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"You must have done it! You have been trying to persuade Misaki to drink just now, so you must have taken the opportunity to poison her!"

"No, it's not... That wine was poured by the waiter!"

"Mr. Police Officer..."

"Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Maki is more suspicious than us, right? Mr. Police Officer shouldn't regard us as murderers, she must be jealous that Misaki is prettier than her, and has money—"

"More than that, in fact, the person who was dating Yone Cang was Maki. When it comes to motive, isn't it her?"

"Heh, maybe Mr. Yonekura had a quarrel with Misaki, and there was a killing intent in his anger?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! There is nothing wrong with my relationship with Misaki!"

"Okay, everyone—"

Mr. Ito struggled to maintain order and felt very tired.

It was the first time these friends of Misaki Kobayashi encountered a murder case. When they heard that they were listed as suspects, they panicked and were eager to blame each other.

The three waiters also turned pale with fright, and stammered their excuses.The salary of the cruise ship job is good, but it is not easy. You may meet any kind of guests, but... it is the first time in their lives that they are involved in a murder case.

The captain, Mr. Davis, is also British, and he doesn't speak Japanese fluently. When they quarreled, they couldn't tell what they were talking about, so they could only ask the crew to separate them and persuade everyone to sit down and calm down for a while.

Aso Maki was pointed at by several people, her eyes were red, and she was very weak in defending herself, sobbing, she said: "I have known Misaki for so many years, would I be happy when she died? Yes, I used to I have dated with Yicang, but that is already in the past tense, if I really want to say, he is the one who failed me!"

"You mean, even if you wanted to fight, you would choose to fight Yonekura, right?" Mr. Ito asked.

"Then why not?" Aso wiped away his tears, clutching the handkerchief tightly in his palm, he asked coldly.

Micang Tatsuya's face suddenly became a little uneasy: "Hey, Maki... I've already said it, it's a good get-together! It's a good thing, can you stop doing this?"

"You really did this unkindly." Da He said with a frown.

Nagasawa seemed to think of something, and Liu Ye raised his eyebrows: "So, Mr. Dahe is not without suspicion. You borrowed a large amount of money from Misaki for your previous investment, right? The venture capital failed, and the capital turnover was not enough. Money is tight, right?" , being urged by several creditors to repay the debt."

……

Two high school students stood on the other side of the restaurant, not far from them. They originally wanted to find a quiet place to exchange opinions between the two sides, but they happened to hear everything clearly.

"Life is full of life." Heiji sighed, "When I saw them drinking and chatting just now, I really thought they had a good relationship, and they were not like those pretending adults..."

"In society, they are still classified as 'young people'." Baima leaned against the window, wiped the oil stains on his hands with a handkerchief, and commented, "Maybe they have a very good relationship, but when it comes to personal interests, Feelings are the hardest thing to predict."

Heiji took a deep look at him.

"So, you've also—"

Now you know.

The white horse raised his head, and the two of them briefly exchanged glances, both of them understood the deep meaning in each other's eyes, and then their expressions became solemn.

"Feelings are the least reliable, and may... be the most reliable." Heiji murmured, "Crazy love can kill people."

Baima looked at the watch again and said, "Now, there is only conclusive evidence left. I hope their side—"

The sensor door of the cafeteria opened silently, and a gust of sea breeze poured in, shaking the tablecloth hanging by the table slightly.

Both of them looked back, the blond boy strode in, followed by the tall "bodyguard", Conan walked on the other side, with a confident smile on his face, and nodded slightly towards them.

Solve it?

The white horse raised the corners of its lips and smiled in relief: "It seems that it can be over."

Then he straightened up and walked towards the bar.When Mr. Ito saw him, his eyes lit up: "You...have you found the murderer?"

"Of course." It was Heiji Hattori who answered,

The reasoning show of the young detectives has begun.

The group of people became strangely quiet.Miss Nagasawa tightened her fingers nervously, crossed her legs, and leaned forward slightly: "You wouldn't say that those waiters did it, would you?"

"Don't worry." Heiji said.

His unique Kansai accent made the anxious atmosphere a lot more relaxed. When there were still some people who had never heard of his reputation, they showed suspicious eyes: "What do you little devils know?"

"First of all, what is certain now is that the cyanide was not poured into the wine, but——beside Ms. Xiaolin's seat, this plate of curry chicken mixed with spicy sauce."

The audience suddenly gasped.

"really?"

"Although we are still on board, as soon as we get back to the shore, the identification department will give the test results as soon as possible." Heiji said, "Of course, Mr. Captain is more thoughtful, in order to catch the murderer as soon as possible and prevent him from getting away with it." , I have already contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and asked them to send someone to come by helicopter, and they will arrive in about an hour."

