Chapter 376 Whose Place Is the Ice Cube? (Additional Update for Luo Yue of Imperial Government)

Conan added: "But there are no water stains from the melted ice near Urata Kohei's seat. This means that either there was no ice in the drink at all, or... the ice was taken away!"

Nobushige was originally listening carefully to Kudo Shinichi's analysis of the case, but as he listened, why did something seem wrong the more he listened?

Wait, if this trend continues, he may soon be suspected by the police!

"I'm pretty sure I must have added ice." Ninagawa Ayako said very firmly.

"But if the ice cube was taken away, why did he do this?" Yuan Shan and Ye asked in confusion.

At this time, Hattori Heiji's face had already put on the confident smile that she was familiar with. This kind of smile had also been shown by Kudo Shinichi, but they were different after all. Mao Lilan watched and slowly pursed her lips.

"I may know how the murderer was able to poison without being detected," Hattori Heiji explained.

"What?" Officer Megure asked.

When it comes to the case, the turbulent detective heart in Hattori Heiji’s body left him no time to think about the character: “The murderer’s prop is ice cubes! He only freezes potassium cyanide into ice cubes, and then puts the ice cubes in after buying a drink. That’s it. I think Urata Kohei must have the habit of chewing ice cubes, so poisoning with ice cubes can leave no trace.”

Hearing this, Officer Mumu couldn't help but gasped and sighed: "This method is too terrible!"

Conan noticed that Nobushige had been silent, so he asked considerately: "I think what Hattori-nii said is very reasonable. Asano-nii thinks so too, right?"

Nobuhiro: "..."

You are all right, but the problem is that Hongshang Wuyi's Plan A was stillborn, so she adopted an alternative plan!

Nobushige knew the principle of leniency for confession but harshness for confession. Rather than being discovered by the police in the end that he was carrying poisonous ice cubes, it would be better for him to proactively tell the police that the ice cubes were in his possession.

So he said to the Memu Police Department: "Actually, that ice cube..."

"Mr. Police Officer! There is someone trying to escape here!!"

"I didn't! I just don't want to stay here anymore!"

There was a sudden commotion near the door of the venue, successfully interrupting Nobuhiro's words. He wanted to continue talking, but Officer Megure just waved his hand and rushed to the place where the commotion occurred.

Even Conan's attention was drawn away: "Could it be that this matter involves others besides a few friends of Kohei Urata?"

Xin Fansheng looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle in despair, trying to console himself for confessing that he would die before he could speak out.

Taking advantage of his petite body, Conan quickly passed under the sight of the adults and was the first to arrive at the door.

"Mr. Hamano Toshiya??" Conan asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

After he finished speaking, Officer Memu walked over unsteadily. The helpless expression on his face was even worse: "Is it someone you know again, brother Maori?"

Mouri Kogoro looked at Hamano Toshiya up and down several times with wide eyes, frowned and said, "I don't remember this person. Hey, what's going on?"

"Mr. Hamano, Conan and I met at a gathering of magic enthusiasts." Nobushige walked over slowly and said hello to Hamano Riya.

There was some embarrassment on Hamano Toshiya's face. He looked at Officer Megure nervously, and then said to Nobushige as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Mr. Asano, I came here to find you because I saw you guys here. I wanted to leave quietly because I was busy, but I didn’t expect to be misunderstood.”

"What do you want from me?" Xinfan asked.

"Uh... that..." Hamano Toshiya looked around, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Officer Megure said clearly: "When these two friends meet, let's not join in the fun here. I still have some questions about Urata Kohei."

After all, Hamano Toshiya had nothing to do with Urata Kohei, and his explanation was enough to convince Officer Megure, so the police did not put too much energy into him. What's more, Asano Nobushige is still there. If there's anything fishy about it, he alone might be more useful than three or four policemen.

Nobushige brought Hamano Toshiya to a corner of the stage, and then asked straight to the point: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Hamano Toshiya hesitated for a few seconds before saying: "I just want to ask you if you have seen Tanaka Kikue recently?"

Nobushige had seen her, but he couldn't tell the truth: "We met once before when we were investigating missing pets, but then we completely lost news about her."

"As expected..." Hamano Toshiya sighed in disappointment, "I also know something about the cruelty and killing of pets. The police found out about our relationship and asked me about it. But I have been unable to contact Kikue for many days. .”

"what happened?"

The same goes for Tanaka Kikue, her state is very wrong when it comes to Hamano Toshiya.

Hamano didn't want to say more, just said: "We had a fight, no, it should be said that she was unilaterally angry with me. I originally thought that time could solve all problems, but I didn't expect that I still can't get in touch until now. Her. And the police are now looking for Kikue, so I don’t dare to ask the police for help.”

Regarding Hamano Toshiya's problem, Nobuhiro was helpless. He could not explain to him what Kikue Tanaka was doing now, nor could he give him Tanaka Kikue's contact information.

However, Hamano Toshi didn't have much expectations for this either. He originally refused to go to the store to find Nobushige, so he wanted to take advantage of the crowds at the garden party to try his luck.

Conan walked over and said to Nobushige: "Brother Asano, have you finished talking? Officer Megure asked me to call you over. The police want to investigate everyone who sat near Kohei Urata during the performance."

After Nobushige nodded to Hamano Toshiya, he followed Conan back to the open space in front of the stage.

As soon as Nobushige came over, he confessed to Officer Megure: "Actually, Urata Kohei's ice cubes are with me."

"Well, I know, investigation is not suspicion..." Officer Meguro recorded something in the police manual without looking up. Then he was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then looked up in shock, "What did you just say?"

Mouri Kogoro also frowned and said, "Asano, don't talk nonsense. Why are the ice cubes there?"

"After I spilled Mr. Urata's drink, I was worried that the ice cubes would cause the people passing behind to slip, so I picked up the ice cubes and put them in a bag." Nobushige took out a small bag from his pocket. He handed the plastic bag to Officer Megure, "I originally planned to wait until the show was over before throwing it away."

Conan's mouth was wide enough to hold an egg. He stared at the liquid in the plastic bag with his mouth open, and said speechlessly: "You are so considerate, Brother Asano!"