Chapter 127: Murder on a Luxury Cruise Ship (4)
"Clams, you think I'm a murderer?"
After listening to everyone's gossip accusations, Eagle Ya couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, revealing a hint of amusement.
"Laugh, laugh at what! You're definitely the murderer!"
"Yes, yes, there is no one else but you!"
This indifferent appearance without any weakness obviously angered everyone present, especially the people of the Rinmoto family.
Under the bewitchment of Ryōoto Ryōo, Akie was already looking at him as a prisoner. And Mariko Shimoto is even more direct, almost saying the evidence that everyone said before that is unfavorable to Eagle Arrow in a very arrogant tone, and almost jumped out and pointed at his nose and said that he was the murderer, and I can't wait for a judge to directly convict him directly!
"Okay, say I'm the murderer, what about the evidence?"
Saying this golden sentence dedicated to the dying struggles of various "famous prisoners", the smile on Eagleya's face couldn't help but be a little strange.
However, despite saying this line, he will not be the prisoner who will be broken by the machine gun.
On the contrary, he has to go back!
"Just got a maid to prove that you're looking for where your father's cabin is!"
"That's because I'm going to talk to the old man about the future, well, Xia Jiang and I will do the future. ”
"But, but just now the Suzuki butler said that he saw you leave in a panic in front of the master's door!"
"That's because I saw a man leave from the door of the old man in a panic, and there was no response after knocking on the old man's door, I judged that something happened to the old man, but I couldn't open the door, so I had to chase the man first. ”
"Huh, what about the man?"
"Lost!" The arrogant look seemed as if he was on the side of reason.
"You—do you think we'll believe it? What man, you must have made it up! You must be the murderer!"
"Believe it or not, you've only been on the ship for a few hours, and you don't know much about this ship, isn't it normal to chase it down? On the contrary, I think that the man is very familiar with this ship, so I can hide it so easily, so I can't find it!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance around at the people over there, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"You—you don't want to spew blood!"
"I didn't say anything! Why do you say that I spew blood, is it because you feel that your heart is weak?"
"You, you, you! So, how do you explain that 'H'?"
"'H'? What 'H'?
"No, you pervert!" Xiao Lan on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but glance at him, "It's a death message!" Under Grandpa Akimoto's right palm, an English letter 'H' was handwritten with bloodstains!"
"'H'?" Hawkya couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Blood, are you sure the old man wrote it himself?"
"It should be, this house is a secret room from the scene, and it should be that the old man locked it from the inside in order to avoid the murderer after receiving the attack. So, this death message should have been written by the old man himself!" Maori nodded and said in the affirmative.
"Look! Detective Mori Kogoro said so!'H' must mean 'Hashiba'! So you're the murderer!"
"You're mentally retarded!" Taka Ya glanced at Mariko, who had been chattering like a machine gun from just now, "Uncle Maori just said that this 'H' should have been left by the deceased, when did he say that it must have referred to Hashiba! When you see an 'H', you think I'm a murderer? Why don't you say that your Hashimoto family is also an 'H'?"
"Uh-" As if something had choked their throats, the people of the Samoto family suddenly became dumbfounded.
Indeed, it's all because the big H on the helicopter before is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that when they see H, they just think of the arrogant and domineering rich second generation in front of them, and forget that their family's surname also starts with H......
For a while, the birds were silent, and the scene was very embarrassing.
It was clear that the other party was the suspect, but they couldn't say a word.
The panic debate is over. The side of the family was completely defeated.
"This ...... It's just your side of the story!"
"Yes! It must be all quibbles! What kind of man, what kind of arrest, it's all made up by you!"
"The murderer must be you!"
However, they didn't seem to be willing to end here, as if they would never give up if they didn't put this pot on his head, and they didn't even bother to list the human and material evidence, anyway, they insisted that he was the murderer and began to play scoundrels.
In the face of their menacing accusations, Eagle Arrow only twitched the corners of his mouth, looking at them with a caring and mentally retarded look. Without saying a word, it seems that as soon as you relax, you will immediately burst out laughing.
He probably knew why Xia Jiang was so ostracized in this family now.
There's no way, a normal person will always look out of place in a group of mentally retarded people, after all, they stand out from the crowd......
But if you want to call them stupid, they're not stupid.
