Conan Rick's Investigator

"But I thought it was probably a problem with the ship's phone lines, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

At this time, Akiyoshi Miwako pulled out a meal card from the edge of the dining table and began to fold it up.

After a while, the meal card turned into a beautiful little paper boat under her nimble fingers.

"It's done. Here it is for you."

"Thank you..."

Conan smiled helplessly, he really was being treated like a child.

Conan took the paper boat and left. He took a last look at Akiyoshi Miwako who was still reading, and then ran away quickly.

Now he was basically certain that Kusaka Hiroki was using this as a way to create an alibi for himself.

All that's left now is to find evidence and the case can be solved.

He came to the room where Kusaka Hironari was, and just as he was about to knock on the door, a familiar tall figure walked out of the room.

It turned out to be Kogoro Maori?

Conan hid at the corner of the stairs, secretly watching Kogoro Mouri who had just come out of Kusaka's room and took the elevator. He was a little surprised.

Uncle Maori actually investigated the case alone?

In his impression, Kogoro Mouri's way of investigating cases has not gotten rid of the habits of his police days, which is the three-step approach of searching for evidence at the scene, looking for witnesses, and confirming alibis.

It is not necessary to investigate a case alone, because the policeman's course of action represents his personal course of action.

But this time, the uncle...

But it would be useless to check~

Conan grinned slightly.

After Maori Kogoro entered the elevator, he quickly ran to the door of Kusaka's room and knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, Kusaka Hirosachi opened the door.

But when he looked down and saw the child who was less than one meter tall, he was a little surprised.

"Why is it a child this time?"

"I came here to play with you!"

Before Kusaka Hironari could react, Conan sprinted into the room.

Seeing the laptop screen lit up on the desk, he quickly jumped onto a chair and exclaimed, "It's a laptop! How cool!"

“There are so many words on it!”

Kusaka Hironari saw Conan fiddling with his computer and walked over calmly with his hands in his pockets, "This is my money-making tool, not a toy for children..."

As he said this, he closed the computer cover.

However, before turning on the computer, Conan still saw a lot of the plot content clearly and secretly memorized it in his mind.

Kusaka Hironari didn't take the child's behavior to heart. He sat on the chair and was about to continue typing, but Conan had already run to the bed and picked up the recorder on the bedside table.

"Strange, this seems to be exactly the same as the doctor's?"

Conan pretends to play around casually, but he's not playing around casually.

He pressed play, but no sound came out.

"Eh? It seems like there's no sound inside..."

"Hello!"

This action completely made Kusaka lose his patience. He strode over, snatched the recorder, and holding Conan by the back of his collar with one hand, he placed him smoothly on the corridor outside the room.

"Get out, kid."

Compared to Kogoro Mori's way of giving gifts, Hironari Kusaka's way is gentler.

Conan's eyes narrowed, and he complained in his heart that he really wasn't stupid enough to keep the evidence with him.

He had deleted the recording used to create his alibi.

But just now, he made another new discovery and thought of a way to make Kusaka Hironari admit his crime.

This method requires the same recorder as Dr. Agasa.

So Conan took the elevator back to the upper floor and found Professor Agasa and others.

At this time, everyone was still guarding Chengshi's room.

Because there was a storm outside and there was no wind on the sea, everyone lost interest in going out for a walk and simply gathered together.

Let's chat casually.

During the process, Xiaolan talked about playing hide-and-seek when she was a child, but Shinichi did not participate.

As a result, he hid in the space under the school stage, but the teacher mistakenly thought that no one was inside and blocked the door with steps.

In the end, it was Shinichi who found her and successfully rescued her.

Even Sonoko didn't know about this past event.

After hearing this, everyone started to joke about the "love affair between a man and a woman".

When Conan came over, he looked around the room, but did not see Qin Zhibo.

After asking other people, I found out that Qin Zhibo had never come back.

Conan's expression changed and he was very surprised.

Where did he go?

……

Main dining room.

As soon as the pianist on the sea finished playing a song, a figure appeared in front of Akiyoshi Miwako.

"Hello, can I sit here?"

Akiyoshi Miwako raised her head and saw that the man in front of her had a handsome mixed-race face.

"Is it an adult this time?"

"Please take a seat..."

Akiyoshi Miwako's attitude was rather cold, and she was obviously not as gentle as she was towards Conan.

