Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

After watching the video, Officer Shizumizu said to Hattori Shizuka, "Madam, why are you recording videos everywhere?"

Hattori Shizuka smiled gently at Hattori Heiji and said, "Because my son is here too, I wanted to record him."

Hattori Heiji scoffed in annoyance, but he didn't want to embarrass his mother at this moment.

After Officer Shizumizu reviewed the video footage and found nothing amiss, he returned it to Hattori Shizuka and then addressed Director Oyama and the others:

"May I come into your room and take a look?"

"can."

Director Dashan and his team certainly wouldn't refuse.

Surprisingly.

Their room happened to be one of four rooms right next to the back door, which suddenly made things a bit complicated.

The first room behind is where the deceased, Minawa Shobei, was buried.

The second room belonged to Mr. Miho.

The third room belongs to Ms. Tateishi.

The fourth room is directed by Daiyama.

The group entered Director Da Shan's room, which was very clean and contained some filming equipment, but that was it.

The second room they entered was Ms. Tateishi's room. They found nothing there, but they did find the script for the movie they were going to film, which caught the attention of Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori. After they finished reading the script, they looked at each other, a thoughtful look flashing in their eyes.

Shinichi Kudo smiled faintly and said, "It seems I have uncovered the truth of what happened four years ago."

Hattori Heiji said speechlessly, "It's all clearly written in the script, you don't need to meddle. The most important thing is to see what's going on with this matter."

Shinichi Kudo shrugged, said nothing, and followed the others into the next room, which was Mr. Miho's room.

This room is quite cluttered with items, including a whole bunch of kitchen utensils: cutting boards, knives, cleavers, spoons, seasonings, and more...

Officer Shizumi looked at Miho with curiosity and asked, "Why are there these kitchen utensils in your room?"

Sanbao said helplessly, "It's my personal habit; I don't like other people's cooking. So I always bring my own cooking utensils when I go to other places. You can ask other people if you don't believe me."

Director Dashan hurriedly said, "Officer, I can testify to this. Sanbao had this habit since I met him, and he has never changed it."

Officer Zhishui didn't say much, but slowly began to inspect the room, leaving no corner unchecked.

Shinichi Kudo looked at the kitchenware set, his brows furrowing deeply, lost in thought.

Hattori Heiji came to his side and asked in surprise, "You didn't find out, did you?"

Shinichi Kudo said irritably, "I'm not as careless as them. Without this, even if we have a kitchen knife, a cutting board is useless, and we can't eat at all."

Hattori Heiji laughed and said, "It seems we've thought of the same thing. I think I already have the answer."

Shinichi Kudo smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry, but I have my answer now too."

The two men exchanged a glance, both seeing a strong fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

Shiraishi Osamu and Ran stayed at the back, remaining silent and observing quietly.

Chapter 0048: This was murder

After the inspection.

The group entered the first room through the back door, which was the room of the deceased Minowa Shohei.

As soon as he entered, Shiraishi Xiu smelled the aroma of hot pot. Although the smell was very faint, he still recognized it immediately.

I also remembered what Minowa Shohei said in the cafeteria at noon; it seemed he really did say he was going to eat hot pot.

At this moment, a script was placed on the small table in the very center of the room; it was the script for the movie being filmed.

Officer Zhishui had already read it, so he wasn't interested in the script.

Shiraishi Osamu slowly walked to the small table, couldn't help but sniff it, and then looked at the table. There was only a script, nothing else.

The detective, Katapin, appeared beside him at some point and smiled, asking, "Mr. Shiraishi, have you discovered something?"

Shiraishi Xiu was taken aback, turned to look at him, and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing."

Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori also came over. They touched the table with their gloved hands, smelled it, and their eyes lit up immediately.

The two looked at each other again, said nothing, and ran out of the door together. They came to the place where Minowa Shohei had died, reached out and touched the ground, carefully felt it, and a smile appeared on their lips.

"The mystery has been solved!!" x2

They spoke in unison again, both of them smiling confidently, and walked back into the room. Looking at the people inside, they spoke directly:

"We already know the truth."

The surroundings became quiet.

They all looked at Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori.

Daiyama, Katapin, Sanbao, Tateishi, Officer Shimizu, and even Shiraishi Osamu all looked at the two of them.

Shinichi Kudo was quite pleased with the attention he received, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up: "So, first of all, let me talk about pufferfish poison. The pufferfish was definitely caught by the deceased, Mr. Minowa Shohei, but where did he eat it?"

Heiji Hattori: "We just found something strange in the kitchen utensils in Mr. Miho's room. I think this matter is related to him. Don't you think so, Mr. Miho..."

Everyone then looked at Sanbao.

Faced with everyone's gaze, Sanbao's face turned pale instantly. He pretended to be calm and said, "What are you talking about? I don't know anything about this. This has nothing to do with me."

Shinichi Kudo: "Mr. Miho, you're missing a pot from your kitchen utensils. So, how do you cook?"

Hattori Heiji: "I think the pot that Mr. Minowa Shohei used to cook hot pot was given to me by you. So, where is that pot?"

The others also thought of the kitchenware in the next room, and sure enough, it seemed that without a pot, they couldn't cook at all.

