Chapter 21

After the conversation with Asai, Baiyan Zhenyu returns to the waiting room and waits for the end of the legal affair with Maori Kogoro and others.

However, before long, the sound of piano suddenly sounded in the quiet citizen's pavilion, and it was "wait... This song is moonlight? No!"

Conan, who had guessed about the contents of the letter, immediately realized that a crime might have occurred and ran to the big room where the piano was located.

"Oh, indeed..."

Baiyan Zhenyu's eyes darkened. It seems that even if Asai learned his father's last words, he still chose the road of the original book.

Twelve years have passed since the murder of the ASO family, and the ten-year prosecution period of the case has passed. In addition, the other party has long erased the relevant criminal evidence. Therefore, it is impossible to punish the killers by relying on the law. We can only avenge the family in this way.

Bai yanzhenyu understands the practice of turning shallow into reality. After all, if this happens to him, he will choose the same practice as the other party, even if it is not just.

Seeing Conan running out of the waiting room, Bai yanzhenyu followed him and found a wet middle-aged man lying motionless on the piano.

"Ah... That's Mr. Kawashima. What's going on?"

At this time, Asai and others who participated in the legal affairs also rushed over. Someone recognized the identity of the middle-aged man. He was the largest asset owner on the island, Hideo Kawashima, and one of the three culprits who were still alive.

"Let me see."

Maori Kogoro had long been used to such scenes. He pushed away several overwhelmed staff and went in to check Mr. Kawashima's situation.

"Oh, he's dead," Mao xiaowulang tentatively touched each other's neck, then reluctantly shook his head and ordered, "Xiao Lan, go and inform the police."

"I see, Dad." Xiao Lan has long been used to reporting the case and immediately ran out to inform the police stationed on Yueying island.

"Dr. Cheng Shi, could you please come and have a preliminary examination of the body?"

Faced with such a homicide, Maori Kogoro became serious and asked the only doctor at the scene to help determine Mr. Kawashima's death.

"OK, Mr. Maori." Asai nodded and went to check Mr. Kawashima's body.

Secretary Hirata, who had received the crowd before, turned pale and shouted in horror, "it's a curse. This is the curse of the piano."

"Hum, this is not a curse at all."

Maori xiaowulang took out a set from the piano and was playing moonlight. "Hey, don't say some messy things here," Heiyan chenci, the current village head, one of the three culprits, walked out of the crowd and asked, "who are you?"

Maori Kogoro adjusted his tie and introduced himself with a slight color: "my name is Maori Kogoro. I'm an invited detective from Tokyo."

"Maori Kogoro, is it the space pilot..."

"It should be the man who often appears in reasoning novels..."

"No, the man you said is wise..."

"Well, so who is this Maori Kogoro..."

It may be that Maori Kogoro's fame is still too small, or it may be that the villagers of Yueying island are too closed. In short, no one knows Maori Kogoro's name, which has hit Maori Kogoro.

"Judging from my past experience, Mr. Kawashima's death time was about 30 minutes to an hour ago. The cause of death should be suffocation. Mr. Kawashima may have drowned in the sea."

Fortunately, Asai finished the preliminary examination of the body and told the information, which helped Maori Kogoro resolve this embarrassing situation.

"Miss Cheng Shi's judgment is correct. On the beach outside, there are Mr. Kawashima's suit and coat. From the door to the piano, there are also traces of sea water left by dragging the body, and Mr. Kawashima's back is also stained with soil and sand."

"I'm afraid the prisoner took Mr. Kawashima to the seaside to drown in the process of legal affairs, carried the body to this room, pressed the switch of the recorder, and then left the scene."

"And judging from the fact that the doors and windows of this room are locked, the first few minutes of the tape should be blank... Look, that's true."

As a qualified tool man, Bai yanzhenyu said the information inferred by Conan through clues, and rewound the tape to prove the correctness of the reasoning.

"Cough, yes, what Zhenyu said is what I'm going to tell you."

Maori xiaowulang coughed and continued to add: "moreover, if the window is locked, the prisoner can only leave from the corridor. However, the waiting room where we were before is facing the porch, and we didn't see anyone leave, so the prisoner is likely to return to the scene of justice."

After hearing this, the current village head Heiyan chenci asked discontentedly, "wait, do you mean that the prisoner is among us?"

"Yes, the prisoner is here," Mao xiaowulang nodded with great certainty and asked, "did anyone see Mr. Kawashima or others leave their position in the middle of the legal affair?"

Those who participated in the Dharma meeting did not care too much about the actions of others. It was unclear who had left halfway. Only Heiyan chenci remembered the dead Mr. Kawashima and left the Dharma scene for the above reasons.

Without any useful clues, Maori Kogoro had to continue to search the scene. As a result, he found a music score after lifting the cover of the piano key and took it out to check.

"Ah!!!"

Before Maori Kogoro could figure out anything, xibenjian, one of the three culprits who came to the Dharma, seemed to see something that frightened him, screamed fiercely, and then rushed out of the room and fled.

Maori Kogoro didn't know xibenjian. He quickly asked Secretary Hirata, "who was the man who ran away just now?"

Secretary Hirata pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and replied, "he was Mr. Xiben. He used to be quite powerful and invested a lot of money in wine, women and gambling. However, after the death of the former village head two years ago, he heard that he seemed to be afraid of something, so he seldom went out."

"Dad, the police are here."

Soon after, the elderly police stationed on Yueying Island were brought here by Xiao Lan. After handling the scene, they were allowed to go home and rest. They would come here tomorrow morning for investigation and inquiry.