Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 117 Moonlight Sonata (Incident Investigation)

Conan seemed to smell something was happening and ran towards the piano room.

Hiroki followed closely behind, followed by Uncle Maori and Xiaolan...

As for Lie, he left at the same time as Conan left - except that Conan entered from the entrance hall, while Lie ran directly around the house to the back door of the piano room.

Lie, who was incredibly fast, was the first to arrive at the back door of the piano room. The first thing he noticed was the drag marks on the beach and the coat on the edge of the beach.

Lie narrowed his eyes.

"Very efficient... But how did he leave the scene?"

Lie went up and pushed the back door and found it was locked.

Fortunately, at this time he heard the sound of someone pushing the door from inside, and immediately shouted: "The door here is locked, and there is no one available. Can you help me open the door?"

Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who had already discovered the body, were both startled when they heard Rei's shout. They were a beat late to realize that Rei had run around in a circle. Conan hurried over to open the door.

When Kogoro Mori was checking the condition of the body, people who were attending the ceremony also came over after hearing the noise.

"The person is no longer able to survive..."

Maori Kogoro shook his head at the people who came, and then said, "Xiaolan! Go find the police immediately!"

"it is good!"

Xiaolan is a person of action. She pushed everyone aside and ran straight to the police station.

"Who died?"

Lie came closer with curiosity and stared at the corpse for a while - this was a fresh corpse! It even smelled of sea salt...

Hmm, I don’t recognize your face.

Someone in the crowd recognized the deceased - Mr. Kawashima, one of the candidates for village chief.

After looking at the body, Rei and Maori Kogoro both discovered the tape recorder hidden under the piano tripod: "So that's how it is, is this what they rely on..."

"If we leave the previous tape blank, we can delay the discovery of the body..." Rei added, following behind Kogoro Mouri.

On the side, Hiroki Sawada was responsible for holding Conan's mouth, arms and legs to prevent him from moving around.

Conan was very confused by this and squinted his eyes, "What are you doing, Hiroki?"

He wants to solve the case! He wants to find clues!

Hiroki shook his head: "Let's leave this matter to you, sir... After all, we are unfamiliar with this island. It would be bad if the talents you show are targeted by bad people."

Conan was stunned.

He hadn't thought about this issue at all.

"That's true..." But he has never used the foot-strengthening shoes, bow-tie voice changer, watch-shaped anesthetic gun and portable loudspeaker that the doctor made for him!
However, Hiroki dragged Conan out through the back door without further ado: "Okay, stop talking, we need to keep a low profile here..."

"Yes, but..."

He wants to solve the case!
"Don't worry, with the uncles here, the case will definitely be solved." Sawada Hiroki comforted, "And Uncle Lie... Lin already knows that the criminal will continue to kill people, he will definitely find a way to stop it..."

Conan reluctantly accepted Hiroki's statement.

Of course, it was mainly because Hiroki pulled him with such great force that he couldn't get rid of him at all...

Moreover, in Conan's eyes, Rei's reasoning ability is indeed very strong.

but.

Hiroki felt a little uneasy: he had just accidentally said Uncle Lie's code name, and Conan must have noticed it.

As expected, when they passed by the front of the community center, Conan suddenly asked, "Does Mr. Lin have another name?"

Hiroki nodded naturally: "Yes, I called him Uncle Ryan at first."

The pronunciation of 'Leon' in Ryan overlaps with 'le' in Lie, which is fine, but it just adds another weird setting... I hope Uncle Lie won't beat him when he finds out he has a new English name.

Hiroki prayed in his heart. Conan was just asking casually, and he thought it might be an English name. Hearing that Hiroki's answer was similar to what he thought, Conan didn't care - it's not strange for a family that immigrated to the United States to have an English name.

"Then Hongshu, let's..."

"Let's go back to the hotel."

Conan: "..."

He was thinking that it would be better to go back and solve the case!
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"Lin, you mean to say that this criminal will continue to commit crimes, right?"

Kogoro Maori held a piano score in his hand and looked at Lie with a serious expression.

This piano score was found in the cracks of the piano. Lie guessed that it might be a secret code or something...but he and Maori Kogoro have different understandings of music theory, so he can only keep it for the time being.

Lie's expression was still relaxed: "Yes~ Didn't Mr. Maori's letter of entrustment say that 'on a moonlit night, shadows will begin to disappear'...which means that now is just the beginning."

"It seems to be true..." Maori Kogoro supported his chin and turned his head to ask, "Um, Dr. Chengji, what are the results of the autopsy?"

"Yes, according to preliminary judgment, Mr. Kawashima died of drowning, and the time of death was approximately..."

Asai Narimi told the results of his examinations one by one.

After Xiaolan brought the old police officer from the island, Rei and Maori Kogoro recounted what had happened, and then dispersed the people who had come to watch the ceremony. They also asked the old police officer to contact the police station on the main island.

"The only back door of the piano room was locked from the inside. Before the 'Moonlight' sounded, we didn't see any suspicious people in the porch... that is to say."

Kogoro Mori looked seriously at the backs of those who were leaving.

Lie continued with a smile: "The murderer is someone who attended the ceremony, right?"

"That's right, but the problem is that it's still unclear who left in the middle of the performance... And the flustered Nishimoto Ken just now is also suspicious..."

Lie nodded as he listened to Maori Kogoro's serious reasoning, and when he was almost finished, he suggested: "Mr. Maori, why don't you let Xiaolan take the music score back to Conan and the others for research? With their abilities, maybe they can find something."

Maori Kogoro's mouth twitched: "Yeah, that's right..."

Damn it, why do these two little brats have a stronger presence than him!
"Then I'll leave it to you, Xiaolan."

Lie handed the music score to Xiaolan with a smile.

Kogoro Mouri and Retsuya chose to stay in the community center with the corpse, as well as the old police officer from Tsukikage Island.

Asai Narimi, who was performing the autopsy, also expressed his desire to stay with the group, so there was one more person guarding the body.

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midnight.

Kogoro Mouri and the old police officer, who had originally agreed to keep watch, could not last a single round under the sleep demon and fell into a deep sleep just after midnight.

In the restroom.

Asai Narumi came out of the bathroom and looked at the mirror in front of the sink with a complicated expression.

He has come this far...

Asai Narumi sighed, turned on the faucet and prepared to wash his face.

At this moment, a frivolous voice sounded from behind him:

"Hey~ Is Dr. Asai free?"

Asai Chengshi's body stiffened, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he turned back: "Mr. Chi Yan? What's the matter?"

It's over. He won't have a good night.

Just as Asai Narimi thought, Retsu approached him with a smile, his tone slightly teasing:
"Well, actually I just want to talk to you about you, such as..."

"How do you manage to pretend to be a woman without revealing any flaws?"

(End of this chapter)