In other words, this incident really is related to Mr. Sanbao.

Officer Zhishui shouted, "Well, so you're the murderer! Tell me how you committed the crime!"

"No, no! I didn't!" Sanbao hurriedly explained.

“That’s right, you don’t have it.” Shinichi Kudo said with a smile, which surprised everyone present.

Everyone turned their attention to him, looking at Shinichi Kudo with confusion, not understanding what he meant by those words.

Hattori Heiji laughed and said, "Mr. Miho, you should take out the pot you've been hiding so we can clear your name."

"Really?" Sanbao started trembling and said with a hint of doubt, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

Shinichi Kudo: "Mr. Miho, the situation is not good for you now. You have no choice but to trust us."

Sanbao hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded. He went to the window of the room, jumped out, tossed himself in a pile of snow, and finally came back in with a covered pot, placing it on the table in the room.

Hattori Heiji stepped forward and opened it, and sure enough, it was a pufferfish hot pot, but it had turned into jelly.

Shiraishi Xiu's pupils contracted as he looked at the hot pot. It was a yin-yang hot pot, with one broth clear and the other spicy. Then, recalling the smell he had caught while hiding from the snow in the cable car control room, his thoughts immediately began to race.

Hattori Heiji nodded in satisfaction: "I think you were probably there when Mr. Minowa Shohei lent Mr. Miho your pot."

Sanbao nodded hurriedly.

Shinichi Kudo: "When the hot pot was ready, you definitely didn't eat any, Mr. Miho, because Mr. Minowa Shohei didn't let you eat any at all."

"Yes." Sanbao nodded, blushing, seemingly ashamed of being rejected at the time.

Hattori Heiji continued, "Mr. Minowa Shohei started eating pufferfish hot pot, and as a result, his body started acting strangely, but he's still eating it. Mr. Miho, would you like to ask him about it?"

He pushed aside the situation. Mr. Minowa Shohei walked out of the room with difficulty…

Shinichi Kudo continued, "The initial symptoms of pufferfish poisoning are numbness in the mouth, followed by numbness in the hands. In this warm room, he might be sweating profusely because of the intense pain."

Heiji Hattori: "So when we saw his body, his collar was ripped open. As soon as he appeared at the back door and felt the cool air, he immediately collapsed to the ground and froze to death due to a drop in body temperature."

Shinichi Kudo: "The place where Mr. Minowa Shohei was lying was a very well-ventilated area, and there was a sewer below. We have confirmed that there is a sewer. So the ground temperature there was lower than in other places."

Heiji Hattori: "Because of sweating, his body temperature dropped rapidly. It dropped below 30 degrees Celsius, and he lost consciousness. When it dropped below 25 degrees Celsius, his heart and lungs stopped."

Shinichi Kudo stared at everyone and said, word by word, "So the deceased committed suicide, and Miho, because he witnessed everything and because he was the one who caused this trouble, was afraid and hid the pot."

"Wait a minute..." Officer Zhishui raised his hand like a child, frowning as he asked, "Suicide? Why would he commit suicide?"

Heiji Hattori said calmly, "Because of the death four years ago, he was the murderer. The director discovered this secret, made a script about him, and then filmed it. When Mr. Minowa Shohei found that the script was exactly the same as his own method of committing the crime, he was constantly anxious and uneasy. In the end, due to the pressure and fear that he would be arrested by the police, he chose to commit suicide under such circumstances. Right, Director Oyama?"

"Sigh..." Director Dashan sighed deeply and said with melancholy, "I suspected he was the one who poisoned me four years ago. So I considered countless possibilities and finally felt that the script was the most likely method, so I wrote it into a script. I never expected it to lead to this result."

Miss Tateishi said coldly, "He really got off easy. When I saw this script, I was prepared to avenge my fiancé. I never expected him to commit suicide. It's really ironic."

Officer Zhishui said helplessly, "So it turns out it was suicide all along. Sigh, couldn't they have written a will... wasting so much of our time."

Sanbao lowered his head, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, but he quickly returned to normal.

Just when everyone believed the answer, a reassuring voice rang out—

"This was murder!"

Chapter 0049: The Gourmet Detective

"This was murder!"

This affirmative voice startled everyone.

Everyone turned their attention to Shiraishi Xiu.

Junhui tugged at Baishi Xiu's sleeve and whispered, "Xiu, don't talk nonsense!"

Shiraishi Xiu nodded to her and said again, "I can confirm that this was murder."

Officer Zhishui frowned and asked, "What's the reason?"

Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori also frowned, pondering their reasoning. They found that it seemed to be correct, and then breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at Osamu Shiraishi strangely, wondering why he said it was murder.

Shiraishi Shudo: "I remember at noon in the cafeteria, when Mr. Minowa Shohei left, he said something like, 'Goodbye, friend.'"

Officer Zhishui asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with that?"

Shiraishi Xiu said calmly, "The tone of those words was very strange at the time, as if he was reminding someone where to meet."

"Can……"

"Let me finish!"

"Uh... okay, okay." Officer Zhishui decisively shut his mouth and stepped aside.

Ran and the others were also looking at Shiraishi Osamu, wanting to see what kind of reasoning he would use.