Chapter 119 Until the Sea Turns Blue - The Murderer Was Afraid She Would Also...
Conan froze.
A familiar voice came from behind.
"Conan-kun is here."
That was the voice of the person who gently picked him up with one hand last night, and it was also the voice of the person who slowly said goodbye to him when he left the house this morning.
Narumi Asai…
His mind connected everything in an instant.
Who could have monitored and controlled Kawashima Hideo with the most legitimate reasons after the attack?
Who was it that caused the death of the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu, as soon as he returned to Yueying Island?
Who was the one who stayed up late at night to pick up trash because he was "asked by someone", and just yesterday, the "murderer" happened to have met Sister Lin?
Is there anyone who could tamper with the daily medication of Ken Nishimoto, who already suffers from mental problems, and make him even more... impulsive and irritable?
He is the only doctor on the island who has a license to practice medicine and the owner of the Moon Shadow Island Clinic.
Asai Narumi.
The doctor's hands were looking at the bottle slowly and then he picked up the lid and closed it.
Conan lowered his head.
His large-framed glasses glowed bright white.
"Kid, why are you here!" The old policeman had just finished instructing the residents to help control Kuroiwa Tatsuji when he saw two figures, one big and one small, in Nishimoto Ken's room.
He quickly held Conan's shoulder and moved in front of him to block the bloody scenes. "This is not something children should watch! By the way, little friend, how did you know that a murder happened here?"
Conan was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and was about to speak to evade the question when he heard a faint voice from above his head:
"I told him."
He turned his head sharply.
The doctor smiled gently at him. "I told the child that Nishimoto Ken would kill Kawashima Hideo and Kuroiwa Tatsuji in his own room...but it's a pity that Kuroiwa Tatsuji didn't die."
The old policeman was horrified: "Doctor Asai, what does this mean?"
"What I mean is that I am the culprit behind all this." The doctor said lightly.
"I attacked Kawashima Hideo and had Nishimoto Ken kill Kawashima Hideo and Kuroiwa Tatsuji."
"As for how it was done..."
He pulled a sealed bag from his pocket, placed the bottle inside, and handed it to the old policeman: "I replaced Nishimoto Ken's daily medication with hallucinogens. Maybe if we take it for testing, we can detect the hallucinogen ingredients."
The old policeman took the bottle of medicine doubtfully.
"This is impossible." He murmured, "You have always been our good doctor..."
Asai Narimi smiled and said, "Of course I wanted to kill them because I had a grudge against them. Do you still remember Aso Keiji? He's my father."
The old policeman was stunned.
After a long while, he stammered, "So you are that child... Because of your frail health, I remember you were sent to Tokyo, right? But I remember that child was a boy..."
"I'm a boy, that's right." Asai Narumi hooked down his turtleneck sweater with one finger, revealing his Adam's apple.
Conan next to him pushed up his glasses.
No wonder. No wonder she easily picked him up with one hand last night and took him home—
It turned out to be "him".
The old policeman was stunned. He was about to say something, but Asai Narimi pushed Conan forward:
"I've basically told this child everything else. If you have any questions, please ask this child—or Kuroiwa Tatsuji? I'm sure they'll be happy to answer your questions."
Conan: ? ?
What did you tell me?!
How come I don’t know??
"The inland police shouldn't arrive until this afternoon, right? In that case, I think we should meet then. I have something else that I need to get an answer from someone else."
Asai Narumi said this, touched Conan's head, nodded politely to the old policeman, and turned away.
Perhaps it was because the incident happened too suddenly, or perhaps it was because Dr. Asai didn't look like a murderer, so no one around tried to stop him.
Neither does Conan.
He watched Asai Narumi's back as he left, knowing that the "someone else" he was talking about was most likely Sister Lin.
Really! When Sister Lin comes back, he must ask her what kind of agreement he reached with this guy!
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Lin Xi looked at the new clothes and soup brought back by Amuro Toru, and inexplicably felt like she was being kept in captivity.
I feel like that useless person who is lazy and doesn't know the difference between grains. He just sits there and waits for everything to be handed to him. When asked a question, he can only say "baba".
Feeling a little guilty.
She was just worrying about how to change clothes.
She only had one nightgown that she had washed and hung on the balcony, and she was wearing only the yukata that Amuro Toru had brought her. Although there were many clothes in the system space, she couldn't possibly conjure them up in front of Amuro Toru, right?
Amuro Toru is not someone to be fooled. She doesn't want to be sent to some secret laboratory by the Japanese police and sliced up for research...
I didn't expect him to be so thoughtful! He even considered that she had nothing to wear!
"You know, you're really suited to the service industry."
Lin Xi said this sincerely.
Toru Amuro stretched his hand holding the clothes in the air. When he heard these words, a row of black lines appeared on his forehead, and then he retracted his hand.
"Hey, hey! I'm praising you!"
Lin Xi didn't receive the clothes, so he stretched out his hands pitifully and raised them in front of him: "Please, give me the clothes... Hey, thank you, brother!"
Before she could finish her words, the clothes were thrown into her arms.
Amuro Toru turned around and ignored her.