Because they actually know very well in their hearts that it doesn't matter whether they are murderers or not.
If it's the murderer, then everything will be fine, and if it's not the murderer, the police will let themselves go after investigating themselves for a period of time, and they can completely say that they are just in a hurry to explain their wronged behavior.
All they want is to get the case closed right away and then arrest themselves as murderers.
Because, only by temporarily kicking out the outsider in this way, can they have enough time to manipulate the aftermath of the treasure and the large amount of will. When the time comes, the kind and isolated Xia Jiang will definitely not be their opponent!
But if you want to say that they are smart, Eagle Arrow really can't say it.
The plan itself is good, but no matter how good the plan is, it can't save the pig-like executor.
The smartest thing to do at this time is to grieve with all your might, and then not to suspect anyone, or simply to doubt everyone. In short, it is best not to have such a bias that is too obvious. Because this kind of thing happened, in fact, there is no need to guide it, and the spearhead of suspicion will naturally point to himself, the outsider who is currently the most suspicious. And in such a closed occasion, it is for everyone's safety, and generally as long as there is a suspect, it will be controlled first. When the time comes, they can only echo the voice, and they will easily be able to achieve their goal and trap themselves. When the time comes, as long as they can wait for the ship to sail back to Tokyo, they will win.
If you really have to wait until that time, Eagle Arrow estimates that there is no other way than to use the energy of the Yuchai Group to force them.
It's just that their family seems to be all drama spirits, and they feel uncomfortable if they don't give you a scene.
But if you can act in place, then it's fine, but you have to use the exaggerated acting skills of the black-and-white silent film era to play a suspense drama, as long as you are not blind, you can basically see that you are ready to splash dirty water, which makes Eagle Arrow how can he not laugh?
Eagle Ya felt that he would be able to clear his suspicion next, and their exaggerated acting skills should at least account for the general credit.
"I'm done, I'm going to see the old man. ”
Eagle just stood there with a sneer, watching them say that there was nothing more to say, and then walked towards the room.
"Wait a minute, you murderer! you can't go in!"
"Yes, Mr. Detective, he's the murderer!
Seeing Eagle Ya walk into the scene of the murder so naturally, the people of the Rakamoto family were stunned for a moment, and then their emotions instantly became excited.
"That, Xiaolan, can you show your hand and tell them to shut up! Yes, it's the trick you often use to dismantle the telephone poles!"
Eagle Ya looked back at the suddenly excited people, couldn't help but laugh, and winked at Xiaolan who was standing in the doorway.
"What a faux pas! When have I ever dismantled a telephone pole!"
Hearing that Eagle Ya slandered her so much in front of so many people, Xiaolan couldn't help but punch the iron door angrily.
"Bang!" With a crisp loud bang, the thick-skinned iron door recessed into a piece in response......
Suddenly, as if something was choking the throat, all the noisy sounds were cut off in an instant, and it was eerily quiet.
"Gu De! That's the trick!" Eagle Arrow bared her teeth and gave Xiaolan a thumbs up, so angry that she turned her head away from him.
"How's it going, big ...... Uncle, have you found anything?"
After successfully shutting down the noisy bunch, Takaya couldn't help but head towards Conan...... Maori asked.
"Hey, little ghost, you're a suspect now, can you have a little bit of a suspect's consciousness, don't run over and pretend to be a detective, okay?"
Seeing him so naturally put himself in the role of a forensic officer, Maori couldn't help but glare at him angrily.
"Don't say that, uncle, since they suspect me of being a murderer, then I naturally have to find evidence to prove my innocence!"
"Oh, so you can't trust me, Detective Mori Kogoro, do you think I'll not be able to find the real culprit, so I will wronged you?"
"Of course...... After all, you've solved countless difficult cases that even the Metropolitan Police Department can't solve, that detective Mori Kogoro!" Seeing Maori's very unhappy appearance, Eagle Ya hurriedly flattered him a few words, after all, he still had the final say on this scene, "It's just that I think that one more person has more strength! A famous detective like you who is as wise and martial as you is, of course, only needs to be responsible for reasoning." Rough work like collecting evidence can be left to us small ones. After all, even the world-famous Sherlock Holmes has a Baker Street squad to help him gather intelligence!"
