Just then, Conan and Kogoro Mouri, who were a step behind Yuu Hoshimiya, also returned.
Both had grave expressions, but most people only paid attention to Kogoro Mouri, ignoring the little boy in black-framed glasses beside him.
"Detective Mouri, what's wrong?" Kitarou Hatamoto noticed his idol's expression was off and asked.
"Kume Hatamoto is dead..." Kogoro Mouri said with a solemn face.
"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise, then rushed to the deck to check.
The subsequent development was still the same as in Yuu's memory; because of his appearance, Ichiro Hatamoto didn't self-harm, which reduced the difficulty of Conan solving the case significantly.
After seeing Takeshi Zaiki, also known as Takeshi, hiding in the closet of Akie Hatamoto's room, he almost immediately saw through the truth.
Then came the familiar anesthesia needle launch, and the sleeping detective Kogoro Mouri made his entrance.
No one expected that the timid, even cowardly Ichiro Hatamoto would be the murderer who killed two people in a row; everyone was immersed in Kogoro Mouri's deduction.
Well, it should be said to be Conan's deduction.
Conan was quite skilled at creating a show; his deduction was wonderfully spoken, and with the Hatamoto family acting as the supporting cast, it was quite interesting.
Even Yuu, who had been observing Takeshi Zaiki, couldn't help but look sideways when Conan mentioned that Ichiro Hatamoto's motive for murder was because he liked Natsue Hatamoto.
Compared to the truth he already knew, Yuu was now very interested in this Takeshi Zaiki guy who had little presence.
According to the established development, he was the biggest winner.
Gozo Hatamoto probably found his conscience as death approached.
Or perhaps he was afraid of not having peace after death.
Even knowing that Takeshi Zaiki was the son of his enemy, he still agreed to let him marry into the family.
He even actively played matchmaker.
Probably wanting to use this move to indirectly alleviate a little of the guilt in his heart for what happened back then.
So the filial Natsue Hatamoto still married Takeshi Zaiki after this incident.
But now...
Yuu was still pondering how to expose Takeshi Zaiki's true colors so that Natsue Hatamoto could dump him without any psychological burden.
But unexpectedly, Ichiro Hatamoto spoke first.
"Natsue, Takeshi and that man are both deceiving you."
Ichiro Hatamoto didn't make excuses for his motive and act of murder; after his secret crush was exposed, he seemed to have completely let go.
He looked at Natsue Hatamoto excitedly and shouted: "Takeshi has a relationship with Akie, and that man also has unclear relations with the women around him. I saw all these with my own eyes. You must believe me, only I truly love you."
Yuu wasn't in a hurry to explain; he didn't even want to explain, because from the beginning, he hadn't thought of hiding it from Natsue Hatamoto.
However, the scantily clad Akie Hatamoto and Takeshi Zaiki's expressions changed.
But Akie Hatamoto's expression quickly returned to normal; Kume Hatamoto was already dead, so what if she cheated?
Only Takeshi Zaiki was anxious; he didn't have time to rejoice over clearing his suspicion of murder, and hurriedly approached Natsue, saying: "Natsue, don't listen to Ichiro's nonsense. He's just jealous of me. He framed me for murder before, and now he's framing me for cheating. You must believe that although I approached you with a purpose, the person I truly love is you. Our wedding tomorrow..."
Takeshi Zaiki might be good at acting, but Akie Hatamoto's reaction had already explained the truth of the matter.
Actually, without Ichiro Hatamoto's revelation, Natsue Hatamoto wouldn't have continued to marry Takeshi Zaiki, this guy with ulterior motives.
As for Yuu...
Thinking that her first kiss was taken by Yuu not long after they met, a faint pink appeared on Natsue's beautiful small face.
If he didn't have a relationship with the two beautiful girls around him, she would find it strange.
No, now is not the time to think about this.
There will be plenty of opportunities with Mr. Hoshimiya later; now she should deal with this annoying man in front of her first.
"I wondered why you never complained and acted so understanding when I wouldn't let you touch me even though we were about to get married. It turns out you had already eaten your fill."
Forcing herself to calm down, Natsue Hatamoto's face was full of frost as she glanced sideways at the nonchalant Akie Hatamoto.
She had heard of her sister's promiscuity, but she didn't expect that even though she had a husband, she would actually hook up with her own brother-in-law.
