Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

Her tone was very light, but serious and persistent.

"be careful."

"……Um."

Qin Xianshu curled up the corners of her mouth, moved forward to hug her onto the helicopter, and then took two steps back.

"Well, see you later."

After that, he turned around and left the tarmac, his back disappearing into the dusk.

At the same time, in the observation room high up, Captain Kaito Wataru, who was wearing a life jacket, received a report from his subordinate Yosuke Izawa.

"Captain! All passengers have been evacuated, please give instructions!"

"Very good, I will leave on another life raft later. You and the other crew members and passengers can leave first." Kaito Wataru looked back and nodded.

"Yes!"

After receiving the instruction, Izawa Yosuke snapped to attention, saluted, and then left quickly.

Kaito Wataru returned to the observation deck again, lowered his head and took one last look at this luxury cruise ship that was still resplendent but sinking, and let out a slight sigh that no one knew.

Just when Kaito Du was about to turn around and evacuate, he heard an extremely familiar voice coming from behind him.

"Why, don't you plan to live and die with this ship?"

"Who!?"

Kaito Watari turned his head sharply.

The light shining in the corridor on the other side of the observation room was mostly blocked, and a soft and graceful female figure appeared at the door of the room.

It turned out to be Akiyoshi Minamiko.

Kaito Watari was so stunned that he was speechless. He couldn't understand why the other party appeared here at this time.

"It's weird why I'm here, isn't it?"

Akiyoshi Minamiko chuckled, and the reflection of the light on her glasses made her eyes almost as bright as a blind person.

She gently placed a folded paper boat on the table.

"Do you remember this? This was my father's favorite thing when he was alive."

"this is……"

Kaito Wataru's eyes touched the paper boat, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

He suddenly recalled his captain who sank forever at the bottom of the North Atlantic 15 years ago.

"You...are you?"

What responded to Kaito Wataru was Akiyoshi Minamiko's satisfied smile.

She took out a grappling gun from behind with her backhand. The head of the gun was replaced with a sharp three-sided thorn, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at Kaito Wataru.

"Let's change places and have a nice chat?"

The perspective changed and the scene came to the deck at the bow of the ship.

Akiyoshi Minamiko pointed a gun at Kaito Wataru, who raised his hands with cold sweat on his face. The corners of his lips raised in a leisurely manner, as if a hunter was looking at the dying prey that fell into a trap.

The precious escape time passed by minute by minute, but she seemed not to be in a hurry at all, and even began to talk slowly to herself.

"It was about half a year ago. Kusaka came to interview me and said that he wanted to write a script for a TV series. However, during the interview, he showed special concern for the affairs of the Yashiro family, so by chance, I took advantage of him to go there. When I went to the toilet, I looked through his laptop and learned the truth about the sinking of the '[-]st Yashiro Maru'. Only then did I realize that this was Kusaka's true purpose."

"I didn't believe it at first, so I asked Yashiro Hideto the next day. Unexpectedly, this guy just drank a little and told me everything, including that the sinking accident was not an accident, but someone deliberately planned it. this matter."

Akiyoshi Minami paused deliberately.

When Kaito Wataru heard this, he didn't know that the dirty things he had done back then had been known for a long time. The clothes on his back were completely soaked with cold sweat, and he kept begging for mercy.

"R-I'm sorry...that's what the president ordered me to do...ah!"

However, before he could finish his words, a three-edged thorn with only the blade pierced his left arm, severing the artery.

Hot and fishy blood spurted out instantly.

Someone was singing quietly in the wind.

"When the law fails to bring justice to the parties concerned, private revenge is justified and even noble from this moment on."

Chapter 241 Private revenge is legitimate and even noble from this moment on

"Sherlock Holmes said this."

Akiyoshi Minamiko slowly turned around.

All tourists on the Aphrodite have been evacuated. Logically speaking, there should be no more people on the cruise ship at this time.

Akiyoshi Minamiko is an exception, and Kaito Wataru is a forced exception.

