Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1365 Search in Progress

After a brief inspection of the scene, Qin Zhibo had the door of room 604 locked and no one was allowed to enter.

Then he went to the helipad on the top floor of the cruise ship with Kogoro Mouri and Conan to welcome the arrival of the police.

The helicopter from the Metropolitan Police Department slowly descended with a loud noise from the propellers until it landed steadily on the huge Aphrodite wave pattern in the center of the apron.

The helicopter door opened and the old acquaintance Takagi came down first, followed closely by Megure and Shiratori, as well as Identification Officer Tomi and two young Identification Officers.

Originally, the Metropolitan Police Department did not intend to send so many people to investigate an attempted murder case.

However, after hearing that someone from the consortium had been killed on the ship, all the main forces of the First Investigation Section were temporarily mobilized to show the importance they attached to the case.

Megure held the hat on his head to prevent it from being blown away by the hurricane created by the propeller, while asking Kogoro Mori about the situation.

Although Brother Qin is stronger in reasoning ability, when it comes to simple and rough work like introducing the case, Megure still cooperates better with Brother Mori, who was once his colleague.

Kogoro Mori introduced that the whereabouts of the missing president Yashiro are still being searched for, and the crime scene of the president's murder has been sealed.

Megure responded and understood the general situation.

But at this moment, Takagi, who was walking behind, started to complain.

"But, Mr. Maori, whether in the sky or on the sea, wherever you are, there will be murders!"

Shiratori also followed Takagi's words and said, "Are you going to go to space on a rocket next time?"

"Come on, how is this possible?"

Kogoro Mori glanced out of the corner of his eye and retorted with his unique tongue rolling, but he was already used to it.

Death is like the wind, always with me.

Only Qin Zhibo knew that the one who truly possessed the power of the god of death was not Maori Kogoro.

Maori Kogoro is just standing on the shoulders of a dwarf...

……

Soon, everyone returned to room 604.

The forensic officer began taking photos of Takie Yashiro's body and collecting evidence and clues from the surrounding area.

Qin Zhibo specifically instructed the forensic officer to carefully identify the suspected blood stain next to Guijiang's body.

Kogoro Mouri showed Inspector Megure the iron fan he picked up at the dock, and explained in detail the whole process from the "prank" in which Cheng Shi was kidnapped and taken to the morgue to the discovery of Yasiro Takie's body.

Afterwards, the forensic officer went to the dock where the iron fan was found to investigate.

The entire evidence-gathering process lasted nearly two hours before everyone came to a meeting room on the Aphrodite to summarize and discuss clues.

According to the investigation by the forensic officer, a large number of fingerprints of the eighth president were found on the stair railings at the entrance of the dock.

This shows that the eighth president did come to the dock in person.

Some blood was also found at the gate at the lower entrance of the dock, and the blood type matched that of the eighth president himself.

And according to the crew's report, the dock gate had been opened.

Outside the gate is the endless sea.

Based on these clues, everyone immediately concluded that the eighth generation president was probably dead in the Pacific Ocean, so there was no trace of the eighth generation president on the ship.

Maori Kogoro sat in the first row of the conference room, his hands on his face, and said with a serious expression: "It is likely that the president was attacked by someone in the dock, and then pushed into the sea after the gate was opened..."

"Dr. Cheng Shi was attacked because he happened to be in the dock at the time. The murderer mistakenly thought that he had seen the crime, so he planned to kill him to silence him."

Kogoro Mouri's reasoning was immediately recognized by Inspector Megure.

"Shiratori, contact the Coast Guard immediately and conduct a search in the nearby waters."

"Yes." Bai Niao took the order and left.

Megure turned to look at Takagi again, "Takagi, I also want to talk to the Niimi couple, go and bring them over."

"Yes."

Most former Japanese prime ministers with ordinary backgrounds have few privileges in all aspects, which is why Megure did not hesitate to talk to him.

As soon as Megure's order was given, a discordant voice was heard.

"But if the murderer was worried about being caught by Dr. Cheng Shi committing the crime, why didn't he push Dr. Cheng Shi into the sea as well?"

"Wouldn't it be simpler and more direct this way?"

Megure was stunned and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and found that it was Conan who was sitting next to Qin Zhibo.

Thanks to Qin Zhibo's protection, he was not kicked out.

Conan held his chin up, looking like a little brat, his eyes not looking over here, but the questioning voice was indeed heard over here.

