Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

Hirata Kazuaki's face turned blue and purple after being interrupted by Fujiwara Hiroshi.

"So, everyone, don't panic! There's no curse at work; this case is definitely man-made. Our Mori Detective Agency, under the leadership of the renowned Detective, Mr. Mori Kogoro, will solve this case and restore order to Tsukikage Island," Fujiwara Hiroshi declared forcefully. "These demons, these sneaky individuals, all the lawless individuals on this island, will have nowhere to hide before the renowned Detective, Mr. Mori Kogoro. We will bring all criminals to justice. Therefore, Mr. Hirata, there's no need to worry. We will also thoroughly examine and investigate everything, including this piano used to create panic."

Fujiwara Hiroshi's pointed words weren't directed at Asai Narimi; they were aimed at the village chief's secretary, Hirata Kazuaki. He believed that a thorough investigation of the piano they were using for illegal drug trafficking would expose their crimes, forcing Hirata Kazuaki and his men to take action.

Sure enough, after Fujiwara Hiroshi finished speaking, Hirata Kazuaki stopped shouting and cursing. His face darkened and he remained silent, head down, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Seeing Hirata Kazuaki had fallen silent, Fujiwara Hiroshi stopped pressing further. He then worked with Maori Kogoro to methodically conduct a preliminary investigation of the scene. The only veteran police officer on the island also took action, having him compile a list of attendees and their basic information. Everyone was then sent back.

"Preliminary analysis shows that the deceased was drowned at the beach and then moved back here. If the doors and windows leading to the beach at the back door are locked, then the murderer should be among the people who attended the memorial service this year..." Kogoro Mouri summarized the clues he found and conducted preliminary reasoning and analysis.

"These questions remain unanswered. This piano, repeatedly linked to Keiji Aso's curse, requires further investigation." He began rummaging through the piano, sending Hirata Kazuaki, who was standing outside, into a cold sweat. Suddenly, Maori Kogoro seemed to discover something, sending Hirata and Akira into a state of panic. "There's actually a sheet of music here."

Kogoro Maori carefully observed the sheet music hidden under the piano lid, previously obscured by the music stand. Fujiwara Hiroshi, after all, came from a prominent family and had been well-educated. He stepped forward, took a look, and said, "It looks like the sheet music for 'Moonlight,' but the part at the bottom is a little strange; it doesn't seem to be the original."

"Let's go back to the B&B tonight and wait for Inspector Megure to come over tomorrow morning to take our statements," said Maori Kogoro, who hadn't figured out anything immediately and had Fujiwara Hiroshi take a picture. Conan had already quietly taken out his notebook and written down the score.

On the way back, Fujiwara Hiroshi couldn't help but teasing Conan: "Little Conan, did you bring a pen and notebook with you?"

Conan was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Fujiwara Hiroshi to suddenly pay attention to him. He had been very low-key and didn't say much beside him. "Uh... uh! Brother Fujiwara, as an elementary school student, it's reasonable for me to carry a notebook and pen with me!"

That makes sense. I didn't expect you to be this kind of Conan. Have you even seen a Chinese comedy in Hawaii? You have quite a sense of humor! Fujiwara Hiroshi didn't ask any more questions and teased Conan a little, which was still very interesting.

When they arrived at the entrance of the B&B, Asai Narumi separated from Mori and others and walked towards their own hospital.

Conan looked at Asai Narumi who was walking away, and a reflection came through the lenses of his glasses. He understood the meaning of the warning letter.

"Uncle, I seem to understand the code of the letter that was sent. The shadow is disappearing, which means someone is going to die, and the light represents the moonlight, which means that this matter has just begun and has not ended yet. The criminal may continue to kill people." Conan said aloud, and Maori and others stopped walking into the door after hearing Conan's words.

"The key is still the piano room in the community center. No, in this case, we must go back and guard it, otherwise the murderer might go back in the middle of the night and destroy the scene!" Kogoro Mouri came to his senses and analyzed.

