Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Kotaro Takiguchi pulled out a video of himself learning to swim on his tablet, "I also want to watch the video of my previous swimming practice to regain my courage. After I regain my courage, maybe I can swim in the sea!"

"Do you still want to go swimming?" Takiguchi Nao asked with a worried look, "I was so scared by you just now, please don't try again today."

"Don't worry, I won't mess around!"

Kotaro Takiguchi smiled at Nao Takiguchi and played the video on his tablet.

There are only two swimming videos saved on the tablet.

The first video was taken when Kotaro Takiguchi was just practicing swimming. Kotaro Takiguchi put a floating board under his body when swimming, and his swimming movements were relatively stiff.

The second video was taken a week ago. In the video, Kotaro Takiguchi easily swam from one end of the pool to the other, with skillful and natural swimming movements.

The shooting background of both videos is the outdoor swimming pool in the villa courtyard.

When Kotaro Takiguchi was practicing swimming, Nao Takiguchi also stayed in the swimming pool and stood by to cheer him up.

In addition to the two of them, Koro also stayed in the swimming pool with a swimming ring, accompanying Nao Takiguchi, wagging his tail all the time.

It can be seen from the video that the water level of the swimming pool only reaches Takiguchi Nao's chest.

When Chi Feichi was observing the water level, he suddenly noticed that the necklace on Takiguchi Nao's chest fell into the water in the previous video, but floated on the water in the latter video. While thinking, he also noticed the necklace in Koro's arms. There were rust marks on the metal buckle, and he said in a loud voice, "Did you always put Koro in the swimming pool when you practiced swimming before? No wonder the metal part of his collar is a little rusty."

Conan leaned closer to Chi Feichi and observed the collar around Ke Luo's neck. His childish voice was cute, "It's true! The metal parts of the collar are rusty. It looks so old. This collar has been used for a long time." Yet?"

"We took Koro home when he was three months old, and we bought the collar at that time," Takiguchi Kotaro put the tablet on the table, reached out and hugged Koro, and looked at Koro's collar with a puzzled look. Collar, "Keluo has just turned one year old now. This collar has been used for less than a year. The metal buckle is already rusty. The quality of the collar seems not to be very good..."

"Maybe it's because Koro likes to play in the water," Takiguchi Nao said with a smile. "Every time he plays in the water, I don't remember to take off his collar. Maybe it's soaked in too much water. The metal buckle is just rusty.”

Conan looked at the rust mark on the collar, thoughtfully reached for the tablet on the table, looked at Takiguchi Nao's necklace floating on the water in the video, frowned, operated the tablet, and reopened the third A video, two videos played again.

After the video was played, Kotaro Takiguchi smiled and asked, "How was it, little brother? My performance in the last swimming practice last week looked much better than the first time I practiced swimming, right?"

Conan had a sweet smile on his face, "Yes, Mr. Takiguchi has made great progress!"

"Hahaha..." Takiguchi Kotaro laughed twice, took the tablet from Conan, and handed the tablet to Takiguchi Nao, "Nao, please send the tablet back, thank you for your hard work!"

"It doesn't matter, our yacht is parked nearby, and it won't take long to bring things here," Nao Takiguchi took the tablet and asked with a gentle smile, "By the way, you need me to bring the fishing rod or something else. ?"

"No, I don't really want to fish," Takiguchi Kotaro responded with a smile, "But if you want to come here to fish, you can also bring the fishing rod here."

"Then I'll send the tablet back first, and Koro will leave it to you to take care of for the time being," Takiguchi Nao said with a trace of worry on her face, "But don't take the risk of swimming again."

"Don't worry, I won't go to the sea again today!" Takiguchi Kotaro smiled.

After receiving Kotaro Takiguchi's response, Nao Takiguchi left holding the tablet.

Dr. Agasa stood aside and sighed to Haibara Ai in a low voice, "Mr. and Mrs. Takiguchi have such a good relationship."

Haibara Ai looked at Takiguchi Nao's leaving figure and had doubts in her heart, but did not agree with Dr. Agasa's idea out loud.

