People in Detective Conan are going crazy over the comments section.

"Alright, Hattori, I'd like to ask if you have any ten-yen coins on you right now?"

After whispering to Ran, Shinichi Kudo turned his gaze to Heiji Hattori.

"Huh? Ten-yen coins? I think I could at least find one or two. What do you need coins for... Hmm? Oh right! I see." Hattori couldn't understand why Shinichi Kudo had suddenly come to ask him for ten-yen coins.

But after turning his head to think for a moment, Hattori looked at the suspects over there and seemed to understand Shinichi Kudo's meaning. A tacit understanding shone in their eyes.

Seeing Hattori's expression, Kudo knew he understood what he meant, so he continued, "Just lend me a coin."

"Sure, but it's very expensive." With that, Hattori took a coin out of his pocket and handed it to Shinichi Kudo.

Although the two of them understood, the others at the scene still didn't understand what they were doing, except for Asakawa Yu, because he already knew the modus operandi of this case.

Although he was so focused on watching Shinichi Kudo return when he was watching the Conan anime that he had forgotten about the case, he quickly deduced the whole process using his intelligence in this life.

However, he didn't say it directly. After all, Kudo had prepared for so long. If he went up and stole his thunder, although it wouldn't seem like anything on the surface, Asakawa Yu knew that Conan would definitely talk bad about him in his heart. It was better to avoid trouble.

"Brother Kudo, I'm so glad to see you finally come back. However, no traces of poison were found in the beverage cup of the deceased Mr. Urata, or in the drinks of the other three people. Moreover, Mr. Urata almost finished his drink. This seems suspicious..."

Inspector Megure began to explain the situation to Shinichi Kudo, trying to clarify the current state of the case.

But Shinichi Kudo didn't think so. "At first glance, it does make people wonder if Mr. Urata committed suicide by poisoning himself, but this murder can be easily accomplished by using something."

"Something?"

"That's the most basic criminal method; all you need is ice."

"Huh? You mean using ice?"

These words shocked everyone present, and Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri were both incredulous.

"The poison used by the murderer was potassium hydride, which is extremely difficult to dissolve in ice water. All you had to do was dig a hole in the ice, inject the potassium hydride into the center of the ice, and then seal it with a small piece of ice. Put it in Mr. Urata's drink glass along with the other ice pieces, and Mr. Urata would drink most of the drink before the poison dissolved."

However, Inspector Megure pointed out a flaw in Shinichi Kudo's reasoning: "Even so, there should still be some dissolved poison left in his cup."

"Mr. Urata's drink cup lid is open, isn't it? Do you know why?" Shinichi Kudo asked confidently.

"He was probably in so much pain after drinking the poison that he gripped it too tightly, which is why..."

Mori's statement did not receive support from Inspector Megure. Instead, he was interrupted by Inspector Megure halfway through his sentence, "Nonsense! If that were true, the cup would have been smashed to pieces long ago."

The power of the "Maori Elimination Method" was first demonstrated.

With Shinichi Kudo around, Inspector Megure's attitude towards Kogoro Mouri has clearly changed, hahaha.

[Of course, even if Shinichi Kudo isn't around, it's the same if Asakawa is there.]

"There's only one reason why the lid of a drink with ice would be opened after you've finished drinking it."

"That means Mr. Urata didn't drink poison, but ate it."

These words reminded everyone once again, especially Officer Takagi, "Oh right, officer, don't you often put the leftover ice cubes in your mouth and crunch them?"

"I see. As long as we know that Mr. Urata has this little habit, we can definitely kill him with poison, and the poison will not leave any residue on the drink cup."

"Then tell me, who exactly is the person who put poison in the ice?" Mori asked with a look of utter despair. He had been like this ever since Inspector Megure's rebuke.

"Mr. Mitani and Ms. Noda, who are only responsible for passing the drink cups, are unlikely to be the ones who add ice. As for Ms. Ninagawa, who sells the drinks, she is very likely to be the one who adds ice."

Upon hearing this, Ninagawa was visibly taken aback, and her expression began to look somewhat unnatural.

Everyone assumed that she was most likely the murderer, but Asakawa Yu and Hattori knew that the murderer was actually someone else.

"Although that's the case, she took it upon herself to change Mr. Urata's iced coffee to a cola. There's no way she would drug a drink that could be returned, especially since there was another person who ordered the same iced coffee as Mr. Urata at the time."

"So... then the murderer is..."

Shinichi Kudo nodded. "That's right. The only person who could have poisoned Mr. Urata was Ms. Kouuei Mai, who went to buy drinks and even took them to the audience! You are the most likely culprit."

!!!

"Maiichi! How...how is this possible?!" Her two companions found this conclusion unbelievable.

"After you buy drinks for everyone, you can pretend to add creamer and syrup to the drinks at the counter, and then add ice laced with poison. You can add poisoned ice to both drinks, and as long as you finish your drink before the ice melts, nothing will happen, am I right?"

Finally, under Shinichi Kudo's relentless pressure, Mai Kougami confessed to her crimes and began to kneel on the ground in repentance, thus bringing the case to a close.

"I suddenly feel like you've become a magician's assistant today," Kazuha teased, standing next to Hattori.

"What can I do? This is Tokyo, after all. I can't steal Kudo's thunder here," Hattori replied, arms crossed, looking at Kazuha.

Meanwhile, Inspector Megure is inviting Shinichi Kudo to go and listen to the suspect's statement.

However, Shinichi Kudo refused outright, saying, "I'll let it slide this time, Inspector Megure, because I have some small matters to attend to."

Kudo glanced furtively in Ran's direction, then said to Inspector Megure, "Besides this, please don't mention to anyone that I have any connection to this case."

After receiving Inspector Megure's reply, Shinichi Kudo prepared to go find Ran.

But at that moment, something strange suddenly happened to his body!

Suddenly, he clutched his chest in pain, his hair stood on end, and he looked like he was in agony.

"Hey! Kudo, what's wrong?! Kudo!"

Before losing consciousness, he only heard people calling his name, and shortly after that, he lost consciousness...