Only then did Shirane Kiriko come to her senses. She shook her head, cutting off Suzuki Sonoko's wild speculation. "Neither Kanaya nor the Captain could have killed Eshiri just to supposedly 'take me away'—because Eshiri and I divorced three years ago. Strictly speaking, he isn't my husband. He's my ex-husband."
Suzuki Sonoko froze. "You got divorced? Why?"
Shirane Kiriko sighed. "It's a long story. But since fishing was something we both enjoyed, we parted on good terms, so every now and then, I'd still come fishing with the Captain and Kanaya. I never expected today to... sigh."
"Come to think of it, Mr. Eshiri was poisoned." Conan examined the bento box Eshiri Taishi had finished on the Breakwater Pile and asked Shirane Kiriko, "Do you make the bentos every time you come fishing?"
"Yes." Shirane Kiriko nodded, then suddenly sensed something was wrong and hurriedly added, "But I didn't poison the bento!"
Kanaya Mineto promptly spoke up for the woman he admired. "All of Kiriko's bentos looked exactly the same, and we picked them at random—there's no way she could have poisoned one!"
Watching the two fishing companions, Mizunashi Rena felt rather moved. After all the way here, this was the first time the suspects had not attacked one another, but had instead defended each other.
Still, there had to be a murderer... Could it have been the Captain?
"Wait, why am I even guessing that?" Mizunashi Rena realized her thoughts had drifted off course and quickly pulled herself back. "The key question now is whether this case was an accident, or whether Hashimoto Maya, who arranged this fishing trip for us, did something behind the scenes."
She tried to broaden her perspective. Beside her, the two high school girls were diligently discussing the case.
Mouri Ran had even called