Chapter 76: Not Worth It (I)

The moon rises in the sea.

The beach at night is quiet, with only the rolling waves chasing the sand and making a rustling sound. Combined with the first movement of "Moonlight", which seems to be still echoing in the ears, it brings people an incomparably peaceful feeling.

However, this tranquility always reveals a faint sense of solemnity, which adds a chill to this cold night.

"The aftermath is over?"

Listening to the footsteps slowly approaching from behind, Eagle Ya, who was sitting on the beach, took a sip of hot coffee and said without looking back.

"Well," he replied in a childish voice, dissatisfied with helplessness, "You, the culprit, are happy to be idle, run away after setting the fire, and choke everyone with enough tosses, splashing water and fire extinguishers!"

"It's just a cold fire for magic, it's just a bluff to look at, but in fact, the temperature is not high, and it can't hurt anyone. Takaya casually tossed him another can of hot coffee at hand, "So what about Hideo Kawashima?"

"Temporarily detained. Conan also unceremoniously borrowed the can of hot coffee and pulled the tab, "Although he doesn't seem to be in a normal state, after all, so many people have heard his confession, how can he turn a blind eye." ”

"Oh, yes......" However, Eagle Arrow only let out a faint oh, and didn't seem surprised at all.

"By the way, how did you do that?" Conan said curiously, taking a sip of hot coffee, narrowing his eyes comfortably.

"It's like a magic show, get the stage, the environment, and a little bit of hypnotic cue. ”

Takaya drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp, then placed the empty jar on the sand and tapped it with a soft "poof" sound.

"There is a saying in China called 'frightened bird', people who have suffered any kind of injury, or people who have ghosts in their hearts, are always very sensitive to people and things related to that matter. "The night, the piano, the moonlight, and the flames, all of these are the impressions that he made in his memory that Keiji Aso had at the same time, and as long as these things were placed in front of his eyes at the same time, they could inspire his hidden memories and fears." Coupled with a little bit of inducement and magic, such as flames that appeared out of thin air, it could immediately make him think that this was a revenge from Keiji Aso, and completely crush his spirit......"

"You know that very well, twelve years ago. Conan took a sip of his coffee and looked at him curiously.

"I had investigated a lot of things beforehand, and only today have all the conjectures been confirmed. Taka said.

"From Dr. Chengsil, right?" Conan, who felt the chill gradually dissipate, put down the coffee in his hand and asked in an affirmative tone.

"Yes. It seems that from the beginning, Eagle Ya didn't hide from him, and gave him a positive answer.

"Who the hell is she?" Conan couldn't help asking, "What does it have to do with what happened twelve years ago, or with Keiji Aso?"

In fact, throughout the day, Conan was observing him and Asai Narumi, and he had vaguely guessed something from their conversation.

"She is the pianist who was burned to death by Hideo Kawashima twelve years ago, the daughter of Keiji Aso. ”

Takaya hesitated for a moment, but finally revealed Asai Narumi's true identity. Because even if he doesn't say it, Conan will find out sooner or later.

"Sure enough......" Hearing Takya's words, Conan couldn't help but push his glasses, and then sighed softly, "In this way, the letter of unknown meaning finally knows who sent it to my uncle......"

"Is that the letter from Keiji Aso?" said Taka with some curiosity.

"Ah, 'On the night of the next full moon, on Moonshadow Island, shadows will start to disappear again, please investigate'......" Conan closed his eyes and thought about the contents of the letter, then turned his head to look at Eagle Arrow, "Sure enough, this one has 'shadows starting to disappear', which means that you want to kill people and take revenge......, right?"

Conan's words caused Takaya to fall silent for a while, and his hand holding the empty jar tightened.

Until now, I still have a little bit of fear when I think about it, if I don't stop it in time, what kind of consequences will it cause.

"But since she's ready to take revenge, why is she sending this letter again?" Conan muttered as if to himself, as if to Hawkya, "Perhaps, this is the last struggle and cry for help made by her conscience, hoping for the appearance of someone like you who can prevent her from falling into the abyss of sin?"

After listening to Conan's words, Takaya couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his eyes became firm again.

"Detective, please do something. ”

"Yo, it's amazing to hear the word 'please' from your mouth...... Let's talk about it......"

Conan looked incredulous, took a sip of the rest of his coffee, and looked at him with a slight smile.

"This night, you help me keep a good watch on her, follow her, and go and don't let her do stupid things again. ”

However, Eagle Ya didn't seem to be joking, and said with a serious expression.

Although he prevented Cheng Shi from making a bigger mistake tonight, the killing intent in her eyes did not completely disappear. Eagle Arrow was afraid that she would not be able to resist being driven by the killing intent, and once again look for an opportunity to attack them. Therefore, Takiya can only use fear to force Hideo Kawashima to expose himself in advance, so that he can be controlled, and he may not have the intention of preventing Chengshi from making another mistake......

Hearing his words, Conan was stunned for a moment, then put away the smile on his face, looked at him seriously, and asked a word.

"I looked at her, no problem, but what about you, what are you going to do?"

That's right, looking at Chengshi, this should have been what Eagle Arrow was going to do. Conan, who knew his personality well, knew that he would never leave such a thing to anyone else, unless he had a more important reason.

"This ......," Takaya pulled out a palm-sized piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Conan.

