Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

"Wait a moment--"

Hattori Heiji raised his hand and stood up.

Chiyo Yugo stared at him: "What? Is that you, kid?"

Hattori Heiji explained: "I am not the murderer, but I am a detective. I can help you find the murderer."

"Detective?" Chiyo Yugo was stunned.

Maori Kogoro also stood up immediately: "Yes, I am also a detective. Maybe you haven't heard of me, but I am quite famous in Sakura. My name is Maori Kogoro."

Chiyo Yugo looked at Sakuda: "Mr. Saku, is that so?"

Sakuda often went to the island, so the two knew each other.

"Ahem, that's true." Sakuta nodded. "Actually, I'm also a Superintendent of Police at the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters. I can help solve cases. Of course, my deduction skills are far inferior to Detective Mori's. You can ask any tourists. They should have heard of Detective Mori's name."

Chiyo Yugo narrowed his eyes, waved his hand, and asked someone to ask.

Soon, he got a positive answer.

Chiyo Yugo's expression brightened considerably. "Since the murderer is unwilling to come forward, then it will be up to you detectives and the police to uncover the truth. However, Detective Hattori is also currently under suspicion and cannot participate."

Hattori Heiji frowned and looked down at Conan.

Conan nodded at him.

Hattori Heiji didn't say anything else and nodded in agreement.

Maori Kogoro hadn't expected the case to fall on him. He exchanged a few words with Sakuda in a low voice, then said in a steady voice, "In that case, even if this is the case, we'll hand it over to the police. I, as a detective, will help solve it. After we catch the real culprit, we'll bring him back for trial according to the law. I wonder if Mr. Chiyo agrees?"

Chiyo Yugo stared at him, thought for a moment, and replied, "I will seek the island owner's consent to find out the murderer's whereabouts. You will investigate first."

Maori Kogoro pursed his lips, but Sakuta breathed a sigh of relief and explained to Maori Kogoro in a low voice: "The current island owner is very kind and will probably agree."

"it is good."

So, the time for the detective's search has arrived.

They went to identify the body first.

Judging from the rigor mortis reaction, the deceased died about seven or eight hours ago, around this morning.

There were obvious signs of bruising around the victim's waist, as well as post-mortem blood clots. There were also particularly obvious signs of beatings on the back of the head.

Apparently, that was where Kusunoki Sukuya died.

I think the murderer must have committed the crime in the toilet first, and then forced the body into the hole of the dry toilet, allowing the body to flow into the rice field along the waterway.

In this way, no one would discover that Nan Nei Suku was dead until morning.

Looking at the wound, Conan narrowed his eyes, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

He endured the nausea and smell and looked at Nanauchi Sukuya's clothes again, and then his eyes lit up.

——He already understood.

"Ah, this mark looks so familiar—"

Kogoro Mouri and Sakuda looked over.

Conan pointed at the brown marks on the deceased's clothes and said loudly: "I seem to have seen this mark somewhere before, just a few days ago..."

Kogoro Mouri's face was full of disgust, but he still stared at it for a few more seconds, and suddenly he let out a sigh.

"His figure is very similar to that tourist who fell into the toilet last time."

Sakuta also took a look, looking thoughtful.

Maori Kogoro: "Saku-kun, do you think he got stuck in the pit like the tourist last time?"

This dry toilet was built very poorly. Not only was the drain outlet a slope, it was also very slippery and lubricated with something. If you fell in and got stuck, it would be very difficult to climb out on your own.

At this time, there is a high probability that you will shout for help like the tourists that night.

Sakuta also recalled the state of the woman crawling out that night and couldn't help nodding: "Indeed, they all have these obvious ring marks around their waists."

Conan raised his head and continued to prompt: "Could it be that the murderer pushed him down? But why did he do that? Was he afraid that Mr. Nannei would fight back?"

Both of them's eyes lit up.

"That's right." Maori Kogoro muttered to himself, "Could it be that the murderer is actually an ordinary person? He knows that Kusauchi Sukuya is a master of kendo. It would be difficult to kill him by force, so he can only use a roundabout way to make Kusauchi Sukuya unable to resist and let the murderer do whatever he wants!"

