Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 279 First Aid
In the lobby on the first floor of the villa, a self-service refreshments had been set up.

As soon as Bai Shi came in...

"Little... Shiraishi?" Ayako saw Shiraishi at the first sight.

In fact, she had suspected it when she first learned about the family background of the young master of the Gaoshan family's fiancee...

Could this junior high school teacher whose father is a Metropolitan Police Department officer be the daughter of Shiraishi’s old boss?

After seeing some guests who "looked like police officers", Ayako became more and more certain of this, so she was patrolling something. Of course, she would notice Shiraishi at first glance when he came in.

Shiraishi had just thought of this, and when he saw Ayako, he walked over without any surprise.

There were three other ladies beside Ayako. They looked at Shiraishi in surprise, then complimented Ayako...

"This is the police officer Shiraishi, right?"

"As expected of you, Ayako. I heard you started doing this when you were in college, right?"

"Ms. Suzuki is indeed a man of vision. She is much better than the weak and frail fellow..."

……

The three "plastic sisters" around Ayako also complimented Shiraishi at this time.

Of course, Shiraishi knew that they were mainly complimenting Ayako...

As for why Shiraishi knew they were “Plastic Sisters”?
Because if she was really a good friend of Ayako, Ayako would have introduced her to herself. However, as the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, and even the "eldest daughter" in terms of inheritance, Ayako has no shortage of "plastic sisters" at all.

In occasions like this, Ayako would easily be treated like the center of attention.

Even though one of the three was obviously older and had a slightly weird air, he still praised Ayako overall.

Ayako and the other three spoke in false modesty to defuse the teasing, and then politely introduced to Shiraishi: "Shiraishi, let me introduce you. This is the daughter of the chairman of the Shiraishi Group, Miss Shiraishi Rika. This is the daughter of the chairman of the Oiso Financial Group, Miss Oiso Nagami. This is the daughter of the president of the Oiso Financial Group, Miss Akamine Mitsuri..."

As expected, the three of them were all daughters of wealthy families, but...

Unlike the sisters Ayako and Sonoko, Shiraishi could clearly see the arrogance of the three of them. He knew in his heart that the three of them probably looked down on him, but because Ayako was here, they had to flatter her.

Among the three, two are the "chairman's daughter" and one is the "company president's daughter", and the difference can be seen at this time.

Although the title of "Chairman" is nominally just an honorary position, if the group is named after a surname, and the "Chairman" has the same surname as the group, then this proves that this person is most likely the "Representative Director", that is, the "Chairman" who also serves as the "Executive Director", which is basically equivalent to the "Chairman".

As for the "President", it is equivalent to the General Manager. Unless he is also a "Director", that is, a "Board Member", he is just an employee.

Therefore, among the three, Akamine Mitsuri is obviously Oiso Nagami's "flower-holding little sister"...

"This is indeed Shiraishi Kuro, um, my boyfriend." Ayako introduced him generously, and then stood over and put her arm around Shiraishi's forearm - Shiraishi's arm was long enough!

"So sweet!"

"Really, it makes me jealous."

"When can I find a boyfriend?"

Because compared to the Suzuki Group, Oiso Finance and Yotsuba Group are obviously inferior, especially since Suzuki Ayako might be the heir, and they are just "daughters", so after seeing Ayako, the three of them automatically took the position of "bouquet girls".

Of course, in terms of age, Shiraishi could tell at a glance that Oiso was just pretending to be young. Although these young ladies were well maintained, how could Shiraishi hide everything from their eyes to their tiny wrinkles? Shiraishi estimated that she was probably older than himself.

Chifeng is only slightly smaller than her...

The youngest of the three should be Yoi Reika, who is about the same age as Ayako and has the most outstanding appearance, but... she is also the most impolite!

On the surface, she certainly didn't dare to be disrespectful to Shiraishi and Ayako, but...

The dress is too ostentatious!

