Chapter 248: Full Moon, Fukuura Zou, the Real and Fake Judy
Kogoro Mori signaled everyone to stay away, and then took pictures of Captain Gode's body from various angles, along with the surrounding environment and the blood that had just dripped onto the deck.
After putting away the camera, Kogoro Mouri squatted beside Gode and said, "Let me see who this captain is." He reached out and took off the skull mask on Captain Gode's face, revealing a face full of pain.
Seeing this face, Maori Kogoro was stunned: "Why does this person look familiar?"
Suzuki Sonoko exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this person the film producer who often appears on TV?"
The bandaged man said, "This person should be Fukuura Chizo, the producer of Captain Ghost. Before that, he was the producer of the 13th Day Nirvana series of films. He received widespread attention in the film and television industry and has a great reputation."
Suzuki Sonoko nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's right, that's the name."
Maori Kogoro asked the staff beside him: "Why did the producer play the role of the ghost captain?"
"It's like this," the staff explained, "Because Mr. Fukuura likes the role of Captain Ghost very much, he dresses up as the ghost captain every year when he holds a party on this ship."
"According to the original plan, Mr. Fukuura would stand on the mast and give questions or hints to the monsters that came to the deck, but I didn't expect..."
Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and asked, "Are you referring to the problem Mr. Fukuura just mentioned, that there is a human sneaking in and we need to find him?"
The staff nodded: "I think so."
The bandaged man bent down to pick up the skull mask and found a microphone inside. He tapped a few times with his fingers bent, and heard a tapping sound coming from the speaker on the ship: "It seems that he is giving instructions to others through this microphone."
Maori Kogoro continued to ask: "So what is the answer to the question?"
The staff member was stunned for a moment: "As for this... Mr. Fukuura prepares the questions and instructions himself, so we don't know much about it."
Another person also said: "I only know that the group that finds the answer will get the invitation ticket to the movie preview. As for what the answer is..."
Maori Kogoro suddenly stood up and said confidently: "In short, it is certain that the murderer is one of your staff members."
"Huh?" The staff member showed a surprised expression, "Why do you say that! Mr. Maori, please don't wrongly accuse a good person!"
Maori Kogoro shook his finger and said confidently: "We came to the deck after hearing Mr. Fukuura's instructions. When we arrived on the deck, we saw Mr. Fukuura who had been killed. There was no tape recorder or anything like that at the scene, so it was indeed Mr. Fukuura himself who gave the instructions.
In other words, Mr. Fukuura was killed during the time we left the bar and arrived on the deck. The monsters that were heading toward the deck at the time had no chance to commit the crime, so the murderer must be one of you who was helping to prepare on the deck!"
The staff looked at each other. They all knew that they were not the murderer, but Kogoro Mouri's reasoning was so reasonable and well-founded that they didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
"As for this tarot card," Maori Kogoro pointed at the tarot card with a cross arrow piercing Fukuura Chizo's chest, "I'm afraid the murderer put it there on purpose to frame someone else. If you are a staff member, you can prepare as many tarot cards as you want, right?"
"No, no, no, that's not the case," the staff member quickly denied. "The props used in the game were prepared by Mr. Fukuura himself. We didn't know what they were until we got them. How could we prepare them in advance?"
Another staff member also remembered something and added: "And not everyone was in the bar at that time. There were several other monsters on the deck, but it was too dark so we didn't know who they were." The staff looked at each other and shook their heads. Obviously, they didn't see clearly who those monsters were.
"Is that so..." Kogoro Mouri, who had made a mistake in his daily reasoning, scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Since the props cannot be prepared in advance, it means the number of tarot cards is fixed. In this case, the murderer must be one of the seven of us?" Tang Sanzan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
The expressions of Kogoro Mori and others changed and they looked at each other subconsciously.
When the others heard this, their eyes couldn't help but focus on the seven people standing in the center, and the atmosphere became serious.
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at the same time
Judy was driving and Shiho Miyano was sitting in the passenger seat.
Miyano Shiho intuitively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what.
It wasn't until she glanced at the rearview mirror and realized there was no car following behind her that her heart sank suddenly.
"Teacher Judy..." Miyano Shiho called softly.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Judy asked without looking back, looking straight ahead.
"Where are you taking me?" asked Miyano Shiho.
"Go to the hospital. Dr. Shinichi said there's something wrong with your body and you need a detailed check-up as soon as possible," Judy replied.
"What's the problem?"
"This..." Judy paused, "I'm not sure. Doctor Shinichi didn't tell me what the problem was. He just asked me to send you to the hospital, where someone would be responsible for the examination."
Miyano Shiho frowned slightly. Judy's answer was exactly the same as what Aishide Tomoaki said, without any flaws.
"When will Dr. Shinchu be here?" she asked casually.
"I don't know. Let's see when he can fix the problem with the car." Judy answered casually.
"Is that so..." Miyano Shiho hesitated for a few seconds, then suddenly took out his cell phone, "I'll give him a call and ask."
"Sure." Judy had no intention of stopping him.
Miyano Shiho's heart sank even deeper, almost to the bottom, but she still dialed Aida Tomoaki's number: "Hello, Doctor Aida..."
"Ah, it's Mio. What's wrong? Didn't Teacher Judy pick you up?" The voice of Tomoaki Aida came from the microphone.
Miyano Shiho was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Judy, who responded with a gentle smile.
Unfortunately, this smile looked a little eerie in Miyano Shiho's eyes.
"No, I've received it." Miyano Shiho said calmly without changing her expression, "I just want to ask Dr. Shinde, when will he come?"
"Ah..." Niide Tomoaki looked at the road ahead. Although the boxes were not moving fast, they could soon clear a path for passing through. So he said, "It's almost there. Let's meet directly at the hospital."
"Okay, got it." Miyano Shiho replied and hung up the phone.
"Can you trust me now?" Judy asked with a smile.
Miyano Shiho nodded and remained silent.