The world of science is unscientific

Chapter 356 Conan: If only... well, damn it.

A brief silence fell over the room.

Eri Kisaki was the first to react, "Yukiko, you already know who the murderer is?"

"That's right, I've seen through it all."

Upon hearing Yukiko Kudo's confirmation, Inspector Megure asked, puzzled, "Then tell me, what exactly did the murderer deceive us about?"

“We were probably deceived from the very beginning,” Yukiko Kudo said with a confident look in her eyes, “because the murderer had already misled our judgment with those two notes and the bullets that had already been used.”

"It makes us think that the killer would use a handgun to shoot the victim."

This left Inspector Megure even more bewildered. "Wasn't the deceased shot?!"

"Inspector Megure, the police have already discovered that Mr. Mikio had a marking line tucked inside the book he was reading before he was shot, which he used as a bookmark."

Yukiko Kudo made a gesture of surrender, saying, "No ordinary person would be able to calmly make that kind of gesture when threatened with a gun."

She stepped aside and asked, "If a police officer finishes reading a book and wants to relax, what would he do?"

"It's probably just turning your neck or massaging your shoulders," Inspector Megure gestured a couple of times, unable to guess the purpose of Yukiko Kudo's question.

At that moment, Takagi Wataru suddenly raised his hands, "And then there are the stretching exercises..."

After finishing the action, he and Inspector Megure looked at each other in bewilderment.

“That’s right,” Yukiko Kudo continued, “Mr. Mikio was just standing up and stretching.”

Fujieda Suka immediately retorted, "How could that be? But then Mikio collapsed. Would he have collapsed just from doing stretching exercises?"

"The problem isn't with the stretching motion, but with how he stands up."

After saying that, seeing that the other person still didn't understand, Yukiko Kudo continued, "It happens occasionally, doesn't it? Some people suddenly stand up and experience dizziness or disorientation."

"But wasn't the timing just too perfect?"

"This can be achieved with the help of drugs, through which the timing can be perfectly controlled. That drug is called isopropyl alcohol."

Eri, standing nearby, suddenly realized, "I see. We used that drug to make him lose his senses, and then raised his hands to make it look like he'd been shot. That's it, right?"

“Hmm,” Yukiko Kudo moved her feet, drawing everyone’s attention away from Conan, who had already begun his deduction, “Actually, at that point in time, Mr. Mikio hadn’t been shot yet.”

“The murderer felt that these circumstances alone were not enough,” Eri Kisaki already knew, “so he used one more sentence to definitively lead us in the wrong direction.”

"That means 'the master raised his hand'."

As she spoke, she looked towards a corner of the room, "We were completely misled by him."

“Yes,” Yukiko Kudo also looked over, “I was right, wasn’t I, Mr. Kusahachi Ueki, who is in charge of the housekeeping.”

After learning the real culprit, Eri Kisaki's thinking was completely opened up, and she and Yukiko Kudo each added a sentence to the possibility that Kusahachi Ueki was the perpetrator.

The two quickly pieced together the general details of the crime.

Ueki Kusahachi knew Fujieda Mikio's daily habits well, including his habit of drinking coffee while reading and his habit of doing stretching exercises after reading.

So, he first drugged the coffee, then took Eri and the others to the monitoring room at the right time, and then reminded them at the right moment, misleading them with the sentence, "The master has raised his hand."

Then, under the guise of going to his room to get his key, Ueki Kusahachi took a gun to the window and shot and killed Fujieda Mikio, who was dizzy and collapsed.

Inspector Megure astutely seized upon the suspicious point: "But didn't you only hear two gunshots?"

“I just got this from Mr. Doi,” Yukiko Kudo explained. “He said that a few seconds after hearing the sound of glass breaking, he heard a gunshot, but the music in the room was too loud and masked it.”

"I know! It's a silencer!"

Megure suddenly understood, "If you fire the first shot with a silencer, you'll only hear the sound of glass breaking. Also, the bullet will rub against the silencer, which is why there are shallow friction marks on the surface of the bullet."

“That’s right,” Eri Kisaki sighed. “I think we should leave it at that, Mr. Kusahachi Ueki.”

"I think the silencer is on you. You shouldn't have been able to get rid of it in such a short time."

Takagi Wataru, who was standing next to Ueki Kusahachi, immediately searched him and found a silencer tucked into his sock under his trouser leg.

The heat generated by the bullet made the silencer very hot, and Ueki Kusaba's legs were burned, but he didn't show any sign of it.

"If it's to protect the courtyard that my deceased wife loved most, I can tolerate such a small injury."

Grass Eight has confessed.

"What? So you're the murderer?" Fujieda Suka stood up impatiently. "I thought it must have been Fujieda Shigeru who did it. Doesn't that mean I'll get half the inheritance?"