Saying this, there is no way to describe it with just the word shameless, didn't you see Conan on the side who was almost disgusted to vomit?
"Hmph, don't flatter me, I don't eat this!" After hearing this, Maori couldn't help but snort softly.
That being said, the corners of his mouth involuntarily hooked, and the smugness in his eyes was almost impossible to hide.
I said no, but my body was very honest......
Of course, Eagle Ya also thought about it in his heart, after all, on this occasion, he still needs an uncle to sit in charge.
"I'm sorry, old man, but I was still a step too late to prevent this from happening. But in any case, I promise you that I will definitely find out the murderer and give you an account. After getting the uncle's "acquiescence", Eagle Ya finally put away the frivolous smile on his face, folded his serious hands, closed his eyes, and mourned for the old man lying in a pool of blood for a while.
Although this old man is like a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard, you can't deny that he is an excellent head of the house.
From a rags-to-riches to lead the entire Razoto family to this point, it can be said to be quite remarkable.
It's a pity that I was a little unlucky in the end, and there is no successor.
The only son and daughter-in-law who inherited his talents died in a car accident a year ago, leaving only two daughters. The eldest daughter is vain and snobbish and short-sighted, and the younger daughter is gentle and kind but lacks assertiveness, and neither of them should be the patriarch of a family. But the rest of the family is either a wine bag and a rice bag, or an aspiring coward, which is why his temper is getting more and more irritable.
This old man is definitely not a likable, but he is definitely not innocent of death. So, Eagle Arrow wants to find out the murderer.
No matter what his reason is, since he dares to take the lives of others, he must dare to bear the consequences of his actions!
Thinking so, Takaya couldn't help but open his eyes, and then crouched down to inspect the corpse that Akimoto had hidden.
"What the hell did you just go there to see a man like you said?"
As soon as he crouched down, Conan on the side hurriedly ran to his feet and asked him.
"Well, just now when I came to the door of here, I noticed that someone was leaving the door of this room in a hurry. Bending over, as if he had picked up something from the stall in front of the door," Taka said as he squatted in front of the corpse of Hiroshi Akimoto, "and I already felt bad at that time, and when I knocked on the door a few times and got no response, and smelled a strong smell of blood from the carpet in front of the door, I judged that something had happened to the old man. After confirming that the door would not open all of a sudden, I had to chase him first. ”
"And then didn't catch up?" Conan asked, thinking of what Takaya said when he appeared.
"Well, that person should be more familiar with this ship than me, at least he has been on it before, and I only got on the boat about an hour before you, so when I chased after him, I couldn't see his person anymore, I should have hid in a room or behind a pipe, so I can only come back first and see the scene. Eagle shook her head helplessly, "What is the general condition of the corpse?"
"So the old butler Suzuki said that this is the reason for seeing your testimony......" Conan pushed his glasses, and then began to explain, "The time of death was more than half an hour, and there were no other wounds on the body, only this wound on the right abdomen, which should be fatal." ”
"Well, judging from the shape and depth of the wound, it should have been directly pierced in the spleen by a sharp object, causing irrepressible hemorrhage, so he died of shock due to volume depletion in a very short time. Takaya looked at the wound and the large patch of blood on the floor that was beginning to crust and darken, and nodded in agreement with Conan.
"Do you think it was a premeditated crime, or a crime of passion?" asked Conan as he turned to Hawkya.
"It's hard to say, if you want to say that it is a crime of passion, the murderer has prepared the murder weapon in advance. But if it is a premeditated crime, the murderer seems to be a little too risky. The approach to safety points should be to start from behind, stab with a knife or strangle the neck with a rope, rather than a hard wave from the front. Takaya looked at the wound on the right side of his abdomen and shook his head slightly.
"Yes, whether from psychology or behavior, unless there is any special purpose or significance, ordinary people who premeditate crimes will not hold a murder weapon and point it directly at the victim, it is too easy to have accidents. Conan's reasoning, "It's easy to be dodged and not said, and it's likely that you will be counter-killed." So or, the murder weapon is a very ordinary thing, and it is so common that it will not attract attention when carried on the body. Or, most likely, the victim was attacked the moment the door was opened. ”
"No, there is also the possibility that the victim is someone who is well known to the victim. Until he took out the murder weapon, the victim did not react. Or, the murderer is a completely unthreatening figure in the deceased's subconscious, so that he has no defense against him. For example, at first, it seemed to take out a murder weapon to threaten the victim, but the victim disdained it, and the murderer in anger really stabbed it impulsively...... Such reasoning should be considered a reasonable assumption. And the ...... who can do that"
Speaking of this, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but look back at the people of the Rakamoto family who were stopped by Xiaolan at the door, but had been staring at the scene closely, revealing a hint of indifferent sneer.
