Chapter 966: The Tragedy of the Tea Ceremony

Yuya pretended not to notice his actions, pinched his chin as if reminiscing, and finally shook his head: "Emm, I don't think I've heard of this name. How old is he? What are his characteristics? Or do you have a photo of him that I can show you?"

"After all, if he's a stranger, I may not know his name, but I may have seen him before."

Yuya looked like a typical detective asking for clues, but he was thinking in his heart, Kusuda Rikudo, he really still doubts about Akai Shuichi's life or death.

"I see," Amuro Toru smiled meaningfully, but did not take out the photos. It was unclear whether he did not have them or did not want to take them out.

He bent down again and asked Conan: "Where's Conan?"

Conan uttered an "eh", seemingly not expecting Toru Amuro to suddenly ask him this question. He said innocently, "Who is that? I don't know!"

Amuro Toru added: "Actually, I lent that man a lot of money, and I hope he can pay it back to me. Do you really not know him?"

Conan nodded and hummed in affirmation.

The corners of Amuro Toru's mouth curled up slightly, and he suddenly said, "You are really amazing."

Conan was stunned for a moment. What did this mean? Why did he suddenly praise him for being so awesome?

At this time, two aunts came over holding flowers. Amuro Toru greeted them and asked, "Excuse me, do you know a hospitalized patient named Kusuda Rikumichi?"

"Kusuda Rikumichi?" The thin lady with glasses thought for a moment and shook her head. "What does he look like? How old is he?"

The fat lady next to him also asked: "Do you have a photo of that person?"

Amuro Toru quickly said: "No, it's okay, thank you for your help."

The two aunties didn't care too much and just walked around a few people and left.

Amuro Toru watched the two go away, and suddenly said: "What about Mr. Maori? If someone suddenly said a name and asked you if you knew it, what would you do?"

Maori Kogoro replied without thinking: "It should be like those two aunts, right? Ask about age, appearance and so on."

"That's right," Amuro Toru smiled slightly, "Most people are not 100% confident in their memory, so before saying they don't know someone, they would usually want to know if the person asking can provide information other than the name."

"Just like Yuya-kun and those two aunties, they would ask about appearance and age, but..." Amuro Toru looked at Conan meaningfully, "That's why I said Conan, you are amazing. You can be sure that you don't know that person just by hearing the name."

Conan blinked his eyes and looked at Amuro Toru with a confused look, but in fact, a string in his heart was already stretched tight.

Damn, his reaction was still not as good as Yuya's. He subconsciously denied that he knew Kusuda Rikumichi. It seemed that he aroused Amuro Toru's suspicion.

This guy is worthy of being a public security elite who has reached a high level in the organization. He can notice such details.

But it doesn't matter. As long as I pretend to be innocent enough, I can get away with it even if he suspects me.

Conan is still confident in his ability to play a child, and he has teammates to help cover him. This is how he has always done it anyway.

Sure enough, Maori Kogoro said with disdain on his face: "Don't take the words of this brat too seriously. Whether you know them or not, there are too many people whose names you don't know. There are also some people you only know by nicknames."

Amuro Toru asked casually, "Mr. Maori is right. By the way, why was Mr. Maori's wife hospitalized?"

Maori Kogoro curled his lips and said, "It's just appendicitis. I was so worried that I rushed over here..."

Amuro said: "It's just appendicitis, but if you don't take it seriously, it can be very dangerous."

Maori Kogoro said casually: "That's true."

The four were about to walk towards the stairs when suddenly, a terrified female scream echoed throughout the corridor.

The three and a half detectives' eyes suddenly fixed, and they simultaneously raised their feet and ran towards the direction where the sound came from.

Later, Ran Mouri and Shiho Miyano, who came out to check the situation because of the screams, saw Yuya and the others, looked at each other, and followed them.

Several people came to Ward 433, and Youya raised his hand and knocked on the door: "What happened in there?"

No one answered, and Yuya hesitated before pushing the door open.

I saw the two aunties and a woman in hospital gown gathered together, and on the ground between them, there was a woman lying.

With the experience of several detectives, they knew what happened in this situation without having to guess - someone was definitely killed!

Mouri Ran and Miyano Shiho, who came along, saw this and skillfully took out their cell phones to call the police without being told.

Soon, Inspector Megure, the hard-working model worker in Beika Town, arrived with his men.

As soon as he arrived at the scene, he felt a headache - there were three detectives in total, Kogoro Mouri, Yuya, and Toru Amuro. In addition, in a place like a hospital where people could die at any time, it didn't seem strange that some cases would happen.

Inspector Megure sighed and ordered his men to investigate the scene and question witnesses.

The murdered woman was named Rina Suto, 42 years old, and lived in Haido Town. The cause of death was cyanide poisoning.

I came to the hospital to visit Ms. Juri Kousaka who was hospitalized. With her were the thin lady with glasses, Beppu Kazuki, who arrived later, and the fat lady Happo Tokiie.

Inspector Megure was very puzzled by the fact that several people held a tea party in the hospital, but the reason was that Ms. Kousaka Juri, who was hospitalized, liked to drink black tea, so they would drink tea every time they got together.

However, the deceased died of poisoning after drinking several cups of black tea. Inspector Megure immediately suspected that the deceased may have eaten a poisonous capsule in advance. After the capsule was melted by stomach acid, the poison inside escaped and killed the victim.

Yuya crossed his arms over his chest, holding his chin in thought.

When he came in just now, he picked up a mobile phone. There was a photo displayed on the screen. It showed the deceased eating noodles. At that time, the deceased was holding chopsticks in her right hand, which meant that she was most likely right-handed.

However, the broken teacup on the ground had lipstick marks on the left side, which meant that she was holding the cup in her left hand at the time.

If a right-handed person holds the cup with her left hand, it means that she was probably holding a mobile phone in her right hand and discussing the photos with her friends, so she unconsciously held the cup with her left hand.

In this way, the murderer could simply apply poison on the left half of the cup, so that the deceased would drink the poison unconsciously.

However, the probability of being discovered if one poisoned someone else's cup was too high, so it was more likely that one simply exchanged one's own cup with the deceased's cup. After all, the deceased's attention was on the mobile phone at the time, otherwise she would not have used her non-dominant left hand to pick up the cup.

This was Yuya's initial guess, but when he saw three other cups of tea of ​​different colors on the table, he felt that exchanging cups would be too easy to be discovered.

So, besides exchanging cups, is there any other way to make the deceased drink the poison?