Conan: Silence in the Dark

"Hmm, did you hear anything?" asked Kogoro.

Conan Xiaolan listened to the back of her ear, and Xiao Jing looked at the bright moonlight above the night sky.

"Oh no, it's moonshine!" Conan ran over first. Kogoro also hurriedly got up and followed.

By the time they arrived, there were already some strange people gathered in front of the door, and Kogoro pushed the door open to find Mr. Kawashima lying on the piano.

"Maybe there's a case, and none of you are allowed to come in!" said Kogoro and stepped forward to check on Mr. Kawashima.

"It's dead. "It didn't take long for Kogoro to confirm Mr. Kawashima's death.

"What!" exclaimed the villagers outside the door.

"Xiaolan, hurry up and call the police. Dr. Chengshi, can I trouble you to come to the autopsy?" Kogoro instantly entered work mode, and his expression became serious.

"Okay. Chengshi nodded.

"It's a curse, that's the curse of that piano. Hirata said with a frightened look pointing to the piano.

"What a curse, it's not the piano that makes the sound, it's the tape recorder. As he spoke, Kogoro pressed the tape recorder he found behind the piano, and sure enough, the sound of a piano came from it.

"Judging by what happened to this and two years of money, there is a good chance that this was a planned killing. Kogoro said conclusively.

"Kill.... Murder?".

"Don't you talk about some nonsense, who are you?" asked the village chief's son now.

"Anyway, my father is also a famous detective in Tokyo. I'm sure I haven't heard of you in a place like this, but at least I'll let my father judge you first. Xiao Jing came out and made an introduction to Xiao Goro, and at the same time walked towards Chengshi.

Conan looked at the water stains on the floor, dipped a little, and tasted it in his mouth. Seawater?

"Hey, aren't you afraid of putting medicine in it and tasting it like this, you deserve to die!" Xiao Jing warned Conan of his actions.

"Uh.... I didn't think so much about it later. Conan, who was so focused on the event, didn't think that way at all.

Xiao Jing watched her autopsy from Cheng Shi's side, and Cheng Shi naturally knew about Xiao Jing when he sent a letter to Xiao Goro. So it didn't stop the appearance of concentrating on the autopsy.

"The time of death is 30 minutes to an hour ago, and the cause of death is suffocation. I think Mr. Kawashima must have drowned in the sea, but I can't say for sure if I don't dissect it. Sung Sil said based on his findings.

At the same time, Conan also found Mr. Kawashima's coat in the sea outside, and the water stains on the joint ground were dragged from the door facing the sea. In addition, the victim also had mud and sand behind him, and it was basically determined that he drowned in the sea.

"Judging from the time you said Mr. Kawashima went to the toilet, the murderer's route is basically determined to be that he drowned Mr. Kawashima after taking Kawashima to the beach and dragged him back to this room. Kogoro said after thinking about the water stains on the ground and the time it was time for Mr. Kawashima to go to the bathroom.

"The doors and windows here are locked from the inside. Xiao Jing pointed to the door behind her with a book and said.

"Because we're just at the entrance of the entrance, we'll meet them if we come out of this entrance. But we didn't see anyone coming out. Jing continued, giving Kogoro a look.

Kogoro immediately straightened his tie and cleared his throat, "So the prisoner is not what I expected, he returned to the Dharma after the murder, that is, the murderer is among you!"

"What!" the people who were pointed at let out a frightened cry.

"Who saw who else left the ceremony?" Kogoro asked the crowd.

"How can you remember all this kind of thing, after all, you were paying attention to the people who left at the time. The son of the village chief, who was still wearing an eye-hat, replied.

"So, who did Mr. Kawashima ever offend?"

"It's not offended, but after his death, it can be said that it is the most beneficial to Qing Shui. The current village chief said.

"Then you yourself are the same, Chief Kuroiwa!" of course, Qing Shui immediately retorted.

"Yes, if someone hadn't arranged Mr. Kawashima's vote source as his own, my father would have been elected a long time ago. The village chief's daughter also attached her own father to fight Qing Shui.

The secretary hurriedly made a round for them.

"But why did the murderer bring the body to this room?" Conan asked, looking into the room.

"I must have wanted to attribute the murder to the same curse as the last time. By the way, when did this piano start here?" Kogoro asked after walking over to the piano and explaining.

"It was donated by Mr. Aso ten years ago, and it has been here ever since. It was the secretary Hirata who answered.

"Yes, sir?".

"Yes, his name is also engraved on the keyboard cover. "

"Really. Kogoro checked the lid and found a sheet of music.

"It's strange, there's no such thing during the day. At this time, a man rushed out with an unusual expression, and asked the secretary to learn that it was Mr. Nishimoto. At this time, Xiaolan was late with the gray-haired old policeman.

In the end, because it was late, the investigation was scheduled to begin tomorrow morning.

