Stay away from Conan

Chapter 627 Does anyone know your secret?

After listening to the stories of several people, Kogoro couldn't help but be very surprised, but at the same time extremely unbelievable, he asked Gao Yuan for confirmation:

"You said that you and Dr. Chengshi went out through the side door of this room just now, and then came to the beach behind the community activity room, right?"

"Um."

Naturally, Gao Yuan also understood why Kogoro asked this and couldn't help but nodded.

After receiving such an answer, Kogoro seemed a little disbelieving and continued to ask:

"So, when you passed by this piano room, there should be no corpses here, right?"

"Of course."

Gao Yuan nodded and said affirmatively:

"If there had been a body here at that time, we should have discovered it long ago!"

——That's right, I waited in the corridor outside the room until Asai Narumi came out of the funeral scene, and then used the opportunity to prevent the other party from committing murder to invite him to talk outside. Gao Yuan and Asai Narumi were in the piano room passing by the corridor. Then go through the side door of the club activity room and come to the beach behind the club activity room.

In this regard, Gao Yuan can be sure that when he passed the piano room at that time, there was absolutely no body on the piano.

Moreover, the problem caused by this situation is——

"When you guys came to the back of the activity room, there was no body in the piano room. In other words, the body was placed on the piano after you came to the beach outside the house to chat. At that time, the two of you It’s so close, just a wall away from the crime scene, so you didn’t notice anything?”

Kogoro's expression looked very solemn and he couldn't help but ask.

After hearing such an inquiry, Gao Yuan felt very awkward and nodded, while Asai Narumi couldn't help but replied blankly, "That's right."

At this point, a very concerning point in this matter is about to emerge——

"If that's the case, how did the murderer kill the deceased here without making any noise? Moreover, since the murderer also used a tape recorder to play "Moonlight", then anyway, you two should pay attention as soon as possible There are traces of the murderer in the room..."

Kogoro kept touching his chin and said seriously in confusion.

"Because the tape of "Moonlight" left at the scene deliberately left several minutes of blank space at the beginning..."

While Kogoro was meditating on this, Conan had already taken the tape recorder from Takato, placed it on the ground, pressed the button on it, and confirmed the status of the tape——

"This kid..."

He was speechless, watching Conan just fiddle with the recorder, but seeing that he did fiddle with something, Kogoro temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​bringing Conan to the scene.

"And that's not all!"

After confirming the status of the recorder, Conan continued:

"Although I don't know what method the murderer used to put the body in this piano room without attracting the attention of Brother Akechi and Sister Narumi. However, one thing that is certain is that the murderer at least brought the body to Brother Akechi and the others. I only brought the body here when I was at the beach. At that time, I was outside the side door of this room, and I didn't see anyone coming out of the side door at all...

"I think the murderer took advantage of the ceremony to kill the deceased elsewhere, then moved the body to this room. After setting up the scene, he escaped from the corridor..."

After some serious analysis, Conan couldn't help but show an innocent smile and said to Kogoro:

"Uncle, am I right to judge this way?"

"Ah...this...seems right..."

Listening to Conan's analysis, Kogoro hesitated for a moment, then he couldn't help but think about it and said:

"If you, a brat, don't see anyone leaving the side door of this room, you have to go out through the front door. But, until just now, we were still staying at the main entrance of the activity center..."

Thinking like this, Kogoro dragged his chin with his hand and his expression became more solemn.

"Although the window of this room facing the sea is not locked, it is theoretically possible to leave through the window, but Dr. Asai and I were on the sea side at the time, so it is equally impossible for the murderer to jump out of the window... "

In this regard, Gao Yuan could not help but add:

"Therefore, this room at that time... no, it should be said that it was the entire community activity center. It was under the surveillance of our three parties... it was an out-and-out surveillance-type secret room!"

"Although all the exits to the outside world are unlocked, because there are people at every exit, it is impossible for someone to leave this room without being discovered by us... Therefore, the murderer came out of this room and then returned There is a high possibility of a ritual venue…”

Regarding the current situation, Kogoro couldn't help but analyze this, and at the same time, he couldn't help but look towards the crowd behind him——

"Wait... wait a minute!"

