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"Dr. Asai, is Kong...?"
"Oh, are you talking about Xia Chuan?" Cheng Shi half squatted down and said in a gentle tone: "He is feeling a little unwell, so he needs to rest first."
Conan glanced at Xiaolan subconsciously, and after finding that she was not paying attention to him, he asked in a low voice: "Is Kong's body okay?"
"It's okay, let him rest for a while." Cheng Shi thought that Xia Chuankong's illness was just an excuse, so he said it. He couldn't help but think of the other party who was drinking orange tea and playing games just before he left. He didn't look like he was sick at all.
Conan understood that Natsukawa Sora's condition was under good control, so he breathed a sigh of relief and shifted his attention to this strange Moon Shadow Island.
The letters from the "dead", the cursed piano, the pianist who committed suicide twelve years ago, and the village chief of Guishan who died two years ago, all make people feel that some conspiracy is brewing.
———
The second anniversary of the death of the village chief of Kameyama went smoothly. Conan looked around vigilantly, but nothing happened. Outside, the moonlight was spreading on the ground and it was quiet. In the end, he could only follow Xiaolan back to the hotel that had been booked in advance to spend the night.
"Natsukawa?" Asami naturally chose to return to her own clinic, but found that the lights were not on, as if no one was there.
Could it be that Xia Chuankong has gone out?
Ma Chengshi reached out and turned on the light, subconsciously looking for tonight's guests.
"Xiachuan, are you there?" he shouted, and suddenly, a locker in the living room made a noise.
"Natsukawa?" Masashi widened his eyes and watched the man come out of the cupboard in a wolfish manner.
"Your closet is a little too small..." Noel couldn't help but complain, turning around and looking at the closet again. If it were his old self, he could easily get into even a small closet like this to spend the night, but now that he has grown to over 1.8 meters tall, he has been greatly restricted. Is this a sweet trouble?
"If you want to sleep, all the beds downstairs are available." After a brief moment of confusion, Ma Cheng finally realized that the man wanted to sleep, and said helplessly.
His clinic is divided into two floors, the upstairs is the living area and the downstairs is the work area. In order to facilitate seeing patients, several beds have been specially set up.
"I hate hospitals," Noel said expressionlessly, his tone mixed with disgust.
"Then..." Masashi was about to say that the other party could sleep in his bed and sleep in the clinic by himself, but he suddenly waved his hand and interrupted: "Forget it, I'll stay up all night to get something done."
"The little boy today mentioned that you were not feeling well..." Masashi couldn't help but think of Conan's words, and asked with some concern.
"It's just an excuse to fool kids," Noel rubbed his head, feeling distressed as he hadn't figured out how to deal with this illness.
Isn't it time to ask some medical students to find a suitable hospital attire?
"Anyway, it's quite late, you should go to bed early." Noel stood up and pushed the other person into the bedroom. Then he stretched his body and found a suitable place to curl up on the sofa. He reached out and pulled his luggage bag over. After taking out the small computer he had modified, he threw the bag aside.
The luggage bag fell on the sofa beside me, making a slight dent. Although there were not many things left in it after taking out the computer, the weight of the pistol/gun was still considerable after excluding the spare clothes.
Noel skillfully opened the data he had sorted out in advance, which contained the information of the people involved in various cases in Conan.
Why does it feel like if he continues like this, the protagonist will end up with no cases to solve? Noel couldn't help but smile. After all, ever since he discovered that the rules of the world were inexplicably lenient, he has been ruthless in solving cases. Relying on his good computer skills, he directly found the relevant information and evidence and sent them over all at once.
Is it just left alone like this?
Noel did this with an almost provocative attitude, secretly preparing to try to handle all the cases by himself. This arrogant idea made him excited and addicted like a drug.
As for the organization's mission, let's wait until it gets darker.
———
"ah--"
The morning on Moon Shadow Island began with a scream. In the room with a piano at the center of the activity, four corpses were neatly placed in the center. If a quilt was added, it would look like they were sleeping on a bunk bed, if one could ignore the temple pierced by a bullet.
The dead man's expression was hideous, as if he had seen a demon from hell, his pupils were dilated and filled with fear, there was blood on the ground, and there were obvious traces of dragging, it was obvious that the neat arrangement of the four people was artificially adjusted, which was simply full of evil taste.
