Chapter 1824-1831 [Poor Man Being Coerced]
When Conan saw Hashimoto Maya volunteering, he wanted to stop her, but he hesitated.
He had previously thought that Hashimoto Maya was hiding on the island and following him and his group, and that she might have bad intentions.
However, the sudden situation just now made Conan feel that he could not understand this guy: he did not expect that "Mr. George" would subconsciously make an action to save people... Did he misunderstand him before?
Moreover, although Hashimoto Maya's act of saving people indirectly led to the death of another person, his shock when he found that Kurosawa Kazuma was shot by an arrow and his sincerity in wanting to save that person did not seem fake.
All these slightly conflicting speculations made Conan briefly confused.
Conan: "..." But Maya Hashimoto does know the most suspicious Mr. "Edward". Could it be that he was coerced by the other party?
...Damn, if only there were more clues about Edward. His intuition told him that they could dig out extremely important information from that guy.
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The accident happened so suddenly that only now some people with thick nerves have reacted.
Two belated screams broke the silence: "...Takahatako!!"
Xiao Hei Lian and Matsuzaki Masahiko rushed to Toda Takako.
The arrow was aimed at Toda Takako's head. The female college student felt something flying towards her and she instinctively dodged, luckily saving her life.
But her face was still scratched by the crossbow arrow, leaving a hideous bloody mark.
“How could…how could this happen!!”
Before Toda Takako could come to her senses, the little black-faced man was already shouting in pain: "Damn murderer, how dare he do such a cruel thing!"
Jiang Xia's eardrums hurt from his noise, so he walked into the restaurant and asked, "What's going on?"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran finally came to their senses and trotted over to meet him.
Feeling the detective's reliable aura, the two men calmed down and spoke anxiously, "It was a crossbow arrow. The crossbow arrow that was hung on the wall as a decoration was fixed to the table in advance... The murderer actually has a backup plan. Even if he dies, his ghost will take away the last one!"
Jiang Xia sighed: "This is exactly what I wanted to say before I came in. The murderer must not be dead yet, but is hiding among us."
As these words came out, the atmosphere in the chaotic hall suddenly froze.
After several seconds, someone trembled and said, "How is this possible?!"
Jiang Xia looked at Toda Takako who was still in shock.
"Doctor Xinchu" was half-crouching beside her, helping her check her wound. Noticing Jiang Xia's gaze, the female college student, who had suffered many disasters recently, froze slightly: "What, what happened?"
Jiang Xia: "Why are you sitting in this seat?"
The black-faced man was stunned, and suddenly alerted: "Hey! You don't want to say that Gui Hezi is the murderer, and everything just now was directed and acted by her, right? This is impossible!"
The college students were not very cooperative, but fortunately there were two detectives to help. Suzuki Sonoko: "I remember that Senior Takako arrived quite late, and there was only one seat left with a plate at the table."
Jiang Xia then asked Toda Takako: "So why did you come down so late? Was there someone holding you back?"
Toda Takako twisted her hands nervously, paused for several seconds before she said with pain: "No, I was late accidentally."
Conan: "..." Such witnesses are more troublesome than cunning criminals.
But it’s not a big problem, the detective has help.
This time it was Ran Mouri who remembered something. After all, she was a brave warrior who had gone through countless events with the detective. She thought for a while and said, "If it has something to do with the seats, after you hurriedly finished your breakfast and left today, Kariya said that he had worked part-time in a restaurant before and took the initiative to take over the responsibility of being a chef. He heated up the bread and distributed breakfast to us, and took us to sit at the table. So..."
So he is probably the only one who can control everyone's seating arrangement.
At first glance, this behavior sounds reasonable.
But the person who asked the question was Jiang Xia, and the question was asked right after a "random attack". Suddenly, everyone sensed something was wrong with this sentence.
They all turned their heads and looked at the high school idol "Romeo", who was said to have come to the island to apologize to the girl he had played a prank on, and who had been working silently since arriving on the island and had a very low sense of presence.
In the silent air, Kariya Yuto slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Xia. He crossed his arms and said nothing. He did not deny it, but he did not admit it either.
On the contrary, Matsuzaki Masahiko was confused: "Wait, isn't the murderer the opera singer who hid on the island? I ran into him in the corridor last night!"
This person seems to be the easiest to communicate with.
Jiang Xia then turned to him and asked: "Did you see the Phantom jump into the sea yesterday?"
"That's not the case." Matsuzaki Masahiko's voice faded. "Yesterday I heard Takako screaming, and I hurried out. As soon as I turned the corner, I ran into the murderer dressed as the 'Phantom'. I thought he was going to attack me, but he seemed to be frightened by me and turned around and ran back the way he came.
"Although I was scared, I thought he might attack Gui Hezi again, so I picked up a mop and chased him carefully. When I got there, I saw..."
When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, paused, and couldn't help but look at Kariya Yuto.
Conan couldn't stand this hesitant witness anymore: "Big Brother, what did you see?"
Matsuzaki Masahiko came back to his senses: "I saw Kariya standing at the window looking down. Add to that the muddy footprints in the corridor, and the scene at that time looked like the murderer was attacked from both sides and had no choice but to jump out of the window into the sea... Then, Jiang Xia and you both chased after him."
As expected. Conan pushed his glasses up and said, "When the 'Phantom' escaped, he dragged out a bunch of messy things from the utility room, which delayed our pursuit of him. There was only a corridor there, and we and Brother Matsuzaki were at both ends of the corridor. In the end, the Phantom disappeared, and Brother Kariya appeared... It's so strange, what's going on?"
Although it was a question, combined with the scene at the time, everyone understood what he meant - the 'Phantom' was disguised as Kariya Yuto. After being chased from both sides, he threw his coat and mask out of the window to create the illusion that the murderer fell into the sea.
The short-haired girl who went to the island with Kariya Yuto was a little shocked. She looked at the school hunk she had a crush on and didn't want to believe it: "But, but maybe it was just that Kariya was also in the corridor at the time, right between Jiang Xia and Mr. Matsuzaki. He wasn't an extra at all, but he was also helping with the arrest!"
(End of this chapter)
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