Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

After a while, the light flickered briefly, went out, and then lit up again.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Shinide Tomoaki said, "Should we go check on Daddy? He was showering in the bathroom when the power went out. He must be really mad. He has a weak heart, so I hope he's alright."

"Then I'll go and take a look." Bao Benguang said.

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you." Yoko Arai was also worried about her husband's condition.

Watanabe Toru narrowed his eyes, prepared for a murder to happen.

Sure enough, not long after the two women left, screams were heard from the direction of the bathroom.

Tomoaki Araido's face changed and he ran to the bathroom, followed closely by Kogoro Mori and others.

Then, Yoshiteru Aida was found dead in the bathtub.

"dad."

Shinide Tomoaki reached out to support his father's body, but Maori Kogoro stopped him loudly: "Don't touch him, otherwise you will get an electric shock too."

He unplugged the plug from the socket and fished out a razor from the bathtub. He said with a serious expression, "Could it be the extension cord of this razor that killed him?"

Watanabe Toru reminded Maori Kogoro: "Uncle, if the razor is turned off, you won't get an electric shock."

"Of course." Maori Kogoro said, subconsciously looking down at the switch of the razor, and then, stunned for a moment: "Strange, why is the switch of the razor on the off position?"

……

Twenty minutes later, the police arrived at Xinchu Hospital.

After understanding the basic situation of the matter and Maori Kogoro's discovery, Inspector Megure stroked his chin and looked at the Arata family: "Where were you when the power outage occurred?"

Shinde Yoko said: "Everyone was in the restaurant at that time. Only my mother-in-law was climbing the stairs at the other end of the corridor to go back to her room. I can testify to this."

Kogoro Maori leaned close to Inspector Megure's ear and whispered, "Officer, at the time of the crime, apart from Dr. Tomoaki Aida who was with us the entire time, the alibis of the remaining three people aren't very solid. It shouldn't have taken Miss Xiaoguang less than a minute to turn on the main switch. Mrs. Yoko is on the phone, but she could have used an extension cord and run to Dr. Yoshiteru while she was on the phone. As for the old lady..."

Arata Yoko noticed the two of them whispering, and she was a little confused and dissatisfied: "What are you two talking about?"

"Do not……"

"nothing……"

Maori Kogoro and Inspector Megure quickly separated...

"Inspector Megure," Watanabe Toru suddenly interrupted, "In that case, why don't we have everyone do what they did during the power outage again?"

Inspector Megure nodded. "That's right. While my memory is still fresh, it would be helpful to reconstruct the circumstances of the incident."

It didn't take much time for a group of people to reconstruct the scene.

As the lights came back on, Officer Megure checked the time: "34 seconds in total. Sure enough, it takes less than a minute to open the main switch."

"Inspector Megure, come here and look." Maori Kogoro left the restaurant and walked to the window, looking out with a serious expression. If he went through the yard, he would be able to sneak behind Mrs. Yoko and reach the bathroom.

Inspector Megure's expression also grew serious: "Could it be that you are saying..."

"Yes," Maori Kogoro responded, "If it was her, she could have committed the crime."

"Wait." Xinde Yoko came over dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about?"

"Are you guys done yet?" Even the gentle Aida Tomoaki couldn't help but lose his temper. "Didn't I tell you? Before the power outage, everyone in this family had a solid alibi! I don't understand. What's the point of investigating what happened after the blackout?"

Maori Kogoro was embarrassed by the question: "This... this is because..."

"Wait a minute!" Inspector Megure stopped Kogoro Mouri from speaking any further.

Arata Tomoaki said dissatisfiedly, "It seems to me that you are just interested in this accident, so you are talking nonsense here."

Bao Benguang, who had gone to open the main switch, also came over and asked: "Um...excuse me, did I do something wrong again?"

"No..." Inspector Megure quickly smiled and waved his hand.

Watanabe Toru looked at this kind maid and sighed inwardly. She probably didn't even know it, but she had become a tool used by the murderer without realizing it.

211. Miyano Akemi is poisoned

Seeing that the time was almost right, Toru Watanabe controlled Kogoro Mori's mind, and after whispering with Inspector Megure, he walked into the bathroom.

The police pretended to leave, and Toru Watanabe told everyone that Kogoro Mouri was going to perform a reasoning show, but before that he had to take a bath. After the power outage, he lured the murderer Yoko Aida out of the restaurant.

