Protect our prophets

After the wind and waves subsided completely, Huadi moved his body to get out of the way, and Conan immediately jumped down the steps and ran towards the opposite side.Huadi also got up and stood up straight, patting the ashes off her body without any waves.

Before Atobe raised his foot, he looked back and found that Matsuyuki was still sitting on the ground, with his legs limply pinned to one side, looking weak.

"Did you fall?" He frowned.

She shook her head, but said very seriously: "I didn't expect it either, just, it seems that the blood has collapsed..."

Tracebu's face changed slightly.In the dim light, there seemed to be scratch marks on her arm, perhaps stabbed by fragments from the explosion, he quickly bent down to examine the injury: "Where is it?"

Songxue was stunned for a moment, and said, "I'm not talking about bloodshed."

Atobe looked up in bewilderment, meeting her eyes.

"Ok?"

"Um……"

The two looked at each other for three seconds.

This time Atobe understood, let go of her arm, and stood up again.

He picked up the coat left by Conan from the ground, looked away, and turned to the place where the crowd gathered: "Do you want to go back first?"

The coat fell on Songxue's shoulders, she hesitated slightly, but still took it, rolled up the cuffs on both sides to her waist, tied them in a knot, and then slowly grabbed the railing, using her strength to climb up.

"The bathroom next to it should not have collapsed yet, wait for me." Songxue said while looking at Maki Aso, who was surrounded by the crowd, thinking about it.

Atobe reached out his hand and pulled her.

"Thank you." Songxue nodded to him, grabbed the coat tied around her waist, and ran away.

……

Maki Aso is indeed dead.

She was lying quietly on the deck. Although her hair was messed up on her face and her body was covered in dust and scraped blood, her expression was serene, just like the first time they saw her, she was a very gentle woman.

On the other side of the deck, there was also an open space. When the medical staff found Tatsuya Mikura in the ruins of the restaurant, he had already passed away.They moved his body out and put it not far from Aso.

Such a scene looks...a bit absurd.

But this seems to be in line with Aso's wish.

——Since life cannot be together, let's die together.

The detectives have seen countless gentle and gentle women who murdered their cheating boyfriend without changing their faces, and they have also seen countless gentle and polite gentlemen secretly counting their girlfriends.

Although they are familiar with it, they still feel incomprehensible.Why would an ordinary person who is good-natured suddenly take the risk and become a murderer?

All that was left to them was sighs and endless silence.

Of course, Conan's mood is more complicated than before.

Heiji sighed, and said, "You don't still think we detectives drove them to a dead end, do you? At least, this time, they..."

You deserve it, right?

Under the existing laws in Japan, there are very few examples of the death penalty. Unless there are really many evils, there may be one or two accidents.So they're used to sending criminals to jail, not...hell.

"But what kind of evil is it?"

Heiji was taken aback for a moment, and looked back, Songxue came out from the shadows, and was hit by the light of the searchlight on his face, interlaced with light and dark.

"This ship has more than 1000 crew members and more than 500 passengers, 50 of whom are elites in various fields across the country. If there is a slight mistake, we will be buried with the two murderers tonight..."

When she said this, she let out a slow breath.

"If there is a better solution—didn't we try our best to do it? Anticipating a possible explosion, we secretly searched the suspect's room, took out dangerous items, and notified the crew on board. Personnel conduct bomb-bomb investigations. We have already done what should be done. If the murderer seeks his own death, then there is nothing to blame.

"Everyone should have awareness when they attempt to murder other people's lives, and they will be punished accordingly."

The little boy raised his head and looked at her quietly, his blue eyes filled with unexplainable emotions.

"I just don't want to see someone die in front of me, but I can't do anything about it. This feeling is really..." He whispered.

Heiji pressed his shoulder and patted him in relief.

Songxue reached out to him and smiled slightly: "What happened, let it pass. Next time, let's stop it together."

"……Um."

Conan nodded slowly, as if thinking of something, his eyes brightened in an instant, and he held her hand.

He suddenly whispered: "If you can borrow Sister Songxue's ability, maybe it is really possible."

