Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

Qin Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, now it's time to go to the dock and have a look."

The dock is located at the bottom of the cruise ship. As a super luxury cruise ship, the size of the Aphrodite is no different than a small island in the sea, except that the island is moveable.

In other words, it has no so-called "roots".

In other words, there is a risk of sinking in the event of an accident. Therefore, equipping a cruise ship with a sufficient number of life rafts has become a necessary means to ensure the safety of passengers.

The journey from the top floor to the bottom floor is a bit long as there is no elevator to help.

Ten minutes later, when Qin Sanshu and others arrived at the dock, the huge dock was quiet and there was no one.

The door of the dock was closed, and a large number of life rafts were inflated and resting on the tracks covered with a thin layer of water, waiting to be used at any time.

Qin Ushu stood on the steel handrail staircase and glanced condescendingly, but he didn't see any trace of fighting wherever he looked.

And just under the stairs where he was, a black iron fan fell quietly to the ground.

Chapter 234 The Lost Master Key

"I remember this is President Yashiro's iron fan."

In the dock, Qin Sanshu picked up the iron fan from the ground through his gloves and said firmly.

Yesterday morning on the stern deck of the ship, he had seen the other party strutting around with this fan, so the recognition was quite high.

The Megure Police Department did not have any doubts about the high school detective's words, and after hearing what the latter said, he looked around keenly.

"So, President Yashiro..."

"Probably no longer here."

Qin Xianshu shook his head and said.

"At that time, the Yashiro President probably came down the stairs like us, and was attacked when he just arrived at the dock."

"Assault?"

"Well, if it hadn't been for the attack, I can't think of any other way President Yashiro's fan might have fallen in such a place."

"Is it possible that the prisoner put it here intentionally for us to find?" Police Department Megure asked curiously.

"It shouldn't happen, otherwise it wouldn't make sense." Qin Ushu touched his chin.

"We haven't found President Yashiro yet, so the current President Yashiro is just Schrödinger's Yashiro. Just like the cat in the box, you only know whether it is dead or not when you open the box."

"If President Yashiro is dead, then the murderer can just throw President Yashiro's body here for everyone to see, just like he did to President Guie."

"But it would be even more unreasonable if President Yashiro is not dead. Isn't this kidnapping? But if it is kidnapping, why do we have to kill his wife? How can we negotiate on this condition?"

"Yeah...right." Mu Muxin said the same thing.

After all, even the stupidest kidnapper knows not to kill hostages, so he cuts one first and then immediately breaks down the negotiations and prepares to attack.

Qin Sanshu stared at the floor and paced slowly between the docks: "And the strange thing is, if the prisoner killed President Yashiro here, why is there no blood on the ground?"

"Maybe it was erased?" someone speculated.

"Then why was the fan left behind?" Qin Ushu asked.

"This……"

The man was speechless.

When Qin Xianshu walked to the pass-through hatch near the side of the dock door, he suddenly tilted his head, then bent down and picked up a piece of silver hair about twenty centimeters long from the ground.

It is not the kind of silvery white hair that comes with special attacks against Chinese people, but hair that has lost its vitality due to old age, is dry and mottled, and even has some split ends at the ends.

"Could it be that……"

Mumu walked over and took a look, and immediately opened his mouth.

He looked at the hair in Qin Xianshu's hand, and then at the passing hatch which was less than two meters away. He obviously understood something.

Indeed, finding the hair of the missing Yashiro president in a place like this would make people think of something horrifying.

The location of the dock is at the bottom of the cruise ship and at the end. As long as you open the hatch, you will see white waves outside. If you throw a person from here, and the cruise ship is still moving, the distance will be widened in an instant, and there will be no trace of it at all. Possibly getting back on a cruise ship.

"It's very possible that it's the 'don't say' you're thinking of from the police department. I guess that President Yashiro was attacked by a sneak attack after being invited here by the murderer. He was hit in the head and fell to the ground while escaping. Then the murderer opened the hatch and killed Yashiro. He was thrown into the sea."

Qin Xianshu handed the hair to the search department personnel and said.

"There is no basis for what you say. This matter requires you from the police department to send someone to the control center to ask if there is any data record of the dock door being opened abnormally between 11 and 30:[-] this morning."

"I see."

After hearing this, the Mumu Police Department immediately nodded to a police officer beside him. The police officer instantly saluted with understanding and then turned and left.

And when he turned around, he saw Qin Sanshu walking slowly towards the stairs, and he couldn't help but be startled.

"Brother Xian Shu, where are you going?"

"Go back to the secretary first and ask her to find everyone who has the master key and ask them for their alibi."

……

Qin Xianshu did not expect that there would be so many people who had the master key to the Aphrodite.

Fifteen minutes later, in the conference room on the second floor of the cruise ship, a total of 15 NO.30 people were being questioned by the police.

These include more than a dozen guards on the ship, several director-level waiters, and Akiyoshi Minamiko, the chief designer of the cruise ship.

The results of the inquiry are basically predictable. Everyone has a completely legitimate and powerful alibi. All the staff worked very hard for this maiden voyage. They were so busy every day that they had no free time to do anything.

"It seems that the identity of the prisoner cannot be confirmed by relying on the alibi alone." Police Department Memu sighed and drank tea silently.

His thoughts have always followed Qin Xianshu's lead. If Qin Xianshu couldn't understand, then his thinking would be even more muddy.

Therefore, Buddhism is fine.

Also emotionally stable is Qin Ushu.

His mood when solving a case was similar to that of a soul player playing a game created by Miyazaki. When he couldn't beat it, he felt it was too difficult. After beating it, he lamented that it wasn't hard enough.

So the more difficult it is to solve a crime, the more he enjoys it.

