Fateful Entanglement

Soon, paramedics arrived at the scene, and amidst the commotion of the crowd, she was taken to the hospital.

Meanwhile, several police cars arrived at the scene and began to investigate the poisoning site of Sayuri Matsumoto.

"Inspector Megure, based on the on-site investigation, we deduce that someone put Sodium hydroxide in the lemon tea!"

"Just like what Brother Fujino said."

Upon Juzo Megure murmured and turned to look at Fujino: "So, after Sayuri drank that can of beverage, that's why she collapsed on the ground?"

"That's right."

Fujino nodded. Beside him were Ran, Sonoko, and Conan.

At this moment, Sonoko and Ran showed signs of anxiety.

Conan, on the other hand, wore a deep expression.

"How is my daughter?!"

Matsumoto Kiyochika rushed to the bride's preparation room and anxiously asked Juzo Megure.

"According to the rescuers, she seems to be alright; her heartbeat and breathing are stable, but she is still in shock and needs to be taken back to the hospital for gastric lavage..."

Juzo Megure explained, "Thanks to Fujino, who used vinegar in time to neutralize the Sodium hydroxide and used milk to stop the substance from burning further, even the rescuers said that this was textbook-level first aid."

Upon hearing this, Matsumoto Kiyochika lowered his head.

After a moment of silence, he slowly walked to Fujino's side and patted Fujino on the shoulder.

The silence conveyed their gratitude.

Fujino understood and nodded.

"Excuse me, who needs to go to the hospital with the ambulance?"

The paramedics who carried Sayuri Matsumoto away asked questions of the crowd.

"I want to go!"

"Me too!"

"No one is allowed to leave until the truth of the matter is clarified!"

Matsumoto Kiyochika shouted, interrupting Ran, Sonoko, and Takasugi Toshihiko, "Until the truth of the matter is clarified, everyone present could be the murderer."

After saying that, he sternly reprimanded the paramedics on the other side, "Why aren't you getting the patient to the hospital? What are you dawdling around here for?"

"Yes!"

"Now is not the time to doubt this or that!"

Standing nearby, Takasugi Toshihiko was displeased and roared at Matsumoto Kiyochika, "She's your daughter! Don't you want to be by her side right now?!"

"Brother Fujino has done everything he could to provide emergency first aid to Sayuri. There's no point in going there now."

Matsumoto Kiyochika Kiyonaga stared coldly at Takasugi Toshihiko: "But speaking of which, my good son-in-law, even I, as his father, am not in a hurry, so why are you? Do you have some reason to get out of here?"

"Ah?!"

Upon hearing this, Takasugi Toshihiko took two steps back, revealing a flustered expression.

"Takasugi Toshihiko, you must be the one who poisoned Matsumoto -sensei, right?"

Fujino then went up and delivered the final blow.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Takasugi Toshihiko frowned upon hearing this. "How could I possibly kill my own fiancé?"

"I don't know why you killed your fiancé."

Fujino turned his gaze to Takasugi Toshihide, not wanting to waste any more words. "But you were the one who last touched that drink."

"Yes, I saw it too!"

Junji Umemiya, who was summoned to the scene, chimed in, "He was the last one to go to the teacher's room!"

Kazumi Hitomi Takenaka, who had brought drinks to Sayuri Matsumoto earlier, also looked at her with suspicion. "Toshihiko, could it really be you?"

"Why are you all doubting me? How could I possibly poison Xiaobaihe!"

Takasugi Toshihiko wore an innocent expression, his eyes constantly glancing at the lemon tea still lying where Sayuri Matsumoto, his heart filled with anxiety.

"Oh my gosh!"

Just then, a child's voice rang out, "There seems to be something in the lemon tea!"

Everyone looked over at the sound and saw that, prompted by Conan, the Forensic Science Division officers had already picked up the capsule. "A capsule?"

"Capsule?"

Juzo Megure walked over and took the tweezers that had picked up the capsule. "If that's the case, then the groom isn't the only culprit. The murderer put the capsule containing Sodium hydroxide into the lemon tea, and over time, the poison inside will gradually be released..."

"If that's the case..."

With that, Juzo Megure stood up. "Brother Fujino, the culprit this time might not be him. All seven people who entered the scene at the end are suspects."

After finding new evidence, Conan slowly stood up and looked at Fujino.

Fujino, it seems your reasoning was wrong this time.

