I, the Buddhist who raises leopards in the Conan world

"Conan-kun, what's going on?" Shen Yuan closed the book and asked in surprise.

Conan put his big box with great effort on the coffee table in front of the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief: "These are specially sent from the United States by my parents after they knew that Brother Shen was injured while saving me!" He opened the package, revealing various carefully packed gifts inside.

The first thing that caught my eye was two limited-edition chocolate gift boxes from Godiva, with the exclusive badge of the New York flagship store hot-stamped on the black and gold packaging.

Next to it was an exquisite wooden box, which, when opened, contained Opus One red wine from Napa Valley. "This was specially chosen by my father. He said it's popular these days!" He then took out a blue gift box with the "Tiffany & Co." logo printed on it. Inside was a set of sterling silver bookmarks with small sapphires inlaid on the top.

"This is a beautiful bookmark that my mom chose!" There are also several small packages at the bottom: dried wild blueberries from Colorado, Kona coffee beans from Hawaii, Vermont maple syrup, and even a can of space food marked "Official NASA Souvenir."

Conan scratched his head embarrassedly: "I chose these myself... they may be a little strange!" He pushed his glasses and pointed to the box in Xiaolan's hand, "This is the luxurious eel rice and pastries that Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi bought for Brother Shen with their pocket money!" At this point, the boy smiled, "After all, it has been five days since Brother Shen's surgery, and the doctor said he can eat some normal food!" Conan's words made Shen Yuan stunned. Logically speaking, today was the second day after he woke up. When Amuro Toru came in the morning, he still had difficulty getting out of bed, but Conan now said it was the fifth day. Did time jump again without him knowing? Shen Yuan moved his arm and found that there was indeed no sharp pain like in the morning, only a slight soreness.

"..." Shen Yuan felt the magic of this chaotic time. His wounds actually changed with the passage of time. Was that why those powerful men were always dying in one episode, only to be revived with full health in the next? This absurd feeling made Shen Yuan laugh.

"What is Brother Shen laughing at?" Conan tilted his head in confusion.

Shen Yuan clenched his fist against his lips and coughed twice, "I'm just... a little surprised to see your parents sending me gifts!" He deliberately put on an apologetic expression, "I always thought you were an orphan living with Miss Xiaolan because your parents had an accident...

Sorry!" Conan seemed to be hit hard, his glasses slid down to the tip of his nose, and his whole face fell.

The boy silently complained in his heart about his unscrupulous parents who wandered around the world and didn't care about their son, but he could only smile dryly and pushed his glasses.

Xiaolan explained embarrassedly: "Conan's parents are going to the United States to work for a year, and they gave my father some child support, so they temporarily placed him in my house!" Sonoko opened the gift box in her hand and shook her head: "Really, just because of this brat's irresponsible parents, Xiaolan is now experiencing the feeling of being a mother in advance!"

"Brother Shen Yuan, look! This is the lunch I prepared for Lightning—roasted Tasmanian lamb! It's the most expensive breed of lamb in the world, Lightning will definitely like it!" Yuanzi happily showed off her box. In addition to the exquisite roasted lamb, there were also more than a dozen bags of beautifully packaged snacks. "I also brought Lightning the latest snacks, all of which are top-ranked cat snacks!" Shen Yuan looked at the luxurious ingredients in the box and couldn't help but laugh. "Miss Yuanzi, you're so extravagant!"

"Oh, don't be so formal!" Sonoko waved her hands generously, "Lightning is my accredited friend!" She put one hand on her waist, clenched the other into a fist, and said with a determined look, "I must make Lightning the happiest cat prince!" Conan complained on the side, "Lightning is obviously a cheetah, why does he have to be a cat prince..." Xiaolan suddenly remembered something and took out a gold-plated card from her pocket: "By the way, Mr. Shen, this is a little gift from Genta's father and Mitsuhiko's father - a shopping card from Mitsukoshi Isetan.

They were afraid that you wouldn't accept it, so they asked me to pass it on!" Shen Yuan took the card helplessly, and pointed to the drawer of the bedside table: "Last time, Ayumi's mother gave it to you, it was PATEK PHILIPPE... I wanted you to send it back, they are really too polite!" Conan put his hands behind his head and said in a condescending manner: "Brother Shen, just accept it with peace of mind.

With Yuantai and the others' trouble-making personalities, they might cause you more trouble in the future!" As soon as he finished speaking, Sonoko gave him a slap on the face: "You are the least qualified to say this!"

"It hurts, it hurts!" Conan wailed, holding the new bump on his head.

