Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 44 "Moonlight"

Seeing the frightened man sitting on the ground behind her, Xiaolan realized that she almost kicked him, so she hurried up to help him up in embarrassment, and apologized repeatedly.

"I'm really sorry, just now I felt something approaching from behind, subconsciously..." Xiaolan bowed to the man, and asked with concern, "You are not injured, do you want the doctor to take a look? Consulting Room……"

"I'm fine, don't bother me." The man waved his hand and said with an apologetic expression, "It's all because I was able to meet Miss Mori, who is the female karate champion of Kanto High School, so I approached you recklessly. behind……"

"Ah, you know me?" Seeing that the other party recognized her, Xiaolan was a little surprised.

"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Shibataichi. I am a freelance reporter for the magazine "JAPAN NOW". business card.

That's right, the reporter who called himself Shibata Ishino was naturally the false identity assumed by Ishino after his disguise, and the business card he carried was also prepared in advance.

"So you're a freelance reporter." Kogoro Mouri on the side took the business card before Xiaolan reached out.

"You are Miss Mori's father, the famous detective Mr. Mori Kogoro! It's a pleasure to meet you." Ishino didn't say much when he saw Mori Kogoro's behavior, but took the initiative to say hello.

"That's right, I'm a detective, Kogoro Mori. If you want to interview something, let me talk about it after I finish my business." Kogoro Mori was not surprised that a reporter would know him and know about their father-daughter relationship .

"It would be great if you have time to accept my interview later." Ishino showed some anticipation.

"In order to protect the fishing grounds on the island and the rights and interests of the islanders... Please support the spokesperson of the people-Masato Shimizu..." At this time, a publicity vehicle with a loudspeaker passed behind the crowd.

Seeing everyone looking at the car driving away curiously, the lady doctor immediately explained: "The election of the village chief is about to happen, so the island is a bit noisy recently..."

"Choose the village head?" Mori Kogoro asked.

"That's right, there are three candidates in total. In addition to the fisherman's representative Masato Shimizu just now, the current village head Tatsuji Kuroiwa, whose popularity has recently declined, and Hideo Kawashima, the richest man on the island."

"Hmm... Judging from the opinions of the villagers who came to the clinic to see a doctor, Mr. Kawashima is currently the most likely to be elected..."

Seeing the other party talking non-stop, Mori Kogoro quickly interrupted: "Miss Nurse, we are not very interested in the election of the village chief..."

"My name is Narumi Asai, but I'm a fully licensed doctor! I'm not a nurse!"

"Ah, it's because I don't know Taishan..." Kogoro Mori apologized repeatedly after knowing that the other party was a professional doctor and knowing that he had said something wrong.

"If you go to the community activity center now, you can meet the three people I just mentioned." Asai Chengshi changed the subject and said, "Because of the second anniversary of the death of the former village head Isamu Kameyama, tonight will Hold it over there!"

"It seems that there should be something that can be used as a report material. I want to see it too. Mr. Mori, why don't we come together." Ishino took the opportunity to ask for a colleague.

While he has no intention of intervening in the case, that doesn't mean he doesn't want to get a VIP ticket to the show.It is very important for the future plan to let the event happen within your sight as much as possible.

"Well, let's go and have a look now." Kogoro Mori thought for a while, and felt that the only way to start the investigation was from there.

……

When a group of people came to the community activity center, they were surrounded by fishermen who came to protest and demonstrate.

Looking at the signs held by the villagers and listening to the slogans they shouted, everyone knew that they were expressing their dissatisfaction with the current village head's tyranny of encroaching on farmland.

However, as an outsider, Mouri Kogoro didn't know the situation here, so he didn't feel comfortable asking, so he took Xiaolan and Conan directly and walked into the activity center, bypassing the crowd.

And Ishino picked up the camera, took a few photos of the crowd, and then followed in.

……

In the community activity center at this time, the current village chief Heiyan Tatsuji and his only daughter Heiyan Reiko, who were annoyed by the protesters outside, were furious at the secretary Hirata and Akira, reprimanding the other party for not even being able to settle this matter .

"Do you think this matter is so easy to handle?" Lingzi's fiancé Murasawa leaned against the door on Monday, looking at the secretary who ran out in a hurry, and said jokingly, "According to what I found out, your father I'm afraid I won't get much support from the villagers..."

Just when Lingzi was about to refute his fiancé's words, Hideo Kawashima, the richest man on the island, walked in with a confident face: "That's right, so in this election, the position of village chief must be mine!"

"You are a guy who only buys people's hearts with money..."

The head of Heiyan Village was about to break up with the other party, when the secretary Hirata who had just left for a short time came back in a hurry.

"Village Chief, there is a gentleman outside who wants to see you..." Hirata breathed a sigh of relief, "He said he was a detective from Tokyo..."

The Heiyan father and daughter were shocked when they heard the words: "Detective, detective!!"

……

"It's really slow...how long do we have to wait?"

Here, Mori Kogoro sat impatiently on the sofa in the waiting area and complained, while Ishino said that he was going to communicate with the villagers and collect some news materials, so he left the room temporarily.

On the other hand, Conan, who was completely restless, walked around the surrounding rooms. When he opened the door of the innermost room near the sea, he saw a huge piano room in front of him.

Xiaolan followed Conan into the piano room, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's a piano! What a big room..."

Watching the two enter the room, Mori Kogoro, who was idling on the sofa, also got up and followed in.

Just as Xiaolan and Conan were looking at the dusty piano and wanted to open the cover of the keys to see what was going on inside, an anxious cry suddenly sounded at the door.

"Don't touch that piano!" Secretary Hirata appeared at the door of the piano room, sweating profusely.

"That's the 'cursed' piano that was used at the concert on the night Mr. Aso committed suicide!"

"What kind of cursed piano, it's a bit alarmist..." Mori Kogoro felt that the other party was making a fuss.

"It's not just Mr. Aso." Secretary Hirata began to recall in a panic, "On the night of the full moon two years ago, the former village head, Mr. Kameyama, also died lying on this piano!"

"You, you mean, the former village chief Yu Kameyama who is going to do a memorial ceremony here tonight?!"

"That's right! Although the cause of death was a heart attack..." Secretary Hirata swallowed a mouthful of saliva before continuing, "What's even more frightening is the piece he played before he died..."

"It's the song that Keiji Aso played repeatedly in the raging fire... Beethoven's "Moonlight"!"

(End of this chapter)