Furuya Rei: The sun falls into the arms of the moon

Chapter 123 The Tea Party with a Stifling Atmosphere - Ending

Amuro Toru nodded, "Yes, in fact, that slice of lemon is the key to this trap."

"Ok?"

"The essential?"

Amuro closed his eyes, "Yes. To be honest,"

Conan started the experiment over there, "Wow, it's really blue. This herbal tea called butterfly pea is really magical."

"Hey. Hey, why did you mess with the items left at the scene again?"

"No, this is the hot water and lemon I just ordered from the nursing station."

"You little brat, are you done yet?"

"Huh? No way? This is really weird."

"Uh-huh?"

"This cup of tea was clearly blue just now, but I didn't expect it to slowly turn red after adding lemon."

"Yes, is it true?"

“That’s really amazing.”

“It’s like doing a science experiment.”

Amuro Toru looked at Conan, "The tea changes color because of a chemical reaction with the acid in the lemon. There are other types of herbal teas that will have the same reaction."

"Are you talking about violet tea? I remember that once you add lemon, it turns from blue to pink."

Amuro Toru walked over to the cupboard over there, "Yes, if it turns red due to the acid."

"Then, take this alkaline baking soda that Ms. Kosaka claimed to use when washing teacups."

Amuro Toru held the bag and squatted down. "If you add it in... it will turn back to its original blue color."

"That is to say, this is how Ms. Kosaka committed the crime. First, she knew that Ms. Reina and others were coming to visit you."

"Just ask Ms. Lingcai to come over a little earlier. Tell her that there will be a tea party later and ask her to get you some hot water."

"Take advantage of her absence and smear the poison you brought with you when you were hospitalized on the other side of your teacup."

"The container for the poison should be placed outside the ward. The next three visitors have arrived. You suggest that since we are going to have a tea party, we should compare different teas."

"And waited for the moment when Ms. Sudong chose Hibiscus tea. This is because the color of Hibiscus tea is a deep red with a slight purple tint."

"And after adding lemon, the color of butterfly pea tea, which turns red, is very similar. Wait until Ms. Xudong chooses roselle tea as you expected."

"You put a tea bag filled with butterfly pea tea in her tea cup, and then put a lemon and pour in hot water."

"You can give the red butterfly pea tea, which looks just like roselle tea, to Ms. Xudong who has fallen into the trap."

"I see."

"So how did she switch the teacups?"

"While Ms. Xudong and the others are concentrating on looking at the photos stored in Ms. Xudong's phone."

"First, she dipped the blue butterfly pea tea in the poisoned teacup into herself, which turned red because of the lemon. Then, she pushed Ms. Xudong's teacup like this and put it over normally."

"Pretend you are taking your own cup, pick up Ms. Xudong's cup, then remove the lemon from that cup and add the baking soda."

"After the tea turns back to blue, use the same method to push the poisoned teacup slightly away, and then quietly place the handle of the poisoned teacup to Ms. Sudong's left."

"Because you thought that Ms. Sudong's attention was on the photo on the phone. So she picked up the poisoned teacup with her left hand. Did I say anything wrong?"

"You, you, you speak as if you saw it. What evidence do you have?"

"That's weird, why did this auntie's left thumb turn red?"

"Ahh? Are you hurt?"

"Uh no."

Amuro Toru pulled Lingzi from behind him to the front, feeling that she was a little sleepy, "The criminal had to remove something from the scene, in addition to the poison, there was actually another thing."

"That was the lipstick on the cup that Ms. Sutou used to drink tea. It would be unnatural for Ms. Kosaka, who is a hospital patient, to have lipstick on her cup."

"So you immediately use your fingers to wipe off the lipstick, but lipstick is something that is very difficult to remove without soap."

Inspector Megure looked at her. "In other words, if the composition of Ms. Sudong's lipstick is the same as the lipstick on this, it will become evidence."

Amuro Toru played with Lingzi's hand, "And if we investigate Ms. Sudong's swapped teacups."

"That can also be used as evidence, because a large amount of baking soda was added to the teacup."

Maori Kogoro had another question, "Then how was the baking soda added?"