Qin Zhibo had just sat down across from Akiyoshi Miwako when she asked, "Are you here to ask about the case as well?"

"If so, hurry up. I'm going back to my room to change clothes later."

According to the original plan, there will be a welcome reception tonight where the ship's staff will meet the passengers.

Although the whereabouts of the eighth-generation president is unknown and the eighth-generation president has died, the reception has not been cancelled.

"Okay, I'll keep it short then..."

"Were you the one who planted the bombs on deck No. 16 and on the No. 1 and No. 2 drainage tank locks on the bottom of this ship?"

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Akiyoshi Miwako, who was about to take a sip of coffee, felt her arm tremble slightly, and her beautiful eyes behind the glasses were full of shock.

She couldn't even believe her ears.

The famous detective on the opposite side actually pointed out the locations of the bombs she had installed.

How could anyone know about this except me?

Did he already know my plan?

Akiyoshi Miwako didn't know that the reason Qin Zhibo was able to find these bombs was not because of his suspicion of her, but because of Minase Harumi's great discovery.

While searching for the "big iron box" on the ship, Minase Harumi discovered a bomb at the bottom of the cruise ship.

These bombs were installed very secretly and in very strategic locations, so Qin Zhibo guessed that they must have been installed by someone who was very familiar with the ship.

Then the designer of this ship, Miwako Akiyoshi, is the first to be affected.

Chapter 1367 The reception begins

Faced with Qin Zhibo's questioning, Akiyoshi Miwako, who was holding a cup of coffee, was shocked at first, but soon calmed down.

She slowly placed the coffee cup back on the table and calmly asked, "Mr. Qin, did you really find the bomb?"

"Even if a bomb was found, with so many people on board, what basis do you have to say I planted it?"

Qin Zhibo saw that Akiyoshi Miwako was not going to admit it, so he was not in a hurry and said calmly.

"Those bombs are strategically placed. They're definitely enough to sink the ship, but not so fast..."

"This suggests that whoever installed the bomb was highly skilled, knew the ship's weaknesses, and had access to the lowest working area of the ship."

"But since Miss Akiyoshi feels that I have offended you, I apologize."

Qin Zhibo nodded slightly to express his apology.

Akiyoshi Miwako: “…”

There was a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Although her attitude was rather tough, she also knew that the famous detective must have at least some clues to find her.

But now, she couldn't quite see the purpose of the man in front of her.

"What on earth did you come to see me for?"

"If you really found a bomb, shouldn't you go to the police?"

Akiyoshi Miwako pretended to be calm and communicated with Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo nodded and said calmly, "We should indeed call the police, but not now..."

"To be honest, I'm looking for something on the ship right now."

"what?"

"A large iron box, about 6 meters tall, was once found at the dock, but its current location is unknown."

"Iron box?" Akiyoshi Miwako's eyes flickered slightly. "Is there anything in there?"

Qin Zhibo shook his head, "I don't know."

"But I think that thing is more dangerous than the bomb on the ship, so I want to find it..."

"Ms. Akiyoshi, since you are the designer of this ship, could you offer some advice?"

"If it were you, where would you hide that iron box?"

Akiyoshi Miwako frowned and looked at Qin Zhibo warily.

She wondered if this was another test from the famous detective.

She could only pretend to think about it and tentatively responded, "Maybe it's the cargo hold?"

"It's not in the cargo hold. I've searched everywhere." Qin Zhibo replied firmly.

"Really? It seems like it's difficult to get in there without being a crew member, even if you're a detective..."

"I have my own way."

Qin Zhibo interrupted her and then smiled mysteriously.

His method is naturally Minase Harumi, who can pass through walls at will.

However, even with the help of the ghost, and even after finding the bomb at the bottom of the cabin, the big iron box was not found.

Although the ship is very large, the iron box is not a small object, so it should not be difficult to find.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo could only suspect that this cruise ship was designed with some hidden rooms specifically for hiding iron boxes.

Qin Zhibo expressed his thoughts, but Akiyoshi Miwako shook her head and denied it.

"That's impossible. I designed most of this ship. I've even seen the blueprints for the parts that the teacher designed. There's no such thing as a hidden compartment."

The chief designer of the Aphrodite was Eito Yashiro, but most of the work was done by Miwako Akiyoshi.

However, Qin Zhibo did not give up and continued to ask, "So where exactly are the parts designed by the eighth generation of British people?"