Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 42 Murder in the Cooking Classroom

Haruhiko looked up at the uniquely styled plaque in front of him, which was filled with French words he couldn't understand.

However, judging from the style of the sign and the luxury of the building, the threshold for this private cooking class is definitely not low, at least it is unaffordable for ordinary working-class people.

At the door of the cooking classroom, Sonoko bent over and looked at Conan with wide eyes: "Why did this little brat come with us?"

Xiaolan explained with a smile: "Dad went to a party with his former colleagues today, and there was no one to take care of Conan, so I brought him here. By the way, we should be able to taste the food we cooked later, right? This way I don't have to cook dinner."

Suzuki Sonoko straightened her back. She had specially changed into a dark red off-shoulder dress to match the occasion. This somewhat mature style was the first time Haruhiko had seen her wearing it. Her snow-white shoulders looked even more charming against the dark red dress.

"That's fine. There are several students studying here, but it seems that the only visitors today are Conan and Kousaka-kun," said Sonoko.

Haruhiko: "Great, I can eat to my heart's content today."

"You better watch your image," Sonoko reminded him. "The teacher here is very strict. If you make her angry, the consequences will be terrible."

Haruhiko nodded, then pulled Conan in front of him: "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on this guy."

Conan quietly rolled his eyes at Haruhiko.

When I walked into the classroom, there were already several people preparing.

Sonoko took Xiaolan over to greet everyone one by one.

"Oh, there are new people here today." said an elderly woman.

"My name is Mao Lilan, please give me your guidance." Xiaolan greeted politely.

"This is Mr. Kamimori's classmate, Ms. Yashiro Kazue," Sonoko introduced.

Yashiro Kazueda said, "You better be careful. Every time a new person comes, he gets scolded by Kamimori-sensei. You better be prepared."

Mao Lilan looked at Sonoko hesitantly.

Sonoko patted Xiaolan's shoulder with an expression that said, "Leave it to me."

She would never say that she brought Xiaolan over because she wanted to share the firepower.

At this moment, a young man holding a steel cooking basin interrupted and said, "Don't worry, even if you get scolded, everyone will be there for you. You won't feel lonely."

Hiroaki Nishitani told a cold joke.

Xiaolan agreed and smiled.

Haruhiko looked at Hiroaki Nishitani who suddenly appeared and saw a hideous ghost lying on his shoulder, which formed a stark contrast with his smiling face.

If I'm not mistaken, this warm-hearted man must be the murderer.

Haruhiko recalled his memories of this case. If he remembered correctly, it was originally a special show for Kogoro Mouri, Ran and Conan, but in reality, Haruhiko and Sonoko came together. However, based on past experience, this will not affect the final outcome of the case.

Although the owner of this French cooking class, Michiko Uemori, has a high level of cooking skills, she has a bad temper and has offended many people.

She suddenly gave up supporting her most proud disciple Hiroaki Nishitani, which resulted in Hiroaki Nishitani being unable to go out and start his own business, and could only work as an assistant under Michitoshi Kamimori.

Of course, Hiroaki Nishitani was very dissatisfied, so he carefully planned this murder plan. He even went to Europe to find someone to make contact lenses that could quickly adapt to the dark environment. He then used the power outage as an opportunity to carry out his murder plan in the dark.

Just as Haruhiko was thinking about it, the sound of a car came from the gate.

Soon, a fat aunt in a purple dress opened the sliding door of the entrance and walked in.

Michi Kamimori is in her fifties, but because she doesn't pay much attention to maintenance, this purple dress, which looks very expensive, cannot hide her out-of-shape figure.

"Teacher Kamimori." Everyone greeted together.

But Kamimori Michi ignored everyone and walked to the chair and sat down: "Hongming, rub my shoulders, Xiaoxun, help me take my pulse."

Nishitani Hiroaki and Kamimori Kaoru walked over.

Conan muttered quietly: "This woman is really arrogant."

Sonoko punched Conan on the head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It will be terrible if someone hears you."

After taking a short rest, Michi Kamimori started today's cooking class.

Haruhiko and Conan sat behind the cooking counter, which was an area specially prepared for visiting guests or their families.

Haruhiko looked at the people busy at the cooking counter.

I have to say that Michi Kamimori's professional ability is still very strong. She is very knowledgeable about French cuisine and has a strong grasp of details. She can tell who has made a mistake with just a glance.

Haruhiko also noticed that Suzuki Sonoko was particularly serious today, wondering if she was worried about being criticized by Mr. Kamimori.

Suzuki Sonoko was wearing a cooking apron tied around her chest, with the apron straps resting on her small, snow-white shoulders. Her soft, white hands were inserted into the dough in the stainless steel basin, kneading and beating the dough repeatedly.