After all, this was someone else's engagement party and she was not the protagonist. It was obviously inappropriate for her to wear such a gorgeous dress, and she also spoke in a bitchy tone.

Hearing her lamenting that she couldn't find a boyfriend, Oiso immediately said in a veiled way, "Sister Lihua, you are still young, there is no need to worry... I see that you are already eye-catching enough here, so what kind of boyfriend can you not find?"

"No, no, we are far inferior to what Sister Yongmei was like back then!" Sijing immediately responded.

Shiraishi:……

Bai Shi seemed to have smelled the smell of gunpowder!
At this moment, in the room on the second floor, there was a faint cry of surprise, and even...

Shiraishi and Ayako seemed somewhat familiar with this exclamation!
So Bai Shi rushed over, only to find that the door of the room where the sound came from was still open...

When Shiraishi arrived at the door, he saw Xiaolan standing in front of Sonoko and another woman in a wedding dress, looking at... Matsumoto Kiyonaga warily!
"Who are you?" Xiaolan looked at Matsumoto Kiyonaga warily and asked.

As for the exclamation just now...

It is indeed a garden.

"Brother-in-law! Hurry, there are criminals here!" Yuanzi saw a headless man standing at the door and shouted hurriedly.

"Huh?" Bai Shi was stunned when he heard that.

"Ran, Sonoko... this is my father." Yuriko, who was wearing a wedding dress, quickly corrected the two of them.

"Huh?" Xiaolan and Sonoko were stunned when they heard this, and then immediately bowed and apologized.

"Hahaha, it's all Inspector Matsumoto's fault... shouldn't you always have a stern face!" Shiraishi came in with his head down and teased Inspector Matsumoto.

Ayako followed in at this time, looked at her sister helplessly and said, "Sonoko, why are you here?"

"Eh? Sister? Why are you here too? You didn't graduate from Teitan Junior High School either..." Sonoko looked even more confused than Ayako.

It turned out that Sonoko and Xiaolan came to attend the "engagement party of their junior high school music teacher". As for the fact that "the groom's family and the Suzuki family are old friends", Sonoko had no idea at all.

After all, this was an engagement party, and the groom’s relatives and friends on the first floor were mostly young people, with no elders present.

at the same time……

Shiraishi then saw that Conan was also there!

As expected, the school in Dongdao Country ends too early!
On the other side, Matsumoto said to his daughter, "Sayuri, have you really thought it through? With a man like that... Speaking of good men, we have plenty in the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Bai Shi glanced outside and saw a group of good men with "outstanding temperament" among the guests...

"Really? Dad, it's already this time, what are you talking about? Of course I have made up my mind, I'm not a child!" Sayuri said angrily when she heard this.

Indeed, saying this at my daughter's engagement party was quite a letdown.

"She's just a child, and she drinks this kind of thing." Matsumoto said, and picked up the ice lemon tea beside him and took a look - he knew that this must be for his daughter, Sayuri always liked to drink this.

"What's wrong with drinking lemon tea? I just like drinking it! Instead of talking about this, why not talk about whether your daughter is pretty today!" Sayuri snatched back the lemon tea.

"It's okay, but not as good as your deceased mother." Matsumoto said with a straight face and turned to leave.

"Okay, Inspector Matsumoto, tsundere is no longer a cute thing for young people nowadays." Shiraishi said, pushing Matsumoto away.

……

Seeing this, Ayako also stayed with the bride, firstly to get some quiet time, and secondly to ease the awkward atmosphere.

After Shiraishi pushed Matsumoto out, he said helplessly, "Really, Superintendent Matsumoto, on such a happy day, why did you say those things to spoil the fun?"

"That pretty boy doesn't look trustworthy!" Matsumoto said firmly.

"Huh? Why?" Bai Shi saw this and thought he knew something, but...

Matsumoto answered confidently: "Detective's intuition."

