Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 106 That damn madman!
Not only Ichiro, but it would be best if Natsue also died sooner.

This is Akie Hatomoto's truest thought.

What's wrong with thinking this way? My own sister is so biased, and my grandfather is so partial to me.

It's all Grandpa's fault for not treating everyone equally.

Natsukawa and Kogoro Mori exchanged a glance, both with a hint of helplessness in their eyes.

The Yamamoto family is truly something else; they are cold-blooded, greedy, and devoid of humanity.

"Don't worry, we'll go find it," Xia Chuan replied.

If Hiromoto Gozo were still alive, Natsukawa would definitely recommend that the other party find a feng shui master to take a good look at their ancestral graves. Given this family dynamic, their ancestral graves are probably already emitting black smoke (a Chinese expression for bad luck).

However, when it comes to Ichiro Hatomoto, Conan has something to say.

Bread crumbs were found at the scene of Gozo Bokumoto's death. Among everyone present, apart from the chef's second son, Shoji Bokumoto, only Ichiro Bokumoto might have used this as an eraser when he was drawing.

Shoji Hatomoto was in the kitchen at the time and has an alibi. The only person who could be the murderer who left breadcrumbs at the scene is Ichiro Hatomoto.

While the entire cruise ship was searching for Takeshi Hiromoto, Conan also discovered Hiromoto Ichiro's artwork in his room.

It's fine for an artist to paint anything, but it's problematic when they paint their own cousins.

Moreover, the fact that there were at least twenty or more sheets in the stack, all of which were by Natsue Hiramoto, speaks volumes.

Conan, with his wild imagination, combined this with the scene where Hiromoto Gozo angrily rebuked Hiromoto Ichiro for his unrealistic fantasies and delusions when he spoke ill of Hiromoto in the evening.

The answer is obvious: Ichiro Hiramoto is in love with the widow of his mother's brother.

The final point that confirmed Conan's suspicion that the culprit was Ichiro Hatomoto was that he had just entered the kitchen with practiced ease and retrieved the briefcase containing the knives.

Conan checked, and two knives were missing from the box.

One of them was taken by Ichiro Hiramoto, and the other one that disappeared was probably the murder weapon that was thrown away.

This explains everything.

The reason why Tatsuo Hiromoto died was probably because he witnessed Ichiro Hiromoto throwing a kitchen knife.

Conan deduced that the murderer of Hokuro Hatake was Suzuki, the butler.

Since the wounds of Mariko Hiromoto and Hokuro Hiromoto are almost identical, it is clear that they were inflicted by the same short blade, the same one that Suzuki used to kidnap Shoji Hiromoto.

The case is almost solved, but at this point, no one has time to listen to Conan's reasoning.

Furthermore, since the watch didn't have an anesthetic needle, he also lacked the means to anesthetize his uncle.

As for what to use to knock the uncle unconscious.

This is not within the scope of consideration.

The video Anya filmed him last time had already traumatized him, and he really didn't want the same thing to happen a second time.

Joel and his two companions returned quickly.

Xiao Lan looked anxious and immediately said, "Dad, the communication system in the control room has been compromised, and the cruise ship's power system has been shut down. We can't set sail again without the password."

"So, we're stuck at sea, completely motionless?" Kogoro Mori's face darkened as he peered down from the edge of the corridor railing.

The cruise ship has slowed down to almost a standstill.

Luxury cruise ships are now like lone boats on the vast ocean, drifting with the current.

There was no communication equipment; the place was too far from land, and the mobile phone couldn't receive a signal at all.

The isolation and helplessness chilled everyone's hearts.

Conan thus concluded that his guess was correct: Suzuki the butler was about to take action.

Xia Chuan considered for a moment, then took out his phone from his pocket.

"I'll make the call. My phone is connected to satellite, so I can communicate even at sea."

“I’ll handle the communication with the Metropolitan Police Department,” Joel said, stepping forward.

Xia Chuan nodded and handed over the phone.

There's no doubt that Joel's name will be much more useful.

"Father, when I was in the control room just now, I heard a noise coming from under the panels. It sounded like someone was down there," Anya said cutely, while mimicking Conan by pushing up her sunglasses.

"movement?"

Several people looked at each other.

Especially Joel and Xiaolan, neither of them heard a sound.

But judging from Anya's confident expression, could it be that they didn't notice?
Actually it is not.

Anya possesses the superpower of mind reading; she can receive thoughts within a radius of 8-10 meters centered on herself.

As long as the other person was thinking about something at the time.

Therefore, Anya sometimes uses this superpower as a radar, and it works quite well.

“Really!” Anya said with a serious expression, “There’s movement, a sparse sound.”

