"Whew...... Whew......"

There was no light in the dark cabin.

The moment the hatch closed, fear swarmed up with the darkness, enveloping him. It was as if the world had vanished in an instant, and the floor beneath his feet had cracked into a huge void, dragging him towards the endless abyss.

If it weren't for the heartbeat that was so violent that it burst into his chest, and the windpipe that ached faintly from the overexpansion that reminded him, he would have collapsed to the ground like this, letting gravity drain all his soul and consciousness.

However, you can't just give up now, you can't just lie on the ground and pretend to be dead!

Takeshi swallowed, then clenched his fists hard, as if he was grasping a life-saving straw.

The corsage, which symbolized the identity of the groom, was crushed in the palm of his hand, and the blood and flower juice were mixed together, little by little, slipped through his fingers, dripped to the ground, and was trampled under his feet......

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"Unexpectedly, there is such an inside story...... Miss Xia Jiang must be very sad......"

On the deck, looking at Xia Jiang, who was leaning on the railing and looked like he had been hit hard, Xiaolan couldn't help but whisper to Conan.

"yes, there's no way around it. Conan also nodded helplessly.

Judging from the situation they had gotten along with before, they were very aware of Xia Jiang's embarrassing situation in this family. Not to mention the rebellion of the people, but there is nothing to talk to. Therefore, when Xiao Wu appeared in front of her later, Xia Jiang was so happy, although she didn't like him, but she was very happy to finally have a big brother who could chat at will and get along calmly.

However, such a big brother who takes good care of himself, this big brother who always smiles and comforts himself, actually has ulterior motives and approaches him in order to take revenge on his family, how can a kind girl like Xia Jiang not be sad? If it was because of her that she caused her grandfather's death, then she must have lived in the torment of conscience for the rest of her life.

"Anyway, isn't this the time when Miss Xia Jiang should need comfort the most?

Xiaolan looked around, but didn't see the shadow of that guy, and couldn't help but stomp her feet in hatred.

On weekdays, when he should be serious, he is not serious, and when he is most needed to show his playboy side, he can't find anyone!

"No, call over there!" Conan couldn't help but gesture to the deck.

A certain rich boy was leaning on the railing very arrogantly, looking at the sea and the starry sky in the distance, talking to someone on the phone. And not far from him, the slightly wealthy Mariko Tsubamoto was pulling her husband, who also looked like a wealthy person, and "secretly observed" him.

"It looks like he's still being treated as a suspect, and it's really embarrassing for him......" Looking at the obvious surveillance behavior that couldn't be more obvious, Xiaolan couldn't help but sigh, "Who is he talking to on the phone, such a serious expression?"

"It seems that he is talking to Uncle De on the phone, saying that he wants to confirm Mr. Xiao Wu's affairs. ”

"Eh, I can't see that guy would do something like this!"

No, no, no, this kind of thing is just normal for that guy, Conan complained.

"In that case, let's go and accompany Miss Xia Jiang first, it's not good to leave her alone at this time. Saying this, Xiaolan pulled Conan and walked towards Xia Jiang over there, "Miss Xia Jiang, so you are here!"

"Ah, it's you, I'm sorry to make you laugh. ”

Hearing Xiaolan's voice, Xia Jiang came back from his sadness, and couldn't help but quickly wipe the corners of his red eyes and smile at them. That smile was strong and weak, so bright that it was painful.

"How could it be, we also feel sad that something like this happened. Besides, it's not your fault, Miss Xia Jiang. ”

Xiaolan hurriedly shook her head, walked to her side, and looked at her seriously and gently.

"It's not my fault...... Xiaolan, you say, it's really Brother Xiaowu...... Give grandpa?"

However, hearing Xiaolan's words, Xia Jiang just laughed miserably, then raised his head and looked at her with pleading eyes. The corners of the eyes that had been wiped dry had a glimmer of crystal again, and as long as the other party said yes, it would be able to break the embankment at any time.