"Don't use your detective intuition at this time..." Shiraishi rolled his eyes to the sky, but he didn't take it seriously. He just thought it was an "old father whose daughter was about to be taken away" who was being upset.

"That's just a father's intuition... I think he approached Sayuri for a purpose!" Matsumoto said firmly.

"Hmm?" Shiraishi was a little shaken for a moment when he heard him insist, but he shook his head and said, "I heard... the groom is the heir of the Takasugi family? Could he be thinking of your pension?"

Matsumoto couldn't refute it for a moment...

He just had this "intuition". If Matsumoto really wanted to know what the groom was thinking about his family, he couldn't figure it out.

But even though Shiraishi said this, he still kept looking upstairs at the bride's lounge...

The reason is simple—Conan is here too!
Although he didn't remember anything, Shiraishi had a feeling that something was going to happen.

Not only at the bride's place, Bai Shi also frequently glanced at everyone in the banquet hall - because of the identities of both parties, there were clearly two types of people in the hall, one type was the young masters and young ladies from wealthy families, and the other type... were the stern-faced detectives!
Shiraishi saw that Inspector Megure and his men had also arrived...

If we talk about people who are hated, these rich people and detectives are the type that are easily hated. If Conan is going to kill someone, then the following people should be more dangerous.

"So you found them to scare people?" Bai Shi asked helplessly as he watched the scene.

"Yeah, so I asked you to come and hold the scene, so that that kid won't bully us in the future..." Matsumoto nodded.

Just when Bai Shi wanted to ask what "you guys" meant...

what--

Another scream was heard, and this time it was obviously more urgent and louder, and came from more than one person.

Shiraishi and Matsumoto heard the noise and rushed over. In the dressing room, Sayuri, who was fine just now, fell to the ground, with the can of lemon tea in her hand spilled on the ground, and her expression was painful...

Xiaolan, Sonoko and Ayako were also at the door at this time, and Conan was about to go forward to check while the chaos was going on.

Seeing this, Shiraishi quickly stepped over Conan's head and came to Sayuri's side. He first pinched her mouth to look at her and smell her...

After confirming that there was no bitter almond smell, and that although the man looked painful, his lips were not purple and his pupils were not dilated, Bai Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Bai Shi immediately used his finger to pick up a little of the residual liquid on the ground and lightly touched the tip of his tongue.

"Ah! Xiao Hei..." Ayako was startled and couldn't help but scream out.

Although it is a bit dangerous, but... since Sayuri is still alive, even if it is poisonous, the lethal dose will not be so small. Shiraishi knows this.

"What's going on...Officer?" Inspector Megure and other Souichi police officers rushed over immediately.

"Shiraishi!" Matsumoto was also anxious at this time, worried about his daughter and Shiraishi's adventure.

"It's caustic soda! Ayako, give me your orange juice... go to the kitchen and get some vinegar!" Shiraishi shouted hurriedly.

As he said this, Shiraishi took the wine glass from Ayako's hand - she didn't drink any alcohol just now, she just asked for orange juice.

After taking it, Bai Shi immediately poured it into Sayuri's mouth...

Upon hearing this, Shiratori immediately ran to the kitchen to ask for some vinegar. After Bai Shi took it, he drank it down in one gulp!
Although he only touched a little bit with his tongue, Bai Shi could taste that caustic soda - also known as sodium hydroxide - was added to the lemon tea.

As a strong alkali, if the concentration is high enough, the risk of accidental ingestion is very high. First aid methods include using vinegar if there is no vinegar, using milk if there is no vinegar, or drinking water if there is no vinegar or milk.

After pouring a wave of semen, Shiraishi directly held Sayuri's waist with both hands and lifted her up, then, under Matsumoto's murderous eyes, he exerted force...

It's visibly thinner!
At the same time, Sayuri began to vomit violently. It was Shiraishi who induced vomiting by directly putting physical pressure on the stomach.

After vomiting for a while, Bai Shi drank the remaining half bottle of vinegar, and then induced vomiting again...

