"There's a pool of blood next to it." Xingchen walked to Conan and leaned over to take a look.

"That means the deceased is either Kujirai Sadao or Kanie Kakuhisa, one of these two." Xingchen guessed, touching his chin.

"Chen, there is another piece of blue paper here." Conan walked forward a few steps and whispered while holding a piece of paper between two pipes.

"Really? Let's see what's written on it?!" Xingchen leaned over to take a look and couldn't help but read the words on it.

"Now that you're here, do you know anything about the ship's secrets?"

"Does he know that we will come?" The two looked at each other, seeming to see the shock in each other's eyes.

"The secret of the ship? Are there other secrets hidden on the ship?"

"It's possible, but not likely. What's more critical now is that this person is very confident in himself."

"He left this letter with confidence, thinking that someone would find this piece of paper." Conan touched his chin and read the words on it in his mind, but he still couldn't understand what they meant.

But he noticed that they all started with Chinese characters.

"Really?" Xingchen fell into deep thought. That person was also very confident in his plan.

"If we follow this road, we should reach the stern of the ship." Conan shone the flashlight on his watch on the road, roughly forming the direction of the ship in his mind and whispered.

A look of confusion appeared on Xingchen's face, and then he followed Conan all the way along the computer room and crawled out of a passage.

Xingchen crawled out first, and saw the charred corpse covered with cloth and said, "As expected, we are here."

"How is it, did you find anything?" Hattori Heiji walked out of the corridor and asked when he saw two people climbing up from the ground passage.

"Well, down in the machine room. We found a little blood on the floor and an empty shell from a pistol."

"In addition, we also found two letters or something similar on the ground nearby." Xingchen took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, then opened it to reveal two pieces of paper inside.

"I also found an unusual piece of paper here. It's crumpled into a ball. It looks like it was thrown into the trash can as garbage." Hattori Heiji held up the handkerchief in his hand, which also contained a crumpled piece of paper.

"Where did you find it then?"

"Isn't there a restroom at the entrance of the restaurant? I found it in the trash can."

"By the way, what's written in these two letters?"

"One said 'Wait for me in the computer room, Furukawa Dai.' The other said something very strange." Xingchen unfolded the two letters and said.

"The text on this piece of paper seems to be in the same style as the previous ones." Hattori Heiji said after reading it once.

"Just like the small words on that 10,000 yen note, if you underestimate me, your body will appear in the wooden box."

"A wooden box. This box is not made of wood. As for the bloodstains and empty bullet shells." After saying this, Hattori Heiji walked towards the charred corpse covered with cloth next to him.

"That's right, someone shot him in the temple." Hattori Heiji reached out to lift the cloth, observed for a while, turned his head to look at the two of them and said.

"So the burnt man read this letter and went into the computer room."

"He was shot there and put in this box." Conan speculated, turning his head to look at the sea beside him.

"That's probably how things are." Xingchen nodded in agreement.

"By the way, what's written on the paper in your hand?" Conan turned his head and asked Hattori Heiji.

"I think it should be the same as that piece of paper, and the words on it are also typed on a computer." Hattori Heiji put down the cloth in his hand, then stood up and said.

"Let's meet at the stern, Dai Furukawa." Hattori Heiji spread out the paper in his hand and said as he looked at the contents on it.

"I think it should be addressed to Mr. Kameda, because there are two crew members on the bow deck, and Kameda is standing there with a confused look on his face."

"They thought he was in trouble, and two crew members approached him to ask him a few questions. But according to the crew members' description, when Terukata heard the crew members' voices, he seemed to be frightened and quickly stepped back, keeping a distance from them."

"When he saw it was them, he breathed a sigh of relief and said something like he just came out to get some fresh air, then walked towards our lounge." Hattori Heiji continued, leaning against the fence and enjoying the sea breeze, which made his hair messy.

"However, we did not see Mr. Kameda returning to the lounge."

"Well, he should have gone to the stern at that time, and that's why he saw this letter." Hattori Heiji continued talking about what he discovered.

"But why did he go to the deck at the bow before going to the stern?" Xingchen asked puzzledly.

“No one knows.”

"At that time, they had been patrolling for about two minutes when they suddenly heard a sound like a gunshot and rushed to the current place." Hattori Heiji spread his hands and said.

"Was the box on fire at that time?" Xingchen looked up and asked.

"No, and there is no automatic detonation device in the box," Hattori Heiji continued.

"In other words, the murderer deliberately created gunshots on the deck and then set the flag on fire."

"While everyone was on the upper deck, I went downstairs and set fire to the first aid kit." Xingchen summarized.

"Yeah." They both nodded in response.

"The question now is how the murderer fired into the air from the upper deck and got to this position without bumping into anyone." Conan said lightly, staring at the sea in front of him.

"As for the new Alaixiu, the former detective once asked him where he was. He said that he was in the captain's room during that time and had a conversation with the captain. The captain also came out to agree. The approximate time was that he went there after we finished recording and stayed there until twelve o'clock."

"Finally, since you already have clues about the murderer, it is only a matter of time before you know this detail." Hattori Heiji said, waving his hand confidently.

"Well! Do you already know the whole story?" The two of them looked at Hattori Heiji and said in unison.

"You already know what you are talking about." Hattori Heiji looked at the two of them seriously, and Conan showed an interested look on his face.

"..." Xingchen pointed at himself in confusion and muttered to himself, when did he know the truth? !

"In that case, let's check the answers." Seeing this, Hattori Heiji said with a slight smile on his face.

The three of them found a recessed area in the corridor where some chairs were placed.

Under the moonlight, Conan sat cross-legged on a chair and slowly said, "First, it's the mysterious old man who claims to be Ye Caisan."

"According to what you said, we need to be able to get out of the top of the boat and not get hit by anyone on the way back."

"If he ends up appearing on the ship without anyone noticing," Hattori Heiji continued.

"This must have been set up by the murderer." Conan said seriously.

"Fake!" they both said in unison.

"fa...ke?!" Only Xingchen murmured, and he thought to himself that he always felt like he was cursing someone.

"You don't know the meaning of this word, do you?" Conan looked at Xingchen in confusion.

Xingchen pondered for a while and nodded very confidently.

"...Ahaha." Hattori Heiji twitched the corner of his mouth. This is how he went undercover in that kind of organization before.

Conan told him about that during their previous conversation after the fire.

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