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Chapter 1121: Getting More Suspicious
Kusaka Hiroshige spoke about what he had investigated.
The cargo ship accident fifteen years ago was planned by Entaro Yashiro, who was then the president of a shipping company, and his daughter. To defraud a large sum of insurance money, Kaitou Wataru, who was the first mate at the time, used sleeping pills to make the captain fall asleep, crashed the ship into an iceberg, and even detonated a bomb, faking it as an accident.
And Kusaka Hiroshige's father, who was just a regular crew member at the time, was murdered because he stumbled upon this matter.
"...That fellow lunged at me and grabbed my neck, so I used the Judo Tomoe Nage skill to throw him into the sea!" Kusaka Hiroshige said triumphantly about how he killed him, looking towards Captain Kaitou Wataru, "Then, I will blow up this ship, just like you did fifteen years ago!"
"Hmph," Kaitou Wataru sneered, "Delusion!"
Conan looked away from observing Chi Feichei.
What was important now was solving this incident.
Since Kusaka Hiroshige's finger was always hovering over the button, he didn't dare to use the anesthetic needle, worried that Kusaka Hiroshige might subconsciously press the button when subdued, which would make it even more impossible for Chi Feichei to sneak closer.
He could only continue to watch, looking for an opportunity...
Inspector Megure also saw the most troublesome part and tried to appease Kusaka Hiroshige, "Please remain calm and take your finger off the remote control. If there's anything, we can discuss it slowly..."
"Shut up!" Kusaka Hiroshige said impatiently, then suddenly found someone approaching from behind.
Clearly, not everyone considered how troublesome Kusaka Hiroshige's finger on the button was. That crew member, who seemed to have been instructed by Kaitou Wataru to approach, was inexplicably confident and directly moved to snatch the bomb remote control.
He had already quietly crept behind this fellow, so how could he possibly...
"Boom!"
The bomb was detonated.
Amidst the sound of the explosion, firelight suddenly lit up behind the wall on one side of the venue. The cruise ship shook violently, and the banquet hall was filled with smoke and dust.
Conan was momentarily speechless. Seeing Kusaka Hiroshige escape during the confusion, he quickly chased after him.
Inspector Megure and Takagi Wataru also chased after him. Seeing this, Mori Kogoro could only call out to Kaitou Wataru and take over the work of controlling the chaotic situation and appeasing the guests.
Not long after, another explosion occurred on the ship, and the radio turned on:
"Hello passengers, this is First Mate Izawa. Please put on your life jackets and go to the lifeboat docking area on the first floor. This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill! Please act as quickly as possible!"
Everyone on the ship rushed towards the first floor. Chi Feichei also went down, put on a life jacket, but did not follow the group. Instead, he turned around and took the elevator to the fifth floor.
In Room 505, Xiao Mei was using scanning equipment to scan the key molds into the computer. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned her head and glanced, then continued to be busy, "Master, I also got the key molds from Yashiro Takie's side. It will probably take another three minutes to scan them all in."
After Chi Feichei entered, he calmly closed the room door, "How long will it take for all the data to be transmitted?"
There were no signal base stations covering the sea, so mobile communication couldn't be used. And in this era, even a luxury cruise ship like the Aphrodite didn't have communication antennas installed for public use. Communication was limited to the captain and other crew members sending out signals to the outside, let alone Wi-Fi on the ship.
But there was still a method to connect to the internet.
In 1979, the International Maritime Organization decided to establish the 'International Mobile Satellite Organization' to provide satellite communication for ships sailing in the sea, and launched the 'Maritime Satellite'.
In 1999, the International Mobile Satellite Organization separated from the International Maritime Organization and became a privately held business company, providing satellite service to the world.
The Shinchi Group had been developing in the field of navigation ships for so long and had already had close cooperation with the other party. The Field Group also had investment dealings with the other party since the time of his grandmother. So, there were still some dedicated modems, commonly known as 'cats', in the Shinchi Group's warehouse.
This dedicated modem could only connect to the Maritime Satellite. Communication was not directly linked to the internet, but rather the satellite formed a local area network. After connecting to the satellite local area network through the port, it would then communicate with the internet.
