The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Just as she was filled with doubt and confusion, she suddenly looked around the scene and her eyes narrowed sharply.

Because she discovered that Aragaki Yu had disappeared from this place and hadn't returned for a long time.

Even if it's just going to the toilet, it shouldn't take this long.

"Could it be...!?"

As if she had thought of something, Vermouth, disguised as a newly emerged doctor, suddenly tensed up, and a murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

But what she didn't notice was that at that moment, two pairs of eyes flashed past her.

……

"Kudo...brother?"

Inspector Megure and the others were now completely exhausted.

"This is definitely not a suicide case, but a simple homicide case."

Under the shocked gazes of everyone, Shinichi Kudo spoke as he walked from the entrance of the venue toward Inspector Megure.

Of course, it's more accurate to say that it was Aragaki Yu, who had just slipped out of the venue, changed his clothes in a nearby restroom, and then came to join the fun, rather than Kudo Shinichi.

That's right. This time, besides Hattori Heiji, who took it upon himself to impersonate Shinichi Kudo, the other two people he specially recruited were Kuroba Kaito and himself.

Of course, his purpose in doing this was not just to annoy Shinichi Kudo.

It was also to scare Vermouth, who had unknowingly infiltrated the school and was impersonating Dr. Araide.

By now, this play must have given her quite a surprise.

Thinking of this, Aragaki Yu also glanced at "Dr. Araide" outside the crowd without making a sound.

This is really interesting...

Chapter 490 What the hell are you up to? (2-in-1)

"Inspector Megure, it's been a long time!"

After Aragaki Yu squeezed through the crowd, he smiled and greeted Inspector Megure, then nodded to Ran and the others who were still speechless with shock.

"Kudo-kun!"

Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment as he looked at the "Shinichi Kudo" who walked up to him. Unable to confirm his identity, he could only sincerely address him as "Brother Kudo." "But we didn't detect any trace of poison in the drink of the deceased Mr. Putian, or in the drinks of the other three people!"

After hearing Inspector Megure's words, everyone remembered what the "Shinichi Kudo" who appeared last had just said, and they all looked at him with confusion.

I almost forgot about the most important thing right now.

“You mean this!” Aragaki Yu looked at Inspector Megure and explained with a smile, “At first glance, this does give the impression that Mr. Putian committed suicide by poisoning himself, but this murder can be easily carried out by using a certain thing.”

With the help of the snow woman, Yuya Aragaki has learned the key to the murderer's crime.

"Something?" Inspector Megure was clearly taken aback when he heard this.

Hattori Heiji and the real Kudo Shinichi naturally looked at him in surprise, "Who exactly is this guy?!"

Meanwhile, Kaito Kuroba, who was disguised as Shinichi Kudo, watched Yu Aragaki, who was talking eloquently, with great interest. Although others could not see any flaws, he still noticed Yu Aragaki's disguise from some subtle details.

Putting aside the fact that we don't know why the real Shinichi Kudo is here.

Yuu Aragaki not only invited him to impersonate Shinichi Kudo, but he also impersonated Shinichi Kudo himself.

In his opinion, it was indeed a bit of a perverse sense of humor.

“That’s right.” Aragaki Yu nodded. As the one who started all this, he ignored the different expressions of the people present and instead looked at Inspector Megure and asked, “Inspector Megure, do you have 10,000 yen on you? If so, could you please lend it to me?”

"Ten thousand yuan!?"

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure was taken aback at first, and then he nervously touched the pocket of his uniform.

You see, because his wife was cleaning the house today, he made a point of carrying the little bit of money he had hidden at home with him.

Therefore, I have exactly one 10,000 yuan bill on me right now.

Seeing Aragaki Yu reach out his hand, Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment before reluctantly taking out his own savings and handing it to Aragaki Yu.

After all, if this has anything to do with the case, it wouldn't be good if it affected "Brother Kudo's" ability to solve the case because of this little thing.

"Thank you for your help, Inspector Megure." Aragaki Yu smiled as he accepted the banknotes Inspector Megure handed him, then discreetly slipped them into his pocket as he said, "All you need to do to do all this is ice!"

"What! You mean using ice?!"

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri and the others gaped in astonishment.

Neither Shinichi Kudo nor Heiji Hattori showed any surprise.

They had already thought of this, but they just had no way to verify it for the time being.

However, the actions of this "Shinichi Kudo" were indeed somewhat unexpected.

Aragaki Yu silently took out a ten-yen coin from his pocket, twirling it in his hand as he explained to everyone, "The poison used by the murderer is potassium cyanide, which is extremely difficult to dissolve in ice water. All you need to do is dig a hole in the ice, pour the potassium cyanide into the ice, seal it with a small ice cube, and then put this ice cube along with the other ice cubes into Mr. Putian's drink cup."

