Conan stared at the gradually fading horrific murals on the wall, unable to let go for a long time.
The rain soaked through the children's suit, and when the wind blew, a chill hit him from behind, which woke him up from his stunned state of mind.
"drink……"
Conan took a deep breath, quickly looked away, turned around and ran towards the front deck.
He didn't dare to look at this creepy mural any longer.
Although he did not understand the meaning that the creator wanted to express, it was definitely not something that humans could understand...
Moreover, this painting also gave him an ominous premonition.
It seems that the shipwreck is not the end, but the beginning of everything.
All he can do now is to quickly find Mouri Kogoro and leave the ship as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Conan turned on the signal reception function of the black technology glasses.
Mouri Kogoro snatched the cufflinks given to him by Dr. Agasa before. This cufflink has eavesdropping function, and it comes in handy now.
At this moment, Kogoro Mouri's deep voice came from the temples of his glasses.
…
On the balcony outside the captain's room, Kaito Wataru listened to the crew's report on the intercom and confirmed that all passengers had been evacuated.
"Well, I understand..."
"I will leave alone in the escape raft later, so you can leave first."
"yes."
After hanging up the intercom, Kaitowatari walked back to the captain's cabin and looked around at everything around him.
It has only been two days since the captain's cabin was officially put into use, and it is about to sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
He came to the huge rudder and touched the brand-new paint on it.
"well……"
A trace of regret flashed in Kaito Wataru's eyes, and he turned around to walk out of the captain's cabin.
But at this moment, a slender figure gradually emerged from the darkness in the captain's cabin.
"Aren't you going to live and die with the ship?"
"Mr. Captain..."
Kaito Wataru stopped and looked back, and when he saw the woman walking out of the shadows, it was Minami Akiyoshi, he instantly showed a shocked expression.
"What are you doing here? The ship will sink soon, why don't you leave quickly..."
Before he could finish speaking, Akiyoshi Minamiko interrupted him.
"Do you still remember this?"
"This was my father's favorite thing when he was alive..."
As she spoke, she took out a paper boat from her arms and placed it on the table next to her.
Kaito Wataru stared at the paper boat on the table. The unique folding method made him suddenly think of a person.
"It's difficult, are you..."
"Yes, I am the daughter of Captain Okita who was killed by you and Yashiro's father and daughter fifteen years ago!"
Kaito Wataru had a look of surprise on his face.
Akiyoshi Minamiko raised the spear gun in her hand and aimed it at Kaito Wataru's eyebrows. She suppressed her anger with her beautiful eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I've already damaged the remaining life raft."
"You, how did you..."
"Shut up!" Akiyoshi Minami shouted sharply, and then looked around, "It seems a bit cramped here. Let's go outside to a more spacious place and chat slowly."
Kaito Watari raised his eyebrows, but due to the spear gun in the opponent's hand, he could only obey.
The two walked through the corridor that had begun to tilt and arrived on the deck of the bow.
The sea breeze here is mixed with the pattering rain, which splashes on the floor to form a 10cm high layer of light fresh water mist.
The two people standing on the deck felt as if they were old enemies dueling, except that one of them was forced to raise his hands. There was no doubt about the outcome of this duel.
"Akiyoshi...Ms. Okita, I think you may have misunderstood something..."
"Misunderstand?"
Akiyoshi Minamiko held the spear gun and sneered, "Humph, what can be misunderstood?"
"Half a year ago, Kusaka said he wanted to help write a script for a TV series, and then he came to interview me. However, it seemed that he was more concerned about the Yashiro father and daughter's affairs that had nothing to do with the interview. He looked very suspicious."
"So I secretly checked the computer while he was going to the toilet..."
"Only after seeing this did I know the truth about the accident that caused the Yashiro Maru to sink fifteen years ago...it turned out that this was Kusaka's real purpose."
"As a result, I went to ask Yashiro Hideto the next day and poured some strong alcohol into him, and he told me everything."
"That shipwreck was not an accident, but a man-made plan."
"But he never expected that I am Okita's daughter..."
Akiyoshi Minamiko walked closer and closer, and the arrow of the spear gun in her hand got closer and closer to Kaito Wataru.
Kaito Wataru subconsciously wanted to retreat, but Akiyoshi Minamiko shouted directly, "Don't move!"
"I want you to go to hell like Yashiro and his daughter, just like my poor father who died innocently and tragically!"
