Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1369 The reception begins

Faced with Qin Zhibo's questioning, Akiyoshi Miwako, who was holding a cup of coffee, was shocked at first, but soon calmed down.

She slowly put the coffee cup back on the table and calmly asked, "Mr. Qin, did you really find the bomb?"

"Even if the bomb was really found, there were so many people on the ship. What basis do you have to say that I planted it?"

Qin Zhibo saw that Akiyoshi Miwako was not going to admit it, so he was not in a hurry and said calmly.

"The bombs are placed in very professional positions. They can definitely sink the ship, but they won't cause it to sink too quickly..."

"This suggests that whoever installed the bomb was very skilled, knew the ship's weak spots, and had access to the working area at the bottom of the cabin."

"But since Ms. Akiyoshi feels that I have offended you, I apologize."

Qin Zhibo nodded slightly to express his apology.

Akiyoshi Miwako: “…”

There was a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Although her attitude was rather tough, she also knew that the famous detective must have at least some clues to find her.

But now, she couldn't quite see the purpose of the man in front of her.

"What on earth did you come to me for?"

"If you really found a bomb, shouldn't you go to the police?"

Akiyoshi Miwako pretended to be calm and communicated with Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo nodded and said calmly: "We should indeed call the police, but not now..."

"To be honest, I'm looking for something on the ship right now."

"what?"

"A large iron box, about 6 meters high, was once found in the dock, but no one knows where it is now."

"Iron box?" Akiyoshi Miwako's beautiful eyes moved slightly, "Is there anything in it?"

Qin Zhibo shook his head, "I don't know."

"But I think that thing is more threatening than the bomb on the ship, so I want to find it..."

"Ms. Akiyoshi, since you are the designer of this ship, can you provide some suggestions?"

"If it were you, where would you hide the iron box?"

Akiyoshi Miwako frowned and looked at Qin Zhibo warily.

She wondered if this was another test from the famous detective.

In response, she could only pretend to think about it and tentatively responded: "Maybe it's the cargo hold?"

"It's not in the cargo hold. I've searched everywhere." Qin Zhibo replied firmly.

"Really? It seems that it is not easy to get in there if you are not a member of the crew. Even if you are a detective..."

"I have my own method."

Qin Zhibo interrupted her and then smiled mysteriously.

His method is naturally Minase Harumi, who can pass through walls at will.

However, even with the help of the ghost, and even after finding the bomb at the bottom of the cabin, the big iron box was not found.

Although the ship is very large, the iron box is not a small object, so it should not be difficult to find.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo could only suspect that this cruise ship was designed with some hidden rooms specifically for hiding iron boxes.

Qin Zhibo expressed his thoughts, but Akiyoshi Miwako shook her head and denied it.

"That's impossible. I designed most of this ship. I've even seen the drawings of the part designed by the teacher. There is no hidden compartment like you mentioned."

The chief designer of the Aphrodite was Eito Yashiro, but most of the work was done by Miwako Akiyoshi.

However, Qin Zhibo did not give up and continued to ask, "Where exactly are the parts designed by the eighth generation of British people?"

Akiyoshi Miwako's expression froze for a moment, and after thinking for two seconds, she said, "The teacher's designs are mainly concentrated in the work area on the lower level, because the teacher used to design cargo ships."

"I am responsible for the tourist entertainment area above, except for the Black Forest Restaurant, which is a theme restaurant designed by the teacher himself..."

Since this cruise ship mainly provides tourism services, Miwako Akiyoshi's design is the biggest signature of this cruise ship.

After listening to Akiyoshi Miwako's introduction, Qin Zhibo looked thoughtful.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.

If it's there, maybe I can hide...

"Okay, thank you, Ms. Akiyoshi."

Qin Zhibo quickly stood up and said goodbye to Akiyoshi Miwako.

Before leaving, he looked back at the woman with glasses and said, "By the way, I already know who the murderer of the eight generations of father and daughter is..."

"I think you will be surprised at the identity of that person, because it is someone you and I both know."

"Oh?"

Akiyoshi Miwako's eyes were slightly shocked, and she pretended to be calm as she raised her hand to adjust the frameless glasses on her high nose.

“…Who is that person?”

Seeing Akiyoshi Miwako's micro-expression reaction, Qin Zhibo smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, the truth will be revealed sooner or later."

