The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"During the flight, besides the chocolate that Maki Juri ate, she only had vitamins from Miss Tenko's side..."

After Conan was sent back to his seat by Kogoro Mouri, he was still frowning as he pondered the method by which the culprit poisoned Ms. Maki.

"Oh, really? Has the great detective not figured out the culprit's method yet?" Hearing Conan's mutterings, Ai Haibara, sitting next to him, couldn't help but tease him as she looked at Conan's worried face.

"yes……"

Although he was a little annoyed, Conan could only rub his hair in frustration after being told the truth.

"No, not necessarily..."

Just then, Yuu Aragaki, who was sitting in his seat, saw Genta licking his fingers after finishing his bread as if nothing had happened, and a sudden idea flashed into his mind.

He had unconsciously done this action, this act of licking his fingers after eating, many times.

Ms. Maki did something similar after eating the chocolate.

Seeing that Conan and Ai Haibara looked at him after hearing his words, Yuu Aragaki suddenly stood up and walked towards the body of Ms. Maki Juri.

Seeing this, Conan, who was still in his seat, did not hesitate for long before jumping off his seat and following Aragaki Yu's footsteps.

"What are you two trying to do?!" Kogoro Mouri, who was deep in thought in his seat, jumped up from his chair in anger as he watched Yuu Aragaki and Conan walk toward the corpse without saying a word. He was about to grab Yuu Aragaki and Conan when Eri Kisaki stopped him.

"I think the reason why Ms. Maki was poisoned may not necessarily be that someone added cyanide to the food she might have eaten." In front of Ms. Maki's body, Yuu Aragaki lifted the coat that Kogoro Mouri had covered the body to check the condition of the body, and explained to everyone.

"It's not necessarily in the food!"

Conan, who had followed along, was slightly taken aback when he heard what Aragaki Yu said. Then, seeing that Aragaki Yu had picked up Maki Juri's right hand, he immediately realized what was going on.

That's right!

In previous poisoning cases, he had encountered situations where the perpetrator smeared poison on tableware, teacups, or towels that the victim would touch.

If the murderer didn't put the poison in the chocolate or vitamins, then the cyanide that Ms. Maki ingested would very likely have already been on her fingers from the beginning.

Chapter 755 How can you eat spicy strips without licking your fingers?

"Wait! What are you doing? Her fingers could very well have poison on them!"

Seeing that Aragaki Yu was holding Maki Juri's hand and seemed to be about to put that hand to her mouth, Conan instinctively reached out and stopped her.

Although it's impossible for a normal person to do something so bizarre, Conan can't guarantee that Aragaki Yuu, whose job is already strange, won't suddenly develop some weird fetish one day.

Although he didn't know what Conan was thinking, but knew he definitely wasn't thinking anything good, Aragaki Yu glanced at Conan with some disdain, then opened Maki Juri's hand that he was holding and said, "Although the marks are very faint, there are indeed some traces left on her fingers."

Conan narrowed his eyes, letting out a surprised hum, but his gaze unconsciously shifted to Maki's face.

By this point, how could he not understand the meaning behind Aragaki Yu's words?

Yuu Aragaki lightly brushed his fingertips across Maki's slightly stiff knuckles, picked up a little pale pink powder, and sniffed it again: "The almond scent mixed with rose essence is definitely a cosmetic product with added cyanide."

"What on earth are you two doing?!"

At the same time, Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki, who had left their seats, walked over to the two of them.

Looking at the "I see" expressions on Aragaki Yu and Conan's faces, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but fall into deep confusion.

"good chance!"

Seeing Uncle Mori peeking over, Conan instinctively wanted to use his wristwatch-shaped tranquilizer gun to knock Uncle Mori out and use his identity as a sleeping detective to uncover the truth of the case.

However, before he could even aim, Conan suddenly realized that Yuu Aragaki was still standing next to him, and all his little movements would be clearly seen by the other party.

Just as Conan was frantically searching for a seat and slipping into a corner to pull out his wristwatch-shaped tranquilizer gun again, he saw Aragaki Yuu wiping his fingers with a handkerchief as he slowly spoke, "I never expected that the method the culprit used to poison Ms. Juri in this case would be so unexpected!"

"What!?"

"Wait a minute, little brother Aragaki, do you already know who the murderer is?"

Upon hearing what Yuu Aragaki said, Kogoro Mouri and Eri Kisaki were taken aback at first, and then immediately showed a surprised expression.

Ran and the others, who were sitting not far away, also stood up in surprise and looked in the direction of Aragaki Yu.

"Let's talk about the method of the crime first."

Yu Aragaki covered Ms. Maki's body with Kogoro Mouri's coat again, then looked around at everyone in the cabin before continuing, "Actually, the key to the murderer's method of poisoning Ms. Maki was to open her ears."

"Hearing?" Kogoro Mouri glanced at Yuu Aragaki.

"That's right. The murderer knew that Miss Juri would definitely have her ears open when she flew, so he used that as a way to poison her... It was the method of pinching her nose with her index finger and thumb and exhaling."

After thinking it over, Yuu Aragaki decided against personally demonstrating the move in front of everyone.

After only a second of hesitation, he pulled Conan over from the corner and gestured for Kogoro Mouri to demonstrate how to clean ears.

Conan: (╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻

Under everyone's gaze, Conan, looking helpless, had no reason to refute and could only sullenly pinch his nose.

