Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 248 The Answer is Near
When they heard Inspector Yamato say that the bottle of potassium cyanide that was found could not be used as evidence of Yoshioka Rie's murder, both the three suspects and Kogoro Mouri showed puzzled expressions.

One of the suspects, Junko Shida, couldn't help but look at Inspector Yamato and questioned, "Officer, you have already found poison in Yoshioka's suitcase. Isn't this the best evidence that she is the murderer?!"

Without waiting for Inspector Yamato to explain, Sera Masumi said, "Inspector Yamato has already asked about this, and no one's fingerprints were found on the bottle of potassium cyanide.

If Miss Yoshioka was careful enough to wipe off the fingerprints, why did she leave the bottle of potassium cyanide in her suitcase?
With both of you and the victim out playing tennis and her alone in the villa, she had plenty of time to deal with the bottle of potassium cyanide."

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro slapped his palms, his eyes lit up: "That's right! If the criminal is really Miss Yoshioka, then why didn't she dispose of the bottle of poison before being discovered by the police?"

Masumi Sera looked at Kogoro Mori with calm eyes and nodded secretly.

It seems that her previous guess might have been correct. The time when this "sleeping detective" began to become famous coincided with the time period when "Edogawa Conan" appeared.

If Kogoro Mori was really an excellent detective, he would not have failed to realize that this bottle of sodium cyanide might be a means for the real murderer to frame Miss Yoshioka.

Thinking of this, Sera Masumi lowered his head and glanced at Conan not far away.

From the beginning, her attention has never left Conan.

She noticed that Conan would touch the watch on his wrist from time to time with a serious expression.

If Conan is really just a child, then this little action probably has no practical significance.

But if it was Kudo Shinichi...

By the way, Kogoro Mouri's nickname is Sleeping Kogoro, right?

Could it be that……

At this moment, another suspect, Shiina Miyu, spoke up: "What if this is a strategy specially designed by Yoshioka to disrupt the police's investigation? She deliberately left the poison, maybe to make us think that she was framed!"

"That's right! What if this is her conspiracy?!" Junko Shida also nodded immediately.

Yoshioka Rie on the side silently looked at the two people who accused her of being the criminal, without any intention of defending herself.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Inspector Yamato turned around and whispered something in his subordinate's ear, then said, "Okay, everyone, please be patient. Please don't leave this villa until our investigation is completed."

After saying that, Inspector Yamato nodded to Makino, turned around and left the living room with Inspector Uehara.

……

Soon after, inside the restaurant.

After finding that there was no one beside Makino, Conan immediately stepped forward and whispered, "Officer Makino, you should know who the criminal is, right?"

Makino looked down at Conan, then glanced at Sera Masumi not far away with the corner of his eye, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Conan did not notice Makino's expression, but continued: "Although I also know who the murderer is, there is indeed no evidence to prove it..."

Makino chuckled and shook his head, "I know you like reasoning very much, but you should let your brain relax occasionally. With Inspector Yamato and the others here, this case will be solved quickly. It's not a complicated case."

Conan nodded silently.

This is indeed not a complicated case, and the method of murder is not complicated either.

Judging from previous investigation and questioning, the victim and the three ladies all had abnormal relationships, and the three ladies seemed to have motives for murder.

Just as Conan was thinking carefully, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from Conan's ear: "Conan, what do you think is suspicious?"

Conan propped his chin with one hand and frowned, "First, there were two bottles of lemonade that had not been drunk. When we arrived at the tennis court, they should have been playing for a while. But the strange thing is that Miss Shida and Miss Shiina did not drink the lemonade. Only the victim drank the lemonade.

This is probably not a coincidence. They probably knew from the beginning that the three bottles of lemonade were poisonous.

Besides, Miss Yoshioka is also very suspicious. From the moment we entered the door until now, she has been extremely calm, as if she had anticipated everything that happened. Even if she is not the murderer, she probably knew it a long time ago..."

At this point, Conan suddenly realized that the person asking him the question did not seem to be Officer Makino.

He quickly shut up and looked with horror at Sera Masumi who was smiling beside him.

