Chapter 267: The murderous intention hidden in habits
As early as just now, Conan had noticed that Maki Shuri's fingers might have been stained with poison.
Because he recalled a detail, that is, after eating the chocolate, Maki specially licked the remaining chocolate on his hand.
That is to say, barely ten seconds after licking his finger, Maki Shuli died of the poison and fell to the ground.
If there was poison on your finger, it would seem to explain everything.
But the question is, who put the poison on her fingers and when?
The first person to touch her hand was Shinjo Isao, and then it was Sakai Natsuki who handed her the signature pen, or Banheng who fell down and was supported by Maki Ri... or even Maki Ri might have touched her in the toilet.
Poisoning the places he passed by - in this case, Narizawa Wenjiro would also be suspected.
But just after passing Yuanhuaiyu, Edogawa Conan immediately realized another blind spot that he had ignored.
That is - Maki Shuli only stayed in the bathroom for a short ten seconds before coming out.
All the details of what had just happened were replayed in his mind like a video, and a smile appeared on the corner of Conan's mouth.
"Now, not only have I solved the mystery, but I also know who the murderer is..."
He glanced at Yuanhuaiyu and felt a little numb in his heart.
Edogawa Conan always has the feeling that Yuan Huaiyu's attitude towards the truth of the case seems to be quite casual.
Generally speaking, such cases would be challenging for a detective like him. In his eyes, the thing called the truth is a treasure that must be pursued.
As for Yuan Huaiyu... he seems to be completely indifferent. Unless the person involved is someone with whom he has dealt with, or the motive or method of committing the crime makes him unhappy, he is usually too lazy to interfere.
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At most, it would be like just giving him some Edogawa Conan hints inadvertently.
However, now, we have fallen into a very embarrassing situation——
That is, should he use an anesthetic needle to knock down Kogoro Mori like he did before, and then tell the truth?
If Yuan Huaiyu wasn't here, he would do this without hesitation, but... he would always feel inexplicable embarrassment and guilt when doing such things in front of Yuan Huaiyu.
To use an idiom I once learned to describe it, it is just doing what you want.
But seeing that Yuan Huaiyu had no intention of standing up, he still sighed and silently opened the aiming cap of his watch-shaped anesthesia needle.
But just when he attracted everyone's attention with his "Ah Lie Lie" and was about to shoot the anesthesia needle at the neck of the very kind Uncle Maori, the plane seemed to suddenly encounter strong airflow, and the entire fuselage suddenly trembled.
Then the anesthetic needle--unfortunately, it missed the target.
Fortunately, the anesthetic needle did not hit anyone else, but flew straight to the wall behind Mouri Kogoro.
"this……"
Conan's whole body felt a little stiff.
He had no choice but to turn around and look at Yuanhuaiyu.
Yuan Huaiyu saw the request in Conan's eyes, and he had no choice but to sigh and stand up as he originally didn't want to step forward.
"Although I think even if I don't say anything, the police will be able to solve this case after the plane lands and do some tests..."
His voice quickly attracted the attention of everyone in the first class cabin.
"If we can notice some of Miss Juri's behaviors, it will not be difficult to deduce what exactly caused her poisoning..."
"Mr. Yuan!" Mouri Kogoro looked at Yuanhuaiyu and said in surprise, "Do you already know who murdered Miss Juri?"
Looking at the puzzled looks of several actors around him, Mouri Kogoro explained: "Mr. Gen's level as a detective is not lower than mine."
To be precise, he must be above him, but Mouri Kogoro was more considerate and did not say so.
Yuan Huaiyu ignored the surprised expressions of these people and said to himself: "As for how the poisoner wanted to make Miss Shuli eat the poison..."
He pointed to the wings of his nose: "The key lies in the special place of the airplane."
"When I first got on the plane, I saw everyone opening their ears. This is because when the plane takes off, people's ears will feel blocked."
"If I'm not wrong, Miss Juri went to the bathroom partly because her ears were blocked and she went to have her ears unplugged. For an actress, there is a high probability that she would pinch her nose and open her mouth in public.
This is unacceptable to her."
"And if someone knows about Miss Juri's habit, they can use it to make a fuss... Although in my opinion, this method can only temporarily blind the eyes. After getting off the plane, it will be difficult for the police to
The ingredients of the poison were detected from both sides of Miss Juri's nose."
"What do you think, Miss Natsuki? You should be able to find out quickly by then. The only one who has the opportunity to apply poison on that location is you, the makeup artist."
"What?"
"Xia Shu, you..."
All his suspicious eyes were focused on this young girl in her twenties. Looking at Natsuki Sakai, whose movements suddenly stopped, Mouri Kogoro touched his chin, and ideas gradually came into his mind.
"I see... Miss Natsuki had already used cosmetics mixed with poison to apply poison to Miss Juri's nose in the parking lot of the airport."
Yuanhuaiyu continued what Mouri Kogoro said: "As her personal assistant and makeup artist, it is not difficult for you to know her habit, that is, after getting on the plane, she will go to the bathroom to have her ears pierced."
"And you also know that during the ear opening process, Miss Juri will be right-handed..."
"So, you specifically reminded Assistant Yaguchi to take out the chocolate after Miss Juri entered the bathroom. You also took advantage of her habit of licking the cocoa powder off her fingers after eating the chocolate..."
Under his narration, everyone gradually began to understand what happened.
Natsuki Sakai completely relied on her understanding of Maki and used her little habits to create this killing situation.
But everyone also realized why Mr. Yuan had a regretful expression on his face - as he said, such a famous actress died in the sky, and the police would inevitably conduct a detailed investigation after getting off the plane.
Except for Natsuki Sakai, who is a makeup artist, no one else present had the opportunity to apply the poison on both sides of the nose.
"This is why you had such a big reaction when Ayumi and Xiao Ai wanted to touch your makeup tools... You probably don't want them to have any unexpected impact on your plan, right?"