"All of you can eat spicy food, especially Ms. Kobayashi, who likes to mix it with spicy sauce. Mr. Yonekura and Ms. Aso have confirmed it just now, so each of you has eaten this plate of curry chicken, and it's a turn around. Then it was passed to Xiao Lin, she ate the last piece, and then wiped off the red oil on her lips with a napkin. When she went to drink again, the poison took effect very quickly.”

The crowd was silent.

Baima went on to say: "Only when you get close can you smell a faint smell of bitter almonds. You were discussing an offline immersive script killing game. Ms. Xiaolin was very interested, so I'm afraid she didn't pay attention, but the murderer just in case, I chose chicken curry with spicy sauce on purpose, because these seasonings are very strong and will easily cover up the almond smell, so that Misaki Kobayashi can eat it without any abnormalities——I’m sure she will die.”

Speaking of the last sentence, his voice cooled down, and his eyes looked around.

A few people were not strong enough, and they all shrank their necks.

The waitress who brought the food stood by the bar, clutching the edge with her hands, her expression was very shaken, she swallowed hard, and wanted to say something: "Mr. Detective, I—"

"Hush," the white horse smiled slightly, and raised his index finger, "please allow us to continue talking."

His handsome appearance reassured the other party, and he sat down slowly against the bar, and the colleague beside him nodded to her comfortingly.

"Except for the waitress, everyone here has touched this plate, right?" Heiji said slowly.

The four people sitting in a row looked at each other without speaking, but their faces became ugly.

After a while, Ms. Nagasawa said tremblingly, "In the end it was Maki, it was Maki who passed it on to Misaki—"

"I have no chance to poison at all!" Aso snapped, "I was asking the waiter to make me a cocktail, because I wanted to taste it earlier, so I didn't intend to let the curry pollute the taste, I just took it in my hand and gave it to her directly— — he was right in front of me, so he must have noticed nothing, right!"

She looked expectantly at the waiter brother, who scratched his cheek hesitantly: "I don't remember if it was that time... But, I remember that Miss Aso was holding the wine glass in one hand and using only one hand Holding a plate, it shouldn't be possible to have a chance to poison, right?"

"You specifically avoided curry chicken and didn't eat it, is it because you know it's poisonous?" Mr. Ito looked deeply at Aso.

She bit her lower lip: "If you insist on saying that it's the chicken curry, it's probably because of Mi Cang! He was sitting on the other side of Misaki, but he ran over and snatched Dahe's chopsticks on the pretext that he was too far away. He took a bite, and then pushed the plate in front of me. Maybe I was the one he wanted to poison! It’s just a mistake..."

Heiji continued casually: "Only Misaki Kobayashi ate the poisonous chicken curry."

"Don't spout blood!" Micang said angrily.

"No," the young boy's clear voice interjected, and they were taken aback, looking at Conan who had just climbed onto the stool, "Brother Heiji meant that Mr. Yonekura did not want to harm Ms. Aso, or vice versa."

"Little friend, please stop talking, this time is not a joke—" Nagasawa hesitated to persuade him.

Baima laughed softly: "Actually, this case is not complicated. Before we boarded the boat, everyone saw the name of the 'murderer'."

"What?" They were all startled.

"The name of our cruise ship is - 'Jacqueline'." Conan said in a deep voice, "I think the murderer was inspired by one of Agatha's classic masterpieces, "Tragedy on the Nile", right?"

"Ah, I know that." Ito was slightly surprised, "It was the deceased's friend and husband who joined forces to act in a play, murdered the deceased, in order to inherit her huge inheritance... Wait? Isn't this—"

This script is too familiar.

It can be substituted!

He looked at the suspects in cold sweat and narrowed his eyes.

There was an uproar in the restaurant.

The waiters whispered to each other, and Yicang's face turned pale instantly.

"On the surface, Ms. Aso was very angry and held a grudge against Mr. Yonekura who abandoned her and chose a richer friend. Mr. Yonekura also dismissed her, but in fact, the two of them had no more love and secretly discussed how to get rid of her. Get rid of this rich lady."

Conan handed the medicine bottle wrapped in a handkerchief to Mr. Ito, and continued: "We went to the guest room to search just now and found this in Ms. Aso's room. Wait for the police to detect the residual cyanide in it."

"Impossible!" Aso was dumbfounded, covered his mouth, and shook his head desperately, "How could it be that I let it go, I didn't know there was—"

"You really don't know." Heiji said flatly, "Because you just discussed getting rid of Ms. Kobayashi, but until you got on the boat, you didn't know that Mr. Yonekura thought of this plan and tried to put the blame on you People——Because, before Xiao Lin got the curry chicken, you were the last person he touched. I think the order in which you are seated today is also the result of his deliberate guidance, right?"

