Chapter 84 Cointreau · Excitement

Twenty minutes before leaving the ship, almost everyone gathered on the deck.

The three children from the Junior Detective Team moved in and out of the crowd, and finally went around the others and returned to the open-air seats where they were sitting. Yoshida Ayumi sat back in her seat, picked up the juice, and said excitedly, "I have never drunk juice with everyone so late at night."

"Yeah, it feels like something adults would do!" Kojima Genta echoed.

Adults don't drink juice in a place like this at twelve o'clock...

Edogawa Conan couldn't help but reveal his crescent eyes, and then he cast his gaze on the face of the man next to him, "Xiaowu brother?"

"Huh? What's wrong?" The boy who was called was originally looking at the two girls chatting, and he turned his head slightly when he heard the words. His light green eyes were covered by the night and turned dark. There was a calmness in his eyes, and deep in them was an unruffled indifference.

Conan Edogawa paused, he felt that the man in front of him was a little bit strange, and he had taken the opportunity to check before, and Asuka Kiri was not disguised by the thief Kid, "What about Asari's brooch?"

The boy's eyes were stirred, "Anyway, you can use the invitation letter to collect the one that belongs to you, I'll take it back to Asari."

As he said, he took out two stacked invitation letters from his chest pocket and showed them to the little boy.

Conan Edogawa responded.

"Come to think of it, what happened to uncle today?" Suzuki Sonoko whispered. She pointed to the side not far away. Maori Kogoro was sitting on a chair, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, with a rare serious expression. There was a glass of ice water in front of him. "He didn't drink beer! There were so many beauties on the boat and he didn't even look at them. If it was normal..."

The rich lady changed her expression instantly and imitated loudly, "I didn't expect to drink beer and see so many beauties. Oh, I'm lucky!"

"It seems to be because of work?" Maori Ran recalled, with worry in her eyes.

Several people showed thoughtful expressions, and Edogawa Conan was more direct. He ran over and sneaked under the table where Maori Kogoro was, relying on the tablecloth to completely cover himself, and eavesdropped recklessly.

Witnessing the whole process, Fei Niao Wu couldn't help but twitch her lips, put down the juice in her hand, and went to collect the gems with the other two girls.

At the banquet, Matsuo Kazushi mentioned that in order to prevent the thief Kid from stealing the jewelry, he customized jewelry that was almost identical to the Star of Livia for everyone. Only the "lucky star" drawn at the banquet could get the real pink gem, and the others were just high-imitation jewelry.

The three handed over the invitation letter, and the receptionist in a suit immediately found a small jewelry box engraved with their respective numbers and handed it to them, "12, 128, 129... and No. 130, please take it."

"Mine are earrings!" Suzuki Sonoko took the jewelry box engraved with '17' and opened it impatiently. She took out the diamond earring that only had one side and put it directly on her ear, "Does it look good?"

"It matches Sonoko's clothes today."

Mao Lilan commented, and then she looked worried, "I thought they would all be brooches, I'm already wearing earrings."

"Can't you just change them?"

"But this is a gift from my mother." Mao Lilan smiled a little embarrassedly, and used her hands to tuck the hair behind her ears, "I wanted to wear this pair of earrings and take a lot of photos for her..."

"Do you want to change them?"

"Eh?" Mao Lilan was stunned, looking at the box handed to her, and then looked at the white-haired boy who opened his mouth, "Is it okay? Xiao Wu doesn't seem to have pierced ears..."

"It's in the front, I just asked." Asuka Wu shook the phone, but did not let others see the words on the screen clearly, "As for this, don't worry, there are pierced ears in the front."

"Great."

The girl smiled and opened the box engraved with '128', and pinned the brooch on the fabric on her chest.

Over there, Edogawa Conan hid under the table, frowning and listening to the conversation of several people.

"Brother Mao Li, look at this." It was the voice of Inspector Megure, who pretended to be a passenger and also boarded the ship.

"Is this... Mr. Ota?"

"Yes... We received a report last night, the night after the party, that Hideo Ota died in the car on his way home." Inspector Megure's voice was very low, "But the forensic doctor did not find any fatal wounds on him, nor any signs of poisoning. It's like..."

It was as if his heart had stopped beating by itself.

"I..." Maori Kogoro was about to answer, but he accidentally dropped the photo on the ground. He did not lean down, but only leaned down and stretched out his arms to feel around, and kept saying, "I remember this kind of incident, it seems not to be the first time?"

