The sixth man of Conan's police academy

Chapter 196 The rhythm of gathering acquaintances

January 02, Water Day.

Valentine's Day is coming again, and one week is enough time for Sasashima Ritsu to become familiar with the work of a criminal police officer again.But what made him feel comfortable was that not a single criminal case occurred during this week. The life of fishing was really easy and comfortable.

Looking through past files, Sasashima Ritsu thought he could spend the day like this. He even took out his mobile phone to search for nearby restaurants and considered what to have for dinner.

Speaking of which, Gin should be going back to Tokyo tomorrow, so I might as well go to the research institute tonight. I haven’t been able to see the little brown-haired dwarf since I returned home, and I don’t know how she has spent this year. How is it going? What stage is the development of APTX4869 at?

Time passed quickly, and it was evening in the blink of an eye.Seeing that it was time to get off work, Sasashima Ritsu started packing his things in advance and was about to pick up his briefcase and walk out when the phone placed on Hayasaka Yuna's desk rang.

How come there is an ominous premonition?

Hayasaka Yuna, who was in a daze with her chin in her hand, was awakened by the sound of the phone. She quickly reached out to answer the phone. After hearing that a case had occurred, she quickly stood up and picked up the car keys. She did not forget to turn back to the man who was slumped on the seat holding a briefcase. Oni Ze Takashi said: "Oni Ze Police Department, there is a case."

"..."

What's the worst?That is when you are about to get off work and someone suddenly tells you that you have to work overtime for free.

Taking the elevator to the first floor, Hayasaka Yuna took out her car keys and was about to open the driver's door when she saw Takashi Onizawa standing opposite. She frowned and said, "Onizawa Police Department, are you here?"

"Can't you tell?" Ritsu Sasashima opened the car door and said calmly: "Take a ride."

"?" Hayasaka Yuna saw the boss she didn't like getting into the car. She could only remind him with a cold face: "Fasten your seat belt and don't smoke."

Ritsu Sasashima took out the cigarette case and had to put it back. He held his chin and looked out the window, feeling the need to buy some gum to chew when he couldn't smoke.

Since the case had just occurred, the forensics department had just started conducting on-site investigation when they arrived at the crime scene.

Ritsu Sasashima put one hand in his pocket and looked at the mansion in front of him. The door number had the word "Minagawa" written on it.The size of the courtyard and the house are really exaggerated. It is a large family.

Taking out his white gloves and putting them on, Ritsu Sasashima walked towards the forensic officer who was taking photos and collecting evidence, and asked: "Has the cause of death been found out?"

"The coroner hasn't come yet, but it can be roughly determined that the cause of death was poisoning."

Coroners in Japan are usually from third-party institutions, and the number of coroners is very small. Most criminal cases do not even involve coroners.

"Then let him stop coming."

Hearing this sentence, Yuna Hayasaka, who was standing aside, couldn't help being taken aback, and the thoughtful face appeared in his mind. He had said the same thing before.She smiled wryly and shook her head, now is not the time to miss him, the top priority is to solve the case first.

Ritsu Sasashima, who had entered the state of handling the case, also restrained his laxity. He pushed up his glasses with an expressionless face and squatted down to examine the deceased lying on the grass.

The face is flushed, small red spots appear on the skin surface, and there is residual dark brown sticky matter at the corners of the mouth.

Ritsu Sasashima reached out and opened his closed eyes. The deceased's pupils were dilated. Combining these points, we can rule out the possibility of moderate cyanide poisoning, which is a bit like the symptoms of poisoning caused by accidentally eating lily of the valley.

He turned his head and looked at the piece of handmade chocolate placed on the grass. There were obvious bite marks on it.And in the deceased's hand, there was an extinguished cigarette.

Cigarettes and chocolate?Ritsu Sasashima looked at the forensic officer who was taking photos and collecting evidence, and said, "Please send back the samples of cigarettes and chocolate, and carefully check whether they contain poisons."

"Yes, Onizawa Police Department!"

Sasashima Ritsu didn't like to jump to conclusions quickly before he had sorted out all the clues. You must know that many families had already enjoyed dinner at this time, and there might be the possibility of poisonous substances in other places.