"I thought so too," she replied.

"However, it turns out that it is still very difficult for me to work hard alone. Tonight's result is really unsatisfactory. If someone hadn't solved Aso Maki for us—"

Big trouble.

Songxue walked to Aso's body, where Baima was squatting to check. "It's a penetrating gunshot wound." When he heard her footsteps, he quickly raised his head, his eyebrows slightly frowned, "The bullet passed through the lung and left the body."

"One-hit kill." Songxue nodded.

"Strangely," White Horse continued, "this wound..."

Songxue followed his line of sight and saw a bullet that fell on the steps not far away.She took out her handkerchief, picked up the bullet, and walked back to hold it up to the light.

The blood-stained streamlined bullet was shining silver, and she couldn't help but take a breath.

"Silver Bullet." Several voices said the same name in unison.

They looked at each other again.

Heiji rested his chin and muttered to himself: "Could it be..."

"I see." Kaito interrupted unintentionally, with a faint smile on his face, "If Ms. Matsuyuki is a prophet, then the person who did it just now must be—"

According to legend, the silver bullet with exorcism effect is prepared for werewolves.

"It's a hunter." Conan breathed a sigh of relief, as if he felt a lot more relaxed.

At least, not an enemy.

The ship is still shrouded in the shadow of the explosion, and the darkness is full of dangers.They haven't forgotten that this is just the beginning of this journey...just the first night of departure.

The other two still didn't know the details, and looked at Songxue suspiciously.

She stared blankly for a while, then asked them, "Do you mind if I put it away?"

Before doing so, of course, she spread out her handkerchief and held it in front of them so that everyone could observe.

"No traces of ballistics?" Baima was very surprised. He picked up the bullet carefully, and felt no heat residue through his fingertips through a layer of gloves.

But it was indeed the feel of the bullet, and he turned around carefully again.

"It's really strange. Like this penetrating wound, it doesn't look like a normal gunshot wound at all, but it looks like someone dropped an unused bullet here."

But the bullet was clearly covered with Miss Aso's blood, and the rust smell was very strong.

"What happened to the prophets and hunters you mentioned just now?" Baima asked while returning the bullet to Songxue.

"It sounds like... Werewolf killing?" Heiji was stunned when he said this.

Before Songxue opened her mouth, she heard a slight cough from behind her, and she said, "I'll explain this to you later, there are too many people here."

The boys nodded in understanding.

Ito, who disappeared for a while, followed the captain back to the deck with a solemn expression, found the white horse, and hurriedly explained some things.

Hearing that, Baima also frowned.

The explosion points just now were basically on the hull of the ship, which is the area where passengers move. Now the crew is arranging emergency evacuation, checking and counting the wounded.

The working cabin below was also affected. Although it was not so serious that the ship sank and needed to be abandoned and evacuated, an important power system failed.

"Why does it feel like the ship stopped, the propulsion system was damaged by the explosion?"

"Manpower is being arranged to repair the generator, but..." Ito turned his head to look at the stern-faced Captain Davis, wiped his sweat slightly, and said in a low voice, "I feel that the situation is not optimistic. After the helicopter from Kyoto arrives, we will It's best to leave together."

The white horse was lost in thought.

If the ship can't continue sailing, then the trip plan must be cancelled, or Boss Xia Zhile will arrange another ship to pick them up.

"But since there has been a murder case—" Mr. Ito smiled wryly and shook his head, "I am afraid that the event planned by Mr. Katori will also be aborted."

Not a good sign.

But there are always some wealthy big bosses who are stubborn and confident, and insist on going their own way.

And since the distinguished guests on board accepted the invitation, they are naturally qualified reasoning fans, and they may be more interested in the real case. Then, this little disturbance on the road will not stop them from continuing to participate.

"What do you think?" Songxue asked.

Atobe twitched the corners of his mouth, noncommittal: "Although the poison murder case has caught the murderer, there are obviously many doubts, right?"

He looked at the other people, his eyes focused on the side face of the boy for a few seconds.

