Conan Rick's Investigator

"Besides, Conan has seen so many crime scenes, he knows the rules here and won't destroy them recklessly."

Seeing Qin Zhibo's assurance, Maori Kogoro glanced at Conan with drooping eyelids, and slowly put Conan on the ground.

"Don't mess with anything here, you little brat!"

"Um!"

Conan nodded obediently in front of Kogoro Mouri, then turned to look at Qin Zhibo and gave him a grateful look.

With Qin Zhibo, it is equivalent to having a human rights card.

After expressing his gratitude to Qin Zhibo, Conan moved to the body of Yashiro Takie and observed it carefully.

Judging from the bathrobe on his body and the towel on his head, President Guijiang was suddenly attacked by the murderer after coming out of the bathroom.

This means that the murderer has the key to this room.

In addition, there was a pool of scattered blood next to the body's legs that had been wiped off.

This pool of blood is still some distance away from the blood flowing out of the corpse's abdomen. It seems that if the person was stabbed and fell down normally, such a mark would not be formed.

Why is that?

At the same time, Qin Zhibo, who was standing aside, was also staring down at the bloodstain.

But unlike Conan, what he saw was a clear white spot of light.

【Survey√】

[Suspected blood]

Suspicious?

So it’s not actually the case?

Qin Zhibo also felt that the bloodstain was a bit strange, but he didn’t know the significance of the bloodstain appearing here.

But at this moment, he saw Conan lying on the ground like a dog, putting his nose above the bloodstain and sniffing it.

amount……

Conan's pointed nose twitched, he frowned, and then he got up from the ground again.

Qin Zhibo squatted next to him and asked, "How is it? Is it ketchup flavored?"

Conan was stunned, turned to look at Qin Zhibo, and shook his head seriously.

"It's not ketchup..."

“But it still feels a little different.”

Conan was worried.

Just then, the secretary came back and brought bad news.

It turned out that although the eighth chairman had made an appointment to play billiards with the former prime minister, he left halfway through the game, saying that he had some things to take care of.

When Qin Zhibo heard this, he knew that it was probably a failure.

Isn’t this morgue in use?

Chapter 1363 Search in Progress

After a brief inspection of the scene, Qin Zhibo had the door of room 604 locked and no one was allowed to enter.

Then he went to the helipad on the top floor of the cruise ship with Kogoro Mouri and Conan to welcome the arrival of the police.

The helicopter from the Metropolitan Police Department slowly descended with a loud noise from the propellers until it landed steadily on the huge Aphrodite wave pattern in the center of the apron.

The helicopter door opened and the old acquaintance Takagi came down first, followed closely by Megure and Shiratori, as well as Identification Officer Tomi and two young Identification Officers.

Originally, the Metropolitan Police Department did not intend to send so many people to investigate an attempted murder case.

However, after hearing that someone from the consortium had been killed on the ship, all the main forces of the First Investigation Section were temporarily mobilized to show the importance they attached to the case.

Megure held the hat on his head to prevent it from being blown away by the hurricane created by the propeller, while asking Kogoro Mori about the situation.

Although Brother Qin is stronger in reasoning ability, when it comes to simple and rough work like introducing the case, Megure still cooperates better with Brother Mori, who was once his colleague.

Kogoro Mori introduced that the whereabouts of the missing president Yashiro are still being searched for, and the crime scene of the president's murder has been sealed.

Megure responded and understood the general situation.

But at this moment, Takagi, who was walking behind, started to complain.

"But, Mr. Maori, whether it's in the sky or on the sea, wherever you are, there will be murder!"

Shiratori followed up on Takagi's words and said, "Are you planning to go to space on a rocket next time?"

"Please, how is this possible?"

Kogoro Mori glanced out of the corner of his eye and retorted with his unique tongue rolling, but he was already used to it.

Death is like the wind, always with me.

Only Qin Zhibo knew that the one who truly possessed the power of the god of death was not Maori Kogoro.

Maori Kogoro is just standing on the shoulders of a dwarf...

……

Soon, everyone returned to room 604.

The forensic officer began taking photos of Takie Yashiro's body and collecting evidence and clues from the surrounding area.

Qin Zhibo specifically instructed the forensic officer to carefully identify the suspected blood stain next to Guijiang's body.

Kogoro Mouri showed Inspector Megure the iron fan he picked up at the dock, and explained in detail the whole process from the "prank" in which Cheng Shi was kidnapped and taken to the morgue to the discovery of Takie Yashiro's body.

Afterwards, the forensic officer went to the dock where the iron fan was found to investigate.

The entire evidence-gathering process lasted nearly two hours before everyone came to a meeting room on the Aphrodite to summarize and discuss clues.

According to the investigation by the forensic officer, a large number of fingerprints of the eighth president were found on the stair railings at the entrance of the dock.

This shows that the eighth president did come to the dock in person.

Some blood was also found at the gate at the lower entrance of the dock, and the blood type matched that of the eighth president himself.