"But not now..."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo turned around and left in a cool manner.

Looking at Qin Zhibo's departing back, several dark lines appeared on Akiyoshi Miwako's forehead and her expression was very complicated.

When she reached out to touch the coffee cup, her hand holding it began to tremble.

……

Qin Zhibo left the restaurant, and had basically grasped the whole picture of the murder of eight generations of father and daughter.

The real murderer is Miwako Akiyoshi.

She was the one who planted the bomb.

Although she tried her best to appear calm, the bomb was discovered so easily that her expression was still flawed.

And her words betrayed her.

Unlike the bombs installed by the half-baked Kusaka Hironari, the purpose of these bombs is to sink the ship completely.

However, when the ship she had worked so hard to design was about to be sunk, Akiyoshi Miwako's reaction was to calmly ask herself whether she had notified the police.

In addition, Qin Zhibo guessed that she herself should know that Kusaka Guangcheng used her as an alibi.

Akiyoshi Miwako, a smart woman, should have known long ago that Kusaka Hironari had impure motives for approaching her, and she found the truth of the incident 15 years ago and the crime plan on Kusaka Hironari's computer.

So, she decided to take advantage of the situation and comply with Kusaka Hiroshige's criminal plan.

However, the success rate of Kusaka Hironari's half-baked plan was too low, forcing Akiyoshi Miwako to take action herself.

She entered Suite 604 when Yashiro Takie was taking a shower, knocked Yashiro Takie unconscious, then disguised herself as Yashiro Takie and waited for Kusaka Hironari to come.

In front of Kusaka Hironari, she used a blood plasma bag to pretend to be attacked and killed, and then killed the real Yashiro Takie in the same way and left the scene.

The evidence is that before Qin Zhibo came to find Akiyoshi Miwako herself, he had sneaked into her room and found that a bathrobe was missing from the bathroom in her room.

Because she was wearing a bathrobe from her room and pretending to be Yashiro Takie, and then took the bathrobe away and threw it into the sea. The purpose of doing this was that the bathrobe was stained with fake plasma when she pretended to be Yashiro Takie, and it had to be taken away and destroyed.

The fact that Akiyoshi Miwako had even considered this in advance shows that she is extremely meticulous.

On the other hand, Hirasaka Hirose not only wrote his criminal plan on the computer, making such a childish mistake, but he even did not confirm the appearance of the target when killing his enemy.

And Kusaka Hironari's murder of the eighth president should have been secretly helped by Akiyoshi Miwako.

In this way, she could escape the crime by pretending to be a "stupid woman" used by Kusaka Hironari to create an alibi in front of the police.

As for the last target of Kusaka Hironari's assassination plan - Kaito Wataru, Akiyoshi Miwako also completed the plan.

Kusaka Hironari's plan was to use a bomb to create chaos at the welcome party and take the opportunity to assassinate Captain Kaito Wataru.

But he didn't know that the power supply system of a large cruise ship like this is very complete. The power supply will not be completely lost due to damage to a distribution room. The backup power supply system will be activated immediately.

As the designer of the ship, Miwako Akiyoshi was well aware of this, so she installed a bomb that was powerful enough to sink the cruise ship, and then took advantage of the chaos to kill Watari Kaito.

Because as the captain's duty, he must make sure that everyone has escaped before he can leave last.

Because of this, Qin Zhibo did not find the bomb detonator in Akiyoshi Miwako's room.

The bomb was detonated using a countdown, and the time was probably when the cocktail party was going on.

However, Qin Zhibo found a spear gun in her suitcase. She must have planned to wait until Hai Tengdu was the only one left on the boat and then shoot him dead.

As for the reason why Akiyoshi Miwako did all this, it was probably to avenge her father, Captain Okita on the Yashiro Maru freighter who died 15 years ago.

Now that he has figured out the truth of the case, Qin Zhibo is no longer in a hurry to solve it.

The truth of the case will come out sooner or later.

However, he must find out what is in the "big iron box" before the ship sinks.

The reason why he didn't tell the police about the bomb was that compared to the danger of the ship sinking, the "big iron box" mentioned in the main mission was obviously more dangerous.

Perhaps the fact that the bomb would sink the Aphrodite was a variable that the people behind the whole incident had failed to take into account.

