Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 383 I really am Shizuka!

After all, more than a decade later, a female judge in Japan, by only listening to the female "victim's" repeatedly changed and contradictory testimonies and ignoring the various irrefutable alibis of the "criminals," directly caused a shocking miscarriage of justice involving ten teenagers accused of "attempted gang rape."

“If she is Kaori,” Tomoko said calmly, tapping her chin with her finger, “she has been playing at the beach since this morning, and she has had enough time to tan the white mark on her chest again, right? The evidence you’re talking about may no longer exist.”

“No, if my reasoning is correct,” Lin Xiuyi shook his head, “the one who has been with you since this morning is indeed Shizuka. And the one who got on the bus with Taisuke is indeed Kazuka.”

"This..." The crowd looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion.

Shiro Suzuki frowned: "If Shizuka has been with us since this morning, when was she replaced by Kazuka?"

"I am Shizuka!" the twin girls reiterated through gritted teeth.

But because of her evasiveness and resistance just now, everyone has obviously begun to doubt her identity.

“It should be in the sea,” Lin Xiuyi said, looking at the shimmering sea not far away. “Before, Miss Shizuka was swimming in the sea. Kaori could approach her underwater when there were no people around, pull her into the water and drown her, and then exchange their clothes. Since they look exactly alike, they could switch identities.”

"Where's the evidence?" the twin girls demanded sharply. "You accuse me of murder, you need evidence!"

“I found some debris under Miss Shizuka’s fingernails,” Lin Xiuyi pointed to the corpse’s fingers. “That must have been left when she scratched the other person while struggling in the sea. You have several scratches on your body, you haven’t noticed them yet, have you?”

"I……"

The girl panicked and quickly looked down to check her arms and chest.

Her reaction undoubtedly made everyone even more convinced of Lin Xiuyi's words.

While she was searching for the scratches, Reiko, with a wicked smile, quietly approached and then suddenly ripped off the coat the girl was wearing.

"what!"

The twin girls screamed, but it was too late.

The air around them seemed to freeze, and everyone could clearly see the obvious white mark above her chest, which contrasted sharply with the tanned skin around her.

"You...you really are Kaori!"

Wu Si swallowed hard, his voice dry as if sandpaper was being rubbed.

He took a step back in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"I……"

The twin girls frantically raised their hands to cover their chests, but it was too late.

Her lips trembled, and her eyes gleamed with despair.

"So what if I am Kaori!"

Seeing that their identities had been exposed, the twin girls decided to give up entirely.
"Based solely on the scratches on your body, what makes you think I killed Shizuka!"

“We’ve switched identities since this morning, is that not allowed?”

"He Xiang, we played beach volleyball with Shizuka on the beach before," A-Cheng, the blond-haired guy's friend, explained awkwardly, scratching his head and blushing.
"Because Shizuka's figure is so good, I couldn't help but take a few more glances while she was playing. At that time, there were definitely no white marks on her chest."

“Ah Cheng is right,” the rich kid nodded firmly. “Jingxiang, who plays with us, definitely doesn’t have any marks on her chest. I remember it very clearly.”

Shiro Suzuki nodded in agreement with the two.

Faced with the unanimous testimony of everyone, the twin girls were no longer able to refute it.

Her legs went weak, as if all the bones in her body had been removed, and she collapsed heavily to her knees on the beach. Then, she let out a bitter, resentful laugh.
"But... I really am Shizuka."

“He’s already made it so clear,” Tomoko sighed with emotion. “What’s the point of you impersonating Shizuka again?”

The twin girls looked strange and shook their heads weakly.

At this moment, Lin Xiuyi said something that confused everyone even more: "I think what she said might actually be true, she really is Shizuka."

"Hey, what are you doing?" Tomoko stomped her foot in frustration. "You just proved to us that she's not Shizuka, how come you're saying she is Shizuka now!"

“What I’m saying is, she was actually Shizuka at first,” Lin Xiuyi explained patiently. “Do you remember what happened yesterday when you and I met her at Ejima Shrine?”

“How could I forget what happened yesterday?” Tomoko frowned in disgust. “Shizuka and Taisuke were arguing at the time. What was Taisuke threatening Shizuka with, and why did he want to have sex with her?”

"I think that blond guy... what Taisuke used to threaten her was the fact that the twins had actually switched identities once,"

Lin Xiuyi sighed, his voice heavy with emotion.

"Yesterday on the bus, Taisuke told a story about two sisters who fell in love with the same man. In the end, the man chose the younger sister. The heartbroken older sister got drunk and was taken home by the man who had a crush on her, who then forced himself on her."

"After he told that story, Ms. Shizuka's reaction was a bit strange. She said she suddenly felt carsick and had a headache."

"But by then, the car had already been driving for more than two hours. How come she was alright before that?"

“The only explanation is,” Lin Xiu paused, “that the older sister in Taisuke’s story who was assaulted after her breakup was actually her!”

“But something doesn’t make sense,” Lin Xiuyi continued to analyze. “She’s already with Mr. Wuji, so how could she become the heartbroken older sister in the story?”

"I think Taisuke sensed something was wrong from her reaction, and realized that the two sisters had secretly switched identities. So he used that to threaten her at Eshima Shrine!"

“Yesterday, Ruri and I also encountered the sisters in the Iwaya Cave at Ejima Shrine,” Kogoro Mori said. “At that time, Shizuka called Waka-san ‘older sister’ and threatened to kill herself to make Waka-san help her one more time.”

“I remember their conversation; it was probably that Mr. Taisuke threatened Ms. Shizuka,” Ruri added. “Ms. Shizuka was worried that Mr. Satoru would find out, so she asked Ms. Kazuka for help…”

"Wait a moment!"

The rich kid, Satoru, abruptly interrupted Ruri, then glared at Kogoro Mouri.
"What did you just say? Shizuka called Kazuka 'One-san'? You didn't hear me wrong, did you?"

“There were only the three of us in the cave at the time,” Kogoro Mori nodded firmly. “I couldn’t have misheard. You can ask Ruri if you don’t believe me.”

Seeing the rich kid's gaze directed at her, Ruri confirmed, "It was indeed Miss Shizuka who called Miss Kazuka 'One-san'."

(End of this chapter)