The photo just floated in front of Edogawa Conan. He frowned and looked at it with his watch, and recognized that this was the man he ran into in the bathroom with Suemitsu Sosuke that day.

Soon, the photo was picked up by someone, and the conversation continued.

"This has happened since the sixth of September. From bookstore clerks to high-ranking politicians, the range is very wide, but without exception, none of them have any fatal injuries on their bodies, and the cause of death cannot be found... No, speaking of wounds."

Inspector Megure paused, as if he was looking for something again, followed by the sound of hard paper falling on the tablecloth. "There was a small wound on their hands. We originally suspected that it was a poisoning, and the victim was killed with a knife soaked in poison, but no poison was detected in the body."

"So this time..."

"Because he asked you for something before he died, and gave you this invitation letter, we suspected that there were some secrets hidden on this ship, so after discussing with Mr. Matsuo, we sneaked in in plain clothes..."

No, if it was that organization, maybe it could really be done.

After all, the laboratory of that organization can even research drugs that can rejuvenate people.

Edogawa Conan frowned.

Wounds... He remembered that at that time, Suemitsu Sosuke seemed to have pinched the man's wrist, and... he had a blade hidden in his sleeve.

The little boy's pupils contracted instantly.

[Wuwuwu wife, wife, you are still alive, wife, inward wife!! You will see your wife with earrings soon!! ! ]

[Why hasn't the fever he had for so many days gone by? It feels like today's condition is worse than when Black Heart Honey came to visit... So what happened that night?! Is there any compulsory measure that we can't see! ]

[Hmm... just go back to the room and rest. How come you can't even walk? Are there any mandatory measures that we can't see!]

[I should have known about the per capita pants index you posted (Avada pants.jpg)]

[Fuck! Wait, wait, isn't this wound caused by Mo Guang? His personal habit is to hide a small blade in his sleeve!]

[I suspect that Mo Guang's disability is actually fake, using this very weak image to approach the target, and then leaving a knife wound on the opponent's hand. I'm funny... The stubborn and pitiful disabled beauty is actually a member of the code name who kills without bloodshed in private. She relies on her harmless appearance to quietly approach the target. I love it so much! ! ]

[The lineup this time is too luxurious, almost like a movie version... The last time such a big scene was on the Suzuki Express, is Cointreau going to be exposed this time? The plot is progressing so fast]

[Go bankrupt and lose everything! ]

Tsukiyama Asari saw every word of the conversation between the two people and the comments on the forum that Conan Edogawa heard. He lay on the soft bed in the single room, flipping through the forum casually, feeling that he could still learn a lot from the forum.

For example, this "optimistic" spirit.

From the suicide at the banquet to the cruise ship, it was only a day for them here, but it seemed that several months had passed in that world. The first week was full of endless wailing, and then everyone let themselves go and attacked each other.

There are endless short comics and short stories about Tsukiyama Asari's 'death'. Both the illustrators and writers seem to be pursuing the expression method of 'showing the dagger in the picture'. He either appears in memories or only in photos and tombstones.

It really feels... unlucky.

But why did he want to minimize the probability of Hatoya Mia?

The man thought about it, and his thick eyelashes cast shadows under his eyes.

In fact, it was just to increase the acceptance of the other two people by the world's rules. The higher the suspicion of Suemitsu Sosuke and Kasugagawa Shugo, the more attention they will receive, and the more they will be accepted by the world's rules.

Maybe occasionally they can get the favor of the world's rules and have the halo of 'max luck in critical moments' or something.

Yuya Miu does not need to receive so much attention in the three-choice stage. After all, he is the main quest and he will have more opportunities to appear later.

Tsukiyama Asari hesitated to reply. Because of Suemitsu Sosuke's personal habit of hiding a blade in his sleeve, his suspicion has soared, and now he can tie with Kasugagawa Shugo.

That's about it...

I'm not going to get entangled in this three-choice stage anymore. There are still many things for Suemitsu Sosuke to do next, and teaching the somewhat reckless little detective is one of them. It's not known how long it will take.

This vest has a limited lifespan, and it will be more trouble than it's worth to delay the identity any further.

Tsukiyama Asari propped his head up and thought about it randomly. He soon made a plan. Just when he finally turned off the system interface and buried himself in the quilt, there was a noise at the door.

"You're back?"

He knew who it was without thinking. The white-haired boy opened the door with the key he had given him before, put the box in his hand on the bedside table, and the gem brooch on his chest sparkled in the light.