This method will definitely succeed as long as you can ensure that Nan Nei Su can also be stuck.

The murderer had already tested it the night they landed on the island.

"If that's the case, we can basically rule out Shirakawa-kun and that Hattori kid as suspects." Maori Kogoro said, "When the incident happened that night, Shirakawa-kun and I were in the same room, I can testify to that, and Hattori was with Conan, Conan can also testify to that."

Then all that remains is—

Maori Kogoro told the people who were waiting for the result, then looked at Lin Zhaowu and asked, "Sir, was there any witness that day?"

"Brother Lin was with us that night, it was impossible for him to commit the crime!" Lin Zhaowu's teammates replied.

Lin Zhaowu himself also shook his head: "We didn't even go downstairs that night. We were together the whole time."

Now all the suspects have witnesses, and their suspicions are basically ruled out.

Kusauchi Sukuya's teammates were unconvinced: "Maybe one of you is colluding with perjury!"

He pointed at Shirakawa Akane and said, "Especially you! As an ordinary person, you are definitely no match for Nanuchi, so you resorted to such a dirty trick and even asked Detective Maori to help you perjure yourself!"

Bai Chuanqiu was both amused and confused: "Me? Why should I kill him? What does it have to do with me?"

Nanuchi Sukuya's teammates: "You knew Nanuchi was pursuing Lin Zhaozhao, so you got jealous and killed him!"

Zhao Zhao?

Lin Zhaozhao?

Lin Zhaowu and Bai Chuanqiu were both stunned.

"Why are you jealous?" they both asked their souls at the same time.

This time Baichuan Qiu was really confused.

"Nan Nei said that you were also a suitor of Lin Zhaozhao, so when you saw him, you felt inferior. Maybe this was the reason you harbored malice and plotted to kill Nan Nei."

Baichuan Qiu: “???”

Wait, are you talking about cherry blossom language? It sounds like bird language, not human language.

Lin Zhaozhao once studied the language of cherry blossoms with Shirakawa Qiu for a period of time and was considered one of Shirakawa Qiu's good friends. Back then, Shirakawa Qiu accidentally saved Zhufu Jingguang while helping to distribute flyers.

After graduation, Lin Zhaozhao expanded her underground bar and recently successfully opened an agency, determined to train underground idols into star idols.

Baichuan Qiu rarely communicated with her, but their relationship was pretty good. The photo of the young handsome guy that he sold at the newspaper office last time was found with the help of Lin Zhaozhao.

But to say that there is any emotional entanglement between the two is absolutely impossible.

As far as Baichuan Qiu knows, Lin Zhaozhao seems to be raising a little idol... Ahem, don't tell her brother about this, otherwise Lin Zhaowu's blood pressure will rise.

Lin Zhaowu looked at Bai Chuanqiu, who shook his head repeatedly, almost shaking it like a rattle for the first time: "I didn't."

Don't let yourself be targeted by a sister-con.

Lin Zhaowu also nodded: "I know."

Teacher Bai is not the type his sister likes either.

Lin Zhaowu defended himself, "That's all Nan Nei Suye's own one-sided story. He's always been narcissistic and arrogant, so he's probably just talking nonsense. Teacher Bai had no reason to kill him. Besides, we all went out to see what was going on downstairs that night, and we saw Teacher Bai then."

At this moment, everyone at the scene fell silent.

No one at the scene is a suspect, so who else could it be?

Maori Kogoro looked at Chiyo Yugo, who had been silently observing the incident, and said tactfully, "Mr. Yugo, the method used in this case isn't particularly sophisticated. Almost anyone could have done it. It's difficult to draw a conclusion right now."

Kogoro Mouri’s meaning is very simple - the people here may not be the murderer!

Chiyo Yugo frowned and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, a bigger noise was heard.

An islander ran in and shouted to Chiyo Yugo in fear: "No, it's bad! Brother Yugo, something big has happened!"