Xiaolan ignored the two people's quarreling, skillfully set up the dining table on the bed, and placed the exquisite lacquered wooden food box in front of Shen Yuan.

The moment the food box is opened, the rich aroma of sauce hits you in the face.

The plump eel pieces have an amber luster, the skin is roasted to crispy, and they are drizzled with special teriyaki sauce and neatly spread on the snow-white rice.

It is served with tender yellow tamagoyaki and emerald green pickled cucumbers, the colors are so bright that they make you salivate.

"Mr. Shen, please have lunch first!" Xiaolan handed over the chopsticks considerately.

"Sorry to bother you, Miss Xiaolan!" Shen Yuan took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of eel and put it into his mouth. The sweet sauce melted on the tip of his tongue, and the fish melted in his mouth.

Lightning's lunch was also prepared for him in the garden. The whole Tasmanian lamb was roasted until golden and crispy, with a shiny skin and the meat a perfect pink color.

The chef has thoughtfully removed all the bones, leaving only the essence.

"Lord Lightning, please have your meal~" Sonoko saluted exaggeratedly, and the cheetah walked over gracefully. When it saw the unfamiliar food with its ice-blue eyes, it first sniffed it, and then began to devour it.

Chapter 76 Hospital Murder Case 1

Sonoko stood in the middle of the ward, waving her arms exaggeratedly, "Oh, my princess, your eyes are like stars in the night!" She deliberately lowered her voice to imitate the male protagonist's tone.

Xiaolan couldn't help laughing: "Yuanzi, don't be so exaggerated!" Lightning lay lazily beside the bed, his tail swaying gently, his eyes half-closed. Shen Yuan's slender fingers skillfully scratched the cheetah's ears, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Conan was sharing his idols; "...Holmes deduced his master's entire life story from just a pocket watch!" He gestured excitedly, "Dr. Watson was stunned! And then there's 'A Scandal in Bohemia,' where Holmes only took five minutes—"

"Ah!" A shrill scream came from the corridor, interrupting Conan's words.

Lightning instantly tensed his muscles, his ears pricked up, and a low whimper escaped from his throat.

Shen Yuan immediately pressed his hand on the cheetah's back: "Shh, it's okay!"

"What happened?" Xiaolan's script fell to the ground.

There were chaotic footsteps and shouts in the corridor: "Hurry! Room 1107! Call the doctor!" Conan had already rushed to the door. His detective instinct made him feel that he was being summoned. Xiaolan wanted to grab him from behind: "Conan! Don't run around!" But Conan had already disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Xiaolan and Sonoko looked at each other and hurriedly chased after him.

Shen Yuan sighed and patted Lightning's head: "It seems that our afternoon tea time is over.

Let's go, the little detective is going to put on another show for us!" The cheetah swung its tail reluctantly, but still obediently lay back down beside the bed.

Shen Yuan straightened his hospital gown and walked slowly towards Ward 1107.

There were already a few people gathered in the corridor of the VIP floor to watch the fun, but since it was a VIP floor after all, there weren't many people.

"Brother Shen Yuan! Over here!" Yuanzi tiptoed and waved to Shen Yuan.

Xiaolan considerately made room for her so that Shen Yuan could see the situation inside the ward clearly.

"What's the situation now?" Shen Yuan asked in a low voice.

Sonoko leaned close to his ear and said, "Kentaro Yamamoto, the president of Yamamoto Bussan.

He just had a heart bypass surgery this morning. When the nurse came to change the dressing at noon, she found him…” She pointed towards the ward and said, “That’s it!” Through the half-open door, Shen Yuan saw a doctor wearing glasses examining the deceased.

Conan had slipped in at some point and was hiding on the other side of the bed, observing secretly.

"I'm sorry," the doctor straightened up and said to the middle-aged woman standing beside him, "It should be a sudden death caused by postoperative arrhythmia.

Mrs. Yamamoto, please accept my condolences, I need you to sign the death notice!"

"Wait!" Conan suddenly spoke, pointing at the deceased's eyes, "Look! There are tiny bubbles in the deceased's retinal blood vessels! This means that air has entered his body!" The little boy's voice was particularly clear in the quiet ward, "This is not an accident, it's murder!" Everyone in the ward was stunned.

The doctor was the first to react. He frowned and walked towards Conan: "Little boy, this is not the place for you to play, you-" The doctor was a little angry when he saw Conan playing games here and wanted to kick him out of the ward.

"My uncle is the famous detective Maori Kogoro!" Conan nimbly dodged the doctor's hand, "I learned a lot about solving cases from him! This is definitely a murder!" He turned and shouted towards the door: "Sister Xiaolan! Call the police!" The doctor wanted to say something, but Shen Yuan cleared his throat at the right time: "Doctor, I think you'd better not rush to issue a death certificate.

