The small cruise ship swayed forward in the wind and waves, arriving four hours later than originally estimated. After the fog dissipated, what appeared in front of us was a small island that looked very peaceful.
Mouri Kogoro, who was vomiting profusely on the boat, recovered as before after stepping on the ground. He wanted to go to the vending machine nearby to get two cans of beer, but his own daughter arrested him on the spot. Before he could take out his wallet, he
He was taken to the village office of Tsukikage Island to find the client named Keiji Aso.
Mouri Kogoro was pushed reluctantly into the village office. He did not forget to tidy up his appearance, coughed twice and cleared his throat, then strode to the front desk and asked politely:
"Hello, we are tourists who have just arrived on the island. We came here to find the residence of local resident Keiji Aso. Could you help us check it out?"
"No problem, we'll help you find it right away. Sir, please wait a moment."
"OK."
The male staff member turned on the computer, logged into the residents' system that records basic information about local residents, and then entered the four words "Aso Keiji" in the keyword column.
After seeing the words "No information about this person found" displayed on the system, he responsibly screened them one by one. After confirming again and again that there was no such person, he said:
"It's really strange. There is no such person on the island. Sir, did you remember the name wrong?"
"Huh? No way." Mouri Kogoro took out the commission letter, covered up the contents of the letter and left the signature part, and continued: "Did you type the name wrong? Please look for it carefully."
The male staff carefully checked the signature on the entrustment letter and entered it into the resident system again. The feedback he received was still the same as before. He frowned in distress and explained:
"Sir, the island's resident system does not record his identity information, and I just came to work on this island last month. Otherwise, I can ask other people for you."
After that, the male staff member ran to the side and called over his older colleague. After he explained, the staff member wearing glasses came forward and asked:
"Sir, who are you looking for? I am a local resident of Yueying Island, and I know basically everyone."
"That's right, I received a request from Mr. Keiji Aso to come here..."
Before Mouri Kogoro finished speaking, he noticed that the bespectacled staff member in front of him staggered back half a step. He blinked in confusion. He didn't seem to say anything scary, right?
"You, you mean that Keiji Aso entrusted you?!"
Fujiwara Yu who was standing at the back squinted his eyes. He was keenly aware that the expressions of the people around him had changed, not to mention the staff member who was so frightened that he was breaking out in a cold sweat. Sure enough, all the local residents of Moon Shadow Island knew about Aso Keiji.
.
The staff wearing glasses looked at the tourists in front of them with a horrified look, full of disbelief:
"No, there can be no such thing, because the person you are looking for died more than ten years ago!"
"What did you say?!" Mouri Kogoro said seriously with his hands on the table, "Can you please tell me in detail how he passed away?"
The staff member wearing glasses nodded and recalled:
"I remember that it happened on a full moon night twelve years ago. He was born on this island and was a very famous pianist. He held a concert in the village public hall that day and suddenly after returning home
He locked himself and his family in his home and set a fire inside.
According to the memories of people who rushed to the scene to put out the fire, he killed his wife and daughter with a knife, and then he was like a man possessed in the raging flames, playing the same piece of music over and over again, which was Beethoven's piano sonata "Moonlight Sonata"
"!"
Fujiwara Yuu's expression became solemn after listening to the second half of the words. He was thoughtful and recalled what he saw during his inquiry. At that time, it was indeed described that Keiji Aso's family died in a sea of fire, but he had never heard of anyone who died in a sea of fire.
playing the piano.
Besides, how could the person who went to put out the fire know that he killed his wife and daughter with a knife? These contents were not described during the investigation.
come out.
Where did the rumors come from? What is the purpose of spreading the rumors?
"So that's what happened. I'm really sorry for disturbing your work."
Mouri Kogoro nodded politely to the staff and turned around and walked out of the village office. He looked at the commission letter in his hand with a depressed face, frowned and said in an extremely dissatisfied tone:
"I'm really speechless. It seems to be a despicable prank that cost me a trip to whoring for nothing!"
