Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 528 Visit
Shiraishi felt that Kazeto wasn't very professional, but he didn't pay too much attention to it—after all, the advice he gave wasn't wrong.

Just as Shiraishi was about to leave to give the Mori family some space...

Then a nurse came in "again".

Shiraishi was stunned for a moment when he saw her...

"Hmm? There's a nurse here? Did you... come here just now?" Shiraishi suddenly asked.

"Huh? Director Mika...why do you ask that?" Yujian was taken aback by the question.

Seeing this, Shiraishi quickly asked Kogoro, "Detective Mouri! What was that nurse doing here just now?"

"The nurse... gave Ran some kind of medicine." Mori was taken aback by Shiraishi's reaction.

The others present immediately realized what was happening...

"Hmm? Were any other medications prescribed?" Youjian asked, checking the records with a puzzled look.

"Oh no! Gastric lavage... Arrange for gastric lavage immediately!" Eri Kisaki shouted hurriedly.

"Wait a minute, the medicine is in the bedside table, quickly check what it is..." Mori regained his composure slightly.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi quickly opened the bedside table and saw that there was only a bottle of medicine inside. He immediately took it out, poured a few pills into his palm, smelled them, and then...

Bai Shi asked with a strange expression, "She took the medicine from a medicine bottle, didn't she?"

“Yes, what is it?” Mori asked immediately.

Kazato looked up at the medicine bottle in Shiraishi's palm, examined the label on the outside, and said with great bewilderment, "This is... a drug for treating schizophrenia?"

“No, the medicine bottle contains Vitamin C tablets,” Shiraishi said confidently.

"Vitamin C?" Mori was taken aback.

"No matter what, let's check it out first!" Shiraishi said, looking at Mori.

“Yes, that’s right!” Mori immediately agreed.

Someone disguised as a nurse came in, but all they did was give Xiaolan a Vitamin C tablet?
It's really strange no matter how you look at it!
However, Shiraishi had already realized that the newcomer was likely Vermouth...

Although Shiraishi could see a slight inconsistency in Vermouth's disguise, she had been wearing a mask and her face was mostly hidden, so Shiraishi couldn't detect any signs of disguise.

Moreover, Shiraishi didn't recognize Nurse Arima at all, so naturally he couldn't tell the difference just by looking at her.

It wasn't until the real nurse came in that Shiraishi realized—this wasn't the same person as before!

Therefore, Shiraishi did not advocate for immediate gastric lavage...

If it were Vermouth, her visit to Ran would most likely be out of concern.

But how did she find out about the news so quickly and even come to the hospital?
Keep in mind, Eri Kisaki only just arrived...

Shiraishi suspected that Vermouth had either been at the Beika Sun Plaza Hotel before, passed the smoke test, and rushed over immediately—just like her mother, Eri.

Or perhaps Vermouth had been infiltrating the East Imperial Hospital for some purpose!
……

As expected, Xiaolan's test results were also negative, and no toxic reactions were found.

"Damn it! That murderer is too arrogant..."

“That’s right, this is practically a provocation against the police.”

"Detective Mori, rest assured, we will arrest that criminal, for the honor of the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Mori, Megure, and Shiratori were now enraged.

Eri Kisaki was still somewhat puzzled: "But... is she really the murderer? Then why did she only give Ran Vitamin C?"

Although Conan didn't say anything, he clearly had the same question.

"Perhaps she just came to see if Ran had seen her face... She overheard Dr. Kazato's diagnosis and discovered that Ran had lost her memory, so she left." Shiratori then offered a very reasonable analysis.

Eri Kisaki instinctively felt something was off. She couldn't sense any hostility from the "nurse" just now, but recalling it, it made sense that she had paid attention to Kazato's diagnosis—she did indeed seem to linger in the ward for a while.

Eri had initially thought the nurses were wary of Kazato because he wasn't a doctor at Toudou Hospital, but now it seems...

“No, I don’t think someone who killed two detectives and even attacked Detective Sato would have such a merciful thought. Besides… Dr. Kazato never said that Ran couldn’t regain her memory, did he?” Shiraishi naturally insisted that the nurse was not the murderer.

Otherwise, the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation would go astray...

