Conan Rick's Investigator

Hattori Heiji scanned the sea with a flashlight, but there was nothing worth noting in the vast ocean.

At least not on the sea...

A sea breeze blew by, and Hattori Heiji felt a hint of heat in the air, which was obviously different from the cool autumn weather just now.

"Kudo, don't you feel a little hot all of a sudden?"

Conan only realized it after being reminded by Hattori Heiji.

"Well, it seems like..."

……

At the same time, Kujirai Sadao was standing behind the crowd, pretending to help find someone, but actually waiting for an opportunity to return to the front deck that had just been searched.

There was no one else on the deck at that time. Kujirai Sadao quickly pulled up Kanie Korekyu who was hanging on the rope ladder, and shot Kanie Korekyu at the temple with the muzzle of his gun.

Biu.

There is a silencer on the barrel, so the sound of this shot is not very loud.

After this shot, Kanie Shiku fell into a permanent "sleep".

Then, Kujirai Sadao took out a cigarette and firecracker tied together from his pocket, lit the cigarette, and then used double-sided tape to stick the small device to the outside of the railing.

After doing this, he looked at his big arm, and a feeling of sadness emerged in his eyes.

According to his original plan, he actually had to use several firecrackers and cigarette devices to simulate gunshots, create the illusion that he was frightened by Ye Sancai and had a mental breakdown, and then take the initiative to confess to the detective what he had done twenty years ago.

While he was confessing, he pretended to be shot in the arm by a bullet from outside the window, and let the detective go out to chase him.

When the detective chases out, he finds that Kanie Shijiu outside has committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and believes that Kanie Shijiu is Ye Sancai.

But in fact, Kanie had been killed by himself a long time ago, and pretended to commit suicide out of fear of punishment.

The gunshots were also made by cigarettes and firecrackers.

As for the bullet that hit himself, he actually shot himself in the arm in advance and then used a tennis ball to hold the wound to stop the bleeding temporarily.

It was for this purpose that Hattori Heiji was invited. Kujirai Sadao had to let the influential detective watch this series of plots to let the police form preconceived ideas, making it easier for him to get away with the crime.

But now a special situation has emerged, that is Qin Zhibo's suicide.

Originally, Kujirai Sadao thought that Qin Zhibo's suicide would not be discovered for a while, but he did not expect that it would be discovered so quickly, and the people on the boat were mobilized to search together.

In this case, the method of placing firecrackers and cigarettes everywhere is not easy to implement, and it is easy for people to find out that no one fired a gun and it was all fake.

However, in response to this situation, Kujirai Sadao immediately came up with Plan B.

That is to be simple and brutal, just shoot yourself in the arm, and then pretend that you were attacked by Kanie Sekihisa.

Although this method prevents the detective from seeing himself being shot with his own eyes and the visual impact is less, it is the only way.

Kujirai Sadao first removed the silencer from the gun barrel, threw it into the sea, then stared at his big fat arm and observed two seconds of silence.

Four hundred million! Four hundred million!

You can never spend it all in a lifetime!

Kujirai Sadao gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger of the pistol.

Pia——

The sound of gunfire echoed through the night sky, and blood gushed out of Sadao Kujirai's arm.

"what!"

Kujirai Sadao screamed in pain, then quickly put the pistol into Kanie Korehisa's hand, took off his gloves and threw them into the sea.

The advantage of choosing to commit a crime at sea is that evidence can be processed at any time.

Immediately afterwards, Kujirai Sadao began to howl and ran towards the crowded direction.

……

On the rear deck, Conan, Mao Lilan and the "seafood" gathered here.

Because if Qin Zhibo really fell into the water, he could only have fallen into the sea area that the ship had passed before.

Kogoro Mori and Shimaharu Kagawa were discussing with the crew about launching the lifeboat back to the previous sea area to search, when suddenly a gunshot was heard in the night sky.

“There’s gunfire!”

"Hmm! It seems to be coming from the bow!"

"Maori, go around to the right! Quick!"

"Yes!"

Kogoro Mori and Shimaharu Kagawa were partners when they were police officers. They worked together quickly and split into two groups to encircle the ship from both sides.

Hattori Heiji and Conan were slightly behind, but not much slower. They looked at each other and chose a different path without any discussion.

Conan was following Kogoro Mouri. When the father-in-law and son-in-law were halfway through their run, they saw Sadao Kujirai stumbling and holding onto the railing to escape towards them.

As soon as he saw Maori Kogoro, Kujirai immediately cried out, "It's Kanie!"

"He's crazy! He shot me!"

Kogoro Mouri checked Kujirai's injury and found that it was indeed a fresh gunshot wound, only on the arm, not fatal.

Conan stared at the wound and frowned.

After comforting Sadao Kujirai, Kogoro Mouri and Conan continued to run towards the bow of the ship.

At the bow, Kazuo Shimaharu was hiding behind the iron sheet on the left side of the ship and was engaging in a "void confrontation" with Kanie Shiku.

"Ye Sancai! You have nowhere to escape!"

"Did you hear that?"

"You are Ye Sancai, right?"

Kazuo Kazuma, who lost his daughter in a bank robbery, hopes that the killer hidden on the ship is Ye Sancai so that he can avenge his daughter.

However, there was no human response from the bow of the boat, only a sudden "pa".

