Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

Takagi Wataru brought Kusaka Hironari back to the room.

Facing the police's inquiries, Kusaka Hironari appeared very calm and composed.

"I see. Your speculation is very interesting. However, at 10:15, I was in my room talking on the phone with Miss Miboko. It's impossible for me to go out and kill someone."

Takagi Wataru and Shiratori Renzaburo were taking notes.

Maori Kogoro asked: "Is Miss Miwako the designer Akiyoshi?"

Kusaka Hironari nodded slightly. "Yes, I can't use my cell phone at sea, so I called from the landline in the room."

Inspector Megure pressed the issue: "When did you start talking on the phone? How long did you talk?"

"It started around ten o'clock and lasted about thirty minutes! You can find out if you look it up."

Thirty minutes would be half past ten. Kitagawa Taki remembered meeting Akiyoshi Miwako outside the room at around ten twenty.

Inspector Megure and Maori Kogoro looked at each other and said, "Would it be convenient for us to go to your room?"

"Okay." Kusaka Hironari did not refuse.

……

In Kusaka Hironari's room.

Takagi Shigeru checked the call records on the landline and found that it was exactly as Kusaka Hironari said.

Inspector Megure asked: "Mr. Kusaka, if it is convenient, can you reveal the content of your conversation?"

Kusaka Hironari sat at the table, legs crossed: "Because I just finished the project plan, I wanted to hear her opinion."

"Plan?"

Kusaka Hironari opened his laptop and began to talk. "It's about a TV drama project set on a luxury cruise ship. Ms. Miwako gave me some advice on cruise ships..."

Conan, who was sitting at the head of the bed, noticed Kusaka Hironari's bag, with a recorder half exposed outside.

"Kusaka-nii, why don't you go directly to Akiyoshi-nii?"

Kusaka Hironari smiled and said, "Little boy, it's normal that you don't understand. She's a single girl, so it's not very convenient to go to her room. If we go to the cafe, we're afraid that others will hear us."

Several people nodded, this reason was tenable.

……

Leave Kusaka Hironari's room.

Maori Kogoro expressed his thoughts: "I think Mr. Kusaka should be innocent, and the loss of the master key should be a coincidence."

Inspector Megure looked at Kitagawa Taki: "Brother Kitagawa, what do you think?"

Kitagawa Taki said, "Let's first confirm with Miss Akiyoshi."

Just then, a couple who had just walked out of the room came towards them.

Several people passed by each other.

However, Kogoro Mouri stopped and looked back at the couple.

Seeing this, Takagi Wataru asked, "Mr. Maori, what's wrong with you?"

Inspector Megure showed a look of understanding, "He must have been mesmerized by the beautiful woman just now."

Kogoro Mouri smiled awkwardly, but doubts arose in his heart.

The way the woman protected her chest by leaning sideways as she passed by several people just now was exactly the same as the action of the mysterious man she met in the corridor at that time.

Could that mysterious person be a woman?

With questions in mind, I came to Akiyoshi Miwako's room.

Takagi Wataru told Akiyoshi Miwako what happened.

“Mr. Kusaka did call me at ten o’clock, and we talked for about thirty minutes.

In the morning he told me he would call me at 10 o'clock and asked me to wait for his call in the room.

After saying that, Akiyoshi Miwako glanced at Kitagawa Taki inconspicuously.

Kitagawa Taki smiled back.

This made Akiyoshi Miwako a little unsure whether Kitagawa Taki had seen through her plan or not.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Akiyoshi."

Inspector Megure stood up. Since Kusaka Hironari's alibi had been confirmed, he could be ruled out as a suspect.

"Wait a minute." Kitagawa Taki suddenly asked, "Ms. Akiyoshi, what exactly did you and Mr. Kusaka say?"

Akiyoshi Miwako said: "He was the one who told the story and I was just listening."

Conan quickly asked: "Sister Akiyoshi, didn't you say anything?"

"No." Akiyoshi Miwako shook her head. "If I interrupted him, he would scold me. I've been scolded before, so I never interrupted him again."

"Until he finished reading the story and asked me what I thought, I just said, 'It's quite interesting,' and that was it."

"Is that so?" Kitagawa Taki stood up from the sofa, "Officer Megure, let's go."

……

The group left Akiyoshi Miwako's room and returned to the crime scene.

Seeing Inspector Megure coming back, the Forensic Science Officer stepped forward and reported: "Inspector, we found traces of reddish-brown liquid wiped off the floor near the body."

Conan asked hurriedly: "Isn't that blood?"

The police officer replied: "Although it is very similar, no blood reaction was detected."

Conan looked at the traces left on the floor and fell into deep thought.

Officer Megure looked at his watch and said, "The evening reception starts at five o'clock. Now, Brother Takagi and Brother Shiratori, go and ask other passengers if there are any witnesses."

After the two left, Inspector Megure asked, "Brother Kitagawa, Brother Mori, do you two have any ideas?"

Kogoro Maori shook his head with a serious face. He was not sure yet.

Kitagawa Taki said: "Kusaka Hironari is the most suspicious at the moment. According to Ms. Akiyoshi, Kusaka Hironari was the only one talking during their conversation, and the two of them didn't communicate much except at the beginning and end.

Then Kusaka Hironari's alibi is not so reliable, he can easily use recordings to create an alibi.

However, if that were the case, he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to leave any recorded evidence, so now we need other evidence.

We can only wait for the Coast Guard to find Yashiro Nobutaro's body or for Officer Takagi and his team to find an eyewitness."

Officer Megure suddenly understood and said, "Brother Kitagawa, what you said makes sense! However, now we really can only wait."

Maori Kogoro didn't think so, and said: "Inspector, we will go first and meet up with Xiaolan and the others."

Officer Megure nodded.

After leaving the room, Kogoro Mouri called Kitagawa Taki aside.

"Brother Beichuan, do you remember when you met Miss Akiyoshi?"

Kitagawa Taki was a little surprised. He looked at the extremely serious Maori Kogoro, thought for a moment and said, "It should be around ten-thirty. I met her in the cabin department and then we went to the cafe together."

Kogoro Mouri frowned slightly. He found the two people at 10:40, so the time was basically the same.

Beichuan Taki asked tentatively: "Brother Maori, why are you asking this?"

Maori Kogoro touched the back of his head and smiled: "Nothing, just asking, Beichuan brother, go find Xiaolan and the others first, I'm going to the bathroom."

Afterwards, Kogoro Mori and Taki Kitagawa said goodbye.

Kitagawa Taki looked at Mouri Kogoro's back and felt that this time Mouri Kogoro was a little different from before, as if he was suspicious of Akiyoshi Miwako.

Thinking of this, he glanced around and didn't find anyone else. Then he made a "formation" gesture and followed Maori Kogoro in stealth.