Edogawa asked to watch the video of Mr. Takiguchi practicing swimming, and Brother Fei Chi also followed and watched the video... Are these two people suspecting that Mr. Takiguchi drowned just now and there is something hidden behind it?

If there was another hidden reason for Mr. Takiguchi’s drowning, does it mean that there was something wrong with Mrs. Takiguchi, who practiced with Mr. Takiguchi and let him swim in the water before?

"Sorry, Master Chi, I would like to borrow the bathroom on the ship." Takiguchi Kotaro stood up with an apologetic look, leaned over and put Koro on the floor.

"I'll take you there," Chi Fei belatedly saw Koro deliberately lying on his instep and picked up Koro. When he took Kotaro Takiguchi and passed by Haibara Ai and Dr. A Li, he put Koro on Haibara. In Ai's arms, "Xiao Ai, please take care of Keluo."

five minutes later……

Kotaro Takiguchi left the bathroom and walked out of the quiet indoor reception area. Hearing the laughter of children and Koro's cheerful barking, he turned his head to look at the direction of the tail trap where the sound came from, and started walking towards the stairs on the other side. Follow the stairs to the upper deck and walk straight to the open-air swimming pool on the upper deck.

The cool sea breeze blew onto the deck, and the seagulls circling and chirping overhead landed on the railings of the ship one by one and stood in a row along the railings.

Kotaro Takiguchi stared at the sparkling waves of the swimming pool for two seconds, took a deep breath, walked to the escalator for entering the swimming pool, and stretched out his hands to hold the escalator. Thinking of the fear he felt when he drowned in the sea not long ago, he couldn't move towards the water. Take a step.

Behind him, Chi Feichi walked out from the semi-outdoor rest area next to him. Seeing Kotaro Takiguchi wanting to get into the water but not daring, he reminded him, "The water level in this swimming pool is not high. If you stand in the pool, the water will probably only flood you." Up to your neck, you can rest assured.”

"Master Feichi?" Takiguchi Kotaro turned his head in surprise and looked at Chi Feichi walking from the semi-outdoor rest area, "When did you..."

"I came here while you were going to the bathroom." Chi Feichi sat on an outdoor chair by the pool and looked at the swimming ring next to the pool. "If you still feel that the water is not safe enough, you can bring it with you." The swimming circle is in the water. Anyway, as long as you get in the water and feel it, you should be able to confirm your suspicion."

"Did you also notice?" Takiguchi Kotaro smiled bitterly, "I don't seem to have really learned how to swim..."

"In the two practice videos, in the first video, your wife's necklace pendant sank in the water, but in the second video, the necklace pendant that looked exactly the same around her neck was floating on the water," Chi Feichi Looking at the water surface calmly, "This shows that the density of the water has changed. On the day the second video was taken, something should have been added to the water in which you were swimming, such as a large amount of bath salt, so that you It is easier to float on the water. In addition, the metal buckle of Koro's collar is rusty, probably because it has been soaked in pool water with added ingredients recently. Otherwise, the metal buckle of pet collars will be coated with waterproof and anti-corrosion paint, which would not be so It rusts easily, so I doubt you have learned how to swim. It is your wife who makes you think you have learned how to swim..."

"But..." Takiguchi Kotaro showed a trace of doubt on his face, "If she added a lot of salt to the swimming pool, how could I notice it when I was swimming? In fact, in the early days of my swimming practice, I discovered that the water in the swimming pool It smelled salty. When I asked her, she also admitted that she had added salt to the water. She said that she just wanted me to learn to swim faster. After two days, she told me that I didn’t need to add salt to the swimming pool. Since then, I have never noticed a salty smell in the swimming pool water. Even if I am not so prone to choking in the later stages of practice, there will inevitably be pool water on my lips when swimming. If she is really in the water If you put bath salts in, I will definitely taste or smell it.”

"It may also be that water-soluble polymers are added," Chi Feichi said. "That is a harmless substance that is often used in medicine or food. Even if you accidentally choke on two mouthfuls of water while swimming, you won't taste it. There will be an obvious odor, but of course, your body will not experience any abnormalities due to the water."