Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 126 A Person Very Good at Mathematics

Shiraishi was not surprised at all that Inspector Megure was in charge of the investigation at the scene...

Although it seems that the Arakawa Group is behind this store, not all cases related to "violent organizations" are under the jurisdiction of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department!

The "group" is mainly responsible for monitoring violent organizations and cracking down on gun and illegal narcotics trafficking.

In the case of a homicide, even if it is caused by a conflict between "violent organizations", "grouping" is only auxiliary, and "searching one" is the main force.

The reason why Takei is here is because... he was here originally and happened to encounter a murder case!

As expected, Takei ignored Shiraishi's previous warnings and was still very close to the violent organization.

In theory, they are the same as Kuroki, they are just "police officers who happened to come across the crime scene", but the law enforcement scope of the "team" is the entire East City, and Kuroki is a police officer in the police station, and this place is obviously not his jurisdiction.

So when the case just happened, they found that Hei Mu was also there, and they took the opportunity to hold the guy down and teach him a lesson...

Although the other party is the current subordinate of the old department head, but... you arrested our current department head before! Do you think that the people in our "group" are friendly and easy to bully?
……

From Megure, Shiraishi also understood the situation...

This cannot be considered a case "related to a violent organization". Although it happened in a nightclub with a violent organization background, it currently seems to have nothing to do with "organized crime".

The dead person was a hostess, the top star here, and she died of poisoning. It doesn't look like the Arakawa Group was trying to silence her, or that she was unfairly competing with people from other violent organizations!
Just now, because it was only the middle of the afternoon and not yet the "peak period" for places like this, the store had some "small games" to liven up the atmosphere.

Two "lucky guests" will be randomly selected to participate in a game called "Twenty-person Kiss Contest"...

The rules of the game are that there are 1 hostesses, and the first 3 hold wine glasses and wait for the two people to choose them in turn. Each person can choose "- hostesses" in turn each time, and then use the big wine glass in his hand to receive the red wine from the selected hostess, and also accept a kiss from the hostess...

The party that chooses the last one, who is also the top star in the store, "Kumi", wins. Kumi will also offer her sweet kiss after enjoying the red wine in the big wine glass, and the loser will have to drink up the "penalty wine" himself - this can be said to be a "rule that really boosts Kumi's popularity."

but……

As soon as Kumi drank the red wine offered by the winner, he died on the spot!

Hei Mu, who was also watching the excitement at the scene, quickly cordoned off the scene and stopped the chaos, reducing the murderer's chances of destroying evidence.

Of course, even if Kuroki wasn't there, the scene would still be protected, because...

"Inspector Megure, this must be Chief Shiraishi, right? Thank you for taking care of my daughter."

I saw an old man with a moustache coming over and speaking with a stern expression on his face.

"Hmm? You are..." Bai Shi didn't know this person, but for some reason he felt a sense of déjà vu.

"Oh, this is brother Mori... He used to be a detective in the third department, but he resigned ten years ago. Now he's a private detective... By the way, his office is in Beikacho." Inspector Megure introduced at this time.

Only then did Shiraishi realize that he was the famous "Sleeping Kogoro" in the "future".

"Yes, I am the famous detective Maori Kogoro." Maori introduced himself without any embarrassment.

Of course, the current Kogoro Mouri is not yet a famous detective. He usually just investigates extramarital affairs and looks for lost pets.

Megure on the side has rolled his eyes...

"Ran Mouri's father? I see. I've heard a lot about you." Shiraishi said as he shook hands with him.

"Oh, Xiaolan must be exaggerating, right? I'm not that great...hahaha!" Maori didn't seem to know that "I've heard a lot about you" was just a humble expression, and then he specifically said: "Thanks for your care before, um... Is your case going well?"

Only then did Shiraishi understand why he looked so "on guard". It was probably because Xiaolan had told her father that she had asked for the phone number of lawyer Fei.

Although Shiraishi is not yet thirty years old, but... Maori is still a little jealous!

"Yes, Attorney Hime... is very reliable." Shiraishi did not say what the case was, and immediately looked at Megure and said, "Detective Mori is here..."

Mao Li was relieved when he heard that it was about the case. Then he said solemnly: "Maybe... the case is calling me, a famous detective!"

"He is the lucky guest number two." Megure said bluntly.

gross profit:……

Wow, another regular customer, huh?
But since it’s “B”, it seems… it’s the one that has less to do with the murder?

"A can't be..." Shiraishi said, looking at Kuroki suspiciously.

