Chapter 3446 3458 [Abducting "Grayfield Ai"]
Maori Kogoro, however, was more focused on something else. He glanced at the staff and asked, half-officially and half-privately, "So, what's the answer to tonight's riddle? Who is the human on the ship?"
The staff member looked puzzled. "The puzzles used at this party every year, along with the corresponding answers, are known only to Mr. Fukuura before they are announced."
Another staff member nodded. "Because the first group to solve the puzzle will receive tickets to the movie preview, Mr. Fukuura won't tell anyone about this in advance to prevent leaks and ensure fairness."
Kogoro Mouri: "..." It's indeed a well-kept secret. The secret has been taken underground, and I don't know if it will ever see the light of day again in this life.
He shook his head, no longer dwelling on the answer, and began to perform his detective function - finding the murderer.
Unlike Inspector Megure who is used to looking for his younger brother first when encountering problems, Kogoro Mouri is obviously much more confident in reasoning.
He shook his head and pointed his finger handsomely: "Anyway, now, one thing is certain - the murderer is among you staff members!"
Holding the Dark Cloud Snow Cat business card that had been put into his pocket at some point, Vodka wanted to tear it into pieces but didn't dare to. In the end, he had to stay where he was: Huh?
...No, not looking for the Devil Card.
"Well done, little mustache! But why is the murderer a staff member?" Vodka was puzzled by this conclusion and pondered in his heart, "Is there some key information behind this that I don't know?"
The staff nearby were startled by Maori Kogoro's sudden targeting. They quickly waved their hands, "This is a serious matter. You can't talk nonsense!"
"Of course I'm not talking nonsense." Maori Kogoro snorted and laughed:
"Mr. Fukuura, dressed as Captain Skeleton, suddenly groaned in pain just as he was about to announce the clue. At the time, I thought he was just making that noise for show effect, but now I think about it, he was actually shot in the heart by a crossbow.
"At the time, we guests were waiting in the cabin for the deceased to reveal the puzzle, so the only ones who took action were those who were not in the cabin—that is, you, the busy staff on the deck!"
The staff member was anxious: "But there were so many people watching at the time. How can you be sure that no guests left the venue and sneaked onto the deck to kill someone?"
"What's the hurry? I haven't finished yet." Maori Kogoro shook his head and pointed at the dead man lying on the ground. "The second reason why the murderer is a staff member is because of this devil card nailed to his heart."
When Vodka heard the "Devil's Card", he shuddered and secretly glanced at Jiang Xia next to Mouri Kogoro, and became alert again.
Maori Kogoro didn't notice the sudden tenseness of a certain man in black in the crowd. He stared at the staff in front of him and smiled confidently: "If I remember correctly, this kind of card will be issued to every passenger who comes on board, right?"
"Yes." The staff member was a little confused. "So the murderer of the captain should be a spectator who got this devil card, right?"
Vodka: “!”
Maori Kogoro: "Oh, quite the opposite - the captain could have been killed with just one arrow, but the murderer chose to go to the extra mile of nailing this card in. Let me ask you, what does this mean?"
The staff tried their best but couldn't follow his thoughts, sweating profusely. "What... does that mean?"
Maori Kogoro: "This shows that the murderer has some clear purpose - he must be trying to use this method to frame the murderer on the customer holding the tarot cards!"
"So, to put it another way, you, the staff members who seem to have nothing to do with the Tarot cards, are actually the real murderers who killed the captain! - Although you didn't appear to be assigned any Tarot cards, in reality, as staff members, you could easily use a spare Devil card to carry out this evil plan!"
"That's not the case!" He argued strenuously, thinking the staff member had somehow become the murderer.
"The captain has some new tricks every year, and he prepares the props used in the game himself. For example, last year, he used playing cards. We don't know what we will use this year, so how can we prepare in advance?"
Another staff member quickly chimed in, "And I remember when the party started, there were actually quite a few guests coming and going on the deck. Some said they wanted to see the sea, some said they wanted to admire the moon... If you don't believe me, go ask around; the two reasons you gave are completely unfounded!"
Vodka listened to the tug-of-war between the two sides and found it even more captivating than a football final. In his heart, he shouted out, cheering for Maori Kogoro: "Quick, refute him! Save the innocent passerby whose tarot cards were taken away by the unscrupulous director!"
However, when he looked over with anticipation, he only saw Kogoro Mouri who was lost in thought.
After a moment, under his shocked gaze, Maori Kogoro scratched his head and fell over smoothly like a fence-sitter: "That does make some sense. Well, the murderer is probably among us passengers."
Vodka: “……?”
Were you even seriously debating, you little mustache guy?! How did you surrender so quickly?! You… you weren't just playing along with Uzo, were you?
"I'm too naive. How could there be any good people around this little bitch?"
Vodka gritted his teeth, remembering his heartfelt anticipation. He wished he could go back a few minutes and slap himself hard. Hadn't he already made the same mistake with that Mao Lilan? Before seeing her autographed book, he'd actually thought she was the rare person with a conscience beside Uzo...
"This father and daughter are so deceptive!"
Vodka looked at Maori Kogoro again, feeling as if he could see through his innocent exterior to his cunning heart: "This little mustache guy's words have narrowed down the scope of the murderer..."
Just as he was thinking about it, Medusa's voice rang out again beside the corpse in front of him: "Since the staff have no remaining cards, it means that the real murderer is among the seven of us who have obtained the Devil Card."
Vodka: “…”
I knew it!!
…
Downtown Tokyo.
In a fast-moving second-hand car.
"Haibara Ai" sat quietly in the passenger seat. He looked at Teacher Judy next to him, then looked at the rearview mirror and coughed softly a few times.
——Through the rearview mirror, they could see another unfamiliar white car following behind them.
The distance between the two is not too far. Through the front window of the car, you can vaguely see the "new doctor" inside.
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