This made Maori Kogoro, who was sitting at another table, a little unhappy, and he immediately argued: "Idiot! The murderer must have closed the gate at that time, and it will take time to open it again..."

"He was worried that he might be discovered if he delayed for too long, so he temporarily took Dr. Cheng Shi to the morgue."

As expected, Kogoro Mori's ability to adapt to circumstances was immediate, and he immediately imagined the situation at that time.

However, Conan remained serious and silent after hearing this.

Qin Zhibo, who was sitting next to him, also felt that the case was not as simple as Maori Kogoro said.

The most direct reason why Cheng Shi was knocked down and sent to the morgue was probably the big iron box he found.

  What's in that box?

When Qin Zhibo was following the police investigation at the dock just now, he also asked some crew members about the big iron box.

However, the crew members were all unanimous in their statements, saying that there was no habit of placing large cargoes in the dock and that all cargoes were stored in the cargo hold.

Qin Zhibo followed the crew to the so-called cargo hold, but did not find the big iron box that Cheng Shi mentioned.

The locating spell can't find things that you don't remember...

What’s more important is that the things in the box may cause major sacrifices on the cruise ship at any time.

If I search for it on a large scale, I might trigger some terrible things in advance.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the meeting room.

"Please come in."

Two people came in from the door. They were the chief crew member who appeared at the door of room 604 just now, whose surname was Misaki, and the secretary of the Yashiro father and daughter, whose surname was Tsujimoto.

As soon as the two entered the door, they talked about their latest discoveries.

"We asked the passengers on the 6th floor, and some of them said they saw a man coming out of the eighth president's room at 10:15 a.m."

"what?!"

Megure and Maori Kogoro were shocked. Finally, there was a familiar eyewitness clue.

"What does that guy look like?"

The crew member and the secretary of the Cape shook their heads regretfully. "The person was wearing a souvenir windbreaker given by the ship. He was about 170cm tall and thin. However, because he was wearing sunglasses and a scarf, his face was not clear. It was even difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman."

"I deliberately hid my face..."

Megure murmured and sat back in his chair in disappointment.

However, Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the murderer is this person."

"The murderer first killed Ms. Yashiro Takae who came out of the bathroom in room 604, and then rushed to the dock and killed President Yashiro who came to the appointment."

"Then at 10:20, they attacked Cheng Shi who happened to be in the dock and took him to the ship's morgue."

"These three cases are likely to be committed by the same person."

With the guidance of Kogoro Mori, Inspector Megure once again skipped the step of thinking.

At this time, Shiratori came back and told Megure that the Coast Guard had been dispatched.

However, it still takes some time to search for a body that fell into the vast Pacific Ocean.

But the good news is that when a corpse falls into the water, it will not breathe, and the stomach and lungs will not be choked by water, which will cause the body to float directly on the sea surface, making the search more convenient.

…1:30 p.m.

Chengshi's strength gradually recovered and he began to feel hungry.

So everyone borrowed a wheelchair, pushed Cheng Shi out of the infirmary, and took him to a restaurant outside to eat.

There are a total of 5 main restaurants on the Aphrodite, but in order to take care of Cheng Shi's physical strength, everyone came to the nearest restaurant.

Black Forest Restaurant.

This restaurant is the most distinctive restaurant on the entire ship, offering a variety of dishes, mainly grilled.

The reason why this restaurant is the most distinctive is that its decoration is unique and is completely based on the forest theme.

There are large areas of vegetation in the restaurant, including forests, low shrubs and even lawns.

The relatively dim lighting creates a unique atmosphere. Guests dining in the open space in the woods feel as if they are in a large forest.

And all these experiences actually came from a cruise ship on the sea.

This unique sense of contrast is quite romantic.

Haibara Ai and Cheng Shi sat in the reserved seats while the others went to get food.

After a while, Ran Mouri, Sonoko, and Professor Agasa, the three little ones brought a lot of food.

Among them are grilled beef, grilled bird skewers, charcoal-grilled eel, etc. There are also light foods that Haibara Ai specifically asked Chengshi to get, such as seafood porridge, vegetable salad, and fruit platter.

After everyone was seated, the three little ones, who had been hungry for the whole afternoon, began to eat with relish.

Dr. Agasa stared at the roast beef on the table, feeling a little eager to try something.

He had just brought this plate of roast beef from the buffet table when Haibara Ai was not around.

As a result, now in front of Haibara Ai, he was a little afraid to do it.

Because of Haibara Ai's strict obesity management, he is only allowed to eat one meal with meat per week.