"That's right. For example, the source of so many bombs," Heiji folded his arms around his chest, "The fundamental purpose of detonating by Aso Maki's hand is to get rid of who? Is it related to Mr. Katori of Xia Zhile? It's him Part of the plan, or is someone secretly working against him?"

"If you return halfway now, you will miss the most important puzzle." Kaito said slowly, slightly curling the corners of his lips. This playfulness is not quite that of a high school student detective Kudo-kun, but more like a phantom thief. , but Baima was still communicating with Ito, and didn't pay attention to this—"I don't think everyone will be satisfied with this, right?"

"Let's go and see the situation in the power room first."

Conan made a final decision: "It is always necessary to understand how these explosive devices are installed. Also, although the most important detonators have sunk to the bottom of the sea, those explosives have not been disarmed, and there may be detonators. Danger."

Heiji nodded, then raised his arm suddenly to poke him, and said narrowly, "Yes, if it's bomb disposal, the few of us should be able to make do with it."

"Bomb disposal is one thing, but ship repair—" said Conan dryly, "my dad didn't teach me that in Hawaii."

"Can't you?" Songxue was slightly surprised, then sighed, "That's really a pity."

Atobe looked sideways in shock: "Isn't your requirement too high for an elementary school student?"

"Our world always has higher requirements for male protagonists." She muttered softly.

Conan didn't hear clearly, he thought for a while, and said regretfully: "I really don't understand the mechanical operation of this aspect. If... Brother Amuro is here, maybe there will be no problem."

Heiji opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but held back.

Song Xue nodded calmly: "Yes, after all, you are a combination of zero and one."

"……what?"

……

There were several crew members guarding outside the engine room, and when they saw the captain bringing a group of people, their expressions were slightly weird.

"How's the situation?" asked Mr. Davies hastily.

The first mate said: "When the explosion happened, several people were too close, ah, but the injuries were not serious, and they have been transferred to the medical room. It's just that our boatmen..."

He hesitated, a little embarrassed.To be honest, it is very lucky that no one was seriously injured or even life-threatening.

Send a distress signal now, and it won't take long for the rescue team to arrive.What's more, the police in Kyoto are already on the way.

"Is there no way to find someone to fix it?" Davis frowned solemnly.

"Actually, a person came to us on his own initiative just now." The first mate swallowed hard, feeling a little uneasy about his decision to make his own claim, "The other party showed a professional certificate and said that there is a way to deal with the promotion situation. I will let The two followed and went in together."

When Songxue heard this, her heart beat slightly faster.

The silver bullet left at the scene, like the witch's poison, has no trace of use.By the same token, if it falls into the hands of the police, the test results will surely confuse them.

This super-scientific phenomenon, if the other party is her colleague, it would not be surprising to have this special ability.

"hunter".

She couldn't help but read it a few times, thinking, what kind of person would it be?

Atobe raised his eyebrows: "Why, very surprised?"

"It's also a little frightening." Songxue sighed and admitted, "The last time I saw a 'colleague', that person told me that only when it is very dangerous—for example, there are many werewolves and the situation is very urgent, it is possible to Two priests appear at the same time, uh, to solve the task."

"Let's ignore the werewolf problem." Atobe sighed softly and rubbed his temples, "Don't you think that with you detectives here, nothing good will happen? You should be lucky to have someone else come to help. right."

"..."

Songxue nodded: "That's right."

The author has something to say: The hunter is original, and the characters in this world collection (.

Although you may not have thought of it, she is a handsome young lady w

Let me talk about the idea of ​​this article

Although there are reasoning elements, I am more inclined to describe motivation, human nature, or a psychological point of view. I will not set too many puzzles on the modus operandi (that is to say, this aspect is a shorthand). It should be after reading Aga I will be more interested in this aspect of the influence received after Shasha

If you want to guess the murderer along with the story, it’s more useful to observe everyone’s character design, and at most add some simple on-site clues, IQ is not enough, I can’t think of too complicated ones_(:з」∠)_

(. Well, probably not many people want to guess qaq

Then forget about the case and just follow the story!