And according to the crew's report, the dock gate had been opened.

Outside the gate is the endless sea.

Based on these clues, everyone immediately concluded that the eighth generation president was probably dead in the Pacific Ocean, so there was no trace of the eighth generation president on the ship.

Kogoro Mori sat in the first row of the conference room, his hands clasped before his face. A stern expression on his face, he said, "It's likely that the president was attacked by someone at the dock, and then, after the gates opened, he was pushed into the sea..."

"Dr. Cheng Shi was attacked because he happened to be in the dock at the time. The murderer mistakenly believed that he had witnessed the crime, so he planned to kill him to silence him."

Kogoro Mouri's reasoning was immediately recognized by Inspector Megure.

"Shiratori, contact the Coast Guard immediately and conduct a search in the surrounding waters."

"Yes." Shiratori took the order and left.

Megure turned to look at Takagi again, "Takagi, I also want to talk to the Niimi couple, go and bring them over."

"Yes."

Most former Japanese prime ministers with ordinary backgrounds have few privileges in all aspects, which is why Megure did not hesitate to talk to him.

As soon as Megure's order was given, a discordant voice was heard.

"But if the murderer was worried about being caught by Dr. Sung-shik, why didn't he push Dr. Sung-shik into the sea as well?"

"Wouldn't it be simpler and more direct this way?"

Megure was stunned and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and found that it was Conan who was sitting next to Qin Zhibo.

Thanks to Qin Zhibo's protection, he was not kicked out.

Conan held his chin up, looking like a little brat, his eyes not looking over here, but the questioning voice was indeed heard over here.

This made Maori Kogoro, who was sitting at another table, a little unhappy, and he immediately defended himself, "Idiot! The murderer must have closed the gate at the time. It will take time to open it again..."

"He was worried that if he delayed too long he would be discovered, so he temporarily took Dr. Cheng Shi to the morgue."

As expected, Kogoro Mori's ability to adapt to circumstances was immediate, and he immediately imagined the situation at that time.

However, Conan remained serious and silent after hearing this.

Qin Zhibo, who was sitting next to him, also felt that the case was not as simple as Maori Kogoro said.

The most direct reason why Cheng Shi was knocked down and sent to the morgue was probably the big iron box he found.

What's in that box?

When Qin Zhibo was following the police investigation at the dock just now, he also asked some crew members about the big iron box.

However, the crew members were all unanimous in their statements, saying that there was no habit of placing large cargoes in the dock and that all cargoes were stored in the cargo hold.

Qin Zhibo followed the crew to the so-called cargo hold, but did not find the big iron box that Cheng Shi mentioned.

The locating spell can't find things that you don't remember...

What’s more important is that the things in the box may cause major sacrifices on the cruise ship at any time.

If I search for it on a large scale, I might trigger some terrible things in advance.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the meeting room.

"Please come in."

Two people came in from the door. They were the chief crew member who appeared at the door of room 604 just now, whose surname was Misaki, and the secretary of the Yashiro father and daughter, whose surname was Tsujimoto.

As soon as the two entered the door, they talked about their latest discoveries.

"We asked passengers on the 6th floor, and someone said they saw someone coming out of the eighth-generation chairman's room at 10:15 a.m."

"what?!"

Megure and Maori Kogoro were shocked. Finally, there was a familiar eyewitness clue.

"What does that person look like?"

The crew member and secretary shook their heads regretfully. "The person was wearing a commemorative windbreaker given by the ship. He was about 170cm tall and thin. But because of the sunglasses and scarf, his face was not clear. It was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman."

"I deliberately hid my face..."

Megure murmured and sat back in his chair in disappointment.

However, Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the murderer is definitely this person."

"The murderer first killed Ms. Yashiro Takae in room 604 as she emerged from the bathroom. He then rushed to the dock and murdered President Yashiro as he arrived for a meeting."

"Then, at 10:20, they attacked Cheng Shi, who happened to be in the dock, and took him to the ship's morgue."

"These three cases are likely to have been committed by the same person."

With the guidance of Kogoro Mori, Inspector Megure once again skipped the step of thinking.

At this time, Shiratori came back and told Megure that the Coast Guard had been dispatched.

However, it still takes some time to search for a body that fell into the vast Pacific Ocean.

But the good news is that a body doesn't breathe when it falls into water.

The stomach and lungs will not be choked by water, which causes the body to float directly on the sea surface, making it more conducive to search work.

……

1:30 in the afternoon.

Chengshi's strength gradually recovered and he began to feel hungry.

So everyone borrowed a wheelchair, pushed Cheng Shi out of the infirmary, and took him to a restaurant outside to eat.

There are a total of 5 main restaurants on the Aphrodite, but in order to take care of Cheng Shi's physical strength, everyone came to the nearest restaurant.

Black Forest Restaurant.

This restaurant is the most distinctive restaurant on the entire ship, offering a variety of dishes, mainly grilled.

The reason why this restaurant is the most distinctive is that its decoration is unique and is completely based on the forest theme.