In this regard, when the villagers present heard Kogoro's words, Kuroiwa Reiko could not help but asked in surprise:

"you mean……"

Saying this, Kuroiwa Reiko looked around in panic at the villagers present, and couldn't help but tell the hidden meaning behind what Kogoro said——

"Maybe the murderer is among this group of people?"

Hearing this, everyone present showed surprised and solemn expressions, feeling the urgency of the situation.

"Yes...if the murderer hadn't taken advantage of the chaos to escape..."

Kogoro finally clarified the current situation. He couldn't help but look at the crowd in front of him seriously and began to ask:

"Does any of you know the deceased, or has anyone seen the deceased leave the ceremony during the ceremony?"

"Didn't pay attention..."

"Did he come to attend the ceremony?"

"It seems like it's coming?"

Listening to Kogoro's inquiry, the villagers present were whispering to each other, but no one seemed to have noticed when the deceased Ken Nishimoto left the memorial site——

"Then are there any suspicious people who have left the funeral site?"

Listening to the chattering discussion of the villagers, Kogoro felt a little headache and couldn't help but change the question.

Upon hearing this question, the current village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji couldn't help but said:

"Ah...I saw this..."

Saying this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji couldn't help but look at Kawashima Hideo on the side, and said in a strange tone:

"I saw Kawashima going out!"

"What! You..."

Hearing that Kuroiwa Tatsuji confessed himself at this time, Kawashima Hideo couldn't help but angrily said to Kuroiwa Tatsuji, then looked at Kogoro and quickly explained:

"I just went to the bathroom and went back right away! Dr. Chengshi can prove this!"

Saying this, Hideo Kawashima couldn't help but look at Narumi Asai aside——

"After I went out to use the bathroom, Dr. Chengshi also came out. She can prove... Ah! That's right! You just said that the murderer killed someone after Dr. Chengshi and the others went out. Since I was with Dr. Chengshi, Those who came out before are certainly not suspicious, right?”

A little nervous, Kawashima Hideo wiped the cold sweat from his face and quickly analyzed.

In this regard, Kogoro couldn't help but look at Asai Narimi. After seeing Asai Narimi nodding, he confirmed to Kuroiwa Tatsuji who said that Kawashima Hideo had gone out:

"Did he come back immediately after he went out?"

"Ah...yes."

Hearing this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji could only answer truthfully.

So, after listening to the statements of these two people, Gao Yuan on the side couldn't help but say:

"In this case, it is indeed impossible to move the deceased to the piano room under those circumstances... By the way, does the deceased have any enemies here?"

"Yes! That's right!"

Hearing Gao Yuan ask about this, Kogoro couldn't help but ask:

"Do you know the deceased? What enemies does he have on this island? Anyway, it has been confirmed that the murderer is a guest attending today's ceremony. Next, we just need to confirm who among them has a grudge against the deceased..."

"Um...this..."

Faced with Kogoro's analysis, the villagers present seemed a little emotional, and among them, Kuroiwa Tatsuji's secretary Hirata Kazaki explained uneasily:

"If anything, most of Mr. Nishimoto's enemies on the island...maybe have a grudge against him..."

"Ah? Why?"

Hearing this, Kogoro asked doubtfully.

"I heard that he was not only a high-ranking person on the island, but also invested a lot of money in wine, women and gambling, so this also made him create a lot of enemies on the island. However, since the two After Mr. Kameyama died years ago, he hid at home all day long as if he was frightened by something.”

Hirata Kazaki explained.

"Ever since the incident two years ago..."

In this regard, Kogoro couldn't help but feel that there might be some relationship.

"By the way, village chief, aren't you and Mr. Nishimoto childhood playmates?"

At this time, Hirata Kazaki, who seemed to have remembered something, suddenly asked Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

"ah……"

Being asked like this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji was slightly surprised, and then he just said helplessly:

"That's right...but I haven't had any interaction with him for many years."

"That's it..."

In this regard, Kogoro could only say this helplessly.

In this regard, after Conan heard this, he looked at the piano in the room and couldn't help but wonder:

"However, did the deceased hide at home all day after the incident two years ago? Could this be related to what happened two years ago? Moreover, in that case, what reason did the murderer have to move the body to this room? Are you afraid of being discovered by Brother Mingzhi outside the window? "

"Hmph! What's so difficult about this? The murderer wanted to create the illusion that the piano was cursing the murderer, so as to disturb people's hearts."

