend to sweat."

This explanation does make sense.

But there is another key point.

"The gloves were turned inside out at that time." Qinghai Chuantang sighed softly, "I heard that you never spoke loudly, and you always understood others and gave in."

"So, you just ignore me."

Mari Aihara's voice began to tremble.

The soft-hearted person wanted to commit a crime, and because of nervousness, he sweated more. The gloves were soaked with sweat and difficult to take off, so he turned them inside out and took them off.

Many people actually take it off like this, including Qinghai Chuantang himself. However, as long as you check, you can tell whose sweat it is.

Just like a person's fingerprint, it always leaves a trace.

"Why did you do that?"

Mari Aihara clenched her handkerchief and fell into some memories
When people take off their shoes and go in, the toes of their shoes are facing the room. At that time, when Serizawa Marie was about to leave, Aihara Mari changed the direction of her shoes to point outside the room, which was more convenient.

Mari Serizawa expressed her gratitude, but also seemed to be enjoying it all.

At that time, Mayu Nagashima was standing nearby.

After Serizawa Mari left, Nagashima Mayu looked at her and said, "Are you a servant? Do you lose your self-esteem after getting paid a little? You look like you're willing to wipe her butt in the bathroom."

There was a mocking expression on his face, as if he was looking down on her.

After saying that, Mayu Nagashima turned and left, leaving Mari Aihara standing there in a daze.

"I'm just thanking Ms. Mari, but why did you say that?"

At this point, Mari Aihara was already in tears, "You said I was dirty and that I was a servant."

"me"

Mayu Nagashima knew that she had caused a disaster. "I just said something in anger because of the red ginseng. Do you think you would do such a thing? Oh my God, this is murder!"

She didn't understand the other party's behavior at all.

Words are a double-edged sword. Only when you have experienced it yourself can you understand it firsthand.

"I just wanted her to suffer a little. But I didn't expect that the general affairs officer would drink this, and I didn't expect that she would be hospitalized."

She was eventually handcuffed by Gao Mu.

After walking outside, Qinghai Chuantang looked at her and asked in confusion, "Do you have any grudges with Ms. Lily?"

Mari Aihara shook her head.

“I’m just a little envious”

I envy her for having a harmonious and happy family, and for having a virtuous and sensible daughter-in-law. She didn't mean to let Yuri Tamagawa take the blame, but...
Mari Aihara put her hands together, looking a little hesitant.

Qinghai Chuantang took off the scarf from around his neck, unfolded it and placed it on the other person's hand, covering the marks of the handcuffs.

"Thank you."

"Feel sorry."

This "thank you" was said to Qinghai Chuantang, and the "apology" was said to those who were hurt by her and those who took the blame for her.

She repeated "I'm sorry" several times, full of deep regret.

Gao Mu looked at her with some reluctance, "Because it is a small amount and you are old, the punishment will be reduced. It is not even attempted murder, at most it is harming others."

"Thank you."

After saying this, Mari Aihara bowed slightly to her.

"Ms. Tang, thank you very much this time."

Qinghai Chuantang shook his head, "It's okay. But please don't tell those two girls about this."

Although Gao Mu felt strange, he still agreed.

Watching the vehicle leave, Qinghai Chuantang always felt something strange in his heart.

Afterwards, Qinghai Chuantang returned home and suddenly received a text message.

"You know, malt whiskey?"

Although there was no signature, Qinghai Chuantang still knew who the other party was. After all, if she didn't know about such a big note, she would definitely be blind.

If she remembered correctly, there were only four bottles of whiskey in the organization: rye, Scotch, bourbon, and Irish.

Among them, three were undercover agents. The only one who was really drunk was sacrificed by his teammates and betrayed the organization before he died. I think this organization is doomed.

"I don't know, new member?"

Just a few seconds after the message was sent, the other party replied: It is said that he is the earliest whiskey, but he has been hiding it well. His status may be higher than that of gin.

Then, malt is undoubtedly real wine.

After all, if it was fake wine, the organization would have been destroyed.

"He has already taken some action. Moreover, he seems to know the news about Kudo Shinichi and Shirley."

"Then your identity will not be known as well, right?"

"possible."

Qinghai Chuantang stared at the other party's last text message and couldn't recover for a long time.

Malt Whiskey, has excellent reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities, and shooting capabilities. He is good at disguise and voice changing, and almost never shows up in the organization, so no one knows what he looks like. Even his height, age and other information are unknown.

Men, women, old people, and children. These four different answers are all different people's impressions of malt. But most of them are just guesses.

Right now, malt is like a ticking time bomb.

He had a lot of information in his hands, but he didn't hand it over to the organization right away, which meant he had his own purpose.

So, what is his purpose?

Who, Malt again?

Qinghai Chuantang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It’s a big chapter, so there is only one update today.

Yes~ the aroma of malt

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(End of this chapter)