Whether it was Suzuki's butler or Ichiro Hiramoto and the others, it is unknown.

Natsukawa and Kogoro Mori exchanged a glance and decided to go check on the situation.

After gesturing for the others not to wander around the restaurant, the two left together.

Xia Chuan didn't care whether Ireland would kill everyone in the Houmoto family, but he was worried that Ireland would go crazy and sink the cruise ship.

The distillery is full of lunatics; there's nothing they won't do. The control room is on the first floor of the plywood.

If the noise is coming from below, it must be from the cabin on the next lower level.

Natsukawa and Kogoro Mouri each held a steel pipe in their hands, standing at the doorway of the room below the control room.

This was picked up from the deck. When facing a thug wielding a weapon, it's always reassuring to have some weapons in hand.

Xia Chuan originally wanted to find another fire axe, but time was of the essence, and he needed to quickly pinpoint Ireland's specific purpose.

door of the room.

Natsukawa and Kogoro Mori stood on either side of each other, looked at each other, and nodded.

Kogoro Mouri opened the door, while Natsukawa raised a steel pipe, ready to deliver a head-on blow to any potential Irish presence.

Around the corner behind them, Conan's gaze was serious, his shoes were brightly colored, and the iron bucket in his hand was ready to strike at any moment.

"Conan, when the culprit appears, kick this!"

The sound startled Conan, who turned around to look behind him. Anya was standing next to him at some point, holding a wooden stump about half his height.

“I went through so much trouble to bring this down.” Anya put down the wooden stump, her eyes wide with disparity, and said, “Be a good girl, you don’t want Uncle Mori to find out about that, do you?”

Anya should also contribute to the capture operation; we can't let Conan take all the credit.

Conan silently took the wooden block and then prepared to score.

The door opened, but the thing he was worried about didn't happen; only a gust of cold wind blew against Kogoro Mouri's face.

The room was empty. The glass of the observation window had been removed at some point, and cold wind and sea fog poured in through the window, covering Kogoro Mori's face.

"No, could Anya have misheard?"

Kogoro Mouri closed the door and wiped his face with his sleeve.

Seawater is salty, fishy, ​​and sticky, so wiping it only made it feel worse.

"It seems he heard the commotion and ran away. The observation window in the room has been removed, so he probably left through the window."

Conan, who was around the corner, sighed. As expected of a professional killer, he even dared to climb the observation window of a cruise ship.

"Conan, I heard something again!"

Anya whispered in Conan's ear, "Should we go down and look for it together?"

"Go down?" Conan immediately grasped the key point: Was Suzuki the butler on the second floor of the ship's cabin?

But he clearly didn't hear anything at all.

Considering that Anya's initial information was accurate, Conan chose to believe her.

He hesitated.

Should we tell Uncle Mori and Uncle Natsukawa about this?
No!

He didn't want to get punched by Uncle Mori again, so he decided to investigate on his own, since he had the leg-strengthening shoes anyway.

However, he was blocked as soon as he turned around to look for the stairs.

Xia Chuan and Kogoro Mouri appeared around the corner at some point, staring at him with sinister expressions.

"Listen to my explanation!"

boom!
Conan, with a large bump on his head, squatted in the corner and drew circles.

Anya was then caught by Xia Chuan.

"Father, let me go! I know where the bad guys are! I can hear them!"

Xia Chuan ignored him and went straight upstairs.

If it weren't for the fact that the little girl didn't like bamboo shoot stir-fried with meat, he would definitely have given Anya a good beating.

Don't you know it's dangerous here?
They actually managed to run down while Joel and the others weren't paying attention.

On the stairs, Xia Chuan suddenly felt something was wrong; the handrail was trembling!
what's the situation?
Before he could come up with an answer, a violent tremor came from below.

Rumble~
The enormous sound echoed across the sea, causing the calm surface to ripple and surge, and the ship to rock violently from side to side as the waves pushed it.

Xia Chuan pulled Anya tighter into his arms and quickly ran towards the stairs leading to the first floor.

"How exciting!" Anya's cheer almost made Xia Chuan stumble and fall.

Damn it, this daughter really doesn't shy away from making things worse.

A few seconds later, Xia Chuan arrived at the splint, panting heavily.

Kogoro Mouri and Conan also appeared at the stairwell entrance one after the other.

"what happened?"

There was no answer; Natsukawa had the same question.

The next instant, the sea breeze swept by, bringing with it a greasy smell.

In addition, the sound just now
A bad feeling arose in Xia Chuan's heart.

Damn Ireland, I'll kill you when I get back!!

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(Chapter 106 was under review and has just been released; the reason is unknown...)
(End of this chapter)