Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1368: Did you plant the bomb?

"go back?"

Cheng Shi was a little surprised at Qin Zhibo's proposal.

"But I feel much better now, so I don't need to go back..."

Mao Lilan glanced at Cheng Shi and then relayed Cheng Shi's words to Qin Zhibo on the other end of the phone.

Qin Zhibo pondered for two seconds and decided to respect Cheng Shi's choice.

Now everyone on the ship is like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If in the end Chengshi is the only one who escapes the disaster by leaving early on a plane, he must be very sad.

"Okay..." Qin Zhibo hung up the phone.

On the other side, Cheng Shi sat up and turned to look out the window.

"It may be stormy tonight..."

"Eh? What?"

Mao Lilan, who was sitting beside the bed, was stunned.

Cheng Shi smiled and explained to everyone: "This is the experience that the fishermen who often went out to sea to fish taught me when I was on Yueying Island."

"Look at the sky over there. This is a sign before the storm."

Everyone followed Cheng Shi's gaze and turned to look out the window, only to see a dark cloud lingering on the edge of the blue sky.

“Indeed!”

“This is my first time encountering a storm at sea!”

"This ship won't sink, will it?"

The three little ones started chattering, especially Yuan Tai from Zaun, who was known for his bad mouth.

Yuanzi leaned over and comforted him, "Don't be afraid. This ship is a cruise ship after all. Even if there is a big storm on the sea, it will just shake slightly at most~"

Mao Lilan also said at this time: "Mr. Qin may be worried that there will be a storm at night and he will not be able to rest well on the boat, so he wants to send Miss Cheng Shi back by helicopter..."

Cheng Shi's cheeks were slightly red as he lay on the bed.

At this time, the three little ones began to feel emotional again.

"But the rare trip is ruined..."

"First there was the case, then there was the storm. It's really not peaceful..."

"yes……"

Mitsuhiko crossed his arms and asked in confusion: "Why do people have to hurt each other?"

Ayumi also lowered her head slightly and sighed: "It would be great if everyone could live in peace..."

"it's out of the question."

At this time, Huihara Ai, who was standing on the other side of the bed, spoke calmly.

"Because humans are emotional animals, and emotions are invisible, fickle, and troublesome things."

"If it's friendship or love, it's fine, but if it turns into jealousy or hatred due to some opportunity, it may lead to murderous intent..."

"If we want to completely eliminate hatred in this world, I'm afraid there will only be one person left in the world..."

Haibara Ai's negative sermons made Ran Mouri, Sonoko, and Professor Agasa who were present only smile awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

When Cheng Shi recalled his past, he realized that what Haibara Ai said was right in some way.

I was once blinded by hatred and ignored all the beauty in life.

but……

“That’s why humans invented language.”

“Human beings crave communication, crave to understand each other’s thoughts, and to enter into the inner world of others.”

“All we can do is have empathy for others and always hope for good things to happen…”

Cheng Shi looked at Haibara Ai with a smile, with a hopeful light in his eyes.

Although he didn't know much about Haibara Ai's past, he could feel that this girl, like himself, had experienced many tragic things.

But now he has moved on, put aside the burdens of the past, and lives bravely, pursuing the "little happiness" in life.

And he hopes that Haibara Ai can do the same and gradually put down the heavy burden on her shoulders.

In the silent atmosphere, Huihara Ai's expression froze for a moment, and then she lowered her hands that were hugging her shoulders.

She relaxed her brows, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, turned her head and spoke to the three little ones.

"I heard that the ship will stop at Hachijo Island on the way back, and we might see whales there..."

"what!"

The three little ones screamed excitedly, "Great! We can see a big whale!"

……

Suite 604.

The police officers summarized the information they had collected for evidence, and the forensic officer Dengmi took the physical evidence back to land by helicopter.

The police who remained on the ship were ready to continue collecting information from witnesses, perhaps someone else had seen the murderer.

On the way back to the room, Conan wanted to discuss the details of the case with Qin Zhibo.

But Qin Zhibo was very fast and disappeared at the end of the corridor before he could catch up.

  Are you in such a hurry to go back and see Dr. Chengshi?

