Conan Rick's Investigator

【Survey√】

A familiar scale

No matter how many people die in the same series of cases, the mission will only be triggered once.

The mission had been triggered when Ebina died before, so now Qin Zhibo can directly investigate without triggering the mission.

Qin Zhibo discovered the footprints behind the fishing net at a glance through the investigation point.

As for this scale, Qin Zhibo certainly felt familiar with it.

These were the same scales that fell from Shimabukuro Keikazu when he was chasing him in the Mermaid Forest.

……

After Kogoro Mouri borrowed a flashlight, Heiji Hattori and Conan began to investigate the surroundings carefully.

The number of scales is not too many, but their distribution is puzzling.

There are relatively more scales around Naoko Kuroe, but relatively fewer scales along the footprints.

There are also some scales on Naoko's body.

It looked like a mermaid covered in scales really came out of the sea and killed Naoko, so more scales fell off as the target struggled violently.

At other times, because it is just normal walking, not many scales fall off.

Although scattering the scales in this way is very logical, the murderer doesn't really think that the police will identify the murderer as a mermaid, right?

Conan and Hattori Heiji didn't understand the murderer's imagination, while Qin Zhibo stood next to Kuroe Naoko and picked up the skills on the corpse calmly.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Naoko Kuroe]

[Time of death: half an hour ago]

[Cause of death: strangulation]

[Corpse investigation completed, skill acquired: Accounting]

[Repeatedly acquiring a skill will convert it into 1000 skill proficiency points for that skill]

After the investigation was completed, Qin Zhibo's accounting skills were successfully upgraded to a higher level, and his ability to detect fake accounts became even stronger.

At this moment, the Fukui Prefecture police finally arrived a day later, hurried over with flashlights, and scolded these people to leave the murder scene.

Kogoro Maori explained briefly and introduced himself to the indigenous police here.

"The three of us are all legitimate detectives with professional ethics. We will not destroy the scene at will."

The policeman was stunned for a moment and counted the people on the beach with his fingers.

"One, two, three... Is this kid also a detective?"

Kogoro Mouri was stunned to find that Conan was also investigating seriously beside him.

Seeing that the police was pointing at him, Conan scratched his head and laughed foolishly, and was then given the "get out of the scene" kick by Kogoro Mouri.

"Now the remaining three are detectives." Kogoro Mouri explained again.

But the policeman glanced at the beach, his eyes still full of confusion.

"One, two... There are only two of you, so where did the third person come from?"

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji, who had been standing on the beach obediently, became unhappy.

"Hey, hey, hey! Am I not a human being?"

Suddenly, a strange Kansai accent came from the dark seaside, which scared these inexperienced native policemen.

"Who is speaking?"

"Come out here so I can see you!"

Qin Zhibo glanced at the police who were looking around, and then looked at Hattori Heiji who was standing next to him.

He sighed helplessly and used the nuclear lighter to light Hattori Heiji.

This is a sad story of "born in darkness and blending into darkness".

But who says that only those who stand in the light are heroes?

Chapter 458: The main plot of the face

With the help of Qin Zhibo's lighting, the police finally noticed the presence of Hattori Heiji.

Realizing that the police couldn't see him because his skin was too dark, Hattori Heiji had a few more black lines appear on his forehead, hiding himself in the darkness again.

……

As a result, the indigenous police from Fukui Prefecture took over the investigation of the murder scene, and the other detectives had to retreat to the front of the house to continue investigating the case.

According to the recollections of the Ebina couple, Naoko Kuroe was the first to arrive here and left after not staying in the vigil room for long.

In addition, Naoko Kuroe's "Dugong Arrow" also disappeared, so Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro unanimously speculated that it must be the murderer of Sumi Ebina who asked Naoko Kuroe to come out and kill her.

"But fish scales fell from the murder scene..."

"Isn't the murderer a mermaid?"

Fearing the strange legend, Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama leaned against each other, looking terrified.

Hattori Heiji and Conan rolled their eyes helplessly and said unhappily, "Fool, how can a mermaid wear long boots..."

This reminded Qin Zhibo, who was silent at the side, of the mermaid in "The Mermaid" who wore long boots...

"I think the murderer may have walked along the wave line, then came to the fishing net where he and Naoko had agreed to meet, killed her, and then left the scene along the coastline."

While describing the murderer's methods, Hattori Heiji quietly observed Benzo Kadowaki's reaction.

But Menwabe Benzo was not at all panicked, he just burped lightly.

He is indeed a master...

In Hattori Heiji's opinion, Benzo Menwa usually uses alcoholism to disguise himself, and is actually a murderous devil who does not take human life seriously.

Damn it! I will definitely bring you to justice!

