Chapter 3449 3461 [Ice Cream Harvest Moment]
——Jiang Xia!
Hattori Heiji was startled and quickly took out his sunglasses and put them on, turning his head away.
The reason he hid his identity in such a hurry was not because he was worried that Jiang Xia would see his secret efforts... but because he came to this ship tonight with an important mission - to disguise himself as Kudo Shinichi.
"The only one capable of disguising himself as that little girl is Kudo, who is also a fake child. So according to Kudo, in order for that Vermouth to believe her plan of luring the tiger away from the mountain succeed, there must be a 'Kudo Shinichi' on this ship."
"During the school festival, Kudo had appeared in front of her as a high school student. When I boarded the ship, I deliberately signed my name as Kudo Shinichi.
"Those staff members promised me not to tell anyone, but they certainly couldn't help but discuss it privately. As long as Vermouth eavesdropped on the conversation on the ship, she would definitely receive the news that 'Kudo Shinichi has boarded the ship.'"
So far, the plan has been implemented quite smoothly.
It was also at this time that Hattori Heiji realized that it didn't seem to be a bad thing that Kudo Yukiko took the initiative to talk to Jiang Xia - with that aunt in front attracting Jiang Xia's attention, his presence as a "transparent person" who didn't show his face would definitely be even lower.
"And who would be on board with Kudo Yukiko?" Hattori Heiji pondered, a smile spreading across his lips. "In anyone's opinion, it shouldn't be some remotely related Osaka detective, but rather Kudo..."
"Why did you go to the bathroom alone?" Just as he was thinking, Jiang Xia's voice interrupted his thoughts, "O..."
Hattori Heiji: "!!!"
The invisible man, covered in bandages, took off and pounced like a spring: Stop talking! Stop!
Jiang Xia glanced at the approaching hand and remembered that this Osaka classmate was just searching in the toilet, and these detectives like to touch and touch things when investigating...
He pulled out his baton and politely refused the other person's request to cover his mouth.
Hattori Heiji had no time to fight. He quickly pulled out his phone and typed a few words: [Don't talk! Don't ask! I'm Kudo now! !]
Jiang Xia: “…”
After a brief eye contact, amidst the pounding of his heartbeat, Hattori Heiji heard his Tokyo classmate considerately change the subject: "Okay, Kudo, why did you go to the bathroom alone?"
"..." The "Invisible Man" breathed a sigh of relief: On such a large ship, no one knew where Vermouth's eavesdropping device was installed. Fortunately, Jiang Xia understood his meaning in time and did not delay the business.
...Kudo was right. When it comes to respecting privacy, Jiang Xia is simply a role model in the detective world.
In this way, Vermouth finally succeeded in fooling the crowd. So the next question is...
How should I explain to Jiang Xia why I pretended to be Kudo Shinichi.
“…”
After a moment of silence, Hattori Heiji took out his cell phone, turned his back to Jiang Xia, and started typing, deleting.
——At this time, he suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with the setting that the "invisible man" could not speak.
At least compared to verbal description, typing, which gives him more time to think, can allow him to deceive Jiang Xia better.
Uh, should... I can fool him, right?
…
In the cabin.
Although Kogoro Mouri's ingenious reasoning was unfortunately denied by the mummy's staff, the detective obviously did not let go of the biggest suspect who did not have the Devil Card.
The more he reviewed the situation, the more something seemed to be amiss: "Thinking carefully, when the captain was murdered, including the period before that, I didn't see you in the cabin at all - what were you doing then? Were you preparing the murder weapon?"
"Of course not!" Faced with the murder accusation, the mummy fought back fiercely. "Before the party started, I went to the bathroom so that I could concentrate on my work after the party started. Oh, and I remember they were there too! If you don't believe me, you can ask them!"
"Hmm?" Kogoro Mouri looked in the direction the mummy was pointing and saw a hairy werewolf and a bumpy green slime monster.
Vodka: “!” How come it’s my business again!
He took a deep breath, and under everyone's questioning gaze, he recalled like a non-stick pan: "When I went to the bathroom, I was concentrating on thinking about the next game and didn't notice if there was anyone around."
"How could I not notice?" The mummy said anxiously, "You were eavesdropping outside the staff lounge at that time. I turned back and glanced at you when I passed by. You must have seen me too!"
Vodka's eye twitched: "..." What eavesdropping? Can gathering intelligence be called eavesdropping?!
"Eavesdropping?" Unfortunately, Maori Kogoro did not miss this sneaky-sounding keyword. He stared at Vodka suspiciously:
"Why were you eavesdropping? Were you trying to find out the Captain's whereabouts? Oh, right! I remember you couldn't find your cards right away—such an important tarot deck, how could you have lost it? Could it be that you stole someone else's cards and couldn't find them?"
The mummy's eyes lit up: "Very likely!"
Maybe your head! Vodka couldn't help but sizzle with murderous intent. He took a deep breath, had to push away the big pot, and just accepted a small pot:
"I just passed by the door and heard someone talking inside, so I subconsciously wanted to listen and see if I could get any clues for the next game..."
"Isn't this cheating?" There was a round of boos from the crowd, despising this guy who was competing unfairly.
"Ahem!" Vodka, relying on the fact that no one could recognize him under his heavy makeup, continued shamelessly, "Anyway, I didn't notice if the mummy went to the bathroom."
"You, how could you not see it? You're taking revenge!" The mummy said anxiously, "Even if you didn't see it when you left, you must have seen it when I came out...Ah!"
He suddenly remembered something, paused for a moment, and muttered, "That's right, you were washing your hands at the time, with your back to the aisle, and the mirror in the sink was broken... If you hadn't turned around, you really wouldn't have seen me."
"The mirrors were broken?" Maori Kogoro became more and more confused as he listened. He thought of the dilapidated bathroom and wondered, "Aren't those mirrors broken on purpose to create a more pleasant atmosphere?"
The mummy shook his head gravely. "Of course not! Today is a masquerade ball, and the guests need to use a mirror to check their appearance, so we simply scratched the corners of the mirror to make it look old. The mirror was still in good condition then. I don't know which guest got so caught up in the fun that they broke it."
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