Conan: Starting out by living with a divorced older sister

"I'm Inspector Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department, and this is Inspector Shiratori."

"Police? You are..."

After everyone sat down, Inspector Megure explained to everyone what had happened during this period.

"If we kill people according to the order of playing cards, then I should be number six, because the character 宍 in my name contains the number six!" Shishido Nagaaki said calmly, because he believed that he had never offended the man named Murakami Jō.

Shishido Nagaaki's words gave Maori Kogoro inspiration, and he suddenly realized: "Yes, we shouldn't have gathered here by chance, because Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi is the 9 of spades, Mr. Sawaki Kohei is the 8 of spades, Mr. Shishido Nagaaki is the 6 of spades, and the police officer Shiratori is Shiratori Jinsaburo, which is the 3 of spades. There is a two in the name of Nishina Minoru, and I, Maori Kogoro, am the 5 of spades. Then who are the remaining 1, 4, and 7?"

Looking at Maori Kogoro who was lost in thought, Conan appeared at the right time and continued, "The rest may not be related to words, but to pronunciation. Just like sister Nana, the Japanese pronunciation of her name is the same as seven, so she is spade 7, and this uncle Ford, his name pronunciation is similar to the number 4Four, so he is spade 4. As for the remaining 1, I don't know yet."

"Actually, there is one person on the list of invitations that Mr. Xu asked me to send out who has not come yet," Zemu Gongping suddenly said.

"Who?"

"Kudo Shinichi!"

"What? So Kudo Shinichi is the final Ace of Spades?!"

Xiaolan saw that among all the people present, except for Conan who was a child, only herself and Murong Zhen were not among the 13 cards of spades. So she turned her head to look at him, and Murong Zhen also looked at Xiaolan, and then said loudly:

"In fact, although I did not participate in the entire process of this serial murder case, I also learned about what happened. Based on the results of these cases, we can clearly know that the murderer did follow the order of the playing cards starting from the King of Spades. However, these are just his tricks. The murderer wants to kill people among these 13 people, but not all of them!"

"And, since all of us are gathered here by coincidence, it must be intentional on the part of the murderer. That means the killing game is not over yet and is still going on. How can the murderer hide himself?"

"Become one of these 13 people!" Conan said with certainty.

"That's right! The murderer is among these 13 people. At the same time, he must also have another characteristic, which is to know my father-in-law's interpersonal relationships! In other words, he is someone my father-in-law knows!"

"Father-in-law? Who is your father-in-law?"

"Oh, my father-in-law is Mr. Maori Kogoro, and Xiaolan has already agreed to my proposal."

Kogoro Mori was angry, but he didn't refute anything because what he said was true. He thought to himself: I still prefer to hear you call me Uncle Mori.

Back to the topic, Maori Kogoro also agreed with Murong Zhen's point of view and continued: "Murakami has been in prison for ten years. It is impossible for him to know my recent interpersonal relationships, so he may have accomplices in there, and his accomplices are among these people now.

Let's not talk about the three cards K, Q, and J for now. Spade 10 is also confirmed dead. Among the remaining people, first exclude myself, Spade 5, Officer Shiratori's Spade 3, and that brat Kudo Shinichi's Spade A. The murderer is locked in among you, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9."

In this way, after some reasoning, the murderer was narrowed down to 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9, forming a not-so-classic six-into-one situation.

Inspector Megure concluded: "Then please tell us about your relationship with Mori, whether you have offended anyone recently, and why you came here."

"Huh? Why haven't I seen Mr. Xu for so long?"

"Yes, as the host, it is indeed a bit abnormal for him not to appear at this time. Could it be..."

"Look!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the finger, and saw the body of Asahi Shengyi, who had never appeared, floating in the sea through the glass, with a 9 of spades stuck on his body.

Everyone stood up and moved closer to the glass to see more clearly.

Someone in the crowd realized that his identity would be revealed if he continued questioning, so he made a prompt decision, changed his plan, fixed his sights on a beautiful figure in the crowd, and slowly approached.

A hand quietly pressed a button on the remote control in the pocket.

"Bang!" With the sound of an explosion, the entire space fell into darkness!

Chapter 364 Underwater Kiss

The sudden darkness and explosions caused people to fall into a brief panic, and the scene was once in chaos, especially for the two girls, Xiaolan and Nana, who were probably more afraid of the darkness. Xiaolan was next to Murong Zhen, and she slowly calmed down when she was hugged by Murong Zhen.

Nana lost her composure and started screaming, even though Inspector Megure and others told everyone not to move and stop screaming.