"This ...... I believe that Mr. Xiao Wu is not a bad person!"

Looking at Xia Jiang's fragile appearance that broke when she kneaded it, Xiaolan couldn't help but take her hand and showed a warm smile at her.

"Eh, why?" Looking at Xiaolan's convinced appearance, Xia Jiang couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I don't know, it's just a feeling. Xiaolan tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "Maybe it's a woman's intuition!"

"Ah, in fact, my uncle just said to himself that Brother Xiao Wu shouldn't be a murderer!"

At this moment, Conan couldn't help but cough lightly, and then said to the two over there.

"Eh, did Dad say that?"

"Conan, is this—Is this true? Maori detective really—"

Hearing this, Xiaolan and Xia Jiang over there couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Well, Brother Xiao Wu shouldn't be the murderer, because the one left at the scene-"

"Corsage, right. ”

At this moment, someone who had disappeared from the beginning came out of nowhere and picked up Conan's words.

"Ah, Eagle Arrow, where have you been?" Xiao Lan couldn't help but give him an angry look.

"I was embarrassed to answer the phone and confirm something. ”

Hawk put her phone back in her pocket and walked over to them with a smile.

"Eagle Arrow, is what you just said true, what does the corsage mean? Also, Brother Xiaowu, he ...... Isn't it really a murderer?"

Seeing the eagle arrow coming, Xia Jiang couldn't help but pounce into his arms, clutching his clothes tightly, and looking at him with teary eyes.

"Wow, I'm going to be jealous if you're so nervous about him. Seeing Xia Jiang's excited appearance, Yingya couldn't help but say the same. But after saying that, the expression on his face did not show a trace of jealousy, but was full of tenderness and distress.

No one can empathize with the taste of their family being taken away from him more than him......

"Okay, don't be joking at this time, Eagle Arrow!" Xiaolan couldn't help but say, "Tell us, why?"

"I told it, and the reason was the ribbon that Conan found on the corsage at the scene. ”

Eagle Ya reached out and stroked Xia Jiang's hair, trying to calm her down.

"But, isn't it the ribbon that says 'Groom' that makes everyone suspect that Mr. Xiao Wu is the murderer?" Xiao Lan said suspiciously.

"No, on the contrary, it was precisely because of the existence of that ribbon that I temporarily ruled out his suspicion. ”

"Huh?"

"Because that ribbon is so unreasonable!"

With that, Takaya couldn't help but start explaining his reasoning process to them.

Suppose that it was indeed Xiao Wu who assassinated the corsage, and in the process of the assassination, the corsage fell to the ground due to pushing or fighting, and then because the corsage was pushed into the door from the inside, the corsage was pushed out of the door, and the ribbon on the corsage happened to be caught in the crack of the door. Then, Xiao Wu, who found that his corsage had fallen, hurriedly picked up the corsage and fled the scene, but he may have been too nervous when pulling it, causing part of the ribbon to break in the crack of the door, thus leaving it at the scene of the crime.

At first glance, this reasoning sounds like nothing wrong, but there are two contradictions in the scene.

First, there were traces of blood on the carpet at the entrance to the scene that had been cleaned up.

Second, no traces of pollen were found inside the scene, but there were many traces of pollen on the carpet at the entrance of the scene.

These are the two pieces of evidence that Takaya and Conan found after carefully searching the scene, that is, these two pieces of evidence. directly overturned their previous assumption that Xiao Wu was a prisoner.

Assuming that Xiao Wu still had time to clean up the bloodstains at the door after assassinating the Haozang, then according to normal logic, he should first take the corsage he left on the ground, and then clean the bloodstains and pollen at the door, so as not to leave any traces.

However, there are paradoxical traces left at the scene, that is, the blood stains are clean, but there is a lot of pollen attached to the carpets that have been wiped. And the most direct and thorough evidence is that the pollen is not stained with blood.

