Chapter 241 Do you have a habit of wearing women’s clothes?
Yu Jiang didn't need to open the envelope to check the letter inside. Just from the material and shape of the envelope, he knew that the person who sent the letter was the same person who left the letter at the crime scene.
Keiji Aso?
So who is the person pretending to be Keiji Aso?
Mouri Kogoro decided to go to the village office on Tsukikage Island to ask first.
For a small island like this that has little information and is almost isolated from the outside world, the islanders have very close relationships. Just ask the office staff who they want to find.
"Keiji Aso?"
The front desk staff was a young man. He was confused by the name proposed by Mouri Kogoro, so he had to look through the resident list and said, "Sorry, we don't have this person here."
"How is this possible?" Mouri Kogoro said eagerly, "Check it carefully again. He clearly wrote Tsukiyage Island on the letter, and he must be a resident of the island."
"But there is really no such person in the island's resident list..." The staff member was helpless, "If he is the kind of stubborn old man who doesn't want to register his name, then I don't know. After all, I just last month
Transfer to work here."
A man in a suit and tie, who looked like the boss of a young staff member, noticed the dispute here, walked over, and asked with concern: "Is there any problem?"
"This gentleman said that an island resident wrote to him and asked him to investigate..."
"Someone entrusted it?"
"Yes, it's a man named Keiji Aso..."
The boss suddenly showed a horrified expression. He couldn't help but take a half step back and repeated: "Ma, Keiji Aso?!"
As soon as these words came out, other staff in the residents' office and residents showed the same expression as him.
That kind of mixed vigilance, fear, and rejection filled the center of the office, making Mouri Kogoro and the others jump.
Yu Jiang knew the reason for this situation, so he seemed particularly calm.
"No! This is absolutely impossible!!" The boss lowered his head with cold sweat on his face, "Because, because Kei Aso died more than 20 years ago!"
"What?"
Now Mouri Kogoro and the others were also shocked.
Of course, as detectives and their family members, they certainly would not believe in ghosts and gods. The person who sent the letter must be a living person, and most likely he just used the name of a deceased person.
Next, the boss told Mouri Kogoro and the others a story about Aso Keiji who killed his wife and set himself on fire, which was similar to what Ikue knew.
But he didn't mention that Keiji Aso also has a younger son in Tokyo.
After coming out of the office, Mouri Kogoro's mood worsened again. He shook the letter angrily and complained: "A letter from a dead person...who made such a vulgar joke on me?"
"...I don't think it's a joke." Conan said in a childish tone, "The person who wrote the letter not only paid the fee, but the postmark of the letter was also from Moon Shadow Island. There must be someone on the island who wanted to ask his uncle to investigate about Aso.
Keiji’s matter."
Mao Lilan agreed: "Conan is right, this may have been entrusted by Mr. Keiji Aso's friend during his lifetime. I think we might as well ask the village chief, maybe we will find something."
After that, Mao Lilan apologized to Yu Jiang again: "I'm so sorry, Teacher Qingshui, I have to accompany my father to handle the commission, and I can't visit Yueying Island with you."
"It doesn't matter, I just want to walk along the beach and enjoy the sea breeze."
Ikue is not planning to act with Mouri Kogoro and the others. What he wants to investigate is the organization's information. This kind of thing must not be known to the detectives.
However, just when he was about to act alone, an interesting person suddenly appeared.
"Hey, are you coming from outside the island?" At the entrance of the village hospital, a young woman in a white coat had just finished giving instructions to the children. When she saw Maori and his group, she asked enthusiastically.
"Well, we are from Tokyo."
"Really? I'm from Tokyo too!" The woman was pleasantly surprised, "Look, the environment of this island is much better than that of Tokyo! Not only is the air fresh, but the environment is also quiet..."
"In order to protect the island's fishing grounds and the rights of the islanders, please support the people's spokesperson - Masato Shimizu..."
As soon as she finished speaking, an election propaganda truck with loudspeakers passed behind them.
The sound of the horn was so loud that it startled a large number of birds around.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and the woman's movements froze.
"Uh...well...except recently, I'm about to run for village chief, so ahem, it's a bit noisy."
Of course, the above is not the reason why Yu Jiang finds this person interesting.
What he is really interested in is her gender.
"Sir, do you have a hobby of wearing women's clothing?" Yu Jiang turned his head and asked seriously.
Under his precise gaze like a falcon, the muscles on the woman's body stiffened briefly due to his words, but they quickly adjusted again.
"Ah, what are you talking about? I'm not a gentleman, can't you see that I'm a woman?" As she spoke, she tugged on her ponytail in distress, "I don't have short hair, so how could I be mistaken?
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Mouri Kogoro curled his lips: "You are really telling lies with your eyes open."
Yu Jiang Congshan Ruliu said: "I am blind."
The woman handed over a business card: "My name is Asai Narumi. I am a doctor from Tokyo. I have just obtained a medical qualification certificate."
"Wow, that's amazing."
Narumi Asai?
You didn’t even change your name?
Ikue understood why the villagers didn't mention Aso Michiru. I'm afraid even these villagers knew very little about Aso Keiji's youngest son.
Ikue was able to recognize Asai Narumi's true gender at a glance, thanks to the training he received in the art of disguise.
Disguise is a technology that allows you to completely transform into another person. Of course, it also controls gender more deeply.
You don't need to look at the Adam's apple, which is sometimes an inaccurate criterion, you can make a rough judgment just by the sound of your voice.
"You just talked about the village chief election..." Conan brought the topic back and sighed in his heart. As expected, he still had to rely on him to control the situation.
Otherwise, this group of people can talk about the topic of turning around until dark!
"Ah, yes, the village chief election." Narumi Asai introduced enthusiastically, "There are three candidates in total. In addition to the fisherman representative Shimizu Masato just now, there are also the former village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji, whose reputation has recently declined, and the island's most famous
The wealthy tycoon Hideo Kawashima."
She touched her chin and analyzed carefully: "Based on the conversations of the patients in the clinic, Mr. Kawashima is most likely to be elected."
As she said this, she was about to analyze the pros and cons of each of the three candidates.
Seeing this, Mouri Kogoro interrupted: "Ahem, we are not interested in the village chief candidate. We just want to meet Mr. Village Chief as soon as possible. Do you know where to go to meet the Village Chief?"