Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 219 Piano Recital

"Besides being angry, what else can I do?" Kisaki Eri frowned slightly. "Even if they want to do something illegal, they haven't started yet. Mr. Aso's friends shouldn't go too far, right?"

"They're planning to traffic drugs. Mr. Aso is only responsible for transporting the drugs in this plan. He'll be leaving the country in a few days," Lin Xiuyi reminded him. "This means his friends have already arranged channels for purchasing drugs abroad. They might even have found distribution channels domestically."

"Now that they suddenly know that Mr. Aso wants to go back on his word, besides being annoyed, they must also be worried that Mr. Aso will reveal their secrets..."

"You mean," a trace of fear flashed in Kisaki Eri's eyes, "they might kill to silence the witnesses?"

"This possibility is very high," Lin Xiu nodded. "Let's go to the police station on the island."

……

Moon Shadow Island was too small, with only a few hundred residents. The police station built on the island was not only pitifully small, but also had very simple furnishings inside, with only a worn-out desk, a few chairs, and some old rules and regulations hanging on the wall.

After Hayashi Shuichi and Kisaki Eri entered, they found that there was only one middle-aged police officer in the police station.

"Do you two need any help?" the policeman asked enthusiastically.

"Uncle," Kisaki Eri looked around, "You're the only one here. If something big happens on the island, can you handle it by yourself?"

"What kind of earth-shattering incident could possibly happen on such a small island?" The policeman leaned back in his chair and waved his hand leisurely. "The calls I usually receive are just reports of someone losing some insignificant items. If there's a true murder, the Metropolitan Police Department will naturally send someone to handle it."

The local police station can no longer be relied upon...

Lin Xiuyi and the other person looked at each other and had the same thought in their minds.

After leaving the police station, Kisaki Eri worriedly said, "What should we do? If something really happens to Mr. Aso, relying on just this one officer, I'm afraid..."

"What else can we do? Of course we'll ask Inspector Samezaki and the others for help," Lin Xiuyi said decisively. "We'll just say there's a drug trafficking and murder case on the island and ask the Metropolitan Police Department to send someone over for support."

"...What if Mr. Aso's friends didn't do anything?" Kisaki's eyes widened. "How are you going to explain to Inspector Samezaki then?"

"Mr. Aso is about to go abroad and is worried about his son's health. He will definitely confront his friends as soon as possible," Lin Xiuyi analyzed. "And those people are afraid that their crimes will be exposed, so they will choose to kill them immediately to silence them. This will most likely happen tonight..."

"Even if I'm wrong, the most I'll do is lose face. Besides, even if they don't take action, we can still convince Mr. Aso to report it."

Lin Xiuyi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a confident smile.

"As long as he is not truly confused, he should know what is the best choice for himself and his family."

……

After finding a public phone on the island, he asked Inspector Samezaki to bring reinforcements.

Lin Xiuyi took Kisaki Eri to a small restaurant to have a grilled fish meal, and then went to the community center to wait for the piano concert to begin.

Except for some foreign guests, most of the people who came to the concert were residents of the island.

In the square outside the community center, people gathered in groups of three or four, and it was very lively.

Among the crowd, two people were particularly eye-catching.

One is the village chief of Guishan on Yueying Island. He has a slightly fat belly and wears a neat shirt. His every move is quite majestic.

The other was Mr. Kawashima, the island's largest capitalist. He was dressed in a sharp suit, his eyes full of shrewdness. At 7 p.m., not long after dark, the open-air concert officially began.

Mr. Aso sat in front of the piano, his hair was a little messy and his eyes revealed a hint of fatigue, but when his slender and powerful fingers placed on the keys, he seemed to be instantly refreshed.

As his fingers played on the piano keys, beautiful music sounded slowly like the gurgling of water.

Kisaki Eri was quickly infected by the beautiful piano sound. She closed her eyes slightly, an intoxicated expression on her face, and listened attentively.

Lin Xiuyi, however, had no artistic talent. As he sat there listening, he felt his eyelids becoming heavier and heavier, and he almost fell asleep.

Time passed rapidly as Mr. Aso played, and the last piece he played was Beethoven's "Moonlight".

As his piano music flowed, the moonlight tonight seemed to become much brighter.

……

At the end of the piano concert, there was warm applause that lasted for a long time.

People stood up and cheered for Mr. Aso's wonderful performance.

Mr. Aso bowed slightly, expressed his gratitude to everyone, and then led people to carry the piano away.

The crowd in front of the community center began to disperse. Lin Xiuyi glanced at Ki Eri and said, "You go to Mr. Shimizu's house first. I'll go there when the matter is resolved."

Although Kisaki Eri was worried, she also understood that if she stayed, she would probably become a burden to Hayashi Shuichi, so she nodded slightly and left, looking back every few steps.

Lin Xiuyi chased in the direction Mr. Aso left, and soon saw them.

The piano must have been carried away by the workers, and there were only four men with Mr. Aso.

Lin Xiuyi followed from a distance, carefully hiding in the shadows and keeping his distance.

After the group arrived at the gate of Aso's yard, they seemed to have an argument.

Lin Xiuyi, who was hiding in the bushes in the distance, vaguely heard Mr. Aso shout: "With the money earned like that, even if Cheng Shi is saved, his future will not be easy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was knocked to the ground by a punch from a man with a hedgehog haircut.

Mr. Aso fell heavily to the ground, groaned, and a painful expression appeared on his face.

Afterwards, he was roughly carried into the Aso family by four people.

Lin Xiuyi hurriedly chased after him. He climbed over the low courtyard wall and quietly came to the window to look inside.

The Aso couple and their daughter had been tied up tightly with ropes by four men.

Mrs. Aso's face was full of fear, and the little girl was trembling with fear, with tears welling up in her eyes.

The fat, round-faced village chief, Kameyama, refused to give up. A look of false concern lingered on his face. "Keiji, we're letting you in on this for your own good. This is a lucrative business! If you weren't our friend, how could we possibly invite you to do this?"

"There aren't that many philanthropists in this world," the mustachioed Mr. Kawashima chimed in. "Do you really want to entrust Chengshi's life to the kindness of an outsider?"

(End of this chapter)