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"Ichiro, is it you, the one with the injuries?" Mariko Hiramoto cried out.

Ichiro Takumoto said, "It was him. When I was washing my hands, it suddenly went dark. Just as I was about to turn on my phone's flashlight, I saw a white light pierce through me. I instinctively dodged, and it pierced my arm."

Mariko Hiramoto gritted her teeth and said, "That bastard, is he going to kill everyone in the Hiramoto family?"

Shoji Hiramoto saw the knife on the ground, "This, this knife..."

Conan pressed on, "Uncle Xiang'er, have you seen this knife before?"

Shoji Hiramoto's face turned grim. "This is my dinner knife."

"I've kept it in my room along with other items."

Akie Hakumoto asserted, "It must have been Xiaowu who stole the knife."

At that moment, Kogoro Mouri also came to the bathroom from the power room.

He glanced at the injured Ichiro Hiramoto and then said, "The power was cut off by a simple timer."

Kitagawa Taki suggested, "How about this, Mori-san and I will be in charge of finding Xiaowu, and the rest of you can all stay in the restaurant and not act alone anymore."

Kogoro Mouri nodded: "That makes sense. You should bring Mr. Ichiro back to the restaurant too!"

……

Kogoro Mouri begins searching for Kobu throughout the entire passenger ship, but Taki Kitagawa remains inactive.

Instead, they went directly to Ichiro Hatakemoto's room.

The room was locked, but in front of Kitagawa Taki, it was as if it wasn't.

Upon entering the room, the furnishings were unremarkable, except for a drawing board that stood out.

He was about to go forward to check.

"I didn't expect you to come here too." Conan's voice came from behind.

Kitagawa Taki walked up to the easel, flipping through the drawings as he said, "Conan, didn't I tell you not to run around? What are you doing here?"

"Tch, what are you doing here? This is what I'm doing." Conan said, walking up to the easel.

All the drawings on the canvas are sketches by Natsue Hiromoto.

"Tsk tsk, this kid has the potential to be a German orthopedic surgeon!"

"Germany...orthopedics? What the heck?"

Conan couldn't understand what Kitagawa Taki was saying, so he picked up the eraser from under the drawing board.

This eraser is a small piece of bread.

Conan's lips curled up; he understood.

Next, all that's needed is to find Takeshi Hiramoto, and this serial murder case will be over.

Thinking of this, Conan ran out of the room and began searching the ship as well.

Seeing Conan's energetic demeanor, Kitagawa Taki then left Hiramoto Ichiro's room as well.

The reason I came to his room was because the attack on this kid just now exposed his true colors.

The timing of the power outage was too coincidental; it was clearly an automatic power-off device.

So Kitagawa Taki decided to go to his room to see if there were any clues, but instead found a whiteboard full of Hatsue Hatomoto's drawings.

It's obvious that Ichiro Hiramoto has feelings for his cousin.

This is probably the trigger for this series of murders.

……

After leaving the room, Kitagawa Taki scanned the entire ship with his divine sense, but found no trace of Hiramoto Takeshi.

It is highly likely that Takeshi Hatomoto was killed by Ichiro Hatomoto and thrown into the sea.

When he returned to the restaurant, Kogoro Mouri had not yet come back.

"Mr. Kitagawa, how is it? Have you found anything?"

Upon seeing Kitagawa Taki return, Hiramoto Natsue asked anxiously.

“No.” Kitagawa Taki shook his head.

Mariko Hiramoto shouted, "He must have fled to avoid punishment!"

Conan suddenly appeared at the restaurant entrance and said, "Everyone, Uncle Mori said we should all go to Mr. Ichiro's room. He already knows the real culprit!"

"The real killer?"

"Isn't Xiao Wu the murderer?"

"Anyway, we'll find out when we all get here." Conan said no more and left first.

Sonoko asked curiously, "Taki, what's going on? Who's the real culprit?"

Kitagawa Taki whispered in Sonoko's ear, "Hakumoto Ichiro."

"what?"

Kitagawa Taki blinked. "You'll find out when you get there."