……

While waiting for the police investigation, the guests who came to Ebina's home to keep vigil continued to have a meal.

During the banquet, the police checked everyone's personal belongings, focusing on the "dugong arrows".

But unfortunately, apart from Toyama Kazuha and Benzo Menwa who drew the "Dugong Arrow" yesterday, no one else took Kuroe Naoko's arrow.

Seeing Toyama Kazuha carefully retracting the arrow under her clothes after checking, and seeing Benzo Kadowa glance at Toyama Kazuha without leaving a trace, Hattori Heiji felt a tightness in his heart.

"He Ye, please don't leave my side..."

Looking at the handsome back of Hattori Heiji, Toyama Kazuha's face flushed.

Back at the dining table, Hattori Heiji and Kudo Shinichi had a brief discussion.

First of all, judging from the footprints, the murderer returned to the sea after killing the person, so even if he came to keep vigil, there would be no evidence left on his body.

Secondly, although Kuroe Naoko's parents were away, they were still alive and had not suffered a shipwreck, just like Ebina Sumi's situation.

This makes the motive for the murder even more intriguing...

"What a shame! If only we knew who bought which number plate last night..."

Hattori Heiji, who was frustrated by the lack of evidence to investigate Benzo Kadowara, sighed, and Shimabukuro Kimie, who was sitting next to him, heard it.

"That's easy. I'll write down the holder of each number in the roster every year."

"Do you want to look at that list?"

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji and Conan were delighted, feeling that they saw a glimmer of hope in solving the case.

"Of course! Let's go now."

Hattori Heiji and Conan quickly stood up, Toyama Kazuha also followed, and Mouri Ran supported the slightly drunk Kogoro.

There was also Qin Zhibo who followed silently at the back.

……

"Strange...what happened?"

"I remember putting it in this drawer..."

Shimabukuro Kimie rummaged through the drawer and took out a stack of rosters, but the only one missing was this year's.

"Could it be that your great-grandmother took it?"

Faced with the hypothesis put forward by Hattori Heiji, Shimabukuro Kimie immediately rejected it, "This is absolutely impossible."

Qin Zhibo: "..."

"Does anyone else know that this list is placed here?" Conan asked next to him.

"Almost everyone on the island knows about this," Shimabukuro said as he stood up. "To be on the safe side, I'd better look in another room."

Seeing Shimabukuro Kimie walking out alone, Qin Zhibo felt that it was time to confront her. Just as he was about to follow her out, Mao Li Ran and Toyama Kazuha volunteered to help with the search.

Shimabukuro Kimie: "Okay then."

Qin Zhibo: It’s in the way…

The three of them left together. Qin Zhibo didn't want to talk about those horrifying things in front of the two little girls, so he could only hold it back for the time being.

There's still plenty of time tonight anyway.

Looking back, Hattori Heiji and Conan had already flipped through the roster of previous years without permission and found many familiar names.

"Oh~"

"The people who have been here are quite influential: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the President of the Bank of Japan, the Chairman of a financial group..."

"So everyone wants to live forever~"

Hattori Heiji's tone was somewhat sarcastic, but he didn't know that immortality is the ultimate dream of mankind.

When desires for power, money, etc. are satisfied, what should we pursue next?

Thousands of years ago, Qin Shi Huang had already given the correct answer...

Conan flipped through the list in his hand and looked at it boredly.

Suddenly, a familiar name appeared on the paper.

Miyano Shiho...

Conan's body jolted, which caught the attention of Qin Zhibo, who was standing behind him. He lowered his head to check.

Miyano Shiho!

Looking at the name on the list, Conan recalled where he seemed to have heard it before...

Oh right! That Haibara guy’s real name is Miyano Shiho.

Conan, who felt as if there was a main plot to follow, was about to investigate it carefully, but then he changed his mind and thought that Haibara Ai would not be the kind of person who wanted to stay young and beautiful forever, otherwise her character would collapse.

It should just be the same name and surname...

Conan smiled helplessly and was about to turn the page when the list in his hand suddenly took off.

When I looked up, I saw that it was Qin Zhibo who took the roster and examined it carefully in his hand.

In Qin Zhibo's eyes, he certainly knew that Miyano Shiho was Haibara Ai's real name.

Not only that, Qin Zhibo even knew that Uozuka Saburo and Kurosawa Jin next to him were the real names of the two members of the Black Organization!

If there was only one, it could be a coincidence, but how could it be a coincidence that three names appeared together!

This means that Miyano Shiho had been here with those two people.

Qin Zhibo flipped to the front of the roster and took a look. It was the roster from the year before last, that is, two years ago.

……

At the same time, at Dr. Agasa's house.