For Fang Zheng and Conan, the Rokuhara Island incident has many doubts that are yet to be resolved.
The first doubt is whether Beatrice really exists.
The current evidence suggests... this person likely exists.
Because indeed there is an annex on Rokuhara Island, but Conan also said it looks like no one has lived there for over ten years.
So taking that into consideration, it means ten years ago, someone was living in that annex.
The question then is, who lived in that annex at that time?
And the second doubt is... Sayaka Yasuda.
This person on the list, Fang Zheng has never met.
However, Conan has given an answer this time.
"I asked Mr. Renji, he said Sayaka’s real name is Sayo, and Sayo was her name when she worked as a servant."
"So then, is Sayaka Yasuda actually Sayo?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng squinted his eyes and began to think.
"Then who is Kanon?"
"Mr. Renji said Kanon is Sayo’s younger brother... "
"Impossible, there’s no such person on the island’s roster."
Fang Zheng shook his head.
"Now the mystery of Sayaka Yasuda is solved, even if the servants aren’t using their real names, the numbers don’t match. Based on the investigation results on the list, aside from the Yodaimiya family on Rokuhara Island, the rest are Genji Lunoshiro, Sayaka Yasuda, Granny Kumazawa, Chef Toshiro, and Dr. Nanjo, these five names are listed."
At this point, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.
"Now that the mystery of Sayaka Yasuda is solved, the remaining question is... who is Kanon?"
"This... "
"He couldn’t have just appeared out of thin air, I asked Kanon, and Kanon has been here a long time, which means he’s not a character who suddenly appeared just for the murder case."
"Does Kanon not know Kanon’s true identity?"
"She might not care, after all, the servants on the island are all appointed by Kinzou, and others aren’t interested in these matters. Actually, strictly speaking, asking Kinzou would be the best approach, but... "
"He’s already dead."
Conan was also helpless, although in this game Kinzou was still locked in the study, after the previous week’s game, they both knew Kinzou was already dead, and likely died before they arrived on Rokuhara Island.
However...
"Speaking of which, I remembered something interesting."
"What is it?"
"In last week’s game, if you think about it, we’ve never seen Sayo and Kanon appear in front of us at the same time."
"Huh?"
Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Conan paused for a moment.
"Haven’t... had we?"
"That’s right."
Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.
"Look, when we first came to the island, we saw Kanon working in the garden at the front gate, but we saw Sayo when we entered the guesthouse to drop off our luggage and rest."
"When we went to the beach for a picnic, Sayo went with us."
At this point, with Fang Zheng’s reminder, Conan gradually realized.
"Yet during the time when the others were in the room discussing inheritance distribution, no one saw Kanon."
"Next when we saw Kanon, it was when he notified us for dinner."
"But at that time, Sayo didn’t appear."
"After dinner, everyone returned to the guesthouse, and at this time we were with Sayo, but we didn’t see Kanon... "
"The next day, after Sayo died, Kanon appeared in front of us at all times."
At this point, Conan’s eyes lit up, but soon he discovered another doubt.
"Wait, so you mean Sayo and Kanon are the same person?"
"Is that strange? Think about Mermaid Island, such absurd and ridiculous things are common on small islands."
Fang Zheng seemed very calm.
"But there’s another problem, which is if the two are the same person and intentionally faked their death, then they must be related to the real culprit, right? But on the second night, wasn’t Kanon killed by a long nail piercing through his chest?"
"But we never really witnessed Kanon take his last breath."
Fang Zheng reminded him.
"Remember, at that time it was Dr. Nanjo who treated Kanon’s wounds, and Shizuka went along with him. Later on, we heard of Kanon’s death from Shizuka and Dr. Nanjo, but we didn’t see the corpse. All things considered... we should change our investigative direction."
"Investigative direction?"
"Exactly."
Fang Zheng nodded.
"Previously, we’ve been focusing on the Yodaimiya Clan, but now it seems, Sayaka Yasuda herself is the biggest doubt. However, regarding Sayaka Yasuda, Yodaimiya Clan surely doesn’t know much. Maybe Shizuka would know more, but others only come to the island once a year, they definitely wouldn’t care about the servants on the island. So the best approach is still to start investigating the people living on this island... that is Mr. Genji, Dr. Nanjo, and Granny Kumazawa. They’ve been on this island the longest, and if there’s any secret, surely it can’t be hidden from them. Perhaps we might even need their help to conceal some secrets... "
"I understand."
Conan instantly knew what to do.
"Leave this to me."
"It’s up to you then, anyway, your ability to feign ignorance is always top-notch."
"Who are you calling feigning ignorance... wait a second."
At this moment, Conan suddenly remembered something.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, if Sayo and Kanon are the same person... don’t you remember? Last week we discovered Mr. Renji liked Sayo, and Shizuka liked Kanon... "
"So you’re into both genders, and even siblings."
Fang Zheng gave a silent thumbs up.
"You’ve got skills."
The story continued just like before, after dinner, Maria took out the letter given to her by Beatrice and started reading it aloud, which once again sparked disputes among everyone.
"The Old Man would never just give up his ring, that’s absolutely impossible!"
Kazu Yodaimiya shouted loudly, while Ehua Yodaimiya also started to ponder.
"If we take it literally, it’s a trial from the Old Man for us."