Didn't she realize that there was something wrong with what she just said?!
Of course, it wasn't the phrase "very suitable for the service industry", he knew that was just a joke - he was referring to the phrase "Please..."
If this sentence is put in another context, it would be too ambiguous.
Of course, he wasn't imagining another context! He was just accusing Lin Xi of random nonsense!
He was now certain that this guy was not Punch.
Punch would never say something like "Please" to him in such a pitiful tone...
Lin Xi took the clothes and looked at Amuro Toru who turned around in confusion.
What's wrong? Are you angry?
Just because she threw away his bug?
How stingy! She has at least eighty of these bugs in her system backpack, if not a hundred!
Besides, didn't he know that people needed a little privacy? Even if she didn't say much, she didn't like having an active listening device next to her head.
but……
Lin Xi glanced at the soup on the table.
The rich white fish soup looks amazing.
Lin Xi swallowed.
For the sake of delicious food, she didn't bother with him.
…
"Delicious!" Lin Xi patted his belly.
The fish is fried first and then stewed. The soup is milky white, the fish is tender, and the golden fish skin is softened with a burnt aroma. The porous structure absorbs the soup, leaving a lingering aftertaste.
The soup is stewed with tofu and thinly sliced white radish. The tofu and radish have been blanched in water in advance, so there is neither bean smell nor earthy smell, only rich umami flavor.
The staple food is rice with distinct grains, steaming hot and exuding the aroma of rice.
Fortunately, Toru Amuro brought a lot, otherwise there wouldn’t be enough rice for the two of them, and Lin Xi would be the most dazzling one by herself.
Toru Amuro couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling as he watched her finish the food on the table with extremely elegant posture and amazing speed.
...Is this person's stomach a black hole?
How come she didn't feel anything even though she ate so much?
Fortunately, she finally put down her chopsticks.
For some reason, Toru Amuro actually breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her finally stop.
He was afraid that she would eat the table too.
"Brother Tou." Lin Xi stood up after eating. "Is this afternoon free time?"
"I'll go for a walk first, and then I'll see you later, okay?"
Toru Amuro:?
No, wait a minute.
Do you really think this is a tour group?
Also, who wants to meet you later?!
He's very busy, he has a lot of things to deal with! Unlike you, who just eats, sleeps and plays...
Although he complained in his heart, he didn't refuse for some reason.
Instead, he held his face tight and hummed indifferently.
Lin Xi chuckled: "See you tonight! I'll take some nice photos!"
Toru Amuro:.
It would be fine if he didn't mention the photos, but as soon as he mentioned the photos, Toru Amuro remembered the Polaroid photo of himself that was secretly taken.
For an undercover agent, it feels really bad if such photos fall into the hands of others.
"Ms. Lin..." He couldn't help but speak.
"Hmm?" Honey-colored eyes looked back.
She was still wearing the light yellow skirt she had bought. The skirt was very long and hooked on the edge of the sofa as she stood up.
He wanted her to return the photo to him, but what he said turned out to be: "...Be careful."
"OK~ Toru-hyung too."
Lin Xi gave him an OK gesture and then slipped out the door like the wind.
Amuro Toru looked at her back, and an inexplicable thought came to his mind:
She acted like she was going on a date.
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"doctor!"
Lin Xi was panting.
"Ms. Lin, there's no need to rush..." Asai Narumi pulled her up helplessly.
"Is this the place you said has the best scenery on Moon Shadow Island?"
Lin Xi held up her skirt with one hand and stepped onto the last stone step.
"Yeah." Asai Narimi looked into the distance, "When I was a child, my father often brought my brother and me here."
They are now standing on a white "city wall".
The "city wall" is in ruins, with only broken walls and ruins left after being weathered. In many places, even the frame cannot be seen, leaving only silent white stone bricks standing in the soil.
Asai Narumi didn't know what this place had been like before. It had already looked like this when he was a child.
But the dilapidated state of the building does not diminish its charm. On the contrary, the irregular white bricks scattered here add a sense of ancient ruins.
Standing here, they felt as if they had accidentally entered a monument built by ancient people.
Asai Narimi wasn't lying. Here you can see the most beautiful sea on Tsukikage Island.
Storybooks always say that the sea is blue.
But Asai Narumi had never seen the blue sea.
Everyone who has lived on Moon Shadow Island since childhood knows that the sea is black, not blue - writing it as blue is nothing more than human fantasy, with a little artistic processing.
The sea is never gentle, it is moody; it also never follows human imagination and turns itself into a beautiful blue.
Most of the time, for the people of Moonshadow Island, it is not only a dark giant beast, the embodiment of the power of nature, but also the source of food and clothing, and the foundation of their survival.
Looking down from the broken walls, you can see it lying quietly dormant.
Dark, mysterious, vast and boundless.
This is the gift that Asai Narumi gave to Lin Xi.
Is this... extra compensation?
Since you are here for a trip, you might feel regretful if you don’t see some beautiful scenery.
So, let him consider this scenery as his last gift to her... before he is tried and sent to prison.
Asai Narimi thought so.
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