Chapter 849

Sure enough, this villa held a massive secret!

"Is it possible that the murderer is among us?" Hakuba Saguru said.

"The voice on this tape could have been recorded beforehand by someone currently present, and played during dinner while we were all listening, for all we know."

"Then, the murderer took advantage of our distraction to make Mr. Oogami drink the potassium cyanide prepared in advance, poisoning him to death."

Chima Tokiyo followed up with her analysis: "Furthermore, judging by the content played on the tape, the time of Oogami's death from the poison seems to have been within the murderer's grasp long ago."

Gunta Ikumi took the copper coin out of the cup, looked at it, and said, "The problem is, no traces of cyanide compounds were detected in the cup of black tea he drank."

Kaitou Kid frowned: "If there was no poison in the black tea, that means it happened when the cup reached his lips..."

Gunta Ikumi shook her head, "That's also unlikely, because he had brought this cup of black tea to his lips two or three times."

The detectives analyzed it for a long time, but could not find the method used to poison the gluttonous detective.

They couldn't help but turn their gaze toward Akaso Kaze.

"My lord Onmyoji, you haven't spoken since arriving at the dining room. I wonder if you have noticed anything?"

Gunta Ikumi asked, blinking her large eyes.

Akaso Kaze glanced at her and said indifferently, "Oogami Shukuzen had a habit of biting his thumb; that is how he was poisoned."

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

After checking, it was indeed so.

The poison had been placed on the outside of the teacup, where his thumb would touch. After it stained his skin, Oogami Shukuzen put it into his mouth, and just like that, he poisoned himself to death.

"Did you know who did it, my lord Akaso?" Gunta Ikumi asked.

Akaso Kaze did not answer.

The situation here was somewhat eerie; it was better to observe a bit more. Revealing the truth now might not necessarily be the right move. ===== CHAPTER 851 =====