He was about to ask Yuuna Hayasaka to question all the suspects when he saw Hayasaka holding a notepad already doing this work. It was also at this time that Ritsu Sasashima found that three suspects looked familiar.

A young man with a confident face was telling Hayasaka about the incident. A girl with flowing hair and a small horn fixed with mousse was looking at the young man with a worried face. There was also a certain person wearing a signature orange headband and a blue suit. The young lady wearing a designer sweater.

Kudo Shinichi, Mao Lilan and the second lady of the Suzuki Foundation, Suzuki Sonoko, whom they had met once before, Sasashima Ritsu couldn't help but reach out and push up his glasses. This is the rhythm of gathering acquaintances.

"I believe that the victim, Mr. Minagawa, was inadvertently exposed to some kind of poison that caused his death."

After hearing what Kudo said, Sasashima Ritsu stepped forward with great interest and asked aloud: "Then do you remember what kind of food the victim ate? Except for chocolate and cigarettes."

Kudo Shinichi was slightly startled when he heard this. He turned around in surprise and looked at this white-haired young man who was a head taller than him. How did he manage to approach him silently?Does this guy walk without making any footsteps?

"……You are?"

"Introduce yourself." Ritsu Sasashima took out his police officer ID and said with a smile: "My name is Onizawa Takashi, and I am the newly appointed police officer of the Investigation Section [-] and Section [-]."

Such a young police department?It seems that it should belong to the professional group.

After Suzuki Sonoko on the side saw the appearance of Onizawa Takashi, he immediately put his hands around Xiaolan's arms and lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Xiaolan, Xiaolan, look at this Onizawa Police Department, a super handsome guy. ! Sure enough, he is lucky this Valentine's Day, do you think he will accept my chocolate?"

"He seems to be quite a gentleman, right? But Sonoko, Mr. Police Department is currently handling the case. It would be better to wait until the case is resolved before sending him." Mao Lilan looked at Onizawa Takashi in front of him. He was indeed a very handsome mature man, but he was not She still prefers the type she likes - no, she doesn't like that idiot mystery maniac!

"Of course I know it won't work now. I don't know if his reasoning ability is strong. Maybe he can see the competition between my future husband and your future husband."

"Sonoko, what are you talking about? Shinichi is not me..."

Mao Lilan noticed Sonoko's sly gaze and realized that she had preconceptions that the "future husband" that Sonoko was referring to was Shinichi. She was fooled and shyly stretched out her hand to pat Sonoko's butt and whispered: "Don't make fun of me. !”

"Yes, yes, yes~" Suzuki Sonoko said with a smile that she had bumped into her. Her best friend was really not candid. She obviously liked the detective boy but was unwilling to admit it.

While the two girls were gossiping, Kudo Shinichi looked at Onizawa Takashi and said seriously: "The victim Minagawa Katsuhiko ate sushi and other food like us an hour ago. Dessert after the meal was sliced ​​cake and coffee, but he only I drank coffee but didn’t eat cake, saying I don’t like sweets.”

Don't like sweets?Sasashima Ritsu raised his eyebrows slightly, and ate chocolate even though he didn't like sweets. This meant that the person who gave him the chocolate was someone whom the victim, Minagawa Katsuhiko, liked or cared about.

He stretched out his hand towards Hayasaka Yuna on the side and said, "Show me the suspect's information."

The contents on the notepad were relatively brief, but the key contents were there. Sasashima Ritsu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Hayasaka had indeed grown a lot in the past six years.

He is not as careless as before. He will show a frightened expression when encountering bloody cases. He even vomited his breakfast once.

Sasashima Ritsu walked into the house, his eyes fell on Watanabe Kaomi who was sitting on the sofa, and asked in a deep voice.

"Miss Watanabe, the victim fell down immediately after eating your chocolate, right?"

　[Let me explain here, the current timeline is one year ago, and I want to portray the image of Kudo Shinichi as Sherlock Holmes in the Heisei era a little deeper.There are really not many cases that were solved as Kudo in the original book, so I made slight revisions and improved the timeline from a year ago.The time of knocking the stick will also be adjusted, because it will grow according to the timeline I set, so the stick knocking will be in the timeline one year ago!Stay tuned. 】

　　
　
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