Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 165: Furuya Rei

Seeing that Bai Shi actually drank the wine, which he didn't know whether it was poisonous or not, the police officers present were all worried for him, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was fine!

Seeing Shiraishi testing the poison on himself, Minobe felt that Shiraishi was giving him face, and clapped his hands like an old child, making the solemn atmosphere warm again...

Wu Mu Gu, who was trembling just now, also stood up at this moment. He immediately raised another glass and said, "Just now I just warmed up the crowd. The next glass is from Secretary-General Mino, I'm borrowing the fine wine from him to toast everyone!"

Seeing that the wine was not poisonous at all, Wu Mugu began to complain in his heart, fearing that Bai Shi would steal his limelight.

Bai Shi naturally had no such idea at all. After making sure that the wine was not poisonous, he walked down.

Ayako, who was standing next to him, immediately put her arms around his arm again, and... a little tighter. Shiraishi knew that even with his reminder, she was still nervous, so he patted her hand and whispered, "It's okay."

At this time, Minobe also walked over tremblingly and said with a smile: "Officer Shiraishi is very courageous. I think you are a good politician."

However, Shiraishi said at this time: "Secretary-General Minobe is joking. People with courage are still suitable to be police officers."

"Really? Huh? So that's how it is..." When Minobe heard Shiraishi's direct rejection, he made an expression of "being convinced".

At the same time, Gokitani saw that Secretary-General Minobe actually went to talk to Shiraishi. At this time, he was really worried. The old man Minobe suddenly became excited and wanted Shiraishi to replace him in the election, so he quickly drank the wine!

"Cheers!" Just after Gomugu finished drinking, his face suddenly changed, and then...

Kara -

The wooden barrel in Gokitani's hand fell directly to the ground. At the same time, Gokitani covered his heart and fell down in pain!

what--

The guests around couldn't help but startled and screamed.

"Don't panic, everyone! Everyone stay where you are!"

"Takagi! Block the entrance and exit!"

"Secretary General, be careful..."

……

The police officers who had just breathed a sigh of relief at the scene rushed to maintain order. Some of them were quick to react and, realizing there was no danger, went to find Minobe to offer their services.

At the same time, the guests who had just drunk the wine were so frightened that many began to vomit. Ayako, who was beside Shiraishi, also became anxious: "Xiao Hei, you..."

"It's okay, it's not alcohol." Shiraishi comforted Ayako and walked forward to confirm with Megure who had come to the dead body: "Inspector Megure, how are you?"

Megure shook his head upon hearing this, and quickly looked at Shiraishi and said, "Brother Shiraishi, do you want to go to the hospital first too..."

"No, it can't be the alcohol's fault," Bai Shi said affirmatively.

Shiraishi was very sure that there was nothing wrong with the wine. After all, he was the first one to drink it. It was also for this reason that Shiraishi did not step forward immediately.

Firstly, I felt there was no hope, and secondly... it was also to avoid suspicion.

If there was poison in the wine, the most reasonable explanation would be that Bai Shi poisoned it when he drank it!

But seeing that some other guests who had drunk alcohol were just vomiting out of fear, it was clear that there should be nothing wrong with the alcohol...

Souyi immediately cordoned off the scene and did not let any guests leave...except Minobe and others!
Although there is no shortage of principled police officers in Sou-Yi, they are still bureaucrats with greater principles than the entire police force.

Shiraishi also did not stop it at this time. Firstly, it was because Souichi was already investigating the case, and secondly... Shiraishi did not think that it was Minobe and his followers who did it.

Whether in terms of motivation or the impact of the incident, Minobe had no reason to do so.

Except for Minobe and his group, the other guests were also subjected to body searches one by one.

……

After two hours of hard work, the final conclusion was - no suspicious items were found!
And at this time, the results of the search for identification class came out...

The wine is non-toxic, the wine bottle is non-toxic, and the victim’s mouth…is non-toxic!
"There is no toxic reaction anywhere? What is the direct cause of death? Could it be... an unknown toxin?" Bai Shi asked specifically.

If it is an unknown toxin and does not contain the ions that the "gas spectrometer" is sensitive to, then... it will indeed not be detected!
After all, toxin testing requires comparison. If it is an unknown toxin that has not been recorded at all, there is no way to conduct a targeted comparison.

"The direct cause of death was cardiac arrest. If it was an unknown toxin... rather than thinking it was an unknown toxin, it's better to think it was a true sudden death. After all, apart from that glass of wine, the deceased hadn't eaten for some time before his death." Megure shook his head.

When Shiraishi heard what Megure said, he immediately understood that Souichi's investigation direction had begun to lean towards "accident" and "sudden death"...

Indeed, ever since Minobe came, Itsuki seemed very agitated, so it was not impossible that he died suddenly!