The lights came back on, and Hikaru Homoto went to turn on the main switch but didn't come back. Shinde Tomoaki realized something was wrong and ran out, saying, "No, the time is wrong! The call came too soon!"

In the bathroom, Yoko Shinide originally wanted to take advantage of the power outage to kill Kogoro Mori who had seen through the truth, but after being exposed, she admitted to the crime when faced with the evidence.

She laughed at herself and said, "I didn't expect that after planning for so long, you would still see through it. If it weren't for Xiaoguang, my plan should have succeeded, right?"

"No, even without Miss Xiaoguang, I could have identified the murderer through other clues," Maori Kogoro retorted. "You probably don't remember that you were holding the receiver in your left hand during the power outage, but in your right hand when the call came back. Besides, you followed Miss Xiaoguang to the bathroom to prevent her from accidentally getting an electric shock, right? If I hadn't stopped Dr. Zhiming, I'm afraid you would have stopped him from touching the body, right?"

"That's right." Aride Yoko admitted frankly, "Because Chiaki once asked me to take good care of Tomoaki before she died. On the night she died in a car accident four years ago, she told me to take good care of Tomoaki and not let the child end up like my husband. I didn't understand what she meant at the time, until I accidentally discovered Chiaki's diary after we got married. Only then did I understand. It turns out that the man was a man who would find a way to get any woman he liked. Chiaki was not a fool, so he got her drunk and then created the illusion that she had died in a car accident..."

In the corridor, Tomoaki Aida finally shook off the blocking Inspector Megure and ran to the bathroom.

"If possible, I hope you can surrender yourself..." said Kogoro Mouri.

"Really?" Niide Yoko was a little surprised: "You have a good heart."

"No, I'm not doing this for you." Watanabe Toru controlled Maori Kogoro and said solemnly, "It's for Miss Xiaoguang."

Arata Tomoaki paused at the door and did not push it open to go in.

"Although you set the murder trap this time, it was Miss Xiaoguang who pulled the trigger. If she knew this, she would definitely blame herself for the rest of her life."

Arata Yoko was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "So the reason you didn't reveal that the initial power outage was a fake was because..."

"Yes, we don't want Miss Xiaoguang to know about this, so I have a suggestion for you. Just say that you drugged Dr. Shinchu, put him in the bathtub, set up the wires for the timer, electrocuted him, and then used the power outage to recycle the timer. I hope you can accept this confession. In other words, you committed the crime during the first power outage. Of course, if the prosecution finds out that we asked you to commit perjury, we will not get rid of our involvement."

Shinde Yoko was stunned for a long time, then came to her senses and sighed softly, "Then let's do as you suggest, Mr. Maori. Actually, I haven't lost the mind of a normal person yet."

Outside the door, Tomoaki Arai stood quietly, feeling extremely complicated.

……

Nine p.m.

Watanabe Toru and the other two are preparing to leave Shinde Hospital.

Before leaving, Maori Kogoro patted Aishide Tomoaki on the shoulder and said, "Things have already happened. You must cheer up as soon as possible."

He rarely comforted the families of the victims in this way, but he suddenly did so today. On the one hand, it was because Tomoaki Aride was not much older than his daughter, so he felt more deeply. On the other hand, he admired Tomoaki Aride very much and did not want his temperament to change drastically because of this incident.

Aida Tomoaki nodded, "I will."

After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "My mother doesn't have a habit of drinking, and she certainly wouldn't drive after drinking. When she got into a car accident while driving drunk, I was still in school. I thought it was strange at the time, but I didn't suspect my father... I didn't expect my father to cheat, nor did I expect Aunt Yoko to do such a thing. Besides being sad, I also have complicated feelings... Now my grandmother is the only one left at home, and she's old. I will take good care of her, and I hope she can live a relaxed life in the remaining time."

"That's good." Maori Kogoro looked relieved: "Then we'll take our leave first."

"Okay, take care." Niide Tomoaki bowed and thanked him. "I'll come visit you if I have time."

……

"It's really not easy for a new doctor." On the way back, Xiaolan said with emotion: "This incident must have been a big blow to him."

Maori Kogoro nodded slightly: "Yes, his biological mother died, his father was killed, and his stepmother became a murderer. You can imagine how painful he must be."

Xiaolan hummed twice and said meaningfully, "So, harmony between husband and wife is the most important thing. This way, there will be no tragedy in the family. Don't you agree, Dad?"

Maori Kogoro:"……"

He naturally understood what Xiaolan meant, but he pretended to be stupid, stretched himself and said, "I've been busy all day, I'm really exhausted, I have to go home and take a bath."

