The leader of the tribe tried hard to comfort himself, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a voice of surprise from someone under the boat: "Jiang Xia! Why are you here?"
Jiang Xia was startled, turned around and looked at the dock, and saw Yuan Shan and Ye standing below, waving hello to him. She was also holding an Osaka friend in her hand who looked like she wanted to turn around and leave, but was stuck in place because of her face.
Jiang Xia looked at Toyama Kazuha, then at Hattori Heiji, and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.
…This trip is going to be very enjoyable.
Three minutes later.
Leader Luo Ben looked at the two strangers who appeared on the boat again, and his face turned dark.
He was originally in a bad mood because of his granddaughter's marriage, and for some reason, he couldn't get angry at the stranger who knocked on the door. So the leader of the clan got angry for a while and decisively poured all his anger on his own people.
Jiang Xia watched as the patriarch scolded his son-in-law, grandson-in-law, son, and granddaughter... Finally, after he scolded his grandson who was hiding in the corner and painting, the old man finally felt a little better.
Patriarch Luo Ben walked towards the cabin with his hands behind his back.
Before going back to the house to rest, he looked at Takehiko Aishiro, who was about to join the main family: "Come here, I have something to tell you."
Takehiko Caicheng let go of Hatamoto Natsue's hand and trotted over nervously. The figures of an old man and a young man quickly disappeared in the corridor.
Behind them, Ichiro Ichiro, the grandson of the patriarch, held a paintbrush and pointed it at the frame. The murderous aura in his body that was already high soared even higher.
Jiang Xia looked at his swollen murderous aura, put his hand unconsciously into his pocket, held the swing stick, and wanted to stay next to the source of the murderous aura.
However, before he walked over, Ichiro Komoto seemed to have a premonition. He looked around cautiously and found no danger, but after hesitating for a moment, he silently put away the picture folder and returned to the cabin.
Jiang Xia watched him go away with regret.
…
The yacht is big and the scenery on the sea is also very good. The only thing that's a little weird is that there is no crew on such a large ship, and it seems to be driving fully automatically.
Jiang Xia hung up the phone on the boat and pretended to look at the scenery, while his eyesight shifted to the ghost, letting the ghost float to the cockpit to watch this rare scientific miracle.
Mao Lilan, Toyama Kazuha and Suzuki Sonoko went to the kitchen to help - Shoji Shoji, the second son of the patriarch, is a famous chef who occasionally appears on food programs. Mao Lilan has the habit of "wanting to chase stars when they see them", and the other two Everyone was pretty much the same, so the three girls went to visit the celebrity kitchen.
On the other deck far away from Jiangxia, Hattori Heiji leaned listlessly against the railing, looking at the sea and sighing.
Although he recognized Jiang Xia's ability to solve crimes in his heart, the unpleasant feeling of being suppressed in what he was best at and not seeing a turnaround still made him want to avoid Jiang Xia when he saw him.
Conan patted Hattori Heiji's calf sympathetically and tried to comfort his fellow sufferer: "It's okay, we are all a family on this ship."
Hattori Heiji's eyes became even more sad: "Don't you encounter too many cases where family members kill each other..."
"..." Conan felt it made sense, but he didn't want to admit it, "Don't curse others. It should be just an ordinary quarrel. Who has never had a quarrel in his family..."
After saying that, the two fell into silence again.
After a while, they decided to ignore this heavy topic for now.
Conan asked: "Why are you going to Mermaid Island? You're not going to pray for eternal youth, right?"
"How could I believe that kind of thing?" Hattori Heiji's eyes twitched. He took out a commission letter and handed it to Conan, "It's because of this."
Conan took the letter and unfolded it, and found that there were only a few lines on it.
The person writing seemed to be in a panic, and his handwriting was trembling. What was written above was:
[I will be killed by the mermaid, please save me! ]
It is signed "Morisha Weaving" and there is a telephone number on the back.
Hattori Heiji didn't care much about this commission: "I called her immediately after receiving the letter and asked her if she was being targeted, but she said that she 'lost the dugong arrow and will be convicted and killed by the mermaid'." Please let me do anything to save her. I asked her to go to the hospital to register with the psychiatric department, but she hung up the phone angrily..."
Conan: "..."
Although the way he spoke was a bit too direct, he actually agreed with Hattori Heiji's suggestion.
But Conan was also a little confused because of this: "Then why did you come here specially? To supervise her medical treatment?"
It’s hard to tell that Hattori Heiji is so enthusiastic about this. If this is the case, why not ask him to take Jiang Xia to the hospital by the way... If I remember correctly, Jiang Xia has not yet found a doctor again.
Hattori Heiji felt a chill for no reason.
He wrapped his coat tightly under the sea breeze, and shook his head under Conan's expectant gaze: "There was also a sum of cash sent with the letter. I couldn't find out the remittance address, and I didn't want the money, so I had to follow the address and return it. She. It happened to be a tourist attraction there, so she treated it as a tourist."
…
When it got dark, several people returned to the cabin and entered the restaurant.
In the kitchen, after the dishes that should be cooked were cooked and the dishes that should be stewed were finished, the three girls also returned to the restaurant.
The process of waiting for the meal was a bit boring. Xiao Jiang sat beside the guests for a while, then simply found a pen and drew a family relationship diagram for the curious guests to pass the time.
Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at the drawings on the table and began to subconsciously draw hatred maps for the family in their minds - according to the scene they saw after boarding the ship, the Subamoto family has not been harmonious recently, and it looks like something big is going to happen. I hope they are overthinking it...
Jiang Xia also looked at the drawings. In fact, he remembered the relationship and conflicts between these people: the patriarch of the clan planned to wait until his granddaughter got married before announcing his will and leaving all his inheritance to Xia Jiang. The other people in this family are either very short of money, or have been angrily criticized by the leader of the clan. In short, this old man is in a very dangerous situation.
However, it was not these that would lead to the death of Patriarch Aomoto, but his grandson, Ichiro Aomoto.
Ichiro Emoto liked Natsue Emoto very much, and he had previously begged the leader of the Emoto clan to let the two get married. Of course the patriarch didn't agree, and habitually ridiculed him.
So Ichiro Emoto became murderous towards his grandfather, and decided to kill the clan leader and blame everything on Natsue Emoto's prospective husband, Takehiko Aishiro, to get rid of his love rival.
…
When it was time for dinner, everyone had returned to the restaurant, except for the leader of the clan, Yanben, who never showed up.
The steward went to find him.
Not long after, the old housekeeper's frightened cry came from the corridor.
After hearing this iconic scream, Jiang Xia, like the other two serious detectives, pushed away the stool and ran following the sound.
When they arrived at the place, they saw the old housekeeper sitting at the door of Patriarch Ruiben's room. The housekeeper tremblingly pointed at the open door and looked at the body inside, speechless.