On the way back, Narumi and Kogoro walked together.

"Your daughter is as good as you, and this kid is also very qualified. Cheng Shi praised Xiao Jing and the others.

"Where, the little girl just learned from her mother. As for this little ghost..."Kogoro is very satisfied with his daughter except for being more withdrawn. And Conan...

"That's because my father taught me well, and Conan likes to run around with his father, so he can be regarded as his father's assistant, right?" Xiao Jing also took the opportunity to tell the identity that he had discussed with Conan, and it happened that his father would definitely admit it at this time.

"Haha, that's right, this kid is far worse than me. Hahaha. Xiao Goro's reaction was as Xiao Jing expected, this cheap dad is actually good at everything. Compared with the speechless supporting character in the anime, the real Kogoro doesn't feel bad for Xiao Jing, he loves his family, excels in judo, cares about his relatives very much, and his reasoning ability is actually remarkable. However, the shortcomings are also obvious, and I can't help but boast.... Some arrogance... The most important thing is that both of them are very hard-mouthed with their mothers...... Fortunately, I and Xiaolan made a seasoning, otherwise the relationship between these two people is the same as in the anime.

"Then we're going back to the hotel too," Kogoro said goodbye to Narumi.

"Goodbye, then, please hurry up and fix the murder, because I don't want to do the autopsy anymore. "

"No problem, it's very simple as long as it's in my hands! Kogoro naturally agreed.

Chengshi saw that Kogoro agreed very refreshedly, and left as a relieved sigh.

"Father, please don't get carried away, there are still many puzzles to solve. Xiao Jing saw Cheng Shi leaving, and immediately poured cold water on Xiao Goro.

"Well, sooner or later, you have to trust Dad!".

"Hi hi, I've always believed in my father. "I'm sure you won't be able to solve it in such a short time.

"Wait, uncle's letter says that there is a shadow disappearing......." Conan then deduced through the copy in his notebook that there might be someone else killed, especially moonshine has also become a keyword.

Xiao Jing admired Conan's reasoning in her heart, but she vaguely felt in her heart that the words that had just come true also had the meaning of hints.

When Kogoro knew that it might be a serial murder, he played his original police nature, and asked Xiaolan to go back first and run to the public hall alone.

And Conan, who was also concerned about the incident, also followed, and Xiaolan, who was helpless, had no choice but to pull Xiao Jing to follow.

"Didn't you go back first?"

"Because Conan also came along, so..."Actually, Xiaolan didn't feel at ease and wanted to follow.

"By the way, who moved the corpse casually. Kogoro looked at the corpse that had been placed on the ground.

"Of course it's me, if I keep that posture, the Bodhisattva will be pitied. "The old uncle on the island, the police, brought them sleeping bags for Kogoro.

"It's really nerve-wracking, and the scene hasn't been verified yet. "Kogoro is quite helpless about this policeman.

"The score is gone!" Conan, who had planned to study the score, found that the score was gone.

"Oh, the score, it's with me. The old man took out the sheet music from his arms.

"Hey, here's the score of Moonlight. Xiaolan, who was close, looked at the score and said.

Xiaolan played it and found that the fourth paragraph was very strange, while Kogoro reasoned that it might be Kawashima's death message, thinking that the murderer would come back to retrieve the score and destroy the evidence.

At this time, Chengshi also came over in the name of delivering supper.

While Chengshi was chatting with everyone, Xiao Jing, who was sitting on Chengshi's left, took a closer look again.

That's right..... What about women......

At this time, Kogoro asked Narumi about the death of the village chief two years ago.

"If anything suspicious, I remember a window that was open, and that was the window. Chengshi pointed to the window next to the piano.

Conan and Kogoro immediately noticed a suspicious figure outside the window and chased after them. But because it's too dark around, I lost it all at once. However, it also confirmed the conjecture that the prisoners would come to destroy the evidence, so they decided to take turns keeping vigils.

And Xiao Jing also plans to persuade Cheng Shi at this time.

Although it was the vigil proposed by Kogoro, he couldn't support it and fell asleep at twelve o'clock, and it was supposed to be time to change shifts with the old man at twelve o'clock. But after all, when he was old, the old man couldn't wake up at all, so he had to keep a vigil with Conan and others.

Xiao Jing looked at Xiao Lan, who was already sleepy, and pulled Chengshi's hand.

"Sister Chengshi, go to the toilet with me, it's too dark outside...."This fear of Xiaojing is really a little speechless, because she didn't spend a lot of camping in the wild when she traveled in her previous life.

Cheng Shi naturally only thought that Xiao Jing was afraid to go alone, and Xiao Lan was also in a half-asleep state, so she found a relatively sober self.

Chengshi pulled Xiao Jing to open the door and went out to the toilet. Conan didn't have any doubts about this, and he was still vigilant while thinking about the case.