Chapter 33 Section 33

This is an underground bar.Open the door, the first thing you see is a long bar, and then go inside, there are three tables side by side.Kusanagi and Yukawa sat on a seat by the wall. "Sorry, I'm late." After Kaoru nodded and apologized, she sat down beside Kusanagi. "What was the result?" Kusanagi asked.Kaoru nodded emphatically. "Good news, it has been found that it is indeed the same poison." "Really?" Kusanagi opened his eyes wide.They sent the empty jar they found in the utility room of Junko Tsukui's hometown to Spring 8 for testing, and found that the arsenic on it was exactly the same as that used to poison Mashiba Yoshitaka, which just verified what Mashiba Ayane said " Hiding the arsenic delivered by Junzi Express in the water purifier", this self-confessed content.

"It seems that the case has been satisfactorily resolved." Tang Chuan said. "Indeed. Well, now Utsumi is here too, let's have another drink." Kusanagi called the waiter to his side and ordered a bottle of champagne. "Speaking of which, it's really thanks to your help this time, thank you. I'll treat you tonight, so you can drink to your heart's content." Hearing Kusanagi's words, Yukawa frowned: "It's not 'this time yes', but 'this time too', right? And I think the person I'm helping this time is not you, but Utsumi-kun, right?"

"It's all about details like this. Well, here comes the champagne, let's toast." Under Kusanagi's shout, the glasses of the three of them collided. "But having said that, it's really fortunate that you kept that thing." "What that thing?" "It's the empty pot Mrs. Zhen Chai used to water the flowers? Didn't you put it away before?" "Oh, you said that." Kusanagi's face suddenly sank, and his eyelids drooped. "Although I also know that you promised Mrs. Ayane to water the flowers for her, I didn't expect you to go and buy a watering can. It's not a big deal, and what's more, you even kept it for safekeeping. I heard from Nekai-kun, did you put it in the drawer?"

Kusanagi glanced at Kaoru, but she deliberately turned her gaze away. "Well... intuition." "Intuition? Intuition as a detective?" "That's right. Anything can become evidence, so it can't be discarded at will before the case is resolved. This is the iron law of search." "Oh? Iron law." Tang Chuan shrugged and took a sip of champagne, "I thought you were going to keep it as a souvenir." "What do you mean?" "Means nothing." "I have something to ask you, teacher, is it okay if you don't know?" Kaoru said.

"Just ask." "Teacher, how did you become aware of that trick? If you just say 'I don't know how' to perfuse me, I won't agree." Tang Chuan sighed: "Imagine that this thing will not come to you for no reason, but after many observations and many times of thinking. The first thing I noticed at the time was the state of the water purifier I saw it with my own eyes at the time, and I clearly remember that it was covered with dust and hadn't been touched for a long time." "I know that. That's why we couldn't figure out the method of poisoning."

"But I thought at the time, why is it like that? According to your previous narration, I formed a more serious and meticulous impression of Mrs. Ayane in my mind. But in fact, it was not because of her at that time. The champagne glass was left outside the cupboard and was not put away, so you started to suspect her? Since she is such a person, it is estimated that she usually cleans up even the bottom of the sink." "what……" "So I thought, what if she did it on purpose? She didn't clean it on purpose, she left it dusty on purpose, what was she doing that for? Just thinking about it When I asked these questions, the idea of ​​reversing the case came into my mind."

Kaoru looked at the scholar's face and nodded lightly: "As expected of you." "It's nothing to praise. But having said that, a woman is a terrifying creature. She would even come up with such an irrational and contradictory killing method." "Speaking of contradictions, I heard that Wakayama Hiromi is determined to give birth to the child." Tang Chuan looked back at her in surprise: "Why don't I think there is a contradiction in this? Isn't it a woman's instinct to want to have children?" "It is said that the person who persuaded her to give birth to the child is Mashiba Ayane."

Kaoru's words froze the physicist's expression for an instant.After that, he began to shake his head slowly and said, "Well... there are indeed some contradictions. It's simply unbelievable." "This is a woman." "That's true. It seems that this time the case was finally solved theoretically, which is simply a miracle. Don't you realize—" Yu Chuan looked at Kusanagi, and suddenly stopped halfway through his speech. Kaoru also looked around him, and found that Kusanagi had fallen asleep with his head drooping. "While smashing a perfect crime, his love was completely crushed to pieces. It is only natural that he feels so tired. Let him take a break." After finishing speaking, Tang Chuan took a sip from his glass wine.