Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

If, as the three suspects said, they really had no chance to kill Aramaki Yoshiichi, then the case would be at a stalemate.

But Miyano Osamu and Conan both felt that this matter was related to the three of them, and they were just trying to find evidence.

At this time, the three children from the Junior Detective Team noticed the small boat on the sea.

"Hey! Isn't this the boat we were on today?"

Miyano Osamu realized that this boat must be related to the case, and looked at Yokomizo Sango, who immediately ordered his subordinates to pull the boat over.

The three suspects all looked unhappy.

"Seeing this ship reminds us of what happened to our father eight years ago. Our father's ship also drifted back in the same way. All the crew members on the ship were gone, and there was a big hole in the middle of the ship."

Everyone listened to their conversation silently without saying much.

Yokomizo Sango stood on the beach and commanded his subordinates to pull the boat over quickly, but was scolded by Professor Agasa.

"Don't always order others around. Why don't you go down and help pull together?"

In just a few words, Professor Agasa tricked him into revealing that he couldn't swim.

"Your last name is Yokogami, but you can't swim!"

"Hey! Your hair is as long as coral, and you can't swim."

Fortunately, the boat was pulled over at this time, otherwise Henggou Chanwu would have heard more words that would hurt his young heart.

There was a slipper, a button and a wine bottle in the boat, and there was also a lot of sea water in it.

Yokomizo Sango speculated that the deceased, Aramaki Yoshiichi, was drunk and caught in a fishing net, then put on a small boat and pushed into the sea halfway through the journey. The scars on his body were left from the fight with the murderer.

"I don't think so. The information in the boat is too coincidental. It seems like it was left there intentionally by the murderer."

Miyano Osamu does not agree with Yokomizo Sango's idea, and Conan also agrees with his idea more.

Conan extracted some information from the conversation between the three idiots of Teitan and found out what the scratches on the phone came from.

"Officer Miyano, Officer Yokomizo, I know how the murderer killed people!"

Suzuki Sonoko excitedly found Miyano Osamu and Yokomizo Sango who were standing nearby and told them that she knew the method to kill.

"Ms. Suzuki, what's going on?"

"The murderer got Mr. Aramaki drunk and then dumped him here. When the tide came in, he drowned."

Miyano Osamu was shocked by his own stupidity for being so serious just now. Without Conan's help, Suzuki Sonoko was just an ordinary high school girl. He really overestimated her.

“That’s impossible. The tide won’t rise dozens of meters in a short period of time. And even if Mr. Aramaki was caught in a fishing net, his hands and feet were not controlled. If he woke up and found something was wrong, and sat up or crawled to the shore, the murderer wouldn’t succeed.

If he was fed a strong sleeping pill, that's another matter, but the autopsy would reveal that, but the report hasn't come out yet."

Yokomizo Sango, the detective in this area, knows this place better and knows how fast the tide rises here, and refutes Suzuki Sonoko's point of view.

Suzuki Sonoko panicked after being denied, and said casually: "The murderer is holding Mr. Aramaki here."

However, Miyano Osamu noticed Conan who was thinking about something, and realized that he had found the answer. He was not going to answer it quickly, but just watched his performance quietly.

Conan was discussing the next deduction process with Dr. Agasa, but he found that he did not bring his bow voice changer with him.

"Na."

"Habara, how did you know we were here?"

"I saw you guys weren't back yet, so I asked the hotel front desk and knew you must be here."

"Thank you very much."

On the other side, Kirihara Akaya and three others, who were directed by Conan to get something, also returned to the beach with the things.

Next, under Conan's guidance, Dr. Agasa demonstrated the death process of the deceased to everyone.

Before this, Yokogo Sango's subordinates came to tell him about the newly-released autopsy report, which stated the time of death of the deceased.

The murderer first got Yoshiichi Aramaki drunk, then wrapped him in a fishing net, buried him under the sand, and pressed him down with a small boat filled with sea water to ensure that he would not be able to escape if he found the tide rising.

As the sea level rose, the boat was not tied up and drifted away with the waves, and this crucial evidence disappeared.

"Who is the murderer?"

"The murderer is Mr. Shimojo Noboru!"

Shimojo Noboru, who was identified as the murderer by Dr. Agasa, immediately jumped out and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, old man! How could I be the murderer? I arrived at Dongfeng Tower at 7:12, so I didn't have the time to do anything."

"Yes, Dr. Agasa, can you tell me your reasons?"

"Because only Mr. Shimojo knows clearly the call records on Mr. Aramaki's phone."

"That's nothing. I inferred it from what they said!"

"No, your call was made at 7:47, and Mr. Gu Ze only said that he called before he arrived at the hotel. He arrived at the hotel at 8 o'clock. How do you ensure which of the two calls came first?

There is only one possibility: you saw the call records on Mr. Aramaki's phone."

"That's not true! I was with you guys at the hotel when Araki died. How could I be the murderer?"

Shimojo Noboru didn't know that the more he talked, the more mistakes he made. The more he explained, the more information he revealed, and Conan forced him to tell him the correct time of Aramaki Giichi's death.

But the time on his autopsy report was only an approximate time from six to nine-thirty, which meant that none of the three of them had an alibi.

Shimojo Noboru tried to outsmart himself by using this device to delay time in order to create evidence of his alibi.

However, because of this device, the forensic doctor was unable to determine the exact time of death of Huang Juan Yiyi.

When Shimojo Noboru found that he had no way to retreat, he blurted out: "Shouldn't you thank me? It was me who mustered up the courage to help you get revenge!"

It turns out that the death of their father was really related to Aramaki Yoshiichi, and it was he who did it. Shimojo Noboru got the news from a sailor, but that sailor also disappeared. He could not testify against Aramaki Yoshiichi, so he decided to kill him himself.

When Mao Lilan heard his understanding of courage, she retorted: "Mr. Shimojo, you are wrong. The word courage means risking one's life for justice."

Everyone looked at Mao Lilan.

After this case, Miyano Osamu and others realized how pitiful and hateful the murderer was.

Shimojo Noboru should not kill people, and he must be punished for violating the law, but his purpose was to avenge his father, who could not be proven guilty, which adds a touch of sadness to the incident.