Conan: I’m really not Tokyo Monster Story

Yes, the biggest factor that led Sano to want to intervene in this case was actually Kudo Shinichi.

After all, it is different from others.

Sano may be able to "lose" a case to others, Hattori Heiji, or even Mouri Kogoro... although Conan is still behind it.

But if it were another high school detective in the same school and class, the impression would be completely different.

Furthermore... Sano is personally curious about how he would react if he was interrupted at this important moment of Conan's transformation into Kudo Shinichi, as if he were returning as the King, and even got there first.

I guess I will die from suffocation, right?

ha.

Sano no longer kept a low profile and walked straight towards the woman named Mai, raising his hand and landing on her shoulder.

"Well!"

Wu Yi immediately hummed, bowed her body, and took a step back.

...It is indeed this woman.

Sano narrowed his eyes and met the gaze of Mai, who was full of surprise, making the other person's eyes unconsciously show a little panic.

Of course, there were not a few people who noticed Sano's movements and the movements between the two.

Among them, there are also many people who know the meaning behind Sano's actions and Mai's reaction.

"Brother Sano, is this...?"

Officer Megure came closer and cast a searching look at Sano.

"Well, she is the murderer."

Unlike the other detectives, Sano didn't have any desire to perform slowly and step by step. He directly filled up the progress bar and reported the identity of the murderer.

This also shocked everyone present.

Especially Kudo Shinichi's eyes twitched.

...This guy is really good at choosing time, isn't he? ?

Just when he was about to start reasoning, the other party picked out the murderer. What the hell was this? He didn't even give him a chance to struggle?

"...Here, brother Sano, please explain it clearly. What is going on?"

Faced with Officer Megure's questioning, Sano originally didn't intend to answer, because there were some things that he couldn't explain clearly, and he didn't know if he could explain clearly.

If you are slapped in the face, it will be even more embarrassing than "losing".

Another reason why Sano would choose the moment when Kudo Shinichi showed up to take action is that after he takes action, he can directly leave the mess to the other party to deal with.

...According to Sano's thinking, since Kudo Shinichi has shown his face, it means that he has discovered the truth, so there must be no problem in wiping his own ass.

In this way, in the eyes of others, Sano discovered the truth, but did not bother to say more.

Even if he didn't "win" Kudo Shinichi, at least he "didn't lose".

He didn't lose face and was able to deal with the other party.

Best of both worlds, right?

It’s just that plans never keep up with changes.

When things actually developed to this point, Sano actually made another unexpected discovery.

...Although he is a detective who can only rely on plug-ins to "make mistakes", Sano is not without trying to make his own deductions.

For example, in this case, Sano put himself into the perspective of the criminal. Since he chose to poison, he must have poisoned a target that can allow the deceased to "entry".

Nothing more than food and drink and the hands of the deceased.

However, according to the forensic results just now, neither the body of the deceased nor the "Iced Coffee" cup that he drank under the witness of the three "witnesses" showed any trace of poisonous ingredients.

According to Sano's inquiry, the so-called potassium cyanate is actually a solid under normal conditions. If it was melted into the cup of Coke, there would definitely be residue on the wall of the cup.

Under such conditions, it seemed that the deceased could only have eaten the poison directly.

It's no wonder that Officer Megure thought this was a suicide case.

But in fact, Sano really felt that the deceased "ate" the poison himself.

But it’s not just about eating it directly.

Thinking about it carefully, the only thing Urata Kohei drank was iced coffee. Although he later said it was iced coke, there was something in common.

That is.

ice.

Technically, ice cubes.

The police did not detect poison on the wall of the cup. The only possibility is that the deceased had eaten the poison before it melted into the liquid, and then died of the poison.

Therefore, the only people who could poison were Ayako and Mai who had the opportunity to add ice cubes to the cup during the entire case.

Another key clue is that there are two cups of "ice coffee".

One belongs to the dancer, and the other belongs to the deceased.

Because it was uncertain which cup of "iced coffee" the deceased would take, no matter which of the two men was the murderer, he could only choose to "poison" both cups of "iced coffee."

But looking back now, Wu Yi didn't show any signs of "poisoning".

This is obviously not right.

Since the poison was placed in the ice, whether it was eaten directly like the deceased, or the ice was melted into the liquid, Wu Yi should not be alive.

Even if this guy drank everything and the ice cubes melted, poison should not be detected in the cup.

Therefore there can only be one final conclusion.

That is, Wu Yi put the ice cubes in and controlled the speed on her own, so that she drank the cup of Coke before the ice cubes melted and hid the ice cubes.

The evidence in this case is to find those ice cubes.

Sano originally had no clue about this, but considering the factors at the scene, Mai would not have the chance to destroy the evidence, so if she looked carefully, she would definitely find it.

…But that’s only limited to the original.

Because now Sano has discovered the location of the ice cube.

Sano suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled off Mai's rain-wet sweater hat. Looking at the other party's pale face, he chuckled: "It hasn't completely melted yet, and the smell of almonds is quite strong."

"What!?"

Upon hearing this, Officer Memu's expression suddenly changed: "Almond flavor?"

...The reason why Sano discovered the place where Mai hid the ice cubes was simple. There were two reasons.

One is that when the ice cubes melt into water, the potassium cyanate inside melts into the water and emits a light almond smell. This is a very fatal flaw for Sano who is under the influence of Superman.

Second, the ice cubes will melt.

It has been quite some time since the incident occurred. The ice cubes melted into water and should be easily discovered. Especially if someone accidentally touches them, they might even "accidentally kill" someone else.

To sum up, hiding ice cubes on your body is the safest and most dangerous way.

But again, the ice cubes would wet their clothes when they melted. It was still easy to be discovered, but there was no wet spot on Wu Yi's body.

No, this exists, and most of it is intentional, that is, the area above Wu Yi’s shoulders that were wet by the rain when she left the gym.

Namely, hoodies.

"That's the situation. I don't think I need to say anything more. Officer Megure, you should understand what's going on."

Sano let go of Mai's hat and wiped it on Officer Megure again: "If you don't understand anything, just ask Kudo Shinichi and he will answer it."

After saying that, Sano left the gymnasium, leaving behind a large number of silent spectators.

...Good guy, even if Sano is trying to steal his own role, he actually wants to make himself a tool and wipe his butt for him?

Do you dare to be more outrageous?

And just when Kudo Shinichi's mouth twitched wildly, Haibara Ai in the crowd quietly retreated and followed Sano who left.

After Sano came outside the gym, he realized that he seemed to have forgotten that it was still raining outside, so he lit a cigarette and started to watch the rain scene.

...Today's case can be said to be simple or complex. Although compared to the past, Sano was able to find out the truth this time mainly because of his own thinking factors, but he also relied on the discoveries of outsiders. clue factors.

So of course Sano doesn't really feel that he has become a good detective.

...And things that use your brain really make people feel tired.

If you can solve problems without relying on your brain in the future, it would be better to stay as still as possible.

"Sano."

Conan... no, it was Haihara Ai's call that brought Sano's attention back.

Turning his head to look, Haiyuan Aizheng's eyes were full of weakness: "He has already told you the matter, right? You should have discovered the truth a long time ago. Why didn't you tell it earlier? You also know that guy will do it as soon as he encounters a case. I don’t care about anything, I just want to solve the case, and I don’t have any idea of ​​my current situation.”