Chapter 403 Today’s title is no title
Yu ignored Hattori Heiji's questioning look, rubbed Conan's head and said, "Let's go, this is a good opportunity to investigate the remaining things."
Conan slapped Yuya's paw away in dissatisfaction and said, "Just talk, why are you rubbing my head?"
Seeing the two men walking directly towards the cabin, Hattori Heiji hurriedly chased after them.
"Hey, you two wait for me!"
Hattori Heiji was very unhappy. These two people obviously had no communication, so why were they so tacitly in solving the case?
Is this the tacit understanding between childhood friends? Hattori Heiji thought angrily.
Damn it, I suddenly want a detective friend from my childhood, so we can exchange experiences in solving cases...
Led by the old butler, the three of them checked all the rooms of everyone on the ship today. Although it was a bit against the rules, the situation was special and naturally warranted special treatment.
There is nothing special in most people's rooms.
It was not until they found the box where Shoji Ryūmoto stored his props in his room that two kitchen knives were missing.
"One of the swords should be the one that just stabbed Ichiro Taromoto, but where did the other one go?" Hattori Heiji touched his chin, confused.
"That one should be the one used to stab Mr. Ryoumoto to death. As for where it went..." Conan paused and looked up at Yuya.
Yuya took over the conversation and said, "It should have been thrown into the sea. Didn't Xiaolan and Yuanshan just say that they heard noises coming from below when they were on the deck? One was the sound of something falling into the water, and another was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground."
Hattori Heiji thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "But this would be troublesome. If the murder weapon is thrown into the sea, there is almost no possibility of finding it back."
The three then went to Ichiro Ryūmoto's room, where they found an easel with a number of pencil drawings on it.
Yuya flipped through a few pages and found that all the paintings were of Ichiro Hashimoto's cousin, Natsue Hashimoto.
"As expected." Hattori Heiji looked a little serious.
Conan's expression was also a little confusing.
"Okay," Yuya clapped his hands, "The only room left is Akiie's. Let's go take a look."
Hattori Heiji nodded and looked at Yuya thoughtfully: "Could it be that, Mr. Wu..."
Neither Yuya nor Conan answered, their faces full of mystery.
Hattori Heiji couldn't help but clench his fists. These two people! ···
When we arrived at Akiie Taromoto's room, everything seemed normal.
"It seems that the person is not here." Youye's eyes fell on the wardrobe and said with a disappointed tone.
However, the heavy breathing in the closet was so clearly audible to the detective with very sensitive hearing.
There is always some inexplicable tacit understanding between detectives. Conan and Hattori Heiji also realized something and took a look at the closet.
Yuya looked at the butler and said with a smile, "Mr. Butler, could you please call everyone else over?"
"I understand!" The butler immediately went to call someone.
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In Akie Ryoumoto's room, everyone gathered here.
Ichiro Ryoumoto's wound has been simply treated. Miyano Shiho sliced the wound... no, the bandaging technique was pretty good. Apart from his unsightly complexion, Ichiro Ryoumoto no longer cried out in pain like he did at the beginning.
Mariko Ryūmoto was concerned about her son for a while, then looked at Yuya and Hattori Heiji with dissatisfaction: "The butler said you had something important to say. What is it? Ichiro is still injured."
Youye smiled and said, "The important thing..." His eyes slowly swept over everyone, "Of course, it is to find out who the murderer is."
"The murderer has been found?!" Everyone widened their eyes in surprise.
Ichiro Ryūmoto's body trembled uncontrollably.
"Who is the murderer? Is it... not Takeru?" Ryūmoto Natsue looked at Yuya with anticipation.
Yuya smiled and looked at Hattori Heiji.
Hattori Heiji straightened his collar, coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention, and said, "Before we tell you who the murderer is, let's recall these cases first."
"First, there was the first case where Mr. Ryomoto was killed."
"There was a complete bloodstain on the floor under the door, which undoubtedly shows that after being stabbed in the abdomen, Mr. Lu Ben locked the door to escape the murderer and died of excessive blood loss."
"Besides, everyone saw the flowers that fell at the door."
"Yes!" said Akiie Ryūmoto, "So the murderer is Takeru, right?"
Hattori Heiji shook his head: "No, we have said before that the falling of flowers is unreasonable and cannot be used as evidence to incriminate the murderer."
"The flower fell at the door, and the blood on the ground showed signs of being wiped off. If it fell during the murder, the murderer would have definitely seen the flower when wiping the blood on the ground.
Likewise, it is impossible that it fell when wiping the blood. Since the murderer had time to wipe the blood, he would have checked it after wiping it, and it is impossible that he would not see the flower.
Therefore, it is impossible to determine that Takeshi Ryūmoto is the murderer based solely on the flowers that fell at the scene."
After Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Yuya stepped forward and took over the conversation, "Next is the second case and the third attack. These two cases should be discussed together."
"What do you mean?" Ryūmoto Akie was puzzled. "Is there any connection between Kameo's murder and Ichiro's attack?"
"Of course," Yuya nodded, picking up a box from the ground and placing it on the table.
Shoji Hatamoto suddenly shouted, "Isn't this the box where I kept my knives?" Because of the series of murders and attacks that occurred at night, he had no time to go back to his room, let alone the opportunity to check his box.
When the box was opened, there was indeed a complete set of knives inside, but two were missing.
Yuya said, "Two of the knives are missing. One of them is the one used to stab Mr. Ichiro, right?"
Everyone nodded slightly. At that time, the kitchen knife had been confirmed by Hatamoto Shoji himself, and there was indeed the abbreviation of his name on it. In addition, there was no knife missing from the box, so there was naturally no doubt.
"As for the other one..." Yuya paused, "It's the one that killed Mr. Ryūmoto!"
"What?!" Hatamoto Shoji's face suddenly changed. As a chef, special kitchen utensils are regarded as treasures, but that treasure was used to commit a crime?
"Ran and Toyama, who were on the deck at the time, heard two sounds. One was the sound of something falling into the water..."
"Could it be?" Shoji Ryūmoto immediately realized something.
Yuya nodded: "Yes, that was the sound of the murderer throwing the murder weapon into the sea to destroy the evidence. At that time, the murderer did not expect to suddenly run into Mr. Kameo Ryomoto, and in desperation he beat him to death with something like an iron pipe."
"The muffled sound they heard behind them was the sound of the iron pipe hitting the head and the sound of Kameo falling down."
"In other words, Mr. Kameo Ryūmoto's murder was actually an accident."
"It was an accident..." Ryūmoto Akiie covered her mouth with a look of disbelief. She screamed, "So who was it, who killed Kame?!"
Others looked at her sideways, not sure whether she was really sad and angry or just pretending...