"Wait a minute... isn’t that an abnormal interpretation?"
Hearing the discussion, Fang Zheng was speechless too. Last time, he only observed, but this time he decided to intervene directly.
"Listening to what you’re saying, if that ring was with Mr. Kinzou all the time and couldn’t leave him, then by logic, shouldn’t it be that someone attacked Mr. Kinzou, took the ring, and left this letter behind?"
"........."
The reminder from Fang Zheng stunned everyone for a moment before they all immediately stood up and ran towards the study.
A bunch of idiots, huh?
Watching their retreating figures, Fang Zheng also shook his head speechlessly. Logically speaking, shouldn’t any normal person think that way?
So, is Kinzou Yodaimiya still alive?
This question was about to be answered soon.
Thinking of that, Fang Zheng also stood up and walked out of the dining room.
"Father, Father, please open the door!!"
When Fang Zheng arrived at the study’s entrance, he saw Kazu Yodaimiya banging on the door, but as expected, there was no response from inside.
"Hurry and open the door, what if Father was really attacked by someone?"
Ehua also spoke at this moment, and faced with this suggestion, everyone else nodded, except Fang Zheng noticed Kazu Yodaimiya’s slightly hesitant expression. However, he eventually took out a key and opened the door.
"Father!!"
With the door open, everyone rushed into the study eagerly, but—————it was empty.
After that, everyone searched every inch of the villa, inside and out, but still couldn’t find a trace of Kinzou Yodaimiya. In the end, they had to gather back in the room, and unsurprisingly, just as Fang Zheng predicted, others soon started questioning Kazu Yodaimiya and Natsuki Yodaimiya, suspecting that they killed their father and disguised it as if he wasn’t dead. Naturally, the two denied it vehemently, refusing to admit anything.
"We did not kill Father, and even if we did, what’s the point of writing this letter?"
"Perhaps for the inheritance?"
Fang Zheng yawned and looked at the two again.
"After all, a letter like this, with handwriting that isn’t Mr. Kinzou’s, can’t serve as a will legally. Even taking a step back, let’s say it follows the letter’s instructions, and the person who finds the gold becomes the family head. Without Mr. Kinzou Yodaimiya’s notarization and declaration in court, the letter has no legal standing, and according to law, Mr. Kazu Yodaimiya, as the eldest son, naturally has the right of first inheritance."
"That’s right."
Hearing this, Kazu Yodaimiya nodded in agreement.
"Then why would I do something like this?"
"But that’s only if the Elder Brother has inheritance rights."
Ehua Yodaimiya spoke up at this moment.
"If Father made another will and had someone else inherit the Yodaimiya family, then it would be very bad for the elder brother. So, to prevent such a situation, the elder brother killed Father, destroyed the will, and then disguised it as the witch of gold writing this letter. This way, as long as the elder brother finds the gold naturally, the rest of us would have no choice but to acknowledge his inheritance rights..."
"That’s complete nonsense!"
Natsuhi also stood up in anger at this point.
"There’s no way Krauss would do something like that!"
"Then allow us to search your rooms. If you aren’t the ones who killed Dad, there shouldn’t be anything suspicious in there, right?"
"You, how can you do this!?"
At this moment, Natsuhi’s face was ashen, while Ehua Yodaimiya glared at her intensely.
"Of course we can. Listen, we are the Yodaimiya family, and you’re just a childbearing machine, a person not even allowed to be engraved with the One-Winged Hawk, and you have no right to point fingers at us!!"
"You... you..."
Natsuhi was trembling with rage in response to Ehua’s words, and at this moment, Ruffov stood up as well, looking at Krauss.
"That’s true, elder brother, now Dad is missing, and although you’ve been taking care of him here, you don’t know where he went... we suspect you might have done something you shouldn’t have... hope you don’t mind if we check your room."
"........."
Krauss’ face was ashen, but after hesitating for a moment, he nodded.
However, inside Kazu Yodaimiya’s room, everyone unsurprisingly found a ———gold bar.
"There’s the evidence!"
Ehua Yodaimiya pointed at the gold bar, angrily glaring at Krauss.
"So it’s you, elder brother, who killed Father and wrote that nonsensical letter! As long as you present this gold bar and claim you found it yourself, then no one would be able to oppose your inheritance rights!"
"No!"
Faced with the crowd’s fury, Krauss also panicked.
"This is indeed Father’s gold, but I previously reclaimed it — it was one of the gold bars Father sold. Like you, I once doubted Father’s claims about the gold’s existence, so I went through connections and retrieved a gold bar he sold..."
"Do you really think we’d believe that kind of bullshit?"
Ruffov also chimed in.
"No matter what you say, of all our siblings, only you lived here on Rokugashima, so you must have killed Dad and stole his gold... nothing you say matters, just save it for the police!!"
"It’s not, it’s really not like that!!"
Krauss yelled in anger, and eventually, he made a decision with a sigh.
"Fine, I admit, Father has indeed been dead for some time now, but I really didn’t kill him. Father passed away from a heart attack... it’s true, Dr. Minami and Mr. Genji can attest! But later, to secure the inheritance, I privately talked with them, asking them to keep this secret temporarily..."
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng raised an eyebrow.
Good, it seems one of the doubts has been resolved.

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