"Longnan! Longnan!!"
"Who... who killed my husband!!"
"Xiao Wu! It was you! You bastard did it!"
"..."
When Baishi Hui, Ran, and Yukiko arrived at the crime scene, they saw Hatamoto Akie pointing the finger at Xiao Wu with a face full of hatred.
Even Natsue, who had a gentle personality and disliked conflict, stood up at this moment to defend her lover, saying, "It couldn't have been Xiao Wu! He's not that kind of person!"
Akie said coldly, "My foolish sister, you're probably the only one still in the dark!"
"Xiao Wu doesn't love you at all! He approached you just to get revenge on Hatamoto!"
"That's not true! You're talking nonsense!!" Natsue retorted.
At this moment, Hatamoto Mariko, who couldn't wait for Hatamoto Gozo's decision, stepped out and shouted, "What Akie said is all true!! I've already hired a Detective to investigate him!!"
Natsue quickly turned back to look at Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, quickly clarify things with everyone!"
Xiao Wu said with a difficult expression, "I admit... I initially approached Natsue with ulterior motives, but I—"
Before he finished speaking, Akie immediately interrupted him, saying, "Did everyone hear that? He admitted it!!"
"I didn't kill that person either!" Xiao Wu quickly argued, "I have no reason to kill him!!"
"..."
With Qiben Longnan's death as the starting point, the internal grievances within Hatamoto began to erupt.
Conan listened attentively from the side.
It wasn't that he was gossiping, but in order to better solve the murder case, he needed to know the story behind it.
Ran and Yukiko on the side were actually listening intently to the wealthy family's gossip.
Baishi Hui had no interest whatsoever in this wealthy family's feud.
He looked around, starting to search for Hatamoto Gozo!
Although he didn't know who did it, he had to thank this killer.
Now that someone was dead, Hatamoto Gozo, as the head of the family, would definitely have to come out and take charge of the situation!
As expected, after more than ten minutes, Hatamoto Gozo appeared!
He walked to the crime scene and shouted, "Everyone be quiet!"
The others were immediately intimidated by this sixty or seventy-year-old man, and the scene instantly quieted down!
"Hatamoto Gozo" scanned the surroundings, his gaze quite sharp; none of Hatamoto's people dared to meet his eyes.
After seeing this, Baishi Hui couldn't help but sigh inwardly about Vermouth's acting skills; they were truly extraordinary.
She perfectly captured the aura of a President who had been through countless business battles.
No wonder she was an award-winning actress?
But unfortunately, he wasn't in the mood to appreciate her acting now!
The murder case that happened here just happened to attract others over.
It happened to be lunchtime, and most people on the ship were gathered here.
Now was the most suitable opportunity to detonate the bomb!
After thinking this, Baishi Hui quietly put his hand into his pocket and pressed the activation button!
First, detonate the bomb in the engine room to destroy the cruise ship's power and make it stop.
Boom!!
The time bomb in the engine room was detonated, and a large amount of equipment was destroyed on the spot!
The vibration from the explosion caused the entire ship to shake significantly.
"Huh? What's going on? The ground is shaking?"
"Could it be an earthquake?"
"Idiot! This is the ocean, how could there be an earthquake!"
"Then could the ship have hit something? Like the Titanic!"
"There are no reefs nearby... Maybe we hit another ship!"
"..."
This shaking instantly made everyone feel uneasy, and their faces showed signs of worry.
Their desire to gossip disappeared instantly, and their attention immediately shifted from Qiben Longnan's death to their own safety.
"Wh-what happened?" Ran looked around fearfully and uneasily.
"I'm not sure... Let's go out and take a look!" As Baishi Hui spoke, he pulled Ran's hand, scooped up Conan with one hand, gave Yukiko a look, left the dining area, and walked towards the deck.
"Wait!! Put me down!" Conan didn't want to leave the crime scene; he felt that if he left now, the culprit might destroy the clues at the scene.
However, Baishi Hui completely ignored him and forcefully took him to the deck.
"This way!" Yukiko took the lead and led Baishi and the others towards the captain's cabin.
Coincidentally, they just happened to run into the Captain who was rushing over.
"Captain, what happened?" Yukiko quickly went up and asked.
Seeing his idol asking, the Captain didn't hide anything and said, "There was an explosion in the engine room just now, and a lot of the power equipment was damaged."
"Huh? So... the ship can't sail anymore?" Yukiko said with an anxious expression.
"It can't sail... but Miss Yukiko, you don't need to worry too much." The Captain reassured her, "The ship's overall structure is fine, there's no possibility of it sinking."
"We've already started sending out distress signals; there will be a ship coming to pick us up within two to five hours!"
After hearing this, Yukiko finally breathed a slight sigh of relief, "I see... Then I'm relieved."
"I need to explain the situation to the other passengers, so I'll take my leave now." The Captain said and hurried into the bridge.
Shortly after, his voice was heard over the ship's broadcast, saying, "Attention passengers, the ship has just experienced a malfunction and is unable to sail."
"A rescue signal has been sent out, and assistance will arrive in as little as two hours."
"Please do not panic, remain calm! I guarantee I will bring you back to land safely!"
"..."
Ran sighed at this moment and said, "Ah, I didn't expect something like this to happen!"
"Yeah." Baishi Hui put Conan down and posed a question, "Why did the engine room suddenly explode?"
Conan said with a serious expression, "This is definitely not an accident, and combined with the murder case that just happened... it's too much of a coincidence!"
"I have a feeling someone did this on purpose!"
"Furthermore, since the culprit could install a bomb in the engine room, it means they could also install bombs in other places!!"
Hearing Conan's analysis up to this point, Baishi Hui felt it would be a pity not to cooperate with him now.
Saying this, he quietly detonated the bomb again.
Boom boom boom!!!
This explosion directly blew a hole in the ship's hull, causing a large amount of seawater to pour directly into the cabin.
"Ah!!" The people on the deck let out a cry of surprise!
Only then could they clearly feel the vibration and hear the sound of the explosion!
"Conan, quickly shut your jinxing mouth!!" Yukiko glared at her son irritably!
"Blame me?" Conan felt very wronged, and he retorted discontentedly, "I just suggested this possibility!"
"I didn't install this bomb, what does its explosion have to do with me?"
"If I say 'explode' now, will it keep exploding?"
As soon as he finished saying the words "explode", there was another rumbling sound of an explosion!!
The ship's hull vibrated again!
Everyone's expressions instantly became colorful.
Even Ran couldn't help but say, "Conan, you... you'd better not say anything else!"
Conan felt even more wronged as he saw others looking at him with strange eyes.
"I—" He was still saying something when Baishi Hui covered Conan's mouth and said irritably, "Stop talking! What if it explodes again?"
This second explosion wasn't caused by him!!
This kid Conan's mouth... is really poisonous!
"Wuwuwuwu!!" Conan really wanted to defend himself, but after realizing his mouth was covered, he could only helplessly give up.