Although they had many years of cooperation, he still didn't trust that organization. So, he set up an automatic encryption procedure in the computer and also had Noah's Ark intrude the satellite, escorting the data all the way.
After reaching the sea, the information collected by Xiao Mei would be encrypted and then transmitted to the satellite.
This resulted in not only having to endure the not-so-fast data transmission speed but also spending some time waiting for the procedure to automatically encrypt.
He also considered bringing out physical items like key molds himself, but considering factors such as 'possible damage or loss of the molds if they fall into the sea' and 'possible suspicion from the famous detective if he sees the molds', and having considered situations like scanning before coming, he brought many portable and practical tools. Therefore, he finally decided to let Xiao Mei scan the molds as much as possible and transmit them using the network.
Xiao Mei thought for a bit, "All data transmission will probably take about seven minutes."
"There's still time, no need to rush. Try to scan all sides of the molds comprehensively."
Chi Feichei said, then turned around to get Xiao Mei's main body doll from the room.
In the movie, from the time the passengers evacuated until the ship sinking, they still had to go through Mouri Ran evacuating and then running back to look for the seashell bracelet the children gave her, Conan chasing the criminal to the sea and discovering that Akiyoshi Minako had a problem and turning back, Mori Kogoro stating his reasoning to Akiyoshi Minako, Mori Kogoro fighting with Akiyoshi Minako, Ran who had fainted in the cabin being rescued, and the helicopter rescuing the people on the ship, among other matters. This period of time was at least half an hour.
To prevent unknown accidents from happening due to his presence, he specially underestimated this period of time. But no matter how he calculated, as long as he returned when the guests were getting on the lifeboats, brought Xiao Mei's main body, waited for Xiao Mei to finish transmitting the data, and then left here to find his teacher on the deck, nothing would happen.
If his prediction was a mistake, then he could only try to evacuate the room. At that time, he could avoid being affected by water pressure and trapped in the room during the ship sinking. Relying on the oxygen stored in his body and his stamina, he could survive the vortex during the ship sinking and then wait for the rescue boat to come for rescue...
After Xiao Mei finished transmitting the data, Chi Feichei also specially set up a clearing procedure on the computer and other equipment.
When they left the room, the equipment was still running, clearing all usage traces.
Outside, the sun had completely set, the night was dim, without any moonlight or starlight, which didn't make the cruise ship, which had been billowing smoke under the setting sun before, look any less miserable.
But the cruise ship was still sinking a bit by bit.
Due to the guests and crew members on the ship having already evacuated, the huge ship was empty. The explosion also destroyed the circuit and lighting, making the Aphrodite look like a ghost ship stopped in the sea.
Chi Feichei chose to take a shortcut from the room corridor to leave the cabin and reached the deck on the fifth floor. Looking at the quiet, pitch-black cruise ship, he felt a bit more at ease in his heart.
Unfortunately, the tranquility was quickly broken by someone.
Below, on the wide deck of the third floor, Akiyoshi Minako was forcing Captain Kaitou Wataru to retreat onto the deck with a gun.
Just as Akiyoshi Minako was about to shoot, Mori Kogoro walked out.
"Stop!"
Mori Kogoro, wearing an evening suit, had a serious expression, staring at Akiyoshi Minako. He rarely had such a solemn temperament about him, "Indeed, you are the real murderer... Miss Akiyoshi Minako!"
Akiyoshi Minako was surprised and immediately turned her head, pointing the muzzle at Mori Kogoro, "Don't move!"
"Sorry," Mori Kogoro stopped in front of Akiyoshi Minako, "That gun can't be used anymore. At the end of the banquet, when I called for a pause, I went to your room and found this gun. I've already tampered with it to disable it..."
"Hmph!" Akiyoshi Minako, realizing the trigger indeed couldn't be pulled, annoyedly threw the gun aside.
Chi Feichei had quietly walked down along the staircase, without alarming anyone, standing like a ghost on the staircase platform leading from the fourth floor to the third floor, watching the play.
His teacher is genuinely serious when he's serious, completely different from when he's slow-witted. That's why he has always suspected that his teacher is faking being crazy...
