Conan Rick's Investigator

Hattori Heiji asked what happened, but Kanie Kyu answered with the date, which reminded Conan.

Ye Sancai's case occurred 20 years ago, and today is the last day of the 20-year civil prosecution period for the case. It is also the day when all those involved in the case will be completely free.

Could it be that Kanjiang Shijiu is Ye Sancai?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Conan rejected it in his heart.

After all, the waiter said that Ye Sancai was the first person to board the boat, and Kanjiang Shijiu was the last one to arrive on the boat, which means that Kanjiang Shijiu and Ye Sancai are two people.

However, it is also possible that someone on the ship stole Ye Sancai's name and pretended to be Ye Sancai to board the ship.

This is very suspicious because there are no signs of use in Ye Sancai's Room 101.

If that were the case, Uncle Maori and Shimaji Kazuoka would certainly not be able to find Ye Sancai.

So the question now is whether Ye Sancai was dead or not.

"Brother Hattori, how was the uncle called Black Shadow confirmed dead back then? Can you tell me more about this?"

Conan's voice and tone were somewhat cute, making Hattori Heiji want to laugh.

But when he heard that it was related to the case, Hattori's expression immediately became serious.

"My father once told me about this case. He said the police found clothes with bullet holes and blood stains on them on the beach and confirmed that they belonged to Ye Sancai."

"So the police speculated that Ye Sancai, the criminal planner, was killed during an internal conflict among the robbers."

"After that, there was no more news about the Black Shadow Planner..."

At this moment, Qin Zhibo, who had remained silent while sitting at the poker table, spoke.

"If that's true, this shadow planner is truly naive..."

Hattori Heiji asked, "What do you mean?"

"Humph……"

Qin Zhibo snorted coldly and continued, "If he were a true criminal mastermind, he could definitely foresee himself being murdered by his own robbers."

"To expect a group of vicious criminals to be honest and law-abiding is naive."

Kanie Shiku, who was standing by, raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Zhibo, "But even if he knew his men would turn against him, what could he do?"

"He's just a criminal planner who uses his brain. It's impossible for him to kill all of his men..."

"No, no, no..."

Qin Zhibo smiled mysteriously and said slowly: "Friend..."

"Have you heard of Joker?"

Chapter 354 An Inspiring Story

Joker, clown.

Hattori Heiji and Conan narrowed their eyes. For some reason, when they heard this name, they both felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Kanie Shiku asked in confusion, "Joker? What is this?"

"Joker is not a thing, but a person, a criminal planner like Ye Sancai, except that he is much more capable than Ye Sancai."

Everyone in the lounge was silent, staring at Qin Zhibo, and it seemed that they all wanted to hear what Qin Zhibo had to say about this Joker.

Especially Hattori Heiji and Conan, there is even a desire for knowledge in their eyes.

Qin Zhibo temporarily put down the playing cards in his hand and told the story.

"Once, Joker planned a group of five robbers to rob a bank. Before the action, the five people had a clear division of labor."

"Three of them drove into the bank through the main entrance, and the other two used ropes to sneak onto the roof of the building next door."

"One of the two men on the rooftop of the bank had just disarmed the bank's alarm when the other robber behind him shot him dead, then quickly went downstairs and began to crack down on the bank's vault door."

"Among the three robbers who took hostages in the bank lobby, one was killed by an armed bank employee, and the other two killed the bank employee in return."

"Once the vault door is broken open, one of the people in the bank lobby will kill the robbers from behind and then move the money out of the bank vault."

"Of the last two robbers, one was hit and killed by a bus driven by an unplanned robber. The other robber killed the bus driver and escaped with all the money."

"This actually happened before the operation began. Joker told these robbers that as long as their accomplices completed the task at hand, they could be killed directly to reduce the number of people to share the loot."

"That's how it was. The guy who opened the vault door killed the guy who disabled the alarm. The guy who loaded the money killed the guy who opened the vault door. The guy who drove the bus killed the guy who loaded the money. The hostage-taker killed the guy who drove the bus. Almost all the robbers were killed by their own men."

"Of course, except for the unlucky robber who was shot and killed by the bank clerk..."

Kanie Shiku swallowed hard and asked doubtfully, "Isn't there another robber? Isn't he still alive?"

Qin Zhibo raised the corner of his mouth, "Because he is Joker himself."

When Qin Zhibo finished his story, everyone showed surprised expressions.

Qin Zhibo continued, "A truly talented criminal planner knows exactly who he is dealing with."

"Just like Joker, he fully understood the greed of these robbers and used this to make them kill each other."

As he spoke, Qin Zhibo lifted up the top card in his hand and placed it on the table.

On it was an image of a clown, the Joker in playing cards.

"The clown always has the last laugh..."

Everyone in the lounge fell silent, as if everyone was slightly touched by this story.

Taking advantage of this time, Qin Zhibo quietly observed the facial reactions of the "seafoods", which can only be described as intriguing.

Nagisa Isogai and Minoru Ebina's reactions were relatively normal. Like Ran Mouri, they were just normal surprised reactions after hearing the story.

