Conan and Gin are both my brothers, what's wrong with meeting them once?

Chapter 172 Then let's drown ourselves first.

Originally, it would have been most appropriate for Kazuma Kudo to state these reasons.

But Kudo Kazuma was too lazy to say it.

Conan had no choice but to reveal the suspicions that Murakami Takeshi was the murderer.

Furthermore, after Inspector Megure questioned the group, he discovered that none of them had any contact with Joe Murakami, and Nana Koyama and Peter Ford had absolutely no connection with him.

“So, it really might not be Murakami Takeshi who committed the crime…” Inspector Megure looked at Kudo Kazuma and Conan, “Edogawa, Conan, who do you think the culprit is?”

Conan remained silent, while Kazuma Kudo irresponsibly spoke up: "Our initial guess is that the culprit is likely Katsuyoshi Asahi, who deliberately gathered everyone here... but this is just a guess at the moment."

“How could that be?” Nana Koyama exclaimed. “I don’t believe it was Mr. Katsuyoshi Asahi! He even gave me a gift.”

She then took out the nail polish that Xu Shengyi had given her and showed it off, letting everyone see the effect after she applied it to her nails: "Besides, once Mr. Xu Shengyi arrives, we'll know if it's him or not."

As the group was talking, Peter Ford suddenly noticed a piece of paper under his feet. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Xu Shengyi to Ze Mugong.

The message said that there was a wine that Zemu Gongping liked the most on shelf M18 in the wine cellar, and he hoped that Zemu Gongping could bring it to share with everyone.

Given that Katsuyoshi Asahi might be the culprit, Inspector Megure suggested that everyone work together.

A moment later, the group arrived at the wine cellar of the underwater restaurant.

When Ze Mugong stepped forward to get the wine, his foot suddenly bumped into a thin piano string.

The mechanism was triggered, and a crossbow hidden in the shadows fired an arrow straight at Ze Mu Gongping.

Fortunately, Conan noticed and warned him, which allowed him to barely dodge.

Soon, everyone confirmed that the crossbow bolt that nearly injured Sawamu Kohei was exactly the same one that had previously attacked Inspector Megure and Professor Agasa.

Below the crossbow placed on the wine cabinet was a spade 8, clearly intended for Ze Mugong.

Inspector Megure frowned deeply: "Judging from this, the culprit who could set up the trap in the wine cellar must be Katsuyoshi Asahi, right?"

Kogoro Mouri countered, "But shouldn't Katsuyoshi Asahi correspond to the 9 of spades? Now he's jumping straight to the 8. Doesn't he intend to show himself and pretend he's being attacked? Wouldn't that definitely arouse suspicion?"

Shiratori Ninzaburo suggested, "Let's leave here first. If something happens underwater, it will be difficult to get outside help."

With Inspector Megure's approval, the group hurried to the exit.

Unexpectedly, on their way to the exit, they finally saw Xu Shengyi through the glass—Xu Shengyi, who had been murdered and was now swimming with fish in the sea…

Kudo Kazuma pretended to lean closer to examine the body closely, and casually took a picture of Asahi Katsuyoshi's corpse with his mini camera.

As for those scattered spirits, which even trailed a long tail like a comet...

Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but shake his head.

If even the spirit is in this state, how long has Xu Shengyi been soaking in the water?

"Inspector Megure, the 9 of Spades, is here."

As he spoke, he pointed to Asahi Katsuyoshi's corpse.

A 9 of spades playing card, slightly deformed from being soaked in water, was clipped to the chest pocket of the corpse…

After discovering Xu Shengyi's body, they also found that the original exit was completely locked, and the emergency exit was also locked.

Inspector Megure realized something was wrong and immediately took out his phone to call for backup, but the phone had no signal at all, and the restaurant's phone line had also been cut off.

In order to find other exits as quickly as possible, Inspector Megure suggested that everyone split up to search.

As for the two women and Conan, they stayed in the lobby. Kudo Kazuma was too lazy to move, so he volunteered to stay and protect them.

Shortly after everyone dispersed, the entire restaurant suddenly went dark—the power had been cut off!

The restaurant, situated underwater, was suddenly too dark, with only Nana Koyama's fingernails emitting a faint glow.

A wine glass suddenly flew past Nana Koyama's ear, and the sound of the glass shattering on the ground startled her. She screamed and covered her ears, running forward in a panic.

Ran quickly called out, "Miss Koyama, don't run around!"

Kudo Kazuma clicked his tongue and got up to chase after Koyama Nana.

Of course, he wasn't going to rescue that arrogant model, but rather...

A pitiful and shrill scream rang out, followed by a "thud" as Nana Koyama fell to the ground.

Kudo Kazuma quickly followed and grabbed the real culprit.

"Stop!"

With his hand firmly gripping the other's wrist, and his vision largely unaffected by the darkness, Kudo Kazuma raised his foot and delivered a precise kick to the back of the other's knee.

When the lights in the room came on and the others rushed back, they saw Nana Koyama lying on the ground with a sharp knife stuck in her back, and Kohei Sawamu being pressed to the ground by Kazuma Kudo, who was stepping on her knees.

No one expected that after a long battle of wits, Kudo Kazuma would catch the culprit using the most brutal and direct method.

Having figured out the whole story, Conan had to admit that his brat really had nothing to do with being a detective...

After Shiratori Ninzaburo arrived, Kudo Kazuma handed Sawamu Kohei over to him.

With the murderer caught, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, such an underwater restaurant was not safe enough. Inspector Megure didn't even bother to ask about the other party's motives and directly ordered in a deep voice, "Sawamu Kohei, you've been arrested. Open the door here first."

Looking dejected, Ze Mugong sighed, "Fine..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the entire underwater restaurant suddenly shook violently.

Clusters of flames accompanied by violent explosions shattered most of the underwater restaurant.

The seawater rushing in from outside created a rapid current that instantly scattered everyone.

While Kazuma Kudo was searching for Conan, he suddenly heard Minoru Nishina's desperate cry before he was submerged: "Help! I'm afraid of water!"

He wasn't the only one who heard the sound.

Ze Mugong was the first to rush forward, grabbing Ren Keren by the neck and pulling him into the surging water.

Everyone was soaking in the water, desperately swimming upwards, except for Ze Mugong, who was like a madman, grabbing Renke Ren by the neck and pushing him into the deeper water.

Kudo Kazuma used the [Sword Control Technique] to control Sawamu Kohei for a moment, causing him to release Nishina Minoru. Then, he used the [Sword Control Technique] to control his clothes and drag him down.

He hasn't forgotten how Ze Mugong almost killed Conan.

If he wants to drown others, he should drown himself first!

Renke Minoru really can't swim. Even after being released by Ze Mu, he still looks like he can't survive.

Fortunately, Kogoro Mouri noticed his situation and grabbed him, pulling him upstream.

Kazuma Kudo found Conan, grabbed him around the waist, and swam to the surface.

When everyone emerged from the water's surface under the setting sun, Conan's expression suddenly changed: "Ran is still in the water!"

Just then, a plastic beverage bottle floated past him. Conan broke free from Kazuma Kudo, blocked the bottle opening, and plunged into the water.

Kudo Kazuma sighed helplessly, held his breath, and followed him into the water.

He went to rescue the unlucky guy who was about to be killed, definitely not to check on those two people giving each other CPR underwater.

Absolutely not!

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