Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 45 The show begins

"From then on, no one in the villagers on the island dared to touch this cursed piano..."

"Ding~ding~dong~dong~"

"There's nothing special about this piano?" Before the other party finished telling the story, Conan pressed the keys as if nothing had happened...

After everyone was speechless for a while, Secretary Hirata invited the three of Mori out of the room, hoping that the other party would not run around before the ceremony was over, and wait outside for a while obediently.

The three were about to go out, but they met two people who happened to be walking from the direction of the door.

"Why did Ms. Asai come here? This is it again?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"This is Mr. Shimizu Masato, we met by chance on the road." Asai Narumi explained the situation to everyone, "Mr. Kameyama is the deceased I inspected for the first time after I arrived on the island, so I came here specially to pay respects. he……"

After that, Narumi Asai and Masato Shimizu walked into the hall where the ceremony was held, while the three of Mori walked out of the gate and came outside the entrance.

It was getting late outside at this time, and the villagers who had gathered to protest had already dispersed, while Shi Ye stood alone at the door, sorting out the photos in the camera.

"Mr. Maori, why did you come out? Have you seen the village chief?" Seeing a few people coming out, Ishino stepped forward and asked.

"Not yet." Mori Kogoro glanced at Conan angrily, looking a little upset, "It's all to blame for this brat, who caused us to be kicked out."

At this time, Conan didn't even have the heart to accept Mori Kogoro's complaints, and he was thinking about why the dusty piano didn't go out of tune at all.

Seeing a few people waiting outside was boring, Shi Ye took the initiative to show the photos taken in the camera to the other party, and also chatted about the customs and customs he heard from the villagers...

Until the sound of the piano piece "Moonlight" being played came from the activity center.

Hearing this melody, Conan instantly sensed that something bad had happened, and immediately rushed into the building and went straight to the previous piano room.

Seeing his actions, several adults quickly followed him.

But when everyone rushed into the piano room, what appeared in the field of vision was Hideo Kawashima, who was covered in water, lying motionless on the piano.

Mouri Kogoro, who realized that something was wrong, stepped forward to check decisively, and then confirmed the fact that the other party was dead.

Before the crowd who followed the sound became fully agitated, he quickly instructed Xiaolan to call the police, and then arranged for the only person with a doctor's license, Asai Chengshi, to be in charge of the autopsy, and asked the management staff of the activity center to lock the gate. No one is allowed to leave.

At this time, Conan had already analyzed in his mind the true meaning of the previous entrustment letter, which was actually a crime notice to carry out a murder on the island on the night of the full moon.

Just when Conan regretted that he failed to interpret the meaning earlier and missed the opportunity to stop the crime, Mori Kogoro had already found the tape recorder hidden in the piano, calming down the panic caused by the "curse" in the crowd.

In the process, everything Moori Kogoro did was seen by Ishino, and he recorded it with the video function of the camera.

The professionalism shown by Uncle Mao Li in some occasions where he is too lazy to act really makes Ishino interesting and curious.

A few minutes later, Asai Chengmi obtained a preliminary autopsy report, inferring that Hideo Kawashima's death time was 30 to 60 minutes ago, and the cause of death was drowning and suffocation.

Water damage in the room, unlocked windows, and a coat floating on the sea all support this conclusion.

"Judging from the blank space in the first few minutes of the tape in the tape recorder, the murderer should have lured Mr. Kawashima to the seaside while the ritual was in progress, tried to drown him, and then dragged the body Go back inside."

"After the arrangement is complete, lock the back door, press the play button of the tape recorder, and leave through the front door calmly..." After Conan finished his reasoning, he looked cutely at Kogoro Mori and asked, "Uncle, am I right? ?”

Mori Kogoro thought carefully about what Conan said, and continued to add: "But we stayed at the main entrance of the building, and no one came out during the period, so the murderer must still be in the building, that is to say..."

"The murderer is still in the crowd?!" Hearing Kogoro Mori's analysis, the crowd suddenly went into a commotion.

After that, Mori Kogoro signaled everyone not to panic, and asked if there were any people who left in the middle of the ceremony.

Several people, including Naruto Asai, said that they left halfway to go to the toilet, but they all said they did not see the deceased.More people said that everyone was seriously mourning, and they didn't pay attention to who had been out halfway.

The remaining three village chief candidates directly attacked each other, thinking that each other would be the biggest beneficiary after killing Kawashima, so they killed Yunyun.

Mori Kogoro signaled everyone to calm down, and at the same time proposed to infer from the murderer's gender first, but after a little thought, he felt that the current clues were difficult to deduce this point, so he had to find another breakthrough.

Just as Conan was about to say that the murderer should be a man, a picture of today's daytime suddenly flashed in his mind, and he forcibly held back what he wanted to say.

Seeing Conan's hesitant expression, Ishino, who had been secretly observing the crowd, laughed inwardly.

That's right, during the day, he intentionally releases killing intent behind Xiaolan, just to make the opponent subconsciously make a powerful attack, so that Conan and Mori Kogoro realize that even women cannot rule out the possibility of having great power.

In this way, although Aso will indeed be included in the list of possible murderers, it will not affect the subsequent development, and it will also pave the way for Ishino's final plan.

Mori Kogoro, who started searching the scene again due to lack of clues, accidentally found a sheet of music sandwiched behind the keyboard cover.

Under the shocked eyes of everyone, Kogoro Mori turned his back to everyone, deliberately raised the music score in his hand and began to study it.

Suddenly, a man with a hedgehog head in the crowd showed a terrified expression after seeing the music score clearly, and rushed out screaming.

Afterwards, Mori and others learned from Secretary Hirata that the man who just ran out was called Nishimoto Takeru. It was mentioned that the other party was the son of Heiyan Village Chief.

Hearing Secretary Hirata's explanation, Village Chief Heiyan's expression became a little strange.

At this moment, Xiaolan rushed to the scene with a panting old man in a police uniform.

After learning that the old man was the only patrolling officer on the island, Maori informed the other party of the incident and the results of the on-site inspection, and asked everyone present to complete the registration before announcing that everyone could leave and wait for tomorrow's inquiry.

(End of this chapter)