Below, Captain Kaitou Wataru saw Akiyoshi Minako throw the gun and quickly ran behind Mori Kogoro.
Mori Kogoro turned back seriously and said, "Captain Kaitou, regarding the truth of the ship sinking fifteen years ago, I will talk to you about it afterwards."
Kaitou Wataru was stunned, lowered his head, and stood silently in place.
Mori Kogoro looked towards Akiyoshi Minako again, "Miss Akiyoshi, my reasoning..."
"No need to say it," Akiyoshi Minako spoke out to interrupt, reached out and leaned on the guardrail, "Anyway, the three of us are going to die. What's the point of talking about reasoning on a ship that's about to sink?"
"How can I bear that," Mori Kogoro's expression was still composed, and his face even showed a smile, "Uncovering the truth is a detective's nature!"
Chi Feichei stood on the platform watching Mori Kogoro's deduction show, considering the possibility of his teacher having multiple personalities.
"...Then you directly walked to the underground dockyard. At that time, President Entaro Yashiro was strangling Kusaka's neck with both hands," Mori Kogoro said, "You quickly ran over and grabbed the President's feet..."
Akiyoshi Minako was confused for a bit, "Feet?"
Conan also used the pair of walkie-talkie cufflinks on Mori Kogoro to listen to Mori Kogoro's reasoning. After finding that Mori Kogoro didn't grasp a clue in time and said it wrong, he spoke out using Mori Kogoro's voice, "You dodged his feet, went around behind him, and stabbed a knife into his back!"
He also only suspected Akiyoshi Minako after meeting up with Inspector Megure and hearing Inspector Megure say that there was a knife stuck in the President's back.
Uncle didn't have time to grasp this clue, otherwise he would have said it all correctly, and even much earlier than him. What an amazing deduction!
The sound came through Mori Kogoro's cufflinks. Mori Kogoro was confused for a bit, then nodded seriously, "Yes, you stabbed a knife into the President's back and then quickly left. Kusaka thought he did it, but in reality, everything was within your scheme..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
In this scene where a 'sound appeared out of nowhere', his teacher didn't even think it was wrong. He's getting more suspicious.
End of Chapter
Kusaka Hiroshige spoke about what he had investigated.
The cargo ship accident fifteen years ago was planned by Entaro Yashiro, who was then the president of a shipping company, and his daughter. To defraud a large sum of insurance money, Kaitou Wataru, who was the first mate at the time, used sleeping pills to make the captain fall asleep, crashed the ship into an iceberg, and even detonated a bomb, faking it as an accident.
And Kusaka Hiroshige's father, who was just a regular crew member at the time, was murdered because he stumbled upon this matter.
"...That fellow lunged at me and grabbed my neck, so I used the Judo Tomoe Nage skill to throw him into the sea!" Kusaka Hiroshige said triumphantly about how he killed him, looking towards Captain Kaitou Wataru, "Then, I will blow up this ship, just like you did fifteen years ago!"
"Hmph," Kaitou Wataru sneered, "Delusion!"
Conan looked away from observing Chi Feichei.
What was important now was solving this incident.
Since Kusaka Hiroshige's finger was always hovering over the button, he didn't dare to use the anesthetic needle, worried that Kusaka Hiroshige might subconsciously press the button when subdued, which would make it even more impossible for Chi Feichei to sneak closer.
He could only continue to watch, looking for an opportunity...
Inspector Megure also saw the most troublesome part and tried to appease Kusaka Hiroshige, "Please remain calm and take your finger off the remote control. If there's anything, we can discuss it slowly..."
"Shut up!" Kusaka Hiroshige said impatiently, then suddenly found someone approaching from behind.
Clearly, not everyone considered how troublesome Kusaka Hiroshige's finger on the button was. That crew member, who seemed to have been instructed by Kaitou Wataru to approach, was inexplicably confident and directly moved to snatch the bomb remote control.
He had already quietly crept behind this fellow, so how could he possibly...
"Boom!"
The bomb was detonated.
Amidst the sound of the explosion, firelight suddenly lit up behind the wall on one side of the venue. The cruise ship shook violently, and the banquet hall was filled with smoke and dust.
