Detective Conan: Is Miss Haibara planning to assault a police officer again today?

Higashino Ning nodded, "At present, it does indeed fit the characteristics of Skobing's crime, shooting in the right eye and involving the Romanov dynasty's relics."

"This morning's newspaper mentioned that Phantom Thief Kid was shot and fell into the sea last night, and the attacker was carrying the Egg of Memories that had just been stolen."

He looked at Masato Nishino and continued, "Although we don't know what kind of conflict or contradiction existed between the deceased Mr. Ryuu Samakawa and Scorpion... Masato Nishino should be the one responsible for keeping the safe key, right?"

After receiving a response, Higashino Ning took a step back and remained silent.

"Brother Higashino, don't stop!" Inspector Megure said impatiently. "And then? Is Scorpion on the ship right now? If you have any suspicions about the target, just say so."

At that moment, Kaito Kuroba, disguised as Shiratori Ninzaburo, suddenly spoke up, "I think the other side must have already escaped, because I just checked and one of the lifeboats on the ship is missing."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but feel regretful. "It's so dark now, and the conditions are limited. Even if we wanted to conduct a large-scale search at sea, we couldn't."

Higashino Ning silently raised his hand, "Not necessarily, maybe it's just a smokescreen. I think we should gather all the relevant personnel on the ship first."

Inspector Megure exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that you already have a suspect, Higashino-kun?"

“No,” Higashino Ning spread his hands, “but can’t we investigate them one by one and use the process of elimination? It’s not illegal.”

He did intend to use the process of elimination.

Although there is no clear evidence, he knows that Pu Siqinglan, who is traveling with him, is Shi Kaobing.

Since the other party dares to impersonate a Chinese person, they should be prepared to be exposed as a fraud by genuine Chinese people.

If everyone else behaves perfectly, then identifying her as the culprit is a logical step, isn't it?

Furthermore, the room of an internationally wanted criminal would likely not stand up to scrutiny.

Higashino Ning's statement sounded unexpected and outrageous to everyone, but upon closer examination, it seemed quite reasonable.

Conan felt this was a tactic he had never imagined before, and he was very curious about how Higashino Ning planned to use this process of elimination.

Kaito Kuroba became even more vigilant, keeping a close eye on Higashino Ning's movements and running away if things went wrong.

Inspector Megure stated that he could distrust a clear-headed Kogoro Mouri, but he could trust a clear-headed Ning Higashino.

With a wave of his hand, the order was given, and everyone had to obediently come over to cooperate with the investigation.

Soon everyone had arrived, and they were all quite resentful, saying they were very uncomfortable that their rest had been disturbed.

Inspector Megure spoke up with a few words of reassurance, "Brother Higashino, shall we begin?"

All eyes immediately focused on Higashino Ning.

For someone with social anxiety, the pressure is a bit too much.

Since the pressure is so great, let's just get straight to the point.

Higashino Ning looked at Pu Siqinglan, who was wearing a red cheongsam, and asked, "Miss Qinglan, I heard from Conan that you are Chinese?"

Pu Siqinglan stood up gracefully and nodded, "That's right."

The next moment, a standard Chinese sentence floated out of Higashino Ning's mouth.

"The moonlight shines in front of the bed."

Everyone: "???"

What are you talking about?

Pu Siqinglan herself was a little confused, but after hesitating for a moment, she replied in somewhat broken Chinese, "...it seems like frost on the ground."

As soon as this one line of poetry was uttered, Conan and the others immediately realized that something was wrong.

I couldn't really tell before without comparing, but now... sister, your Chinese is really not very standard!

Higashino Ning immediately added, "Hoeing the fields at noon."

Pu Siqinglan couldn't answer this time.

She had indeed made some preparations, but she really didn't expect that someone would suddenly come up to her and recite poetry on a ship in Japan, where there were only Japanese and Russians.

Dongye Ning chuckled, "It seems Miss Qinglan is not Chinese, after all, this is just a very common ancient poem."

The fact that he deliberately disguised his identity is already a major point of suspicion.

Megure Juzo and Takagi Wataru both began to quietly approach Urashi Seiran.

