Next, Mori Kogoro

Chapter 43 【043】
On the bow deck, Xiaolan was still comforting Ban Xiajiang, while Conan was walking around like a little bodyguard, looking around vigilantly.

In the dim light and the dark side of the ship, Conan always felt that a pair of eyes were fixed on this side.

Suddenly, Xi Xiyefeng brought a few strange voices: "Why are you here...ah!"

Conan's whole body was shocked, and he turned to Xiaolan and Xia Jiang, "Sister Xiaolan, did you hear anything?"

Xia Jiang was still crying with his face covered, and ignored Conan.Xiao Lan shook her head: "I didn't hear anything."

"No, there is definitely a problem."

Conan gritted his teeth and said, "Sister Xiaolan, I think we should hurry back to uncle."

"Well, it is indeed a bit cold here at night."

Xiaolan said softly to Xia Jiang: "Miss Xia Jiang, let's go back first."

"Sorry, Xiaolan, it's my fault."

Xia Jiang took a deep breath, obediently followed Xiao Lan and Conan downstairs, and prepared to return to the cabin.But as soon as they walked down the stairs, the three of them saw a black figure falling from the opposite railing.

Conan turned on the flashlight on his watch and shone it forward.

Then...there were two female screams.

"It can be called out."

Kogoro just took the opportunity to get away from Hatake Akie's entanglement and walked quickly to the deck.But Qiujiang Qimoto thought that something happened to Xia Jiang, and almost didn't make a sound, so he hurriedly followed.

When Xiao Wulang arrived at the scene, all the other people happened to be there, and then they all saw that Xia Jiang was standing next to Xiao Lan in good condition.

And the one who died turned out to be Ryuo Banmoto!

The wide-open eyes, the horrified expression, and the blood all over his body... the death is much worse than Hatamoto Haozang.

"The body is still hot. It should have been killed just now. The cause of death was a severe blow to the head. It is estimated that the murder weapon was an iron rod or steel pipe."

Kogoro stood up and looked at the people behind him: "Miss Qiu Jiang, Butler Suzuki and I were in the dining room just now, while Xiao Lan, Xia Jiang and Conan were on the upper deck, so the six of us all have alibi. Then the remaining few Well, can you tell me where you were just now?"

The rest of the people looked at each other.

How to say?
Could it be that he was holding a knife and was about to kill someone?
Helpless, under the leadership of Shoji Banmoto, they all whimpered and said that they were in their own rooms.

"So there's no alibi."

Kogoro frowned.

"What do you mean, do you suspect that we killed people?"

Ban Benxiang was dissatisfied.

"The suspect, Xiao Wu, was locked in the warehouse. If it wasn't you, could it be him?"

Before Kogoro finished speaking, Conan and Corgi, who smelled the smell of bones, ran to the cabin.

"Could it be that Xiao Wu ran out?"

Shoji Banmoto also followed closely. With these two people taking the lead, the others could only follow.When they rushed to the warehouse, the warehouse door was opened wide, and Xiao Wu who was locked inside disappeared without a trace.

"I can't tell, this Ichiro Hagimoto is in good physical condition. He smashed the cap of Ryuo Hamoto's head with a stick, and then ran to open the door of the warehouse, and then returned to the scene. The key point was that there was no sweat on his forehead. The bull beeped."

Kogoro glanced at Ichiro Hatakemoto, who was hiding behind the crowd, feeling emotional in his heart.

"Wait...you're not sweating?"

Kogoro narrowed his eyes.

Such a weakling, can really control his body to such a perfect degree?
"Xiao Wu must have killed the person." Mariko Banner called out first, "He must have run out and was seen by Long Nan, so he killed Long Nan."

"Idiot, look carefully. There is no trace of damage to the door bolt, so this proves that the door bolt was opened from the outside."

Kogoro pointed to the latch on the warehouse door, and said in a bad mood: "So now there are two possibilities. The first possibility is that someone opened the door and let Xiaowu out, but Ryuo Banmoto saw it and was killed by Xiaowu. "

"No, the No.2 victim must not have been killed by brother Xiao Wu."

Conan said: "Because before the body was discovered, I once heard Tatsuo Banana say 'Why are you here', if it was Xiaowu, how could he say that?"

"Then there is the second possibility. Someone killed Tatsuo Banmoto, and then deliberately opened the warehouse door to let Xiao Wu escape, so that he could be planted on Xiao Wu's head."

Kogoro looked at everyone: "But no matter what the possibility is, there must be a murderer hidden among us, or an accomplice of the murderer."

Before the words fell, the distance between the crowd was obviously widened a lot, and no one dared to stand next to others.

"The most important thing now is not to give the murderer another chance, so everyone must stay in the restaurant and no one can act alone."

Xiao Wulang said in a deep voice: "Whoever acts alone while avoiding the eyes of others is a murderer."

"Then... what about Xiao Wu?"

Xia Jiang couldn't help asking.

"He can't escape the ship. He will be found when the ship docks tomorrow and the police search the ship."

Kogoro frowned and said: "It's dark now, and we don't have enough manpower, so it may be dangerous to search rashly."

Now that we've talked about this, what else can the others say, they all return to the restaurant obediently.

Ban Qiujiang was both sad and thankful. What was sad was that her husband died. Although she had a few bad faces on the outside, after all, a husband and wife a day and a hundred days of kindness.

As for luck, she was glad that she came to seduce Kogoro, and it just proved her innocence.

The detective is right, except for Xiao Wu, the rest of the people are not trustworthy.

So far, the most credible ones are not the outsiders of the Banner family.

So as soon as he got back to the restaurant, Hatakemoto Akie followed Kogoro closely, wishing he could stick to him.

"Woooooo... Long Nan, you died so badly... Mr. Detective, I am so sad, can you lend me your shoulder..."

"Sorry, can't..."

"Thank you, you are such a nice person..."

"I said, I can't..."

Looking at Akie Hatakemoto who was pushing hard into Kogoro's arms, the others showed contempt.

Right after her husband died, she flirted with other men, how shameless...

Wait, isn't this little bitch still thinking about that murder plan?
Mariko Hagimoto, Shoji Hamoto and the others exchanged glances with each other, feeling that their guess was right.

Regardless of who the real culprit is, let's kill Xia Jiang and these outsiders first.

"Ahem... It's no fun for everyone to sit like this, why don't I prepare coffee and supper."

Hatakemoto Shoji stood up and said.

"Master Xiang Er, let me prepare."

Butler Suzuki hurriedly said.

"No, Butler Suzuki, you are old and unable to resist in danger, so let me go, I happen to be a chef too."

Ban Benxiang refused straight away.

Nonsense, follow me, you bad old man, how can I prescribe medicine?
"Then you can't do it alone, it's too dangerous."

Hokuro Hatakemoto stood up: "I'll accompany you."

Kogoro squinted his eyes and did not stop him, but instead let the wooden puppet follow.Suddenly, the cuff on the side was pulled a few times, and Qiu Jiang Qimoto said pitifully: "Mr. Detective, I want to go to the bathroom."

(End of this chapter)