Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

To Zhiyong's surprise, Kogoro Mouri knew how to apologize in such a romantic way.

It's really amazing, is he still that clueless middle-aged man?

If only Uncle Mori could have done this sooner.

Will they be able to live apart for another ten years?

Eri smiled without saying a word, opened the box, took out a heart-shaped Gicopa chocolate, and put it in her mouth.

Zhiyong opened the chocolate box and suddenly smelled a certain aroma.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Zhiyong's mind.

He rushed forward to stop them, shouting, "Don't eat it yet!"

But it was too late for Zhiyong to speak.

Eri had already put the chocolate in her mouth.

Zhiyong hurriedly said, "There's something wrong with the chocolate, spit it out and don't eat it."

Eri was a little taken aback by Tomoyuki's behavior and didn't know what he meant.

Then, just a moment later, Eri Kisaki sensed that something was wrong.

Eri immediately picked up a tissue from the table, intending to spit out the chocolate in her mouth.

She had just vomited when she felt her body go limp and she collapsed to the ground.

Zhiyong didn't have time to stop Eri from eating the chocolate.

He knew something was wrong; they had already reached Eri's side.

He caught Eri Kisaki just as she was about to fall.

"Sister Kuriyama, call an ambulance quickly!"

Zhiyong took a piece of chocolate from the box on the table, brought it to his nose and smelled it; it had a faint pesticide smell.

Eri Kisaki was seated in the chair.

Because of Zhiyong's reminder, Eri didn't eat the chocolate.

She is not currently unconscious.

Zhiyong looked at Fei Yingli and said, "Aunt Fei, I'm going to induce vomiting in you."

Eri simply nodded slightly.

"Sister Kuriyama, quickly get some clean water."

Kuriyama Midori had already made the phone call and, upon hearing Tomoyuki's words, hurriedly grabbed a paper cup and filled it with water.

Zhiyong took the water and said, "Bring the trash can over and get some more water."

After saying that, he fed Eri the water.

Eri drank two or three cups.

"Open your mouth."

Zhiyong wet the handkerchief and wiped his right hand clean.

Place your left hand behind Eri's head, and put your right middle finger into Eri's mouth, massaging her soft palate with your middle finger.

This continued until Eri Kisaki vomited several times before finally stopping.

"Aunt Fei, after inducing vomiting a few times, she should be out of danger now. However, when the ambulance arrives, she still needs to go to the hospital for a check-up."

Eri nodded and said in a weak voice, "Thank you, Tomoyuki."

Zhiyong said seriously, "Sister Lishan, let's call the police. I think this chocolate is definitely not from Uncle Mori to Aunt Fei. Someone is trying to harm Aunt Fei. I smelled a faint pesticide smell on the chocolate just now."

After being strengthened, Zhiyong experienced a significant improvement in all of his body's organs.

The faint smell of pesticides was masked by the aroma of chocolate, making it undetectable to most people. However, it couldn't fool Zhiyong's nose.

"What smells like pesticide?" Midori Kuriyama exclaimed.

Now Zhiyong has connected the dots and understands the reason.

I just received a call from Xiaolan, and at the time I only vaguely felt that she was somewhat familiar.

This feeling is stronger now.

At this point, Midori Kuriyama had already called the police.

Zhiyong took the paper flower from the top of the box.

He began to observe and think about what had happened that day, which gradually brought back some memories.

Zhiyong finally remembered.

Isn't this the second Conan movie?

It mainly tells the story of the people around Kogoro Mouri.

Inspector Megure, Eri Kisaki, Professor Agasa, and others are repeatedly ambushed by unidentified individuals.

Based on clues left at the crime scenes, it was discovered that the murderer committed the crimes in the order of playing cards, and that the victims were all people familiar with Kogoro Mouri.

The clues provided by Inspector Megure have also begun to uncover an old incident from ten years ago.

When Kogoro Mori was a policeman, he arrested Jo Murakami, a former gambler who had committed murder.

Because of an unexpected incident, Kogoro Mouri handled the situation somewhat excessively back then.

This case also led to Kogoro Mouri's resignation from the police force and changes in his marriage.