Fortunately, Inspector Megure looked aside and said, "It was that Mr. Feng. He was the one who gave the poisoned red wine to the deceased, but it is not certain whether he was the one who poisoned the deceased."

Bai Shi looked over and saw an unremarkable middle-aged man sitting on the sofa with a look of regret on his face. He kept grabbing his hair, as if... he was very concerned about the deceased. More importantly...

I also know Shiraishi here!

Shiraishi: ...Because of embarrassment, Shiraishi did not immediately go up to greet him. The latter seemed to be immersed in sadness and did not even notice such a big Shiraishi coming into the room.

"Are you sure it's because of red wine poisoning?" Bai Shi confirmed.

"Yes, cyanide residues were found in his large wine glass... and in No. 16's small wine glass." Megure said affirmatively.

According to normal logic, the poison was originally put in the wine glass of No. 16, then mixed in the large wine glass, and finally drunk by Kumi, the top card... and died on the spot.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that "Mr. Feng" used some means.

Seeing this, Kuroki interjected, "Director, Inspector Megure... Actually, I think these are not 'lucky audiences' at all. They are the guests they have chosen long ago. Because before the game started, I noticed that the ladies were looking at Mr. Mine and this Detective Maori. They must have decided to find regular customers, right?"

Kuroki said this with a somewhat... unhappy tone?

Shiraishi:……

You're upset because you don't get any preferential treatment as a regular customer, right?

"Hmm? Is that so?" Megure immediately looked at the bartender beside him.

"This... can't be said to be luck, right? It's just that we do look for... customers who are more familiar to us." The bartender admitted indirectly.

……

"I told you it has nothing to do with me! You police officers always ask me what I do!"

At this time, a hostess next to him was heard speaking to Takagi impatiently.

She is number 16 in the game, and her nickname is "Xiangzi".

"Well... Ms. Kyoko, we are also investigating the case..." It seemed that Takagi was too easy to talk to and couldn't even subdue a hostess.

Yuan and Yamada, who were standing by, both looked puzzled...

"Only the wine glass of number 16 was poisoned? How could the murderer ensure that the guest who got number 16 would be the winner who finally stood before the deceased?" Yuan pondered this question.

Yamada suddenly had an idea and said, "Could it be... indiscriminate killing?"

Shiraishi, Kuroki, Megure: ...

When the three were speechless, Mao Li on the side also said: "Yeah, yeah, if I get number 16, it would be bad!"

Bai Shi rubbed his temples at this time...

Well, although Gen and Yamada are experts in case investigation, but... this kind of problem that requires mathematics is a bit difficult for them!
Kuroki, who was standing by, couldn't bear to see these two guys bringing shame to the Mika Agency, so he reminded them, "Each person can only choose one to three people... No matter who it is, as long as they choose number 16, then no matter what the opponent chooses, they can always choose number 20, right?"

Even if you are not good at math, you can’t even do subtraction within 20!
Gen and Yamada then showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.

"I see! So, the key to this game is to get 16?" Yuan understood at this time.

Shiraishi added: "To be precise, it's 4, 8, 12, 16... Just get these numbers every time."

Because everyone can choose 1-3 people at a time, the party who chooses last will definitely get these four numbers!

Kuroki suddenly realized, "I see! So, as long as you are good at math, you will definitely win as the last choice?"

Shiraishi:……

Well, you are better than those two idiots, Gen and Yamada... but only to a limited extent.

Before Shiraishi finished rolling his eyes, he suddenly noticed that Megure beside him also had an expression of "sudden enlightenment"!

"Wait! In that case... that person is indeed suspicious! Chief, Inspector Megure, I saw before that the winning guest... had been doing Sudoku by himself. He must be a very good math person!" Kuroki immediately provided a clue that he thought was very useful.

"What?" Megure and the others were also surprised - there was actually... someone doing Sudoku in a place like this? This person was indeed very suspicious!
However, Shiraishi interjected, "It's just a little game. Knowing the trick doesn't count as 'being good at math'...right? Mr. Mine Masato."

Feng Zhengren, who was sitting nearby, heard this familiar name and finally came to his senses and looked over. Naturally, he spotted Shiraishi Kuro at a glance...

"Huh? Shiraishi-san?" Mine Masato asked in surprise.

"Shiraishi...classmate? By the way, Mine Masato is a university professor, could it be..." Megure then remembered the basic investigation content just now.

"Well, Professor Feng was my advanced mathematics teacher in college." Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

"Wait! He's a math teacher, and you let him choose last. Did you let him win on purpose?" Maori woke up from his dream and got angry with the bartender.

Shiraishi:……

(End of this chapter)