Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

Fujiwara Hiroshi directly exposed Takahashi's fake suicide trick again. Everyone looked at Fujiwara Hiroshi, fearing that if he provoked Takahashi, Takahashi would really kill him with the knife.

"If you really had the courage to commit suicide, you wouldn't have tried to kill Xiaolan again and again, and you wouldn't have even planned to kill Ayako. Perhaps your starting point was indeed revenge for Dunzi, but when you were willing to kill the innocent Xiaolan and Ayako, you were no longer a messenger of justice, but just an ugly murderer! Because you were afraid of being caught, you were afraid of facing death. If you really wanted to fight to the death with Chikako, you could have just killed her and committed suicide. There was no need to go through such a complicated series of actions. So you don't want to die, you just want to hide your dark heart and ugly soul through this behavior!"

As Fujiwara Hiroshi repeated these murderous words, Takahashi still did not have the courage to stab himself with the knife. With a clang, the knife slipped from Takahashi's hand and fell to the ground.

The sun rose on a new day. The servants, noticing the damaged suspension bridge and the unreachable phone, called the police. At 11: a.m., Takahashi was taken away by the police. Everyone returned to the city. Ayako, on her way back, was still filled with regret. If she hadn't gathered everyone for the gathering, this wouldn't have happened.

"Don't overthink it. Now that Takahashi knows about this, he'll definitely take action sooner or later. It's just that your gathering has become an opportunity for him," Fujiwara Hiroshi comforted Ayako. "Remember what I said? Think about it from a different perspective. Don't let other people's ideas restrict your life. If you fight with yourself and waste time, you will only end up hurting yourself. Let go of yourself, and you will be able to enjoy life better, right?"

Ayako's biggest gain this time was probably getting to know Fujiwara Hiroshi again. Back in Beika Town, after everyone parted ways, Fujiwara Hiroshi found a place to have lunch because no one slept last night, and then went straight back to his apartment to catch up on some sleep.

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In the past two days, Fujiwara Hiroshi took Okino Yoko and Ikezawa Tomoko out for a meal and a drink, and had a threesome date.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the appointed time. The Mori family and Fujiwara Hiroshi set off for Tsukikage Island to fulfill their first commission after the opening of their new business.

Everyone boarded the ship to Yueying Island, and on the ship they met a doctor named Asai Narumi who was also from Tokyo and stationed on Yueying Island.

Soon, Maori Kogoro and his group arrived at Tsukikage Island. Maori Kogoro asked the villagers passing by, "Hello, where does Mr. Aso Keiji live on your island? We are detectives from Tokyo who have accepted Mr. Aso's commission."

"A...Aso Keiji?" The islanders passing by became terrified when they heard the name. They did not answer Mouri Kogoro's question and ran away.

Kogoro Mouri and the others were all confused!

Then Mouri Ran and Fujiwara Hiroshi also went to ask separately, and the results were exactly the same. When they heard the name, everyone's reaction became panic, and then they ran away directly, not daring to say anything more.

Fortunately, someone finally came to give them an answer. Maori Kogoro and others kept asking people about Aso Keiji's situation, and the situation had been reported to the village chief. At this time, the village chief appeared in front of Maori Kogoro and others with a group of people, and the village chief spoke in a low voice.

"Hey! Who are you? Why are you here on our island asking about a dead person? Aso Keiji's entire family died twelve years ago."

"Dead...dead!" They were completely stunned. The islanders' expressions of reticence at the name Aso Keiji had already made them suspect something was amiss. But they hadn't expected that Aso Keiji was already dead, and had died twelve years earlier.

"That's right! One night twelve years ago, Keiji Aso killed his wife and children for unknown reasons, and then burned his entire family. Everyone heard Keiji Aso playing Moonlight Sonata in the raging fire. However, three years ago, the former village chief, Mr. Kameyama, died of a heart attack in the community center. At that time, the piano in the community center was also playing Moonlight Sonata, which was the one that Keiji Aso played when he died. The piano was also donated to the community center by Keiji Aso during his lifetime, so there has been a saying that Keiji Aso's soul cannot rest in peace. You came here to inquire about the news of Keiji Aso, which naturally scared the villagers on the island! Tell us the purpose of your visit to Keiji Aso, and who told you this name?" The village chief continued.

Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then began to explain, "We are from the Maori Detective Agency in Tokyo. My name is Maori Kogoro. We received a letter of commission asking us to prevent the incident that was about to happen on the island on the night of the full moon. We were paid a commission fee, and the client's name was Keiji Aso. Is it possible that Keiji Aso's relatives feel that there is something fishy about his death and want to entrust me to investigate, and they specifically used Keiji Aso's name."

"Hmph! Go ahead and investigate if you want. Since this person is so secretive, there are still people interested in a suicide case from more than ten years ago. Perhaps the reporter who reported the case first really had nothing good to publish, so he brought up this case from more than ten years ago to stir up new trouble and attract attention. After all, Keiji Aso was an internationally renowned pianist back then." The village chief understood the ins and outs of the commission and was too lazy to say anything more to Kogoro Mouri.

After the village chief and his men left, Mao Lilan asked.

"Dad, Brother Fujiwara, what should we do next? The islanders on this island don't seem to be willing to cooperate."

Kogoro Mori was also lost in thought, thinking about how to break the impasse, when Fujiwara Hiroshi made a suggestion.

"Then let's go ask Dr. Asai, whom we met on our way here. She's the only one who can help us understand the whole story and the relationships between the characters."

So Kogoro Mori and others stopped asking about Keiji Aso and turned to ask for the address of the hospital on the island.

The islanders were quite cooperative in finding out the address of the hospital, and they found it out immediately. They all came to the hospital where Asai Narimi was staying.

"Excuse me, is Dr. Asai here?" Ran Mouri asked after knocking on the door.

"Oh! It's Xiaolan! Why are you here?" Asai Narumi asked in surprise.

"Uh... it's like this. My dad and the others came to Tsukikage Island on behalf of Keiji Aso, but after they arrived, everyone seemed to be very wary of Keiji Aso. Later, after the village chief explained, we learned that Keiji Aso committed suicide and died twenty-two years ago. So we want to find you to find out some information." Xiaolan explained embarrassedly.

"I see. But I only came to Moon Shadow Island three years ago, so I know only so much," Asai Narimi replied. "What do you want to know?"

Maori Kogoro said, "Could you please tell me about what you heard about Aso Keiji?"

"Okay! I don't know much. I heard about Aso Keiji's situation from an islander who came to see the doctor. Mr. Aso Keiji, Mr. Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Mr. Kameyama Isamu, Mr. Kawashima Hideo, and Mr. Nishimoto Ken were childhood friends. They've been close since they were young."

"Can you introduce the identities of these four people?" asked Kogoro Mouri.