Aso was stunned.The others also opened their mouths.

"Wh, what do you mean?" Dahe was surprised, "Miss Aso is really innocent? - It's all Mi Cang's trick, trying to kill two birds with one stone? Then what you said just now, the two of them have a secret relationship... Is it true? real?"

"Is it true, don't you know if you ask me?" Baima said slowly.

They looked at Aso again, only to see that she was silent, her eyes were red, and she was staring at Mi Cang.

The young man's eyes dodged, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't say a word.

"But one thing is true, it is true that Yonekura and others murdered Kobayashi Misaki together," Heiji said, "It is impossible for him to complete the poisoning alone."

Ito rubbed his forehead: "What's going on? Whether it's Aso or not, I'm confused."

Heiji cleared his throat: "Think about it—well, imagine, how would the murderer poison curry chicken mulberry in front of everyone without being discovered?"

"This method is actually very simple," Baima shrugged. "At that time, Mi Cang walked between Dahe and Nagasawa, pretending to grab food, splashing sauce on the table, and deliberately chatting about his last secret room experience. Attracting everyone's attention, only Ms. Aso cared more about the cocktail she ordered, and she also didn't notice that at this time, someone smeared the poison on the handkerchief onto the plate."

"But this will be discovered?" someone blurted out.

"No." Conan said seriously, "Even though she made this move in front of everyone, it won't arouse anyone's vigilance, because she was going to use a rag to wipe off the sauce on the table."

He paused, and looked up at the waitress.

"Am I right, Miss AM?"

The latter opened his eyes wide, bewildered.

"The identities of the waiters are very special," Heiji said. "They often stand inside the bar counter. When people suspect the murderer, they will subconsciously focus on the guests outside, thus ignoring some seemingly ordinary details. For example , if the waiter brother is going to hand the wine to the deceased, then everyone will remember it afterwards, but if he just cleans up the water splashed when pouring the wine, this episode will often be ignored."

"'AM'?" Ito thought thoughtfully.

"Miss Maki Aso's abbreviation is 'AM', and there is an email in Yicang's mailbox showing that he ordered a ring not long ago and asked them to engrave the letters AM on it, which made Miss Aso think that It was for her, in fact, at that time, Yonekura had already known this Miss Aijia McCauley who was working on the cruise ship..."

As a mixed race, Miss Aika's name on the staff card is written in the order of Japanese names, and the abbreviation is MA. Even if she is seen by Maki Aso, even if she is a sensitive and slender woman, she will not be associated with it. , let alone think that the lover who thought he was in the same heart as him has actually moved on, and made up his mind to take this opportunity to get rid of himself.

Ms. Nagasawa asked tremblingly, "But what is the benefit of Mr. Yonekura doing this?"

Atobe sneered, although he was sitting by the window with a posture of staying out of the matter, he easily focused everyone's attention on him alone.

"In Misaki Kobayashi's work mailbox, there is a will. She made it more than a month ago for a minimally invasive surgery. She left all the company shares she holds to her fiancé Tatsuya Yonekura. This is the motive Bar?"

Finally, Yonekura hung his head down.

"As for the evidence—Miss Aijia should still have that handkerchief wet with drink and stained with poison in her pocket. It will be tested later and the truth will be revealed."

"As for whether Ms. Aika still wants to cover up her accomplice, or in other words, the mastermind—" Heiji looked over meaningfully.

The waitress pleaded guilty without any struggle, and Yicang was also dejected when he saw that the incident was revealed. The two were detained and were about to be transferred to the temporary prison on the ship, waiting for the police to pick them up.

In the strange silence, Atobe glanced at the time on the phone impatiently, wondering why it was so slow.

At this moment, the glass door finally opened again, and the high-spirited young man hurried into the restaurant: "Sorry, sorry, there was a delay—"

"It's too slow, Kudo-kun." Baima said with a smile.

Matsuyuki also trotted to keep up with Kaito's footsteps, breathless, nodded apologetically to Atobe and said, "I would have been back right away, but, he...uh, Mr. Kudo suddenly found someone in the crew room downstairs pick the lock..."

"Then, we caught two stowaways who sneaked into the cruise ship," Kaito explained.

"..."

Conan and Heiji were silent.

Songxue coughed dryly: "Oh, what a colorful night, wasn't it?"

The author has something to say: scumbags are always more scumbags than imagined_(:з」∠)_

The reason for the detective who knew the inside story to remain silent was that, as expected of a thief, what he caught was also a "stolen" ferryman!

die laughing (.

ok, the appetizer of entering the small world of death is over, next will be a little... a little more exciting (?)