After all the ordeal, although Sayuri was in a mess and even vomited yellow-green bile, she finally regained consciousness.

Matsumoto also knew that Shiraishi was trying to save people, and he resisted the urge to stop him.

"Sayuri! Are you okay? What happened?" Matsumoto hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Sayuri was still a little dazed at this time, and then she said weakly: "It's... okay... Dad, it was my own... carelessness..."

Accidentally? Did he accidentally give himself caustic soda?

At this moment, the paramedics arrived. Although it was not a serious matter, Matsumoto still sent Sayuri to the ambulance.

But just when Xiaolan and Sonoko wanted to go to the hospital...

"Wait! Anyone who just entered this room cannot leave now!" Matsumoto said immediately.

"Huh? We also..." Sonoko asked anxiously.

"That's right, please wait a moment. After all... this is obviously a poisoning incident." Inspector Megure also said at this time.

Just now, in the room besides Xiaolan, Sonoko, Conan, and Ayako, there were three other people - one was a woman with long hair, who should be the bride's friend, one was a man with long hair and glasses, who looked young, and the last one was the groom himself, who was wearing a suit matching the wedding dress, that is, Takasugi Toshihiko!
Hearing what his father-in-law and the police officer at the scene said, Gao Shan took the initiative to cooperate and said, "Yes, this is also to solve the case as soon as possible..."

but……

Right after Takasugi said this, almost all the detectives present, including Shiraishi, Matsumoto, and Megure, glanced at him out of the corner of their eyes.

When it comes to reasoning, many detectives are just average.

After all, when the police are solving a case, "reasoning" only provides investigative ideas.

However, the police officers can definitely identify the "characteristic reactions of relevant personnel", especially for veteran detectives...

Normally, if a normal person is suspected after his fiancée is hurt, he will be very indignant, thinking that the police are not investigating the matter properly and are causing more trouble!
The police officers also have special words at this time to appease the other party and make them cooperate.

Being so reasonable is problematic in itself.

Of course, this only made the detectives more suspicious of him and pay more attention to him in the future, but it did not mean that "he was the only one".

The scene was a little quiet for a moment, and then Shiraishi said, "Ms. Sayuri will be fine, you can rest assured, but... this was definitely a lethal dose of poisoning. If no first aid was given, by the time the ambulance arrived, I'm afraid a tragedy would have already occurred, so now we must file a case for poisoning."

Even though Sayuri has just regained consciousness, the situation would have been much worse if it weren't for Shiraishi!

Here, Bai Shi not only immediately identified the poisonous substance as "caustic soda", but also performed everything very efficiently, from pouring vinegar to inducing vomiting, which was almost equivalent to completing a "gastric lavage".

Then Shiraishi asked Ayako, "Ayako, what happened after I and Superintendent Matsumoto left just now?"

"That..." Ayako, as a relatively "unrelated person", also told what had just happened.

After Shiraishi and Matsumoto left to chat outside, Takenaka Kazumi, Umemiya Junji, and Takasugi Toshihiko came in one after another.

Takenaka is Sayuri's good friend, but... they just found out that Takenaka is the groom Takasugi's ex-girlfriend!

Umemiya is a student two years older than Xiaolan and the others. He has liked teacher Sayuri since junior high school and even sent her a love letter - of course, Sayuri rejected it.

As for Takasugi Toshihiko, he is Sayuri's fiancé.

"Oh, right! I just recorded a video!" Yuanzi quickly operated her mobile phone.

After hearing this, Megure and the others came over to take a look. The result was...

I wasn't able to capture the moment of poisoning, but I did capture Takenaka, Umemiya, Takasugi... and first of all Matsumoto. All four of them had come into contact with Sayuri's lemon tea.

At this time, Deng Mi, who was wearing a casual uniform and sleeves and had begun investigating the scene, came over and said to the detectives: "Capsules were found in the lemon tea."