"But even so, there should still be some poison left in Mr. Putian's drink cup from the melting ice!"

Inspector Megure still couldn't understand what "Shinichi Kudo" meant for a moment. She even suspected that this "younger brother Kudo" hadn't listened carefully to the clues she had just mentioned, so she repeated them with some dissatisfaction.

Aragaki Yu simply chuckled dismissively, then suddenly turned to Officer Takagi beside him, "Mr. Putian's drink cup lid was open at the time, right?"

"Yes...yes!?" Although he didn't understand why Shinichi Kudo asked that question, Officer Takagi nodded.

Do you know why this is?

Upon hearing this question, Kogoro Mouri instinctively replied, "I think it's probably because Mr. Putian was in so much pain after drinking the poison that he gripped it too tightly..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Inspector Megure, who was standing next to Kogoro Mouri, interrupted him bluntly, "Nonsense! If that were the case, that cup would definitely have been crushed to pieces by him!"

"That's right!"

Aragaki Yu glanced at Inspector Megure with some surprise. Seeing the police officer's rare display of intelligence, he gave him a look of "you're a good student." "There's only one reason why the lid of a drink with ice would be opened after it's finished... that Mr. Putian didn't drink poison, he ate it!"

"Huh, you ate it?" Inspector Megure was still a little confused by this explanation.

Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori didn't show much surprise on their faces; instead, their expressions were rather serious.

Because, putting aside the murderer and the method of the crime, they still have no clue about the most crucial evidence.

"That's right! Officer!"

At that moment, Officer Takagi, standing next to Inspector Megure, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and immediately understood the meaning behind Shinichi Kudo's words.

He looked at Inspector Megure with some excitement and reminded him, "Don't you often put the leftover ice cubes in your mouth and chew on them after you finish your drink?"

"Oh, I see!" Only then did Inspector Megure realize, "As long as we know that Mr. Putian has this little habit, we can definitely use this method to poison him! And this method won't leave any poison residue in the drink!"

Noticing that his idea had been so decisively rejected by Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri muttered listlessly, "Then tell me, who put the poison in this ice?"

"This..."

Yuu Aragaki paused slightly in his hand as he twirled the coin. "It's impossible for Ms. Noda and Mr. Mitani, who were responsible for delivering the drinks, to poison a beverage that was likely to be returned!"

"So..." Inspector Megure said hesitantly, having already realized something.

"Yes."

The next moment, with a flick of his finger, the coin in his hand spun high into the air. "That means it can only be Ms. Kouue Mai, who is responsible for buying drinks and bringing them to the audience!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the coin, which had been flying through the air, drew an arc and landed precisely in the hood of the blouse behind the dancer's coat, whose face had already changed.

"!!!"

The expressions on everyone's faces turned to surprise.

"I see!" Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori also had expressions of sudden realization after seeing the coin that Yuu Aragaki had deliberately tossed into the hoodie of the dancer's dress.

They realized at this point that the evidence had been found!

Then, Yu Aragaki took two steps forward and reached into the hat behind the dancer's back to take out a shiny ten-yen coin.

"What, what exactly is going on?!" Looking at the dancer standing there dumbfounded, Inspector Megure realized that "Shinichi Kudo" was right.

"Isn't it obvious already?" Aragaki Yuu smiled as he explained the entire story of the dandy's crime—

While the dancers were buying drinks, they secretly added poisoned ice cubes to two cups of "ice coffee" at the counter.

Of course, it was also during this process that the iced coffee she and the others ordered was replaced with iced cola.

Left with no other choice, she could only kill some time until the stage play started before taking her drink back to the audience.

For most people, once the performance has started, even if they realize they've taken the wrong drink, they won't bother to ask for it to be returned.

As for why the dancer added ice to both Mr. Putian's and her own "iced coffee," it was naturally to ensure that Mr. Putian would choose the poisoned drink with absolute certainty.

Mr. Kamata did not die from drinking a poisoned beverage, but rather from habitually eating ice cubes laced with poison after finishing the drink, which led to his death from poisoning shortly after finishing the beverage.

As for the other poisoned drink...

In order to avoid engaging in such suspicious behavior as leaving the audience seats.

All the dancer needs to do is finish the drink in the glass before the ice melts, and then secretly hide the ice in the hood of her hoodie.

……

Subsequently, in addition to finding potassium cyanide in the hoodie of the dancer's dress, the police also successfully found her wallet, which she used to store toxic ice, in the venue's trash can. It also contained dry ice, which was used to maintain the shape of the ice.

To avoid attracting attention, the dancer, who wasn't wearing gloves, naturally left her fingerprints on the wallet.