Conan: When I Be Gin's Brother

"smokes?"

Everyone was surprised.

"What does this have to do with smoking?"

Rin Kurosawa looked at Kaito, "Brother Kaito, were there a lot of cigarette butts scattered on the floor outside the cubicle here just now?"

Kaito was stunned, "Yes, there were a lot of cigarette butts, but because I couldn't stand them, I picked them up and threw them into the trash can nearby."

"By the way, how did you know that there were cigarette butts here before? I don't think I mentioned it to anyone."

Kurosawa Rin silently ignored Kaito's question, turned to look at Officer Nakamori who was still thinking, and continued:

"These cigarette butts were left by the deceased and were the real cause of his death!"

"What do you mean? You mean someone might have poisoned the cigarettes?"

Relying on Kurosawa Rin's tips and the police officer's intuition, Zhongmori came up with the answer, but he still couldn't understand it.

"There is no evidence to prove that the deceased died of poisoning and suffocation."

Kurosawa Rin nodded, "That's true, but if you understand the toxicological properties of fluoroacetate, I'm afraid you won't think so when you see this corpse again."

"Ah, by the way. This fluoroacetate also has a more common name."

The corners of Kurosawa Rin's lips raised slightly, "That's rat poison."

"Raticide!"

Everyone's expression changed.

Although they live in big cities and rats are relatively rare, they are still aware of the highly toxic rodenticide. After all, TV shows news about deaths caused by accidental ingestion of rodenticide from time to time.

Kurosawa Rin continued to explain: "If you have a detailed understanding of the poison of perfluoroacetate, you will quickly think of the symptoms of perfluoroacetate poisoning when you see this corpse."

"First there was vomiting, massive diarrhea, confusion, and muscle tremors, then epileptic seizures, cardiac arrest, and convulsions. Finally, there was suffocation, respiratory failure, and death."

Zhongsen looked around the corpse again, his eyes enlightened.

Vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, suffocation and death...

"This seems to match the scene completely!"

"If the deceased was already in a trance and incontinent, then the vomit and excrement all over the floor and why the deceased was sitting on the toilet would be explained."

Kurosawa Rin nodded: "That's right!"

"The situation at that time should be like this."

"The deceased came to the bathroom with poisonous cigarettes. Because he encountered some troubles or was waiting for something to happen, he kept smoking one cigarette after another. Until the entire pack of cigarettes was finished, the remaining cigarettes in the previous cigarettes

The poison also began to take effect and he began to vomit, have diarrhea, and become dizzy."

"So he staggered towards the cubicle behind him to look for the toilet, but because he was in a daze he could only vomit on the ground. He had diarrhea for a while before sitting on the toilet." Nakamori suddenly understood and continued to analyze along this line of thinking.

"But at this time, the toxicity also began to intensify. The deceased was sitting on the toilet and had no time to call for help. He suffered from epilepsy due to the poison, muscle tremors and suffocation."

"This is indeed very reasonable. If it is really poisonous, the poison reaction should be detected on the cigarette butts in the trash can, but..." Zhongsen frowned. "This still cannot find out who the poisoner is.

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Kurosawa Rin was silent, "If it's just these few points, it can't tell who is the poisoner."

"But, coincidentally, I accidentally bumped into this man while walking. The two packs of cigarettes he was holding happened to fall to the ground, and I helped to pick them up."

"It is precisely because of me that what was originally a murder has now turned into a self-inflicted death."

Everyone present was shocked.

Kaito also thought of the crux of the problem one step ahead of the others.

"Can you say...!" Kaito's pupils were shocked.

Kurosawa Rin looked away and looked at Kaito, "That's right..."

"...The person who poisoned is the deceased himself!"

"The deceased himself!" Aoko exclaimed.

"How is this possible!" Zhongsen also couldn't believe it. "If the deceased had poisoned himself, how could he have allowed himself to be poisoned in a daze? He must have known which pack of cigarettes was poisoned and which was not.