After noticing Conan's expression, Sera Masumi's little fangs were revealed again.

The next second, Conan quickly lowered his head to avoid Sera Masumi's gaze, and laughed while touching the back of his head: "Hahaha, I just repeated what Officer Makino just said! Sister Sera, do you think I imitated it well~"

Makino: "..."

Masumi Sera did not answer Conan's question, but stared at Conan with a smiling expression.

After feeling that Sera Masumi's gaze had not left him, Conan hurriedly ran to the side with a smile: "Ah! Actually, I'm a little hungry. I wonder if Sister Xiaolan and the others brought any snacks~"

Masumi Sera looked at Conan's fleeing back, and the curve of his mouth became more obvious.

After Conan left, Sera Masumi turned to look at Makino and chuckled, "Officer Makino, although I have seen many smart children, Conan always gives me a very strange feeling, as if... he is not a child~"

In response to Sera Masumi's obvious test, Makino chuckled and shook his head: "Maybe it's because I've been with Mr. Mori for too long and have encountered more cases."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Masumi Sera did not continue to talk to Makino about Conan, but instead shifted the topic to the case that had just happened: "Officer Makino, who do you think the criminal is?"

Makino looked at Sera Masumi with a half-smile in his eyes, closed his eyes and said, "From the look of you, you should have figured out the answer yourself, right?"

Hearing this, Sera Masumi also put away the smile on his face, and his expression gradually became serious: "As expected of Officer Makino, I do have my own answer. I think the murderer should be Shida Junko and Shiina Miyu who were on the tennis court at the time.

Besides, I think Yoshioka Rie should have known about their plan a long time ago, but she didn't expose it. As for the bottle of potassium cyanide..."

Makino looked at Masumi Sera who was talking in front of him and nodded silently.

As expected, he is one of the few outstanding high school detectives in the world of science. This simple case is indeed not difficult for him.

There is basically nothing wrong with Sera Masumi's reasoning, and it should be the correct answer to this case.

……

Not long after, Inspector Yamato gathered everyone in the living room again.

After seeing the serious expressions of Inspector Yamato and Inspector Uehara, everyone knew that their investigation should have produced some results.

Under everyone's curious gaze, Inspector Yamato turned to look at Junko Shida and Miyu Shiina, and slowly said, "Ms. Junko Shida, your hometown should be in Aomori, right? Your parents are fruit farmers. When you went back to your hometown half a year ago, you brought them pesticides bought from Tokyo. As for you... Miss Miyu Shiina, your major in college should be chemistry, right? In addition, before you changed your career to work in Ginza, it seems that you worked in a store selling pesticides for a while, right?"

Although Inspector Yamato did not say anything specific about the case, Junko Shida and Miyu Shiina's faces became obviously extremely ugly after hearing what Inspector Yamato said.

Inspector Yamato glanced at the two's reactions and continued, "I don't know what you think, but we can find out the truth with a little investigation. I have asked my subordinates to start investigating the source of the bottle of potassium cyanide, and I believe we will get the results today..."

Before Inspector Yamato could finish his words, Junko Shida fell to the ground and covered her face in pain.

Shiina Miyu also loosened her clenched fists and lowered her head weakly.

After seeing the two people's reactions, everyone knew that the case was coming to an end.

Soon after, under the gaze of everyone, the two also explained how they obtained potassium cyanide and their motives for murder.

The victim, Shimatani Sho, relied on his wealth and power to manipulate and play with their feelings.

After being found to be having multiple relationships, Shimatani Sho not only refused to apologize, but even threatened them with all kinds of shady means. Not only did he expose the matter directly, but he also made them his "objects" that he could summon and dismiss at will.

Coincidentally, Junko Shida and Miyu Shiina were originally friends. After they could no longer tolerate Shimatani Sho, they finally decided to come up with this crude murder plan and decided to put the blame on Yoshioka Rie, who was also a "threat target" of Shimatani Sho.

Before Inspector Yamato and his men led the two criminals out of the villa, Inspector Uehara approached Yoshioka Rie and said, "Ms. Yoshioka, please come back to the police station with us. Although it was not you who killed Shimatani Sho, you should have known about Ms. Shida and the others' murder plan a long time ago, right?"

