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"Eh... this, this..." Mori Kogoro was embarrassed for a while.

But Mao Lilan didn't feel very happy because he won his father's defense.

Her brows were still tightly knit together, and her big eyes were full of entanglements:

If this case wasn't a suicide...

How to explain the doubt that the deceased died after drinking poisonous Coke?

Could it be that the poison was not put in the cola, but somewhere else?

But if it was buried in other places, how to ensure that the dead can be eaten into the mouth?

Maorilan was puzzled.

"Xiao Lan."

Kudo Shinichi approached her quietly, leaned into her ear and said:

"I thought of an answer."

Chapter 396 Heisei Sherlock Holmes and Miss Watson

Kudo Shinichi was once again active again.

Because it happened to be the case he was best at.

Murder trick.

"It was a murderous plot."

Kudo Shinichi leaned over to Mao Lilan's ear, whispering his thoughts:

"The killer put the poison in a special thing."

"That's why Mr. Kamata drank the Coke in the cup safely, and then died of potassium cyanide poisoning."

He played tricks a little and didn't give his own answer directly.

But Mao Lilan has reacted quickly under his reminder:

"In a 'special thing'?"

"What can delay the release of toxins in the drink?"

"capsule?"

The first thing she thought of was the capsules that the murderer put in the drink in Ms. Sayuri Matsumoto's poisoning case.

If the toxin is packed in a capsule, because it takes a lot of time for the shell of the capsule to melt, the effect of "automatic delayed poisoning" can be achieved.

"Forehead…"

Kudo Shinichi was slightly taken aback.

In fact, he wanted to talk about ice cubes.

Because he noticed that there were very few ice cubes left in Mr. Kamata's drink glass.

And Hongshang, Noda, and Mitani, the three friends of the deceased, got the drinks at the same time as the deceased.

In the drinking glasses of the three of them, there were a lot of ice cubes left.

Moreover, unlike the cups of the other three, the lid of the deceased Mr. Kamata's drink cup was unscrewed.

Therefore, Kudo Shinichi concluded:

The deceased should have the habit of eating ice cubes.

After he drank the Coke, he opened the lid again and swallowed the remaining ice cubes in the glass in one gulp.

Unexpectedly, there was potassium cyanide in the ice cube.

The murderer froze the potassium cyanide in the middle of the ice, so the potassium cyanide inside would not dissolve into the cola until the ice completely melted, and the cola was naturally non-toxic.

It wasn't until the deceased swallowed the ice that the toxin was completely released.

The murderer took advantage of this method of "hiding poison in ice cubes" to realize "automatic delayed poisoning".

This is the murder conspiracy that Kudo Shinichi reasoned out.

However, now being told by Mao Lilan...

It seems possible that the murderer used capsules to poison him.

No capsule residue was found in the cup though.

However, it is possible that when the deceased was eating ice cubes, he didn't pay attention and swallowed them all!

Thinking of this, his reasoning based on ice cubes was faintly untenable.

"No...it's more likely to be ice."

After a burst of subconscious self-doubt, Kudo Shinichi re-firmed his thoughts:

"The murderer tried his best to delay the poisoning, in order to create the doubt that 'the deceased died after drinking the drink', so that Mr. Kamata's death looks like suicide."

"However, if capsules are used for poisoning, as long as the capsule melts and a small opening is opened, the toxin inside will escape."

"In this way, it is easy to see the obvious capsule residue in the glass, so that people can see that this is not suicide."

"The murderer can't guarantee that the deceased will drink the drink after the capsule completely dissolves and disappears."

"There is no guarantee, he will definitely eat the residue of the capsule."

"So, the murderer couldn't have used the capsules."

"The killing tool he used was ice cubes."

Kudo Shinichi firmly stated his conclusion.

"So that's how it is..." Mao Lilan nodded thoughtfully, and quickly followed this line of thought, immersing herself in thinking about the case again.

Seeing his childhood sweetheart bowing his head in thought, Kudo Shinichi also felt a little subtle:

If it was before.

After he confidently finished the reasoning clues, Mao Lilan would only show curiosity and doubt, and waited for him to tell the result.

But now, Mao Lilan was reasoning with him.

Not only did they reason together, she even drew inferences from one instance, questioned the loopholes in his reasoning, and gave him advice.

"Xiao Lan, she... has become stronger."

Kudo Shinichi raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

This made him inexplicably happy.

Mao Lilan seems to have become his partner, a life partner whose wisdom, personality and ideals are all compatible.

No wonder Holmes and Watson have such a good relationship...

The current Xiaolan is his Watson.

Thinking about it this way, the original serious criminal investigation process seems to have become romantic.

While he was thinking so wildly in his heart, his "Miss Watson" was more focused than his "Sherlock Holmes" on:

"If the murderer is using ice to kill someone, he's trying to fake suicide."

"Then he must know enough about the dead."

"He knew the recent psychological condition of the deceased, and also knew that the deceased had the habit of eating ice cubes,"

"This is an acquaintance committing the crime."

"And among the acquaintances of the deceased at the scene: "

"Mitani and Noda sat next to Mr. Kamata until they got the drink, and there was no chance to poison them."

"The only ones who have the chance to poison are Kojo Mai, who goes to buy drinks, and Ayako Ninagawa, who sells drinks."

"Among the two..."

Ayako Ninagawa is the president's daughter, and she is the strong party in this divorce event.

The deceased was just a young doctor with no background, no matter how much he pestered him, he couldn't change the result that the hospital director wanted to divorce his daughter.

From a motivation point of view, there is no need for her to kill Mr. Kamata.

And, on impulse, she secretly replaced the iced coffee Mr. Kamata ordered with Coke.

But the cup has not been changed, and the packaging on the cup is still iced coffee.

With Hongshang Mai also ordering iced coffee, the two drinks could easily be confused.

Ayako Ninagawa has no way to guarantee that Mr. Kamata will definitely get that glass of Coke with poisoned ice cubes.

So, compared to Ayako Ninagawa...

"Miss Hongshang is even more suspicious."

Mao Lilan expressed his speculation:

"The only question now is:"

"She ordered iced coffee too."

"And I specifically asked Mitani and Noda just now, after Koshang Mai brought back the drink, she asked the deceased Mr. Kamata to get the drink first,"

"She took the cup of iced coffee that was left after being picked."

"In this way, if she is the murderer, she can't guarantee that Mr. Kamata will definitely get the Coke with the poisonous ice cubes."

"That's not a problem."

Kudo Shinichi smiled:

"Hong Shang Wuyi can put poisonous ice in two cups of iced coffee."

"Anyway, she drank the other drink herself."

"She can control the speed of drinking the drink, and drink it before the ice melts and the toxin is released."