If the bomb could be detonated on time, perhaps more people would be saved.

……

On the other side, the police officers and Kogoro Mouri were still discussing the case in the conference room.

Captain Kaito Tou came to report at this time that the Coast Guard had found the body suspected to be the eighth generation president.

Everyone's expressions were shocked, and there was a heavy look in their eyes.

Megure stood up at this time and said seriously: "Captain, there is something we want to discuss with you."

Kaito Watari held the captain's hat in one hand, "What is it?"

"Regarding the welcome reception to be held at five o'clock, since the death of the eighth president still requires further investigation, I would like to ask for your cooperation and temporarily cancel the welcome reception."

Hai Teng Du's eyes changed slightly, and he looked a little embarrassed, "But..."

"Please, Captain."

Just as Megure was negotiating with Kaito Wataru, a hoarse voice came from behind.

"Officer Megure, wait a moment."

"Let the reception go on as usual..."

"Ah?" Megure turned to look at Maori Kogoro and asked, "Mori brother, what are you talking about?"

According to general experience, the murderer has not been caught yet, and it is easy for something to go wrong if we rashly hold a large gathering.

And the murderer must be on this ship now.

However, Kogoro Mouri had already changed into a handsome black suit, with a handsome and confident smile on his face.

"Because then the truth will be revealed..."

Upon hearing these words, Megure and Takagi's expressions instantly brightened up.

"Brother Maori, could it be that you..."

"Has your inspiration finally come?"

After being praised by the two, Kogoro Mori immediately broke down and laughed with his tongue sticking out.

Seeing this, only the white bird complained helplessly, "But you haven't fallen asleep yet..."

White birds are good at summarizing patterns.

According to previous situations, before Kogoro Mouri switched to "Sleeping Kogoro Mouri", the reasoning he made was basically nonsense, and he always gave the wrong suspects.

Conan next to him glanced helplessly at his future father-in-law, his eyes full of disgust.

Ha ha……

  Is this uncle okay?

Compared to Kogoro Mouri solving the case, Conan trusts Tomohiro Qin to solve the case more.

However, Qin Zhibo disappeared from the boat an hour ago.

Logically speaking, since Qin Zhibo himself had already identified the murderer, it was impossible for him to do nothing.

  Could it be that he has already found the key evidence and is planning to wait until the welcome reception to make his move?

If this is the case, then my preparations would seem redundant.

……

5 o'clock, Main Dining Room 1.

When it was time for the welcome reception, the passengers on the ship changed into formal suits and gathered here one after another.

Conan also ran to gather with Mao Lilan and others, enjoying a short moment of happiness.

Seeing Dr. Chengshi was also there, Conan went up to ask.

"Doctor Cheng Shi, are you okay?"

"Well, I've almost recovered. Thank you Conan for your concern~"

Cheng Shi turned around and looked around, but the familiar man was not among the crowd.

So he turned to Conan and asked, "Conan, do you know where Mr. Qin is?"

Conan shook his head truthfully, "I don't know where Uncle Qin is..."

"Maybe he's investigating a case somewhere. He'll show up soon."

Conan guessed this way because he was already prepared to uncover the truth, and there was no reason why Qin Zhibo could not find out the truth of the case.

Of course, he did this to cover up for Kogoro Mouri who was about to make a fool of himself in public and prevent him from being laughed at too badly by everyone.

So he came to Dr. Agasa and asked in a low voice: "Doctor, did you bring the recorder?"

"Well, don't worry..." Dr. Agasa patted his trouser pocket, indicating that the thing was in his pocket.

At this moment, the lights in the venue suddenly flickered, the lighting atmosphere changed abruptly, and the spotlights were focused on the front of the stage.

A beautiful lady with a ponytail wearing a white uniform was standing on the podium giving a speech.

"Welcome to the Aphrodite..."

"I am the host of this cocktail party tonight. My name is Kaho Tsujimoto."

As soon as the sweet voice fell, warm applause broke out in the venue.

Conan looked at the beautiful woman on the stage and recognized her as the personal secretary of the Yashiro father and daughter.

"Thank you everyone." Kaho Tsujimoto nodded slightly.

"Before the cocktail party officially begins, let me introduce to you the main staff members of this cruise ship..."