If there are any doubts, it won't be too late to wait until the police arrive!" Perhaps it was Shen Yuan's calm tone that had an effect, the doctor hesitated for a moment, and finally took back the signature board in his hand.

Fifteen minutes later, Inspector Megure rushed to the hospital with the officers from the First Investigation Division.

When he saw Conan and his group standing in the corridor, three black lines suddenly slid down his forehead.

"I say... have you been infected by Brother Mori?" Inspector Megure sighed helplessly, took off his hat and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Murder can happen even when he is not around..." Officer Takagi has already begun to record the scene skillfully: "The deceased is Yamamoto Kentaro, 58 years old, president of Yamamoto Bussan.

He underwent heart bypass surgery this morning and is in stable condition! Officer Sato was asking the nurse who first discovered the situation, "When was the last time you saw President Yamamoto alive?"

“About an hour ago,” the nurse twisted her fingers nervously, “I came to check his blood pressure, and it was normal.

When I came to change the dressing just now, I found... I found him..." Conan took the opportunity to pull the corner of Officer Takagi's clothes: "Officer Takagi, can you check the IV tube?" Takagi squatted down and lifted up the transparent tube to examine it carefully.

Conan pointed to the upper end near the needle connection, where there was an almost invisible hole: “Look here, it stands to reason that nurses would not give injections at this location.

There are tiny bubbles in the deceased's retinal blood vessels, which means that air has entered his body. I suspect this is the cause of his death!" Inspector Megure came over and squinted his eyes: "Indeed... This looks like someone deliberately injected air with a syringe.

But why is it cut open here? Is it because the air injected is not enough? That's why it has to be cut open?" Inspector Megure pointed to a small incision near the patient's end.

Conan narrowed his eyes in thought. He was also curious about what that place was used for. It couldn't be for reasons like lack of air. It had to have a purpose. What could it be? Shen Yuan leaned against the wall in the corridor, his eyes scanning the several people in the ward with different expressions—the elegantly dressed Mrs. Yamamoto, a capable woman wearing glasses, and a gloomy middle-aged man.

After preliminary investigation, it was found that from the time Yamamoto Kentaro completed the operation and returned to the ward until his death, these three people were the only ones who entered the ward except the nurse who changed the dressing.

So Inspector Megure called the three people to his side: "Please explain your activities today," Inspector Megure said seriously, "especially your whereabouts in the last hour!" Because the nurse testified that the deceased was normal an hour ago, the focus was on what he did in this hour.

Yamamoto Miyoko elegantly gathered her kimono sleeves and said, “I’m taking a rest in the hospital cafe.

Kentaro needed to rest after the operation, so I didn’t stay in the ward all the time!" She took out her mobile phone, "This is the consumption record of the cafe, the clerk should remember me!" Tanaka Rie pushed her glasses: "The doctor suddenly informed me that I should go to the pharmacy downstairs to get the medicine for the president to use after the operation!" She took out the receipt from her bag, "This is the purchase record, the pharmacy surveillance should be able to prove it!" Sasaki Koji frowned: "I was smoking in the back garden of the hospital!" He said in a rough voice, "No one can prove it, only me!" Officer Takagi recorded the testimony: "In other words, Mrs. Yamamoto and Miss Tanaka both have alibis, and Mr. Sasaki..." Everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on the vice president with a sinister expression.

Sasaki felt uncomfortable being stared at, and the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily, making his already ferocious face even more hideous.

"I didn't do anything!" He suddenly shouted excitedly and took a step forward unconsciously, "You can't accuse me!" Officer Sato thought he was going to attack the police, and stepped forward reflexively: "Stop!" Before she finished speaking, she had grabbed Sasaki's wrist and threw the big man to the ground with a beautiful over-the-shoulder throw.

"Ah!" Rie Tanaka screamed and ran forward hurriedly, "Miss Police, you misunderstood! Our vice-president...his expression is like this!" She explained hurriedly, "He was born with a problem with his facial nerves. When he is emotional, he looks particularly fierce..." Sasaki was lying on the ground, looking confused and aggrieved, which formed a weird contrast with his ferocious face.

Shen Yuan couldn't help but cough lightly to hide his smile.

Conan pushed his glasses up thoughtfully, his eyes moving back and forth between the three suspects.

Inspector Megure awkwardly helped Sasaki up: "Ahem... Sorry, Mr. Sasaki, this is a misunderstanding!" He turned to Takagi, "Go check the alibis of Mrs. Yamamoto and Miss Tanaka!"

