Chapter 198 The Ryūmoto Family and Their Ship

Miwako Sato had already reached the door of the security room and was about to break in.

But now...

After exchanging a glance with Jiang Xia in the room, Sato Miwako said: "...Aren't you a hostage?"

Jiang Xia glanced at her through the window, then opened all the half-open doors of the security room and let the police in: "It was just now, but now it has changed."

Officer Sato: "..."

She looked at the people on the ground and sighed: Forget it, the details are not important, as long as the kidnappers are okay.

But: "Why are there so many? Conan just said there were only five robbers."

Jiang Xia raised his hand and pointed: "The last three are the security guards who were caught earlier. But I'm not sure if there are any traitors among them, so I didn't untie them. The rest are the robbers who have been identified."

The next step is to identify the hostages and robbers, which is the police's job.

Jiang Xia finished his work, returned home, and began to pack things for the trip to Mermaid Island.

…

A few days passed.

When the date on the travel voucher arrived, Jiang Xia came to the beach and prepared to board the boat.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran also arrived early.

The travel agency's boat is scheduled to leave in the evening and arrive tomorrow.

After lunch, Jiang Xia took a few classmates for a walk on the beach, intending to see if there was any case that could be solved.

Just as he was scanning the passers-by on the beach, trying to find murderous intent in them, the travel agency's boat exploded with a loud bang behind him.

Jiang Xia: “……?”

The four people were startled and ran closer to take a look at the situation.

It turned out that the explosion did not occur in the entire ship, but in a certain cabin. The accident only caused one death and did not cause a fire.

Judging from the ornaments on the charred body and the testimony of onlookers, the deceased should be the captain.

Jiang Xia has no impression of this incident.

But when he looked up, he saw that there were suddenly three more people beside him: the first mate who appeared from nowhere, the handsome chief engineer, and a sailor with a villainous look.

Jiang Xia understood immediately and whispered to several classmates: "This is not an accident, it should be a murder."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shikigami gradually emerged from the charred corpse. It crawled closer and grabbed the engineer's leg.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko stared at the charred corpse for a moment, and took out their cell phones at the same time tremblingly.

Ran Mouri started to call the police, and Suzuki Sonoko wanted to call an ambulance, but after glancing at the corpse through her fingers, she fell into deep thought.

After pondering, Suzuki Sonoko silently gave up the idea and called the fire department instead.

…

Conan skillfully took out the earmuffs and put them on.

Next to him, Jiang Xia searched his memory for a moment and realized that this was an event outside the spoiler.

He then asked a few ghosts to wander around and look for clues. At the same time, he used the few minutes of free time to think about whether Conan's event physique had been upgraded...

Before they could come to a conclusion, the ghosts sneaked back to report: they found evidence of a body of a person tied with heavy objects and sunk into the sea on the seabed nearby.

After identifying the murderer and the physical evidence, you can then go find the murderer, who has a poor psychological quality, and ask him to tell you something, and you can almost come up with the reasoning in the middle.

Finished

…

On the other side, Conan was wearing earmuffs, immersed in his thoughts of solving the case.

After finally coming to a conclusion, he returned to the crime scene and saw the murderer, crying bitterly, being taken into a police car.

Conan: “…”

He touched his earmuffs cherishingly: They are so useful, thank you Dr. Agasa for the gift.

…

Because the boat exploded, the travel agency staff looked worried and bowed to the tourists to apologize: "Everyone, the boat needs to be repaired and cannot leave for the time being. We will reconfirm the departure time."

Jiang Xia sighed: If he delayed too long, he might miss the "Mermaid Festival" - experience told him that there are often many things to grab in such lively occasions.

Let’s look for another ship.

As I was looking around, at this moment, Suzuki Sonoko next to me suddenly looked into the distance and said "Huh?" in surprise.

…

Suzuki Sonoko saw a group of people boarding the ship.

As she looked over there, someone also looked over there.

The two sides looked at each other, and the black-haired girl on the opposite side had her eyes lit up and waved enthusiastically, "Yuanzi!"

Suzuki Sonoko was startled, then became happy: "Xia Jiang, sister!"

Jiang Xia looked in the direction of the sound and saw the yacht that could seat quite a few people, his eyes lit up.

…

The group walked towards the Ryūmoto family's yacht, ready to hitch a ride on it.

"It's rare for the Ryūmoto family to travel together." Suzuki Sonoko whispered in surprise, "I remember that his family is not very harmonious, and many people are eyeing the old man's inheritance. Xia Jiang doesn't like to go out with his family, but today... is there a special day?"

She was not wrong.

"Haha, actually I'm getting married soon."

On the deck, Ryūmoto Natsue held Suzuki Sonoko's hand, her cheeks flushed:

“According to family tradition, our weddings for generations have been held on the island of Ryomoto.

"Also, I heard that the 'Mermaid Festival' is about to begin. The two islands are not far from each other. I plan to go to the Mermaid Festival after the wedding to see if I can get the 'Dugong Arrow' - it is said that the Dugong Arrow has magical power, and those who get it can stay young forever."

An old man in a kimono passed by. It was the head of the Ryūmoto family.

Chieftain of the Laoben clan had just been staying in the cabin. He came out to breathe some fresh air, but suddenly found that there were a few strangers on the boat. He immediately looked unhappy - when did it become the turn of some unscrupulous people to get on their private yacht?

Hōmoto Natsue's sister, Hōmoto Akie, was beside him.

At this moment, she realized something was wrong, raised her chin, pointed at Suzuki Sonoko from a distance, and whispered to stop him, "Grandpa, that's the youngest daughter of the chairman of the Suzuki Group."

“…”

Chieftain of the Ryūmoto clan, his expression changed several times, and he held back the curse that was about to come out of his mouth.

However, he had just reluctantly accepted the idea of ​​"letting strangers on board" when someone under the boat suddenly raised a surprised voice: "Jiang Xia! Why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)