Conan: I am really a good person

Chapter 72 I Killed

There are distractions in homicides.

The biggest disturbing factor is that the murderer, the deceased and other people present are all human beings, with each person's own logic and interpersonal relationships.

Simply put, Minagawa Katsuhiko's death was simple. It was not an attack by an outsider, nor was it his bloody body that was discovered after being alone for a while after leaving the crowd, but he was poisoned and died in front of witnesses.

Ichijo Mirai ignores the interpersonal factors that he is not good at, and simply and crudely starts from the most essential source of poisoning: Since he died from poisoning, then ignoring suicide, how many sources of poisons may Minagawa Katsuhiko take?
There are only three.

One, chocolate.

Two women confessed their love and were handed chocolates.

When Sekiya confessed, Minagawa Katsuhiko refused and did not accept the chocolate, so she transferred the chocolate to Minagawa Susumu.When Watanabe confessed her love, Minagawa Katsuhiko agreed, accepted the chocolate and drank it.

There was no apparent conflict between the two of them.

Two, smoke.

Minagawa Katsuhiko had been smoking, and after finishing his own cigarette, he smoked Tanaka Naomichi's cigarette.

There was an obvious conflict between the two of them. Minagawa Katsuhiko was quite rude to Tanaka Naomichi, and Tanaka Naomichi once threatened to kill Minagawa Katsuhiko.

Three, food on the table.

All the food at the dinner party has passed through Mrs. Minagawa's hands, including orange juice, sushi, coffee, cakes, etc.

There is no obvious conflict between them, but there is a hidden conflict. According to Susumu Minagawa, it is suspected that they are not the biological relationship that everyone thinks.

From beginning to end, excluding the possibility of secretly taking drugs to commit suicide when alone outside, Minagawa Katsuhiko only came into contact with these three types.

The third type actually has a problem: when Minagawa Katsuhiko leaves for the first time, other people at the table can also take the opportunity to add food.

But Ichijo Mirai paid attention and didn't see anyone adding ingredients secretly.

He tapped the table and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Watanabe opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't think of anything else to say to argue. She could only shake her head and insist: "I didn't harm Katsuhiko. When the police come, they can investigate the piece of chocolate I sent."

"OK," Mirai Ichijo clicked on a person's name, "Sir, please speak."

It refers to Naomichi Tanaka.

Tanaka Naomichi kept his head down, and the living room was still quiet until two or three seconds passed. Only then did he realize that he had been clicked, so he raised his head.

He still looked gloomy, "I had been in the living room when the crime happened, and I only handed that guy Minagawa a pack of cigarettes."

"But I handed it in public, everyone saw it."

"I shouldn't be so stupid, right?"

Actually, not necessarily. It may be that he didn’t want to escape at all.

Ichijo Mirai didn't say anything, he just nodded to indicate that he heard the speech without changing his expression, and then clicked on the next speaker, "Mrs. Minagawa."

Just like every Werewolf player, Mrs. Minagawa was listening attentively to the speeches of the first two people. She didn't expect that she was the third one to be named, so her eyes were filled with tears and her eyes widened for a moment, "Me?"

"Well," Mirai Ichichi said concisely. He glanced at Conan, who was listening more attentively to Mrs. Hichigawa's speech, and gave a friendly reminder, "the first two are explaining that they did not poison."

Mrs. Minagawa responded, "I prepared all the food for the dinner."

She looked at the others, "But, everyone has eaten, right?"

"After the food was served, everyone was very happy to taste the food, right? I also ate some stuff with Xiao Jin in the kitchen, and everyone ate it. How could I poison it?"

"Even if it's poisoned," Mrs. Minagawa lowered her head and lowered her voice, "I wouldn't give it to my child, right?"

Next to him, Minagawa Susumu clutched his mother's clothes tightly and nodded vigorously, "Yeah! I ate everything! Mom didn't poison her!"

He whispered in a panic: "Mom, brother, he..."

Mrs. Minagawa clapped his hand and said sadly, "I want to help my brother find the murderer."

The living room fell into silence again.

