Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 648 Come One Step Late

Come one step later

"It really was you! Masato Shimizu! You killed my father! In order to seek the throne of the village chief, you... dared to..."

Emotionally agitated, Kuroiwa Reiko pointed at Shimizu Masato aggressively, and shouted sharply, but because the reaction was too intense, he was speechless for a while.

Regarding this, Qi Qi, who received everyone's attention, stared at Masato Qingshui, as if he had been greatly wronged, his face flushed with grief and indignation, as if he was full of depression in his heart, he opened his mouth, but couldn't hold back a word ——

"Is it a mistake?"

At this time, the old policeman, who had been silent all this time, suddenly felt strange and said:

"Although Shimizu, who has a sense of justice, has a bad relationship with Heiyan, but because of this, he killed people..."

Having said that, the old policeman couldn't help but shook his head, feeling a little incomprehensible.

"Not only because of the so-called sense of justice..."

Kogoro's voice started to explain again:

"As I mentioned before, the three consecutive murders, because of the sound of "Moonlight" at the scene, always remind people of the death of Keiji Aso in the sea of ​​fire 12 years ago. The purpose of the prisoner's doing this is, In essence, I want to use this method to make people mention the suspect's suspicion on the music score left by Keiji Aso that we will find in the end. He is still alive in the world.

"Since this is the case, have you ever thought about a question—that is why, the real murderer knows the existence of 'Chengshi'?"

Solemnly, Kogoro's voice asked everyone present.

As for this question, Hirata Kazuaki, Kuroiwa Reiko, and Murasawa Monday showed puzzled expressions, as if they did not understand this.

However, this is obviously for the old policeman on the side, but he has a very right to say about it——

"I'm sorry, let me interject... Although the fact that Aso has a son named 'Cheng Shi' may not be known to the young people on the island, but this matter is very important to some young people on the island. For people of a slightly older generation, it should be something that everyone knows."

Hearing this, in the radio room, Conan echoed this in Kogoro's voice:
"That's right, the fact that Mr. Aso has a son named 'Chengshi' may indeed not be a secret to the people on the island. But..."

As he said that, Kogoro's voice suddenly paused, and then he spit out the most critical part of the following in a very serious tone——

"Mr. Aso did not actually have a son named 'SE JI', but a son named 'NA RU MI'. I'm afraid there are only a few people who know about it!"

As Kogoro's voice had just finished saying this, except for Police Officer Megure who had known the inside story for a long time and others, their expressions were normal, but everyone present, including Shimizu Masato, couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on their faces.

However, the astonishment on Shimizu Masato's face was only fleeting, and he immediately returned to his original glaring mood——

It's just that Conan, who was far away in the radio room upstairs, couldn't see this scene.

"'Chengshi (NA RU MI)'?"

After reading this pronunciation, Hirata Kazuaki looked at Naruto Asai beside him with a surprised face, trembling in panic——

"You...you are..."

"Yes."

Regarding the current situation, since Kogoro has revealed his identity, Asai Narumi has nothing to hide, sighed a little, and admitted his identity calmly and frankly——

"I am Keiji Aso's daughter."

"What? Then you..."

Staring blankly at Naruto Asai who confessed his identity, Reiko Kuroiwa, who was more than shocked, looked at her in disbelief and asked:
"You go back to this island..."

"Indeed... I returned to this island where my father lived in the first place, in order to find out the truth about his murder."

There is no need to hide it, Asai Chengshi said:

"However, I didn't expect that when I first came to the island two years ago, I was called by the former village head Guishan to the piano room of the community activity center. After he knew my real identity, he said I was so frightened that I confessed everything, which also allowed me to know the truth of the year very smoothly...

"It turned out that Kameyama, Heiyan, Kawashima, and Nishimoto threatened my father and asked him to use the opportunity of overseas performances to buy illegal drugs, and then transport the illegal drugs back to China through my father's piano. But, in Twelve years ago, after my father refused their request, they locked my father's family at home and burned them to death in order to prevent the secret from leaking out!"

"Oh! No wonder, that's why it happened so well back then. Four of them witnessed Aso's death. It turned out that this happened..."

Slightly surprised, the old policeman couldn't help saying suddenly.

As for this, after listening to what Asai said, Murasawa on the side couldn't help saying:

"So, after you found out the truth about your father's murder, you wanted revenge, didn't you? And your first target of revenge was the former village chief Guishan who was in the piano room at that time? You killed him ?”

"No."

Faced with such a question, Asai Chengshi shook his head flatly:
"At that time, after the head of Guishan Village told me all the truth incoherently, he was probably really frightened by my identity, which caused him to have a heart attack and died. And I was next to that guy's body. When I played my father's favorite "Moonlight" as the funeral song, the revenge plan began..."