Xiao Hei was next to Nana at this time. He held the dagger in reverse and stabbed it hard towards Nana. However, before he could feel the knife entering the flesh, the dagger was bounced away by a huge force and fell to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, Nana! I'm here~", Hearing Murong Zhen's voice and being embraced in a warm and solid embrace, Nana felt an unprecedented sense of security, stopped screaming, and regained her sanity.

Soon, the backup power supply started up and the hall lit up again. Although it was not as bright as before, the surrounding environment could be seen clearly.

Before everyone could recover, the little black man hurriedly pressed another button, and the hard glass of the huge eggshell was directly blown into spider-web-like cracks. Soon, the glass could not withstand the pressure of the sea water outside and shattered into pieces.

"Ah! Water!" Minoru Nishina was so frightened by the rushing water that he shivered.

"Stop shouting! Everyone, take a deep breath and prepare to swim out from the broken gap!"

"No, I can't do this! I'm afraid of water! It's over, I'm going to die~"

Peter Ford and Shishido Nagaaki looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly, saying, "Don't worry, we will swim you out."

Officer Bai Niao said to Officer Megure considerately: "Officer Megure, you are injured. I will take you out of the water in a while."

The rest of the people said they could swim. Murong Zhen saw Xiaolan nodded at him and said to Nana in his arms:

"Don't worry, I'll take you out in a minute."

After a brief exchange, everyone held their breath, waiting for the moment when the underwater restaurant would be filled with sea water.

Soon, it was time for the crucial moment, "Take a deep breath!"

The moment the sea water filled up, the people floating there took a deep breath, and then when the water pressure inside and outside was completely balanced, they swam out.

The whole process only takes a few seconds.

It was not until everyone gradually surfaced that they discovered that Xiaolan and Conan had not yet come up. Murong Zhen made a prompt decision, found a floating object for Nana, picked up an empty large bottle of mineral water floating beside him, blocked the bottle mouth, and dived directly.

Fortunately, the distance was not far, and Murong Zhen quickly saw Xiaolan who was desperately pulling Conan.

It turned out that the foot of the unlucky kid Conan was stuck by the wheel of a sports car on display in the restaurant. After Xiaolan found out, she couldn't speak to notify others underwater, so she had to come alone to rescue Conan. However, the more anxious she was, the more difficult it was to save him, and she also consumed too much of her energy.

Conan drank two sips of water because it took too long. Xiaolan didn't care about that anymore and wanted to give Conan some oxygen.

Conan felt a pretty face approaching in a daze, but before he could touch it, his mouth was blocked by the mouth of a mineral water bottle!

The will to survive made him take two deep breaths, and then he recovered.

It turned out that it was Murong Zhen who dived down. Murong Zhen quickly took Conan's feet out of the gap between the wheels, and then signaled Conan to float directly upwards.

Conan understood and floated up. Murong Zhen and Xiao Lan also began to float up. When they were halfway up, Xiao Lan felt that she had reached the limit of her breath-holding time and could not hold on any longer. Her body movements became a little stiff due to lack of oxygen. Just when she was about to grab water, Murong Zhen kissed her directly. Xiao Lan felt like she had arrived in heaven from hell. It felt so good to breathe freely.

Feeling Murong Zhen's presence, Xiaolan was no longer so scared and cooperated with him to complete an underwater kiss.

It was not until she felt someone touching her arm that Xiaolan opened her eyes. It turned out that Mouri Kogoro saw Conan coming up but Xiaolan had not yet come up, so he dived down to take a look, and ended up seeing two people kissing underwater.

Maori Kogoro was also very angry, thinking: You two are really enough! It's okay at home, but in such an emergency and dangerous situation, underwater, why are you still playing so difficult! You are risking your life!

The atmosphere was interrupted, and it could only end with a sense of unfulfilled desire, as the three of them floated upwards together.

"Swish!", three figures emerged from the water, and everyone escaped successfully and came to the observation deck where the [Water Crystal] emerged from the water.

Also floating around you are playing cards: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 7 of spades!

"This Murakami-jo is really abominable. He wants to catch us all in one fell swoop!"

Now everyone could only curse, and then, one after another, they swam up to the part of [Crystal Crystal] that was floating on the water!

Except for Minoru Nishina who drank a lot of water and was staggering, everyone else was intact!

Everyone thought they had finally escaped, but little did they know that an unexpected danger was approaching.

At this time, Murong Zhen suddenly spoke up and said to Zemu Gongping: "Mr. Zemu Gongping, do you have any tricks?"

"Mr. Murong, I don't understand what you are talking about." Zemu Gongping continued to play dumb. He thought Murong Zhen was cheating him.

"How do you think I could accurately kick away the knife you used to attack Nana in the dark?"

"It doesn't matter if you admit it. I think you must have the remote control of the bomb hidden on you now, as well as the Ace of Spades that represents Kudo Shinichi who has not yet arrived."

