Chapter 239
By the end of the day, Conan Edogawa felt like his cerebellum was about to shrink.
It is indeed an "advisor," but the one he asked about doesn't seem to be this "advisor." However, upon closer reflection, Han Chuan Shenliu's previous answers seem to make sense from any angle.
Especially that outlaw's line, "You can't do anything to me even if you have a problem"... He understood it at the time as meaning the police wanted to arrest him but had no evidence, so Hanchuan Shenliu was fearless. Now it seems...
It is true that the police are dissatisfied with Kankawa Shinryu, but the reason for their dissatisfaction is that they need to ask Kankawa Shinryu for help, but they are unwilling to admit that they are not good enough.
Conan Edogawa is quite knowledgeable and very good at finding contradictions and lies in the suspects' words, but this is the first time he has encountered a situation where everything is true and his understanding of the situation is completely flawed.
...But the other party actually believes in "rejuvenation"! It just doesn't seem like it's related to that organization! How do you explain this Hanakawa Shinryu?!
No, no, no, it can be explained. For example, the other person simply believes in it, just like some foreigners firmly believe in Santa Claus. It doesn't need any reason, and it's theoretically feasible...
Conan Edogawa felt an unprecedented exhaustion, as if he had been staying up all night and hadn't slept since.
Oh well, even though we've lost track of that organization, it's always good to have one more good person around.
When Bo Yezaki woke up, he checked the system log and found that Conan Edogawa had been accumulating suspicion points for him since last night, but then it stopped abruptly at noon, turning from a waterfall into a stream.
"...?"
After thinking about it, Bo Yezaki guessed that someone had probably answered his question.
After all, Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda both spent the night there. If Conan Edogawa asked them carefully, he would probably find out that he was an advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Sigh, it's a bit of a pity, but it was also expected. You can't rely on this trick to raise suspicion for a whole year.
He leisurely checked his emails, went to have a meal, and then headed to the activity center.
When Usui arrived at the event center, there were already many people. There were more than 30 island residents who came to attend the second anniversary of the death last night, more than the number of police officers that Inspector Megure brought from the Metropolitan Police Department. They asked each person what happened last night, their movements, whether they noticed anything strange, who they suspected, and what conflicts they had with the deceased. They had been asking questions since noon and had not finished when Usui arrived.
Inspector Megure must have some kind of radar; as soon as Usakabe Saiki entered the room, Inspector Megure quickly looked over and then greeted him warmly: "Kanakawa-kun, it's been a long time!"
"Long time no see." Bo Yezaki nodded politely. "You must be tired from traveling so far."
"It's no trouble at all," Inspector Megure said with a smile. "You've come at the perfect time. Take a look at these statements first; there are still people we haven't finished questioning... It's quite rare that this case hasn't made any progress all night with you here."
Conan Edogawa, who was passing by, had mixed feelings. So, just how good is Shinryu Samikawa's crime-solving skills that Inspector Megure praises him so highly?
Usakabe Saiki, who was slacking off, said with a straight face: "Mr. Mori refused my help, so to avoid suspicion, I decided to be an ordinary suspect."
Inspector Megure: "...To be honest, even as a suspect, you're not ordinary enough."
Conan Edogawa was speechless.
Was it just his imagination? He always felt that even if Mr. Hanchuan wasn't joking, there was something strange about the way he spoke…
Just then, the melody of the second movement of the Moonlight Sonata suddenly came over the loudspeaker in the activity center, and everyone was stunned.
Conan Edogawa was the first to react and immediately rushed to the broadcasting room to see if he could catch the culprit.
Inspector Megure quickly followed, but by the time he arrived at the scene, it was too late; a new body had appeared before them.
The previous case wasn't even solved, and now another person has died. Inspector Megure's expression was filled with pain: "Kanakawa-kun, we're afraid we'll have to work overtime..."
If you don't want to work overtime, why don't you try harder?