"Is it really good to lock down the murderer so quickly?" Conan followed his gaze and glanced at him, "After all, there is not enough evidence at the moment. ”
"Nine times out of ten," Eagle Ya narrowed his eyes slightly, "After all, on this closed cruise ship, the possibility of outsiders committing crimes is very small. And the wedding has just been disturbed by me, and the treasure is still angry, and the average guest who knows his eccentric personality is usually fine and will not choose to touch the moldy head of the treasure of the company. At this time, the person who dared to go to the Rinmoto Mansion and was able to let him take the initiative to open the door must be the family member that the Rinmoto Treasure was most familiar with, that is, the group of people who were now standing outside the door......
"You seem to have forgotten to include yourself. Conan looked at him deeply, "If you really want to talk about it, you are also the outsider who can make the owner of the door take the initiative to open the door, and judging from the fact that you disturbed the wedding of the granddaughter of the Huang family and had a conflict with the Rinmoto family, you also have enough motives to commit murder! For example, threatening the Zomoto Mansion with a knife and marrying Miss Xia Jiang to you ......like this."
"Are you serious?" Hearing Conan's words, Takaya couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "You think I need to threaten him with a knife?"
"Isn't it a detective's job to doubt everyone who can doubt it?" Conan couldn't help but smile and said with an embarrassed look on his face, "I'm just reminding you that although I agree that your conjecture is a reasonable assumption, it's better not to bring such an obvious subjective opinion to think without more definitive evidence, otherwise it's easy to fall into a misunderstanding." ”
"You don't need to teach you this, Detective!" Eagle Ya said angrily, "Whether it's a subjective judgment or not, we'll know later in the reasoning." Let's go back to the facts, haven't you noticed that we've been talking about it for so long, but we're missing something very important?"
"The murder weapon. Conan said. Looking at his unsurprising appearance, it was clear that he had already discovered this.
"Yes, I didn't see anything that looked like a murder weapon at the scene, and the blood stains on the carpet didn't look like they were mixed with water, so it didn't look like an ice pick that could disappear on its own. Then there is only one possibility left, and that is that the prisoner took him away. ”
"Well, isn't this just proved? If the old man was attacked when he opened the door and retreated into the room, it means that the murder weapon must have been in the murderer's hand, so the murderer had to take it away. From this point of view, this was not a premeditated murder. It is likely that the killer was only improvised, and did not have any elaborate plans. After all, this corridor is not a hidden space, and if you dare to commit murder here, you will be finished. ”
"Well, so, the murder weapon may not have been prepared in advance. Judging from the shape, it is probably a blade-shaped object, and since it is on a cruise ship, I can only think of knives such as kitchen knives or table knives and fruit knives. After that, I can ask my uncle to check if the number of knives in the kitchen has decreased. Taka nodded, agreeing with Conan's opinion, "It's only about half an hour before the time of death, the sky is still a little cloudy, and there are still people coming and going on the deck, the murderer shouldn't have disposed of the murder weapon so quickly, and it's likely that he is still on the ship!"
"Well, if you can find it, it will greatly shorten the search process......" Conan couldn't help but nod.
"By the way, where's that death message, where?" Taka suddenly remembered the culprit who had made him suspicious.
"No, here. Conan couldn't help but walk to the right of the Eagle's Arrow, pointing to the blood written on the ground.
Two parallel vertical lines slid down weakly, but a horizontal bar seemed to be full of resentment and cut them into two sections.
As they say, it does look like an English letter "H".
Looking at it like this, Takaya couldn't help but take out a handkerchief from his arms, grabbed his right wrist and picked up his right hand.
It seems that he tried to cover the wound before, and his right hand was completely stained red with blood, and the blood stains on his index and middle fingers were slightly faint, as if they had been wiped, which should have been left when he wrote the bloody word on the ground.
