Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia's thoughts were briefly distracted by the sea god in her words. But he soon came back to his senses, refocused on the case, and took out his notebook:

"You will probably understand the reason why the murderer killed people after listening to this-from the existing list, the full name of the deceased Mr. Xiangshan is Xiangshan Saburo, Mrs. Xiangshan is Xiangshan Seiko, the reporter is Shucun Shinsuke, his assistant is Kawanishi Sayuri, in addition, the gentleman who was killed on the first night is Kurata Soichi, the painter Kobayashi Seiji... and the teacher Kaibu Shigeru who asked me to come here for him.

"All these people have the initials of 'S·K'."

Several resort experiencers used pseudonyms to spell their names in confusion: "Really..."

"Huh? Wait." Suzuki Sonoko suddenly found a problem, she thought of her deceased acquaintance, "Senior Tono is also a participant, but his initials are 'E·T'... Does he have another name? ”

Jiang Xia shook his head: "His initials don't match those of others because he wasn't originally among the victims - he is the real murderer of this series of murders."

"..."

"? ? ? "

After hearing the detective's conclusion, everyone habitually showed a look of sudden enlightenment, but then they came back to their senses and felt something was wrong: "The murderer is that Toono? But isn't he dead? His body is still buried by the lake. When it was discovered, it was already a little swollen!"

Jiang Xia pointed to the man on the ground who was still trying to knock Hattori Heiji over: "Whether it is him or not, just take off the mask and you will know."

"! "The man on the ground was still struggling, but when he heard this, he stopped and began to bury his face in the ground.

"It's already like this, and you still hold on to the hope of escaping by chance, you are really optimistic..." Hattori Heiji simply sat on his back, freed his hands, and took off his mask.

The pale mask was thrown aside, Jiang Xia turned on the flashlight, and the beam illuminated a young face.

——It was indeed Tono Eiji, the tragic hero who went out to the lake alone in a boat to seek help, and then returned to the isolated island in the form of a corpse.

Everyone looked at this living person, and thought of the completely dead body before, and couldn't help but be stunned: "How is this possible? ! "

Vodka touched his chin and looked at him, then at Vermouth: "..." Is it a disguise? Or twins?

Jiang Xia picked up the mask on the ground and put it on the table: "It was indeed Mr. Tono who left by boat, but the body that came back by boat was no longer him - judging from the general body shape and time, the body lying in the boat with a destroyed face was probably the teacher Kaibu who asked me to participate in this vacation experience on his behalf.

"After the vacation experience started, Mr. Tono learned from the casual chat when we came that Mr. Kaibu was still nearby, so he contacted him by phone before cutting the phone line and asked him out in some way - for a rich and powerful heir to a consortium who may have a handle on the other side, this is not a difficult thing.

"In Senior Tono's plan, the small boat hidden by the lake would allow him to leave by boat after killing everyone on the island. But he didn't expect that Painter Kobayashi had a strong desire to explore. He accidentally discovered the boat while wandering around and drew it down. The worst thing was that the painting was seen by everyone else.

"The people invited by Senior Toono to experience the shipwreck that year are more or less afraid of water. Even if there is a boat, they dare not leave by boat. But the problem is that there are some people who were not originally on his invitation list here - that is, us."

Speaking of this, Jiang Xia looked down at Toono Eiji who was surrounded by murderous aura: "Disguised as an outsider villa destroyer, trapped a group of people who were afraid of water and boats on an isolated island, killed them one by one, and finally left leisurely by boat...

"It sounds like a beautiful 'no survivors' story. But unfortunately, people in reality are not like the characters in novels who can be manipulated by others. They have their own ideas and some sudden actions that they can't even predict themselves - for example, Mr. Kaibu and the reporter did not go to the island at all, but it was me and Hattori who appeared here. "

Vodka: "..." Ha.

Jiang Xia glanced at him, and then looked at Toono Eiji: "In order to deal with these sudden changes, you have to move out your identity as the heir of the investor, pretend to be guilty about the current situation, and bravely leave by boat on the grounds of taking responsibility.

"This will not only destroy the ship, but also prevent others from escaping. Secondly, it will make up for another loophole in your plan - you went to the place you agreed to kill Mr. Kaibu.

"You and Mr. Kaibu are similar in stature, and even your hairstyle happens to be the same simple hairstyle you had when you just left school. After killing him, you only need to change the body into your own clothes and then destroy his face, and then you can send the body back to the island, and create the illusion that you are dead.

"As early as when you heard that Mr. Kaibu didn't come, you had already planned to use him to fake your own death and get away. So in the first two murders, you deliberately destroyed the body beyond recognition, paving the way for the destruction of the face in the third murder."

"No wonder." Mrs. Xiangshan remembered something she cared about, "No wonder the body didn't wear that famous watch. I thought the watch was robbed by the murderer before, but now it seems that you are reluctant to give it to him, so..."

"Aren't you willing to give it to him? Huh, do you think I'm you? All I can think about is money." Senior Tono sneered, "But you're right, even if it's for revenge, I wouldn't be willing to give it to him." The watch is attached to someone else’s hands, not because it’s valuable, but because...it’s something Keiko left behind.”

"...Keiko?"

When Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko heard this girl's name, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they realized skillfully that there might be some ups and downs behind it.

However, before Senior Tono could speak, there was a sudden "boom" next to him.

Everyone turned around in surprise and saw the old doctor's knees weakened and he collapsed on the ground for some reason.

"Keiko...it's true." The old doctor wiped his face, and his pale hair seemed to be hanging down. He looked at Eiji Tono with a complicated mood, "You did what you did today because of that Miss Keiko Koizumi. "

Eiji Tono was stunned at first, then became angry: "It's you? It turns out to be you!!"

Everyone looked at Eiji Tono who looked angry, and then looked at the old doctor who looked guilty, and said in confusion: "Wait, what are you and not yours... What are you talking about? Who is Keiko Koizumi?"