"What? You said Miss Pingliang was killed?"
On the beach, next to Taira Ie's body, Daito Mikihiko, Taketomi Masao, Kume Yoshitsugi, Ikema Noburo and others who arrived later looked at Conan and others who were examining the body and asked in disbelief.
The sea was swollen, and the waves crashed against Taira Ie's body.
Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Koshizui Nanatsuki surrounded the body, and then Hattori Heiji said solemnly: "We have just performed a simple autopsy on Miss Taira's body, and we can determine that Ms. Taira's death time should be about two years ago." Hours ago, and judging from the string-like marks on Miss Taira's neck, she was probably strangled to death with a string-like thing..."
After Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Koshizui Nanatsuki immediately continued: "...In addition, we also found some very small wounds on Miss Taira's hands and feet. These wounds should be Miss Taira's neck. When she was strangled and struggling, she scratched weeds or branches. In other words, Ms. Taira was probably killed in the woods and then carried to the beach..."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki said, pointing to the woods nearby, and continued: "...and the murderer should have escaped from here not long ago!"
Listening to Koshimizu Nanatsuki's words, everyone was silent for a while, and then Oto Mikihiko suddenly asked: "But Detective Koshimizu, how do you know that the murderer escaped not long ago?"
After Daito Mikihiko finished speaking, Conan immediately said cutely: "It's very simple! See for yourselves, the beach about half a meter above the head of Miss Taira's body is still wet, which means that in the sea water It had hit that location during high tide, and the words on Miss Taira's head were very clear, so they should have been written after the tide receded - after all, if these words had been hit by the waves, they would have disappeared long ago... "
After Conan's words fell, Hattori Heiji continued: "...and if you look into it carefully, the location here is just opposite the dock, and those of us present have been waiting for Miss Heira on the boat an hour ago; after realizing After something went wrong, the little devil and I went around the island in two directions to look for someone. Finally, we found Miss Pingliang's body at this location. This means that besides us, there are others on the island. ——That’s probably the murderer!”
After Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Xiaolan, Kazuha and the others all said "ah" with frightened expressions on their faces: "What? Is there anyone else on this island besides us?"
"Judging from the current situation, this possibility is very high!" Hattori Heiji nodded, then glanced at Daito Mikihiko and others, "... Of course, it is also possible that someone present used it. I don't know. What kind of tricks are there to create suspicion and create false impressions!"
After Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Daito Mikihiko and others' expressions froze, and then after a few seconds of silence, Koshimizu Nanatsuki smiled slightly and said: "Really, Hattori-san, please stop joking. Kazuha, I Remember you brought your camera here, right? It's getting late now, we have to take photos of the scene as soon as possible..."
"Yeah, that's right. If you don't take a picture quickly, it won't be good if these words are washed away by the waves when the next high tide comes..."
Hattori Heiji nodded, then squinted his eyes, turned to look at Conan and said, "By the way, Conan, I remember that your watch seems to have a lighting function, right? Can you borrow it temporarily?"
Conan was stunned when he heard this. After glancing at Nanatsuki Koshimizu who was holding a camera, he took off his watch with some surprise, handed it to Hattori Heiji and said: "...Do you want to borrow my watch-shaped flashlight to fill in the light?"
"Well, that's right."
Hattori Heiji chuckled and took a picture of the beach for a while with his watch. After watching Nanatsuki Koshimi take the photo, he said again: "Okay, now the photo is taken. Mr. Kume, Mr. Ikema, Could you please take Miss Pingliang's body to the boat first? Otherwise, when the tide rises later, Miss Pingliang's body may be washed away..."
"Um...ok."
Yoshitsugi Kume and Noburo Ikema both nodded, and then grabbed Taira Ie's body with their hands respectively. While moving towards the dock, they whispered, "Is it something unclean in the sea?" The sea is so dangerous,” and “Why does Taira want to dive here?”
Xiaolan, Heye and the others watched Kume Yoshitsugi and the others walk away, and then asked curiously: "What happened to the sea here? I saw that Miss Taira didn't seem to be in danger when she dived before..."
After Xiaolan finished speaking, Nanatsuki Koshikoshi immediately smiled and said: "Well... let's not investigate this matter for now. Let's take a boat back to the island opposite and wait until dawn tomorrow to investigate again - well, Mr. Mori and Mayor Jincheng Town should still be waiting for us!"
After Koshimizu Nanatsuki finished speaking, Kazuha suddenly let out an "ahhhhhhh" and looked at the sea in surprise: "Hattori, why are you running into the sea?"
"What?"
Hearing this, Conan and Koshimi Nanatsuki turned their heads and looked over together. They saw that Hattori Heiji had plunged into the sea water. Their faces changed drastically and they cursed in unison: "Damn it! What is this guy Hattori doing? He doesn't want his life. ?”
Hearing Koshimizu Nanatsuki's words, Kazuha was slightly stunned, and quickly asked: "What do you mean 'don't want to die'? Didn't Hattori just dive into the sea?"
As soon as Kazuye finished speaking, Daito Mikihiko next to him chuckled and said: "This guy is really brave enough to die. You know, the tide in this area of the sea is very fast. In such a dark sky, If you are not careful, even experienced divers may lose their lives..."
"Huh? What?!"
He Yewenyan's expression changed, and he rushed towards the sea without even thinking.
Seeing this, Xiaolan and Koshimi Nanatsuki quickly stretched out their hands to stop her, and then advised: "Don't be impulsive, Kazuha, even if you run into the sea now, you can't help Hattori..."
"...That's right! We wait here, that's the best choice!"
"..."
Xiaoran, Koshimi Nanatsuki and the others persuaded Kazuha, while the others faced the sea and shouted the name of Hattori Heiji.
About half a minute later, with the sound of "swipe", Hattori Heiji finally emerged from the sea, and then moved towards the beach.
Seeing this scene, Conan and Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed:
"Really, this guy Hattori... when will he get rid of his impulsiveness..."
"Yeah! Although I know this guy wants to solve the case as soon as possible, it's really worrying..."