Yoshioka Rie: “…”

Yoshioka Rie looked at Inspector Uehara in front of her in silence, finally sighed lightly, and followed Inspector Uehara into another police car.

This sudden poisoning case ended hastily without any clear evidence.

After the incident, Makino and others returned to the Suzuki family's villa.

Due to this sudden incident, no one had lunch.

Makino took a look at the ingredients in the refrigerator and prepared to cook a bowl of cold noodles for everyone. Ayako and Xiaolan helped Makino.

Sera Masumi looked in the direction of the kitchen curiously, and then looked at Sonoko beside him curiously: "Sonoko, Officer Makino can actually cook?"

Yuanzi leaned back on the sofa, smiled and nodded, "Of course, although Brother Longyi doesn't cook often, his cooking skills are actually very high~"

"Huh? I really didn't expect that Officer Makino could cook." Sera Masumi smiled and shook his head, and the shadows of his two brothers appeared in his mind.

Although the two brothers were very good in their respective fields, she had never seen them cook, and could not imagine the scene of them cooking.

In her mind, Officer Makino, like her two brothers, is a very powerful person.

Therefore, she could never imagine Officer Makino cooking while wearing an apron.

At this moment, Sonoko said, "By the way, Sera, since we are already friends, you should stop calling Ryuichi 'Officer Makino' in the future. Just call him Brother Makino like Xiaolan~"

Without waiting for Sera Masumi to answer, Sonoko smiled and patted Sera Masumi's shoulder, winked and continued, "By the way, Masumi, how was your competition with Ryuichi-ni?"

Shiliang Zhenjun: "..."

After a moment of silence, Sera Masumi smiled and scratched his head: "Brother Makino is really too powerful. I can't tell how big the gap is between me and him. I'm afraid only my eldest brother knows how strong Brother Makino is..."

Sonoko smiled and shook her head: "Don't worry about Sera, you are already very strong! After all, Ryuichi is not an ordinary person. You didn't see him fighting with Zhen. I was stunned at the time! If it weren't for the two of them, I would never have imagined that there are people so powerful in this world!"

While talking with Sonoko, Sera Masumi recalled the scene of his previous fight with Makino.

No matter what method she used to attack, Makino could easily block her attacks while guiding and correcting her movements.

She had a feeling that in the other person's eyes, she was like a child who had just learned to walk.

……

The next night.

Beika-cho, Qiya Luxury Hotel.

Seeing Sera Masumi come in, Akai Mari, who was lying on the bed, immediately asked, "How is it?"

Masumi Sera put down the sports bag in her hand, walked into the bathroom to wash her hands and answered: "From the current situation, it seems that Maori Ran and Suzuki Sonoko don't know that Edogawa Conan is Kudo Shinichi. In addition, Maori Kogoro doesn't seem to know either.

The Maori Kogoro seems to be different from the rumors. He is not as powerful as the rumors say. I suspect that the cases he solved were probably solved by Kudo Shinichi in secret. "

"Where is Officer Makino? Does he know?" Mary Akai asked.

Sera Masumi wiped his hands and walked out of the bathroom slowly: "He... I think he should know."

Seeing Sera Masumi frowning slightly, Akai Mari also frowned and said, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"No, that Officer Makino and...Brother Xiu both use Jeet Kune Do."

"Jet Kune Do?"

"Yeah, I fought him."

"Oh? How's his skill?"

"It's hard to say. I've never seen such a powerful person. He might be even more powerful than Brother Xiu..."

Hearing this, Akai Mari also fell into silence and reminiscing.

She knew that Shuichi Akai was still alive, and that he had successfully joined the FBI and was investigating the organization like them.

but……

Thinking of this, Akai Mary suddenly turned to look at Sera Masumi: "Wait a minute, Masumi, you just said that Maori Kogoro didn't know that Kudo Shinichi was Edogawa Conan, so how did Kudo Shinichi help him solve the case?"

Sera Masumi tilted his head and said, "Well, maybe anesthesia was used."

"Anesthesia?" Akai Mary asked puzzledly.

(End of this chapter)