"Who told you to take the initiative to change it to an earring for me?" Although he complained like this, Tsukiyama Asari still fumbled to take out the earrings from the box and put them on.

After entering the room, the white-haired boy no longer concealed himself. The emotion in his eyes was instantly covered by an inorganic light without any anger. Fei Niao Wu curled his lips, feeling helpless, "Who told you to be lazy? You are the first one to let the system help you control the vest."

"How does it feel to have a physical body?" Yueshan Chaoli avoided the topic and replied with a smile.

"Not so good." Fei Niao Wu rolled his eyes, "The feeling of eating food is completely different from eating data. It's strange, isn't it? You are also very lucky. You can actually draw that star directly. Of course, this hot potato should be thrown away quickly."

...Ah?

Tsukiyama Asari was stunned, and pulled out the invitation from the other person's pocket. After warming it with his hands, he saw that his number was the lucky one [128].

Thinking of the comic, when Mao Lilan took over this hot potato without any doubt, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, "You really are... Forget it."

The topic ended here. The man turned his head and looked up and down at the boy in front of him who was sitting on the chair in a very impolite posture. He felt a row of black lines on his forehead, "It's really ooc, can you do your job properly?"

[This is your job! ]

This time the boy put down his legs and sat upright on the chair. This rebuttal was not said in the voice of Asuka Mizuki, but in that familiar cold male voice that exploded in Tsukiyama Asari's ears.

[The host who pushed the vest-playing to the system to rest is a jerk! ! And I have to organize information for you and watch the forum, sooner or later my data points will be lost because of you]

'You are just taking over from Asuka Kiri... I am still in control of the other three most laborious vests.' Tsukiyama Asari grumbled in a low voice, 'Data is also in danger of hair loss? And I am very considerate of you. I know that you can't make expressions as data, so I specially arranged Xiao Kiri. ' If you

are all paralyzed, it shouldn't be difficult to play the role?

Not wanting to respond to this, the system rolled its eyes at him with the body of Asuka Mizuki, strongly accusing the unscrupulous behavior of forcing the system to work overtime. The white-haired boy had a cold face, and his lips were pursed into a harsh line. When he walked out, he did not look like a high school student who loved art, but rather a cold-faced young killer that is very common in novels.

"You look like you are going to kill Shark in the next second." Looking at his back as he left, Tsukiyama Asari couldn't help but continue to complain.

[If you don't like it, just act it yourself! ]

Although he said this, the boy still stopped, and when he stepped forward again, the harsh temperament around him had faded a lot, but his face was still cold and his attitude was very firm.

[Agree, just this time, I will never help you with this again. 】

'Yeah!' He quickly agreed.

On the deck.

After Asuka Kiri left with the excuse of 'going back to take care of Asari', the two girls who were originally very excited also fell silent with worry.

"It seems that Asari-san is very ill." Suzuki Sonoko said with guilt, "If I had known, I wouldn't have called him in the morning to ask... That guy must have come here because of that phone call."

Instead of leaving with the young detectives who ran out again, Huihara Ai sat with the two of them. Her eyes flickered when she heard the words, and she calmly started a conversation, asking for information about the man whose eyes looked very similar to those of Yu Gu Mie.

She was usually cold, but now she suddenly interrupted the topic, which made the two high school girls stunned. It seemed that they saw that the other party was rarely interested in this, so they responded in detail and revealed everything about the man in a few words.

The girl put down the lemonade in her hand.

What kind of relationship could she have with a man who came from an orphanage, had eyes that were too similar to those of Yu Gu Mie, and was always looking for his missing family?

Relatives?

Haibara Ai's heart started beating hard at this thought, and she even felt an unprecedented joy. Because of her sister, she attached great importance to the blood connection of her family.

Is it possible for the person in the sunshine who has the same blood as Yutani Mia to pull him out of the mud?

She took a deep breath.

Does she still have a chance to live with that person again?

"Haibara--"

Conan Edogawa's shout interrupted the girl's thoughts. Haibara Ai frowned and looked at him, only to see anxiety in the man's eyes.

"What's wrong, Conan?" Ran Mouri heard the boy's shout and lowered her head to ask with concern. "

Haha... Ayumi and the others are looking for Haibara. They said there was a big discovery and asked her to come over to see it." Conan Edogawa laughed dryly.

Because of this childish remark, the two girls who were just worried about their non-blood-related brother couldn't help laughing. Suzuki Sonoko picked up the juice cup again, "As expected, children are children."