Now Qin Xianshu has determined that the murderer must have a master key, but everyone who holds the master key has an alibi, and the situation is suddenly stuck.

"By the way, have any of your master keys been stolen?"

The high school detective held his chin and said something with no expectations, which made Tsujimoto Kaho look like his memory had revived.

"Speaking of the keys being stolen, I remembered!"

"Ok?"

The secretary said oh several times, and her raised index finger kept shaking due to emotion.

Qin Xianshu reached out and patted her shoulder to indicate that she could settle down and speak slowly.

"I, I remembered!" Tsujimoto Kaho was still a little excited. "About a few weeks ago, when the Aphrodite had just announced that its maiden voyage was scheduled, a master key was indeed stolen."

"Did you find it later?" the high school detective asked.

"No." The secretary shook her head, "It's normal for things like keys to be lost, so no one paid attention at the time."

"Is there such a thing? How come I haven't heard of it at all?" Akiyoshi Minamizi came over curiously and asked.

"Hey, Miss Akiyoshi, don't you know?" Tsujimoto Kaho was stunned at first, and then slapped his forehead, "I remember, at that time, Miss Akiyoshi, you had just met the screenwriter Kusaka, and you were pestered every day to ask about Aphrodite. I have no time to worry about anything else."

"Oh?"

Qin Xianshu was keenly aware of the coincidence.

"So that means the master key was lost not long after screenwriter Kusaka appeared?"

"Yes, but I think he should..."

Tsujimoto Kaho wanted to say something more, but was intercepted by the Megure Police Department.

"Brother Ushu, this Nixia screenwriter you are talking about..."

"He's in this boat now."

Qin Sanshu replied concisely and concisely.

Chapter 235 Bloody Hair Tips

The scriptwriter Kusaka mentioned was of course Hiroyuki Kusaka, who took the initiative to talk to Qin Ushu on the stern deck yesterday morning and claimed to be a loyal supporter.

That is, the slightly famous screenwriter who was allowed to board the ship because he was writing a script about a sailing adventure.

When Qin Sanshu and Mumu Police Department brought other police officers to his room, Hiroyuki Kusaka was sitting at his desk and typing on the keyboard with his fingers on his laptop.

He seemed quite confused by the sudden arrival of everyone, and seemed not to understand why the police suddenly found him.

Qin Xianshu didn't bother to talk in circles with him and went straight to the point.

"Mr. Kusaka, where were you from 11 to 30:[-] this morning? What were you doing?"

"Is it one to 11:30?"

Hiroyuki Kusaka thought carefully.

"At that time, I happened to be in the room and had just finished revising the script. Then I called Ms. Minamiko and discussed with her some issues about the script. Then she also pointed out some shortcomings to me, so before you guys came, I happened to be in the room. Then I revised the manuscript... By the way, I used the landline in the room to make the call. I can show you the call record."

As he spoke, he moved the laptop aside, stood up slightly, pulled the phone closer, and sat down again. He pressed the scroll button twice and opened the call history at [-]:[-] am.

Qin Xianshu came up and took a look. The record showed that the call lasted about twenty minutes.

Of course, if the call was on a landline, it meant that Kusaka Hiroshige had been in the room during the past twenty minutes, and it was unlikely that he went to the dock to commit the crime.

"But why do we need to make a phone call to discuss the script?" Police Department Megure asked curiously, "Wouldn't it be more convenient to just bring the computer there or send the file to her?"

"Ah, that won't work." Hiroyuki Kusaka smiled, "To be honest, the competition in our screenwriting industry is very fierce. It's very common for scripts to leak ideas and be plagiarized. As for bringing a computer with you? Miss Minamiko is still a single woman after all, so it will be more inconvenient..."

"So that's it." Megure Police Department suddenly realized, "Then Mr. Kusaka's suspicion will be basically cleared, right, Brother Usami Shu?"

"Um……"

Qin Ushu hadn't made a clear response yet, and Kusaka Hiroyuki suddenly looked curious after hearing this.

"Did something happen?"

As he spoke, he subconsciously used his fingertips to lift the hair that had fallen down from his forehead when he lowered his head to fiddle with the phone.

At the same time, Qin Uanshu, who was standing next to Hiyoshi Hiroyuki with a condescending gaze, suddenly changed his eyes, and then quickly returned to normal.

"It's nothing. Since Mr. Kusaka has a sufficient alibi, this matter has nothing to do with you. I won't tell you to save you psychological pressure."

As he spoke, he calmly glanced at the Megure Police Department standing on the other side.

Mu Mu understood immediately and took over the conversation.

"Then I'm sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Kusaka, and we'll take our leave."

"No, no, it's okay..."

Kusaka Hiroko was really attracted to his attention.

The moment he looked away and turned to look at Mu Mu on the other side, Qin Xianshu suddenly pulled his hands out of his pockets, crossed each other at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, and then put them back into his pockets again.

The entire set of actions took less than [-] seconds to complete smoothly. The police department, who was one person away from him, only saw the guy suddenly shaking his hands, and then returned to his normal appearance.

Could it be that he just finished a set of five lightning whips?

In such nonsensical thoughts, Megure Police Department led everyone out of Kusaka Hiroyuki's room.

As soon as he left the room, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Ushu, it seems that Mr. Kusaka is not the prisoner. What should we do next?"

"Give."

Qin Xianshu did not answer his question directly, but raised his hand in front of the police department.

"this is……"

Mu Mu saw clearly what Qin Xianshu was holding. It was a bunch of brown-red hair, but for some reason the ends were dyed dark brown.

He carefully took it and looked at it, then went up to smell it, and was suddenly shocked.

"Blood!?"

"is blood."