Given the current situation, even if Kuroiwa himself were present, he would probably conclude that Kawashima, whose death was almost identical to that of Kameyama two years ago, was killed by Asagi Narumi, who was hiding in the shadows.
The soft, serene piano music still lingered in everyone's ears, while the piano keys remained completely still.
Kogoro Mouri cautiously entered the activity room, which was already temporarily cordoned off, and pulled out a tape recorder from under the open piano lid.
Press the stop button, and the world becomes quiet.
"There might be fingerprints on this, be careful."
Kogoro used a handkerchief to hold the handle of the tape recorder and handed it to the police officer behind him.
“However, if Asahi is truly capable, what’s the point of taking his fingerprints?” one officer asked, mustering his courage.
The important thing is to find out where the asparagus is actually produced.
If he really did commit murder and then fled, no amount of fingerprints would be of much help to the police.
"There is still no evidence, and what was his motive for killing him?"
Having likely experienced many setbacks, Kogoro gradually learned to stop being so outspoken.
Unexpectedly, the person who answered him was Kuroiwa Reiko, the daughter of the village chief.
"If we're talking about motives, I think I might know..."
Kogoro stared in surprise at her, as well as at the expressions of Amuro Tooru and Toyama Yoruichi who were with her.
In the end, it was Amuro Tooru, his "disciple," who explained the previous discovery.
In the black rock village chief's showy bookshelf, some empty books contained traces of white powder.
Amuro Tooru, who was particularly experienced in dealing with all kinds of illegal and disorderly conduct, immediately recognized it as high-purity heroin.
Of course, when recounting this part, he attributed the credit to Yoruichi Toyama.
In fact, Yoruichi Toyama, who had been searching for this evidence, willingly took the blame.
Anyway, I still have the status of a returned overseas student, so I can attribute all sorts of strange skills to Cambridge.
It doesn't matter whether Cambridge offers this major or not.
Shinichi Kudo learned so much in Hawaii, but Hawaii didn't come out to refute him, did they?
Kuroiwa Reiko was stunned when she discovered that her father had hidden drugs in his study.
The script that promised Kameyama and Nishimoto's smuggling operation, with Aso Keiji and her father innocently involved, is clearly no longer working.
It seems that her father was the mastermind behind the whole thing, or at least one of the masterminds.
But facing Yoruichi Toyama and the other two, she really couldn't bring herself to kill them.
Therefore, they were quickly persuaded to find the village chief of Black Rock Village and convince him to turn himself in.
Japan is not China, and drug trafficking is not punishable by death.
But Masayuki, who was hiding somewhere, made the first move, putting the village chief of Kuroiwa in danger.
It seems the truth about what happened back then has come to light.
Kuroiwa, Kameyama, and Nishimoto took advantage of Keiji Aso's frequent overseas tours to use him as a cover for smuggling drugs.
After being discovered by Keiji Aso, he killed her to silence her.
The only survivor, Asagi, disguised himself and went to the island. Whether by coercion or enticement, he got Kameyama to tell the story of what happened back then, and then killed him.
As for why they didn't take any action for the past two years, they were probably looking for evidence.
But no evidence was found, and the police tracked him down, so he simply hid in the shadows and executed his father's killers one by one.
Therefore, upon realizing that her father was at the very spot where he had died in Kameyama, Kuroiwa Reiko was filled with anxiety and rushed over immediately.
At this moment, she was willing to personally expose her father's illegal acts, hoping that the police and detectives in front of her could quickly find out the whereabouts of Asagi.
"But, could it be that Mr. Kawashima also..."
Having dealt with Kawashima before without finding anything out, Kogoro couldn't help but ask.
"Whether Kawashima was involved, and to what extent, depends on the question..."
Yoruichi Toyama turned her head and looked at the two people trembling in the crowd.
Nishimoto and Hirata.
"No, no! This has nothing to do with me! I didn't kill anyone! I didn't do it!..."
Nishimoto, who was usually drunk, was now as white as a corpse. He screamed hysterically and suddenly turned around and ran out of the crowd.
Hirata, seemingly reminded by him, followed suit.
Still gathered outside, the people who were unaware of what was going on were startled and let the two people run across the corridor one after the other.
Realizing what had happened, Kogoro rushed ahead of Amuro Tooru and Yoruichi Toyama and caught up with them.
That eerie feeling returned, and Yoruichi Toyama seemed to have thought of something, but didn't have time to move.
Only after Amuro Tooru and Conan had also run out did he look around.
Only Xiaolan and Mingmei remained, standing there with worried expressions.
"Uh, please protect Miss Reiko." Fearing that something might happen to the witness in front of her, Yoruichi Toyama gave this special instruction before following the steps of the people in front of her.
Nishimoto staggered down the corridor leading to the gate, while Hirata vanished in the blink of an eye.
"They must have run that way!" Amuro Tooru, with his sharp eyes, pointed to the corner of the corridor and shouted to Yoruichi Toyama before chasing after them with Conan.
Yoruichi Toyama caught up with Kogoro, and the two finally cornered Nishimoto on the beach outside the activity center.
"No, no, it wasn't me, I didn't do it... It was Black Rock, Black Rock killed them!..."
Desperate, Nishimoto repeated himself incoherently.
Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help but twitch her eyebrows.
"What did you say?"
"It was Kuroiwa! Kuroiwa killed Kawashima! It wasn't me!"
Nishimoto roared with a crazed expression, but he had given up on escaping or resisting.
Kogoro then went over and took one of his arms.
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