Conan: Above force, everything is truth!

Inspector Megure, Officer Takagi and others also understood what Maori Kogoro meant at this time.

The criminal may have placed the bug in the room of the Eighth Generation Chairman and his daughter when no one was around.

After that, he only needed to use the bug to listen to the conversation between Miss Tsujimoto and the Eighth Generation Chairman and his daughter, and he would be able to clearly know their schedule for today, and naturally he could find a way to start according to the schedule of the two people.

However, there is still a problem.

Even if the criminal really knew the schedule of the Eighth Generation Chairman and his daughter in this way, how did he sneak into the room?

According to the investigation, there was no trace of picking the lock on the door of the suite of the Eighth Generation Chairman and his daughter.

In other words, no matter what, the criminal must have a "master key" to the cruise ship guest room!

Seeing that everyone was silent, Conan continued to step forward and asked: "Big sister, have you been interviewed by Mr. Kusaka before?"

"Yes, Mr. Kusaka Hironari did interview me before."

"Then did you lose the master key after the interview?" Conan asked.

Kaho Tsujimoto and Naoya Misaki beside him looked at each other, their eyebrows slightly wrinkled.

"We did lose a master key three weeks ago. And just as Conan said, the key was lost right after the interview with Mr. Kusaka..."

Hearing this, Conan showed a smile of "as expected".

Maori Kogoro and Inspector Megure and others also looked at Conan at this time and asked, "Conan, why do you ask? Do you think there is something wrong with Mr. Kusaka?"

"Well, when he was halfway through dinner, he said that he was a little seasick and went back to his room first." Conan nodded.

Hearing this, Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi looked at each other, nodded, and then looked at Maori Kogoro on the side.

"Maori, what is the physique of this Mr. Kusaka?"

"So, his figure is indeed very similar to the criminal I saw, and his height seems to be about the same." Maori Kogoro recalled.

"Okay! In that case, let's go meet this Mr. Kusaka!" Inspector Megure stood up and said.

Soon after

Inspector Megure and others came to Kusaka Hironari's room, explained the murder of the eighth president and his daughter, and asked him.

To everyone's surprise, Mr. Kusaka had a sufficient alibi.

It was around 10:15 when Maori Kogoro met the "criminal" in the corridor in front of President Takae's room.

But at this time, Mr. Kusaka said that he was in his room, using the landline in the room to call Akiyoshi Miwako to discuss work matters.

He said that he started calling at around 10 o'clock and talked until about 10:30.

According to his testimony, Inspector Megure instructed Officer Takagi to check the "call records" of the ship's communications, while leading everyone to Akiyoshi Miwako's room to continue the investigation.

When everyone passed the corridor, they happened to meet a couple head-on.

Just as Maori Kogoro passed by the couple, he suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at the couple behind him, and froze in place.

Inspector Megure and Officer Shiratori in front found that he did not catch up, so they stopped and looked behind them.

"What's wrong, Mr. Maori?" Officer Shiratori asked softly.

"You must have been fascinated by the girl just now, right? Because she is a beautiful woman~" Inspector Megure squinted and complained.

"Hehehe, no~" Maori Kogoro smiled uncomfortably and scratched his head.

Not long after, everyone came to Miss Akiyoshi's room.

From her mouth, I learned that Mr. Kusaka did not seem to lie, and the two did talk on the phone for about half an hour around ten o'clock.

Although the results of Officer Takagi's investigation have not yet come out, as long as Mr. Kusaka and Miss Akiyoshi are not accomplices, then Kusaka Hironari's alibi is established.

After walking out of Miss Akiyoshi's room, Maori Kogoro walked on the road with his head down, his face gloomy.

After noticing his state, Inspector Megure joked again.

"He must be thinking about that Miwako just now~ After all, she is also a big beauty~"

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro embarrassedly touched the back of his head and laughed again.

Not long after, Officer Takagi also checked the call records on the ship. At ten o'clock, Mr. Kusaka did talk to Miss Akiyoshi for about half an hour.

After hearing this news, Inspector Megure and others sighed.

It seems that Mr. Kusaka's alibi is indeed established.

But if Mr. Kusaka is not the criminal, then their investigation is back to the starting point.

There are about 600 passengers and staff on the ship. It is really difficult to identify the suspect from so many people.Seeing that the case had returned to the starting point, Inspector Megure and others went to President Takae's room to see if the members of the Identification Division had made any new progress.

After entering the room, Inspector Megure immediately greeted: "Mr. Aru, how is the investigation going?"

"Inspector Megure! It has come to an end for the time being, but there is no gain." The captain of the Identification Division in a blue uniform explained.

"Really? You've worked hard." Inspector Megure nodded gently.

He originally had no hope of "solving the case smoothly through on-site investigation."

At this moment, the man in the Identification Division immediately spoke: "But there is a strange thing. There is a large piece of reddish-brown liquid on the floor near the victim. It seems that these liquids have obviously been wiped by someone."

"Reddish-brown liquid? Isn't it blood?"

"No, no. Although it looks like blood, there is no luminol reaction."

"Really..."

After hearing this news, Inspector Megure and others shook their heads and put the matter behind them.

Although the traces of reddish-brown liquid on the ground were indeed suspicious, this pool of liquid without any clues was of no help to them in identifying the criminal.

Unlike Inspector Megure and others, Maori Kogoro and Conan showed a thoughtful expression after hearing the news.

A few minutes later, everyone returned to the conference room of the cruise ship.

Everyone brainstormed and discussed the next plan.

Not long after, Captain Kaito Wataru knocked on the door and walked into the conference room.

Just a few minutes ago, he received a call from the Coast Guard.

The people of the Security Bureau have found the body of the Eighth Generation Chairman on the sea.

Although there were speculations, after hearing the news in person, the expression on Inspector Megure's face became obviously more serious.

At this moment, Officer Takagi suddenly said: "Inspector! Officer Sato and others seem to have made a new discovery!"

"Are you talking about the incident of the Eighth Generation Eito? What did Sato say?" Hearing this, Inspector Megure frowned immediately.

"Officer Sato said that there was a suspicious scorch mark on the seat belt buckle of the car, similar to a kite string. Apart from that, there were only empty juice cans and other scrap metal left in the car."

The appearance of "kite string" and "juice can" made Conan's eyes light up. He looked around for a while and found an empty paper bag.