And Qin Xianshu...he is the exception among exceptions.

"Ciao~"

Facing the glances cast by the captain and the female designer, the high school detective walked out from behind the bunker.

No, it's not even hiding. He was originally leaning behind the pillar between the first deck and the bottom of the second-floor observation deck. At this time, he just switched from the leaning mode to the free state.

"I-I know you! You are the famous high school detective!"

Haiteng Du recognized Qin Shanshu's identity at a glance. After all, the two had barely met on stage not long ago, and decisively started shouting for help.

"Help me! Please help me! This woman is going to kill me!"

"Even if you say so..."

Qin Xianshu glanced at the modified grappling gun in the female designer's hand, and shrugged, showing a helpless expression.

Akiyoshi Minamiko ignored Kaito Wataru, who was turning pale due to excessive blood loss. Her eyes fell directly on the high school detective with a half-smile.

"Why did you appear here... I really want to ask that, but why am I not surprised at all by your appearance?" Her red lips parted slightly.

"Maybe it's because you subconsciously think that your tricks can't fool me." Qin Ushu said without humility at all.

Both of them tacitly ignored a certain captain who was dying and calling for help.

"When did you discover it?" Akiyoshi Minamiko asked again.

"Do you really want to say it?"

"Say."

"Well, to be precise, I only discovered it 10 minutes ago." The high school detective said truthfully.

"Ok?"

The female designer expressed her confusion with a rising tone.

Qin Sanshu could only point in the direction of the observation room.

"Before, I only identified that there was Prisoner No. [-], but I didn't know who it was, so I deliberately exposed Kusaka Hirochen, the wolf of the enemy, who was Prisoner No. [-], in the banquet hall. During the emergency evacuation, I did not leave but stayed. Unexpectedly, I actually saw you walking out of the observation room with Captain Kaito pointed at a gun. That’s when I learned that the identity of Prisoner No. [-] was you.”

"How did you identify it?" Akiyoshi Miamiko still had a faint smile on her face.

"Blood stains."

Qin Xianshu explained.

"The other bloodstains in President Guijiang's room were all on the floor. Only a small area had traces of being wiped. Except for the ones that were sucked into the carpet, the rest were wiped clean. This is really true. It was too illegal, so I specially cut a small piece of carpet and asked the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to help test it, and unexpectedly, the test turned out to be a surprise."

"The blood in the carpet is not President Guijiang's blood, but actually contains anticoagulant ingredients. This means that the blood that was wiped off came from a medical blood bag."

"And based on further testing, it was found that the blood on Kusaka Hiroyuki's hair also came from it."

"In other words, Kusaka Hiroyuki did break into President Guijiang's room and killed a... blood bag there."

The high school detective spread his hands.

"Of course, killing blood packs is all a joke. Humans are not in the habit of eating blood of the same kind, and President Guijiang is not a vampire, so there is no need to carry blood packs with him."

"I found out from the note from Hiroshige Kusaka's meeting with President Yashiro that he found during the on-site search that his revenge was related to what happened 15 years ago. Through this, I followed the clues and found out the accident of the 'Daiichi Yashiro Maru' 15 years ago. the truth.”

"This also includes the fact that there were two victims at the time."

"So I was wondering - is it possible that there were two people who committed the crime?"

"A simple change in my thinking made me suddenly enlightened..."

Akiyoshi Minamiko didn't speak the whole time, just quietly listening to Qin Ushu's story, neither impatient nor impetuous, with only a peaceful smile on her beautiful yet capable face.

Well, Qin Sanshu seemed to be in a good mood, talking nonstop, unaware that the ship was sinking all the time.

"Let me briefly summarize it. You took advantage of Kusaka Hiroshige after learning about his revenge plan. You should have received a call from Kusaka Hiroshige at about ten o'clock in the morning. You knew that the other party would use He used a tape recorder and other equipment to create an alibi, so after picking up the phone, he went directly to President Guijiang’s room and knocked him unconscious in the bathroom, and then pretended to be President Guijiang who had just taken a shower. , waiting for him to attack."