But this is Beika Town after all, especially since Itsuki had received a warning letter before, Shiraishi didn't think the case would be so simple. Shiraishi also paced in the hall again...

At this time, there were only police officers in the banquet hall where the crime occurred. The guests had already left after being searched and having their statements taken.

Seeing that Shiraishi seemed to be thinking about something, Megure did not disturb him.

At this moment, from Shiraishi's perspective, the surrounding scenes began to "restore" - the forensic personnel in dispatch uniforms and the search police in suits all "disappeared" on the spot, and were replaced by figures in formal wear, filling the banquet hall again. Itsuki, who had been carried away, also appeared on the stage again, holding a wooden barrel...

It seems that he has returned to the state he was in before Gokitani’s “sudden death”!
First, she stood still, facing Bai Shi's scrutiny, and then she played her movements backwards...

However, even though Bai Shi re-examined his memory, he still did not find any suspicious signs!

Bai Shi was certain that... the poisoning scene probably happened outside his sight.

After closing my eyes, the memories faded away.

"I'll go to the kitchen and take a look." Shiraishi said hello to Megure and walked out of the banquet hall.

Although the case had been taken over by Souichi on the spot, Shiraishi obviously had no intention of giving up - not to mention that someone was killed in front of him, Shiraishi was also trying to compete, and more importantly... Kazami also said that behind the previous threatening letter, there was the shadow of a "suspected terrorist organization"!

Shiraishi couldn't help but suspect that this might be related to the "Black Organization".

Even if Shiraishi didn't know much about the plot of "Detective Conan", he knew about the "Black Organization", and it was very secretive. Shiraishi only occasionally came into contact with it over the years...

And speaking of Kazami, Shiraishi also went out of his way to look for him. Where had this guy gone?

It seems that Souyi's investigation direction is going astray, but...

The police are here for "a certain organization", so they won't so easily accept the explanation of "sudden death", right?
As a result, Shiraishi actually found him on the way to the kitchen - when passing the emergency exit, Shiraishi's ears suddenly moved and he heard Kazami's low voice.

Seeing this, Bai Shi approached quietly out of curiosity...

I saw Feng Jian whispering with a dark-skinned, tall cleaning staff. To be precise... it seemed that they were taking orders from each other?

And this guy is really alert!

When Bai Shi approached, he immediately discovered something...

"Shh!" After noticing Shiraishi, the cleaning lady Xiao Hei stopped Feng Jian from speaking and signaled with her eyes.

Turning his head, he saw such a big Shiraishi following him stealthily. Kazami's face darkened: "Director Shiraishi, what are you doing here? Have you ruled out the suspicion of poisoning?"

Feng Jian deliberately walked closer and asked, while... creating an opportunity for "Little Black Cleaner" to leave.

When Shiraishi noticed that Kazami had deliberately held him back, the "black cleaner" who could only be seen from his back hurried away. Shiraishi did not force himself to follow him - after all, he was a public security officer, and there was no need for him to reveal his identity.

However, Bai Shi still raised his chin and asked with a smile: "Hey, your friend?"

Kazami: ...

Kazami also understood that he must be doubting the identity of Inspector Furuya!
But after all, we didn't see his face, so the most we found out was that the police also arranged plainclothes police at the scene, so it should be... nothing, right?

"Chief Shiraishi, as a police officer you should understand that you should not ask about things that are not related to your duties!" Kazami said seriously.

He couldn't help but be nervous!
After all, Inspector Furuya is now an undercover agent in the Black Organization...

It was also through this channel that we learned that the Black Organization was behind this incident.

However, Inspector Fūtani did not know the identity of the person who did the attack. He only knew that this was a "letter of allegiance from a member who wanted to join the Black Organization"!
Even among the members of the "Black Organization", most of them do not know each other, let alone those who have not officially joined.

The reason why Furuya Rei appeared here when there was an undercover agent was theoretically to "be an important member of the organization and examine the mission status of those who are about to join" - although he didn't know who the target was, he knew the content of the mission... to kill Gokitani!

In other words, Furuya Rei appeared here as "Bourbon" at this time, but because Kazami was his direct subordinate and knew his undercover identity, he had contact with him at this time.

At this time, Feng Jian also regretted it...

This can actually be discovered!

"Don't say that... After all, someone died in my jurisdiction, and everyone present is a suspect. How can you say that it has nothing to do with my job?" Bai Shi shrugged.

Feng Jian didn't argue with him, but just deliberately covered up and said: "Well, the plainclothes police didn't find anything either!"

Shiraishi did not expose it, just thought that it was really just a plainclothes police officer. Then he went to the kitchen to check again, but did not find anything...

(End of this chapter)