Conan Moslin

Li An gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

That's what a child would say.

Looking at the hurriedly leaving figure, Maori Kogoro, who had just realized that the radio had been blank for a few minutes, was a little confused: "Who is that person?"

Hirata and Ming briefly introduced the man who had just escaped. That man was called Ken Nishimoto. He was quite powerful and wealthy two years ago, but after the death of the previous village chief, he seemed to be afraid of something and rarely went out.

And a month ago, he saw something that made his mental state even more unstable. He would run away as if he had a mental breakdown at the slightest sign of trouble.

His behavior looked very suspicious.

"By the way, the village chief and he should be childhood playmates." Hirata glanced at the village chief.

Village Chief Heiyan cursed his secretary in his heart, but his face looked a little embarrassed: "It seems to be true."

Then, he mentioned something as if to change the subject.

"Detective, let me say something. Even if this is a murder case as you just said, was it a detective who let this person who is obviously related to Aso Keiji participate in the investigation?"

In the eyes of village chief Kuroiwa, Kuroiwa Kuriyasu, who stayed in the piano room under the pretext of carefully inspecting the piano, seemed extremely suspicious.

The biggest problem is that both of them know "Aso" and appear here almost at the same time as the detective who was commissioned by "Aso Keiji" to go to the island.

After what happened, he had to guess that the murder case was related to them.

If he lets her get involved in the investigation... he's afraid his life will be in danger.

Kogoro Mori cast an inquiring look at Kuroba Kuriyasu.

"We are only here to pay respect to Mr. Aso Keiji at the request of a friend, and to investigate the situation on Tsukikage Island." Li An was not surprised by this. She simply explained, "Aso didn't tell us about his father, and he didn't go to the island today."

Father! Hei Yan felt that he had found the truth.

Is the Aso they mentioned really Keiji's son? In that case, he doesn't know what happened twelve years ago.

But...what exactly happened to Kawashima's death?

Who is it? !

Could it be...is it really a curse as Hirata said?

The chief of Heiyan Village felt extremely frightened.

Asai Makoto also felt confused.

From what she just said, he was sure that the person she was talking about was her sister who was said to have died twelve years ago.

Ms. Kuroba Kuriyasu did not refer to a female "she" in her words, but only called her friend Aso.

This alone, coupled with the fact that he did not go to the island, rules out the possibility that the crime was committed by a relative of Keiji Aso.

He didn't know whether this was intentional or unintentional, so he paid more attention to it.

Kuriyasu said to Maori Kogoro: "I was also surprised when I heard that there were rumors about Mr. Aso Keiji and the curse on the island, as well as Mr. Maori's letter of entrustment."

"However, Yuko and I would not kill for someone we are not familiar with, even if he is Aso's father." Kuroba Kurian explained, and by the way, he pulled Mao Lilan, who had not yet returned, to be a witness, "Xiaolan can testify for us."

At this time, Conan realized who Li An was talking about and was carefully observing the expressions of these people.

Amidst a crowd of people with either fear or shock on their faces, the village chief Heiyan, who had a look of realization on his face, seemed a little abnormal.

At this time, two figures pushed aside the group of people around and walked in.

"The policeman is here!" Youko threw her umbrella at the door and walked in dragging an old man wearing round glasses.

Both she and the policeman were a little out of breath. There was a lot of water splashed on the police officer's clothes, and there were spots of mud on his trouser legs. His beard seemed to be covered with some water droplets.

Kogoro Mouri didn't see Xiaolan, and because it was raining heavily outside, his words, which were filled with worry, were spoken too slowly and got stuck in his throat.

He could only look at the police officer.

The police officer adjusted his hat, walked forward and asked, "By the way, who called me?"

Secretary Hirata introduced him.

When Maori Kogoro was helpless that this seemingly unreliable police officer also mistook him for an astronaut, Kuriyasu looked at the panting Yuko with some concern and asked, "Why are you running so fast? Where's Xiaolan?"

Yuko glanced at Li An with a rather resentful look, and quickly adjusted her breath before saying, "When we were almost at the community center, we heard a gentleman's voice. Xiaolan was a little worried, so she went to look for him."

After all, the person outside the illusion needs to be brought in. If Sister Li An doesn't go out, she will have to bring the police officer back and let Xiaolan find that person.

After hearing this, Kogoro Mouri felt a little relieved and continued to discuss the case with the police officer.

"Did you meet Mr. Nishimoto on the road?" Conan asked, "How is he?"

"Is that man called Nishimoto?" Yuko reacted for a few seconds before saying, "I didn't see him, but I know the direction Xiaolan ran. I'm going to find her now. You can ask Xiaolan about the details later."

After saying that, Youko picked up the umbrella that was still dripping with water from the door and disappeared into the rain again.

Watching Youko's gradually disappearing back, Li An thought of the "take care of yourself" look in her eyes before she left, and burst out laughing.

This is just the beginning, isn't it?

……

Because it was already very late and it was raining heavily, after Conan and Yuko returned safely, Kogoro Mouri and the police officer decided to start the investigation of the case tomorrow morning.

Maori Kogoro and the others who each held up an umbrella said, "Well, anyway, it's already late tonight, so the investigation will start tomorrow morning."

In short, everyone took umbrellas from the ground at the entrance of the warehouse and left.

Although most of the others had left, there were still quite a few people in the piano room. The police officer was stroking his beard and carefully examining the corpse, while Li An had just taken out several white cloth bags from the grid under the piano.

Although it was an illusion, she seemed useless after examining the piano for such a long time without finding anything.

When I opened the cloth bag, there was some white powder.

"Oh, it would be great if Queshe discovered this thing." Li An thought.

She closed the cloth bag, came out from under the piano, and met Mao Lilan's gaze.

Li An smiled and held the cloth bag flat on his palm to show her: "This thing should be a big harvest. Let's show it to Doctor Asai later."

Mao Lilan knew that this was evidence and didn't ask any more questions.

Conan looked at Li An in confusion, and seeing that Li An had no intention of showing him the cloth bag, he crawled under the piano himself.

The grid had been closed and some white powder remained on the ground.

He pinched a little with his hand and was about to put it under his nose to smell it when he was pulled out by Youko who was standing on the other side and watching.

"What do you think this is? Don't touch it, Conan 'little friend'." Yuko emphasized the word 'little friend'.

Conan, who was picked up easily, had a bad guess about the cloth bag.

It can’t be…that kind of medicine…