Chapter 255: Full Moon, Case Solving in Progress
Meanwhile, on the ghost ship
Kudo Shinichi's revealing of his true face caused heated discussions among everyone on the boat.
It was rumored that Kudo Shinichi was involved in a case and died, but now he suddenly appeared here, and he looked like he had seen through the truth, which caused everyone to talk about it.
Although he always disliked Kudo Shinichi, facing someone he hadn't seen for a long time, Maori Kogoro still chose to say hello: "Long time no see, detective boy! Why are you here?"
Kudo Shinichi smiled and said, "I'm the same as Detective Maori. We both came here after receiving an invitation letter."
Maori Kogoro muttered quietly: "This brat, he doesn't even call me uncle anymore?"
Forget it, it’s time to solve the case now, so I won’t bother with him.
He snorted coldly and said, “I admit that your way of appearance is a bit cool, but unfortunately, this case has been solved by me.
Mr. Fukuura was standing on the observation deck where you were just now. When he was about to give the hint of the question, the murderer sneaked onto the deck, put the devil's tarot card on the cross arrow, and then shot Mr. Fukuura with the cross arrow. "
"And the murderer," he raised his finger and turned to point at the mummy, "the only one I can think of is this mummy who has no alibi and no devil tarot card!"
The mummy was horrified, but he didn't know how to explain what he had just said, so he could only shake his head desperately to deny it.
Maori Kogoro pointed at Kudo Shinichi and asked, "Tell me, where is my reasoning wrong?"
Kudo Shinichi cleared his throat and said, "You just mentioned alibis and tarot cards, right? As for the tarot cards, the murderer probably stole them from Mr. Mummy in order to frame him."
"The criminal stole it?" Maori Kogoro said in disbelief. "If we look at it from the perspective that the mummy is not the murderer, then the tarot cards can only be stolen from him by the murderer, or picked up from somewhere. After all, each person only has one of these tarot cards."
Kudo Shinichi nodded and said, "I can't guarantee whether the murderer knew this, but the tarot cards were indeed stolen from the mummy by the murderer, and they were in the toilet."
"Toilet?" Kogoro Mouri showed a confused expression. He looked at the mummy, but the mummy also looked confused and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
Kudo Shinichi didn't care and continued to explain: "If I'm not mistaken, the murderer should have entered the compartment next to the mummy, used anesthetics or something like that through the gap below to make the mummy fall asleep, then flipped over from above and stole the tarot cards from him."
"Ah? Do you have any evidence to support what you said?" Kogoro Mouri's first reaction was disbelief. Wasn't this statement a bit too self-evident?
Kudo Shinichi shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, I just gave the simplest example. With so much time in between, the tools used to commit the crime would have been thrown into the sea and could not be found."
Maori Kogoro rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "What kind of reasoning is this? There is not even any decent evidence. Don't tell me you don't even know the murderer!"
Kudo Shinichi didn't care and said with a smile: "Even without those evidences, the murderer who killed Mr. Fukuura tonight can still be deduced. And there is only one person who can do this, and that is the werewolf who followed the mummy into the toilet!"
"Werewolf?" Maori Kogoro was stunned and said in confusion, "What nonsense are you talking about! The werewolf had already come out of the toilet and returned to the bar before Mr. Fukuura got into trouble. We saw it with our own eyes!"
Suzuki Sonoko also nodded in agreement.
Maori Kogoro continued: "On the contrary, no one present saw when the mummy came out of the toilet!"
Hearing what Maori Kogoro said, the mummy got a little excited and shouted, "What are you talking about, Mr. Maori! Didn't I just say that I ran past you when I came out of the toilet! Mr. Maori, you are not in cahoots with the murderer, are you?"
The mummy was so excited that he started to speak without thinking.
"Ah?!" Maori Kogoro's face suddenly changed. "Are you doubting the memory of me, the famous detective Maori Kogoro? Even if I remembered it wrong, it's impossible for the other people with me to remember it wrong at the same time, right?"
"But, but, when Mr. Fukuura got into trouble, I was beside you!" The mummy was about to cry out of grievance. Why did this detective lie? Everything he said was obviously true!
But Kogoro Mori didn't believe it at all. Although the light was not bright at that time, he could still distinguish the mummy's obvious disguise. He clearly remembered that the mummy was not next to him at that time.
Seeing that the two could not come to an agreement, Kudo Shinichi had no choice but to ask, "Detective Maori, did you really not see the mummy in the toilet at that time?"
Maori Kogoro said dissatisfiedly: "Are you also doubting my memory and eyesight? I told you that I only saw the werewolf come out, not the mummy!"
Kudo Shinichi chuckled and said, "Of course not. I can say for sure that what Detective Maori saw at the time was indeed a werewolf, but..."
"But what?" Kogoro Mouri raised his eyebrows.
Kudo Shinichi did not answer immediately, but asked: "Why do you think that what you saw was a werewolf, not a mummy?"
Maori Kogoro was stunned: "Why? Of course it's because that person is wearing...ah?! You don't want to say?"
He was startled by the sudden thought that came to his mind.
"That's right." Kudo Shinichi smiled with relief, which made Maori Kogoro's eyebrows twitch.
He continued, "In the bathroom, the murderer not only stole the tarot cards to frame the mummy, but also put something on his head, which was his own werewolf mask. In addition, I would like to ask the staff, if my guess is correct, the mirror in the bathroom should not have been broken at the beginning, right?"
A staff member was stunned for a moment, and said a little bewilderedly: "Ah, if you are talking about the mirror in the bathroom, it was indeed intact when it was arranged, and Mr. Fukuura did not give any instructions to break it."
Kudo Shinichi nodded and said, "That's right. I broke the mirror in the bathroom just to prevent the mummy from noticing this."
Maori Kogoro still didn't quite believe it, and looked at the werewolf's hair with suspicion: "Even if the mirror wasn't broken, most people would notice it with a hood on his head, right?"
Kudo Shinichi shook his head. "But the mummy's head was already covered with bandages, and a hood was put on when he was knocked unconscious. It's not surprising that he didn't notice anything after waking up. The mask covered the area above the chest. They were two people who hardly spoke, so it would be difficult for others to tell them apart just by looking at their clothes."
The mummy listened to Kudo Shinichi's explanation with joy and nodded continuously.
Great, this young detective is more capable and he cleared him of suspicion easily!