After listening to Conan's words, Kogoro said impatiently, but looking at the piano in front of him, thinking that since the two incidents were related to this piano, he couldn't help but ask:

"When was this piano placed here?"

"It has been here since Mr. Aso donated it to the community activity center fifteen years ago."

Hirata Kazaki replied.

"Did Mr. Aso donate it?"

Upon hearing this, Kogoro's expression became serious.

"Yes, his name is engraved on the piano cover."

Hirata Kazuaki said.

So, after hearing this answer, Kogoro couldn't help but put down the lifted piano cover to see if there was a name engraved on it as Hirata Kazuaki said.

However, as the piano cover was put down, a sheet of music that had been covered by the piano cover could not help but appear in front of everyone——

"Music score?"

Seeing this, Kogoro picked it up with a solemn expression, and then said doubtfully:

"It's strange, I didn't see this when I came during the day..."

In this regard, just as Kogoro and Conan's attention was attracted by the music score that appeared, Takato's eyes couldn't help but first looked at Asai Narumi aside, and saw Asai's expression as the music score was discovered. It became a bit ugly and seemed very nervous.

At the same time, Gao Yuan also noticed that other villagers present seemed to be frightened by the music score that appeared...

"Dad, Dad! I brought Mr. Police!"

However, at this moment, panting, Xiaolan suddenly rushed in from the door.

I saw her struggling to support an old policeman with gray hair and beard to the scene. She couldn't help but gasping. It seemed that she was supporting the old policeman all the way here.

And this old policeman seemed very strenuous because of all the traveling.

"Why are you so slow?"

Seeing that Xiaolan had just returned at this time, Kogoro couldn't help but ask.

"Because the phone call never got through, I had to go out and find the police myself."

Xiaolan seemed to have finally completed her task. She bent over and began to sigh in relief.

In this regard, with the arrival of the police and after figuring out the current situation, the only policeman on the island could only helplessly say that the police on the island were unable to handle such a situation and had to report it to the superior department, who would dispatch Only the specialized criminal police will come over.

Therefore, besides protecting the scene, there is no other way at the moment, and there is no way to forcefully question such people present, so——

"Because it is very late now, it is impossible to interrogate one by one. So please go home and rest first, and be careful of the door!"

Standing at the gate of the community activity center, the old policeman gave instructions to the villagers present, and then asked everyone to go home first.

"This shouldn't be a homicide."

"It must be Mr. Aso's soul that is causing trouble!"

"Amitabha! Amitabha!"

As the crowd dispersed, many villagers also commented on this incident.

In response to this, Kuroiwa Reiko, who heard such a conversation, couldn't help but said angrily:

"That annoying piano, just throw it away!"

"snort!"

Hearing this, Murasawa, who was following Kuroiwa Reiko, couldn't help but sneered:

"Yeah! It's best to throw that piano away quickly, lest you get upset after seeing it."

With that said, Murasawa quickened his pace on Monday and walked forward alone.

"Zhou, Monday...wait for me!"

In response, Kuroiwa Lingzi seemed a little scared and hurriedly chased after him.

On the side, Hirata Kazuaki, who is the village chief’s secretary, looked at Murasawa’s leaving figure with a gloomy expression after listening to Murasawa Monday’s words...

…

At the same time, since the support from the superior police will not return until at least tomorrow, Kogoro and others can only go back to the hotel to rest.

However, at this time, Gao Yuan did not immediately follow Kogoro and others to the hotel.

After everyone dispersed, Takato, Asai Narumi, Jinguji Reito, and Conan, who was looking for an excuse to leave Xiaolan's side temporarily, were gathering at the beach not far from the community activity center. —

"Now that things have come to this, there are some things that I will keep short for now..."

When we were at the community activity center just now, it was not convenient to talk about many things, so Gao Yuan could only take advantage of the moment to discuss many situations with the few people in front of him:

"Dr. Asai... I want to ask, do you know if there is anyone else on the island who knows your secret?"

"Ah! What?"

Hearing this, Asai Narumi's expression became very ugly, and she didn't understand what Gao Yuan meant.

And Gao Yuan did not mince words, but said straightforwardly:

"Then I just said...the tape recorder playing "Moonlight" and the sheet music on the piano. If what you predict is correct, they are things you prepared in advance for killing people! And now, it is obvious that you are preparing These things have been taken advantage of!"