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Chapter 106 I am Edogawa Conan, a detective (25)

Conan brought a chair and stepped on it.

Then he took the draft beer cup and poured a glass of each beer.

Then he began to observe the beer in the glass.

Conan discovered.

The beer that comes out of the [Non-alcoholic Beer] button is in no way inferior to other beers in terms of the amount and duration of foam.

Then Conan began to smell the scent of the non-alcoholic beer.

The rich aroma of malt and hops entered his nose, but the smell of alcohol contained in it made Conan shudder all over.

In Japan, people under the age of 20 are not allowed to drink alcohol.

So Conan "basically" never drinks.

But he still has knowledge about beer.

'Non-alcoholic beer usually has an alcohol content of less than 0.5%, but the non-alcoholic beer prepared by the Suzuki Foundation is a true 0% non-alcoholic beer.'

'Secondly, after so many years of technological updates and iterations, non-alcoholic beer has become infinitely close to real beer in terms of appearance, smell and taste.'

'Unless it is a beer with a relatively high alcohol content, otherwise, if you don't distinguish carefully, you won't notice whether you are drinking non-alcoholic beer or regular beer.'

Previously, there was an experience where Maori Ran replaced the beer at home with non-alcoholic beer and gave it to Maori Kogoro to drink.

Apart from feeling that the taste was slightly different, Kogoro Mori didn't notice at all that he was drinking non-alcoholic beer.

'Normally, the number and duration of bubbles in non-alcoholic beer are not as good as those in normal beer, but this "non-alcoholic beer" is no different from normal beer.'

'Secondly, this "non-alcoholic beer" has the taste of alcohol, so it obviously contains alcohol.'

'Then it's just regular beer, but with a different flavor.'

Conan thought to himself, and then looked at one of the cups of beer, which had obviously less bubbles than the beer in the other cups.

He put his nose close again.

This time, the only smell that came into his nostrils was the smell of malt, without the smell of alcohol.
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Conan returned to the leisure area on the second floor of the hotel.

At this time, Megure Juzo and Sera Masumi had finished questioning Horita Yoshitoki.

Yoshitoki Horita's expression was obviously not very good.

He seemed to be deeply hurt by the betrayal of his best friend.

After seeing Conan come back, Masumi Sera exchanged glances with Conan.

Conan nodded, then turned to look at Oda Ema who got up and went to the bathroom.

After saying "Oh, I need to go to the bathroom again", he followed.
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Oda Ema entered the bathroom,

She looked up at the mirror and saw that her complexion was much paler than usual.

She tried her best to smile in the mirror.

However, the expression in the mirror seemed extremely stiff, and the smile was extremely ugly.

Oda Ema noticed that the makeup on her cheeks was slightly coming off due to sweating.

She quickly took out her makeup bag from her bag and prepared to touch up her makeup in front of the mirror in the bathroom.

Oda Ema took out a few pieces of oil-absorbing paper and gently pressed them on her face.

It absorbs the oil and sweat that are secreted on the cheeks more than usual.

She then took out the liquid foundation and squeezed it on the back of her hand.

Just as she was about to dip her fingertips into the liquid foundation and apply it on her face, she found that her hands were shaking uncontrollably.

There is no doubt that Takao Ohkawa is a jerk.

He destroyed the face of actor Yoshitoki Hotta, whom he once admired. This is absolutely unforgivable!
By chance, Oda Ema heard that Ohkawa Takao was providing morphine to familiar customers.

So Oda Ezine decided to punish Ohkawa Takao and not let him go unpunished.

but…

Originally, Oda Ema was just thinking that Tsunekazu Kosaka, who also abused drugs and deserved death, would be used as a pawn to put Ohkawa Takao in jail. But she didn't expect that Ohkawa Takao was so cruel that he directly killed the other two in order to conceal the truth.

Oda Ema really wanted to convince herself that Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho were also abusing morphine, and that their deaths were as deserving as Kousaka Tsunekazu's.

However, when she thought about the loss of three lives because of her,

She couldn't help feeling scared and panicked in her heart.

Because the mistakes made by the three of them were not serious enough to require them to atone with their lives.

It took Oda Ema nearly 20 minutes to put her makeup back on.

As soon as she came out of the bathroom, she was stopped by a voice.

"Ms. Oda."

Oda Ema was startled and looked in the direction of the sound.

What he found was an elementary school student in a suit and a red bow tie looking at him.

"Little...little brother, what can I do for you?"

Oda Ema originally thought that Conan was his fan, so he wanted to send Conan away.

As a result, the next sentence she heard Conan say something in his childish voice that made her heart stop -

"Ms. Oda, you are the murderer of Director Kosaka."

"Eh--?!"

Oda Ema was startled again. She looked around in panic and found that no one was paying attention to her.
Then he bent down and whispered to Conan:

"What are you talking about, little brother, stop joking."

"Just now, when Ms. Oda was questioned by Inspector Megure, I noticed that Ms. Oda actually knew that Mr. Ohga was providing morphine to others, right?"

Oda Ema once again showed a look of shock at Conan's words, but Conan ignored her and continued:

"Ms. Oda, you have always held a grudge against Mr. Ohga, so you chose Mr. Kosaka as your target."

"You knew he had breathing problems and you knew he liked to drink beer, so that was the plan."

"You specifically chose the unpopular Shiga Kogen draft beer instead of the non-alcoholic beer."

"Non-alcoholic beer tastes similar to regular beer, so even if it is replaced, it will not be easily noticed."

"After all, the alcohol content of regular beer is only about 5%. For people who drink regularly, they may not even be able to detect the alcohol taste in beer."

"Mr. Kosaka died of severe respiratory depression due to the effects of alcohol and morphine."

"And the police will also conduct a blood test on Mr. Kosaka's body to find out the cause of his death."

"In this way, Mr. Ohga will also expose the fact that he sells morphine. This is your plan!"

"But Ms. Oda, you didn't expect that because of your actions, Mr. Ohkawa killed Director Sogabe and Director Soma."

"That's why you were so shocked when you heard that the two of them were killed."

Conan looked at Oda Ema, who was sitting on the ground with a pale face because of his remarks, and pushed his glasses frame.

"Ms. Oda, you still have a chance to surrender now, since the Metropolitan Police Department has not issued an arrest warrant yet."

"And if you delay any longer, I'm afraid that the last bit of your decent image in Mr. Horita's mind will be completely destroyed."

Conan stared at the faint white mark on Oda Ema's ring finger from wearing a wedding ring for many years.

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the direction where Mao Lilan and others were.

"You... who are you?"

Oda Ema's voice, filled with hesitation, came from behind.

"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I am a detective."

Conan turned around and said to Oda Ema.

(End of this chapter)