"Not the murderer? Then who could it be?" Mori asked, puzzled.

Because they were wearing masks, Mori and the others didn't know that Vermouth was disguised as Aruma, so even Conan had no clue what to guess.

“Who knows…” Shiraishi shook his head, unable to explain, and changed the subject, saying, “I think the murderer is someone we found at the Beika Sun Plaza Hotel.”

"What? But..." Inspector Megure was taken aback upon hearing this.

"There are ways to avoid things like gunpowder reactions," Shiraishi said confidently.

"But..." Megure wanted to say that even if there really was such a method, shouldn't we prioritize the possibility that "the culprit left before the lockdown"?

Shiraishi, however, said, "I tend to think that the murderer used some method to block the smoke. After all... if the murderer could really escape, there would be no need to leave the gun at the scene."

Indeed, regarding the reason why the gun was left behind, Shiraishi felt that it seemed to serve no purpose other than "lowering the police's guard"—provided that the murderer could actually leave!

However, if we look at it from the other side, if the murderer has no way to escape and can only accept the inspection, then there is a good reason for leaving his gun at the scene—otherwise, wouldn't he be finished if he were searched?
After thinking about it for a moment, Inspector Megure also realized that it made sense...

Shiraishi immediately countered, "By the way, Inspector Megure, why was Sato attacked? Could it be...?"

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure nodded and said, "That's right, Sato, like Detective Nara and Detective Shiba, is a member of the investigation team."

really……

Shiraishi nodded knowingly.

Just then, after a night of turmoil, good news finally arrived—Sato was out of danger.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief and went to find Daimon to ask about Nino Yasushi...

As for Sato, she hasn't woken up yet. Even if she does, judging from the location of her wounds, Shiraishi doesn't believe she saw the killer.

The case seems to have originated from Odagiri's order to reopen the case of Nino Yasushi's suicide a year earlier.

Ninoboru is a surgeon at Totei Hospital!
but……

“Nino Yasushi? Who is that?” Daimon answered as she poured several boxes of coffee syrup together and then let it steep—this was her way of quickly replenishing sugar after surgery.

"Doctors at Dongdi Hospital! They should be surgeons..." Shiraishi wondered.

"Officer Shiraishi, it's pointless to ask her. She can't even remember our names," Yuan complained as he came over.

He was the first assistant in the recent surgery. "Who says I don't know! You..." The gatekeeper pointed at Yuan, hesitated, then immediately said, "Xiao Jin, don't talk nonsense!"

"Who is Xiao Jin?!" Yuan asked angrily.

Then, forcing himself to ignore Daimon, he simply said to Shiraishi, "Besides... Daimon couldn't possibly know about Nino Yasushi. The hospital only hired this contract worker because of Dr. Nino's accident!"

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the gate.

"I see. So, when you performed the surgery on me, the gatekeeper had just arrived?" Shiraishi said knowingly.

Shiraishi also found it very strange...

If it weren't for Yasushi Nino's death and Odagiri's restraint, Shiraishi wouldn't have gone to fight alone and wouldn't have been so badly injured. However, it was precisely because Yasushi Nino died that Daimon was able to save Shiraishi at the Totei Hospital.

"Does Nino Yasushi usually have any conflicts with anyone?" Shiraishi Mihara knew Nino Yasushi, so he asked him.

“This…” Yuan said, his expression somewhat conflicted.

"Xiao Jin, hurry up! Didn't Officer Shiraishi help you get the money your mother was scammed out of?" the gatekeeper urged from the side.

Original:……

I don't even want to talk about the cost of getting that money back!

But a kind-hearted person is a kind-hearted person, and in the end, he leaned closer and whispered, "Actually... it might not be very good to talk about a deceased person like that..."

Shiraishi:……

Upon hearing this opening, Shiraishi knew that this person was definitely a nuisance!

Sure enough, Hara continued, "Dr. Hitono is not well-liked at the hospital..."

"Really? The kind of person the nurses don't even want to sit with in the cafeteria?" Da Men asked gossipingly.

Original:……

Seeing that Yuan had shut up, Da Men smiled apologetically and said, "Uh, please continue."

"Dr. Renye doesn't get along very well with his colleagues at the hospital, but I don't think anyone in the hospital would actually want to kill him, after all, everyone here is an educated person..." Hara said eloquently.