The only explanation for this contradiction is that the corsage was left on the floor after the blood stains had been cleaned.

If the corsage was left behind when Xiao Wu was cleaning the scene, then first of all, the ribbon would not have caught inside the crack in the door. Second, even if there is a miraculous slip through the crack in the door, it is impossible to clamp it so deeply, and it must be to the extent that it can be pulled out with a slight pull. Even if you pull the ribbon too hard and tear it off, there must be a large part of the ribbon outside, and you can take the ribbon away with a casual pull, instead of sliding the whole thing down to the crack of the door and breaking it inside.

Therefore, based on the conclusion, Eagle Arrow can only speculate that this corsage was deliberately blamed on Xiao Wu. In order to prevent him from discovering and taking the corsage away, the man also deliberately clipped the ribbon of the corsage deep into the crack of the door, so that he could leave the ribbon as evidence.

Now that I think about it, the person that Eagle Ya saw at the old man's door before was probably Xiao Wu, and most of them were probably led to the scene. Because he knew that if the old man did not show up in the restaurant about half an hour after the start of dinner, then the old housekeeper Suzuki would definitely go to the old man, and then he would be able to catch him and get his personal stolen goods.

It's just that there was a little accident in the middle, and the person who found him became himself......

"However, if it is really what you said, then why didn't Brother Xiao Wu appear? Where is he now?"

"Well, it may be that he has found out about the old man, and he thinks he will be suspicious, so he is hiding for the time being......"

There is also a possibility that he has been locked up by a real prisoner, and even has been poisoned, so there is no way to show up......

Of course, it's good that Eagle Ya knows this possibility, and there is no need to say it to make Xia Jiang worry more meaninglessly.

"That's the case, even if Brother Xiaowu is not a murderer...... But did he approach me for revenge......

After listening to Yingya's explanation, Xia Jiang's heart couldn't help but let go slightly, but then he showed a helpless smile.

He didn't even want to face her, and he didn't even dare to explain, but it was really because he really thought so in his heart?

"I don't think so," however, Taka only rubbed her head vigorously and smiled heartily at her, "Maybe he approached you for revenge in the first place, but since he joined the Rakmoto group, he has actually had a lot of opportunities over the years, but he has never made any moves." Maybe he was able to forbear, but more likely, I think he was really moved by our kind Xia Jiang, and gave up his original purpose for you, just to stay by your side......"

"Really, really?"

Hearing Yingya's explanation, although Xia Jiang felt a little relieved, he always felt a little panicked.

In this case, it would not be a problem for anyone else to say it, but the partial life came out of his mouth. Therefore, she couldn't help but nervously grab his clothes, and said with tears in her eyes, "But, I only treat him as a brother, what I said is true!"

"Okay, I didn't say anything about you, why are you so nervous," Eagleya reached out to wipe away her tears with a little amusement, and then said to her, "Go wash your face, your makeup is crying, if you cry ugly, I will turn my face and deny it!"

"Don't you think about it!" Xia Jiang glanced at him angrily, and then couldn't help laughing.

"Xiaolan, can you accompany me to the bathroom?"

"Of course!"

"I didn't expect you to say such a thing......"

Looking at the backs of Xiaolan and Xia Jiang in the distance, Conan couldn't help but push his glasses and said to the eagle on the side.

"Hmm, which one do you mean?"

"Didn't you say that you had always been afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice?" but you didn't expect you to say such a thing to Miss Xia Jiang," Conan couldn't help but smile, "why didn't you tell the rest of the possibility?"

Revenge, in fact, it doesn't have to be murder, or the collapse of the company or anything like that to be called revenge. With the preference of Xia Jiang in the Haozang of the Rakamoto, as long as Xiao Wu continues like this, if the Eagle Arrow does not appear, he is still very likely to become the principal of the Rakamoto family as Xia Jiang's husband. This act of stealing the property of the family in silence is not a way of revenge.