As for who initiated it between the two, Natsue Hatamoto couldn't be bothered to ask; neither of them was any good anyway.
Fortunately, she discovered it before the official marriage, otherwise...
Natsue Hatamoto felt a lingering fear, then snorted coldly and directly slapped Takeshi Zaiki.
"Mr. Zaiki, you still dare to appear in front of me. Now that Grandpa has passed away, our wedding will naturally be cancelled. We have nothing to do with each other now, please leave here."
Takeshi Zaiki immediately said: "Natsue, don't be angry. Although I lied to you, the person I love is really you!"
Natsue Hatamoto sneered: "Save such childish words to trick others. Uncle Kitarou, I don't want to see this hypocritical guy again. Could you please ask the captain on the lower deck to open the door and send this guy to the lower deck."
Hearing this, Kitarou Hatamoto and Jouji Hatamoto hurriedly stepped forward to restrain Takeshi Zaiki and send him to the lower deck.
Takeshi Zaiki kept shouting: "Natsue, listen to my explanation! Listen to my explanation!"
Yuu looked at Natsue Hatamoto's clean and efficient way of solving the problem and couldn't help giving a thumbs up.
Seeing this, Natsue Hatamoto smiled slightly at Yuu, but the smile quickly faded.
"Cousin Ichiro, you say you like me, but why did you attack me just now?"
"I didn't, I didn't!" Ichiro Hatamoto was very agitated and argued: "I wanted to kill that man who deceived you, I didn't want to attack you!"
Natsue Hatamoto frowned and asked back: "But it was so dark, and Mr. Hoshimiya and I were standing together, how did you distinguish us?"
"I... I..."
Ichiro Hatamoto thought for a long time, but the words got stuck in his throat.
That's right, how did he see clearly at that time?
In fact, looking back now, he didn't even know where he got the courage to kill two people in a row, and even wanted to kill a third.
"Taking a step back, even if you wanted to kill... harm Mr. Hoshimiya, the fact is that you almost killed me because of it."
With the truth revealed and seeing the true faces of Akie Hatamoto and others, Natsue Hatamoto seemed to have become a different person, changing her previous gentleness.
She had just dealt with Takeshi Zaiki toughly, and now she was constantly attacking Ichiro Hatamoto's heart.
"Am I right, Cousin Ichiro?"
"It's not like that, it's not like that, I really didn't want to hurt you, Natsue..."
Unable to answer, Ichiro Hatamoto's face began to distort, kneeling on the ground and muttering to himself constantly.
Mariko Hatamoto and Kitarou Hatamoto wanted to comfort their son, but at this moment they didn't dare to get too close to Ichiro Hatamoto, who was obviously a bit abnormal.
They were afraid that the other party would go crazy and stab them both too.
Yuu took everything into his eyes and shook his head secretly.
Ichiro Hatamoto's brain really isn't quite normal, and he's also somewhat mentally perverted.
Worthy of being a product of inbreeding, a Japanese specialty.
During Conan's previous deduction, he had already mentioned that Ichiro Hatamoto's parents were cousins.
In Japan, marriage between cousins is legal; many large families even persist in this tradition, the most typical being the current Emperor's family in Japan.
Under the guise of maintaining blood purity, they actually produce offspring who are all intellectually deficient or even deformed.
Yuu was firmly opposed to inbreeding, besides the above reason.
More importantly, because regardless of his past life or this life, he didn't have any opposite-sex relatives for incest.
Since he didn't have any, then others naturally couldn't have any either.
No, it should be resolutely resisting this bad habit!
By the time everything settled, it was already past ten o'clock.
As a murderer, Ichiro Hatamoto was locked into the warehouse where Takeshi Zaiki had been locked before.
That warehouse could only be opened from the outside, so there was no worry about him going crazy and running out to commit murder again.
The murderer was his only son; at this moment, Kitarou Hatamoto's expression when looking at Kogoro Mouri also became very complicated.
On one hand, he felt that his idol was indeed amazing; on the other hand, he felt that it was all because of Kogoro Mouri that Ichiro Hatamoto was caught.
However, no matter how conflicted he was, it couldn't change the facts.
Once the cruise ship arrived at the port, Ichiro Hatamoto would be taken away by the police, and Natsue Hatamoto would officially become the sole heir of the Hatamoto family.