Chapter 466 Qin Zhibo, who loves being more serious
"I remember that the TV station's plan was not a mystery showdown between the famous Osaka high school detectives, Hattori Heiji and Mr. Mori Kogoro?"
"How did it turn into a duel between two detective uncles?"
The director of the TV program took the new version of the project and stood up to answer Taira Ie's questions, "The Osaka detective refused to perform because he had to go to school, so he was temporarily replaced by Mr. Qin Zhibo to participate in the show."
"This is also very interesting. Among the two most popular late-bloomer detectives at the moment, who is better?"
It is not an exaggeration to say that Qin Zhibo and Mouri Kogoro are late blooming detectives. Both of them were unknown before, but they suddenly emerged in the past month and became dazzling supernovas in the detective world.
More importantly, this program will be Qin Zhibo's screen debut, which alone is quite topical.
At this moment, a man's hoarse voice came from the pilothouse at the bow of the ship.
"It doesn't matter what happens. The most important thing is that we finish the work quickly before the sun goes down."
"As soon as the sun sets in that place, those ghosts will come to claim their lives. This is no joke."
"Right? Captain?"
The middle-aged man with Chinese characters in the cab was named Mikihiko Daito. After speaking, he looked at the captain beside him as if seeking approval.
However, the captain's face was stiff and his eyes were staring at the sea. He seemed to be focusing on sailing the ship and did not answer any questions.
However, Qin Zhibo in the cabin at the back was somewhat interested in this topic. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he was asked by Mao Lilan, who was very concerned about such supernatural events.
"Those life-threatening things he was talking about were..."
One of the locals, Kume Yoshitsugi, put on a malicious expression on his face and leaned his face towards Maori Ran, "Those ghosts will come specifically to steal people's souls. This is a legend that has been circulating a long time ago. There is a woman who comes at night
Just keep weaving."
Next to him, Noburo Ikema also made a strange expression with his tongue hanging out and his eyes staring, and then said: "A messenger from the underworld dressed in death clothes will come ashore silently from the shore every night and take away the souls of the living."
As expected, Mao Lilan, who was relatively weak-willed, was frightened so much that her heart sped up, a frightened expression appeared on her face, and her body unconsciously leaned towards the only person who was most suitable to rely on at the moment, which was Qin Zhibo.
Qin Zhibo was a little different from usual, and had no feeling about the legend this time.
The reason is very simple. If there really was a so-called messenger from the underworld on the island, Shimabukuro Keikazu would not have spent 4 years on the island unharmed.
And if you think about it carefully, this kind of legend about ghosts on the island can prevent local people from approaching the island and reduce the possibility of Keika Shimabukuro being rescued.
So is it possible that the bandits back then deliberately spread such ghost legends?
"You said this legend has been circulating for a long time. How long is it?"
"I guess it won't be long. After all, there are said to be abandoned villas on the island. If the owner of the villa knew about ghosts, he wouldn't choose to build a villa on it, right?"
"Also, there seems to be some discrepancy between the legends you two mentioned. Since this female messenger from the underworld keeps weaving at night, how can he have time to go ashore to seize his soul?"
"And since she came ashore, it means she usually stays in the sea. Could it be that she is weaving in the sea?"
"Please give me a reasonable explanation."
Qin Zhibo, who is serious about love and seriousness, brought up several brilliant points in one go, making the two local guys immediately dumbfounded.
"This, this."
"Actually, this was suddenly spread among our local diving enthusiasts a few years ago."
Seeing Yoshitsugi Kume and Noburo Ikema hesitating, Mao Lilan also relieved the fear in her heart.
"It turns out it was just made up." Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest, "I thought it was true."
Conan raised his head and glanced at Mao Lilan, who was comforted, and then understood the reason why Qin Zhibo suddenly became more serious about such mythical legends.
listen to me thank you
After more than an hour of sailing, the ship finally arrived at Ghost Turtle Island.
Taira Ie put on a diving suit and said that he wanted to play diving in the sea on the shore. The others, led by Taketomi Masao, first went to see the "puzzle" of this reasoning showdown.
In front of an abandoned villa on the coast, there are sharp words carved with a dagger on the pillars of the porch. The content is: The princess sleeps in A instead of B.
Qin Zhibo stood on the spot and observed the investigation point above, while Conan walked closer and observed carefully.
Masao Taketomi stood at the back and introduced: "The body of the unknown man who was discovered a year ago was leaning against these wooden words. The cause of death seems to be that he did not eat or drink for several days, and finally starved to death."
"In fact, about a year ago, a large typhoon happened to hit this island, so the locals wondered whether this person might have drifted to this place due to a shipwreck."
"It's just that this matter has never been concluded, leaving only these strange words."
Although Taketomi Masao said this, Qin Zhibo, as someone who has come here to pursue clues, naturally knows what is going on.
A year ago, the man who starved to death was one of the members of the bandit group back then. He was trapped on the island and died of starvation because his boat was stolen by Keikazu Shimabukuro.
As for this text
【Secret Word Survey√】
[The first finger refers to the tortoise shell, which alludes to the small island; the second finger refers to Princess Oto of the Dragon Palace, which alludes to the sea. The full meaning of the code is: the "princess" is placed on the small island, not in the sea]
The "Secret Word Investigation" did not answer the question of what the "princess" in it meant, but it reminded Qin Zhibo of what Keikazu Shimabukuro said. The robber from a year ago was supposed to put down the supplies and leave, but he suddenly lurked.
Into the sea.
There was a wind blowing on the sea at that time, so he dived into the water at the risk of his life.
The four robbers originally came to the island to hide a certain treasure they had stolen. After discovering that there was someone on the island, what method would they choose to hide the treasure?
Keika Shimabukuro has always lived on the island. If he hid his treasure on the island, if it was discovered, he might be used for blackmail, or the treasure might be destroyed out of anger.
So they could only hide the treasure in the sea!
And the starved robber left this code, indicating that he had transferred the treasure from the sea to the island.
Treasure is on the island!
Conan looked at the code for a long time. He had no idea for solving the problem at the moment, so he could only quietly take out a small notebook and write it down first.
Mao Lilan, who didn't know much about code reasoning, looked up at the two-story villa in front of him and asked curiously: "Hey, who built this villa?"
At this moment, Taira Ie, who had finished diving, came over and wiped the brown hair on his head, "This was built by the mayor of Jincheng Town. I heard that it was used as a villa before, but it was abandoned after the typhoon destroyed it."
Mikihiko Daito also came over and added a meaningful sentence.
"Now I see that this place is indeed much different from before."