"Well, it's true that I've always been afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice, and that's exactly what I do......" Hawkya couldn't help but close his eyes and smile slightly, "However, it's good for me to do these malicious speculations." For Xia Jiang, I still hope that she can maintain this innocence and have the greatest kindness to the world. Although life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, life itself is still full of beauty. Otherwise, what are we who have fallen into darkness to protect?"

"Oh, you're gentle, Mr. Knight. ”

Looking at the heartfelt smile on Hawkya's face, Conan couldn't help but snort lightly and said with a little teasing.

"That's a must, please call me the most moral playboy in the whole rice flower, thank you!"

"Hey, hey, you're really gasping for two words!"

"That's a must, too much modesty is pretending, so I had to grit my teeth and admit it. ”

"Whew!"

However, just when Conan couldn't help but want to complain, a terrible scream suddenly reached their ears!

"It's Xia Jiang (Xiaolan)'s voice!"

Both of them heard their own familiar voices from the screams, and they only looked at each other for a moment, and immediately ran in that direction.

This scream...... Wouldn't it......?

Both of them couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts, but they couldn't help but hope that their guess was wrong.

However, reality has never disappointed when it comes to disappointing people.

When Takaya and Conan arrived at the scene, a group of people had already gathered around the scene, all looking frightened and unbelievable.

And at the end of everyone's view, on the side of the deck, by the railing, sat a man covered in blood.

No, maybe he could have been called human not so long ago, but now, just a lifeless shell.

"Dragon...... Dragon man!

The air was dead silent for about ten seconds, before it was finally broken by a scream.

Akie couldn't help but widen her eyes and sat down on the ground, looking at her husband in disbelief.

"Ahh......h It's happening again!"

"Could it be...... Is it Xiao Wu again?"

Suddenly, sadness mixed with panic began to rush towards everyone like a beast, entangled them, and they couldn't breathe.

"Damn!"

Looking at the bloody corpse of the dragon man, Conan couldn't help but stomp his foot fiercely, and even Eagle Arrow couldn't help but clench his fists slightly.

"Eh, wait, this...... This is, death information?"

At this time, Mori, who was investigating the body of Long Nan, couldn't help but see the right hand side of the deceased, like a blood book written by man.

"Eh, death information again?" Hearing Maori's words, Conan and Takaya glanced at each other, and couldn't help but hurriedly step forward to check.

I saw that on the deck in front of Long Nan's right index finger, there was a pattern written in blood, which looked quite like an English letter.

"English letters again?" exclaimed all the people in the Cookbook family who were present.

Yes, just like when he died before, there was also an English letter left at the crime scene, but this time it wasn't the "H" left in the room of the house, and the blood book looked more like a "T".

“T？H…… T…… Ahh

Her voice drew everyone's eyes to Eagle's body, with panic and fear and all malicious conjectures.

"I said, Aunt Rakmoto, how much do you want to think I'm a murderer...... Haven't you always regarded me as a suspect and watched me in your field of vision since the old man's death? Then you should also see that I have been with Xia Jiang and Xiaolan since the beginning, how did I commit this case?

Hearing Mariko's words, Taka couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Wouldn't these people use their own brains, and even explaining him felt that it was really insulting to his intelligence.

He admired her stubbornness and imagination, but unfortunately, he was not a murderer after all, and he could only disappoint her.

"But, if it's not you, how can this H.T explain it?"

Mariko was stunned for a moment, obviously finally reacting, but she still couldn't help but say hard.

“H•T…… It shouldn't mean Xiao Wu!" At this time, Shoji Shoji couldn't help but react, "If it refers to Hashimoto Takeshi (Takashi), then it can be explained!"

"Eh, how could it be! Brother Xiaowu, he's not ......"

"I see! Is it really Xiao Wu?"

Just when Xia Jiang wanted to say something to defend Xiao Wu, Beilang made up his mind.

