Chapter 869: The classic 3-choose-1 ring chapter
According to the three-choice principle in the scientific world, the murderer who killed the minister must be among those three people.
As for who it is, Youya has no idea yet.
He folded his arms across his chest, leaned against the bar with his right foot crossed over his left, and began to think.
Based on his experience in solving cases, the sound that Fukui Yuki heard was definitely not an illusion, but an inevitable sound when completing the murder method.
Generally speaking, when this unreasonable phenomenon occurs, there are two possibilities.
One possibility is that the sound was made when someone was murdered, and the other is that the sound was made when the murder weapon was being dealt with - after all, the murder weapon has not been found yet, and no toxins were detected on the darts and ice picks that could have been the murder weapons.
At the same time, since this sound appeared more than once, it means that the murderer had rehearsed in advance in order to complete the murder plan.
Conan came to Yuya, pulled his sleeve, tilted his head and asked: "Did you find any clues?"
Youya shook his head and explained his current information and reasoning.
Conan nodded slightly, pinching his chin and pondering, "I have the same idea as you. The most important thing now is where the murder weapon is. If we can find the murder weapon, we will most likely be able to identify the murderer directly."
Yuya said, "Let's go ask Mr. Subaru. He was closest to the deceased's table at the time, so maybe he saw something."
Conan nodded.
As the two were about to go over, Youya suddenly stopped.
Conan turned around in confusion and saw him frowning as he lifted up the sole of his shoe and took something out from it.
"This is... clay?" Youya showed a puzzled expression, "When did I step on this thing?"
He casually turned it over to take a look, and was about to throw it away, but his action stopped instantly.
Conan immediately realized something: "Let me see!"
Yuya handed what he was holding to Conan.
Conan took it and took a look, and found that it was indeed a piece of flattened clay, and he could see EPDH printed upside down on one side, and there was a round bulge above the English letters.
"What is this?" Conan was stunned. He looked at the soles of Yuya's feet. They were ordinary sneakers without any English labels.
Yuya took back the clay and said, "EPDH, since it is printed upside down, the correct order should be HDPE, high-density polyethylene, and this bulge. There is a hole in the part that was originally tightly fitted with the clay..."
The two looked at each other and then at the pile of personal belongings on the table.
"Why is there clay underneath that thing?" Youye frowned slightly.
At this moment, Fukui Yuki suddenly sighed, propped her chin on the bar, and said sadly: "I should have returned home by now, taking a bath and listening to music."
Taking a bath? Yuya's eyes narrowed slightly, and he instantly understood something.
Wait, if that's the case, then the murder weapon should be...
He suddenly raised his head and searched carefully on the dim ceiling, and soon found what he wanted to see.
He understood everything in his heart, and he looked at Conan, who also gave him a smile as if he saw through the truth.
"It seems you know it too." Youye said with a smile.
Conan uttered an "ah" in agreement: "If this is the method, then the only person who can do it is that person."
"Yes."
Just as the two were exchanging their thoughts before solving the case, they didn't realize that Subaru Okiya, who seemed to be in deep thought not far away, was secretly looking at them out of the corner of his eye.
Of course, because of his squinting eyes, no one noticed his little movements.
Suddenly, he turned his head abruptly and looked - Sera Masumi was talking to Mouri Ran.
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"What, Brother Kamiya, you know the truth? That means you have found the murderer?" Inspector Megure looked at Yuya in surprise.
He didn't expect that while he and others were still working hard to find the murder weapon in the store, Brother Kamiya had already solved the case quietly.
When hearing that Yuya had solved the case, Sera Masumi couldn't help but put his hands behind his head and wailed, "Ah~ Kamiya is still as fast as ever. I really lost to him."
Mao Lilan asked with some confusion: "Sera-san, your performance today is a little different from usual."
Sera Masumi was stunned for a moment: "Really?"
Mao Lilan nodded, and then said: "If it were any other time, you would definitely be running around the crime scene like Yuya and the others, busy solving the case, but today you stayed quietly with me and Sonoko and watched."
Sera Masumi's expression froze: "Is this... true?"
Mao Lilan said with a serious expression: "Sera-san..."
Shiliang Zhenchun was sweating. What, did she find something wrong? "Why, what happened?"
Mao Lilan: "Are you feeling unwell?"
Sera Masumi uttered an "eh", blinked her eyes, and quickly followed Mao Lilan's words and said, "Ahaha, yes, you know, girls always feel uncomfortable for a few days every month..."
"Huh? Really?" Mao Lilan was shocked and quickly lowered her voice, "Did you bring yours? I have it in my bag, if you need it..."
"No, that's not necessary!" Sera Masumi said in a sweat, "I have prepared it in advance."
As if she felt that this topic was a bit awkward, she quickly turned to look at Yuya and said with pretended anticipation: "I wonder what kind of reasoning show Kamiya will perform today?"
Mao Lilan didn't say anything else, but just looked at Sera Masumi's back with deep eyes.
Although she had discussed the matter of Sera Masumi with Yuya and Conan, both of them said that Sera Masumi was not a bad person.
Yuya even said with a smile that she was asking about Kudo Shinichi. Was it possible that she was just a fan or a crush of Kudo Shinichi?
Of course Mao Lilan knew that this was a joke.
But it is still very suspicious.
Especially, she seems to have taken an interest in Subaru-sensei recently.
In fact, Mao Lilan is not really a naive person. On the contrary, she is actually quite smart and can occasionally make her own inferences.
In this life, he discovered Conan's true identity through various signs - although it was partly because Yuya blew up his truck.
Especially now, knowing the existence of the organization and having experienced the Full Moon incident, Mao Lilan is much more mature than most of her peers.
Since Yuya can let Subaru Okiya live in the Shinji family, there is no doubt that he is one of their own.
Just like the excuse Shinichi often uses to conceal his identity in order to investigate cases, maybe Okiya Subaru is the same, a famous detective who has hidden his identity and is secretly helping Yuya and Conan.
In addition, Ran Mouri has always had some doubts about Masumi Sera, so it was natural that she started to pay attention to Subaru Okiya's actions.
However, since neither Yuya nor Conan said anything, she could only remain silent.
Mao Lilan was very clear that her abilities were limited. Since she couldn't help much, the most useful thing she could do was not to cause more trouble.
When necessary, she believes that her karate can protect Conan.