Conan covered his forehead and explained to Xingchen the meaning of fake.

It roughly means false and counterfeit.

"There are three people who may have committed the crime." Conan said calmly.

Xingchen listened to their explanation, leaning against the pillar, but his mind seemed to be detached from their reasoning. He vaguely felt that there was an unknown secret hidden in those three sentences.

However, Conan and Heiji Hattori believe that this is just a trick of the criminal. Heiji Hattori firmly believes that the criminal must still be hiding on the ship, and may even be one of the two missing persons.

Conan developed deep suspicion of the suspect who went by the alias Dai Furukawa and was lurking among them.

Hattori Heiji placed the watch heavily on the table and said to Conan: "This watch is the best evidence!"

"How is that possible? This watch is also a fake. It's a trap set by the murderer!" Conan couldn't help but retort.

The two turned to Xingchen at the same time and asked in unison: "Who do you think the murderer is?"

Xingchen pointed at himself and thought to himself in confusion, the fire was burning on him.

Hattori Heiji nodded and asked, "So, whose opinion do you agree with more?"

Xingchen hesitated for a moment and slowly uttered a person's name.

After hearing this, Hattori Heiji lowered his head in thought and said softly, "It's quite interesting."

"I didn't expect that our reasoning would sometimes differ." Hattori Heiji sighed as he recalled the previous reasoning process.

"Yeah, this is the first time since we met." Conan looked at the two of them and sighed.

"In that case, let's prove whose reasoning is more correct." Hattori Heiji said decisively, then stood up and walked towards the door behind him.

"Wait a minute!" Conan shouted hurriedly, trying to stop him.

"By the way, you guys should restore the watch." Hattori Heiji turned to Conan and Xingchen and said.

"What?! You don't want us to turn the hands of this watch again!" Xingchen and Conan looked at the watch on the table in surprise and asked puzzledly.

"How could that be? I just want you to put it back where it belonged." Hattori Heiji poked his head out from behind the door and said with a smile.

With a click, the door closed.

Xingchen and Conan looked at each other. Conan stood up helplessly, looked at the watch on the table and said, "Really?"

"Chen, why do you think that man is the murderer?" Conan looked at Xingchen in confusion and asked.

Xingchen was silent for a moment, then he tapped his cheek with his finger, raised two fingers and said, "There are two reasons."

"First, his name is very similar to someone I remember; second, I don't quite believe he is the murderer."

"Oh?" Conan was surprised. No wonder he always felt that Xingchen was a little absent-minded today.

"Let's go, let's 'restore' this watch first." Xingchen said with a forced smile.

On the other hand, Samezaki Shimaji was incredulous when he learned that Kameda Terukichi was not in the room either. Three people disappeared at the same time, and a body had already appeared at the stern. Therefore, he found it hard to believe that two other living people would disappear out of thin air on the ship.

After thinking for a while, Maori Kogoro decided to go and look for it himself, and told everyone to wait in the restaurant. However, Isogai Nagisa said that neither the detective nor the former detective had the power to force them to stay here. So she decided to go back to the room to rest. Shin Arai Shu and Ebina Minoru also said they wanted to go back and left the restaurant one after another.

......

Conan squatted and uncovered the cloth, put the watch back on the body and murmured: "This watch was like this at the beginning, and that person was not wrong. You can see this gold watch at the first sight."

Xingchen, who was in a daze nearby, stood there in a daze after hearing Conan's words, and thought to himself, if he said those three sentences.

Conan clapped his hands, stood up and walked towards the restaurant, saying to himself: "Next I will ask the crew, they should know every corner of the ship."

"Chen...?" Seeing that Xingchen did not respond to him, Conan turned to look at Xingchen who was still standing there, and asked puzzledly.

Xingchen seemed to be thinking of something, and lowered his head so Conan couldn't see his expression. He only felt that Xingchen exuded a faint sense of loneliness.

He was silent for a moment and then said, "Conan, I have another question."

"What would you do if the murderer was someone you knew?" Xingchen looked up at Conan and asked calmly.

"Chen, I understand." Although Conan was a little puzzled, he put his hands in his pockets and said with a serious smile on his face, "But I still have to answer you, no matter who that person is, even if he is my brother or my friend, he must be punished by law."

"Really? Thank you, Conan." Xingchen took a deep breath and said, "I have some ideas to look for, you go by yourself."

"Eh?" Conan watched Xingchen leave, and seemed to have caught some inspiration in his heart, "Could it be..." He hurried to the top of the ship. If his guess was true, then all their reasoning would be overturned.

Ze Xingchen ran to room 101.

If he guessed correctly, he should be waiting for him there.

On Hattori Heiji's side.

He was holding a flashlight and seemed to be looking for something on the deck at the bow.

Hattori Heiji looked outside the deck and thought to himself, if my reasoning is correct, then he should be hiding in a place where we can hardly find him.

He suddenly saw a foreign object hanging on the bow of the boat and shone his flashlight over there.

All that was seen was Terukichi Kameda's body hanging on the life ladder at the bow of the ship.

"Could it be?" Hattori Heiji hurried down, crossed the fence and examined Kameda Terukichi's body.

He was shot in the temple, a fatal blow.

He couldn't help but think to himself, if the murderer wasn't him, then it must be Kanie.

So where is he hiding?

Or maybe those three sentences weren’t actually smokescreens.

First of all, if you underestimate me, his body will appear in the wooden box.

Hattori Heiji thought of something, a wooden box, as if there was only a wooden box there.

He quickly notified the crew nearby to drag Kameda Terukichi up, and asked someone to notify Samezaki Shimaharu and Mori Kogoro.

He ran towards the top of the ship.

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