Conan grinned helplessly.

There was no other way, he could only investigate the case alone.

In his mind, Kusaka Hironari should be the murderer.

Because he found the same recording equipment as Dr. Agasa's in Kusaka's room.

Kusaka Hironari can record the content of the project plan he is going to talk about in advance and then play it in front of the phone.

And since Akiyoshi Miwako wouldn't interrupt, Kusaka Hironari was left talking to himself.

But now he lacks evidence, so he has to question Akiyoshi Miwako alone.

Soon, Conan found Miwako Akiyoshi reading a book in the main restaurant.

The pianist in the restaurant was playing elegant music. Miwako Akiyoshi was pinching the handle of the coffee cup with two fingers and holding a small purple book in the other hand.

"Big sister, what book are you reading?"

Conan put his head on his hands, pretending to be an innocent boy and took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Akiyoshi Miwako glanced at the book in her hand and smiled, "This is the book that Mr. Yingren gave me to read before he passed away..."

Miwako Akiyoshi showed Conan the cover of the book. There was a four-pointed star on it with "Mother" printed in the middle of the star.

"Mother?" Conan looked a little confused. The title of this book was really simple and direct.

Akiyoshi Miwako shook her head. "It doesn't mean 'mother'. Judging from the content of the book, it should mean 'mother goddess', or 'mother of all things'."

"It tells the story of what happened to some believers who worshipped the Supreme Mother Goddess Shub-Niggurath..."

"Oh……"

Conan groaned, "That's the name Mr. Yashiro Eito said he would give this ship, right?"

Akiyoshi Miwako smiled, "Little brother, your memory is quite good..."

"But what do you want from me?"

Akiyoshi Miwako changed the subject. She could see that this clever kid definitely wasn't here to talk to her about books.

"It's like this, I want to ask you something else..."

"Of course, little detective."

At this time, Conan sat down on the sofa opposite Akiyoshi Miwako, "When you were talking about the project plan with Mr. Kusaka on the phone, did you really not speak the whole time?"

Akiyoshi Miwako nodded, "Yes, because that person doesn't like to be interrupted. I was scolded for interrupting him several times before, and he told me to shut up and listen to him carefully..." "Then when you were talking to Mr. Kusaka on the phone, did you feel anything strange, such as the sound was a little disturbed, not real enough, etc..."

Conan thought that if his hypothesis was correct, then the sound would definitely be distorted when recorded into the equipment and then relayed over the phone.

Akiyoshi Miwako raised her chin, thought for a few seconds, and her eyes became a little dazed.

"Now that you mention it, it seems that the sound does sound a little unclear..."

"But I thought it was a problem with the ship's telephone lines, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

At this time, Akiyoshi Miwako pulled out a meal card from the edge of the dining table and began to fold it up.

After a while, the meal card turned into a beautiful little paper boat under her nimble fingers.

"It's done. Here it is for you."

"thank you……"

Conan smiled helplessly, he really was being treated like a child.

Conan took the paper boat and left. He took a last look at Akiyoshi Miwako who was still reading, and then ran away quickly.

Now he was basically certain that Kusaka Hiroki was using this as a way to create an alibi for himself.

All that's left now is to find evidence and the case can be solved.

He came to the room where Kusaka Hironari was, and just as he was about to knock on the door, a familiar tall figure walked out of the room.

It turned out to be Kogoro Maori?

Conan hid at the corner of the stairs, secretly watching Kogoro Mouri who had just come out of Kusaka's room and took the elevator. He was a little surprised.

  Uncle Maori actually investigated the case alone?

In his impression, Kogoro Mouri's way of investigating cases has not gotten rid of the habits of his police days, which is the three-step approach of searching for evidence at the scene, looking for witnesses, and confirming alibis.

It is not necessary to investigate a case alone, because the policeman's course of action represents his personal course of action.

But this time, the uncle...

  But it would be useless to check~

Conan grinned slightly.

After Maori Kogoro entered the elevator, he quickly ran to the door of Kusaka's room and knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, Kusaka Hirosachi opened the door.

But when he looked down and saw the child who was less than one meter tall, he was a little surprised.

"Why is it a child this time?"

