Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1305 Second Murder

Meanwhile, in the restroom, Yuya stood beside the corpse, arms crossed, carefully examining it.

Kenjiro Wakita leaned closer and whispered, "Detective Kamiya, have you found anything?"

Yuya pondered for a moment, then voiced the questions he had raised, which were largely the same as what Amuro Tooru had said.

“So,” Wakita Kanenori glanced at Wada Kohei’s body, “was Mr. Wada’s murder just a coincidence? What if it had been someone else…”

“No, it’s definitely not a coincidence.” Yu also denied his words. “The murderer must have used some method to lure Mr. Wada to the restroom.”

Kenjiro Wakita pondered, "But what method could it be? Who goes to which room is decided by drawing lots, unless someone can tamper with the drawing... But when I saw the drawing, there was nothing wrong with it?"

Yu closed her eyes and carefully recalled the scene of the lottery. At first glance, there seemed to be no problem.

If there's a problem, it's most likely a problem with the signature.

However, the slips were made in full view of everyone, so there was no way to tamper with them.

So... the problem lies with the people who drew the lots?

Seeing Yuya deep in thought, Wakita Kanenori didn't interrupt, but simply looked at Yuya with a deep gaze. When Yuya opened his eyes, he put on his usual smile again: "So, do you have any guesses?"

Just as Yuya was about to answer, his gaze suddenly fell on Wakita Kanenori's eye patch, and he asked in confusion, "Speaking of which, Mr. Wakita, it's been quite a while since we first met at the sushi restaurant, hasn't it? Are your eyes still not healed?"

"Ah, this," Wakita Kanenori subconsciously touched his eye patch, "It's an old problem, it often relapses..."

Seeing Yuya's scrutinizing gaze, he smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll take it off and show you?"

Yu didn't answer either.

Seeing this, Kenjiro Wakita made a gesture as if to remove his blindfold.

Just as the blindfold was about to be lifted, Yuya suddenly turned her face away: "No, no need, I don't want to have nightmares tonight."

He seemed to realize his words had been somewhat impolite and quickly explained, "Sorry, I wasn't talking about you..."

"Wow!"

Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass came from deep within the church.

The two of them instinctively turned their heads to look.

Yuya tentatively asked, "It seems to be... in the direction of the building next door?"

Wakita Kanenori said uncertainly, "I didn't hear you clearly..."

Just as the two were filled with doubt and surprise, another sound of shattering glass was heard.

“Something’s not right. Let’s go back to the chapel.” Yuya said and quickly walked back, with Kenjiro Wakita following closely behind.

Back in the chapel, Yuya looked around and asked with some confusion, "Where are Mr. Kawasaki and Mr. Nishino?"

While warming himself by the fire, Conan explained, "We just heard the sound of breaking glass from the building next door, and the two of them went to check it out."

Amuro said, "I originally planned to go in person, but it wasn't safe to bring a child, so we decided to draw lots."

"I see." Yuya nodded to indicate that she understood. There shouldn't be any problem if they act in pairs, right?

However... it's truly remarkable that Conan was able to resist going.

If Conan knew that Yuya was plotting against him again, he would definitely give him a rocket headbutt—he can be impulsive sometimes, but he's not brainless!

With Kenjiro Wakita, who is suspected of being Rum, around, how could he dare to do anything out of line?

Most importantly, with Yuya as his shield, he can simply stand aside and watch the show. At worst, he can pretend to be a detective and indulge in his mystery-solving fantasies.

Yu rubbed his hands together, just about to go over to warm himself by the fire, when the chapel door was suddenly kicked open.

Panting, Nishino Sumi also questioned the group, "Yes, who sent the message to Kawasaki?!"

"Messages?" Everyone was a bit confused upon hearing this. Fujita Yorito and Kosuke Tamae said they hadn't sent any messages, and Yuya and the others who didn't have the other party's email address were even less likely to have sent any.

Unexpectedly, Nishino Sumi also looked anxious and shouted, "Kawasaki's expression changed drastically after seeing the message, and then he ran towards the bathhouse!"

"He's all alone?" Yuya suddenly stood up from her half-squatting position.

The next target is not Gu Puyu Hui, but Kawasaki Yosuke, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Suddenly, a painful scream rang in everyone's ears, startling everyone.

Sumire Nishino's expression changed drastically: "Isn't that Kawasaki's voice?"

"He went towards the bathhouse, right?" Yu confirmed, then ran out first, followed closely by Amuro Tooru and Conan, while Wakita Kanenori lagged behind because he was slower.

When they arrived at the bathhouse, Kawasaki Yosuke was lying at the entrance, clutching his throat with both hands, making gurgling sounds of pain, and then his head lolled to the side and he was no longer breathing.

There was an unfinished bottle of mineral water lying next to him.

Yuu frowned slightly; at this rate of death, it was definitely poison.

He leaned in and gently sniffed the other person's breath: "This is... a cyanide-based poison."

Later, after listening to Yuya's words, Kenjiro Wakita took out a rusty coin, dipped it in the mineral water, and said with some puzzlement, "The water flowing out of this bottle didn't show any oxidation-reduction reaction? It seems that the bottle wasn't poisoned."

Yuya glanced around and saw that it was clear that Kawasaki Yosuke had died from water poisoning after drinking it.

But there was no poison in the water, meaning the poison entered the deceased's mouth in another form.

However, there were no water stains on his mouth or collar, so it was probably not poison that he was forced to drink.

But how could the murderer possibly get someone with mysophobia to swallow poison without any suspicion?

Just then, Yuya suddenly noticed a piece of paper lying on the ground next to him. He picked it up and glanced at it, only to find that it was the same 36-square cipher table as before.

“It’s that coded paper again…” Yuya frowned slightly, his gaze slowly sweeping over everyone. “It seems this murder case is not over yet.”

The remaining three all showed expressions of horror, while Conan and the others had serious expressions.

After a second murder, Yuya had no choice but to call the Nagano Prefectural Police to report the situation, but the phone, which had been able to connect just moments before, now said it was unreachable.

He glanced at the increasingly heavy snow outside and said in a deep voice, "It seems the snow was so heavy that it broke the antenna of the signal base station."

Yu has encountered this kind of thing several times before, and he's quite experienced with it now.

"Why... was he really poisoned?" Gu Puyu Hui covered her mouth, leaning against the wall, her face full of disbelief.

Yuya nodded: "The almond taste in the mouth is a characteristic of cyanide-based poisons."

"However, there was no poison in the water, and there were no water stains on his mouth or collar, which means that he was not forced to drink water or be poisoned. He ingested the poison himself. The only remaining possibility is that someone set a trap for him to take the poison himself."

“And that person,” Yuya’s gaze slowly swept over the three of them, “is among you.”