Chapter 58: Revenge of the Past
After a while, several people who had gone to the toilet came back one after another. Seeing them, Conan inquired, and he was also very concerned about the incident two years ago and some connections that might be related to the current situation.
"Excuse me, what happened two years ago?" "This! Why do you ask this, kid? Gojo looked at Conan with confusion and vigilance, obviously a little reluctant to mention it.
But how could Conan give up like this, he stared at a few people closely. Although he is just a child now, that kind of gaze makes the hearts of several people who are watching him feel cold, as if they have been seen through.
"Because Brother Nikaido said before that Sister Lihua's object had been decided two years ago, I wondered if it would have something to do with Sister Lihua's disappearance and the murder of Brother Nikaido."
At this time, Kogoro happened to walk back and spoke directly. "It's true that you were all members of the same swimming club before, and after that incident they didn't swim together anymore."
"I guess it had something to do with swimming! If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid who died in the water! And now Nikaido has been forcibly drowned, it's revenge or something. ”
Hearing Kogoro's analysis, the faces of several people became even more ugly, and Rokuda Shoji immediately opened his mouth to answer. "It's not like that! It was just an accident! ”
"What the hell is going on, please tell me clearly!" Rokuta Shoji sighed softly, but still said the matter that he had decided not to mention again.
"Two years ago, we made an appointment to go to a nearby island together. When the boat stopped at the edge of the island, everyone scattered and played on the island. ”
"But most of us didn't know that there was a typhoon in the vicinity that day, and a storm was coming." Rokuta Shoji's face was extremely bad, and it seemed that what had happened at the beginning had left a rather bad impression on him.
"Then the storm came, and most of us went back to the yacht, but two of us didn't. They are Nikaido who went to the other side of the island alone, and Miss Lihua, who is missing. ”
"Because the island would flood after the tide was high, they were both in danger at all times. In order to save them, one of us went to them in a rubber boat. ”
However, in the end, only Miss Reika and Nikaido sat in the rubber boat, and the companion who went to save them was gone. It wasn't until three days later that her body was found in the nearby sea. ”
Hearing Rokuta Shoji's words, Kogoro suddenly sensed that something was wrong. However, he didn't ask directly, and first asked about the identity of the person.
As soon as Kogoro spoke, Aunt Mi, who was carrying a few cups of coffee, walked over. "She's my granddaughter, Yaeko." Aunt Mi's appearance was very calm, and there was nothing strange about her tone.
Looking at her ancient eyes, Kogoro didn't know what to say for a while. "She sacrificed her life for the sake of Miss's life, I think that's what she expected!"
"That's right, Mr. Maori! Your car? Takashi Izae looked at Kogoro with expectant eyes and asked softly. Like yours, I should have been stabbed by the murderer after I decided to stay. ”
"How so!?" Ichieda looked very disappointed, and his eyes suddenly darkened. "Let's have a cup of coffee first!" Seeing everyone's appearance, Aunt Mi wanted to divert everyone's attention.
"Either way, we need to find Miss Lihua as soon as possible. Let's divide into two groups and look for the villa again! "Okay, let's go after our coffee!" Shoji Rokuta immediately echoed Kogoro's proposal.
Just as they were about to leave, Xiaolan yawned several times. "What's Xiaolan?" "Well, I don't know what's going on, I suddenly feel so sleepy!"
After hearing Xiaolan's words, Aunt Mi glanced at her. "After going through so much, it's not surprising that I'm a little tired. You'll just sleep here first, and I'll be watching from the sidelines. ”
Xiaolan looked at the sofa that Aunt Mi pointed to, turned her head to look at Kogoro again, and only after getting an affirmative answer did she walk to the sofa and lie down directly.
And then, except for Aunt Mi who stayed to take care of Xiaolan, they all went to look for Sijing Lihua. Time passed little by little, but everyone still didn't notice it.
Kogoro's group is him and Conan, and Takashi Ichieda. After searching the place they had agreed upon, they were ready to join the other group of three.
As they walked, they chatted about tonight. However, Kogoro was thinking about things, and he just dealt with Takashi Ichieda casually.
It stands to reason that it is unlikely that Reika Shijing would have been too far away from the villa, and it is conjectured that the murderer was one of them, and they did not have enough time to go too far to kill people or dump corpses.
Then if the Yotsui Lihua is no longer in the villa, it is around the villa. Just as he was about to speak. However, the originally dim light suddenly went out at this moment.
"What's wrong? Tripped? "Where's the main switch?" Anyway, let's check it out first! Looking at the darkness around him, Kogoro had a bad premonition in his heart. The main gate is just behind the kitchen. ”
"Then let's hurry up!" With that, Kogoro took the lead and ran towards the kitchen. However, just as they were about to run to the kitchen, Kogoro heard a strange noise, followed by the sound of glass breaking.
This also made the feeling in his heart even stronger. Ran around a corner and got to the back of the kitchen. When the three of them ran over, the main gate was opened, and the lights turned on suddenly made Kogoro see the three people on the opposite side clearly.
"What's going on? Who turned off the lights? Mifune said unhappily, obviously a little angry. There won't be anyone! We just searched for it! Takashi replied softly.
On the other side, Kogoro looked at the window that was broken by something and thus opened wide, and the bad feeling in his heart reached its peak, and his brain cells were in an extremely active state.
Then he remembered everything about the incident, and he glanced vaguely at someone over there, and then spoke. "It's the murderer, he saw us here dragnet search, so he couldn't help it."
"He first closed the main gate, then took the opportunity to break the window and escaped from here." "What a joke!" With an angry shout, Mifune climbed out of the window and ran out.
Seeing him running out, Ichiza Takashi followed directly. "Chase them back!" Kogoro hurriedly shouted, and everyone immediately chased after the two of them.