"So, what happened this time..."

Confused, when Murazawa Monday was about to continue asking, Kogoro's voice sounded again, and he began to explain:

"Let me briefly describe the history of all events——

"Originally, in this incident, Dr. Cheng Shi had already made a plan for revenge. He was planning to take advantage of the former village head's funeral and start looking for opportunities to kill the three people back then. And, in order to use the 'cursed piano' According to rumors, Dr. Cheng Shi prepared a tape recorder to play "Moonlight" and a score on the piano in advance.

"It's just that, although Dr. Chengshi was very well prepared, we discovered her plan before it was implemented, thus preventing her from killing people."

Speaking of this, Kogoro's voice paused for a while, and Reiko Kuroiwa and the others present were surprised by such a statement, and they couldn't help but all looked at the police officer in charge of the investigation, as if to excuse Asai Narumi The statement is somewhat unbelievable.

However, Police Officer Megure just silently agreed, saying that the police had already grasped clues in this regard, so Kogoro Mori's statement was trustworthy.

"However, Dr. Cheng Shi's murder plan was stopped by us, but another murderer who also planned to kill the three of them also took this opportunity to kill them—"

After Kogoro continued to say these words, everyone present once again turned their gazes to the murderer that Kogoro mentioned just now—Shimizu Masato, with serious expressions, and couldn't help but look towards him for fear that he would do something out of the ordinary. Silently took a step back in the direction away from him——

"The murderer took advantage of the occasion of the ritual to invite Mr. Nishimoto out, and made him take a lethal dose of prohibited drugs. Then, similarly, the murderer also wanted to take advantage of the rumor of the 'cursed piano', and made Nishimoto The body of Mr. Nishimoto was placed on the piano in the piano room—that is, the appearance of Mr. Nishimoto's body when we found it later.

"However, I'm afraid the murderer himself didn't expect that the scene of Mr. Nishimoto's death he arranged would end up with "Moonlight" playing, which made the whole scene look particularly suitable for the "cursed piano". Although, the murderer It may not be clear what is going on, but the "Moonlight" that sounded at the scene is tantamount to an excellent inspiration for the murderer, so, in a similar way, in the second action of the murderer, The murderer also started using Moonlight to make things even weirder!
"As for the murderer's second action, just as he mentioned to you during the interrogation——

"At the crime scene where the police on the island and a few of us were on duty, we found someone peeping outside. After we found out, the peeping person chose to jump into the sea in order not to be caught by us. Then, in More than an hour after the voyeur jumped into the sea, the second movement of "Moonlight" sounded from the loudspeaker, attracting us to the office on the island, where we found the drowned body of Mr. Kawashima. "

Speaking of this, Kogoro's voice was a little sad, he sighed slightly, then suddenly changed the subject, and said instead:
"Remember what I said before? Mr. Kawashima and Mr. Hirata are using the piano in the piano room to complete the smuggling of illegal drugs. Therefore, if we follow the normal reasoning, when we discover the illegal drug smuggling incident on the island , and find out the activities between Kawashima and Hirata, then obviously, when faced with this second incident, what do we think?

"I think at least, we will feel that the figure peeping outside the house at that time was Mr. Kawashima who drowned later. Because Mr. Kawashima was worried that the prohibited drugs in the piano room would be discovered by us on duty, so to be on the safe side, Chuan Dao Mr. Shima wanted to find an opportunity to take away these prohibited drugs hidden in the piano before we discovered this. After we found out whereabouts, Mr. Kawashima chose to escape by jumping into the sea under the night in order not to expose himself , but accidentally drowned in the sea, and finally his body was pushed to the coast near the office by the ocean current——

"In short, this makes the second incident look more like an accident. As for the "Moonlight" that sounded at that time, the murderer can also push it to the first incident. Doctor Cheng Shi who played "Moonlight" body, so that he can get rid of suspicion.”

"I see……"

Hearing what Kogoro said, Murazawa Monday nodded slightly, as if he finally understood and said:
"That is to say, the murderer has already found someone who can bear all the suspicions for him in advance, and then, the murderer only needs to follow his own plan and kill the three people step by step, because in the end, even if they are dug out As for the truth of Mr. Aso's murder 12 years ago, then the suspicion will only be placed on the surviving child of Mr. Aso... However, based on these alone, how can you be sure that the real culprit is Masato Shimizu?"

"In the second incident, by calculating the ocean currents, we found that theoretically speaking, the time interval and distance between the diving position of the figure we found and the location of Mr. Kawashima at the end were completely reasonable according to the current conditions at that time. Therefore, if the second incident is a well-planned murder, then obviously, the murderer is well aware of the ocean currents at night on the island, so Mr. Shimizu, who is the representative of the fishermen on the island, is one of the biggest suspects..."