But Usoya Saiki said, "Was there any investigation into the family of the previous deceased?"
"...Not yet. I don't think it's necessary right now...Do you think it is?"
“It’s probably not very useful for catching the murderer,” said Saiki Usopp. “But it’s useful for knowing the next victim—the Moonlight Sonata has more than two movements.”
Inspector Megure's expression was serious: "You mean...?"
"This is revenge. The two dead must have caused hatred from others because of something. This matter may also involve other people. Searching the dead's homes might reveal something... I guess it's drug trafficking."
Inspector Megure: "...Huh? Didn't you and Hagiwara solve that case a couple of years ago?"
“How could there only be two people in this kind of case? It must be a gang. But the person who was arrested only cooperated with the former village chief and didn’t get into the core. And we didn’t find anything useful from the former village chief’s side… These two dead people may have been accomplices of the former village chief.” Kenji Hagiwara followed the train of thought. “At first, I thought it was just another case of using the deceased Keiji Aso as a shield. Now it seems that there is probably a connection between the two cases.”
Inspector Megure almost knelt down: "We really don't have enough manpower..."
Usakabe Saiki volunteered, "Then I'll go to the deceased's house to check on the situation. You guys continue the investigation at the scene. With the famous 'Sleeping Kogoro' here, I'm sure this won't be a problem for you."
Kogoro Mouri immediately became smug, and if the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, he probably would have burst out laughing: "No problem! Leave it to me!"
Asai Shigemi paused for a moment, then couldn't help but speak up: "Mr. Kankawa..."
This doctor, who is still dressing as a woman after two years, seems to have something to say.
But Usui Saiki simply said, "Good luck."
Conan Edogawa: "...?"
His detective instincts immediately alerted him to something fishy.
Refueling? What kind of refueling?
Just as Conan Edogawa was about to let his thoughts wander along with that sentence, Inspector Megure sighed.
"That's true. The forensic team has already taken the previous victim's body back to Tokyo. Now, we'll probably have to trouble Dr. Asai to perform the autopsy..."
Asai Narumi said with a wry smile, "It's alright, this isn't the first time. I'm glad I could help."
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
Oh, so that's why Kagawa Shinryu is telling Asai Narumi to do her best...
Kenji Hagiwara, however, felt that something else was a bit strange.
Why would Hanchuan Shenliu choose to stay away from the scene and go to investigate the deceased's home at this time? It seems like he's deliberately avoiding the case.
Matsuda Jinpei had the same feeling. He followed Usui Saiki out the door and asked suspiciously in a low voice, "You don't want to get involved in this case?"
"With Kogoro Mouri around, I don't need to worry about anything."
Matsuda Jinpei was puzzled by his tone: "...? So you're unhappy with Mr. Mori?"
Samukawa Shinryu has encountered a lot of discrimination and prejudice, but it seems that he is actually quite used to it and doesn't hold grudges. Matsuda Jinpei felt that there was something wrong with his sudden expression of displeasure.
After raising Matsuda Jinpei's suspicion level, Usaba Saiki calmly replied, "I just felt that he was a little different from the rumors, and I wanted to see what level he was really at."
Matsuda Jinpei: "…………"
Okay, I understand. He can understand the reason now, and he's even curious about it himself... Alright, if Kogoro Mouri can't solve the case, we can call Kankawa over.
So when Matsuda Jinpei returned to the scene, he didn't deliberately hide from Edogawa Conan, but whispered to Hagiwara Kenji.
"Kankawa wants to see how good Mr. Mori's reasoning is."
“…I see. But there are indeed too few clues now. He could try looking for information from other angles…”
Speaking of information from other angles, the seemingly senile local policeman from Tsukikage Island finally remembered something: "As for Keiji Aso, he is indeed dead. His house was burned down, leaving only a handwritten manuscript in a safe..."
Sensing something amiss, but not having time to think it through, Conan Edogawa immediately shifted his attention back to Shinryu Sakkawa and decided to follow the old policeman to find the manuscript.