So Maori Kogoro took Fujiwara Hiroshi, Ran and Conan back to the community center. When they returned to the community center, the scene had changed drastically.

First, the body had been moved from the piano keyboard to the ground and covered with a white cloth, and then the suspicious "Moonlight" music score disappeared.

"Um...old man! What's going on?" Kogoro Mouri asked in confusion.

"Oh! I thought the body looked so pitiful lying there, so I moved it down, laid it flat on the ground, and covered it with a cloth. Don't worry, I was wearing gloves when I moved the body," the old policeman replied.

Hey, hey, hey~ How did you get into this police position? How did you slip through the cracks during the assessment? Even if you're not a detective, even if you're not from Honshu Island, but just a resident officer on Tsukikage Island, you can't be so ignorant, right? Maori Kogoro and Conan slapped their foreheads in unison, their resentment surging. Fujiwara Hiroshi, on the other hand, looked nonchalant. His purpose was to experience life, and none of this had much to do with him. He only meddled in matters he wanted to, and had no interest in such trivial matters.

"Then why is the music score on the music stand missing?" Kogoro Mouri suppressed his speechlessness and pointed to the music stand of the piano, indicating that the music score was missing.

"Oh! Of course I packed this up too! I saw it was alone on the music stand and it might get lost easily, so I specially packed it up and carried it with me." As the old policeman spoke, he took out a folded piece of paper from his jacket pocket, opened it and handed it to Kogoro Mouri. It was the music score from before.

Uh... you're a pretty nice guy! Conan was shocked by the old policeman's operation and reliability.

"Didn't you learn anything before you took up your post as a police officer? Even if you are not a criminal policeman, you should have some common sense! The corpse and physical evidence at the crime scene cannot be moved or removed at will, or the original posture of the corpse can be changed, and the evidence also needs to have a special evidence bag and be handed over to a dedicated person for safekeeping. You...you not only moved the corpse at will, but also destroyed the physical evidence without authorization." Seeing that the important physical evidence was also destroyed, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help it and directly confronted the old policeman.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I was originally a security guard. It was only because no one was willing to come to this island to be a resident policeman that I was temporarily promoted to a policeman 40 years ago. The assessment conditions at that time were not as strict as they are now, so I became a temporary policeman. I thought someone would replace me soon and I was just a transitional one. However, over the years, no one has been willing to come to this island to be a policeman, and I have been replacing them for more than 40 years." The old policeman touched his head embarrassedly and said.

"I'm really sorry. I just lost my temper. But these physical evidences, including the body, are very important. Don't move them around anymore. Otherwise, the detectives who will come to handle the case tomorrow will be very distressed!" Maori Kogoro heard the old policeman say this and apologized sincerely. After all, a person who has been working in obscurity for more than 40 years in a position that no one is willing to take over is worthy of respect. In addition, after finally seeing the old policeman's amateurism, he warned him again not to touch other evidences. Maori Kogoro was really scared. He felt that if he came back later, the old policeman would probably mop the floor because there were too many water stains next to the body.

"It's okay! It was my recklessness that caused trouble to everyone!" The old policeman said embarrassedly. Obviously, he also realized that his good intentions had led to bad results.

At this moment, Dr. Narumi Asai came to see Kogoro Mori and others with some midnight snacks.

"I brought you some midnight snacks. I originally went to the B&B to look for you, but they said you had to keep watch here, so I came here to find you." Asai Narumi took out the midnight snacks and said.

After everyone took out their midnight snacks, they sat in the middle of the room, eating and chatting.

"By the way, Dr. Asai, why did you think of working on Tsukikage Island? Just like the old policeman said, most people don't want to work on Tsukikage Island. Most people like you who have obtained a formal medical license choose to stay in Tokyo to work, don't they?" Kogoro Mouri asked curiously.

