Everyone left the restaurant, leaving only Shinichi Takada and Sonoko Suzuki.
The butler, Kenji Suzuki, went back and forth between the dining room and the kitchen from time to time to clean up the table.
"Takada, Sonoko…"
Molilan ran into the cabin, breathing heavily. It was obvious that he had run all the way here.
"What's wrong, Xiaolan?" asked Shinichi Takada.”
"Ryuuma Sakamoto was killed on the deck!"”
Shinichi Takada was shocked and hurriedly said,""I'll go call Master Mao Li. Xiaolan, you and Yuanzi will move together. The two of you try not to separate.”
"Takada, be careful.”
Suzuki Sonoka instructed and walked to Mao Lilan's side.
Shinichi Takada nodded at the two girls and left. He walked towards the room that Maori Kogoro was assigned to and called Maori Kogoro out.
After calling Maori Kogoro, Shinichi Takada told him what had happened. He asked Maori Kogoro to go to the scene first while he went to call the others.
Maori Kogoro nodded in agreement and ran away.
Shinichi Takada continued to call for the others. Soon, he met up with Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko. Everyone was present and they ran to the deck together.
By the time Takada and his men arrived on the deck, Maori Kogoro had already completed the preliminary inspection. The group of people could clearly see that there was fresh blood on Ryuuma Sakamoto's head. It was obvious that his head had suffered a heavy blow.
Maori Kogoro said," The fatal injury was a heavy blow to the head. The weapon should be something like an iron rod. There was no weapon left at the scene. It was probably thrown into the sea."”
Maichi Takada looked at the people around him and said,""There are only a few of us on this ship, and the murderer is among us. At that time, I was in the dining room with Sonoko and didn't leave.”
"Me, Conan, and Miss Xia Jiang will stay on the upper deck.”
"Because Bei Lang couldn't sleep, Bei Lang and I stayed in the room the whole time."”
"Butler Suzuki would appear in the restaurant from time to time. He can't be the murderer," Suzuki Sonoka said.”
Maori Kogoro saw that no one spoke again, so he said,""If that's the case, then only I, Mr. Sakamoto Shoji, Ms. Sakamoto Akie-san, and Ichiro Sakamoto do not have an alibi.”
"Hey!" Akie Sumoto said angrily. Why did you include me? Long Nan is my husband!"
"And Mr. Little Wu!"
Conan suddenly shouted and ran away. He thought of Takehiko Zaicheng, who was still in the warehouse.
Maori Kogoro saw this and said,"How is that possible? He was locked up in the warehouse."?”
"What if he was released from the warehouse? Let's go and take a look."
Shinichi Takada said and ran away.
"Let's go and take a look."
Maori Kogoro felt that this was not impossible, so he called everyone to go together.
When everyone arrived at the warehouse, they found that the door was not locked, and the warehouse could only be opened from the outside. Clearly, someone had opened the warehouse from the outside.
After finding out that Takehiko had escaped from the warehouse, the group returned to the restaurant and sat down.
"It's him! It must be him! The murderer must be Takehiko Caicheng!" Sakimoto Mariko said as she slammed the table.
"No, the murderer is probably not him.”
Shinichi Takada retorted and looked at everyone."Everyone, don't forget that the warehouse was opened from the outside. In other words, one of us released Takehiko Zaicheng.”
"There are only two possibilities for Takehiko to be released. One was that he was the murderer, but he had an accomplice. It was the accomplice who released him, and then he killed Sakamoto Ryuuo. The other possibility was that the murderer was someone else. The reason why the murderer released Takehiko Zaicheng was just to make people suspect that Takehiko Zaicheng was the murderer. If Ryusuo Sakamoto was not killed by Takehiko Zaicheng, then Mr. Sakamoto Hiroshi was definitely not killed by him. The murderer was someone else.”
Hearing this, Natsue Sakamoto could not help but feel happy. He hurriedly asked,"Mr. Takada, is Xiaowu really not the murderer?”
" That's just a possibility." Shinichi Takada shook his head." It's just that I think that the possibility is very high."”
Maori Kogoro stood up." No matter what, the most important thing now is to find Takehiko Zaicheng. Whether he's the murderer or not, we have to find him."”
" He should be on this ship," Shinichi said." As long as we search carefully, we'll definitely find him."”
Maori Kogoro nodded and looked at the crowd.""Takada and I will go look for the person. You all stay here and don't leave. If the murderer is someone else, it will be dangerous for you to separate.”
No one objected. After discussing with Maori Kogoro, Shinichi Takada went to search for the rooms in the cabin while Maori Kogoro went to the lower deck of the ship to search.
Shingo Takada asked the butler, Kenji Suzuki, for the keys to all the rooms before leaving the dining room.
He searched room by room. In Akie Sakamoto's room, Shinichi Takada noticed something wrong and stood beside the wardrobe.
"Mr. Takehiko, come out. I know you're hiding in the closet.”
With a creaking sound, the wardrobe was opened, and Takehiko Zaicheng, who was hiding in the wardrobe, walked out.
Seeing this, Shinichi Takada said," Mr. Takehiko, you don't have to worry. The murderer has now killed Ryuuo Sakamoto. You shouldn't be the murderer. Come with me to the restaurant."”
"Really? Thank you, Mr. Takata!"
Takehiko was overjoyed. He bowed to Takahashi and thanked him before walking towards the door.
Just as Takehiko Zaicheng turned around and walked towards the door, a pair of hands pressed down on both sides of his head. With a twist of his hands, a cracking sound was heard. Takehiko Zaicheng's head drooped as he was killed. Before he died, he did not feel any pain. There was only joy in his eyes.
Looking at Takehiko's corpse, Shinichi Takada muttered to himself,""Who asked you to block my way? If you don't die, how can I pretend to be you in peace?”
Looking at Takehiko's corpse indifferently, Shinichi Takada put the corpse into his storage space, tidied up his wardrobe, and left the room.
As if nothing had happened, Shinichi Takada continued to search room by room, as if he had never found Takehiko Zaicheng before.
Half an hour later, Shinichi Takada returned to the restaurant empty-handed.
A few minutes after Shinichi Takada returned to the restaurant, Maori Kogoro also returned. He shook his head and told everyone that he had not found Takehiko Zaicheng.
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