Chapter 3178 3190 [Name on the Back]
"Yes!" The yellow-haired man also remembered, and he looked at Hattori Heiji:
"I remember it clearly! You said that the line written on the beach next to the body, 'I am a messenger from the underworld', was written on the sand by the murderer at low tide. At low tide, all of us were on the boat, so the murderer couldn't have been us."
The program director also nodded repeatedly. Although his job made him not want to refute every word of the detective, his life was at stake now, so those etiquettes had to be put aside for the time being:
"The words written next to Miss Pingliang's body and the bloody words written on the boat are exactly the same, both in content and handwriting. This means that both cases were committed by the same person. Since we didn't kill Miss Pingliang, then the captain certainly didn't either!"
Hattori Heiji: “…” If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have said it so confidently… Is it too late to take it back now?
No wonder Jiang Xia never speaks until the very end. Is the Tokyo detective really cunning, or has he already discovered all the contradictions in these findings?
The deputy captain saw the high school student's slightly tangled expression and patted him comfortingly: "Of course, there is actually another possibility, that is, there is more than one murderer, but he has accomplices.
"The current situation may be deliberately designed by the murderer. The purpose is to make us think that the real murderer is among us, so as to divide us. Isn't this kind of trick often used in movies and TV dramas?"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran looked at the horrible corpse on the ground, then at the bloody words on the boat, and then thought about the murderer who was nowhere to be found and might really be among them, and they felt a chill crawling up from the soles of their feet.
"Um..." Mao Lilan pointed at the boat in front of them, interrupted everyone and said expectantly, "Anyway, since we have a boat, let's go back to the town first. After we call the police, they will also help with the investigation, and the progress will definitely be faster than it is now."
Jiang Xia sighed and shook his head regretfully: "When I checked the cabin just now, I saw that there was very little fuel left on the ship, and the radio and lighting facilities were destroyed. It can be seen that the murderer wanted to trap us here on purpose. It is really dangerous to sail in this environment. It is better to wait for rescue tomorrow."
Curacao: "..." Is it the murderer who wants to trap us here, or is it you who wants to trap us here?
After briefly expressing his dissatisfaction to his colleagues, this experienced organizational cadre sighed silently and quickly adjusted his attitude.
"Forget it. It's come to this. There's no point in exposing Wu Zo's crimes." She touched her mobile phone through her pocket and decided to endure the humiliation and record what happened at the scene. When there was a signal, she would exchange vodka for some small Ukrainian coins. Since she was here, this night alone with Wu Zo must not be wasted. After all, she paid such a huge price.
Hattori Heiji also felt that it was unsafe to venture out to sea, and the best way now was to stay on this island for the time being.
However, we still need to pay attention to the things we should pay attention to. Seeing that everyone was just listening blankly, as if they didn't fully understand what Jiang Xia just said, Hattori Heiji helped him translate:
"The murderer's goal was to keep us on the island, but this was definitely just the first step in his plan, not his ultimate goal - based on my experience, the murderer's crimes are likely not over yet, and he is likely to attack others."
Others: “!!!”
Seeing their expressions, Hattori Heiji nodded with satisfaction: "So, if you don't want to be killed, then you'd better stay with the main force and don't travel alone. Although this is not very convenient, it is better than losing your life. And we only need to endure one night, and when the rescue comes tomorrow, we will be safe."
In this environment where they could be killed at any time, everyone's sense of insecurity reached its peak. This time, without anyone urging them, they hurried back to the villa, intending to wait in the restaurant until rescue arrived.
The three detectives were not that scared. They fell a few steps behind. Then Hattori Heiji glanced at Jiang Xia in front of him, secretly pulled Conan over, and whispered to him in a voice that Jiang Xia couldn't hear: "Do you think this case is a little strange?"
Conan nodded, and likewise tacitly did not disturb Jiang Xia in front of him, and just reasoned solemnly with him:
"In serial murder cases, the murderers often have the same motive, or at least the methods used are very similar. But this time, Miss Taira's body died so peacefully, and the murderer even posed with her hands folded in front of her. But on the other hand, the captain died so tragically, and was even whipped by the murderer... This seems too inconsistent."
He said exactly what Hattori Heiji wanted to say, and Detective Osaka nodded as if he had met a confidant, and continued his words: "In addition, the behavior of the two deceased themselves is also very strange.
“On the way here, Ms. Taira mentioned that she was going to go in the water, and I thought she just wanted to take a casual swim because she was on the island.
"But who would have thought she was actually here to dive? And even though the island is so big and there are suitable beaches everywhere, she chose to go diving in a dangerous area with rapids and undercurrents where one could die at any time."
"While she was diving, the captain was driving the boat and circling beside her. When Jiang Xia got on board just now, I also went up to take a look - such a small fishing boat was actually equipped with an underwater detector..."
"In short, I always feel that the two dead people were not here to help the program team, but they wanted to find something on the seabed."
Conan remembered something: "Didn't you find an anchor that had sunk for four or five years in that sea? Something must have happened in that sea. Maybe that was their purpose."
Hattori Heiji hadn't enjoyed such a smooth reasoning for a long time. He became more and more excited as he spoke: "Also, did you notice? In the restaurant where we rested before, there were three chairs with names written on them with children's crayons - exactly the same as the ones on the door of the room."
Conan nodded: "The stool I'm sitting on has 'watashi' written on it, which means 'I'. That should be the stool that Miss Xiaodu often used when she was a child."...No wonder it fits him so well.
Hattori Heiji: "Some of the chairs have 'mama' written on them, which is easy to understand, but the strange thing is that the stool I sat on - it actually says 'kaneshirosan' underneath it, which means 'Mr. Kaneshiro'."
"If the person who wrote these words was Miss Xiaodu, then Mayor Jincheng should be her father. Why didn't she write 'Dad' but such a strange title?"
(End of this chapter)
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