Another person was killed.
His friend didn't live too far away. When the owner of the island brought Mōri Kogoro and Conan Edogawa to look for him, they didn't walk far before they received terrible news.
The victim looked very similar to the previous one.
His time of death was within half an hour.
At that time, they had just found these two people.
It had been less than ten minutes since they separated from the previous suspect.
They didn't have time to work on another case.
Also, this new victim didn't know those people.
He had his own boat and crew.
During this time, many people who went out to fish came back.
They were two of them.
While the confused detective was still in a daze, the third victim came out.
It was around ten to fifteen minutes ago.
It was the same as the previous two.
This person also had a boat and crew.
Something terrible was about to happen here.
The owner of the island couldn't help but clench his fists.
This matter was definitely not directed at a single person.
That was what he believed.
It was very likely that this was directed at him.
He was the only one on the island who received this threatening letter.
Only him.
These victims all had their own boats.
With this hint.
A schoolboy detective immediately reminded the owner of the island here. How many people like them were there on this island?
There was a possibility that these people would be killed.
They had to be ahead of the murderer.
More than ten people came back in the past two days.
The number of people on this island was very limited.
If they wanted to protect everyone, then at most one or two people would be assigned to each person.
The owner of the island still made this decision without hesitation.
Even he himself had joined the ranks of this group.
He was the only one who received it.
What was the murderer's motive?
A schoolboy detective borrowed the name of Mōri Kogoro and the owner of the island here. He asked the crew of the three boats about the route they took when they left.
These three routes all went to the same sea area before.
This way, the schoolboy detective immediately informed the owner of the island here.
They could find the important people to protect from these people.
But the result was disappointing.
This time, only four boats passed by that area.
The fourth person was killed before they arrived.
They were still too late.
Who was it?!
Who was it?!!
The owner of the island suppressed the anger in his heart.
They could only go to that sea area personally.
From there, they might be able to get some results.
Those people passed by at different times.
So they didn't leave immediately.
This was a sea area that was nothing special.
A schoolboy detective and the owner of the island directly dived into the deep water.
They still didn't find anything.
When they went back, the owner of the island was a little disappointed...
There were no silent ships below.
It wasn't a day.
On the way back, a schoolboy detective was thinking about this matter.
Finally, he pretended to be innocent and cute and asked how often their ships would go to that area.
The Island Master didn't even hesitate before saying it out loud.
That sea area was an important sea area.
Almost every time, a ship would pass by there.
When he got the answer, Conan Edogawa was silent for a long time.
Then, he suddenly raised his head and asked the owner of the island, "Is it true that every time a batch of whales is beached, there will be boats coming back from this island?"
The owner of the island here was stunned.
Then he wrinkled his eyebrows into a knot.
After a careful recollection, he had no choice but to admit it.
Could it be that their deaths were related to the beaching of these whales?
Did someone want to avenge these whales?
But why didn't they tell him earlier?
There was no need to kill people for this matter!
If he knew that this would cause the whales to be beached.
He would think of a way to stop them from going there.
There were several sea areas that they could go to. Now, they didn't have to go to that one.
Just like that, even if he didn't know the reason, the owner of the island tacitly agreed that it was related.
The beaching of the whales might be because of the sonar or because they might be poisoned.
And some of the paint on the boats did have that kind of poison.
They could also bring the paint to the good friend of the owner of the island.
The owner of the island nodded.
This was something that he had always been eager to solve.
On the way there, their expressions didn't look too good.
The first one didn't have any sleeping substance, and the second one did have something that could poison the whales.
That person didn't take too long to test it.
It seemed that they were the reason why the whales were stranded.
The owner of the island clenched his hands so tightly that they made a cracking sound.
He bowed deeply and thanked Mōri Kogoro and Conan Edogawa, who passed the message for him.
If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have known the real reason.
He would ask the people on the island to fix their boats again.
Who was the murderer who killed these four people?
Was it the same person who sent him the threatening letter?
The owner of the island here still wanted to find that person.
He could understand that person's anger.
After seeing so many whales die, it was impossible for them not to feel sorry for them.
There was no need to choose between the lives of humans and whales.
That was what the owner of the island thought.
But the muddle-headed detective could only touch his head.
He couldn't think of anything now.
He would tell him when he thought of something.
He promised him so.
The owner of the island seemed to believe him.
His previous performance was enough to make people believe in his ability.
From such a seemingly clueless case.
He could actually find out that it was related to the beaching of the whales.
He didn't know how to express his admiration.
And he was a person who didn't know how to express these things.
That was the only way.
They had to go out and look for clues on their own.
Just as they were about to part ways, one of the primary school detectives suddenly mentioned someone.
He hadn't seen the person who picked them up for a while.
The owner of the island looked very normal.
He was like this.
He always liked to run around.
It wasn't easy to catch him and get him to wait for them to come over.
That was his father's adopted son.
Actually!
He was more suitable to be the owner of the island than him.
He was only eight years old back then. He was already twelve.
But that person disappeared for a few days before his father announced it.
He wasn't interested in that.
If you don't want this place to become a place where no one cares, you can leave him to your son!
When the owner of the island frowned and repeated what that guy said, the muddle-headed detective, Conan Edogawa, and Mauliland were all a little surprised.
It didn't look like it at all.
Mauliland was the first person to express this thought.
Mōri Kogoro also nodded.
He seemed to be a somewhat cold and very well-behaved person.
It was the opposite of what he described.
The owner of the island was also slightly stunned at this moment.
That guy was indeed a little strange today.
He said so to himself.
But it was probably because he was blaming him for depriving him of his time to go out and play.
The owner of the island then gave this explanation.
There didn't seem to be any problem.
The detective asked him if he liked to come to the beach.
Who wouldn't come to the beach in a place like this!
The muddle-headed detective was just about to smash his fist on the detective's head.
The owner of the island suddenly spoke.
He said that he came to the shore shorter than any of them.
He preferred to run to the woods on the other side of the island.
The woods!
A certain primary school detective's eyes suddenly widened.
Then, he pretended that nothing had happened and ran away.
He suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom.
Hey, hey!
This wasn't a place they were familiar with.
He still didn't know … it was just ahead.
The child shouted.
He just saw it.
Mauliland showed a helpless face at this time.
But she didn't say anything.
The muddle-headed detective only showed a half-moon of his eyes.
That kid was always like this.
He asked the Island Master to help him. When the little brat returned, he would have to trouble him to take care of him.
The owner of the island agreed.
Mōri Kogoro also asked Mauliland to stay here.
He looked around alone, maybe he could find some clues.
However, while they were talking, Conan Edogawa didn't go to the bathroom.
He ran to the other side of the island.
It was a very large and wide forest.
It took up half of the island's area.
A certain primary school detective stood at the outermost edge of the forest.
He didn't go in.
Instead, he walked around the outside of the forest.
Finally, he stopped beside a small pool outside the forest.
The person he was looking for was standing there casually.
He seemed to be looking at the person in the pool very seriously.
However, when the detective appeared, he had already turned around to look at him.
Why did he come here?
The man looked around him again.
There were no adults around him.