……

Ichiro Hatakemoto's room.

Kogoro Mouri sat in a chair with his back to everyone.

Conan crouched down between Kogoro Mouri's legs, using Kogoro's body to block his own.

Shoji Hiromoto asked, "Mr. Mori, who is the murderer?"

Mariko Takumoto was very puzzled: "If it wasn't Takeshi, then why did he even hurt Ichiro?"

Conan said, "That's the killer's biggest weakness."

"flaw?"

"That's right, the murderer made himself the victim so that all suspicion would fall on Xiao Wu."

Mariko Hiramoto exclaimed in disbelief, "The murderer... himself... the victim... Mr. Mori, what do you mean?"

Conan makes a startling statement: "The culprit is Ichiro Hiramoto!"

Ichiro lowered his head, his long hair obscuring his eyes, making it impossible to see his expression.

Mariko Hiramoto rushed to the table, slammed her hand on it, and demanded, "What evidence do you have to prove that Ichiro is the murderer?"

"This is the evidence."

Conan, pushing Kogoro Mouri's hand, showed everyone the breadcrumbs he had found in Gozo Hiramoto's room.

"This is a breadcrumb found next to Mr. Gozo's body. It has Mr. Gozo's blood on it, and there is also charcoal on it."

Sonoko exclaimed, "Breadcrumbs... Could this be what Mr. Ichiro uses to make erasers?"

Conan said, "That's right. Mr. Ichiro is an art college student, so it's normal for him to use bread as an eraser. And these bread crumbs are what fell on him when he used it."

"It must have fallen to the ground by accident when he was trying to assassinate Mr. Gozo."

Mariko Hiramoto still refused to believe the truth: "But... but what motive would Ichiro have to kill Dad and Tatsuo?"

Conan asked Ichiro Hiromoto, "Mr. Ichiro, you like Ms. Natsue, don't you?"

I also took out the drawing board.

Akie Hiromoto picked up the easel and examined it. "Isn't this all of Natsue?"

"Stop flipping!"

Ichiro Hiramoto lowered his head, clenched his fists, and roared.

"Ichiro..."

The members of the Yakumoto family fell silent.

The old butler's face was grim. He began, "Ichiro once confessed his love for Miss Xia Jiang to the master, but he was severely reprimanded. I never expected you to..."

Ichiro Hiramoto's secret was exposed in public, and he broke down emotionally.

"That's right, I like Xia Jiang and I want to marry her, but my grandfather flatly refused me. He even scolded me for being worthless and said he would never marry his precious granddaughter to someone like me. Not long after, he announced Xia Jiang's marriage!"

Akie Hiramoto angrily retorted, "What about Ryunan? He didn't do anything!"

Ichiro Takumoto turned around and roared, "He's been targeting Xia Jiang all day long, and he's even insulted Xia Jiang. He brought this on himself!"

Akie was so frightened by his appearance that she couldn't speak.

Without looking at Ichiro, Natsue Hiromoto asked, "Mr. Mori, where is Takeshi?"

Conan slowly said, "Mr. Takeshi should already be dead..."

"What?" Hatsumi Hitomoto swayed.

“Ichiro, you…” Mariko Hiramoto realized that she almost didn’t recognize her son anymore.

Ichiro Hiramoto laughed loudly, "Xiao Wu tried to steal Xia Jiang away, but now he's stuck in this sea forever!"

Looking at the seemingly deranged Ichiro Hitomoto, Taki Kitagawa shook his head; this guy was beyond saving.

P.S.: I can't believe I actually got locked up there...

Chapter 230 Be His Shadow

Ran and Sonoko helped the heartbroken Hatsue Hitomoto.

"Ichiro, you... sigh..."

Shoji Hiramoto sighed.

"I think we should go out first and let Ichiro calm down on his own."

Saying it was to calm him down was less accurate than saying he was locked up like Guan Yu Benwu, only in a different place.

Hokuro Yamamoto nodded blankly and pulled the sobbing Mariko Yamamoto out of the room.

Ran and Sonoko helped Hatsue Hitomoto to her room.