When Conan saw Maya Hashimoto volunteering, he originally wanted to stop him, but he hesitated.
He had previously thought that Maya Hashimoto was hiding on the island and following his group, probably with evil intentions.
However, the sudden situation just now made Conan feel that he could not understand this guy: he did not expect that "Mr. George" would subconsciously make a move to save people... Could it be that he had misunderstood him before?
Moreover, although Hashimoto Maya's saving behavior indirectly led to the murder of another person, his shock when he discovered that Kurosawa and Ma were hit by arrows, and his sincerity in wanting to save that person, did not seem to be fake.
Various speculations about microstrip conflicts made Conan temporarily confused.
Conan: "..." But Maya Hashimoto does know the most suspicious Mr. "Edward". Is it possible that he was coerced by him?
... Damn it, it would be great if there were more clues about Edward. His intuition told him that extremely important information must be dug out of that man.
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The accident happened too suddenly, and only now are some of the nervous people just reacting.
Two belated screams broke the silence around them: "...Kiwako!!"
The little black face and Matsuzaki Masahiko rushed to Toda Kiwako's side.
The arrow just now was shot at Kikako Toda's head. But just now the female college student felt something flying towards her, her instinct flashed, and she was lucky enough to save her life.
However, her face was still scratched by the crossbow arrow, leaving a hideous blood mark.
"How could...how could this happen!!"
Before Toda Kiwako could recover, the black-faced boy was already shouting in pain: "How dare you do such a crazy thing to the disgusting murderer!"
Jiang Xia's eardrums hurt from his noise, and she walked into the restaurant: "What's going on?"
Only then did Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan come to their senses and trotted up to him to meet him.
Feeling the aura of trustworthiness belonging to the detectives, the two of them calmed down and spoke anxiously: "It's a crossbow. The crossbow that was hung on the wall as a decoration was fixed on the table in advance... The murderer actually still has it.
Backhand, even if he dies, his ghost will still take away the last one!"
Jiang Xia sighed: "This is exactly what I wanted to say before entering the door. The murderer must not be dead yet, but is hiding among us."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall was filled with chaos and suddenly became stiff.
It took several seconds before someone trembled and said, "How is this possible?!"
Jiang Xia looked at the shocked Toda Kikawako.
The "new doctor" was squatting next to her, helping her check the wound. Sensing Jiang Xia's gaze, this female college student who had been having a lot of troubles in recent days froze slightly: "What, what's wrong?"
Jiang Xia: "Why are you sitting in this seat?"
The little black face was stunned, and suddenly became alert: "Hey! You don't want to say that Kiwako is the murderer. She directed and acted everything just now. This is impossible!"
The college students were not very cooperative, but fortunately there were two detectives to help. Suzuki Sonoko: "I remember that senior Kiwako came relatively late, and at that time there was only one seat left at the table with a dinner plate."
Jiang Xia asked Toda Kiwako again: "So why did you come down so late? Did someone hold you back?"
Toda Takawako wrung her hands uneasily, paused for several seconds before reluctantly saying, "No, I was accidentally late."
Conan: "..." Such witnesses are really more troublesome than cunning criminals.
But it's not a big problem, the detective has help.
This time it was Mao Lilan who remembered something. After all, she is a brave man who has experienced countless incidents with the detective. She thought about it and said: "If it has anything to do with the seats, after you hurriedly finished breakfast and left today, Kariya-san said that he used to work in a restaurant.
After work, he took the initiative to take over the responsibility of the chef. After heating the bread, he distributed breakfast to us and took us to the table to sit down. So..."
So he is probably the only one who can control everyone's seats.
This behavior sounds perfectly fine at first glance.
But the person who asked the question was Jiang Xia, and the time of the question happened to be after a "random attack." Everyone immediately felt that something was wrong from this sentence.
They all turned their heads and looked at the high school sweetheart "Romeo" who was said to have landed on the island to apologize to the girl he pranked. Since arriving on the island, he has been working quietly and has a low sense of presence.
In the silent air, Kariya Yuto slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Xia. He crossed his arms and said nothing, saying nothing to deny, but he also did not admit it.
On the contrary, Matsuzaki Masahiko on the side was confused: "Wait a minute, isn't the murderer the opera singer who lurked on the island? I met him in the corridor last night!"
This is the person who seems to communicate best.
Jiang Xia then turned to him: "Did you see the Phantom jumping into the sea with your own eyes yesterday?"
"That's not true." Matsuzaki Masahiko's voice weakened, "Yesterday I heard Takawako's scream and hurried out. As soon as I reached the corner, I happened to bump into the murderer dressed as the Phantom. I thought he was going to
He attacked me, but unexpectedly he seemed to be frightened by me, and turned around and ran back the way he came.
"Although I was scared, when I thought that he might attack Kiwako again, I picked up a mop and hurried there carefully. When I got there, I saw..."
As he said this, he suddenly remembered something and stopped talking. He couldn't help but look at Kariya Yoshito.
Conan couldn't stand such hesitant witnesses: "Brother, what on earth did you see?"
Matsuzaki Masahiko came back to his senses: "I saw Kariya classmate standing at the window and looking down. Coupled with the muddy footprints on the corridor, the scene looked like the murderer was attacked from two sides and had no choice but to jump into the sea from the window...
Then, Jiang Xia and you will come after me."
Sure enough. Conan pushed up his glasses and said, "When the 'Phantom' escaped, he dragged out a bunch of messy things from the utility room, which delayed our pursuit of him. There was only a corridor there, and we separated from Brother Matsuzaki.
At both ends of the corridor, at the end of the chase, the phantom disappeared, and there was an extra brother Kariya... How strange, what on earth is going on?"
Although it was a question, based on the scene at that time, everyone understood what he meant - the 'Phantom' was disguised by Yuuto Kariya. After being chased from both sides, he threw his coat and mask out the window, making it look like the murderer had fallen into the sea.
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The short-haired girl who went to the island with Yuuto Kariya was a little shocked. She looked at the school girl she had a crush on and didn't want to believe it: "But, maybe it was just Kariya-san who was also in the corridor at that time, right between Mr. Eka and Matsuzaki. It was nothing at all."
There are more, but he is also helping to arrest them!"