"It's not too early to make a conclusion, but the possibility of Mr. Xiao Wu committing a crime is indeed very high, so we have to find him!" Mao Li couldn't help but exert his instinct as a criminal police officer for many years, and gave an order to everyone, "Before that, please take refuge in the restaurant, if everyone is together, it will be difficult for the prisoner to start!"

"Okay, that's all it takes for now......" Shoji glanced at the bloody Long Nan, and turned his head a little unbearably, "Xia Jiang, go and help your sister up first, let's go to the restaurant, and leave it to Mr. Maori here!"

"yes, I see. Xia Jiang couldn't help but nod and helped Qiu Jiang, who was still crying, up.

"Hey, Hawkya, do you think this death message makes sense?"

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, Conan couldn't help but ask Hawkya softly.

"I don't know, it's very likely that the murderer faked it, but there's no way to tell ...... at the moment."

Looking at the T-shaped on the ground, which was composed of one horizontal and one vertical, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

After all, it's not a detective novel, and death information rarely appears in reality. Not to mention whether the deceased still had the strength to leave the name of the murderer, even if he did, do you think the murderer would sit and watch the deceased leave any information that even seems completely irrelevant to him? Of course, there are very few cases where the murderer cannot enter the scene to deal with it, such as the one who locks himself in the room.

Therefore, very few death information appears at the scene of the crime, and even if there is, nine times out of ten it is forged by the murderer for whom the guy is forged.

Therefore, the credibility of the "T" on the scene is far less than the "H" in the previous room in the Lotus Collection.

Also, I can't figure out what that "H" means, but it certainly doesn't refer to Hashimoto anyway, because the scope of this reference is too large. As long as the old man does not lose his mind when he is dying, he will definitely only leave behind the most referential things for the prisoner. Eagle always felt as if they had misunderstood something, maybe they were thinking too complicated, and maybe the symbol was not an H at all, but something more straightforward...... Ahhh

"Hey, Eagle Arrow, let's go, let's go to the restaurant first!"

Conan tugged at the cuff of Hawkya's trousers, who was in a daze, and said to him.

"Ahh......h You go first, I'll go to the toilet. Hawkya came back from his contemplation, feeling a little irritable for no reason, and was ready to go to the toilet to wash his face and sober up, and solve his physiological problems by the way.

"Well, okay, I'll go find Xiaolan and the others first, be careful yourself, after all, the prisoner is still on this ship. If his purpose is to attack the people of the Tsubamoto family, then you who have a relationship with the Tsubamoto family may also become his target!"

"Are you serious? are you lecturing me?" Eagle Ya gave him an angry look, "Your brother was still playing on the football field when I was in China when I went up to the knife mountain and went down to the sea of fire!

"Oh, in that case, you can ask for your own blessings......" Conan grimaced at him and ran away.

"This guy...... My body has shrunk, and I have begun to behave a little like a child......"

Takaya twitched the corners of her mouth, and walked in the direction of the toilet.

The toilets on the cruise ship are much more advanced than the regular public toilets, but despite this, there is still an unpleasant smell due to the lack of ventilation. So Eagle Arrow can only pinch his nose and quickly solve his physiological needs.

"Whew, it's much more refreshing now......"

Eagle took the cold water with his hand and splashed it on his face, using the cold to take away the anxiety in his mind.

"Kata!"

At this moment, with a soft sound, all the lights went out in an instant, and the entire bathroom fell into darkness.

"There's a power outage?" Eagle Arrow couldn't help but look up, frowning in confusion.

However, just as he was about to take out his phone from his bosom and try to create a light source, a rush of footsteps and a fierce wind touched the dangerous reflex in his mind, causing him to instinctively flash to the side.

"Ding!" the mirror behind him made a crisp sound, as if it had been stabbed by some sharp object.

Damn, the prisoners actually attacked me?

Shinichi, you really fucking want to go to the shrine and ask Zhang Lingfu to come over and seal your crow's mouth well!