"It's quite interesting to hunt for treasure on a cruise ship at night." Mao Lilan smiled softly and touched the little boy's head.

"I won't..." Haibara Ai's voice of refusal got stuck in his throat. The other party directly pulled his wrist and pulled him off the chair.

The man's forehead was sweating. It seemed that he was not asked by the group of children to come to him, but had some other important things. Haibara Ai's expression became serious and followed the man's footsteps to run away from the crowd.

"Let me ask you." Conan Edogawa asked breathlessly because of the running just now, "How much do you know about Cointreau?"

Haibara Ai paused, "......Not much, what's the matter?"

"I suspect that he was responsible for the recent incidents." The young detective quickly told the other party the details he heard from the conversation between Inspector Megure and Maori Kogoro, "And he is very likely on this ship now!"

The girl even held her breath.

On this ship...?

She found that she and the other party had not seen each other for too long.

The last time they met was in the confinement room. She was locked up by Gin because she refused to conduct experiments again because of her sister's death. During that time, he came once and only stuffed a small key into her hand.

'Go, live your own life. '

The man who had been silent all this time whispered this as he was about to leave. His voice was very light, with an obvious smile. At that moment, the girl who was still Miyano Shiho realized that her protector had always wanted to send her away from here.

Just like her sister had always wanted to do.

In the end, she did not use the key. Instead, several days after the man left, she swallowed the hidden "poison" with the thought that she would die.

At least in this way, the other party should no longer be charged with letting a traitor escape and be taken to the interrogation room.

This is what the girl thought at the time.

"Haibara? Haibara!"

Haibara Ai came back to her senses and found that Edogawa Conan was calling her name anxiously. The boy seemed to regard her absent-mindedness just now as fear of the members of the organization.

"Are there no rumors about Cointreau in the organization? Are there any rumors about his physical condition, such as disability?"

"I... haven't paid much attention to these." Huibara Ai bit her lower lip and turned her head away. The memory swept over her, making her unable to help but speak with thorns in every sentence. "I just heard that his methods are very powerful. If he really came for the two of us, it would be nice to use this Dream Cruise as a cemetery." After saying

that, she pulled out her hand that had been held by the other party.

"Huibara, you..." Edogawa Conan's words disappeared abruptly. He obviously felt that the person in front of him was in a wrong mood. Thinking of her deep-rooted fear of the organization, he could only give up the idea of ​​continuing to gather information. "Sorry."

Originally, I asked you to come to the cruise to relax, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Hearing the man's hidden meaning, Huibara sighed, turned around and lightly changed the subject, "Compared to this, you should pay more attention to that brother Asari."

"What's wrong?"

"That Asuka Misaki is not quite right, you also noticed it, right." The girl turned her head and said, her expression seemed a little gloomy in the dark, which made Edogawa Conan instantly recall the way she put her hair behind her ears and introduced her code name when the two had just met, "When he left just now, the tone of his address to the other party..."

"It doesn't sound like calling a brother who raised him up at all."

Edogawa Conan frowned instantly.

Satisfied with the other party's attention being diverted by this sentence, Huibara did not want to go back to that noisy place again, and just continued to walk to a more remote place on the deck.

The moonlight sprinkled on the railings and the hull, slightly soothing her overly intense emotions.

There were few visitors at the stern, and most people chose to stay in the most lively place to enjoy the unlimited free drinks and snacks. She wanted to go to a deserted place to watch the sea for a while, and the stern was a very good choice.

But obviously someone got there first.

On the deck, the man in the beret stood with his back to her, standing casually, with his gloved fingers resting on the railing, like a model walking out of a painting.

Huibara Ai's heart was beating like thunder.

She suddenly missed the study where fresh flowers were changed regularly, the bedroom with a huge teddy bear, and the unhomely meals made by the somewhat strict chef.

She had imagined the reunion countless times, but when it really came, she found that it was so unprepared, so... unreal that it made her feel like a dream.

The girl walked over step by step, and it seemed like she had walked a long, long way to get there.

When she walked to the side of the man, she found that her face was full of tears. Huihara Ai turned her head away in a wolfish manner, and even wanted to leave right away before the man turned around to look at her.

A sigh came from above her head.

The man squatted down, and she saw his neck and wrist.

She once held the syringe, pointed it at these two places expressionlessly, and watched coldly as the man coughed up glaring blood due to complications.

Now, those hands fell on her cheek three years later, wiping away the tears that were cooled by the sea breeze.

"Long time no see."