Murong Zhen was right. At this moment, these two things were indeed on Zemu Gongping's body, which was also ironclad evidence to identify him.

Sawaki Gonghe glanced around, pulled out another sharp knife he had prepared, ran towards Nishina Minoru who was resting on the side, put the knife against his neck, and held him hostage!

Sawaki Kohei also hysterically told everyone about his murder process and motives.

"I did all of this, that's right!"

"I was supposed to be a very good wine taster and would remain so until I died, but fate played a joke on me and took away everything. That was the moment when Nana Koyama hit me with her car."

"So you were the one riding the motorcycle that night, but I didn't hit you, and I stopped within the stop line. You fell down by yourself, but you also walked away by yourself. I left because I saw you were fine. I didn't intend to run away or evade responsibility."

Murong Zhen knew that what Nana said was right. He was also in the car that night and got out to check.

"I originally thought it was just a minor skin injury, but since then, I have lost my sense of taste. Do you know what losing your sense of taste means to a senior wine taster? It is equivalent to losing the meaning of life. The doctor said that if external injuries are excluded, it may also be caused by excessive stress, and my stress comes entirely from Xu Shengyi, the hateful capitalist!"

Chapter 365 Suddenly enlightened

“This old man has been exploiting my surplus labor, under the pretext of training me in all aspects, not wanting me to be just a wine taster. However, I am doing the most comprehensive work, but I am still paid the salary of a wine taster!

Not only did he promise me something he couldn't keep, he also used PUA on me from time to time. This was also one of the important factors that led to my loss of taste. But fortunately, I had already dealt with him before you came here!"

"What about Hiroki Tsuji and Minoru Nishina?" Murong Zhen asked.

"I did kill Hiroki Tsuji. He once held a wine party at home and invited me to taste wine. But he took advantage of the alcohol and replaced the wine tasting dish hanging around my neck with a soup spoon in front of everyone. He also humiliated me in public! How could I allow my dignity as a wine taster to be trampled on like this!"

"As for Nishina Minoru, how did you know I wanted to kill him?"

"I guess you only knew in advance that Nishina Minoru was afraid of water and couldn't swim, so you designed what happened just now, intending to let him drown at the bottom of the sea."

"That's right! That's exactly what I planned. He thought he knew something about red wine, so he spread incorrect wine tasting knowledge through writing. He insulted my sacred profession, so I wanted to kill him. However, he is lucky to be alive! Now he has become my shield."

Sawaki Kohei got so angry that he lost control of the strength in his hand and the knife pierced the skin on Nishina Minoru's neck, causing blood to flow.

Officer Megure's wound was also bleeding at this time, but as a police officer, he didn't care about these responsibilities and missions. He consoled him carefully: "Mr. Sawaki, please stop, there is still time, don't make the same mistake again."

"I'm right! They deserve to die! In fact, after Murakami was released from prison, he didn't want to take revenge on Mr. Maori. He said he wanted to thank Mr. Maori for not only stopping his crime in time, but also for sparing his life when he held his wife hostage."

"However, he didn't meet you in the office that night, but met me when he came out. He told me what happened between you two, and that gave me the idea of ​​a series of subsequent methods of committing crimes."

"My name is Gongping, but I am treated unfairly. You, Maori Kogoro, are an old pervert who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman. How can you have such a beautiful wife, a lovely daughter like Xiaolan, and even a new life in the future. You are just a wretched old man, but you have the halo of a famous detective. We are of similar age, but I am just an unknown wine taster. I don't accept it! God is unfair!

No, there is a big surprise waiting for him later, hahaha~"

Kohei Sawaki thought of the scene of Eri Kisaki kissing another man at the bathroom door, and he felt relieved for a moment. You, Kogoro Mori, would never have dreamed that your beautiful wife would put a green hat on you. Fate will give you a surprise!

No one knew what was going on with his laughter, they only felt that he was laughing really happily. People couldn't understand it and couldn't empathize with him at all. They just thought that he had fallen into madness and was slowly losing his reason.

Seeing this, Maori Kogoro's justice instinct broke out. Thinking of rescuing the hostage from the murderer, he whispered, "Officer Megure and Officer Shiratori, do you have guns? In the current situation, we can only subdue the criminal with guns."

"I did bring it, but like my brother Shiratori, we both have only half-baked marksmanship..."

"Then you two give me your guns and I'll shoot..."

"What? How can this be possible? If you use our guns and accidentally hit a hostage, we will still be held responsible. No, no..."

The two police officers shook their heads vigorously in refusal.

Murong Zhen felt that this was a good opportunity to resolve Xiaolan's emotional knot, and thought to himself: Father-in-law, I can only help you up to this point!