The door suddenly interrupted, "Didn't two people go into the neurology department?"

Original:……

"Okay, okay, I'm going to rest." Daimon and Shiraishi were both looking at him, so he went back to the break room first—it was almost time for his shift!
"It's alright at the hospital; there shouldn't be anyone who hates him that much. It's just that nobody really likes him... By the way, there were rumors at the hospital that Dr. Jinye was secretly selling banned drugs, but I'm not sure about that."

"As for the doctor-patient relationship... Dr. Jinye was a bit... well, careless... and not good at communicating... Before he died, he caused a medical accident because he was drinking, and was pursued by the deceased's family... Well, if it really was suicide, it was probably because of that."

At this point, Yuan said cryptically.

Bai Shi could tell, of course, that this was a quack doctor who had no sense of responsibility and did not care about the life or death of his patients!
"So you don't think he committed suicide?" Shiraishi sensed Hara's tone—he hadn't said anything yet, but Hara had been emphasizing "not suicide."

"To be honest... it's hard to believe that Dr. Jinye would commit suicide because of medical malpractice. It's not like this is the first time he's been accused like this..." Hara said, grinning.

Clearly, I didn't believe this person had any sense of shame.

“Actually, around the time before Dr. Jinno died, a strange young man came to the hospital and argued with him. Dr. Jinno seemed quite helpless with him… Sigh, but for some reason, the police didn’t seem to care much about this lead,” Hara said mysteriously.

Shiraishi:……

"Is he a young man with purple hair who always wears sunglasses?" Shiraishi asked him to confirm.

"Eh? You already knew?" Yuan asked in surprise.

“Um… I know that person. He has an alibi this time,” Shiraishi explained.

"Are you talking about Ninoho?" Oma asked, stepping over to strike up a conversation.

Judging from his tone, Oma also had a very bad impression of Nino Yasushi, and he didn't even call him Dr. Nino.

"Hmm, Oma, do you know anything about Nino Yasushi?" Shiraishi asked expectantly—Oma wouldn't have come over on his own initiative if he didn't have any clues.

Oma shook his head and said, "It's not about Nino Yasushi, but... a while ago, two people came to inquire about Nino Yasushi."

"Who? Is it a police officer?" Shiraishi quickly asked.

“I don’t know, they shouldn’t be police officers. They all claim to be relatives of Nino Yasushi…” Oma said.

Because two people came to ask about Nino Yasushi in a row, Oma had an impression of him.

"A relative? What does he look like? Did you see him at the funeral?" Shiraishi asked, frowning.

“I didn’t go to his funeral… one was a young man, the other a young woman… I’m sorry.” Oma said, a little embarrassed. He had only met them once and couldn’t remember what they looked like. He could only add briefly, “By the way, the woman was quite pretty with long hair, and the man was quite strong.”

"Did they find out anything?" Shiraishi asked to confirm.

“Of course we didn’t tell them anything, since we didn’t even know who they were,” Oma said matter-of-factly.

However, Yuan, who was standing to the side, began to feel a little guilty.

Oma and Shiraishi, clearly noticing this, stared intently at him...

"I meant well..." Yuan said awkwardly.

That's right, the same things that Yuan had just said to Shiraishi, he had also said to those two people!

Suddenly, Shiraishi remembered the woman who had "stalked" Toshiya at Sara's wedding celebration...

Yes, she is indeed quite pretty, and she has long hair.

Shiraishi plans to ask Shiratori later to see if he recognizes him...

Although judging from the fact that she left with Minya, she is probably not the murderer, since the murderer's target was Sato, she could also be someone involved in the case.

Shiraishi is indeed under more pressure to solve the case as soon as possible...

On one hand, Minya's lousy song might be over-interpreted by the media, and given the ongoing police killing case, it could easily create public controversy; on the other hand...

If the person who disguised herself as a nurse was really Vermouth, she is definitely looking for the murderer now!

If she finds you first, she'll most likely kill you on the spot...

The remaining one or two out of ten were tortured before being killed!

Whether it's to reduce casualties or to prevent the case from becoming a "cold case," Shiraishi has to solve the case before she does!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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