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"There is indeed a problem..." Conan and his group walked on the street, thinking about what had just happened.

After hearing that Mori and his group had received a letter from Keiji Aso, everyone was shocked, because Mr. Keiji Aso had died twelve years ago.

"A letter from a dead person?" Maori Kogoro looked at the envelope and couldn't help wondering, "Who would do such a prank?"

Noel just smiled silently by the side until someone came over and started talking to him.

"Are you...from other places?" The doctor in a skirt looked a little surprised, then asked with a smile.

"Hey, it's been a while since I last saw you, Dr. Asai." Noel, who had been silent just now, suddenly greeted him enthusiastically and said in a familiar tone, "Since you didn't reply to my previous letter, I just came to ask for your reply in person."

"Letter..." Dr. Asai was stunned for a moment, but soon realized what was going on and smiled and said, "Sorry, I've been busy lately and haven't had time to reply..."

"Stop, you said something like 'I'm worried about your health, Xiachuan. If anything happens, tell me and I'll write back', but you haven't replied this time, so I came to you specially." Noel complained with a slightly unhappy look, and his originally cold and expressionless face seemed to suddenly become active.

"Sorry, Natsukawa," Dr. Asai said with an apologetic smile, "Let's talk about it later. There are others."

"Hey, does Dr. Asai know Mr. Kong?" Conan couldn't help but ask first.

"This is the doctor I mentioned before. We're like pen pals." Noel finished speaking on the boat.

"It's not a cover-up." Conan said in surprise. He originally thought that Noel's talk of seeing a doctor was just an excuse, but it turned out that there was such a person.

"Wait, Brother Kong, are you sick?" Xiaolan caught the key point and asked worriedly.

"It's just a cool breeze, nothing more." Noel explained while winking at Conan.

"Hello, I'm Narimi Asai, a doctor here." Dr. Asai introduced himself with a smile, "Did you come from Tokyo together?"

"We met Kong on the boat," Xiaolan explained, "but we all came from Tokyo."

"Huh?" Dr. Asai asked in confusion, "Are you here for a trip?"

"Because of other reasons," Xiaolan didn't say much.

"I just didn't expect that someone would come to Moon Shadow Island. After all, this place is quite remote." Doctor Asai said with a smile:

“But in my opinion, the environment here is much better than Tokyo. Not only is the air fresher, but the environment is also more quiet…”

As soon as he finished speaking, a large car passed by the crowd, accompanied by car exhaust and noisy campaign pledges from the horn.

"In order to protect the island's fishing grounds and the rights of the islanders..."

"Please support the people's spokesperson - Masato Shimizu..."

Dr. Asai explained awkwardly, "The election for the village chief is coming up soon, so there has been some noise on the island recently..."

She then briefly explained several candidates to help everyone resolve their doubts.

"If you go to the community center now, you can meet the three candidates I just mentioned!"

"Because the second anniversary of the death of the former village chief Kameyama Isamu was held there."

After Mao Li and his companions found out that there were no clues about the commission, they quickly decided to go and see if they could find out some information. However, they soon discovered that Xia Chuan Kong did not follow them.

"Brother Kong?" Conan asked doubtfully.

"I won't go over," Noel waved his hand, pointed at Dr. Asai and said, "I'm here to see a friend, so I have to reminisce."

"Xiachuan, why don't you just live with me?" The "woman" in a white coat had a gentle smile, her long black hair was tied up high, showing her youthful vitality, and her soft voice was somewhat steady.

"Yeah, that's fine." Noel knew that the man behind this look was the same as himself, and since there were indeed a lot of things they needed to talk about, he simply agreed.

"Oh my god, you are like this?!" Kogoro Mouri widened his eyes first and couldn't help but raise a thumbs up.

"Could Dr. Asai be Brother Kong..." Xiaolan couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

"No, this is the first time we meet." Noel finally realized that the other party had misunderstood something and quickly explained.

"He's even more amazing when we first met." Kogoro Mori's expression was complicated. He couldn't help but recall his youth when he was in his prime. Compared with this boy, he wasn't so fast back then.

"You think too much." Noel rubbed his head with a headache, not knowing how to explain it. If it was Grappa, it would be fine and he could give a more ambiguous answer, but this one didn't fit with Natsukawa Sora's character.

Noel turned to look at Asai Narimi, hoping that he could explain it a little, but he seemed to have been tickled and couldn't help laughing.

"Actually, I'm a doctor. Natsukawa wasn't feeling well before, so I wanted to check on him this time." Asai remembered what the other party had just said, so he naturally responded and said goodbye politely, pulling Noel away, leaving the Maori people behind with a look of disbelief on their faces.