At this time, a strand of hair on her forehead playfully broke free from the hairband and hung on her delicate and upturned small nose, seeming a little itchy. Yuanzi gathered the hair with her hand and rubbed it on her face a few times with the back of her hand.

But she seemed to have forgotten that her hands were covered in flour, and when she did that, a lot of flour got on her face, making her look like a cute little cat.

Haruhiko couldn't help laughing. Suddenly, as if she noticed something, she looked up in Haruhiko's direction.

Their eyes met, and Sonoko subconsciously avoided his gaze, but then she realized, why should I be afraid of his eyes?
Sonoko once again showed that condescending look of a young lady and looked at Haruhiko.

"Sonoko, how can you be distracted while cooking!" Michi Kamimori suddenly yelled.

"I'm sorry, teacher." Sonoko was startled.

She quickly focused on the dough in her hand, and when the teacher wasn't paying attention, she stuck out her tongue at Haruhiko.

As time went on, Uemori Michi's bad temper also became apparent——

"Xiaoxun, didn't I tell you to put the cream in first?"

"Hey, Kazue, you've been here for such a long time, but you haven't made any progress at all."

Similar taunts continued one after another, but among these students, only the murderer Hiroaki Nishitani and Ran Mao Li were not reprimanded.

It was easy to understand Nishitani Hiroaki. After all, he was a disciple capable of setting up his own school, so she probably couldn't find any fault with him.

But this was Ran Maori's first time learning French cuisine, but she was not criticized harshly. It seems that she is really talented in this area of ​​cooking.

Haruhiko even suspected that Ran Mouri also had a skill entry for "cooking". If so, it must be of a very powerful level.

Just as he was daydreaming, the power suddenly went out.

There were doubtful voices coming one after another in the darkness.

Then, there was the sound of Michi Kamimori falling to the ground in pain: "Ah! It hurts, something pricked me."

At this time, Haruhiko felt a gust of wind passing by him. If he guessed correctly, it should be Conan who activated the skill of "100% arriving at the crime scene first".

Sure enough, Conan's voice came from the darkness not far away: "Call an ambulance quickly. I think we can call the police as well. This is a murder case."

Conan pushed the frame of his glasses up on his nose.

...

When Inspector Megure and his men arrived at the scene, Michi Kamimori had already been taken away by ambulance and the lights at the scene had been restored.

Conan found a piece of unmelted ice and a weight on the floor of the distribution room. These two things combined made it easy to imagine that the murderer used this method to darken the entire room.

But why did the murderer do this?

Conan still couldn't figure it out for the time being.

However, although the murderer deliberately opened the sliding door to create the illusion that someone outside had broken in to assassinate Mr. Kamimori, he had a strong premonition that this must have been done by one of these students.

When Conan walked along the dim corridor back to the cooking classroom hall, Inspector Megure's investigation was almost complete.

Michiko Kamimori was stabbed from behind with a needle-like weapon, causing lung damage and resulting in difficulty breathing. She is still receiving emergency treatment in the hospital, and it is unknown whether she can be saved.

The police searched the items on everyone present and the items found at the scene, but no murder weapon was found that fully matched the wounds on Michi Kamimori's body.

The investigation suddenly came to a standstill.

At first everyone was very cooperative, but since they couldn't find any evidence, several students started clamoring to leave, saying they wanted to go to the hospital to visit Kamimori Michi. Inspector Megure had no way to force them to stay because he had no evidence.

Several students packed up their things and headed towards the door.

Just then, Inspector Megure's cell phone rang.

Officer Megure pressed the connect button and listened to the person on the phone for a long time before hanging up and saying, "Ms. Uemori Michi died in the hospital despite failed rescue efforts."

"What? The teacher..." Everyone had a sad expression on their face.

Conan's face darkened. This really developed into a murder case, and the murderer must be among these people.

If we let them go, it would be almost impossible to find the murder weapon.

But... what weapon was used to stab Ms. Kamimori in the back? There's no matching weapon at the scene.

Conan was also filled with anxiety.

At this moment, a bolt of lightning struck his head.

However, this lightning was not related to the clues of the case, but Conan suddenly thought of a strange thing - that guy Haruhiko Kousaka had disappeared since the power outage, and he did not perform any strange exorcism rituals in the room.

Where did he go?

Conan suddenly had a bold guess in his mind - could it be him? Because Mr. Kamimori treated Suzuki Sonoko badly, he suddenly had the intention to kill her, killed her in this way, and then fled the scene?
But before Conan could overturn his somewhat absurd guess, Kousaka Haruhiko walked in from the sliding door of the entrance side by side with an investigator.

Haruhiko held a contact lens case in his hand and shook it in the air twice: "I found the murder weapon, and I also know who killed Ms. Uemori Michi."

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