The killer is not as simple as he appears on the surface.

At this moment, Takasugi Toshihiko breathed a sigh of relief and said smugly to Fujino, "I knew it! How could it be me who killed Sayuri!"

Fujino frowned, walked to the side, and gave Conan a whack on the head. "Kids, don't interrupt!"

After knocking on Conan, Fujino continued, "No, even so, the only suspect is still Takasugi Toshihiko."

"I saw it. The lemon tea that Ms. Sayuri was holding was not the same lemon tea that she was holding at the beginning."

Fujino walked to the table where there were fresh flowers and another bottle of lemon tea:

"When Ran and Sonoko went to a nearby electronics store to buy batteries, Sonoko put her lemon tea on the table. At that time, Sayuri-sensei, who was telling the story of the past, did not notice this and picked up Sonoko's lemon tea."

After putting on white gloves, Fujino picked up the lemon tea from the table:

"If the capsule was indeed put into the lemon tea before that, then logically it should have been Sonoko into Sonoko's lemon tea. But Sonoko couldn't have poisoned herself, and similarly, Matsumoto- sensei couldn't have poisoned herself either, because she never left the bride's preparation room."

"Sodium hydroxide deliquesces into a highly corrosive substance upon contact with air, requiring a well-sealed environment. Neither Sonoko nor Matsumoto- sensei had this condition at the scene. The capsule was clearly placed there along with the Sodium hydroxide in an attempt to clear themselves of suspicion. Therefore, the only possible culprit is the person who last came into contact with that cup of lemon tea."

At this point, Fujino turned his gaze to Takasugi Toshihiko: "Takasugi Toshihiko, who touched that drink last, do you have any excuses left?"

"..."

Takasugi Toshihiko stared at Fujino, and after a moment of stunned silence, he burst into laughter. "What a blunder! I never expected Sayuri to take the wrong lemon tea."

Why did you do this?!

Matsumoto Kiyochika lunged forward and grabbed Takasugi Toshihiko by the collar. "Has Sayuri ever done anything to wrong you?! Why did you poison him?!"

"Of course, Xiaobaihe has never done anything to wrong me."

Takasugi Toshihiko scoffed, then shouted coldly, "I want you to experience what it's like to lose a loved one! Just like when you killed my mother!"

As Takasugi Toshihiko's voice rang out, everyone in the preparation room fell into a surprised silence.

Matsumoto Kiyochika stood there, stunned.

"But that woman is really silly, she can even get lemon tea wrong."

Takasugi Toshihiko scoffed, "But that makes sense. If she weren't stupid, how could she have so easily agreed to my pursuit, dreaming of marrying into a wealthy family and becoming a rich wife!"

Twenty years ago, Sayuri Matsumoto's father, Matsumoto Kiyochika, accidentally caused an accident while chasing a suspect.

Without receiving medical treatment, young Takasugi Toshihiko witnessed the death of his only relative, his mother.

Later, Takasugi Toshihiko was adopted by the Takasugi family and renamed Takasugi Toshihide.

While in college, Takasugi Toshihide accidentally learned that Sayuri Matsumoto was Matsumoto Kiyochika's daughter.

The reason he pursued Sayuri Matsumoto was entirely to avenge his mother.

Today, at the wedding, he carried out a poisoning incident.

However, what no one knew was that Sayuri Matsumoto had already figured out the truth of the matter.

Strictly speaking, this was a suicide.

Because she had already noticed it when Takasugi Toshihiko poisoned her...

But even though she knew the lemon tea was poisonous, she still chose to drink it.

All of this was to make up for the mistakes her father made back then.

Because she knew that this was the only chance to make up for the mistakes that Matsumoto Kiyochika made back then, and that the Matsumoto family did indeed owe Takasugi Toshihiko and Toshihide twenty years ago.

Fujino, who knew the truth from the beginning, had no intention of getting involved.

Intervening rashly will only make this ill-fated relationship more complicated; it's better to cut it off now.

Moreover, this time the System Task was to solve the case, not to resolve it by any means.

Fortunately, with the Angel in White skill effect, Fujino was confident that with sufficient preparation, he could protect Sayuri Matsumoto's life and also improve his doctor skill proficiency points.

But looking at Takasugi Toshihiko's face, he still felt a strange anger in his heart.

Now that the ill-fated relationship has been severed, he can make his move, right?