Ten years later, Murakami Takeshi was released from prison after serving his full sentence.

The conspiracy also revolves around Kogoro Mouri, and begins without him even realizing it.

Those around Kogoro Mouri were attacked in the order of the playing cards.

All the clues pointed to Murakami Takeshi, who had just been released from prison.

However, after a battle of wits and courage with the murderer, it was finally discovered that the real culprit was not Murakami Takeshi, but someone else entirely.

In the end, Conan and his friends found the real culprit and solved the case.

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Chapter 163 Killing in the Order of the Playing Cards

While Zhiyong was recalling the plot.

The ambulance and police arrived one after another, leaving Kuriyama Midori in the office.

Zhiyong followed the ambulance to Dongdu University Hospital.

Eri Kisaki has already induced vomiting.

Therefore, by the time she arrived at the hospital, her life was no longer in danger, and the doctor treated her and had her stay in the hospital for observation for one day.

Inside Eri Kisaki's hospital room.

Kogoro Mouri, Ran, and others arrived, and the police also came.

Before coming to the hospital, Zhiyong called Inspector Megure to inform him of the situation and asked him to pass on the message to Kogoro Mouri and the others.

It seems we need to equip both Kogoro Mouri and Ran with cell phones.

Otherwise, it can be really difficult to find them in an emergency.

"First Inspector Megure was injured, and then Eri was injured. Could these two things be a coincidence?" Kogoro Mouri asked doubtfully.

"I heard she collapsed when she was about to eat the chocolate, is that right?" Officer Shiratori asked.

One of the police officers who arrived at the scene said, "Yes, I heard that the chocolate was put in her mailbox."

"A Gicoba chocolate with a paper flower on it?" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed in surprise.

At that moment, Inspector Megure also arrived.

This made Zhiyong admire Inspector Megure very much.

Regardless of whether Inspector Megure is capable enough in solving cases, his dedication to his work is something we should all learn from.

"Inspector Megure, what brings you here?" Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled.

"I heard that Eri was attacked, so I came to check it out."

"But what about your wound?" Kogoro Mouri asked with some concern.

Inspector Megure pointed to the wound and said, "The wound has been stitched up, don't worry."

After saying that, he turned around and asked, "Brother Sato, you were there when Eri was poisoned. Did you find anything?"

Zhiyong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Inspector Megure, after you were attacked, was anything left at the scene?"

Officer Shiratori took a plastic bag and said, "I kept this paper sword, but I don't know what it means yet."

Zhiyong looked at it for a while and said, "I see."

Kogoro Mouri asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Tomoyuki? Did you find any clues?"

"On top of the poisoned chocolate box at Aunt Fei's place was a paper flower. When I saw that paper flower, I had a suspicion. Now, seeing this paper sword left by Inspector Megure, I understand." As he spoke, he took out a deck of cards.

At this moment, Conan, who was standing to the side, saw the playing cards that Zhiyong took out and suddenly had a realization.

Zhiyong picked out the 13 and 12 of spades from the deck of cards and said, "Look at this paper sword left here. Isn't it the same as the sword in the 13 of spades on this deck?"

Kogoro Mouri took the Thirteen of Spades, looked at the sword in the bag, and said, "It's the same as before."

"This criminal must have committed the crime in conjunction with the playing cards. Inspector Megure's name is Megure Juzo, so the paper sword found at the scene has the same shape as the thirteen of spades."

Zhiyong paused for a moment, then took out the Twelve of Spades and said, "The character 'Fei' in Aunt Fei's name means 'queen' in English, and the first letter 'Q' is the Twelve of Spades. The flower that this queen is holding is the same as the paper flower left on the chocolate box."

Officer Shiratori took the Twelve of Spades, looked at it for a moment, and said, "It is indeed the same as that flower."

"But why use playing cards, and all of them spades?" Xiaolan asked.

“I know the answer to that question. In a deck of cards, hearts represent ‘love,’ diamonds represent ‘money,’ clubs represent ‘happiness,’ and spades represent ‘death,’” Officer Shiratori explained.

"This criminal wanted to use playing cards to kill everyone whose names contained the numbers 13 to 1, one by one," Kogoro Mouri said gravely.