As he said this, he quickened his pace, leaving Xiaolan and Watanabe Toru behind.

Xiaolan stamped her feet in anger: "Dad is so annoying."

……

After arriving home, Toru Watanabe washed up and lay down on the bed.

The phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Maya Tachibana calling.

Watanabe Toru exclaimed, a little surprised. Although he and Tachibana Maya were in a superior-subordinate relationship, they usually didn't contact each other. The only time they contacted each other was when he called her and asked her to help deal with Gin and Vodka.

A call from Tachibana Maya gave him a bad feeling.

"Hello? What's up?" Toru Watanabe asked in the voice of Macallan.

"Something's happened to Mingmei." Tachibana Maya spoke quickly and anxiously: "She has food poisoning and is in the hospital now."

"What?" Watanabe Toru was startled, straightening up from the bed and asking in a deep voice, "When did this happen? How could he get food poisoning when he was perfectly fine?"

212. Secretly Going to the Hospital in the Middle of the Night

"Today, Mingmei finished working overtime and ate a piece of chocolate. Her face suddenly became strange, and then she fainted on the ground." Tachibana Maya's tone sounded very guilty: "I didn't protect her well. I'm sorry..."

Watanabe Toru said in a deep voice: "Poisoning is not the same as assassination. I can't blame you for not noticing it. Which hospital is Mingmei in? Is it true?"

"At Beihu Central Hospital. Miss Chengshi is also there."

"I understand. Contact me immediately if there is any situation."

"Yes, I understand."

After hanging up the phone with Maya Tachibana, Toru Watanabe called Haibara again.

"what?"

A cold voice came from the receiver.

Watanabe Toru got straight to the point and said, "Your sister is in trouble. She was poisoned and is now in Beihu Central Hospital for emergency treatment."

"What!!" Huiyuan exclaimed, her tone suddenly becoming urgent: "How could this happen? Who poisoned me?"

"The specific situation is still unclear. Anyway, go see your sister first."

"Okay." Huiyuan said, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Will you go with me?"

Watanabe Toru glanced at the door and said, "It's inconvenient for me to go out so late. If you have any questions, please send me a message."

"Okay." Huiyuan was a little disappointed.

……

It’s half past eleven at night.

Watanabe Toru left the room quietly.

After taking some spare adult clothes, he quietly left the house.

After taking the aptx-4869 antidote outside and returning to his adult form, Toru Watanabe hailed a taxi on the roadside and headed to Beido Central Hospital.

After all, Miyano Akemi is his first subordinate, so there is no reason not to rush over as soon as possible. If Xiaolan finds out when he returns, he can just find a random excuse to fool her. Xiaolan is so simple that it should be easy to fool her.

After getting off the car at the hospital gate, Toru Watanabe called Huibara again.

"Hello, I'm at the hospital entrance now."

Huibara was stunned for a moment, said "I'll be right out", and hung up the phone.

Three minutes later, Huiyuan appeared at the hospital entrance. Seeing Watanabe Toru's appearance, his eyes showed a complicated expression. He pursed his lips and said, "Didn't I tell you to use less antidote?"

"There's no other way. My identity can't be known to Tachibana Maya, Cheng Shi and the others."

"Then don't come. Didn't you say on the phone that it was inconvenient for you to come out?"

Watanabe Toru rubbed Huibara's hair condescendingly: "Stop nagging. How is your sister doing?"

Huiyuan slapped his hand away, glared at him, and then said worriedly, "The doctor said that my sister took poison like pesticides. Although her stomach has been cleaned, the situation is still not optimistic. She is still under observation in the emergency room."

Watanabe Toru nodded: "Let's go in first."

In front of the emergency room, Tachibana Maya and Asanami Minami saw Watanabe Toru and Haibara coming and hurried to greet them.

"I……"

Just as Tachibana Maya opened her mouth, Watanabe Toru interrupted her with a wave of his hand: "Don't talk about guilt, just tell me what happened."

"Okay." Tachibana Maya nodded. "Because there's been a breakthrough in the development of the beauty cream recently, Mingmei has been staying overtime lately, and today is no exception. As usual, she would eat a piece of chocolate when she was tired from work, but she never expected that she would suddenly become poisoned."

"Was the chocolate a gift from someone else?" asked Toru Watanabe.

Tachibana Maya shook her head: "No, Mingmei bought it herself and has already eaten half of it."