Conan Rick's Investigator

"That means the murderer is someone else on the island besides us..."

Conan's reasoning left everyone present dumbfounded.

"Conan, you..."

Seeing Ran Mouri looking at him in disbelief, Conan realized that he had let himself go too much and that the knowledge he had learned was beyond his scope.

These can't be said to be things that are said on TV shows, right?

In order to prevent Mao Lilan from having a crisis of trust in him again, Conan quickly shifted his focus to Qin Zhibo and said cutely: "I am imitating Uncle Qin to make these deductions, hehehe..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the reasoning was Qin Zhibo's.

After all, just now, seeing a primary school student with glasses reasoning seriously, anyone would feel a little uneasy and wonder what this primary school student had experienced in his childhood.

As for Qin Zhibo, who was forced to reason, he didn't care. Since Conan had said it, he didn't have to explain it to these people again.

However, I still need to add a disclaimer...

"The time of death and the fact that this isn't the first crime scene are indeed my judgment. However, the reasoning that the murderer isn't among us is just this kid's opinion. Just listen to it, and don't take it seriously..."

Conan looked back at Qin Zhibo and gave him a half-moon look with resentment. The one who gave this look was Haibara Ai.

Just say that your judgment can die!

In fact, it’s not that Qin Zhibo doesn’t want to help Conan, but Qin Zhibo really feels that based on past experience, the possibility that the murderer is an outsider is very small.

The only outsider on the island before was Shimabukuro Keikazu. Now that he is gone, who else could it be?

……

Adhering to the professional spirit of a professional detective, Qin Zhibo planned to "take photos as a souvenir" before the next high tide, so he borrowed a camera from everyone.

"I did bring a digital camera, but it's still on the boat..."

"Then you should all go back together to get the camera. You'll be safer in a group..."

Under Qin Zhibo's command, the remaining three locals followed Taketomi Masao back to get the camera.

As the four of them walked, they discussed whether there was something unclean in the sea. After all, this kind of sea area...

This kind of sea area?

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo immediately became interested again and quickly caught up with them to ask what was going on.

"It's not just this island that's rife with horror stories," explained local gigolo Nobuo Ikema. "There are also some unexplained phenomena in the surrounding waters."

"Local fishermen occasionally catch some dead dolphins and fish in this sea area. There are sharp scratches on them. Everyone speculates whether they were caused by the legendary 'sea monkeys'..."

"But this place is located in the western Pacific Ocean and is severely affected by the Pacific Ocean circulation. It's also possible that it came from other sea areas..."

As Ikema Shinro was speaking, Qin Zhibo suddenly caught an important keyword.

This is actually...Pacific Rim!

Looking at the gradually darkening blue-black seawater before him, Qin Zhibo felt his stomach churn...

Chapter 468 This is...Pacific Rim!

On the sea, the last rays of sunset disappeared, and the sea surface turned from azure to blue-black.

But this normal change in light seemed like some kind of terrifying change in heaven and earth in Qin Zhibo's eyes.

The extremely heavy sound of flowing water caused by the surging deep ocean currents rang in his ears, and his eyes saw a wriggling dark shadow that ordinary people could not see slowly emerging from the sea.

Faced with this scene, Qin Zhibo felt his stomach churning and the contents of his stomach churning, and a feeling of discomfort both psychologically and physically swept through his body.

Qin Zhibo: Will -2

In this vast world, Qin Zhibo felt that he was an extremely small existence.

We are like a mayfly in the universe, a grain of sand in the vast ocean...

This should be a normal feeling, but Qin Zhibo felt extremely resistant in his heart.

Qin Zhibo knew that what he was resisting was not anything else, nor was it the sea water itself.

But those indescribable shadows on the surface of the Pacific Ocean...

Qin Zhibo: Will -3

At this moment, a gentle voice suddenly came to his ears, interrupting Qin Zhibo's troubled thoughts.

……

Ran Mouri and Conan, who were standing nearby, saw that Qin Zhibo had not spoken for a long time, and there was a look of pain in his eyes as he looked at the sea, so they hurried forward to ask.

"Mr. Qin? What's wrong with you?"

In Mao Lilan's eyes, Qin Zhibo's complexion suddenly became visibly worse, which was a bit worrying.

Mao Lilan supported Qin Zhibo and walked to a tree at the edge of the forest to rest. Qin Zhibo felt better because he had some space to move his vision.

Conan next to him also looked at Qin Zhibo with worry and curiosity, because this was not the first time Qin Zhibo had done this.

Qin Zhibo, although an excellent detective with excellent observation and reasoning abilities, always does things that go against common sense at unexpected times and places.

For example, daydreaming. According to Conan's recollection, Qin Zhibo often daydreamed at the crime scene.

Sometimes, Qin Zhibo would stare at a painting in a daze.

Sometimes, it's a wall.

Sometimes, it's a corridor.

Sometimes, it's a book.

……

In short, Qin Zhibo would often be in a daze, as if some extraordinary inspiration suddenly appeared in his brain, or as if his soul had left his body and flown into another world.

Of course, this could also be Qin Zhibo's unique process when solving cases, mainly relying on daydreaming, and the object of his daydreaming is basically unrelated to the case.