And the sumptuous meal last night has already used up this week's quota.

"By the way, why haven't Uncle Maori and Uncle Qin come back yet? Don't they want to have lunch?" Sonoko asked at this time.

Mao Lilan stopped the knife and fork in her hand, turned to look at Sonoko, and explained: "I heard from Conan that there was a murder on the ship, so she can't come back..."

"What? Murder!"

Yuanzi was shocked and the sound also startled some of the guests around.

"Sh-!"

Mao Lilan quickly made a shushing gesture, "Sonoko, this matter is not yet public, it must be kept secret..."

"Oh." Sonoko nodded repeatedly, but her face was still full of shock.

At this time, the three kids sitting opposite heard that there was a murder on the boat, and Conan was still not back, so they realized something was wrong.

Mitsuhiko: "That guy Conan left us to investigate again?"

Yuan Tai: "How cunning! He didn't even inform us of the case. He only informed Xiaolan..."

Ayumi: "Well, let's go find Conan after dinner!"

The three little ones expressed their opinions and soon reached a consensus on the goal.

However, before they could implement the plan, Haibara Ai canceled the plan of the three people.

"Dah..."

"If a crime happened on the ship, it means there is a murderer. It is safer for everyone to stay together at this time."

"And even if you go, the police won't let you participate in the case just because you're a member of the Junior Detective Team."

Haibara Ai analyzed the current situation rationally, which made the three little ones immediately become dejected.

  I’m not happy if I can’t get involved in a case!

The three little ones could only turn their grief and anger into strength and continue to eat with relish.

When Chengshi, Maoli Ran and Sonoko saw the three little ones being completely subdued by Haibara Ai, they showed a knowing smile on their faces.

"Dah..."

At this time, Huihara Ai said again lightly.

The three little ones quickly raised their heads, thinking that Huibara Ai was talking about them.

Just when they were about to say that they had given up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the case, they saw Haibara Ai taking back a plate of roast beef from the dining table in front of Professor Agasa.

"Doctor, you already ate meat yesterday, so you can't eat it today."

"No, I probably can't eat it this week..."

Haibara Ai took the roast beef away calmly and put it back on the group dining table.

Dr. Agasa looked lost and helpless.

He was planning to steal a few pieces of beef while Haibara Ai was persuading the three little ones, but he still couldn't escape Haibara Ai's eyes.

Mao Lilan smiled and looked at Huiyuan Ai, "It feels like Xiao Ai is a serious and responsible parent~"

"When Dr. Cheng Shi was kidnapped just now, Xiao Ai was also very anxious..."

When she heard the second sentence, Huibara Ai, who was calmly eating fruit, blushed slightly.

Cheng Shi looked down at Haibara Ai with a smile on his lips.

"Thank you, Ai."

"nothing……"

Haibara Ai's voice remained calm, but there were already some waves in her heart.

This is nothing compared to what you did for me...

……

Tiered meeting room.

The police and detectives spent a brief 15 minutes eating the meal brought by the crew and then continued their investigation.

Megure met with former Prime Minister Niimi and his wife and took down their statements.

Then, all the current clues were summarized and the murderer's crime timeline was written on the whiteboard.

Since the murderer was committing two murders on a single front, the itineraries of the father and daughter, Chairman Yashiro and Takae Yashiro, were planned separately.

After establishing the timeline, the police found that the schedule was very accurate, with an error of no more than 3 minutes.

Therefore, it is suspected that the murderer had known the itinerary of the eight generations of father and daughter in advance.

In addition, the only person who can sneak into Room 604 is the holder of the master key, which provides a reliable direction for investigating the murderer.

However, the words of the Cape crew once again put the investigation into trouble.

"There are quite a lot of people who have master keys..."

"Besides me, the guards, Xia Fan who is in charge of protection, Secretary Tsujimoto, the chief crew member, the head waiter, almost everyone."

"I see..." Inspector Megure held his chin in his hand, his thoughts coming to a standstill.

At this time, Qin Zhibo asked, "Ms. Tsujimoto, besides you, does anyone else know about the president's schedule?"

The secretary turned to look at the crew member next to him and said, "I only told Director Misaki about the itinerary. No one else knows..."

Qin Zhibo took a quick look at the appearance and physique of the two men. The crew member was a little fat and the secretary was not tall enough, both of them were different from the suspected murderer witnessed by the passengers.

However, this does not mean that the murderer has no other way to know the itinerary of the eight generations father and daughter.

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