"Kusaka Hiroyuki is actually a guy with a very poor mental endurance. You deliberately broke the blood bag on your body during the fight with him. The large amount of blood spurted out made him mistakenly think that he had succeeded and fled in panic. Wait until After Kusaka Hiroshige left, you returned to the bathroom, dragged President Takae out and killed him, and then went to the cabin on the bottom floor, where you saw Kusaka Hiroshige fighting with President Yashiro."

"According to my guess, Kusaka Hiroshige was probably at a disadvantage at that time, and you also helped him. I'm not sure how you helped, but in order to avoid being discovered by Kusaka Hiroshige, after you helped him You left the scene immediately, not even bothering to pick up the iron fan that President Yashiro dropped on the ground, which is also a major flaw of yours."

Qin Xianshu said firmly.

"Ah, I also regret about the fan." Akiyoshi Minami smiled, "But I had no choice at the time, I could only leave the scene as soon as possible, and I never had time to deal with it afterwards. In order not to arouse suspicion, I even I went to the restaurant on time when it was time to eat. I planned to clean up in the afternoon, but I didn’t expect to be discovered just after lunch.”

"I think if you had taken it with you when you left, you probably wouldn't have been discovered." Qin Xianshu added.

"I feel the same way. It's a pity that there are no what-ifs. I thought that I could deceive you, the famous detective, by fabricating a prisoner who even thought I was a prisoner. Unfortunately, I was still one step short of the mark."

The female designer smiled.

"But haven't you considered what would happen if I chose not to show up and leave with the other passengers?"

"If I can't find anyone after searching around, I'll retreat~" Qin Xianshu shrugged again, "Besides, I made the right bet, didn't I?"

"Yes, you made the right bet. It's really amazing, high school detective."

For some reason, there was a hint of regret in the smile on Akiyoshi Minamiko's lips.

"And now, you are going to die with me and this man who is greedy for fame and wealth."

After she finished speaking, the deck beneath the three of them began to tremble, and the sound of roaring tides came faintly from below.

Chapter 242 Because there are still people I want to see

Attracted by the movement coming from the soles of his feet, Qin Uanshu lowered his head and took a look.

"Oh, it seems the time is coming soon, I should probably..."

"It's useless."

Akiyoshi Minamiko interrupted him with a smile.

The smile on the face of this woman who always seemed to be very scheming now revealed a hint of relief.

"Close your eyes and listen carefully. What do you hear?"

"The sound of seawater pouring into the cabin." Qin Xianshu listened for a moment and replied.

"correct."

Akiyoshi Minamiko slowly raised the corners of her lips.

"I said, from the moment you didn't choose to leave with the other passengers, you were destined to die on this ship with me and that man."

"And Aphrodite is the legendary girl who was born in the bubble, and she is destined to return to the bubble."

She calmly turned her gaze to the distant sea.

"You see, all the life rafts are trying their best to stay away from here, for fear of being caught in the vortex generated when the cruise ship sinks. Do you think anyone will come to rescue you in this case?"

At worst, I can row the boat by myself...

High school student Detective Kokoro said.

But Akiyoshi Minamiko's next words directly cut him off.

The female designer looked at Kaito Wataru, who was lying on the ground and dying due to excessive blood loss, with the joy of revenge.

"I went through countless rigorous simulations, including the number of bombs, the amount of seawater inflow, the time required for the shelter, and the location of the bombs, and finally came up with the perfect answer. All of this is to let this man experience the same experience. It feels like my father, suffering from loneliness and despair in the ocean!"

"And now, the sinking of the Aphrodite has begun. No one can advance or delay it. All ships approaching here will be swept into the vortex and submerged. The remaining life rafts in the cruise ship have been I destroy.”

When Akiyoshi Minamiko turned her head to look at Qin Ushu again, her eyes had returned to their usual shrewdness and wisdom.