Kogoro's voice began to answer Murazawa's question on Monday, but obviously such a statement made Shimizu Masato even more angry, but before he could speak, Kogoro continued:
"Of course, these are just speculations. But as I said just now, since the murderer wanted to draw the suspicion of the murderer to Keiji Aso's surviving child, it is possible that the murderer knew that Mr. Aso's child was already on the island. ——

"But the problem is that when Mr. Aso declared to the outside world, for some reason, he referred to his daughter who was hospitalized in a hospital in Tokyo as his son, so people who don't know the inside story can't know that the only one on the island is now The female doctor, Dr. Cheng Shi, is the surviving child of Mr. Aso.

"Among the people on the island, the only person who may know about this is Mr. Shimizu who visited the Tokyo Hospital and sponsored Mr. Aso who was struggling with medical expenses at that time!

"So, when I found out about this, I guessed that you have a very close relationship with Mr. Aso, maybe you already knew the truth about Mr. Aso's death, so you may also have the same motive to kill those four people.

"Because you may have known the true identity of Dr. Chengshi and the purpose of her coming to the island a long time ago. However, since Dr. Chengshi has not taken action to complete revenge for two full years, you finally chose Do it yourself!"

Speaking of this, Kogoro's voice paused, and then he emphasized it again:
"Of course, the most critical piece of evidence lies in the tool used to kill the third Mr. Heiyan...Mr. Shimizu, this is the end of the matter, what else do you want to argue?"

A little nervous, Conan, who finished talking about this series of conjectures in the radio room, couldn't help but fell silent——

To be honest, these conjectures are just the truth of the incident that I roughly sketched out after listening to the old policeman just now, and the only thing I can rely on is actually the key evidence that killed Heiyan Tatsuji.

Because he was worried that if he could not keep the person here now, the murderer would have a chance to dispose of the murder weapon, so the real murderer who had killed the three victims in three seemingly accidental ways in a row might not be able to catch the other party again. handle it-

After all, in the first and second incidents, before the results of the forensic examination came out, there was no evidence to point out that this was a man-made killing. The only flaw revealed by the murderer was that he chose to kill Heiyanchenji with pufferfish poison this time.

In this regard, after hearing Kogoro's voice asking this question, Masato Shimizu's expression could not help but change from the sad and indignant expression just now to a little calm——

"You are right, Mr. Detective... the general details are similar to what I did..."

"Mr. Shimizu, did you admit that you killed the three people?"

Police officer Megure couldn't help looking at Masato Shimizu seriously and said.

Masato Shimizu also nodded his head, expressing his acknowledgment.

Seeing this, the old policeman was still a little puzzled and asked:

"But... why? Why do you have to kill them?"

"Humph……"

With a faint smile, Masato Shimizu said slowly:
"Mr. Aso's matter is one aspect... But, more importantly..."

Speaking of this, Masato Shimizu was a little agitated, but the expression on his face became a little stiff——

"They occupied this island, and gradually turned this beautiful island into a tool for them to make money, whether it is farmland or fishing grounds... Originally, I thought that if I could become the village head, I could change everything, but... …They bought off most of the villagers on the island with the money they collected, and the election of the village head is a pre-determined cutscene, so..."

Saying so, Masato Shimizu's tone became lighter and lighter, and gradually, his whole body seemed to be paralyzed——

"what have you done!"

Immediately, Naruto Asai, who is a doctor, quickly noticed Masato Shimizu's abnormal behavior, and couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

However, before Shimizu could react, Masato Shimizu fell heavily to the ground——

"what!"

Immediately, Reiko Heiyan at the scene screamed at this, while Xiaolan on the side couldn't help covering her mouth, looking at Masato Shimizu who was still fine just now with an expression of disbelief, why did this happen suddenly——

"What happened?"

It seems that through the microphone in the room, he noticed the abnormality at the scene at the moment. Using Kogoro's voice, Conan felt a little uncomfortable and yelled and asked——

"It's fugu poison!"

Suddenly, Asai Narumi seemed to understand something, hurried up, and took out the right hand that Masato Shimizu had just put in his pocket just now——

Immediately, everyone saw it.

In the hands of Masato Shimizu, there was really a needle that pierced into his palm——

In the third incident, the murder weapon used to kill Kuroiwa Tatsuji was now used by Masato Shimizu to commit suicide under the nose of the police!

——"It's a little late!"

At this time, he finally came from the community activity center, seeing Gao Yuan at such a scene, couldn't help feeling resentful, punched the door frame and said...

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