Amuro Toru continued to explain to them, "I sprinkled baking soda on the sugar cubes on the table. It was hidden at the bottom of the container."

"Because even if you add sugar to herbal tea, it won't arouse suspicion."

"But Shuli has no motive to kill Lingcai, right? If there is anything Shuli blames Lingcai for, then at most it's just that his son's exam results were not as good as expected."

"How could you kill someone just because of that?"

Lingzi finally looked up at them, "Because she has another reason. A reason that makes her very sad."

Ms. Shu Li nodded, "Actually it wasn't just my son, because there were other people who were infected with the flu at the time, but you didn't know about it."

"Ah, so Juri, you..."

"And at that time, I was actually pregnant. The doctor also reminded me that if a pregnant woman is infected with influenza, it is likely to have a bad impact on the fetus."

"I got depressed because of worrying so much, and finally... I had a miscarriage."

Lingzi tilted her head and hid herself in his arms, and Amuro Toru hugged her naturally.

They won't get to that point, he will definitely take good care of his wife and children.

"Of course, at first I thought it was my fault and that I was just unlucky. But then I heard what Xudong's son said, and that changed my mind completely."

"Hsun, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm here to apologize to Touji."

"You don't have to worry about it, because Tsuneo thought it was just a minor cold at the time."

"I didn't know I had the flu at that time. I was almost recovered at this time. My mother said this was the last chance to sprint, so you should go there and review."

"If this can reduce a strong enemy, wouldn't that be extremely lucky?"

"Auntie, you must not tell my mother that I told you this."

"Too much."

"Given Lingcai's style, it's very possible."

"In fact, I am the same if you say it's too much. Because I want to put the suspicion on you so that I can escape the punishment of the law."

"But it's a pity. In fact, butterfly pea has a detoxifying effect, so I chose it."

"Because I think that maybe the butterfly bean can help me evolve away the dark murderous intent that is spreading in my heart before I commit a crime."

Lingzi sighed and turned his head towards them again, "Obsession... has been reincarnated for years."

"Ms. Kosaka Juri, in the blink of an eye, the flowers bloom and fall so many times, you are about to miss it."

She looked at Lingzi deeply and said, "You are Mr. Amuro's girlfriend, right?"

The two of them nodded, and Toru Amuro hugged Lingzi even tighter.

"Mr. Amuro, please be careful and take good care of your girlfriend."

Amuro Toru looked at her and nodded, "I will, for sure."

"You must be happy."

"We will, Ms. Shuli, don't worry." Lingzi smiled at her.

Why does she always meet girls like this...

It will be fine……

They walked out of the hospital and Takagi chatted with them.

Maori Kogoro complained, "But I never thought that he would poison the people who came to visit the patient."

Gao Mu was helpless, "To be honest, this hospital might be cursed."

“Because it seems like a lot of things happened before.”

Amuro Toru was a little curious, "A lot of things happened?"

"Yes, there were rumors that the anchor Reina Mizunoshi was admitted to this hospital, and there were also a lot of injured people coming here, causing chaos."

"There was even a bomb riot,"

Conan stopped him in a panic, "Officer Takagi, it's so late, you should rush back to the police station, right?"

"Oh, this is terrible. I don't have time to chat about this stuff here."

Amuro Toru continued the topic, "So, you probably don't know a man named Kusuda Rikumichi, right?"

"Kusuda Rikumichi? Ah, I remember now. A few days before the bomb riot I mentioned earlier, damaged vehicles were found nearby."

"I remember that the owner of that car was the one you mentioned, Kusuda Rikumichi. He seemed to be a patient at this hospital at the time."

"But they suddenly disappeared without a trace, evaporated from the face of the earth. There are so many mysteries in each case."

"For example, there were a lot of blood splatter marks inside the damaged vehicle. There were even blood stains less than 1 millimeter."

"A high-speed blood spatter less than 1 millimeter. Was it a gun?"

Lingzi shook his hand, "Tou, let's go back. It's already late."

Amuro Toru took off his coat and put it on Lingzi, "Then Mr. Maori, we will go back first."

"Bye, everyone."

Lingzi looked back at Xiaolan and smiled.