"Yes!" Officer Takagi hurried away.

(I've been racking my brains over this case, so if you have any questions, please be gentle with me!)

Chapter 77 Hospital Murder Case 2

As soon as Officer Takagi left the ward, Conan immediately lay on the ground and began to carefully check under the bed.

His glasses reflected a cold light, and his eyes were like a scanner, taking in every detail.

"Strange..." Conan muttered to himself, and his fingers lightly touched an inconspicuous water stain on the ground, "This is..." The unusual coolness from his fingertips made Conan open his eyes suddenly.

He quickly pulled a small magnifying glass from his pocket and pointed it at the wet area.

"Ice?" Conan frowned, "Why are there traces of ice under the bed in the ward?" At the same time, Sonoko came over curiously: "Kid, what did you find?"

"Sister Sonoko, I'm just curious why it's wet here?" Conan pointed at the water stains under the bed and asked in an innocent tone.

Sonoko bent down and took a closer look: "Huh? Really... This looks like ice?" She tilted her head and thought, "Is Mr. Yamamoto afraid of heat? The air conditioning in their ward is turned on very low!" Conan narrowed his eyes slightly behind his glasses and continued to examine the incision on the patient's end of the infusion tube.

At this time, Officer Takagi quickly walked back to the ward and nodded to Inspector Megure: "Inspector, the surveillance confirms that Mrs. Yamamoto and Miss Tanaka's alibi are true!" Inspector Megure's gaze immediately turned to Koji Sasaki. Now the pressure came to the vice president, and the vice president's face became even gloomier.

Sasaki's gloomy face became even more distorted, and he took a step forward, waving his strong arms in the air.

"Are you kidding me?" His voice was like thunder. "I have no grudge against the president. What reason do I have to kill him?!" Yamamoto Miyoko suddenly stood up, her kimono cuffs trembling slightly: "Sasaki, how long are you going to pretend?" Her voice was surprisingly sharp. "Haven't you always wanted to become the president and replace Kentaro? How many times have you openly opposed Kentaro at the board meeting? Last month you said you would make him 'pay the price'!" Officer Sato immediately held down his service gun vigilantly, and Takagi quickly recorded this new testimony.

Sasaki's expression turned from gloomy to angry, and the muscles on his face twitched unnaturally: "That was a business disagreement! I, Sasaki Koji, act openly and honestly, and if I have to argue, I will do it in a fair and upright manner!" Conan quietly observed the dispute, his eyes wandering between the three suspects. The pinholes and cuts on the infusion tube must be some kind of device that can kill Yamamoto Kentaro.

Sasaki is a big man with a pair of calloused hands, which are obviously not suitable for precision operations; Tanaka Rie keeps pushing her heavy glasses, and because of her severe myopia, she will feel dizzy when she gets close to the IV tube, and obviously cannot operate it; and Yamamoto Miyoko, she is in the coffee shop... Conan's sight suddenly fixed on the almost invisible water stain on the cuff of her kimono.

His pupils suddenly contracted - the ice chips under the bed, the low temperature of the air conditioner, the water marks on his cuffs, these fragments spun rapidly in his mind.

A flash of white light flashed across his glasses—all the clues instantly connected in his mind to form a complete puzzle.

"All that's missing is a motive..." Conan muttered to himself, and suddenly an idea came to him.

He trotted to Tanaka Rie and tugged at the corner of her clothes.

"Little boy?" Tanaka Rie's glasses slipped to the tip of her nose when she bent down, "Is there something wrong?" Conan pointed to Sonoko who was still wondering about the water stain in the distance: "The detective sister asked me to ask you, how is the relationship between President Yamamoto and his wife? Did they have a quarrel?" Tanaka Rie's expression stiffened instantly, and she subconsciously adjusted her glasses: "This...this is not convenient to say..." After all, the rule of a secretary is to shut up at the right time and not talk about the boss's private affairs, even if this boss has passed away.

"Please!" Conan blinked his big watery eyes, "This is extremely important for solving the case!"

"Well, in that case," Rie Tanaka looked around hesitantly, and finally lowered her voice: "The president... was originally planning to divorce after being discharged from the hospital!" Her fingers unconsciously stroked the Band-Aid, "The president has a lover... who is pregnant, and his wife... has never been able to give birth... The president wants to give the child a formal identity!" A cold light flashed across Conan's glasses.

All the pieces of the puzzle were finally complete—method, opportunity, motive, all pointing to the woman in the elegant kimono.

"Thank you, Sister Tanaka!" Conan smiled innocently, turned around and ran towards Sonoko who was in a daze.

