Chapter 868 The Scent of Grapefruit
The first person to be examined was Kenpei Hatsumura.
The most noteworthy item is the golf club. Judging from its material and workmanship, it is not cheap.
Hatsumura Kenpei said that the original price of this golf club was 160,000 yen, but later the price was reduced to 100,000 yen, so he took this opportunity to sell it.
"Of course," he said nervously, "Just like what this kid said, I didn't plan to buy such an expensive gift, so I'm a little dissatisfied, but I wouldn't kill someone for such a reason, right?"
Masumi Sera came over and looked at the club, and said, "But if there is a poison needle on the front of the club, we can stab the president without getting close to him, right?"
Hatsumura Kenpei was a little confused and said, "Don't be ridiculous. If I make such a conspicuous move, someone will definitely see it, right?"
He looked at Fukui Yuki and said, "Can you prove that I have never done such a thing?"
The bar counter faces all the tables, and Fukui Yuuki can see what's going on in the entire store.
She nodded and said, "Yes, and after the minister passed out, the golf club was put into the box."
Yuya and Conan looked at Sera Masumi with some doubt. How could such an untenable reasoning come out of her mouth? It was in line with Maori Kogoro's reasoning style.
Sera Masumi touched the back of her head awkwardly: "Ahaha, I'm just guessing." As she said this, she took advantage of the gap covered by her arm to secretly observe Okiya Subaru.
But the latter said nothing and looked at this side with a calm expression.
Inspector Megure sighed helplessly, picked up the box of darts, opened it, took out one of them, looked at it and asked, "Is this the reason for the dispute with the other guests?"
Kogure Monpei quickly explained, "I didn't buy these darts just to start an argument with other customers. I found an old target among my grandfather's belongings. After I gave it to the minister, he asked me to buy him some darts."
"I don't play darts or anything like that myself."
Sera Masumi touched his chin and said, "If we put poison on the tip of the dart, we can shoot it from a distance, or directly stab it when we get close, right?"
Kogure Monpei yelled, "Didn't I tell you that I can't play darts? If you don't believe me, you can check it to see if there's any poison on it."
Inspector Megure nodded slightly: "That's exactly what I meant."
After handing the dart to his subordinates for testing, Inspector Megure looked at what was left on the table.
It was a poster and some film, and the owner was Mika Kishi.
Inspector Megure looked at the items and picked up the rolled-up poster. "It's an idol poster. It's much cheaper than the other two."
Kishibama Mika retorted in dissatisfaction: "That poster has a handwritten signature on it, and it cost me thirty thousand! It was because the minister kept whispering in my ear that he wanted it, and I had no choice but to buy it for him."
Inspector Megure opened the poster, and Yuya came over to take a look and found that it was a bikini poster of Yoko Okino with her autograph on it.
Unfortunately, the bottom is wet, so it can be said that this poster has completely lost its original value.
Wait, Yuya sniffed his nose and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.
It's strange, isn't this poster wet with champagne? Why does it have a grapefruit scent?
Several rolls of the remaining film had already been opened. Inspector Megure couldn't help but sigh: "It looks like you took a lot of photos. Does your captain like taking photos?"
Kishibama Mika explained, "Yes, those are the photos that will be uploaded to the Minister's website."
"That's true, but the minister is a digital idiot, so we are pretty much responsible for selecting and uploading the photos," Hatsumura Kenpei complained.
Xiao Mu Wenping echoed: "They are just following the trend of setting up blogs like others."
Kishibama Mika said with some relief: "It seems that we don't have to do these things in the future."
Noticing the strange looks from others, she also realized that her words were somewhat inappropriate for the occasion, and hurriedly explained: "Of course, you wouldn't kill someone just because you hate this kind of thing, right?"
Inspector Megure looked at her without saying anything, looked at the other things on the table, and took out an ice pick from a bucket.
"This thing also needs to be sent for testing. The chisel head of an ice pick is like the needle of a dart. They are both sharp objects and are very similar in shape to the murder weapon."
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The test results showed that neither the ice picks nor the darts contained any detectable toxins.
In other words, these two things were not the murder weapons.
No weapons were found on the three suspects, so Inspector Megure had no choice but to arrange for people to conduct a detailed search of the billiard club.
During this process, Youya walked to the bar intentionally or unintentionally and asked Fukui Yuki: "Yuki sister."
Looking at the handsome boy in front of him, Fukui Yu asked with a smile: "Hmm? What's wrong?"
Yuya secretly glanced at Okiya Subaru, and after making sure that the latter was not paying attention to this side, he asked quietly: "How long have you known Subaru-sensei? How did you meet?"
Fukui Yuki was stunned for a moment, then he tapped his chin with his finger and thought, "It doesn't seem like it's been that long. As for how we met, we were just frequent customers, and we chatted casually when I had nothing to do."
Yuya asked, "You guys looked very serious just now, are you talking about something?"
"Yes, that's right." Fukui Yuuki nodded vigorously and told Yuya about the strange sound she heard.
Yuya was stunned for a moment: "A popping sound similar to the sound of opening champagne? And the sound of something falling to the ground? And the faint scent of grapefruit..."
Fukui Yuki nodded: "Yes, I feel a little strange. I am worried that someone is doing something strange in my store, so I am going to ask a detective to investigate. Speaking of which..."
She looked Yuya up and down and said, "You look familiar. Can I ask your name?"
Yuya was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "My name is Kamiya Yuya, and I'm a detective."
Fukui Yuki's eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "Are you the famous high school detective? Great, can you help me investigate?"
Yuya smiled and said, "Of course, but let's solve this case first."
Fukui Yuki was looking forward to it: "Have you already known the truth?"
Youye shook his head: "Not yet, but it should be available soon."