Deception 9
Excluding the fixed main characters, the suspects on the ship currently include the first-class secretary of the Bear Country, Siluofu Chitnikov, the art dealer Gan Jiangyi, the Romanov dynasty researcher Pu Siqinglan, and the secretary of Suzuki Sonoko's father, Nishino Masato.
Among these people is Shi Kaobing... Ishii Kazuki touched his chin and saw the figure of the Russian ambassador approaching from the corner of his eye. "Mr. Chinnikov?" He searched in his mind and confirmed that he had no personal relationship with this foreigner. He smiled cordially and said, "May I ask what can I do for you? Or do you have any clues related to the case that you would like to provide to the police?"
"No," the tall Slav looked at Ishii Kazuki's face carefully, "Excuse me, are you Officer Ishii? The one who arrested Pramya?"
Ishii Kazuki was stunned. For him, Pramya was already a matter of the previous version. He didn't expect it to be brought up again. "It was all thanks to everyone's support," he said skillfully in an official tone, "thanks to the efforts of our country's excellent police..."
"Brother Ishii!" Officer Megure's voice interrupted their pleasantries, "We found Mr. Nishino's ballpoint pen at the scene, and just now we found the deceased's lost ring in Mr. Nishino's room--"
"So the criminal is——"
"Mr. Samukawa put it there himself to frame Mr. Nishino," Ishii Kazuki nodded to Chinnikov to apologize, and ran over to his colleague to join the investigation, interrupting the excited Maori Kogoro's reasoning as if nothing had happened. "Mr. Nishino is allergic to feathers, and there were feathers scattered everywhere at the crime scene. Given his allergy, he definitely couldn't get in."
"It's unclear what happened between them, but it's certain that Mr. Samukawa had ill will towards Mr. Nishino," Ishii Kazuki recalled the deceased's behavior since he boarded the ship. "His eyebrows were pressed down, and his eyes and mouth were tightly closed. This was an expression of great disgust."
"That is to say, these two cases overlap," Maori Kogoro understood. "Mr. Samukawa intended to frame Mr. Nishino as a thief, but he was shot dead halfway through the plan..."
"So the problem is back to square one," Ishii Kazuki shrugged. In the background, the voice of Masato Nishino, who was reminded by Conan Edogawa that he had beaten up Ryu Samukawa in Africa for taking pictures of a girl whose house was destroyed, suddenly came to his senses. "Who shot Mr. Samukawa?"
"Officer, have you heard of Scoobing?" The boy's childish voice interrupted the conversation again, and Edogawa Conan raised his innocent smile.
"Ah, I think Ishii mentioned it to me just now..." Inspector Megure's words startled Conan Edogawa. He turned his head and met Ishii Kazuki's gaze. The other party smiled and blinked at him. The little detective was inexplicably a little flustered. "He is an international wanted criminal who specializes in stealing cultural relics from the Romanov dynasty and is used to shooting people in the right eye, right? Conan-kun, you and Ishii both think he is a big suspect?"
"And he was the one who sniped Kidd," Edogawa Conan added, "Kidd's right eye lens was broken. It must have been Scoob who attacked Kidd in order to seize the Egg of Memory."
"Conan-kun is still as sharp as ever," Officer Shiratori, who was standing behind Officer Megure, poked his head out and smiled, "You were the one who just called Dr. Agasa to ask about the matter of Scoobing, right?"
"Ah, yes..." Edogawa Conan broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that the gaze he felt when he was making the call just now was from Officer Shiratori. He couldn't help but take two steps back and ended up bumping into another person. "Ah... I'm sorry..."
"Be careful," Ishii Kazuki warmly held Edogawa Conan's shoulders, with a bright smile on his face, "Little detective."
Conan Edogawa: ...I became even more panicked.
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