"Bang!"
"Ouch!"
Just as Eagle Arrow thought of something, he suddenly received a blow to the head, which hit him with stars in the eye.
"It hurts!
"Why are you still asking me, don't destroy the scene, you layman!"
Maori apparently saw the scene where he took the hand of the deceased.
"I've got a good handkerchief!"
"That's not good, in short, this kind of evidence collection will be left to a professional detective like me to do, and you can go while you cool off!"
"Huh?" Eagle Arrow scratched his head dissatisfiedly, but accidentally scratched the bag that had not subsided, and immediately grinned in pain.
Conan on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud, you bastard will have today!
"And you, what are you laughing at!, you two will go out for me obediently!" Seeing Conan hiding on the side and snickering, Maori suddenly became angry, and gave him a slap on the head, and then dragged them outside.
"Ouch! it hurts!"
"Eh, uncle, don't pull me! I'll go by myself! Go by myself! And my handkerchief!"
However, no matter how much they wailed, Maori carried them out and left them at the door without mercy.
"Really, this drunkard uncle ......"
Hawkya sighed helplessly and stood up from the ground with a handkerchief.
People are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, after all, the detective is called Mori Kogoro, not Hashiba Takaya.
"Well, what is this?" At this moment, Eagle Arrow suddenly noticed that some broken white powder fibers seemed to be stuck to his handkerchief, with a hint of elasticity and stickiness.
"Let me see!" Conan hurriedly pulled the eagle arrow and squatted down, then took a little fiber from the handkerchief and put it in front of his eyes, and rubbed it carefully, "This ...... It looks like breadcrumbs!"
"Breadcrumbs?" Hawkya scratched his head, "Does the old man eat so roughly?
Conan on the side couldn't help but glance at him with an idiot-like gaze.
"Okay, just kidding. I knew it was unnatural to have bread crumbs, but I didn't think of the reason all at once!" Hawk Ya shrugged his shoulders innocently, then looked at Conan, "By the way, did you ask about a scent?"
"Smell, is there?" Conan sniffled in confusion, "It seems to be a little bit like that. ”
"I've smelled this scent before, and it smells like flowers from the blood stains in the crack in the door," Taka couldn't help but glance around the room, "but now I see that there are no flowers in the whole room." ”
"It's weird, nothing comes out for no reason. If there is, there must be a reason for it!"
Conan frowned, then poked his nose and began to search the surroundings for the source of the scent.
"Hey, hey, you're a police dog!"
"Shut your beak for me!"
"Oh......"
"Well, that's what came from here...... Huh, what is this?"
Conan sniffed on the ground for a while, and it really made him sniff out the source of the smell.
It was a small piece of red cloth made of ribbon material, tucked under the crack in the door, mixed with red blood and red carpet, and it was hard to see without looking closely. One of the pieces of cloth had been torn off, revealing some irregular lines, and if it weren't for the irregular shape, Conan might not have been able to see it at a glance.
"Eh, this, this!"
However, when Conan carefully picked up the small piece of cloth with his handkerchief, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
Because the little ribbon was pressed on the side of the ground, with two Chinese characters printed with golden can, the bridegroom.
"Xia Jiang!
The moment he saw this thing, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but hurriedly look back at Xia Jiang over there.
"This ...... This is! It's Brother Xiaowu's corsage!"
Seeing those two words, Xia Jiang couldn't help but say in a lost voice.
"Xiao, Xiaowu!"
Everyone present couldn't help but be taken aback, and couldn't help but hurriedly look at the owner of this corsage. Then, it was only at this time that they discovered an even more shocking fact, that is, the owner of this corsage was no longer there at all!
"Where's Xiao, Xiaowu!
"No, I don't know! I haven't seen it since I started! I don't think I heard it, right?"
"No way! Make such a big noise! The whole cruise ship knows about it, and he can't not hear it!"
"That'...... It's hard to do it!"
"Ahh
"Wealth, wealth city brave man?"
Hearing Mariko's words, all the people of the Tsumoto family present changed their faces, including Xia Jiang.
"Brave Fortune City?"
Eagle Arrow and Conan couldn't help but narrow their eyes slightly.
Although they don't know who this person is, judging by their reactions, it is clear that they are not unknown.
There's a story in that.