Kazuo Kagawa quickly stuck his head out and found that the person sitting on the bow of the boat was Kanie Moku.

……

In the restaurant, the ship's medical staff were bandaging Sadao Kujirai's wounds.

Isogai Nagisa, who was standing by, looked at the tear in the white suit on the table and said sarcastically, "You're really lucky. It's just a hole on your arm..."

After Hattori Heiji announced the information he obtained from off-site investigation, Isogai Nagisa readily admitted that she was Ye Sancai's daughter.

And Sadao Kujirai was one of the three robbers that year.

Chapter 364 The Difference Between "pa" and "pia"

"Yes, I was one of the three accomplices who committed the bank robbery with Ye Sancai 20 years ago..."

"I boarded this ship to share the joy of being exonerated 20 years ago with my former brothers."

"One of the brothers sent me a letter with an old banknote inside, saying that as long as I get on the boat, I will never be caught before the statute of limitations."

"But after getting on board, I realized that we all had different names and appearances..."

After being bandaged, Sadao Kujirai sat on a chair and told everyone his story, which was just a "condensed version".

After telling the story, everyone had a rough idea of the current situation.

Maori Kogoro began to analyze: "It seems that the person who sent you the letter was Kanie Kokuhisa, and the person who disguised himself as Ye Sancai was also him."

"Kaniie invited you and Kameda aboard, but he actually wanted to kill you and keep the four hundred million..."

"Stolen money."

Kogoro Mori paused.

Although legally speaking, the 400 million is now "legal", Kogoro Mori still doesn't want to admit it deep down in his heart.

After hearing Maori Kogoro's judgment, Kujii Sadao quickly nodded in agreement, "You're right!"

"He forced me to sign at gunpoint so he could withdraw the money. I pushed him away without hesitation and escaped with my life..."

Looking at the frightened look on Kujirai Sadao's face, Conan held his chin high and walked aside silently.

Hattori Heiji noticed Conan's abnormality and walked over to the side. The two of them, who had the cutest height difference, stood by the window and looked at the darkness outside.

"You still feel something is wrong with this case, right?" asked Hattori Heiji.

Conan stared at the sea outside the window and nodded solemnly.

From what we know so far, the robbers killed their accomplices in order to get a bigger share of the loot, which fits the Joker bank robbery case described by Qin Zhibo.

And if the murderer was Kanie Sohyu, Kujirai Sadao said that Kanie Sohyu was a mercenary and had a gun in his hand, so it was normal for him to force Qin Zhibo to jump into the sea to escape.

But the problem is that the three people who robbed the bank used three different tokens when they were making overseas deposits for the 400 million yuan they had stolen.

Kanie Kakuhisa was the key, Kameda Terukichi was the seal, and Kujirai Sadao was the signature.

Of these three tokens, the key and seal can be obtained by robbery, but only Kujirai Sadao's signature cannot be stolen.

Although Kujirai Sadao said that Kanie forced him to write his signature at gunpoint, he was able to use the forged signature to withdraw money afterwards.

But Kanie was unable to tell whether Kujirai Sadao was lying to him at that time.

If Kujirai Sadao wrote the wrong signature and Kanie was forced to kill Kujirai Sadao to silence him due to the situation at the time, he would never get the 400 million yen.

For a highly intelligent criminal who planned so much from beginning to end, the ending of this plan was too rough.

Of course, Hattori Heiji also had some doubts about what Conan was thinking.

But it only stopped at suspicion. Neither of them could produce strong evidence to explain another version of the truth.

Moreover, Qin Zhibo's life or death is still uncertain, and Conan feels a little confused.

Qin Zhibo, a respectable opponent.

More importantly, he is a good man and a partner in justice.

But with the former mercenary taking action, could Qin Zhibo be gone forever?

Just as Conan was becoming more and more depressed, a "star" was approaching on the dark sea.

Hattori Heiji was the first to notice the changes on the sea, and his face looked a little surprised.

"Kudo... what do you think that is?"

Conan looked in the direction of Hattori Heiji's finger and also discovered the unusual light.

The two of them quickly ran to the side of the ship and looked at the sea.

It was a speedboat.

Standing in front of the speedboat was Qin Zhibo, who had just "come out of the bath".

……

"Mr. Qin! I'm so glad you're okay!"

When she saw Qin Zhibo coming back alive, Mao Lilan's eyes were filled with tears of excitement.

Mao Lilan does have special feelings for Qin Zhibo, but it is not a feeling between men and women, but a kind of gratitude.

Qin Zhibo had previously saved Mao Lilan in the case of the bandaged monster in the villa. Since then, Mao Lilan has regarded Qin Zhibo as a benefactor.

After Qin Zhibo changed into the clean clothes provided on the boat, he came out and waved to everyone with a leisurely expression.

Everyone's expressions were either happy, touched, or indifferent, but there was only one person who sat in a chair with a trembling face, cold sweat slowly flowing down his temples.

This person was none other than Sadao Kujirai.

As he stole a glance at Qin Zhibo who had successfully survived, Kujii Sadao felt like cursing in his heart.

He is back again?

Those damn fishermen! Why are they saving people for no reason?

Kujirai Sadao was afraid of Qin Zhibo's return because he was afraid that Qin Zhibo would see Kanie Korehisa who was tied to the rope ladder at that time.

But soon, Kujirai Sadao came up with some ideas that could bring him comfort.