Walking down the street, Conan Edogawa asked the old policeman, "Is that manuscript always kept in the warehouse? Won't it be troublesome to find it?"
"It's alright. I specifically looked it up a couple of years ago, so it shouldn't be buried too deep..."
Conan Edogawa was taken aback: "You specifically looked for it?"
"Well, because the case from two years ago involved Keiji Aso, right? As a newcomer to Tsukikage Island, Dr. Asai was curious about Keiji Aso. I mentioned it to her during our conversation, and she asked if the manuscripts in the safe, which weren't necessarily Keiji Aso's own, might be those of a master and be very valuable. So we both took a look... but later we found out they were just Keiji Aso's own manuscripts, not worth much..."
Conan Edogawa felt that awkward feeling welling up inside him again.
The complex expressions on Asai Narumi's face as she and Kazukawa Fukari walked into the activity center one after the other flashed through his mind, along with Asai Narumi's subtle attitude when Kazukawa Fukari said she wouldn't participate in the on-site investigation...
Two years ago, not long after Asai Narumi arrived at Tsukikage Island, the former village chief died. Was it a coincidence? But Samikawa Shinryu and Hagiwara Kenji specifically came to confirm that it was a heart attack...
Furthermore, it seems more likely that the first deceased was male, given that they had to be dragged from the beach back to the room.
For some reason, even though the misunderstanding about Shinryu Samikawa had been cleared up, Conan Edogawa still felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Shinryu Samikawa when he thought back on these things.
Even Conan Edogawa himself couldn't figure out where the problem lay.
Ugh, so annoying.
Soon, Conan Edogawa and the old policeman arrived at the warehouse. The old policeman searched for a long time, and just when Conan Edogawa thought he was about to lose everything, he finally found a file folder.
"I remember taking it out a couple of years ago, it should be here, look!"
Conan Edogawa was overjoyed and rushed over to take out the sheet music.
If he's not mistaken, this sheet music should be a code, perhaps containing some clues.
"Written for my son, Seji..."
The old policeman said, "Oh, besides his daughter, Aso also has a son who has been hospitalized in Tokyo. I think his name is Seji."
Conan Edogawa: "...You should have said this sooner!!!"
seji, when written in Chinese characters, can be written as “成实”!
How to write a Japanese name in kanji is completely different from how it is pronounced!
Just like how the name "Shinryu" in "Shinryu Hanakawa" is actually pronounced "Shizuku" (静), even if someone knows that Keiji Aso has a son named Seji, the name "Shinryu" in "Dr. Narumi Asai" is pronounced "marumi" (marumi), so they don't match up at all!
Not to mention changing her surname and pretending to be a girl, it makes it even harder to believe that she is Keiji Aso's son!
The dead people, including the former village chief, were all people who had a good relationship with Keiji Aso. These people were most likely involved in drug trafficking. Keiji Aso's death was suspicious; perhaps he wanted to quit halfway and was silenced. The deaths of these people were Keiji Aso's son avenging his father.
...Han Chuan Shenliu, he came to Tsukikage Island two years ago and investigated a drug trafficking case. He met Dr. Narumi at that time. Have they not been in contact since?
Did Shinryu Kanagawa know about Dr. Narumi's murder plan? He had a feeling that the two of them must have talked before he saw them enter the activity center together, which explained Dr. Narumi's expression...
And what about Kagawa Shinryu... wait, the "good luck" Kagawa Shinryu said before leaving... was it really just to tell Dr. Narumi to do her best in the autopsy?!
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The next chapter, the next chapter will definitely conclude Moonshadow Island...
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I strained my back (feeling sluggish). It happened once before, and now it keeps throbbing in that spot every now and then...
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Conan: Spare my brain... Can't we keep it simple, everyone?
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Dr. Chengshi here has already read her father's last words, but due to various reasons, she still came as planned.
The specific reasons will be explained in the next chapter.
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