Conan was momentarily speechless. Seeing Kusaka Hiroshige escape during the confusion, he quickly chased after him.
Inspector Megure and Takagi Wataru also chased after him. Seeing this, Mori Kogoro could only call out to Kaitou Wataru and take over the work of controlling the chaotic situation and appeasing the guests.
Not long after, another explosion occurred on the ship, and the radio turned on:
"Hello passengers, this is First Mate Izawa. Please put on your life jackets and go to the lifeboat docking area on the first floor. This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill! Please act as quickly as possible!"
Everyone on the ship rushed towards the first floor. Chi Feichei also went down, put on a life jacket, but did not follow the group. Instead, he turned around and took the elevator to the fifth floor.
In Room 505, Xiao Mei was using scanning equipment to scan the key molds into the computer. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned her head and glanced, then continued to be busy, "Master, I also got the key molds from Yashiro Takie's side. It will probably take another three minutes to scan them all in."
After Chi Feichei entered, he calmly closed the room door, "How long will it take for all the data to be transmitted?"
There were no signal base stations covering the sea, so mobile communication couldn't be used. And in this era, even a luxury cruise ship like the Aphrodite didn't have communication antennas installed for public use. Communication was limited to the captain and other crew members sending out signals to the outside, let alone Wi-Fi on the ship.
But there was still a method to connect to the internet.
In 1979, the International Maritime Organization decided to establish the 'International Mobile Satellite Organization' to provide satellite communication for ships sailing in the sea, and launched the 'Maritime Satellite'.
In 1999, the International Mobile Satellite Organization separated from the International Maritime Organization and became a privately held business company, providing satellite service to the world.
The Shinchi Group had been developing in the field of navigation ships for so long and had already had close cooperation with the other party. The Field Group also had investment dealings with the other party since the time of his grandmother. So, there were still some dedicated modems, commonly known as 'cats', in the Shinchi Group's warehouse.
This dedicated modem could only connect to the Maritime Satellite. Communication was not directly linked to the internet, but rather the satellite formed a local area network. After connecting to the satellite local area network through the port, it would then communicate with the internet.
Although they had many years of cooperation, he still didn't trust that organization. So, he set up an automatic encryption procedure in the computer and also had Noah's Ark intrude the satellite, escorting the data all the way.
After reaching the sea, the information collected by Xiao Mei would be encrypted and then transmitted to the satellite.
This resulted in not only having to endure the not-so-fast data transmission speed but also spending some time waiting for the procedure to automatically encrypt.
He also considered bringing out physical items like key molds himself, but considering factors such as 'possible damage or loss of the molds if they fall into the sea' and 'possible suspicion from the famous detective if he sees the molds', and having considered situations like scanning before coming, he brought many portable and practical tools. Therefore, he finally decided to let Xiao Mei scan the molds as much as possible and transmit them using the network.
Xiao Mei thought for a bit, "All data transmission will probably take about seven minutes."
"There's still time, no need to rush. Try to scan all sides of the molds comprehensively."
Chi Feichei said, then turned around to get Xiao Mei's main body doll from the room.
In the movie, from the time the passengers evacuated until the ship sinking, they still had to go through Mouri Ran evacuating and then running back to look for the seashell bracelet the children gave her, Conan chasing the criminal to the sea and discovering that Akiyoshi Minako had a problem and turning back, Mori Kogoro stating his reasoning to Akiyoshi Minako, Mori Kogoro fighting with Akiyoshi Minako, Ran who had fainted in the cabin being rescued, and the helicopter rescuing the people on the ship, among other matters. This period of time was at least half an hour.
To prevent unknown accidents from happening due to his presence, he specially underestimated this period of time. But no matter how he calculated, as long as he returned when the guests were getting on the lifeboats, brought Xiao Mei's main body, waited for Xiao Mei to finish transmitting the data, and then left here to find his teacher on the deck, nothing would happen.
If his prediction was a mistake, then he could only try to evacuate the room. At that time, he could avoid being affected by water pressure and trapped in the room during the ship sinking. Relying on the oxygen stored in his body and his stamina, he could survive the vortex during the ship sinking and then wait for the rescue boat to come for rescue...