"The deceased are the current village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji, his secretary Hirata Kazuaki, Kawashima Hideo, and Nishiki Ken, right?"
Inspector Megure, wearing a brown coat, looked at the four dead bodies, then turned around and saw several familiar faces.
"Brother Maori, why are you here?"
"I didn't expect it to be you. I almost forgot that this place belongs to Tokyo." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, but Conan behind him couldn't help but run forward and quickly checked the condition of the deceased.
Was it a shooting?
After discovering that the four victims were all shot in the head, Conan's pupils suddenly shrank.
This is very rare in Japan, a country that bans guns.
It was also obvious that the murderer acted very decisively. Apart from moving the body after death, he did not make any other unnecessary moves. There were so few traces at the scene that he could not find any useful clues.
"Don't interfere with the investigation, little brat," Kogoro Mouri pulled Conan back with a stern face. It was obvious that it was rare for him to look serious after learning the manner of death.
"In any case, call all the relevant personnel here first. The murderer this time is armed with a gun and is very dangerous."
"Police officers have been sent to search. Although it is easy to throw guns into the sea on an island like this, if the enemy wants to attack again..."
Inspector Megure commanded the scene in an orderly manner, but his expression was very frozen. No matter what, four lives plus a shooting made this case not a simple one. The experienced policeman soon realized that the black forces might be involved.
There was a sudden sound at the door; someone came in.
"Brother Kong, you're here?" Conan subconsciously looked at the person who came, but saw that it was Doctor Asai who was supporting the other person.
Xia Chuankong was still dressed the same as yesterday, except that he had taken off his camel coat and was only wearing a white shirt. His hair was loose, slightly covering his eyes, and one could only see that his face was a little pale, and he seemed a little unsteady when he walked. This look made him look a little fragile, which made people worry uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?" Inspector Megure asked anxiously, worried that another person was implicated.
"I just feel a little unwell." Noel waved his hands weakly, left Ma Shengshi's support, and stood up straight with difficulty.
"Dr. Asai, Brother Kong..." Xiaolan asked, full of worry.
"I caught a bad cold last night." Ma Shengshi sighed and said, "I've taken medicine, I'm fine."
However, in reality, he didn't know the reason, but he had no choice since the other party insisted on using this excuse.
"It's you," Inspector Megure finally recognized that the person in front of him was Natsukawa Sora who had almost become a victim at the art museum before. However, the other party's weak appearance was in stark contrast to the high-spirited appearance at the art museum last time, so he did not recognize him in time.
Noel nodded, then looked past Inspector Megure and at the four corpses behind him, his masterpiece from last night.
His current weakness was naturally caused by not taking the medicine. He was not pretending at all. I mentioned a setting before. The period before the limbs became weak due to not taking the medicine in time was actually the most active time for the brain and body. It was just like taking stimulants. In this state, it was easy to perform beyond normal performance, just like now......
"Officer Megure, we can currently determine that the four victims were brought into this house and killed while still alive. There are no traces of ropes or anything like that on their bodies. Based on the bruises, we can confirm that they were restrained by bare hands, and there are many signs of resistance."
"If four people were suppressed at the same time, that means there is more than one murderer?" Inspector Megure said as he looked at the suspects who had gathered together, thoughtfully.
"And the main question is, why go to all the trouble to round them up and kill them all?"
After Conan found that there were no traces at the scene, he could only start from other directions. He thought of the curse of the piano he had heard before and the letter of commission received by Uncle Maori.
This doesn't seem like a coincidence.
Soon, someone present couldn't help shouting that this was the curse of the piano, so Inspector Megure also began to listen carefully to the other party's introduction of the Aso family.
"Dr. Asai, do you know anything about this piano?" Conan looked at Asai Narimi who was wearing a black skirt and asked. It was not that he doubted the doctor, but it would be better to listen to what the people on the island said and compare them. However, he found that the other party ignored him.
"Dr. Asai?" Conan called out again in confusion.
"I'm sorry," Asami finally seemed to react and said quickly, but Conan was a little confused and asked, "Dr. Asai, what's wrong with you?"
"I just didn't expect that they would die..." Asami said in a low voice, looking a little confused. After all, he was the one who wanted to kill these people in the first place.