Kaito Wataru, who raised his hands, quickly explained, "Actually, the truth 15 years ago is not what you think..."
"Shut up! I don't want to hear your excuses now!"
"Go to hell!"
Akiyoshi Minamiko's finger gradually exerted force, and the degree of depression of the trigger gradually deepened.
But at this moment, a magnetic male voice sounded from the other side of the deck.
"stop!"
The sound of wind and rain did not swallow up the man's voice. Akiyoshi Minamiko, who was about to kill her enemy, suddenly turned around, only to see a mature man in a black suit standing there.
"You are indeed the real murderer, Akiyoshi Minamiko."
Mouri Kogoro walked calmly from a short distance away with his hands in his pockets.
Seeing this, Akiyoshi Minamiko quickly turned his gun and pointed it at the approaching Mouri Kogoro, "Stop, don't come over!"
"Hmph..." Mouri Kogoro chuckled and shrugged his shoulders, "Sorry, that gun is broken."
"I originally wanted to lie about going to the bathroom and tamper with the gun, but it was broken somehow."
Hearing this, Akiyoshi Minamiko looked stunned for a moment, and then she pulled the trigger several times.
But as Kogoro Mori said, the arrow on the speargun just couldn't be fired.
"cut!"
Akiyoshi Minamiko threw the spear gun aside and shrugged her shoulders as if accepting her fate.
"Forget it, the result is the same anyway. I destroyed the escape raft, and the three of us will eventually die on this boat..."
Mouri Kogoro smiled slightly and was not moved at all.
"But even so, I still have to reason..."
"Because it's the nature of a detective to uncover the truth."
As Mouri Kogoro spoke, he walked towards the front of the deck. The leather shoes under his feet made a "chirp" sound as they stepped on the rain and rubbed against the floor.
"According to my reasoning, you probably knew in advance Kusaka's plan to kill Yashiro and others..."
"However, his plan is too immature and will not succeed at all."
"So you turned around and used Kusaka's method of creating alibi to create an alibi for yourself, and personally launched your own revenge plan."
"First of all, you install bombs that are different from Sunaka. This is a ship of your own design, so you know exactly where the ship's Achilles' heel is."
"Then around 10 o'clock this morning, after talking to Kusaka on the phone, you left the room while he was reading a story, knocked out President Guijiang who was taking a bath, put on a bathrobe, and pretended to be the president.
"
"Then Kusaka who sneaked into the room was wearing a bathrobe and standing. You are the president."
"And you pretended to fight with him by grabbing the knife, and in the process, you pricked the fake plasma prepared in advance, making Kusaka think that he had achieved his goal."
"After he leaves the room, kill the real President Guijiang, wipe the fake plasma on the floor, put on a windbreaker and leave the room."
After hearing Kogoro Mouri gradually reveal his murder plan, Akiyoshi Minamiko, who was ready to die, did not panic. Instead, she looked at the man in front of her with a hint of amusement.
Seeing that she didn't refute, Mouri Kogoro continued: "Then you came to the underground dock and happened to encounter Chairman Yashiro pressing on Kusaka and squeezing his neck."
"So you immediately ran to the two of them and grabbed the president's legs..."
"Eh?" Akiyoshi Minamiko's expression suddenly became shocked.
Mouri Kogoro also realized from Akiyoshi Minamiko's reaction that he might have said something wrong, so he wanted to change his story.
"Um...that..."
Just when he was about to be embarrassed, a voice came from nowhere and saved him.
"That's right, you went around to the back to avoid touching the president's legs, and instead stabbed the president's back directly with the dagger."
This sudden sound made Mouri Kogoro startled, and he looked around in confusion.
But the next second, he remembered that he seemed to have another personality, and he was instantly relieved.
"Yes, yes! He stabbed the president in the back with a knife!"
"And Mr. Nixia also took this opportunity to fall into the sea. He thought he had done all this."
"But in fact, you were always nearby. You planned to wait until he finished processing and left, and then you could throw the dagger and the bathrobe stained with fake plasma and other evidence into the sea and destroy them."
"But just then, an unexpected person appeared at the dock."
"Dr. Chengshi was looking for someone in the dock because of hide-and-seek, which affected your plan."
"So you knock her out, and then..."
Before Mouri Kogoro could finish speaking, he saw a puzzled expression on Akiyoshi Minamiko's face again.