"I'm here to play with you!"

Before Kusaka Hironari could react, Conan sprinted into the room.

Seeing the laptop screen on the desk, he quickly jumped onto the chair and shouted, "It's a laptop! How cool!"

“There are so many words on it!”

Kusaka Hironari saw Conan fiddling with his computer, and walked over to him calmly with his hands in his pockets, "This is my money-making tool, not a toy for children..."

As he said this, he closed the computer cover.

However, before turning on the computer, Conan still saw a lot of the plot content clearly and secretly memorized it in his mind.

Kusaka Hironari didn't take the child's behavior to heart. He sat on the chair and was about to continue typing, but Conan had already run to the bed and picked up the recorder on the bedside table.

"Strange, this seems to be exactly the same as the Doctor's?"

Conan pretends to play around casually, but he's not playing around casually.

He pressed play, but no sound came out.

"Eh? It seems like there's no sound inside..."

"Hey!"

This action completely made Kusaka lose his patience. He strode over, snatched the recorder, and holding Conan by the back of his collar with one hand, he placed him smoothly on the corridor outside the room.

"Get out, kid."

Compared to Kogoro Mori's way of giving gifts, Hironari Kusaka's way is gentler.

Conan's eyes narrowed, and he complained in his heart that he really wasn't stupid enough to keep the evidence with him.

He had deleted the recording used to create his alibi.

But just now, he made another new discovery and thought of a way to make Kusaka Hironari admit his crime.

This method requires the same recorder as Dr. Agasa.

So Conan took the elevator back to the upper floor and found Professor Agasa and others.

At this time, everyone was still guarding Chengshi's room.

Because a storm was about to come outside and there was little wind on the sea, everyone lost interest in going out for a walk and simply gathered together to chat.

During the process, Xiaolan talked about playing hide-and-seek when she was a child, but Shinichi did not participate.

As a result, he hid in the space under the school stage, but the teacher mistakenly thought that no one was inside and blocked the door with steps.

In the end, it was Shinichi who found her and successfully rescued her.

Even Sonoko didn't know about this past event.

After hearing this, everyone started to joke about the "love affair between a man and a woman".

When Conan came over, he looked around the room, but did not see Qin Zhibo.

After asking other people, I found out that Qin Zhibo had never come back.

Conan's expression changed and he was very surprised.

  Where did he go?

……

Main dining room.

As soon as the pianist on the sea finished playing a song, a figure appeared in front of Akiyoshi Miwako.

"Hello, can I sit here?"

Akiyoshi Miwako raised her head and saw that the man in front of her had a handsome mixed-race face.

"Is it an adult this time?"

"Please take a seat..."

Akiyoshi Miwako's attitude was rather cold, and she was obviously not as gentle as she was towards Conan.

Qin Zhibo had just sat down opposite Akiyoshi Miwako when the latter took the initiative to ask, "Are you here to ask about the case as well?"

"If so, hurry up, I'm going back to my room to change clothes later."

According to the original plan, there will be a welcome reception tonight where the ship's staff will meet the passengers.

Although the whereabouts of the eighth-generation president is unknown and the eighth-generation president has died, the reception has not been cancelled.

"Okay, I'll try to be brief..."

"Did you install the bombs on the deck of area 16 and the sluice gates of the 1st and 2nd drainage compartments at the bottom of the ship?"

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Akiyoshi Miwako, who was about to take a sip of coffee, felt her arm tremble slightly, and her beautiful eyes behind the glasses were full of shock.

She couldn't even believe her ears.

The famous detective on the opposite side actually pointed out the locations of the bombs she had installed.

How could anyone know about this except me?

Did he already know my plan?

Akiyoshi Miwako didn't know that the reason Qin Zhibo was able to find these bombs was not because of his suspicion of her, but because of Minase Harumi's great discovery.

While searching for the "big iron box" on the ship, Minase Harumi found a bomb at the bottom of the cruise ship.

These bombs were installed very secretly and in very strategic locations, so Qin Zhibo guessed that they must have been installed by someone who was very familiar with the ship.

Then the designer of this ship, Miwako Akiyoshi, is the first to be affected.