But why, after he finally made up his mind to give up revenge, they died? What on earth happened?
"Sorry, I don't know. I have something else to do. Let's talk later." Masashi couldn't control his inner shock. He subconsciously looked at Noel, but found that he couldn't find him.
"Where's Xiachuan?"
"Kong said he wanted to go outside to take a breath." Xiaolan smiled and said, "Doctor Asai, you should go and accompany Kong first. Your questioning order is the last."
"Well, thank you." Upon hearing this, Asanari Shimo forced a smile and hurried out.
"Is Dr. Asai really with Kong?" Conan was in a rare mood to gossip, but he heard Xiaolan say, "It shouldn't be, kid, don't think too much."
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"Natsukawa," Masashi walked up to Noel, took a deep breath, and asked, "You went out last night, right?"
"Yeah, I'm out." Noel did not hide it. He sat on a wooden bench. The weakness without the drugs made his words feel unreal, like fragile bubbles.
Ma Shengshi looked at the other person and felt himself slowly calming down. He looked into the other person's eyes and said softly:
"You are the only one who knows that I was originally going to kill these three people."
"Do you think I would kill three people for you?" Noel couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard that. His voice, which was weak, seemed a little gentle, like a feather falling gently to the ground. "And please be serious. There are four dead people."
The secretary Hirata Kazuaki, who had escaped in the original novel, was also on the list. After all, in the eyes of the organization, the person in charge of purchasing the goods was the one who should be killed.
"You must know something." Masashi looked at the pair of gray-green eyes, trying to catch something from them, but the eyes were too shallow, so shallow that they could not reflect any emotions. They were like a piece of transparent glass, and in the end they could only reflect his own anxious appearance.
"Yes, I received news that someone was targeting them, so I came here on a whim."
"What did you say?!" Masashi's pupils suddenly shrank. This was something he had not expected.
"You probably knew they were dealing drugs, so you got into trouble with the wrong people."
"Shouldn't we tell the police right away?" Even Masanobu, who tried to take revenge himself, had the first reaction to call the police after hearing all this. He is indeed a creature that grew up in the light.
"It's useless. The police have their people. You will just become their target. And how are you going to explain how you knew that?" Noel was in a good mood and explained seriously.
"Also, although it's cruel, I won't let you expose me." Noel deliberately made his voice cold, hoping to make the other party realize that he might force him to keep a secret, but he forgot his weak appearance, which seemed more like a plea in a pretended cruel way.
"Have they already targeted you?" Masashi couldn't help but think, after all, Natsukawa Sora clearly knew so much but only told him, and also hid his identity at first, could he be avoiding something? For example, the organization's pursuit?
Uh... Noel was stunned for a moment, then thought that this was fine, and then immediately said, "Well, so don't expose yourself in front of them, it's dangerous."
"Then you went out last night, did you meet them..." Masashi didn't know what he was thinking, and then he quickly looked at Noel, "You were suddenly so weak this morning, were you injured, let me see..."
“No thanks.” Noel refused immediately. For a moment, he didn’t know what the other party was thinking. He could only ask tentatively: “Don’t get me wrong, I just…”
"Are they threatening you to help them?" Ma Chengshi asked.
No, how did you come up with that?
Noel had no idea what was going on. He was too tired to talk, but he didn't know that in the other person's eyes, the pale-faced man lowered his head quietly, as if in tacit agreement. The atmosphere was heavy and sad.
Masashi's thoughts were more complicated. Due to the other party's kindness in reminding him, he subconsciously put the other party in the ranks of good people. In addition, the other party did not want to reveal his identity to the police and had no connection with the organization he mentioned, so he thought of being threatened.
From the beginning, the other party has been emphasizing that he should not be targeted. Does that mean that he has already been targeted?
Ikaros' identity is probably due to the other party's secret resistance, so this organization must not be informed that Ikaros is Xiachuankongkong. This time, he was exposed because he saved me. If I let him be exposed because of me, what will happen to him...
Masashi couldn't help but think of the other party's sudden weakness this morning, but he refused to let himself check and didn't tell the reason. He thought that he went out last night and most likely met someone from that organization...
That's why Asanari just said that he wanted to have a physical examination, but of course, Noel refused and remained silent after listening to his speculation.
Can imagination be so big? !