This made him, who was extremely confident a second ago, suddenly slump again, and subconsciously asked: "Eh? Did I say something wrong again?"
Akiyoshi Minamiko nodded.
This made Conan, who was peeking not far away, also frown with confusion on his face.
What's going on?
Wasn't it Minamiko Akiyoshi who attacked Dr. Narumi in the dock?
In his reasoning, it was 10:15 when Kusaka pushed President Yashiro into the sea, and it was at least 10:20 when Narumi was attacked. It is very likely that these two people would not meet each other.
But if it was Akiyoshi Minamiko hiding nearby, she might have a chance to attack Narumi.
But now that Akiyoshi Minamiko has even admitted to the crime of murder, is there no need to be afraid to admit to the attack?
Was there anyone else in the dock at that time?
On the deck, Akiyoshi Minamiko, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
"As expected of the famous detective Mouri Kogoro..."
"Except for a few minor inaccuracies, everything else is correct."
"The reason why I planned to take advantage of Nixia was after I learned that you and Detective Qin were also on board..."
"In order to deceive the detective, a fake murderer must be designed, and the murderer himself must be made to think that he killed the person himself."
She slowly walked up to Mouri Kogoro and said calmly: "One more thing, that man was on the computer blaming my father, who lived and died with the ship, saying that my father's ideas were completely out of step with the times."
"I can't forgive those who insulted my father..."
At this moment, Kaito Wataru suddenly shouted: "That's not the case!"
"What did you say?" Akiyoshi Minamiko turned to look at him.
Kaito Watari lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Actually, the truth 15 years ago was not what you thought..."
"Fifteen years ago, no one ordered me to sink a ship or kill anyone."
"It was Captain Okita who caused the Yashiro Maru to deviate from its original route without the knowledge of everyone on board."
"As the deputy captain at the time, I discovered this matter, so I went to Captain Okita to argue, but he..."
"he……"
Kaito Wataru stared, as if recalling some terrible scene, and the expression on his face was slightly twitching.
However, at this moment, there were many more noisy footsteps on the deck.
Everyone looked at the sound and saw several crew members coming from the side of the ship. One of them was holding a primary school student with glasses in his hand.
"Conan?!"
"Ize?"
Mouri Kogoro and Kaito Wataru recognized several people's faces and were very surprised.
"Izawa, why haven't you left yet?" Kaito Wataru asked.
Ize is the deputy captain of this ship, a man with a thin face.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a ferocious smile, "Captain, I'm here to pick you up..."
"But it's not getting off the ship, but going to a place on the ship."
Mouri Kogoro saw that the attacker was evil and was about to stop him, but Izawa took out a pistol from his arms and fired a shot at the floor.
Pia!
The rain quickly drowned out the gunshots and smoke, but the bullet holes left on the floor could not be erased.
"The famous detective Mr. Mori, and Miss Akiyoshi... please come with us."
Mouri Kogoro looked serious, "Where are you going?"
"You'll know when you get to the place..."
…
Under the hostage of the five crew members headed by Ize, everyone returned to the cabin.
At this time, a large amount of water had entered the stern of the lowest cabin, causing the hull to gradually tilt below the sea level.
This caused the floor of the entire corridor to gradually slope, and there were sounds of things rolling down from time to time.
Everyone came to the Black Forest Restaurant on the second floor.
here it is……
Conan looked around. He had never been to this place before, but from the surrounding forest decorations and various food stalls, he guessed that it should be a special theme restaurant on the ship.
But now the people on the ship have left, and the food stalls are empty, with fallen plates and condiments scattered all over the floor.
"Here we are, this is it."
Izawa turned around and signaled his men to tie up Kogoro Mouri, Minami Akiyoshi, and Wataru Kaito. Even Conan was not spared.
Mouri Kogoro looked around calmly and asked again: "What exactly are you going to do?"
Ize smiled grimly and waved the muzzle of the gun in his hand, "Of course it is to carry out a great undertaking, a undertaking that could not be completed 15 years ago..."
Hearing this, Kaito Wataru's pupils narrowed.
"But before that, I want to introduce someone to you."
When he finished speaking, a figure walked out from the darkness of the forest.
Akiyoshi Minamiko looked at the man's face, her pupils widened instantly, and her shocked expression was not concealed at all.