But this time, Qin Zhibo stared at the sea in a daze, his expression somewhat painful, as if the sea evoked some painful memories deep in his mind.

This reminded Conan that Qin Zhibo was from Hawaii and must have lived by the sea since he was a child, so he should be very familiar with the sea.

Such people will make a painful expression when they see the sea, and the only reason is that a relative or a very good friend in their family has been buried in the sea.

Old PTSD...

In response to this, Conan, who was also a patient, could only come over and offer meaningful comfort.

"Please grief……"

Qin Zhibo: “?”

Mao Lilan: "Conan, what are you talking about?"

Conan: "..."

Looking at Qin Zhibo's puzzled expression, Conan was confused.

Is my reasoning wrong?

Ah this...

Just when the atmosphere was becoming a little awkward, Masao Taketomi and Yoshitsugu Kume, who had left earlier to get their cameras on the boat, came back breathlessly, bringing an "exciting" piece of news.

"The boat is gone! The boat we came here on is gone!"

……

When everyone rushed back to the pier where the Okawa was docked, they all stared at the empty sea.

Without a boat, they would suffer the same fate as the man who starved to death a year ago.

However, Conan quickly suggested calling Uncle Maori to record the show in the morning. Maori Kogoro, while half asleep, already knew that they would come to the island for rehearsal today.

So just wait patiently, rescue may be late, but it will definitely not be absent.

At Mao Lilan's suggestion, everyone decided to go to the abandoned villa on the beach and wait for rescue.

After entering the villa, Qin Zhibo, who had escaped from the sea, immediately recovered and easily found candles, candlesticks and matches in the cupboard of the villa, bringing a ray of light to this lonely and terrifying night of Far Cry.

"Wow! I didn't expect there were so many candles in this long-abandoned villa. How lucky!"

Shinro Ikema, one of the locals, was very happy, but Qin Zhibo knew that this was not a piece of luck, but the daily necessities left behind by Keikazu Shimabukuro when he lived here before.

Taking advantage of having nothing to do, Qin Zhibo asked several locals about the robbery case four years ago.

It was once again Ikema Shinro who took the initiative to answer the questions. He said seriously, "Actually, it should have been five years ago when Mayor Jincheng's only daughter, Miss Xiaodu, was suddenly kidnapped and her whereabouts are unknown."

"A year later, a group of bandits suddenly broke into the mayor's house in the middle of the night and stole a family heirloom worth hundreds of millions of yen—a golden folding screen."

"The housekeeper who answered the call from the criminals at the time said that these robbers were in cahoots with the people who kidnapped Miss Xiaodu."

"Later, the mayor of Jincheng wanted to use money to redeem Jin Pingfeng and Miss Xiaodu, but the money was spent and the matter was not completed. In the end, there was no follow-up on both matters."

At this time, Taketomi Masao took over the conversation, "Although Mr. Jincheng is the mayor, he himself is helpless in this matter."

"Rumor has it that he was retaliated by the bandits because he was too stingy to pay the ransom when Miss Xiaodu was kidnapped five years ago."

"At that time, this group of bandits also killed a maid in the mayor's house. The timid housekeeper immediately resigned..."

There was some resentment in Taketomi Masao's tone, and Daito Mikiyasu's eyebrows twitched as he stood behind him.

Because he was the mayor's steward at that time, but he chose to resign not because he was afraid of the robbers, but because he wanted to avenge his maid fiancée who was killed by the bandits.

But he couldn't tell these words to his former future brother-in-law Masao Taketomi now. After all, his hands were stained with the blood of two people.

The next step is to find a way to trick the last member of the bandit group into revealing his true identity...

Thinking in his mind, Daito Kanhiko lit a cigarette and, according to the imagined script, directly reached for the teacup and ashtray prepared in the cupboard, intending to use the multiple cigarette butts inside to scare everyone, saying that there were other people on the island.

But when he reached into the cupboard and searched around, Daito Kanhiko didn't find the performance props he had prepared in advance.

what happened?

Where is the teacup inside?

Daito Mikiyasu quickly stuck his head into the cupboard to see what was going on.

At this time, a voice came faintly from behind Daito Mikiyasu.

"Are you looking for an ashtray?"

"There was a teacup in the cabinet just now, but I thought it was too dirty, so I poured it out..."

"Do you want to use it?"

Qin Zhibo handed the clean teacup to Daito Kanhiko.

Looking at the empty teacup that was no longer convincing, Daito Kanhiko forced a smile on his face and took the teacup.

"Thank you……"

But in fact, Daito Mikiyasu only wanted to say one word to Qin Zhibo.

retreat!

retreat!

retreat!

Chapter 469: Guard against day and night, it is difficult to guard against domestic thieves

Daito Kanyan took the teacup hesitantly, shook the empty inside, and knew that his plan to scare people had failed.

I can't just say to the empty teacup that there were cigarette butts of different brands in the cup before... If I do that, I will definitely be questioned about how I knew this.

In addition, Daito Mikiyasu was surprised that Qin Zhibo, as a famous detective, could not even tell that the cigarette butts in the teacup were of different brands.

Don’t you know how to smoke?

Don't smoke but still have a fire on you?

Daito Kanhiko clearly remembered that Qin Zhibo had just lit part of the candle with his lighter.

……