I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 76 The End of Flower Arrangement

The celebration at the Red Flower Seaside Hotel proceeded smoothly.

Many participants in that world art competition took turns performing their best performance art on stage. These sophisticated and elegant art pieces drew applause from the guests who considered themselves to be from high society.

Ran Mouri wasn't particularly interested in these things, but she found the final flower arrangement interesting.

But I still followed the crowd and clapped along while watching the performance.

Only Kogoro Mouri was yawning, looking drowsy.

He genuinely couldn't stand watching that kind of performance.

If it weren't for the fact that someone else paid him to come and watch the show, he would have left long ago and gone home to watch more Yoko Okino concert videos. Wouldn't that be better?

Why bother watching this group of amazing people perform performance art here?

Kogoro Mouri forced himself to stay awake and refused to fall asleep at this time.

This is a place where a vicious murder could happen at any time.

As a former criminal investigator and now the world's number one detective, he must be vigilant and stop a crime as soon as it begins or apprehend the perpetrator as soon as it ends.

Otherwise, all the boasting he and Ozaki Midori had made would have been for nothing!

"I must persevere..."

Kogoro Mouri's appearance has changed!
Kogoro Mouri has evolved into the Sleeping Kogoro Mouri!
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Hotel back office manager's office.

Daisuke Shiraki, the manager of the Red Flower Seaside Hotel, lay wearily on the sofa.

He disregarded his image and put his legs up on the coffee table.

He put in a lot of effort to help promote this celebration; otherwise, no matter how amazing the flower arrangement was, so many people wouldn't have come to see it.

He has no way of knowing this.

Rika Okano even told him that you can't buy art with money.

That's utterly absurd!
"What in this world can't be measured in money?"

"You make it sound so nice, but you yourself only come when you have money, right? Honestly, if you ask me, money is the greatest art in the world. Without money, you can't do anything!"

Daisuke Shiraki muttered to himself.

If these words were said outside and other guests heard them, it would definitely cause a huge uproar.

Because the fact that Daisuke Shiraki, who is known for his high artistic taste, has no interest in art will lower their opinion of him and the hotel as a whole.

But it's different in the manager's office.

No guests will come here, only internal staff will. He can say whatever he wants.

"I said……"

Daisuke Shiraki suddenly felt a little sleepy.

He rubbed his forehead in frustration, trying to clear his head, but to no avail. Then he stood up, intending to wash his face and calm down.

However, even this moment of clarity could not sustain it.

Daisuke Shiraki swayed slightly before collapsing back onto the sofa.

In his last moments before falling into a coma, he saw the flower bud hanging on his chest bloom.

—This is the effect of chloroform.

crunch.

The door to the manager's office was pushed open.

With a gloomy expression, Midori Ozaki walked step by step toward Daisuke Shiraki.

She was about to grab Daisuke Shiraki's tie and strangle him, but just as her hand reached for him, a hand grabbed her wrist.

"Enough is enough."

"It's not too late to turn back now."

Chen En's voice was calm.

In the corner of the manager's office, a short figure jumped out.

It's Conan.

Chen En knew that Ozaki Midori was likely going to make a move.

So, he subtly inquired about the relationship between Ozaki Midori and Shiraki Daisuke beforehand. Then, he subtly hinted to Ozaki Midori that he knew who wrote the murder threat letter and hoped that person could resolve the dispute in other ways.

He will also help the person who wrote the threatening letter to resolve the issue.

Unfortunately, Ozaki Midori did not stop there.

She still used the chloroform that Chen En had deliberately left behind to drug the flower that Shiraki Daisuke was wearing, attempting to make him unconscious so she could kill him herself.

“...Is it you again?” Midori Ozaki recognized Chen En.

This is the staff member who spoke to her about the threatening letter when she was guarding the gate earlier.

She never expected that this staff member had already discovered who she was going to kill, and even waited there in advance to take pictures of all the evidence of her crime.

"You saw it, didn't you?"

"I want to kill Daisuke Shiraki... So, please hand me over to the police?"

Midori Ozaki did not resist or beg for mercy.

She simply smiled slightly as she said those words.

—Chen En knew what Ozaki Midori meant.

After an ordinary person witnessed Midori Ozaki killing Daisuke Shiraki.

They must have assumed that this was the "flower of death" that Midori Ozaki mentioned in her threatening letter, which appeared at the Red Flower Seaside Hotel.

However, Chen En knew that the Flower of Death did not refer to Daisuke Shiraki's death.

It is, in fact, a true flower of death.

Now, the frozen flowers that Okano Rika is going to use for flower arranging, which are now on the table, are the flowers of death, because Ozaki Midori believes that she has put liquid cyanide in them.

He thought that the cyanide would be released as the thawed flowers bloomed, killing Okano Rika.

—Ozaki Midori is going to be disappointed.

Chen En deliberately left chloroform behind to test whether Ozaki Midori would still kill someone.

However, he replaced the bottle of cyanide that Midori Ozaki had prepared.

Cyanide is too dangerous.

Just like what Chen En once said to Honda Osamu, who called himself Kamen Rider.

He would never do anything in a way that harms others.

If cyanide is not properly controlled, many people will die.

Chen En wouldn't take that risk.

Therefore, Midori Ozaki's idea has completely failed.

However, Chen En still said,
"Would you like to go to the lobby and have a look, Miss Ozaki?"

He whispered,
"I have a surprise for you."

Midori Ozaki remained silent and puzzled.

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In the hall, Rika Okano had already taken the stage and begun her performance of making the flowers bloom after the flower arrangement.

The performance concluded successfully.

The death scene that Midori Ozaki had imagined did not occur.

Ozaki Midori's eyes widened, about to question whether this was a surprise Chen En had prepared for her.

The next moment, a curtain suddenly slid off the stage.

That was a scene of Daisuke Shiraki and Rika Okano talking.

The story depicts how Rika Okano stole the technique from Midori Ozaki's sister, and how she conspired with Daisuke Shiraki to suppress Midori Ozaki's sister and completely usurp the technology.

Everyone looked at this scene in shock.

They stared blankly at the projected image, which eventually revealed a photograph.

That's a photo of Midori Ozaki.

A black and white photograph, along with Midori Ozaki's suicide note.

“...You’re too impatient, Ms. Ozaki.”

“Dealing with these people by ruining their reputation and leaving them penniless is far more painful than killing them.”

Chen En sighed and said.

Inspector Megure, who had been waiting for a long time, arrived.

The system light screen then popped up a page.

[Medium-difficulty security mission completed!]

[Your 50 points reward has been credited to your account, please check!]

[You've been awarded 25 points for helping Sheriff Gordon solve a tricky problem!]