All right!"

Just when Kurosawa Rin was about to explain, Kaito suddenly clicked his tongue and looked at the Nakamori father and daughter with some contempt:

"Haven't you noticed yet? This guy is left-handed!"

Zhongmori was stunned: "Left-handed?"

"What's wrong with being left-handed? Kaito, please tell me quickly and stop pretending!"

Aoko's urging was obviously effective. Kaito coughed lightly and without further delay, explained to the two people who still didn't understand.

"Think about it, if you give something to someone sitting on the same side of you, you'll usually reach out with the hand that's closer to you, right?"

"Well, that's right."

Kaito continued: "So if he wanted to kill someone, he must have put the poisoned pack of cigarettes in the pocket on the side of the target. The deceased also used this to tell which of the two packs was poisonous."

"But because he bumped into Kurosawa Rin and was picked up by him, a left-handed man, the box of cigarettes originally on the right was moved to the left. The toxic and non-toxic cigarettes were exchanged, and the originally toxic cigarettes were moved to the left.

He stayed on his own."

Qingzi frowned, still looking confused: "But how did you determine that the deceased was right-handed and not left-handed?"

"Idiot! Didn't you notice his hands?"

Kaito glanced at Aoko as if he were an idiot.

"For those who smoke frequently, there will be yellow smoke marks between the second joint of the index finger and middle finger on the dominant hand where the cigarette is held! With just one point, you can tell that the deceased is right-handed."

"Eh"

“It’s exactly what I expected!”

"This person is really a super idiot. He actually made such a stupid mistake and got himself killed. He really deserves to die."

Kurosawa Rin chuckled. He didn't know how careless this person was. When the cigarette fell to the ground, he was so afraid of being noticed that he put it into his pocket without even confirming.

He could clearly make up his mind to kill, but his mental quality was so poor. If he hadn't known the beginning and end of the incident, he probably wouldn't have thought that this person would die due to his own carelessness.

Rather than saying that he was poisoned to death by himself, it would be better to say that he died because he was too stupid.

"But... Kaito-san is really very observant!" Kurosawa Rin looked at Kaito.

"As expected of Kaito Kai...well..."

Kaito suddenly covered Kurosawa Rin's mouth, his face covered in cold sweat.

Please!

When he and Aoko went to the amusement park together, Officer Nakamori had already begun to suspect him. Now that he was bringing up the matter of Kaitou Kidd, he was probably taking off his vest on purpose!

As if Kidd's radar was activated, Nakamori instantly became energetic and looked at Kurosawa Rin with bright eyes.

"What is Kaitou Kid? Is it Kaitou Kid?!"

Kaito covered Kurosawa Rin's mouth from behind, looked at Nakamori and said with shame: "Weird, weird, Kaitou Kid..."

"...I'm actually talking about the Phantom Thief Chicken! The Phantom Thief Chicken!"

"Phantom Thief Chicken?"

"Uh, that's right." Kaito laughed dryly, "It's actually a fried chicken restaurant near this kid's school, and its name is 'Phantom Thief Chicken'!"

Zhongsen looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Is that so?"

"Why don't I remember that there is a new store near Ekoda High School?"

"Well, of course it's because this kid is not from Ekoda High School! This kid is actually a student from Teitan High School, ha... right, Rin?"

Kaito awkwardly called his name, turning his head to look at him with eyes full of pleading.

Kurosawa Rin looked at Kaito with this expression with interest.

It was just a shock to be so nervous.

Kaito...it's really fun.

Besides, how could such a thing be said so early?

If the vest falls off, wouldn’t it be boring?

With this thought in mind, Kurosawa Rin returned Kaito's kind gaze and nodded lightly to Nakamori Ginzo.

"Yes, that's right, it is indeed a new fried chicken restaurant that is about to open near our school."

"The name is 'Phantom Thief Chicken'!"

"Is that so?"

Zhongsen scratched his face and stopped worrying about this topic.