After Xiao Mei finished transmitting the data, Chi Feichei also specially set up a clearing procedure on the computer and other equipment.
When they left the room, the equipment was still running, clearing all usage traces.
Outside, the sun had completely set, the night was dim, without any moonlight or starlight, which didn't make the cruise ship, which had been billowing smoke under the setting sun before, look any less miserable.
But the cruise ship was still sinking a bit by bit.
Due to the guests and crew members on the ship having already evacuated, the huge ship was empty. The explosion also destroyed the circuit and lighting, making the Aphrodite look like a ghost ship stopped in the sea.
Chi Feichei chose to take a shortcut from the room corridor to leave the cabin and reached the deck on the fifth floor. Looking at the quiet, pitch-black cruise ship, he felt a bit more at ease in his heart.
Unfortunately, the tranquility was quickly broken by someone.
Below, on the wide deck of the third floor, Akiyoshi Minako was forcing Captain Kaitou Wataru to retreat onto the deck with a gun.
Just as Akiyoshi Minako was about to shoot, Mori Kogoro walked out.
"Stop!"
Mori Kogoro, wearing an evening suit, had a serious expression, staring at Akiyoshi Minako. He rarely had such a solemn temperament about him, "Indeed, you are the real murderer... Miss Akiyoshi Minako!"
Akiyoshi Minako was surprised and immediately turned her head, pointing the muzzle at Mori Kogoro, "Don't move!"
"Sorry," Mori Kogoro stopped in front of Akiyoshi Minako, "That gun can't be used anymore. At the end of the banquet, when I called for a pause, I went to your room and found this gun. I've already tampered with it to disable it..."
"Hmph!" Akiyoshi Minako, realizing the trigger indeed couldn't be pulled, annoyedly threw the gun aside.
Chi Feichei had quietly walked down along the staircase, without alarming anyone, standing like a ghost on the staircase platform leading from the fourth floor to the third floor, watching the play.
His teacher is genuinely serious when he's serious, completely different from when he's slow-witted. That's why he has always suspected that his teacher is faking being crazy...
Below, Captain Kaitou Wataru saw Akiyoshi Minako throw the gun and quickly ran behind Mori Kogoro.
Mori Kogoro turned back seriously and said, "Captain Kaitou, regarding the truth of the ship sinking fifteen years ago, I will talk to you about it afterwards."
Kaitou Wataru was stunned, lowered his head, and stood silently in place.
Mori Kogoro looked towards Akiyoshi Minako again, "Miss Akiyoshi, my reasoning..."
"No need to say it," Akiyoshi Minako spoke out to interrupt, reached out and leaned on the guardrail, "Anyway, the three of us are going to die. What's the point of talking about reasoning on a ship that's about to sink?"
"How can I bear that," Mori Kogoro's expression was still composed, and his face even showed a smile, "Uncovering the truth is a detective's nature!"
Chi Feichei stood on the platform watching Mori Kogoro's deduction show, considering the possibility of his teacher having multiple personalities.
"...Then you directly walked to the underground dockyard. At that time, President Entaro Yashiro was strangling Kusaka's neck with both hands," Mori Kogoro said, "You quickly ran over and grabbed the President's feet..."
Akiyoshi Minako was confused for a bit, "Feet?"
Conan also used the pair of walkie-talkie cufflinks on Mori Kogoro to listen to Mori Kogoro's reasoning. After finding that Mori Kogoro didn't grasp a clue in time and said it wrong, he spoke out using Mori Kogoro's voice, "You dodged his feet, went around behind him, and stabbed a knife into his back!"
He also only suspected Akiyoshi Minako after meeting up with Inspector Megure and hearing Inspector Megure say that there was a knife stuck in the President's back.
Uncle didn't have time to grasp this clue, otherwise he would have said it all correctly, and even much earlier than him. What an amazing deduction!
The sound came through Mori Kogoro's cufflinks. Mori Kogoro was confused for a bit, then nodded seriously, "Yes, you stabbed a knife into the President's back and then quickly left. Kusaka thought he did it, but in reality, everything was within your scheme..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
In this scene where a 'sound appeared out of nowhere', his teacher didn't even think it was wrong. He's getting more suspicious.
End of Chapter
