Chapter 249: Full Moon, Maori Kogoro's Reasoning Show
Tang San's words directly identified the possible suspect, who was one of the seven members of the Devil Team.
Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but glare at the monk Karasan, wondering why this kid was just like Conan, always talking to himself at the crime scene.
Hey, why does he say always?
He coughed forcefully and said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone. I, Maori Kogoro, am here and will definitely find the murderer."
Hearing the discussion stop, Maori Kogoro nodded with satisfaction, turned to the staff and asked: "When can this ship dock?"
The staff member thought for a moment and replied, "If we move towards the shore right now, it will take about an hour."
Maori Kogoro nodded: "In that case, please."
The staff did not refuse. Now that a murder had occurred and the victim was the producer, the party absolutely could not continue. It would be better to dock as soon as possible and wait for the police to come and handle the case.
Maori Kogoro said loudly: "Everyone, please go back to the bar immediately and don't walk around casually. I may need to make a simple inquiry."
In the absence of the police, the detective's words still had some authority, and no one objected, and everyone obediently returned to the bar.
In the bar, Kogoro Mouri said to the other six members of the Devil Team: "Well, everyone, please take out your own tarot cards." They had already confirmed the tarot cards with each other before the party started, so there was no need to worry about being replaced in the middle.
Kogoro Mori was the first to show his tarot card, which was the devil card with Bavumetsu on it.
The remaining five people, Suzuki Sonoko, Bandage Monster, Kara Umbrella Monk, Tengu, and Werewolf all took out their own tarot cards.
Only the person playing the mummy searched his body for a long time but couldn't find the Tarot cards.
Perhaps because the party had ended, there was no need for the mummy to continue playing. He couldn't help but mutter, "That's strange. Why can't I find it? Did I accidentally drop it somewhere?"
"Aha, I get it!" Maori Kogoro immediately began to reason, "The tarot card on Mr. Fukuura's chest is yours!"
"You left your tarot cards at the scene on purpose, so that people would think you were not the murderer. And you were missing for a long time, so we couldn't find you. I'm afraid you used that time to prepare to kill Mr. Fukuura, right?"
Kogoro Mori spoke more and more fluently, and even imagined the whole process of the mummy killing people.
The mummy was so frightened by Kogoro Mori's reasoning that he shook his head repeatedly. If he hadn't been wrapped in bandages, he would probably have been sweating profusely, right?
The bandaged man couldn't help but frown. After hearing Kogoro Mouri's reasoning, he subconsciously felt that the mummy was not the murderer. However, he was a detective and he had to pay attention to evidence, so he did not object.
Seeing the panic of the mummy, Maori Kogoro was more certain of his judgment. He proudly waved the tarot cards in his hand and said, "What you don't know is that this tarot card was prepared by Mr. Fukuura himself. There is no eighth card in the whole ship..."
"Of course I know about this!" the mummy suddenly retorted loudly.
"Huh?" Kogoro Mouri was stunned. He had just learned about it from the staff. Why did this mummy look like it had known it for a long time?
The mummy pointed at himself and said, "Because I followed Mr. Fukuura's instructions from the beginning, mixed in with the monsters to observe their costumes and acting skills and pick out the best one. I was originally a staff member of the film crew!"
"What? Are you a staff member?" Kogoro Mouri widened his eyes in surprise.
The others who heard the mummy's words also looked over in surprise and whispered something to their companions beside them, but some people were not surprised at all.
The mummy shouted loudly: "That's it! So how could I possibly kill Mr. Fukuura! Besides, Mr. Fukuura and I have no hatred at all!"
"Uh..." Maori Kogoro was dumbfounded. He thought of something and asked, "There shouldn't be only you among the guests, right?"
If there was only one staff member, he would not have enough time to observe so many people.
The mummy nodded: "Yes, most of the other mummies are also staff members of the film crew like me." As he finished speaking, several people who were also dressed as mummies came over and said that they were also staff members.
He continued, “If we find someone who performs well, we will report it to Mr. Fukuura via text message on his mobile phone.”
The bandaged man suddenly interrupted and said, "So that's how it is. The message you sent was to Mr. Fukuura!" He remembered that when the devil team was reuniting, the mummy did secretly send some message out without their knowledge. It turned out that it was sent to Chizo Fukuura.
"Have you found someone with outstanding performance?" the bandaged man asked with great interest. Is it the seven of them? No, is it one of the six?
"Ah? Yes." The mummy was stunned. Although he didn't know what time the bandaged man was referring to, he only took out his mobile phone when sending messages to Mr. Fukuura. Maybe he was accidentally seen by him, so he didn't deny it.
"Moreover, it was Mr. Fukuura who personally made us up as mummies and gave us different instructions at the time."
"What instructions?" Kogoro Mouri asked hurriedly.
"Let's do a specific thing, in my case, it's to order a drink at the bar, the Silver Bullet. Everyone's instructions are different, but there is one common requirement, which is that you must not speak while playing the mummy."
Silver Bullet? The bandaged man touched his chin. If he remembered correctly, the only ones who drank Silver Bullet at the bar were the werewolf and Maori Kogoro, right?
"Silver Bullet? This name sounds familiar." Maori Kogoro was confused: "Besides, what kind of weird request is this!"
"I'm just doing this according to Mr. Fukuura's request." The mummy didn't know the reason and could only explain it this way.
"But didn't you disappear while we were waiting for the party to start?" Kogoro Mouri said again.
"I just went to the bathroom." Mu Nai explained quickly.
"Toilet?" Maori Kogoro looked doubtful. "Then can anyone testify for you?"
The mummy thought for a moment, then pointed at the werewolf and said in surprise: "When I went to the toilet, Mr. Werewolf was right behind me!"
"Really?" Kogoro Mouri immediately asked the werewolf for confirmation.
The werewolf seemed stunned for a moment, and after a while he said: "We did go to the bathroom together, and I saw him go in, but I didn't see him come out of the bathroom. But when I came out, I saw Mr. Maori and you..."
"Hmm?" Maori Kogoro raised his eyebrows. "That's true. Several of us saw the werewolf coming out at that time."
Others nodded in agreement.
Maori Kogoro's face showed even more suspicion. He looked at the mummy and asked, "In this case, Mr. Mummy, your alibi cannot be established. Do you have any other explanation?"
"I..." The mummy had relaxed, but now began to panic again. "Mr. Maori, didn't you see me when I came out? I even ran past you!"
"Ah?" Maori Kogoro was confused. "Are you kidding? We came back to the bar after we saw the werewolf come out. We didn't see you at all!"
"How could this be..." The mummy looked at Kogoro Mori in disbelief, then looked at the other people, but they all shook their heads to indicate that they did not see him.
The mummy suddenly fell into despair. Was he going to be labeled a murderer?