Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 288: The Tea Party with a Stiff Atmosphere (End)

Amuro Toru took the opportunity to ask about the information he had obtained: "Are there many people like Miss Galatea in the manor? They should be divided into groups, right? Do you know what the people in the fifth group are like?"

The prophet shook his head: "I don't remember very well, but the fifth group, the fifth group, that belongs to another person's hunting ground, I'm not sure..."

Amuro Toru immediately asked, "Which group did you join the manor with? Who did you go with?"

"Let me think about it." The prophet covered his head, as if trying to think. "I remember... at that time, the four of us sat at a long table."

"There were two women, one of them was armed with a gun, the other was very drunk, and, and..."

The prophet's breathing became rapid: "That was a scholar. I told him my prophecy that we would all be destroyed by lies. Then, he just..."

The prophet suddenly couldn't control his tears: "Is my prophecy wrong? I killed them, and I still can't change anything. I'm sorry..."

Amuro Toru secretly cried out in alarm, and sure enough, the next second, a teacup flew towards his face.

The priest held the kettle in one hand and kept the other hand in a throwing posture: "Go away! Stay away from him!"

Conan, who was observing secretly, sighed to himself: Fortunately, I didn't rush up to ask questions.

Amuro Toru raised his hands in surrender: "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect it to turn out like this, I just wanted to ask him about the reason for his memory confusion..."

The priest put down the kettle and quickly rushed to the prophet: "Eli, are you okay?"

The prophet gasped intermittently: "Fiona, something happened, something is going to happen. I saw an amusement park, I saw the stars being smashed to pieces, and there was a strange green light covering the place, and finally..."

[Fire Investigator: Why does Moon River Park always turn green?]

[Puppeteer: How long ago was this topic?]

[Prisoner: I know, because Master Egg's drop rate is really high.]

[Bartender: Why does the supervisor always turn yellow?]

[Artist: Ah! Why is the Supervisor targeting me again with his golden body?]

"No, Eli, don't think about it. It has nothing to do with us. Don't think about it. You just made your prophecy, but all the consequences and all the faults should not be borne by you." The priest comforted softly.

The prophet paused and spoke again: "Margaretha Hari, no, she is Martha Betanfil, right?"

The priest nodded: "Yes, she is not dead. Don't dwell on it anymore. Just have a good rest."

The prophet nodded, sat back in his seat and started drinking tea. The priest took the opportunity to drive Toru Amuro away.

Conan, who was eavesdropping from behind, was surprised when he heard the name "Margaretha Hari" because he remembered that this name was written in the gardener's notes. Considering that the factory director and the doctor were both members of Oletus, this should not be a coincidence.

And "Marta Betanfil" was the name of the member of the Oritis code-named "Air Force", whom he had met on Bearstein Island.

At the beginning, Toru Amuro had no idea what the experiment was that he asked about. He could only analyze from the prophet's words that the prophet and the air force were members of the same group.

At this time, the police had completed the investigation. After inspection, they found that the only place where the poison was found was the part of the cup where the lipstick was stained. This meant that the poison was applied to the cup and then directly drunk by the victim.

Maori Kogoro complained: "So, the criminal secretly exchanged teacups with the victim and made the victim drink the poison. Then Ms. Happo and Ms. Beppu who left the ward are very suspicious."

The two ladies cried out that they were wronged. After all, one of them went to the bathroom and the other went to the convenience store to buy snacks, that's all.

Conan jumped out and said at this time: "But this criminal is really bold. If it were me, I would never dare to leave the poisoned cup alone and just walk out."

Just as Maori Kogoro was about to explode, Conan continued, "Because, if the teacups were cleaned by someone else when you left, or if the positions of the teacups and the types of tea were changed, then it would be hard to tell which teacup was poisoned."

Inspector Megure nodded, saying that it made sense, and immediately ordered to search the ward again.

"That's not necessary," Conan continued. "Because there was indeed someone there at the time, someone who had been in the ward the entire time and could have openly poisoned the cup."

"Right, Brother Zero." Conan, who guessed Amuro Toru's identity, passed the conversation to him.

Amuro Toru nodded. "That's right. According to Conan's hint just now, the murderer can only be Ms. Kosaka Juri, who never left the ward. She simply coated her own cup with poison and then took the opportunity to swap her cup with the victim's."

The other two ladies were puzzled and asked, "But Shu Li has always been drinking tea from that cup?"

Amuro Toru smiled and said, "The area where the poison was applied won't be touched unless you hold the cup handle with your left hand. As for the container of poison, it must have been thrown away a few days ago, so it can't be found at all."

Ms. Beppu was a little excited: "But Juri was drinking blue butterfly pea tea, and the other cup was red. Even if there was a slice of lemon floating on it, there would be no mistake, right?"

Amuro Toru nodded: "That slice of lemon is the key."

Just as everyone was puzzled, Conan came to the tea held by the prophet and deliberately said loudly: "Wow, it's true, this butterfly pea tea is really blue."

The priest handed Conan a lemon slice, and Conan added it to the tea.

"Huh? That's amazing! The tea turns red after adding lemon!"

The prophet ignored Conan's strenuous performance and calmly drank the hot tea. Then he stuck out his tongue because of the sour taste: "It's so sour."

Amuro Toru smiled faintly. "It's actually a chemical reaction. If adding acidic lemon turns the tea red, then adding alkaline baking soda, like we use to wash cups, will turn the tea back to blue. This is also how Ms. Juri committed the crime. She just needed to quietly switch the cups while others were looking at the photos, and she completed the entire process."

Conan also ran to Kousaka Juri's side and found a red mark on her thumb left to cover up the lipstick mark left by Sudo Rinai when she drank tea at the beginning.

Now the evidence is conclusive, and Kousaka Juri also admitted it. Her motive for murder was the cold she caught, which was intentional by Suto Reina. And because of the flu, Kousaka Juri, who was pregnant at the time, also lost her child.

Afterwards, Toru Amuro learned some details about the Kusuda Rikumichi incident from Officer Takagi, such as the range of the blood splatter and the mysterious disappearance of the body.

Conan watched silently from the side until the prophet and priest approached and attracted his attention.

The prophet gently held Conan's hand and said, "Little detective, if the truth is revealed, the cruelty of the world will be revealed before your eyes, can you also do it without hesitation?"

Conan did not answer immediately, but just looked at the prophet and the priest's backs as they walked away, thinking silently.