"The murderer also knew that she was right-handed."

"I think some people know this too. The first thing you have to learn when you learn to scuba dive is to open your ears, although there are some people who are so skilled that they can do it without pinching their noses."

"But Miss Juri has only just begun to learn. She'll probably be able to pinch you with her hands most of the time, right, Mr. Mori?"

"Huh...!?" Kogoro Mouri, who was suddenly called out, was taken aback at first, but then immediately nodded to confirm it.

When he was sitting next to Ms. Maki, he had chatted with her about this for a bit. Ms. Maki did mention that she had only recently started learning to scuba dive.

However, Kogoro Mouri quickly retorted, "But I was sitting right next to Ms. Maki and watching her, and I didn't see her make any similar movements at all!"

As he rested his chin on his hand, recalling the situation, he was unaware that Eri Kisaki, standing beside him, had her brows furrowed deeply, and a faint black aura emanated from her body.

"Let's take Ayumi as an example on this point."

Amid Ayumi's surprised expression, Aragaki Yu first glanced regretfully at the reckless Kogoro Mouri, then looked at Conan, who was still gazing at him with a resentful expression, and said, "Women are usually embarrassed to do these kinds of things in front of men, don't you think, Conan?"

Clearly, Aragaki Yu had also noticed Ayumi's action of making Conan turn around.

Under Ayumi's embarrassed blush and the murderous stares of Genta and Mitsuhiko, Conan's lips twitched involuntarily.

Ran and Sonoko looked at Conan with teasing expressions.

Little did Ran know that Ai Haibara, sitting in her seat, kept glancing at Ayumi, Conan, and herself, her beautiful eyes filled with an undisguised strangeness.

"Even a little girl would behave this way, let alone Miss Juri, who is a female celebrity. Therefore, with you sitting next to her, Mr. Mori, she would naturally choose to go to the toilet to listen to her ears."

"Huh? Miss Juri did say she needed to go to the restroom..." Kogoro Mouri paused, then remembered that such a thing had indeed happened.

"What happened next was just as we saw it: after Ms. Maki returned from the restroom, she picked out a chocolate to taste and even licked off the cocoa powder that was stuck to her fingers."

"I think she never imagined that her habit would lead to her completely ingesting poison so seriously."

At this point, Yuya Aragaki suddenly remembered that he seemed to have experienced quite a few cases where people had successfully poisoned themselves due to various habitual actions.

Besides common actions like licking powder off your fingers, other examples include eating the last ice cube in your drink or unconsciously biting your nails while thinking.

At this moment, Yuu Aragaki secretly made up his mind to give up his habit of licking his fingers after eating spicy snacks.

But if that's the case...

That's way too extravagant!

By this time, many of the passengers present had already understood the method the murderer had used to poison the victim, as described by Aragaki Yu.

However, some people were still completely confused about what Aragaki Yu meant, asking, "What does it mean? Where exactly is the poison applied?"

Chapter 756 The Lost Flight Attendant

"Actually, Miss Juri had already been slowly affected by the poison before this, but the reason she felt uncomfortable was because she had absorbed the poison through her skin."

"From her skin?" Xiaolan, standing in front of her seat, tilted her head, her confused expression instantly turning into one of sudden realization. "Could it be that she is..."

“Yes!” Seeing Ran looking at him, Aragaki Yu nodded and continued what she hadn’t finished saying, “The murderer had already mixed the poison into the foundation and applied it to both sides of Juri’s nose in the car in the Haneda Airport parking lot.”

"The person who put Miss Juri to death, I dare say... Sakai Natsuki, it's you!"

After hearing Yuu Aragaki's confident reasoning, many people present couldn't help but look in astonishment at Natsuki Sakai, who had remained seated without getting up.

Ms. Masayo Yaguchi, who was already sitting next to Natsuki Sakai, had an expression of disbelief on her face.

As for Sakai Natsuki, who suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention, she was completely stunned. After a moment of panic flashed through her eyes, she suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

"Ha, hahaha... How is that possible! This reasoning sounds quite interesting... Hahahaha..."

Although she was laughing so hard that tears were almost streaming down her face, she kept her eyes away from meeting Aragaki Yu's gaze, which was looking at her.

"I remember in the dressing room, when Ayumi picked up the foundation on the table, you immediately came over from a distance and took it from her. I guess it was because you had already added the poison to the foundation at that time, and you were afraid that the child would spill the foundation and ruin your plan..."

"what……"

Ai Haibara, sitting at a table not far away, casually brought up the matter while looking at a magazine, her cool voice abruptly silencing Natsuki Sakai's laughter.

After Ai Haibara pointed this out, a ferocious look broke the beauty of Natsuki Sakai's face.

The next second, she suddenly stood up, staring at Aragaki Yu with slightly anxious eyes, and said, "Then may I ask, what concrete evidence do you have!?"

"I think once the plane lands, the police can use the traces of poison and foundation found on the sides of Ms. Maki's nose, as well as her thumb and forefinger, as evidence..."

At this point, Yuu Aragaki's expression turned somewhat regretful. "However, even so, you could probably argue that Miss Maki got poison on her finger somewhere and then touched her nose, which is why this happened."

Hearing what Aragaki Yu said, Sakai Natsuki couldn't help but smile slightly, and the expression in her eyes became more confident.

That's right, all of this was part of her plan all along.