However, Kanie Shiku, who was sitting next to him, looked at Kujirai Sadao, who was sitting at the bar, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

Kujirai Sadao was also looking at Kanie Kokuhisa, and their gazes collided in the air and they stared at each other.

Two seconds later, Kujirai Sadao looked away first, took out a cigarette from his pocket and smoked it silently.

At this time, Hattori Heiji, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but ask, "Could this Joker you're talking about be a criminal in the real world?"

The question asked by Hattori Heiji is also the question that Conan wants to ask.

Because the bank robbery process described by Qin Zhibo was so accurate, even the low-probability random event of a bank employee killing a robber was described.

If the core idea was just to express the greed of the robbers, the crime planner would have used this to make the robbers kill each other, and there would have been no need to add this plot.

It was as if Qin Zhibo had witnessed the crime with his own eyes.

"Who knows? Maybe it exists..."

Qin Zhibo's tone was relaxed, and his ambiguous answer made Hattori Heiji and Conan feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

If someone like Joker really existed, he would definitely be the detectives' biggest enemy...

"It's a good story, and somewhat inspiring, but I'm almost leaving now."

Kanie Shiku stood up from his seat, and Isogai Nagisa and Ebina Minoru also said that they wanted to go back to their rooms to rest.

Only Kujirai Sadao was still energetic. He said he wanted to stay here and continue playing poker, but he had to go to the bathroom first.

……

When there was less than a minute left until midnight, Kogoro Mouri was the first to return to the lounge.

Kogoro Mouri sat silently on the sofa, raised his hand and watched the second hand on his watch gradually approaching the scale 12.

Tick, tick, tick...

When the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand coincided at 12 o'clock, Shimaji Kagaki appeared from the stairs at the entrance of the lounge and walked down slowly.

"Time has passed and we can no longer touch this case."

Kazuo Kagawa smiled with relief, saying, "But honestly, I retired two years ago, so I'm no longer qualified..."

Shimaharu Kozaki came to the bar and asked the bartender for a beer. He took out the cigarette in his hand and was about to look for a lighter when Kogoro Mouri next to him handed him a lighter.

"Thank you for your hard work, team leader."

At this moment, the two calm men exchanged glances for a second.

"Mauri! Let's have a good drink!"

"Alright! Let's get drunk tonight!"

At this time, Kujirai Sadao also returned to the lounge, glanced at the two people who were drinking happily, and continued to play poker with Mouri Ran, Qin Zhibo, and Hattori Heiji.

But this harmonious atmosphere did not last long as it was interrupted by several discordant voices.

Snap, snap——

"It's gunfire! It's coming from the deck."

Kogoro Mouri sobered up in a second, and Shima Osamu immediately asked Mouri Mouri to record the time, which was exactly 12:08.

Everyone in the lounge quickly ran to the deck and saw the flag on the mast burning.

On the chair on the side of the boat, there was an old banknote stuck in the wooden back of the chair with a dagger.

"What does it seem to say?"

Qin Zhibo took out a nuclear lighter to illuminate the banknote, and everyone could see the words written on it: "Poseidon, the god of the sea, has given me life again, and my shadow will be resurrected again."

Qin Zhibo repeated these words without emotion, but Kujirai Sadao, who was standing behind him, had a surprised expression on his face and walked towards the railing with a trembling body.

"So he's still alive. I knew he, he..."

"He must still be alive!"

When Sadao Kujirai turned around trembling, the rear deck suddenly exploded, and the gushing flames illuminated his terrified face.

Chapter 355 Brother, you are famous!

The firelight illuminated the dark and starry night sky, and the alarm bells on the ship suddenly rang loudly.

Everyone rushed to the rear deck and found that the box containing the emergency ladder was on fire.

Standing ten meters away, Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point in the blazing fire at a glance.

In order to reach a distance where he could conduct an investigation, Qin Zhibo could only move closer to the investigation point.

But just as Qin Zhibo took two steps forward, Hattori Heiji reached out to stop him, "Uncle! Don't go over there!"

Qin Zhibo pointed at the flames and said, "There's a person inside the fire..."

After being reminded by Qin Zhibo, Conan and others realized that the burning object in the flame looked like a "person".

Conan was first surprised that someone had "caught fire", and secondly he was surprised why Qin Zhibo could see the person in the flames at a glance, while he needed to be reminded to notice it.

Damn, my observation skills are still not as good as his...

While everyone was stunned, Qin Zhibo walked within two meters and quickly investigated the body.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Terukichi Kameda]

[Time of death: 6 hour ago]

Cause of death: Shooting

[Corpse investigation completed, congratulations on obtaining the skill: Car Driving]

[Gaining duplicate skills will convert to 1000 points of skill proficiency]

Qin Zhibo's initial car driving level on his character card was level 2, but after frequently driving on "self-driving tours" during this period, it was also upgraded to level 3.

With the addition of these 1000 points of car driving proficiency, Qin Zhibo's car driving proficiency has been raised to level 4.

Starting from level 4, you are basically at the level of an experienced driver.

However, to perform difficult car driving stunts like blade overtaking, further improvement is needed.

In addition to acquiring a repetitive, but still useful skill, quests are of course essential.

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case