Detective Conan's Cafe Owner

Chapter 9 Learning from the Good Boy Akalin

Darkness is the best cover for evil.

According to incomplete statistics, most crimes happen at night.

Steal money, rob sex, kill, steal, etc.

Perhaps it is because the night can make people relax their vigilance, or perhaps the awe of darkness has been hidden in human genes since ancient times.

No one knew what was going on in that endless darkness.

Qingming didn't know either.

He was not able to scan any corner within a certain range through some kind of spiritual consciousness as depicted in some novels.

Maybe it's because he is still weak, or maybe it's because those are just fantasies.

Qingming can do many things, and there are also many things that cannot be done.

The omniscient and omnipotent is not a human being, but a god.

But does God really exist?
Maybe it exists.

God has been in a certain corner, watching everything happening in the world with cold eyes.

Just like Qingming now.

Or Qingming wants to be that kind of existence.

So when Mori Kogoro and Conan investigated the case, he just watched from the sidelines.

The so-called god is that no matter how devoutly you pray, he will not do any miracles.

Is Naruto Asai praying?
Maybe, maybe not.

But what is certain is that even if you are praying, it is not praying to Qingming.

The one who died was a man, who seemed to be called Chuan Dao, who died lying on the piano.

On the ground, there was still a trace of water extending from the back door to the piano. Kawashima's clothes were also wet. Obviously, they were dragged from there to the piano.

The sound of the floating music is not someone playing, but the tape recorder hidden in the piano.

Xiaolan has already gone to the police.

Asai was assisting in the autopsy, as she was the only doctor on the island.

Looking at the busy girl next to the corpse, Qingming still had a somewhat mysterious smile on his face.

"Angels in white, murderous demons, and human beings are indeed creatures full of contradictions!"

……

Qingming is not a detective, but a coffee shop owner.

So he didn't participate in the investigation, or even follow the progress of the investigation.

After the only elderly police officer on the island came over and made a record, the group left one after another.

The corpse is naturally guarded by the police, and there is no need for a detective, Mori Kogoro, to do such a thing.

It was late at night and the temperature dropped a lot.

The street lamps emit a faint light, which can only illuminate the surrounding area of ​​a few square meters.

The 90s, that's it, is far from being as brightly lit as later generations.

Qingming's sense of existence is very low.

He deliberately acted so non-existent.

Because Akalin is a good boy, he won the throne of the protagonist.

So he has to learn from Akalin.

The great forest god, Akalin, is everywhere, even beside you, you can see it when you turn around.

Have you turned around?did you see it?

You're right if you don't see it.

Do you think Akalin barked for nothing?

Well, if you don't know who Akalin is...

Then go to supplement the knowledge of Two-dimensional.

Qingming, who learned from the good boy Akalin, lowered his sense of existence, as if he was a bystander, and even Mori Kogoro and Conan didn't care much.

As for Naruto Asai, he didn't pay much attention to Qingming.

Although it has been introduced once before, Qingming is basically just a background board.

But is Qingming Festival as simple as the background board?

the answer is negative.

As a good boy, Akalin won the throne of the protagonist. No matter how bad Qingming is, he will not be reduced to become a background board.

Yes, he did it on purpose.

He didn't intervene in the discussion of several people.

Conan and Mori Kogoro found out the problem, and they wanted to run back to the public hall, but he still didn't intervene.

It's completely like fallen leaves drifting with the wind, following the detective wind of Conan and Mori Kogoro, and drifting back to the public hall.

They plan to stay here tonight.

Because the killer is likely to come back.

The reason was a piece of music found during the previous search.

That seemed to be left behind by the murderer.

I didn't pay attention to it before Qingming, so I don't know what it is.

It was also the first time for Xiaolan to see it.

After receiving the music score from the hands of the old policeman, he suddenly looked a little surprised.

"Hey, this is Beethoven's Moonlight."

moonlight.

Yes, it is moonlight.

Today is the night of the full moon. If there are no dark clouds, the outside should be covered with silver moonlight.

Fifteen years ago, Keiji Aso was burned to death while playing Moonlight.

Two years ago, the former village chief died in this piano room, and it seemed that someone was playing the moonlight.

This can be said to be the thread that runs through all events.

Xiaolan started to play.

She can play the piano. Although she is not very good at it, she can play according to the score without any problem.

Qingming would actually do it too, but he didn't have to show it.

He seems to have made up his mind to be a backdrop.

At least for the moment.

The sound of the piano flutters.

Beethoven is indeed a genius, and such pieces are enough to be passed down from generation to generation.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is immortal.

Although Qingming doesn't like it very much.

Speaking of moonlight, he prefers the song "Moonlight" by Brother Gu Yue.

This is just a personal preference.

Just like Xiaolan learning karate, it is a kind of hobby.

Playing the piano is also a hobby.

Although her technique is not professional, it is already considered pretty good.

However, after not playing for a long time, he suddenly made a mistake.

The good music suddenly distorted and collapsed, which almost made Mori Kogoro fall.

"What's the matter? You can play the music wrong?"

"No, this score is a bit strange."

Xiaolan quickly shook her head to explain.

She had played it from the sheet music, and now she had made a mistake, obviously the sheet music's fault.

Said that the score was strange, and immediately attracted the attention of Mori Kogoro and Conan.

A detective is a detective after all, and the first thing that comes to mind is that it has something to do with the case.

Maybe there is some hidden information?
"that……"

Just as the two detectives, one big and one small, were thinking, the door was pushed open.

Asai Chengshi appeared in front of everyone.

"I heard that you guys are still here... Do you want to eat something?"

As he spoke, he raised the plastic bag in his hand, which probably contained a lot of things.

When it comes to food, a few people are not hypocritical.

After all, after arriving on the island, not to mention eating, I didn't even have a sip of tea.

Just sat down on the floor and took out the food.

Rice balls and other common foods can be bought in convenience stores.

There is also a pot of hot tea.

While Asai Chengshi was pouring tea, Qingming also took out a kettle and several cups from his backpack.

transparent cup.

Immediately, a dark green, bubbling unknown liquid was poured out of the cup.

Judging from the aroma it emits, it smells like coffee.

The corners of Xiaolan and Conan's mouths couldn't help twitching when they saw this.

"Qingming, does this mean..."

"That's right, the signboard of the Naiheqiao Coffee Shop, Meng Po Soup!"

Qingming smiled.

That smile looks pretty sunny, even cute.

But Xiaolan and Conan want to stay away from him.

Mori Kogoro pretended not to see, quickly picked up a cup of hot tea poured by Narumi Asai, and took a sip.

This is what humans can drink.

The old policeman also picked up his teacup and drank tea. Elderly people don't like coffee very much.

Especially for countries like Huaxia and Neon, traditional tea is more popular with the elderly.

As for Naruto Asai, it seemed that he had finally noticed Qingming.

After thinking about it for a while, I remembered the name I introduced before, so I smiled again.

"Qingming, don't you drink tea? This is..."

"Special coffee, Mengpo soup, I made it myself."

Asai smiled at him, and he smiled at others.

By the way, he picked up a cup of coffee and handed it to Asai Naomi.

"One cup is refreshing, two cups are never tired, three cups are immortal, how many cups do you want to drink? After drinking three cups, there is a reward!"

(End of this chapter)