But Pu Siqinglan's expression remained relaxed. "I am indeed not Chinese, but that doesn't seem to be a reason to convict me."

"I only forged an identity and did not cause any harm to society."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin without hesitation, and threw it away.

"Run! Take cover!"

Megure reacted quickly, and the others were not slow either.

boom--! ! !

The violent explosion blew a hole through the floor, and by the time everyone stopped covering their heads, Pu Siqinglan had already disappeared.

And along with him, Higashino Ning also disappeared.

Soon, several "bang" sounds were heard.

Gunshots!

Conan gritted his teeth and immediately chased after the direction from which the sound came.

"Conan!"

Ran Mouri, who was being covered by Kogoro Mouri, called out. She wanted to follow, but was stopped by the bumbling detective.

"You stay here, I'm going to find Conan!"

"That brat... what time of day is it and he's still running around like that!"

Megure Juzo also struggled to his feet. "Takagi, Shiratori, hurry and go support Higashino!"

far away.

Higashino Ning continued firing at Pu Si Qinglan, who was fleeing rapidly ahead.

I don't know if it was my own shooting skills that were the problem or the other person's movement skills that were too good, but I didn't hit a single one of the five bullets I fired.

"I told you that police officers should be armed!"

Higashino Ning put the gun back in its holster, then took out the Colt Twin Eagle he had previously exchanged from the system space and held it in his hand.

To others, the whole process looked like he suddenly had a gun in his hand, but no one could see it now.

The chase continues.

Pu Siqinglan's destination was her own room.

After learning that she had been summoned by the police, it was already a huge feat for her to hide a small hand grenade on her person; the gun was still hidden in the room.

You can't do without a gun.

Once she gets the gun and takes care of this annoying cop who suddenly appeared, she can escape on a lifeboat to plan her next move.

All I can say is that Pu Siqinglan has a very good plan.

When she ran to a spot not far from her room, Higashino Ning was not far behind her either.

"Going into the room now is a dead end, forget it, let's just leave!"

Pu Si Qinglan immediately changed direction and ran towards the deck, but was blocked by Conan who had somehow circled around.

Mr. Ke stood with his hands in his pockets, leaning against the wall at the corner of the corridor, striking a standard pose, his shoes flashing with electricity.

Perhaps Conan has an innate ability to stop criminals from escaping.

Pu Siqinglan, who had been running with great enthusiasm, suddenly stopped, slowed her pace, and became serious.

"who are you?"

"Edogawa Conan is a detective."

Chapter 77 Full of Harvests

"Miss Qinglan, you have nowhere to escape now. Are you sure you want to continue struggling?"

Conan's confident gaze behind his glasses startled Urako Seiran.

Meanwhile, Higashino Ning also caught up.

Holy crap, when did Conan arrive?

You can teleport, huh?

Higashino Ning quickly put the pistol back into the system space.

This thing can be used, but it can't be exposed to the light.

He originally planned to say that the gun belonged to Pu Siqinglan after using it, and then retrieve the gun through the system space.

But that won't work now, unless he kills Conan too.

Facing attacks from both sides, Pu Siqinglan sneered, "I really didn't expect that I would expose my weakness for such a ridiculous reason and end up in this situation."

Higashino Ning continued to approach, threatening him with his empty pistol, "Surrender now, you have no room to struggle."

"Is that so?" Pu Si Qinglan's gaze instantly locked onto Conan. "I don't think so!"

She moved almost in sync with the sound.

As long as she takes this child hostage, she'll definitely be able to escape!

Conan was not unprepared for this, but just before he was about to make his move, he remembered something else.

Damn it, Higashino Ning is here!

The wristwatch-type tranquilizer gun can be used, but this thing can't be exposed to the light.

He originally planned to say that Scorpion was knocked unconscious by Kaito Kid, and then exchange that he would not reveal that Shiratori Ninzaburo was Kaito Kid.

Conan's momentary lapse in concentration was enough for Urako Seiran to do a lot of things.

But Higashino Ning wasn't just a passive observer.

Just as Pu Si Qinglan was about to catch Conan, Leo from Higashino Ning delivered a flying kick.