"It's not necessarily like this, because he has paid the commission fee in full, and the stamps are indeed from Tsukikage Island, so I think there must be someone on this island who wants to ask my uncle to help him investigate Keiji Aso.
Human things." Edogawa Conan expressed his thoughts in a child's tone. He didn't think that someone would use 500,000 yen to make a prank. Not to mention the cost, it was not interesting at all.
Mouri Kogoro stared at the commission letter in his hand and sighed:
"But now that the person involved, Mr. Keiji Aso, is dead, where should we start the investigation?"
"Why don't you go to the public hall and find the village chief? As the village chief of Tsukikage Island, he should know a lot of things. Maybe he can learn about people who are close to Keiji Aso." Fujiwara Yu put one hand in his pocket and came out.
Sheng suggested.
"Well, that's all we can do."
Fujiwara Yuu walked silently at the back of the team. He took out his mobile phone and checked the messages on LINE. Sure enough, there was a message from White. It was a photo of Sotaro Goji getting off the ship.
[Three-color dumpling hite]: Mr. Krell, the target has arrived at Moon Shadow Island on a private yacht and is currently staying at a Japanese-style hotel called "Ushiyama". Please give instructions.
[I don’t want to work overtime today]: Continue to follow up, and remember not to be discovered by the target. I still have some things to deal with here, so I will separate for the time being.
Just as Fujiwara Yuu was about to open the map navigation and go to the public center, he saw Mao Lilan running quickly to a ponytailed girl in a white coat and asked politely:
"Excuse me, do you know where the public center is?"
"Just turn at the intersection ahead and walk to the end." After giving the directions, the girl in the white coat looked at the people in front of her who looked like a father and daughter, and asked curiously: "Can you tell me that you are from outside the island?"
"Yes, we came from Tokyo."
"Wow, what a coincidence! My hometown is also in Tokyo~" The girl in the white coat smiled and opened her arms, as if she was feeling something. There was also an inexplicable show off in her tone: "But this island is different from Tokyo.
It’s different, isn’t it great? The air is very fresh and it’s very quiet.”
However, the slap in the face came very quickly. A van for the village chief election slowly passed by them, and the loudspeaker on the roof repeatedly broadcast the election slogan:
"In order to protect the fishing grounds of our island, residents of Moon Shadow Island, please vote for Masato Shimizu. Please give your precious vote to Masato Shimizu!"
"Actually, this island is usually quite quiet. Isn't the village chief election going to be held soon?" The girl in the white coat smiled awkwardly. She pointed to the Yueying Island village chief election bulletin board aside and explained: "The candidates
There are three in total, and I heard from people who come to me for medical treatment that Mr. Kawashima seems to have won this election."
【In view of the general environment,
Mouri Kogoro twitched his lips helplessly. He was not interested in the village chief election. He just wanted to quickly find the person who sent the commission letter and return the hot commission fee to the person so that he could take the night ferry early.
go back.
Just when he was about to interrupt, the girl in the white coat started talking to herself again:
"If you go to the public hall now, you should be able to see the three people on the poster, because tonight the third anniversary of the death of the former village chief Mr. Kameyama Isamu will be held there."
At the end of the sentence, she suddenly noticed the purple color behind Mouri Kogoro, and she showed a surprised expression when she saw the other person's appearance clearly, but she quickly returned to normal and continued:
"It's been so long that I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Narumi Asai, a doctor at the Moon Shadow Island Clinic. I still have a job here, so I'll give it up first.
I’m with you, I hope you have a good time.”
"Well, thank you Dr. Asai."
Fujiwara Yu raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the back of Asai Narumi walking into the clinic quickly. He always felt that she knew him, so why did she show such an expression?
And I always feel that this person is a bit weird, but I can't say there is anything weird about him.
Forget it, just keep an eye out for now, I don’t know what will happen when we get to the public hall.