Mirai Ichijo did not immediately name him again, but glanced at Conan.

Conan was looking at Minagawa and his son, his brows furrowed as if he was thinking about some difficult problem.Thinking, he frowned and raised his head, looked at Mirai Ichijo who was not named, paused, and raised his hand tentatively, "Well, Mrs. Minagawa, I have a question."

He was asking Mrs. Minagawa, but his eyes were still fixed on Ichijo Mirai. It was a bit strange: He hadn't asked the next person by name yet, so he couldn't be waiting for him to ask the question, right?

Mirai Ichijo nodded to Conan and looked at Mrs. Minagawa.

Conan also turned to look over.

Mrs. Minagawa hesitated, "What's the problem?"

"Ajin just said that as long as I work hard, I can turn Ichijo-nii into a real brother. It took him two or three years to build a good relationship with Mr. Minagawa and make Mr. Minagawa his real brother," Conan said, "I It will take longer for Ichijo-nii to become my brother, so keep working hard.”

Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Minagawa's expression changed slightly.

She subconsciously wanted to look at Sekiya Mei, who was sitting on the edge, but restrained herself and looked away when she was halfway through.

Conan watched her subtle reaction and said in a child's tone: "It's so strange."

"Isn't Mr. Minagawa your biological child?"

Sekiya Mei said: "No."

Ever since she saw Minagawa Katsuhiko's body, she had been in a state of despair, and even now she still speaks lightly, "Katsuhiko...his parents died in a car accident, just seven years ago."

"Ms. Minagawa is his aunt who adopted him after his parents died."

"Because it happened seven years ago, no one else in the club knows," she explained, "but Katsuhiko and I are childhood sweethearts."

Just as Mrs. Minagawa looked at her subconsciously, she subconsciously looked at how beautiful Watanabe was, pursed her lips, and said, "I like him again."

"So I paid close attention to him and knew about it."

Watanabe Haomei looked at her, and after a few seconds, they looked away together.

"You've liked him for so long," Tanaka Naomichi couldn't help but say, "He still treats you like that!"

Guan Gumei lowered her head in embarrassment, "He didn't bully me, he just rejected me."

"And I know that he likes Haomei, and I know that he will definitely agree to Haomei's confession today."

Because, "She is so beautiful and looks like Katsuhiko's mother."

After receiving the rebuttal from his sweetheart, Tanaka Naomichi was slightly dissatisfied, but he still kept silent.

Ichijo Mirai listened to them without changing his expression, and nodded to Conan who looked over tentatively.

Conan immediately asked: "Brother Tanaka, I just heard Jin say that you like Sister Xiaoxiang very much, and you also said that if Mr. Minagawa dares to let Sister Xiaoxiang down, he will definitely kill him, right?"

The color of the audience changed.

Toshihide Wakamatsu, who was sitting next to Tanaka Naomichi, crawled away almost as soon as he realized the meaning of this sentence. He crawled to the opposite side of the table in horror and sat down, "Naomichi, 豼!"

It wasn't just the others who were surprised.

Tanaka Naomichi was also surprised, "Ajin said that?"

He looked at the confused Minagawa Susumu, and then at Sekiya Mei, whose face changed slightly and looked over suspiciously, "Of course not..."

Halfway through, the rapid ringing of police car bells came from the distance, ringing one after another, like the cry of a soaring eagle.

Tanaka Naomichi remained silent.

When he spoke again, he said: "It's me."

"I poisoned it," he stopped struggling. "I poisoned the filter of the cigarette butt."

"Who let that guy treat Xiaoxiang like that? He knew clearly that Xiaoxiang liked him, but he didn't refuse or agree. He got along with Xiaoxiang not far or near, and let Xiaoxiang watch him get along with Haomei!" He was quite happy! , "Today is Valentine's Day. I guess that guy will definitely agree to the beautiful confession and reject Xiaoxiang, so I prepared poisonous cigarettes in advance."

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxiang."

　third, and

　　There are still a few chapters left in the case. I will finish the plot today. Let’s go have dinner first. See you in the afternoon.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)