"Come to think of it, Dr. Asai mentioned just now that she is 26 years old, right? Does that mean it's a relationship between an older woman and a younger man?" Mao Li Ran couldn't help but say excitedly.

"......" Conan has been silent until now, in the uncertainty of my rival in love seems to be gone but still seems to be there, trying to judge whether it is true or false, until he heard his childhood sweetheart's words, he couldn't help but ask: "Sister Xiaolan, don't you care?"

"Conan, did you misunderstand something?" Xiaolan asked in surprise, her eyes wide open and an incredible look on her face.

"No, I...I'm just asking for Shinichi-nii."

"Oh, you mean that annoying guy?" Xiaolan said unhappily, "I don't know where he has gone to now. He is always a worrying guy."

Conan could only smile bitterly and accept the statement.

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"Any drinks?"

"How about orange tea?" Asai Narimi asked with a smile, "Children often come to see the doctor, so I prepare some drinks that they like."

"It's okay." In Noel's eyes, this is much better than coffee or tea, and he didn't care about the sarcasm in the other party's words.

"I didn't expect you to come here in person," Asai Narimi, or Asami Narimi, looked at the man in front of him. The other person looked younger than himself, about twenty years old, wearing a well-made camel coat, and his black hair slightly covered his eyes so that his expression could not be seen. But the way he held the orange tea in his hands and drank it broke the dangerous and mysterious temperament, and he instantly became harmless.

"Would you like to introduce yourself, Mr. Natsukawa, or Ikaros?"

When the other party mentioned writing a letter, Masashi realized this. The letter he received three days ago contained his identity, evidence of the criminals who killed his family, and even the time he was ready to take revenge. This made him inevitably feel a fear of being spied on, but he suddenly felt relieved when he saw the look of the person who came.

He doesn't look like a bad guy.

"My name is Xia Chuankong. My visit here is also an accident. Don't worry about it." Noel tasted the orange tea. The sour and sweet taste made him squint his eyes. It should be freshly squeezed, and honey and oolong tea were added to make the taste richer. It was delicious!

"How is your evidence going?"

"Apart from what you sent me, there is still some missing physical evidence." Masashi sighed and said helplessly that it was precisely because of this that he had not reported it for a long time.

"You can ask the people who came with me for help." Noel felt a headache when he thought of Conan. He came here to kill people, and it was a bit inconvenient for a murderer to meet a detective.

"Are you talking about Mr. Maori?" Masashi thought subconsciously, "I didn't expect them to come. After all, after receiving the letter and deciding to give up revenge myself, I called and said no, I will explain the situation to them, and the murder will not happen anymore."

"It will happen." Noel suddenly said, his tone of certainty causing Masashi to look at him with doubt.

"Mr. Xiachuan, what do you mean?"

Noel did not answer the other party's question, but said: "In any case, you don't need to tell them yet, let them find the truth themselves. With his ability, he should be able to find out the cause of your family's death and make it public."

"But then you won't be able to hide your identity." Noel looked at the man in women's clothing. Aso had a small frame and a gentle face, so there was basically no flaw. No wonder Conan didn't notice it. "If you just say you're wearing women's clothing to find evidence, they probably won't suspect anything."

"I originally concealed my gender in order to avenge my family. In the end, I will tell it all. Of course, except for your case, I will explain that I gave up revenge after I came to my senses." Asanari thought of the letter sent by the other party. He didn't know how the other party knew all this, but he also understood that the other party probably didn't want to expose it to the police.

"Oh, there's one more thing."

"What's wrong?"

"Thank you." Masashi stood in front of Noel and bowed to him.

"!" Noel stood up quickly, not accepting the other party's greeting, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What are you doing?"

"I was planning to kill them and then commit suicide." Masashi smiled bitterly, "your letter stopped me."

"I thought I was ready, but I was relieved when I was stopped," Masashi couldn't help looking at his hands and said, "My hands used to play the piano, and now I'm holding a scalpel to treat patients. I know that when I decide to let it be stained with blood, I will no longer be qualified to do these things."

"Just because of this, I gave up on revenge myself." Aso said with mixed feelings: "I am more cowardly than I thought."

Noel stood behind him and whispered, "That's not cowardice. After all, it would be a waste to have your hands stained with the blood of drug dealers."

So, don't compete with me for the task, this is enough as a reward.

"Would you like another cup?" Masashi quickly adjusted his mood, looked at the other person's empty cup, and asked.

"Yes, and I can also get the recipe..." Noel said subconsciously, then paused and said, "I don't need the recipe."

"I'd better write one for you. You seem to like it." Aso said with a smile. After pouring orange tea for the other person, he quickly found a piece of paper to write down the recipe and handed it to Noel.

"Thank...thank you." Noel could only take it and looked at the extremely troublesome method helplessly. He sighed in his heart, thinking that it would probably not be used.