As Sato Miwako introduced the case and the people involved.
He began to recall the story behind this murder case.
This is a story that makes people feel happy after reading it.
The lead singer, Tatsuya Kimura, was a tsundere. He clearly liked his manager, Mari Terahara, but he refused to say it.
Because he didn't want Mari Terahara to get plastic surgery for him, he was always mean to her and said harsh things.
Mari Terahara really couldn't stand the fact that the person she liked was saying such hurtful things to her, so in a fit of anger, she plotted to poison him.
Honestly, Lin Yi really couldn't understand Tatsuya Kimura's actions. He even suspected that his head was filled with water.
Someone got plastic surgery for you, making themselves more beautiful.
From a normal person's perspective, this is something to be happy about.
But he happened to be in the category of abnormal people.
Not only was he not happy, but he didn't even tell her.
I don't know which nerve he had misfired, thinking that as long as he was mean to her, Mari Terahara would be able to read his mind.
Truly a magical brain circuit.
Lin Yi felt that this outcome was quite satisfying.
Unfortunately, Conan was idle and had nothing to do, so he had to clear Tatsuya Kimura's name.
The person is already dead, what's the point of clearing his name?
Besides causing 10,000 tons of damage to Mari Terahara, it's completely useless.
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"That's how it is."
After explaining the case in one breath, Sato Miwako paused and looked at Lin Yi, saying, "What do you think? Do you have any ideas?"
"I have many ideas."
Lin Yi was thinking about ending the murder case as soon as possible, and then seeing if he could use other methods to coax Ran and Sonoko to rest at the hotel.
"For example?" Sato Miwako asked with some anticipation.
"Ashtray."
Lin Yi came to the table, looked at the ashtray on it, and said to the male member named Katsumi Yamada, "Did you smoke all the cigarettes here by yourself?"
"No..."
Yamada Katsumi shook his head and said, "Daya and I smoked them together."
"Then what about the lighter? Did you two share it?"
"No... we both have our own lighters."
Yamada Katsumi looked at Lin Yi strangely, "Why are you asking these questions?"
Lin Yi ignored him and turned to look at Sato Miwako: "At the scene of the crime, did you find the deceased's lighter?"
Sato Miwako opened her police handbook, glanced at the items, and shook her head: "No."
"That makes things easier."
Lin Yi glanced at the four suspects and said, "Whoever has the deceased's lighter is the murderer!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around looked at the suspects.
"No... this... handsome guy."
Takagi Wataru, who was dark and tall, popped up from the side at some point. He wondered, "Why do you say that whoever has the deceased's lighter is the murderer?"
Lin Yi ignored him. He looked at Sato Miwako and found that she was also looking at him with a puzzled expression, waiting for him to explain.
He sighed. He missed Inspector Megure a little. That person didn't ask too many questions. He just did whatever others said.
As long as the decisive evidence was found, the murderer would automatically confess everything.
Lin Yi had no choice but to explain: "The deceased died of poisoning, so..."
"Hmm? How are you sure that the deceased died of poisoning?"
Takagi Wataru flipped through the police handbook. The forensic doctor hadn't determined the cause of death yet.
"How am I sure?" Lin Yi looked at Takagi Wataru, somewhat speechless. "Then tell me, if a healthy person suddenly dies without any injuries, if they didn't die of poisoning, how else could they die?"
"This..." Takagi Wataru was stunned for a moment. That was indeed the case.
He saw Sato Miwako actually smiling.
The goddess was mocking him, which made him feel ashamed. He was starting to feel annoyed with Lin Yi for embarrassing him in front of the goddess!
"Continue," Sato Miwako urged, looking at Lin Yi with a glint in her eyes.
"The deceased was poisoned, so where did the poison come from?"
Lin Yi didn't want to explain other possible clues, so he simply guided them himself. He made a gesture of putting a rice ball into his mouth.
"Hand," Sato Miwako was like a fish. As soon as Lin Yi threw the bait, she took it.
"That's right, the hand."
Lin Yi said, "And what did his hand... touch before?"
"The microphone!"
This time it was Takagi Wataru's turn to answer quickly.
"If it was the microphone, then the other people who sang probably got poisoned too," Lin Yi said.
The other three people who had gone up to sing couldn't help but nod.
Takagi Wataru felt a bit of a headache. Why was he always wrong when he answered?
Seeing that Sato Miwako couldn't answer, Lin Yi had no choice but to look at the members: "Did the deceased make a gesture of throwing his clothes when he was singing?"
"Yes," Yamada Katsumi nodded. "That's what Daya does when he's really enjoying himself while singing."
Having said that, Lin Yi glanced at Sato Miwako, the look in his eyes asking if he should continue.
Fortunately, Sato Miwako was able to become a police inspector at such a young age, so she had some ability!
She finally understood what Lin Yi was trying to say and said, "So the murderer poisoned the deceased's uniform beforehand, and after completing the murder, they swapped their uniform with the deceased's."
"But the murderer didn't expect... there would be the deceased's lighter in the deceased's clothes..."
After saying this, Sato Miwako noticed that Terahara Mari, one of the suspects, had an extremely unnatural expression.
She immediately knew that the other party had a problem and immediately said, "Ms. Terahara... would you please allow me to inspect your uniform?"
"No need..."
Terahara Mari gave up resisting. She reached into her pocket and, as expected, pulled out a lighter: "I did it..."
Sato Miwako waved her hand, and some police officers went up to arrest her.
Lin Yi said to Sato Miwako, "The case is closed. Can we leave now?"
"Of course," Sato Miwako nodded. She said, "But can you tell me... why were you able to find the answer so quickly?"
Why? Because I know the answer.
If I didn't have to explain the murder method and the criminal evidence to you, I would have just dropped a name and left!
Lin Yi pretended to be puzzled and said, "That's right... how did I know? I'm also curious... Alright, Officer Sato, we have things to do, so we'll leave first."
Lin Yi turned around and then found Xiaolan and Sonoko were secretly running away.
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