Chapter 3154 3166 [Monthly Ticket Extra] (Go back two chapters)
"There's no need for the murderer to answer the phone and expose himself." Hattori Heiji whispered to Conan, "Unless he wants to use this to prove his alibi. But if that's the case, the body has been soaking in the sea. What kind of mechanism is needed to withstand the constant impact of the waves on the soft beach?"
This is exactly what Conan wanted to say. He continued Hattori Heiji's words, "If the deceased was attacked and suddenly found a phone call, so he hurriedly answered the phone to ask for help, then the person answering the phone should be able to hear the deceased's screams, or the sound of fighting, instead of the ordinary sound of waves... No matter from which angle, it doesn't make sense."
This is exactly what Hattori Heiji wanted to say.
Without any prior discussion, faced with the same evidence, the two made exactly the same judgment at almost the same time.
Thinking of this, the two high school detectives from Kansai and Kanto looked at each other, feeling as if they had met a confidant and were about to have a peak battle.
They were about to smile at each other and say, "Just wait, I will definitely find the murderer before you do." However, at this moment, another person next to them joined their conversation: "So that phone call was actually..."
Hattori Heiji: "!!!"
Conan: “!!!”
The elementary school student quickly took out his noise-isolating earmuffs.
Hattori Heiji was obviously more active. He quickly covered Jiang Xia's mouth and said, "Don't you dare talk!"
Jiang Xia: “…”
You’re so quick! Is this what you learned in kendo?
Hattori Heiji first instinctively rejected the answer, but when he came to his senses, his conscience began to ache: solving the case is the most important thing, how can he interfere with this process for the sake of winning or losing?
But after finally finding a puzzle and finally enjoying the thought process, Jiang Xia suddenly appeared before he could even think for a few seconds...
He was having a fierce struggle in his heart when suddenly, Hattori Heiji said "Hmm?" and he noticed something moving out of the corner of his eye.
He squinted his eyes and looked at the sea not far away: "Is there something floating over there?"
Jiang Xia turned his head and nodded: "A ship."
"Where?" When Inspector Yokomizo heard his words, he immediately came over and shone the searchlight towards the sea.
As the light got brighter, they saw a small boat floating on the water. Although they were not sure if it was related to the murder, Inspector Yokomizo turned to his subordinates and said, "Bring that boat up so Mr. Jiang Xia can take a good look."
The young policeman ran to salvage the boat.
The tall, dark-skinned fisherman suddenly cursed under his breath.
"Hmm?" Inspector Yokomizo's eyes lit up when he heard the noise, and he turned back to look at him, "Why, you don't want the ship to be discovered?"
"What are you thinking about?" The dark fisherman didn't say anything, but the man in the red vest next to him snorted, knowing his thoughts very well, "We just thought about the scene when our father passed away 8 years ago."
The man in the blue vest also sighed: "The ship they were on that night was also hit by the waves and thrown to the shore like this."
The dark fisherman clenched his fists. "There was no one on the boat at that time, but there was a big hole in the side of the boat. If someone hadn't deliberately bumped into it, how could the boat suddenly leak water?"
Seeing that he was getting angrier and angrier, the other two companions patted him on the back and said, "Forget it, it's been eight years. The dead can't be brought back to life. Let's just move on."
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This cheerful and positive consolation reached Curacao's ears from a distance, but it made her heart skip a beat.
"The other two seem to have let it go after their fathers died. Only this big black block of mine is still brooding over what happened eight years ago..."
"Although at first glance, this seems to indicate that he has a strong motive for murder, but would that Uzo really give such an obvious answer?"
The more he looks like the murderer, the less likely he is. She has seen this trick used by Uzo too many times.
"But..." Thinking about the two small Ukrainian coins he had just bet, Curacao gritted his teeth, "But it's too early to admit defeat now. Maybe Ukrainian will decide to go against the routine this time and just identify the most obvious person as the murderer?"
With this glimmer of expectation, she prayed in her heart and continued reading with gritted teeth.
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On the other side of the beach.
The young policeman took off his coat, half swam and half ran to the floating boat, and with great effort pulled the two-meter-long boat.
After taking a look at the things in the boat, he was slightly stunned.
"What are you daydreaming about!" Inspector Yokomizo looked at the boat anxiously and shouted, "Push the boat over here quickly!"
The young policeman responded, quickly put on gloves, and pulled the boat towards the shore.
This action was a bit difficult against the waves. Suzuki Sonoko couldn't stand it anymore and poked Inspector Yokomizo: "You are so anxious, why don't you go and help?"
Inspector Yokomizo froze for a moment without anyone noticing. "Well, this is my subordinate's job. It would be embarrassing if I got involved."
Hattori Heiji looked at him and realized something: "You actually can't swim."
Inspector Yokomizo: “!!” How did you know!
"You can't swim?" Suzuki Sonoko looked at him in surprise. "Your hair looks so much like coral, I thought you must be good at swimming."
Inspector Yokomizo covered his head: "..." What the hell is going on! Don't think that just because you are Jiang Xia's friends, I will...Okay, since you are just a group of naive students, bear with it for a while.
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Inspector Yokomizo was bathed in various looks from his subordinates, and finally waited in agony until the boat came ashore.
He looked into the cabin and saw that some water had indeed entered it. In the shallow sea water, there was an empty wine bottle and a pair of flip-flops floating.
Jiang Xia was also looking at the cabin. Suddenly he pointed and said, "There is a button here."
"Hmm? It really is." Inspector Yokomizo reached out his gloved hand and carefully picked it up. "It's purple, just like the other buttons on the deceased's clothes. It must have fallen off his body."
The young police officer next to him nodded and confirmed: "There is indeed one sandal missing from the body's feet, and a button is also missing from the shirt. We searched for a long time on the nearby beach just now, but found nothing. We thought they fell into the sea, but we didn't expect them to be on this ship."
Inspector Yokomizo understood: "That means the deceased had been on this boat! - The murderer must have got him drunk first, then dragged him onto the boat and tied him up with a fishing net.
"After that, we can just push Mr. Aramaki, whose movements are restricted by the fishing net, into the sea and let him drown naturally."
Conan endured the whole night in front of "Miss Shirai" yesterday. Now that there are finally no suspicious people around, he can't help but express his opinion: "But the deceased uncle has a lot of scars on his body - if the murder method is really like what you said, he shouldn't have died so miserably."
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