"Sister Sonoko," he raised his head with a harmless smile, "Can you do me a favor?"

"Ah? What help?" Yuanzi lowered her head blankly, and suddenly felt a slight pain in her neck.

Three seconds later, Sonoko's eyes became dull, and her body swayed slightly as she sat on the chair beside the bed.

Conan quickly pinned the micro-voice generator on her collar, and hid behind the potted plant in the corner to adjust the bow voice changer.

"Ahem," Sonoko's voice suddenly rang out in the ward, "Inspector Megure, I already know who the murderer is!" Everyone looked at Sonoko in surprise who had suddenly "spoken."

Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and leaned quietly against the wall, ready to watch this "Queen Sonoko's Reasoning Show".

"The murderer used an extremely ingenious time-delay killing device!" Sonoko's voice was full of confidence. "Please look at the cut on the IV tube - this is not just for letting air in, but for inserting a special device to create a delay effect!" Inspector Megure approached the IV tube: "Just this one cut? What kind of device can it be?"

"It's very simple. Use a thin icicle with a diameter of 2-3 mm and a length of 5-10 cm!"

"Sonoko" explained, "The murderer inserted an icicle vertically into the incision. The low temperature will cause the liquid in the tube to partially freeze, temporarily blocking the pipe!" Officer Takagi suddenly realized: "So the murderer could have set it up in advance and waited for the ice to melt..."

"That's right! The murderer first injected air above the ice. As the ice slowly melted, the IV line became unobstructed, and the air above was sucked into the blood vessels, causing a fatal air embolism! And to slowly melt the icicle, the indoor temperature would have to be lowered. So the murderer must have tampered with the air conditioner remote, and there must be the murderer's fingerprints on it... Isn't that right? Mrs. Yamamoto, who has a perfect alibi?"

Chapter 78 Hospital Murder Case 3

Miyoko Yamamoto's face turned pale in an instant: "I... I just turned on the air conditioner because I felt the ward was too stuffy. How can you say that I killed my husband? Why did I kill my husband?" Sonoko's voice continued, "Then how does Mrs. Yamamoto explain the water stains on her cuffs? That should be left when Mrs. Yamamoto pushed the icicle into the infusion tube, right? If it is tested, it must be the same water stains under President Yamamoto's infusion tube, right? Does Mrs. Yamamoto have any explanation?" Miyoko Yamamoto suddenly covered her right sleeve, but everyone had already seen the irregular water mark.

Inspector Megure immediately signaled the forensic personnel to collect samples.

Yamamoto Miyoko's pupils contracted violently, and this subtle change in expression did not escape Conan's eyes.

"I...I just..." Yamamoto Miyoko's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Why did you kill your husband?" Sonoko's voice suddenly softened, but with a strong sense of oppression, "Because your husband wants to divorce you and marry someone else, and you will be left with nothing, right?" This sentence was like a sharp knife, directly piercing Yamamoto Miyoko's last line of defense.

"Thirty years..." Her voice suddenly became hoarse, and the movement of her head caused a few strands of her carefully tied hair to fall apart. "I've been with him in his business for thirty years..." Her nails dug deep into her palms, oozing blood. "Just because I can't have children, he wants to divorce me and give everything to that bitch!" Tanaka Rie couldn't help but whisper, "Madam... the president wants to divide the property equally, not..."

"Should I thank him for this?! It was me who worked with him to get to where he is today. These are what I deserve, not his kindness!" Yamamoto Miyoko became emotional. "I gave all my youth to him! This is how he repays me! Why can't I have children? It was him who had a car accident due to fatigue driving while signing a contract, which caused me to have a miscarriage and injure my uterus. He said it was okay and he could not have a child, but now..." Her eyes were bloodshot, and she suddenly stared at Shen Yuan, "Why do you so-called detectives have to meddle in other people's business! The doctor was obviously... I was about to succeed, and he received the punishment he deserved, but you ruined it all!" Shen Yuan felt bad when he saw her looking at him. He thought he might be targeted again. Sure enough - Yamamoto Miyoko suddenly pulled out an exquisite dagger from her pearl handbag. The blade flashed coldly under the light, and rushed straight towards Shen Yuan.

"It's all your fault!" Her voice was distorted. "If you hadn't shown up, the doctor would have signed the death notice!" Officer Sato was the first to react and rushed forward to capture him.

But what was strange was that this noble lady who usually lived a life of luxury suddenly burst out with amazing strength and broke free from Sato's grip.

Shen Yuan knew that this was another incident caused by "that thing", and that "He" was still taking the opportunity to eliminate himself as a variable.