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"Is there something wrong with this music?"

Inspector Megure held the musical score and stared blankly.

Conan suddenly said, "Do you understand? You're next!"

After he arrived at the hotel last night, he thought about it for a long time before he understood the mystery.

Seeing everyone's eyes looking over, Conan felt quite pleased and said, "As long as you can understand musical notation, this is easy to understand.

Start from the left side of the piano keyboard, fill in the English letters in order, and then write the message in pinyin using musical notes on the music score.

So the problematic part of the sheet music is 'See? You're next.'"

"Can you read musical notation?"

Kogoro Mouri finally understood why he couldn't understand it.

"And since you knew what it meant, why didn't you tell us earlier? Maybe the 'next' has already been killed!" Kogoro Mouri roared at Conan again.

"Uncle, don't worry, the murderer won't do it anywhere else. He will only kill people in this community center, using the legend of the piano's curse!

Therefore, if we gather all the people who attended the ritual yesterday, the murderer won't be able to start his work!"

Conan felt that he had figured out the murderer's behavioral logic. Yesterday, the murderer released the first movement of Moonlight, so there were two people left for the murderer to kill, corresponding to the second and third movements of Moonlight respectively.

But if the murderer took advantage of their distraction and no one could hear the Moonlight Sonata, then there would be no point.

Maori Kogoro snorted, "That's better!"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Conan. If he hadn't intervened, things would have really developed as Conan said.

……

After half an hour.

Except for Hirata Kazuaki, people who participated in the ritual last night have already arrived one after another.

Takagi Wataru reported: "Inspector, we can't find Mr. Hirata, the village chief's secretary. The phone is unreachable, and no one is at home."

Kuroiwa Tatsuji's expression changed slightly in the crowd. Yesterday, he asked Hirata Kazuaki to move the goods under the piano, but he never received a call from Hirata Kazuaki.

Inspector Megure thought of a possibility and widened his eyes: "Could Mr. Hirata be murdered?"

Conan thought of the same thing, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

How could this be? The murderer would never have done it anywhere else!

What went wrong?

Maori Kogoro glanced at Conan and asked the old policeman: "Old man, can you gather other villagers to search the island?"

"Sure." The old policeman nodded and said, "By the way, the key to the community center's warehouse is with the village chief Heiyan."

"Key?" Inspector Megure looked puzzled.

"It's the sheet music left behind by Keiji Aso. It's in the warehouse."

Maori Kogoro explained and looked at Kuroiwa Tatsuji: "Village Chief Kuroiwa, please open the door!"

"Hirata has the keys... I don't have any."

When Kuroiwa Tatsuji heard that it was the music score left by Keiji Aso, he naturally didn't want to open the door.

"There's no other way, we can only use violence to break the door."

Kogoro Mouri signaled to Inspector Megure with his eyes.

Inspector Megure ordered, "Brother Takagi, take a police officer with you."

Kuroiwa Tatsuji was panicked, but did not dare to speak out to stop it.

After Takagi Shigeru took his men away, Kitagawa Taki finally spoke.

He felt that he couldn't slack off too much and had to contribute something.

“Since the information on the music sheet was left by the murderer, it means that he knew the person he wanted to kill could understand it.

Now, those of you who can understand the message of this sheet music, step forward!"

Conan suddenly raised his head. Kitagawa Taki had hit the nail on the head. As long as that person stepped forward, the murderer's conspiracy could be shattered, and maybe the mystery of Hirata Kazuaki's disappearance could be solved.

Kitagawa Taki held the music score and glanced at the people present. He was sure that Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Nishimoto Ken would not stand up.

As he expected, dozens of seconds passed and no one stood up.

Ma Shengshi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If those two guys really stood up, it would be difficult for him to take action under the close surveillance of the police.

Maori Kogoro said coldly: "Are you really sure? The murderer is still lurking here!"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji clenched his fists. As long as he stayed here obediently, nothing would happen.

Ken Nishimoto had a cowering look on his face, unlike Tatsuji Kuroiwa who was still hoping for a lucky break.

He didn't dare to stand up. If he didn't stand up, he might not die, but if he stood up, he would definitely die!

Inspector Megure said helplessly: "There's nothing I can do. You all should go to the ritual room! I'll arrange for police officers to guard you."

The piano room still needs to be investigated and cannot accommodate so many people.

……

Not long after, Takagi Wataru returned to the piano room.

"Inspector, we searched the warehouse thoroughly and found no music sheet!"

Maori Kogoro confirmed, "Are you sure you've searched everywhere?"

Takagi Shigeru nodded. "The warehouse isn't that big. We did check it carefully."

The clue is broken again.

Conan's expectant heart sank.

"Brother Takagi, go and investigate those people one by one!" Inspector Megure made the next arrangements.

"Yes!"

At this moment, a forensic police officer shouted solemnly, "Inspector, there is white powder on the floor under the piano!"

"What??"

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure were shocked.

Conan even lay down on the ground to check.

The forensic officer confirmed again: "It's definitely white powder!"

Maori Kogoro said in a deep voice: "There was definitely no such thing here yesterday! Conan and I checked the floor of the entire room!"

Conan quickly made a judgment: "Uncle, it must have happened last night! Didn't you notice anything unusual last night?"

Maori Kogoro touched his head and said, "I was so sleepy last night that I don't know when I fell asleep."

Beichuan Taki shook his head and said, "When I got up to keep watch, Maori-san was already asleep."

"That's what happened when you were all asleep..." said Inspector Megure.

Conan sighed, then he lay on the ground and said to the forensic officer, "Uncle Forensic, can you check under the piano?"

The white powder wouldn't be there for no reason.

Sure enough, the forensic officer quickly found the secret compartment: "Inspector, there is a secret compartment under the piano."

Inspector Megure asked hurriedly, "Is there anything inside?"

He fumbled around inside for a while, took out his hand and saw that his gloves were covered with white powder again.

"It's empty inside, but there's some white powder left!"

Maori Kogoro said in a deep voice: "It seems that this is the place where the white powder is stored!"

Kitagawa Taki interjected, "I think this has something to do with the disappearance of Hirata and Akira. When Conan went to the piano room yesterday and was about to touch the piano, he was extremely nervous."

"Indeed, he drove us out later!" Kogoro Mouri nodded.

"Hmm... so, he escaped with the white powder?!" Inspector Megure speculated.

Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Inspector Megure's speculation was very reasonable. He didn't want to kill Hirata and Akira because of his own self-confidence.

What happened today made him feel like he was on a roller coaster.

At this moment, a burst of cheerful music rang out throughout the community center.