Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Even his father wasn't this outrageous.

"How did you solve it?" Conan asked again.

Kitagawa Taki tapped his head with his finger.

Conan's face twitched; this guy was just too infuriating!

……

10:20.

Kitagawa Taki left the deck and walked towards the passenger cabin area.

However, instead of going back to his room, she went to Akiyoshi Minamiko's.

10:24.

He knocked on the door when he arrived, but there was no response.

Using his divine sense to probe, he found that there was no one in the room.

Just as Kitagawa Taki turned to leave, he saw Akiyoshi Minamiko walking around the corner of the corridor.

She looked rushed, as if something urgent had happened.

Seeing Kitagawa Taki standing in front of her room, Akiko Minami was slightly taken aback, then slowly walked up to him.

"Mr. Kitagawa, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, I wanted to have a chat with you."

Kitagawa Taki gave Akiyoshi Minako a deep look. This woman had just seemed anxious, but after seeing him, she seemed less anxious.

Minako Akiyoshi smiled and said, "How about later? Why don't you go to the coffee shop and wait for me, Mr. Kitagawa? I'll be there in a bit."

"Okay, see you later."

Kitagawa Taki did not press the matter.

Once Kitagawa Taki's figure disappeared, Akikichi Minako breathed a sigh of relief. She took out her room key, opened the door, entered the room, and went to the table to answer the phone that hadn't been hung up.

A few minutes later, she hung up the phone and slumped into a chair.

Kitagawa Taki came to her room, which was outside her plan and could very well cause her entire plan to collapse.

Should we resort to ruthless killing and take another life?

But what if there were other people who knew that Kitagawa Taki had been here?

After much deliberation, Minako Akikichi decided to go to the coffee shop to meet Taki Kitagawa and test the waters before making any further plans.

……

Ten forty.

Cafe.

“Mr. Kitagawa!” Minako Akiyoshi quickly found Taki Kitagawa.

Kitagawa Taki looked up and saw that Akiyoshi Minako had changed her clothes.

A fitted women's suit, paired with black pencil pants and high heels, accentuated her shapely and slender legs.

She sat down opposite Kitagawa Taki.

"I just saw a lot of crew members, they seem to be looking for someone. Has something happened on the ship?" Kitagawa Taki asked.

With two deadly figures present, it would be a good outcome if the ship didn't sink.

Minako Akiyoshi shook her head: "I'm not too sure either. I came to the coffee shop after changing my clothes."

Then, with a slight smile, she asked, "Mr. Kitagawa, where are your female companions?"

"They went for massages, so I had time to chat with other beautiful women!" Kitagawa Taki said honestly.

Upon hearing this, Minako Akiko couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Mr. Kitagawa, are you saying you came to see me secretly?"

"Yes!"

Chapter 330 We don't need to worry about Conan anymore.

"Brother Kitagawa!"

Kogoro Mouri's appearance interrupted their conversation.

He glanced at the two of them, then leaned down beside Kitagawa Taki and said, "Something happened on the ship. Yashiro Takae died in her room, and Yashiro Entarō is missing!"

He and the other crew members were looking for someone, but they never expected to run into Minami Akiyoshi and Taki Kitagawa in the coffee shop.

"Excuse me, Miss Akikichi!"

Kitagawa Taki left the coffee shop with Mouri Kogoro.

Minako Akiyoshi watched the two figures as they walked away, her eyes flickering.

……

"You and Ms. Akiyoshi?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

Kitagawa Taki casually replied, "Oh, we bumped into each other on the street."

Kogoro Mouri nodded without suspicion and then spoke about the Yashiro family: "I suspect that Chairman Yashiro may have already met with misfortune."

"What about that Yatsushiro Takae?"

Kogoro Mouri said, "She was wearing a yukata and had a stab wound to her abdomen. It's very likely that she was killed with a single stab right after taking a bath!"

"Speaking of which, on my way to the Rei sisters' room, I ran into a suspicious guy wearing a trench coat and a hoodie coming out of President Yashiro's room."

Kitagawa Taki said, "Then this person is very likely the murderer!"

"Indeed, but the person was covered by a hat, so we couldn't see their face at all. They were about 170 cm tall and quite thin, so we couldn't even tell if they were male or female." Kogoro Mouri said with some annoyance.

"It's alright, let's go check out the crime scene first."

Kogoro Mouri shook his head and said, "No, let's go to the helipad first. The inspector should be arriving soon."

……

Tarmac.

The two hadn't waited more than a few minutes when they saw a Metropolitan Police Department helicopter fly over.

After the helicopter came to a stop, Inspector Megure, along with Wataru Takagi, Ninzaburo Shiratori, and several other officers, disembarked.

"Inspector, thank you for your hard work!" Kogoro Mouri stepped forward.

Inspector Megure greeted the two men separately, then asked, "Is there any news about Chairman Yashiro?"

Kogoro Mouri said, "It's not clear yet; the crew is still searching the ship."

Following behind the group, Takagi Wataru remarked, "Speaking of which, Mr. Mori, wherever you are, whether in the sky or at sea, a case seems to occur!"

Shiratori Ninzaburo jokingly added, "Are you going to space next time?"

"How is that possible?" Kogoro Mouri's face twitched. It was just that he happened to be at the place where someone died. How could he confuse cause and effect?

Then, Kogoro Mori recounted the situation to the others.

Afterwards, everyone went to Takae Yashiro's room.

Just as Kogoro Mouri said, Takae Yashiro collapsed by the window, wearing a yukata.

There was a large pool of blood on the ground, and the only suspicious thing was that there was also a pool of blood that had been wiped away.

Just then, a crew member ran over.

"Mr. Mori, we found Chairman Yashiro's fan at the dock!"

"what?"

……

dock.

Kogoro Mouri asked Kaho Tsujimoto, Entarō Yashiro's secretary, "Miss Kaho, are you sure this iron fan belongs to Chairman Yashiro?"

Natsumi Tsujimoto nodded: "It's the chairman's."

Inspector Megure asked, "Ms. Tsujimoto, you were the one who first discovered Takae Yashiro's body, weren't you? Do you remember the time?"

Kaho Tsujimoto recalled, "I remember it was around 10:30."

Inspector Megure pondered for a moment and said, "Detective Tomi, you take two men and stay here to search. We're going to Takae Yashiro's room."

……

in the room.

Inspector Megure, watching the two forensic officers conduct their search, asked Kogoro Mouri, "Mr. Mouri, do you remember when you encountered that person?"

Kogoro Mouri said, "It should be around 10:15."

Inspector Megure deduced, "Yashiro Takae must have already been murdered back then!"

Takagi Wataru said, "What about the clothes that person is wearing? We can start from that."

“That man was wearing a commemorative trench coat that the passenger ship gave to its guests. Everyone had one, including the crew.” Kogoro Mouri shook his head.

Kitagawa Taki said, "Let's wait for the forensic investigation results!"

Everyone nodded; now they could only wait.

……

Half an hour later.

Detective Tomi entered the room and reported the search results to Inspector Megure.

The entrance to the dock was stained with Yatsushiro Entarō's blood, the iron fan showed fresh signs of damage, and the entrance gates showed signs of having been opened.

Kogoro Mori deduced, "It seems that Chairman Yashiro was attacked by someone at the dock and then pushed into the sea through the dock entrance!"

"That's probably it." Inspector Megure nodded and said to Shiratori Ninzaburo, "Brother Shiratori, contact the Japan Coast Guard immediately and start a search in the nearby waters!"

"Yes!" Shiratori Ninzaburo then left the room.