"I even hired a detective to try and catch him red-handed, but I failed."

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki stepped forward slowly and said, "Regarding the distribution of the inheritance, if Mr. Mikio has no parents or brothers, it should all be inherited by you and will not be given to his ex-wife's brothers."

"Really?" Fujieda Suka beamed with joy. "I misunderstood."

"However, this is under the condition that Mr. Gan Xiong did not leave a will. In any case, I still need you to pay a reward of ten million for finding the murderer."

Tell a joke.

Fujieda Motoka tried to reason with Kisaki Eri.

Eri Kisaki naturally wouldn't wait until the ownership of the property was settled before getting the ten million back; she directly demanded that Fujieda Soka pay it immediately, or she would apply for enforcement.

Fujieda Suka wasn't very bright to begin with, and she completely gave in when threatened. This woman did have some assets, and she paid the money that very night.

However, this happened late at night.

After the case was resolved, Suzuki Yusuke didn't drive, and Kisaki Eri had to take Fujieda Suka to settle the ten million yen commission fee.

So he bumped into Yukiko Kudo's car.

Conan and Ran Mouri were also there.

He had witnessed firsthand how recklessly this woman drove.

With her son and future daughter-in-law in the car, and the road conditions still dark, Yukiko Kudo still chose to go at full speed.

However, Yusuke Suzuki himself has experience in high-speed racing, so he wouldn't be intimidated.

Most importantly, with Conan sitting right next to him, how could he possibly die in a car accident?

After thinking for a moment, Yusuke Suzuki suddenly felt that they needed to be on the safe side. He looked at Conan and said, "Let's switch places."

Conan became alert.

what do you want?

Want to sit next to Xiaolan?

I disagree!

A minute later, Conan leaned against the car window, looking sullen.

What else can this guy rely on besides his height, size, and strength?

If only he were in his previous body...

Well, even my old body was powerless to resist.

Gan!

Chapter 357 Go find Douzi for help

It was quite late when I got back to the apartment.

Since the car was parked at the Mouri Detective Agency, Suzuki Yusuke thought that the bumbling detective was still tied up upstairs, so he should go up and check on him, and explain why he hadn't stopped Eri Kisaki.

However, Ran Mouri could smell the odor as soon as she opened the door.

Without much hesitation, Yusuke Suzuki turned and left.

It's a good thing they didn't go up; after all, it's better not to let a disciple like Kogoro Mouri wet his pants.

After he went downstairs, Yukiko Kudo was still there, leaning back in her chair looking at her phone, presumably contacting Yusaku Kudo.

After exchanging a brief, smiling greeting, he drove off.

After taking a shower, Suzuki Yusuke lay on the bed and roughly reviewed the day's events, and then confirmed the security team's shift change with Numabuchi Kiichiro.

Only after confirming that everything was safe did he put down his phone and go to sleep.

The next morning, Yusuke Suzuki drove to pick up Kimie Shimabukuro.

The shrine maiden was summoned back from Mermaid Island by him.

After waiting for about half an hour, Kimie Shimabukuro opened the car door and got in. Her makeup was still exquisite, and she looked like a cute young girl.

"Junhui, take this time to familiarize yourself with my movements. The task I'm giving you this time is not difficult and there will be no danger."

Yusuke Suzuki turned the key and started the car.

“Boss, I didn’t waste any of what you taught me during my time on the island.”

As she spoke, Kimie Shimabukuro changed her voice, "To be honest, I'm starting to wonder if you've forgotten about me, boss."

It uses Yusuke Suzuki's voice.

Ignoring the specific content of the words, the voice is very similar to his own, almost meeting his required standard.

Yusuke Suzuki closed the car window and turned on the air conditioning. "The sound is definitely fine now. I'll check your movement imitation again in a bit."

He stopped the car at the zebra crossing, looked at the crowds of people coming and going, and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, there's someone else living in the house I bought for you, so you'll have to make do with a hotel for a while."

"Is it a woman?" Shimabukuro Kimie immediately stepped forward and asked.

"It's a man, a bit older than you."

"I see," Kimie Shimabukuro thought for a moment, "Then can I stay at your house for a while?"

"No."

Yusuke Suzuki refused outright.

It wasn't for any other reason. Ai Haibara knew about Kimie Shimabukuro's existence and wouldn't think much of it. The main reason she was called back was so that she could disguise herself and take care of Ai Haibara later.

The reason why Shimabukuro Kimie was not called back from Mermaid Island was to make her disappear from Ai Haibara's sight, so that it would be easier for Ai Haibara to see through her disguise as Suzuki Yusuke.

After all, Suzuki Yusuke himself is going to cause trouble for Vermouth.