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Chapter 349 The Corpse Disappears (12)

After putting on gloves, Kogoro Mouri squatted down and checked Chu Ke's pulse again. Only after confirming that he was dead did he begin a more detailed examination.

"Cyanide poisoning...it must be from consuming toxic syrup."

Kogoro Mouri reached out and pried open Chuko's mouth. After checking the syrup residue between his lips and teeth, he took out a brand new small sealed bag and put the empty syrup bottle that had fallen next to the corpse into it.

Then, looking down, I saw some reflective, transparent traces.

Realizing this was an important clue, Mori immediately crouched down and used the reflection to see the things clearly.

That seemed to be a clue left by Chu Ke with all his might before he died—a few large characters written in syrup.

"The murderer is..."

Oh?
Mori was delighted; it seemed this case would be incredibly easy.

The deceased had written down the names of the perpetrators.

With a grin, Mori moved back a little further, using the reflection to see the writing on the back.

"The murderer is... Conan."

"..."

Maori's brain froze for a moment, and after rubbing his eyes, he confirmed that he hadn't seen wrong.

"Um... Xiaolan."

Hearing her father's call, Xiaolan stepped forward: "Dad, I just called, but because of the heavy snow, the signal is lost and I can't get in touch with the police."

"Not this one." Mori turned to the side. "Come and see what this says."

He suspected that he might have been seeing the words "Detective Conan" too much, triggering a Gestalt breakdown effect and causing him to misread the words.

Gestalt collapse, also known as semantic saturation, is a psychological phenomenon in which prolonged exposure to a word or phrase leads to a temporary perception that the word or phrase is meaningless.

It's very likely that this isn't about Conan, since Conan wouldn't poison anyone.

I do dislike this kid, but after spending so much time together, I've developed some feelings for him.

Conan simply stared silently at the ceiling, saying nothing.

The more you say now, the more mistakes you'll make. It's better to wait until everyone has checked their work before making things clear.

It's just... Chu Ke's death is really abstract! Do people really believe it themselves?

Ran stepped forward curiously, looked down, and was also stunned: "The culprit is Conan?"

All three people present turned to look at the speechless Conan.

Seeing that the time was right, Conan quickly revealed everything he had seen before.

As Mori listened, his brows furrowed more and more, and finally he asked directly, "You mean to say that Chu Ke knew someone had poisoned the syrup, but drank it himself to prove it was poison to you?"

"Is there something wrong with his head, or do you think adults are stupid?"

"This is no time for jokes; this is a matter of life and death!"

I knew it……

Conan has decided that when he gets back this time, he must ask Professor Agasa to make him a portable filming device or a voice recorder or something.

"Dad." Just then, Ran sided with Conan: "I don't think Conan is the kind of kid who would lie at a time like this."

"Besides, we've been together all along. How could a kid like him possibly get his hands on poison, right under our noses?"

After hearing this, Mori's expression was indescribable.

He also thought Ran's words made sense, so now the least likely answer is the truth? Then why did he write Conan's name?
Just so that children will know the dangers of society in advance?
That's going too far, isn't it? When normal people scare children, don't they usually say that a big bad wolf will come and kidnap the naughty child?
You're really something else to label someone a murderer right off the bat.

Just then, Yuanzi suddenly spoke up: "Hey! Is it possible that Chu Ke didn't actually want to write Conan before he died?"

No need to think about it, he just wants to write about me...

Conan's lips twitched. He still remembered the look Chu Ke gave him after drinking the poisoned syrup, a look filled with pure, wicked amusement.

However, in order to exonerate himself, he had no choice but to go along with what Yuanzi said.

"Oh dear, that's right. Someone wrote my name on a chess piece in the dictation assignment during literature class and got scolded by the teacher."

Mori's eyes lit up.

This is indeed a direction to consider.

The characters “コナン” and “コナア (konaa)” are similar in shape. In addition, “コマ (koma)” is also quite similar to “コナン”, and “コマ” means “small square, chess piece”, etc.

That makes the direction of our thinking clear.

Just as the three began their brainstorming session, the others, drawn by the screams, arrived late.

"What happened?" Sato Seiyu was the first to arrive. As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Chu Ke lying on the ground: "You fainted?"

“Someone died, poisoned,” Mori explained, while carefully observing the other person’s expression.

Upon hearing this news, Sato Seiyu was initially stunned, but after understanding the meaning, his expression changed slightly: "Where is the murderer?"

His behavior was quite normal.

"They haven't found him yet, so everyone in this manor could be the murderer!"

As Mori explained, everyone gradually arrived, including Sato Seizawa, who had been staying in his room handling official business, and came out dressed in formal attire.

Using his height advantage, Conan looked everyone's expressions over, but still couldn't find anyone suspicious.

Among these people, he paid special attention to Sato Seiyu and Matsushima Banharu.

Because Conan felt that this was very likely a misunderstanding—putting aside the abstract matter of Chu Ke taking poison himself, the other party had no reason to commit suicide since his life was thriving.

The poisoner likely intended to kill someone else, not Chu Ke.

Therefore, the murderer is very likely to be Matsushima Banharu and Sato Seiyu, who had a previous conflict, and they would definitely be shocked to find out that the victim was someone else.

Sure enough, Conan caught a fleeting look of surprise and disbelief on Matsushima Banharu's face, which deepened Conan's suspicions.

But then Matsushima Wanharu showed a relieved expression.

what is this?
While Conan was pondering, Mori also took action.

"Mr. Chu Ke died from cyanide in the syrup. The syrup appeared to be sealed, and because I didn't have the equipment, I couldn't detect where the poison was injected."

"But to complete such meticulous work, the murderer's hands should have some cyanide residue on them. Please allow me to examine them."

When Mori said this, no troublemakers objected; they all stretched out their hands for Mori to inspect.

After checking around, there was no smell, which was expected.

Could it be that Chu Ke really committed suicide?

With this thought in mind, Mori decided to go and examine Chuko's body again.

But when he turned around, he discovered that Chu Ke's body had vanished!

(End of this chapter)