Chapter 59 Transactions in the dark
After the story was finished, Ryuta also took back the towel, and Xiaolan and Qiwei's mother-in-law also brought back the coffee.
Regarding the modified version of the story they said, and compared with the discussions of the sculptors, Kogoro Mouri has completely understood what happened two years ago.
Kogoro Maori cannot easily draw conclusions about what role this group of people played in that incident. But what is certain is that Nikaido's murder and Shiyi Rika's disappearance are definitely related to Yaeko who died at that time. One of the people in this group is avenging the dead Yaeko.
"Who will it be?"
He held the coffee and tasted it carefully. He saw that this incident might be related to two years ago. After carefully planning the murder, the murderer had already begun to guard against each other and his eyes were flashing.
After they digested their words, Kogoro Mouri continued to start his soul-questioning.
"I believe you are more aware of what happened two years ago than me. Judging from the death of Nikaido and the mysterious disappearance of Miss Shiyi Rika, someone has different opinions on the shipwreck you said! What is the secret of Yaeko's death? I won't investigate it now! We can also talk about this case tonight first! Let's talk about the order of returning to the villa just now, who came back first?"
"It should be the Seven-goo mother-in-law. Seven-goo mother-in-law is old and she is a little panting after running with us for a while. Wujo and I asked her to come back to guard first. What if the young lady hides from us and returns to the villa?"
When he heard Kogoro Mouri's inquiry, Mifune, whose face was gloomy and didn't know what he thought of, hurriedly answered the question.
"Very good! Grandma Qiwei! Did you see anything unusual when you came back? For example, the sound of fighting or quarrel?"
"No! It started raining as soon as I came back, and then I started preparing coffee for everyone!"
"Oh? What's next?"
"The next one is probably Wuzhao and me? After we came back, there was only Mizuho's mother-in-law at home. We both came back together!"
"Oh? Interesting, did you separate when you were looking for people?"
"No! I've been with Wujo all the time, right! Wujo!"
"Indeed! Because I am more afraid of the darkness! So I never dared to leave the Sanchuan too far! The two of us kept moving together until we returned to the villa!"
"That's it! Then when you came back, did you hear strange sounds?"
"No...no!"
When Mifune shook his head with a gloomy face when he heard Kogoro Mouri's inquiry, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head.
"So next are you two? Mr. Ichiji and Mr. Rokuda from the same team as Nikaido?"
"Detective Maori, what do you mean? Are you doubting us? I have said that I can't kill Nikaido, and I don't know why he died there!"
Looking at the crowd who were locking their eyes on the two of them as Kogoro Maori said, Liuda, who could not bear the pressure, couldn't help but slapped the sofa and stood up, roaring at Kogoro Maori without hesitation.
"I don't mean anything, I just ask! Mr. Liuda, don't worry, then who did you and Mr. Yizhi come back earlier?"
Facing the roar of Rokuda, Kogoro Mori was not angry, but continued to ask his own question. It seemed that he was very concerned about the order in which everyone came back.
"It's me! When I came back, Yizhilong hadn't come back yet, and he came in later!"
Although he was dissatisfied with Kogoro Mouri's tone, he knew who could find Shiyi Rika now and rescued them, the group of people who relied on Shiyi Rika, from the crisis at this moment, Rokuda Sushi took a deep breath and sat back on the sofa. He answered Kogoro Mouri's question.
"Oh? Is this true? Very good! Did you find any strange sounds or things when you came back?"
"I didn't pay attention! It was already heavy at that time. I hurriedly hid away from the rain and ran back quickly! I didn't pay attention to the things around me."
"Is that true? What about Mr. Yizhi? As the last person to return to the villa before we came back to discover the body of Nikaido, did you find the body of Nikaido when you came back? It was in that fountain!"
"No, I was also wet by the rain! I didn't pay attention to other things around me, and ran back in a hurry!"
"That's it! I probably understand! You just searched the villa and went to the woods, right? Now I ask everyone to search the villa again, and we will change it this time. You all go to search for places you have not searched before. If you see someone wandering around the place you have searched, come back and tell me! Everyone, Mr. Nikaido is dead, but Miss Siyi Rihua may not be sure! I suspect she is still hidden somewhere in this villa. If anyone can find her and rescue her..."
Although Kogoro Mouri did not finish his words, the eyes of the people present lit up. If the young lady with a terrified look was silently praying for which knight could save her when she suddenly appeared in front of her and rescued her, then would the future son-in-law of the Sijing family still be the one who was not here?
So after they looked at each other with caution and hostility, they began their second search.
"Seven-tail mother-in-law! I want to go to Miss Lihua's room to see it. Is it OK?"
"certainly!"
After the group of licking dogs with a bone in front of him left the hall, Kogoro Mouri, who had thought for a while, decided to go to Rika Shiyi's room to take a look. Although he was already confused, there was probably a suspect in his heart, he needed some evidence to lock in the cunning murderer.
So under the leadership of Nanomo's mother-in-law, Kogoro Mori walked towards the second floor.
Just as Kogoro Mouri went to the second floor to investigate, Gojo Shu, who had started searching for the room on the first floor, walked out of the room he was searching for and stopped Takashi Kazura who was passing by in front of the room.
"Hey! Yizhi! It seems that you have searched there before? Why are you doing it again? Could it be that there is something hidden there that needs to be transferred? For example... Miss?"
"Ha? Have I searched? I'm so sorry, I'm also in a hurry! I'll search there! Wutiao, don't joke, why am I hiding the eldest lady? Others don't know, don't you know yet? I just expect the eldest lady to ascend to the board of directors of the Urban Bank Headquarters. If it weren't for this, why would I be so hard? Men all have dignity, right? I think you can understand me!"
"Understand! Of course I understand! I not only understand you, but I also know another thing! That was when I was in the yacht club at that time! You like Yaeko! Right? Is it the bastard who killed Nikaido who snatched Yaeko's life jacket? Don't worry, I won't report you, I'll be happy if that scum is dead! As long as you tell me where the lady is hidden and let me save the lady, I can guarantee that your affairs today will be a secret! When I master the Sijing Consortium in the future, I can also meet the requirements of your board members! How about it? Yizhi, my patience is limited!"
"Ha! Wutiao, you are so! I hope you can trust your words!"
“Happy cooperation!”
Chapter completed!