"Because I have always loved the natural environment, after graduating from Tokyo Medical University and obtaining a medical license, I came to Tsukikage Island to work and became the island's doctor. However, I would take a boat back to Tokyo to be with my family on weekends. It's been three years since I started working here," said Asai Narumi with emotion.

During this period, Kogoro Mori also asked Narimi Asai about the specific circumstances of the death of the former village chief.

"At that time, I had just arrived on this island. Mr. Kameyama did die of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Kameyama had a heart disease before, and he had an attack in this room that day. There should have been no one around, so he did not receive timely rescue and died. However, Mr. Kameyama seemed to have been frightened to death at the time. He had a terrified expression when he died. It should be a heart attack caused by fright. This kind of sudden heart attack caused by fright would be difficult to rescue even if there were someone nearby. And this window here was open at the time." Asai Narumi pointed to the window facing the beach.

When everyone looked up, they found a dark shadow outside the door observing them.

"Who is it?" Maori Kogoro shouted. But Conan was even quicker. He opened the window and chased outside. After a short chase, he found that there was no trace of the shadow.

"Damn it! We didn't catch up." Kogoro Mouri and Conan returned to the room and said angrily.

In this way, Mouri Kogoro and others stayed here all night, while Fujiwara Hiroshi and Xiaolan returned to the B&B in the middle of the night, because it was enough to have Mouri Kogoro and Conan, the two ultimate late-night princes, watching over them. Asai Narumi also accompanied Conan and Mouri Kogoro.

Thanks to Fujiwara Hiroshi's company, otherwise, with her father and husband both present, and affected by the Aso Keiji piano curse circulating on the island, Ran would never have dared to go back to the guesthouse to sleep alone, and would have been forced to stay up all night with Maori Kogoro and Conan. Now it's different. With Fujiwara Hiroshi by their side, the two of them can go back to the guesthouse and have a good night's sleep.

The next morning, Mouri was woken up by Inspector Megure, who told him that Conan had given him the music score and was now fast asleep next to Kogoro Mouri. He thought it was a blessing that he could wait for Inspector Megure to arrive, but he really couldn't bear it any longer.

Then, Maori Kogoro briefly explained the course of events to Inspector Megure. There were 38 people who had attended the memorial service last night, and Inspector Megure gathered them all at the village hall and questioned them one by one.

At 5:58 in the evening, Asai Narimi asked Maori Kogoro: "Mr. Maori, which number is my turn to be questioned?"

"Oh! Dr. Asai, you also stayed up all night with us last night, so you are the last one to be arranged." Kogoro Mouri replied.

"In that case, I'm going to the bathroom to wash my face. I didn't sleep last night, so I'm not very energetic right now. I'm going to wash my face and wake myself up." Asai Narumi, knowing that he would be the last person to be questioned, offered to wash his face first. In fact, he wanted to use this break to prepare to play the second movement of "Moonlight Sonata."

Fujiwara Hiroshi and Mao Lilan had returned to their guesthouse last night to rest up, so they finished their questioning early. Meanwhile, the person being questioned by Inspector Megure was Nishimoto Ken, who was not willing to cooperate with the police at all.

He kept wasting time with Inspector Megure, but refused to answer any questions. Inspector Megure felt that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he agreed to let Nishimoto Ken leave and prepared to question the next person.

At 6:29, Nishimoto Ken checked the time and got up to leave. Conan saw Nishimoto Ken leaving alone and followed him. Fujiwara Hiroshi looked at Nishimoto Ken and Conan leaving and thought that if they went out at this time, they would probably have to go to collect the body of Kuroiwa Village Chief.

Conan went out and came to the bathroom, but found that there was no sign of Ken Nishimoto. He originally thought that Ken Nishimoto had come out to the bathroom, but there was no one there, so he went up the stairs to the second floor to check.

At this moment, Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mori, who were questioning Reiko Kuroiwa, heard the music from the second chapter of "Moonlight Sonata" playing over the speakers in the room. Everyone thought it was not good and rushed to the door. The sound was coming from the speakers, which meant it was in the broadcast room.