"Capsules? In this way, we cannot be sure of the time of poisoning..." Megure frowned.

It takes time for the capsule to dissolve, so if you use the capsule to poison someone, it won't take effect immediately.

But Bai Shi said at this time: "Let me see it."

Bai Shi took the evidence bag and took a look at it, then shook his head firmly and said, "This is not a poisoning tool, and the dose is not that small."

"Huh?" Megure was stunned when he heard what Shiraishi said. He didn't know whether he should include it as a clue immediately - after all, normally it is impossible to determine the dosage so quickly!

However, Shiraishi stood up and said, "Actually... now that I say this, I'm sorry, but I think the biggest suspect is you, Inspector Matsumoto."

"Huh?" Megure and others were even more confused after hearing this, and the detectives at the scene looked at Shiraishi in disbelief.

Kakuta, who was from the team outside and did not come in, also said at this time: "Shiraishi, what are you talking about? That's the daughter of Inspector Matsumoto!" He also had a daughter, and couldn't stand it anymore.

"Just now, Sayuri regained consciousness and was carried away. You were not around, so you didn't hear it... Miss Sayuri, before she left, she wanted to shield the criminal...

"Look, if Miss Takenaka or Mr. Umemiya were the culprits, then it would be a murder of passion. If I were Sayuri, I would never protect them when I was almost killed.

"Oh, by the way, if it was the groom... Although I don't know his motive, would you protect a man with evil intentions? It's impossible, right?

"After all, the only person who could protect Sayuri in this situation is Inspector Matsumoto, her father, right?" Shiraishi said this deliberately.

Matsumoto just glanced at him with a straight face.

"What? Sayuri..." Megure had just learned about this matter, and immediately turned to confirm with his boss: "Manager Matsumoto, Miss Sayuri really..."

"Yes, she does want to cover up the criminal." Matsumoto's face was almost falling to the ground.

"Come to think of it... I really hope the criminal is me." Umemiya, the precocious kid, muttered to himself with a silly look on his face.

Xiaolan and Yuanzi, who were standing beside him, couldn't help but take two steps away from him.

At this time, Takenaka was obviously showing an angry look and kept glaring at Takasugi beside him.

"Inspector Matsumoto, do you plead guilty?" Shiraishi asked again.

Matsumoto ignored him at this time, but just looked at Takasugi. Megure had also realized something at this time, and stood quietly between Matsumoto and his son-in-law - he was afraid that Matsumoto would pounce on Takasugi and attack him the next moment!

Is Shiraishi asking Matsumoto whether he pleads guilty?

"No way, no way? He doesn't even admit it. Could there be someone else who can be protected by Sayuri? Inspector Matsumoto can be said to love someone deeply and blame him harshly. But why would he kill someone else who is loved so deeply?" Shiraishi said in a distressed tone.

That's right, in fact, ever since Sayuri started to cover up the criminal, both Matsumoto and Shiraishi were basically 90% sure of the criminal's identity.

Gao Shan's face was clearly shaken, but he didn't say a word...

At this time, Takenaka couldn't help it anymore!
"Takasugi Toshihiko! Are you a man? Are you taking revenge on Sayuri because of this guy?" Takenaka Kazumi suddenly shouted angrily.

And...he pointed at Matsumoto Kiyonaga and said "this guy".

Megure and others were also stunned when they saw this - Sayuri's friend seemed to be very righteous, but why... did he have this attitude towards Inspector Matsumoto?

"What are you doing..." Gao Shan was startled when he heard this, as if he had just realized something.

"How should I know? That's right, Sayuri has known it for a long time! In fact, you are the boy who owned the small shop at the corner of the street, right? After your single mother died in a car accident, you became an orphan and were adopted by the Takasugi family..." Takenaka said indignantly at this time.

"A small shop at the corner of the street? Could it be that... you are..." Matsumoto suddenly realized something at this moment and his expression changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)