"What is this...... Sheet music?" Looking at the piece of paper handed by Takaya, Conan couldn't help but push his glasses, "Keiji Aso's?"

"I guess so, although I found it from the safe of Kuroiwa Tatsuji's house, but it's obvious that he's not the kind of guy who can read sheet music, so I can only guess that this sheet music belongs to Keiji Aso. Saying this, Hawkya couldn't help but point to the sheet music in Conan's hand, "The degree of yellowing of this sheet music can also support my conjecture just now." It's just that the only thing that makes me wonder is why this sheet music is put together with those black ledgers? Besides, I tried it on that piano based on the sheet music before, and although it was incomplete, I could see from this small sheet of music that this thing couldn't play properly at all. ”

"Can't play?" Conan raised his eyebrows in surprise, "So, you suspect that there is something else to this score?"

"Well, and it's very likely that there was some important message or code left by Keiji Aso back then......" Takaya glanced at the sheet music lightly, and said yes, "Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why this sheet music is only a quarter, and it was also carefully pressed to the bottom of the safe by Tatsuji Kuroiwa." ”

"Four people, a quarter of the score...... This is a reasonable conjecture," Conan gently pushed his glasses, "You said before that Hideo Kawashima's crime is not only murder, but also drug trafficking, right? Do you think it has anything to do with Keiji Aso?"

"If it hadn't been related, I'm afraid that tragedy wouldn't have happened twelve years ago......" Hawkya felt that many of the keywords in his mind began to slowly connect and connect into a complete logic, "Whether it is from the information of the Kawashima Shipping Group that I investigated before, or the ledgers that I searched at Kuroiwa Tatsuji's house today, they all show that they have a lot of customers and stable sources of foreign transactions, some of which are even more than ten years old. But this is the current situation, back to 12 years ago, when the Kawashima Shipping Group had not yet been established, and Kuroiwa Tatsuji had not even become the village head of Moonshadow Island Village, how did they get into those relationships at that time, and how did they transport drugs into the country without anyone knowing?"

"It can only be through Keiji Aso......" Conan, who was in sync with his thinking, picked up Eagleya's words, "As a world-famous pianist, I can take advantage of the time of the world tour to catch those lines." Moreover, if even the piano is a royal use, then the huge space inside the grand piano can hide a lot of drugs...... At that time, it is only necessary to find a way to get the customs to complete the drug transportation. ”

"Back then, the five of them started by selling drugs, got a lot of ill-gotten gains, and then, they also turned Moonshadow Island from a barren island in the sea into a place with pleasant scenery now...... I have to say it's really ironic!"

Takaya turned his head to look at the lights that reflected the starry sky, and couldn't help but smile with a complicated smile.

"Then twelve years ago, I don't know if it was because of the uneven distribution of the spoils or because Keiji Aso didn't want to do it, the remaining four people were afraid that Keiji Aso would leak their affairs, or if they had some handle in Keiji Aso's hands, so they chose to burn him and his family alive at home on a full moon night......"

Conan couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly as he looked at the yellowed sheet music, as if he could imagine that miserable night, the ferocious and merciless fire, the angry and pathetic moonlight song, and the evil gaze of four pairs of indifferent gazes.

If Chengshi is here, he can't help but marvel at them. These two people, with just some sporadic clues, almost restored all the truths she knew twelve years ago!

"Now, the remaining mystery that has not been solved is the truth about the death of Isamu Kameyama two years ago. and ......"

"Is it true that this sheet music left by Keiji Aso represents?"

Takaya and Conan glanced at each other, and years of tacit understanding allowed the two to understand what the other was thinking without having to say much.

"So, you're going to go to the other people's homes tonight and find out the rest of the score?"

"Well, Hideo Kawashima and Isamu Kameyama's house shouldn't be anyone's at the moment, so it's really convenient to sneak in. Moreover, Hideo Kawashima's matter should have made both Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Ken Nishimoto start panicking, and tonight is a good time to extract confessions......"

"Hey, promise me, don't go too far!" Conan frowned deeply at Hawkya's words, and said with great seriousness.

"Got it, I said, I promise not to torture their bodies, okay?" Eagle Ya rolled her eyes angrily, "Then, the great detective with a strong sense of justice, don't forget to promise me what you promised, and be optimistic about Dr. Chengshi!"

"Well, I'll use my own way to get some more information from Dr. Chengshi!" Conan nodded solemnly.

"Your way?" Eagle couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, revealing a strange look, "You don't mean to sell cute, do you?"

"Get out!" Conan glared at Eagle Arrow, but he looked like he was annoyed by what he had said.

"But seriously, Takaya, if Isamu Kameyama's death two years ago was done by Dr. Serumi, what are you going to do?"

"It won't be her, Isamu Kameyama's autopsy records have confirmed that he died of an acute heart attack, he died of illness. But ......" Speaking of this, Takaya, who was shaking his head, couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, "Kameyama Yong will appear there at that point in time, and even after death, the body will lean on that piano, most likely it still has nothing to do with her......"

"Not the best, specific things, I'll go and confirm. Conan gave him a deep look, then nodded.

"Then let's go, calculate the time, Xiaolan should be about to come out to find you. ”

With that, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but stand up, stretched, and relieved his muscles.

"Well, let's put this sheet music here for me first," Conan also patted his ass and stood up from the beach, and then waved the sheet music in his hand at him, "I guess you don't have much time to study at night, if I find anything, I'll contact you again." ”

"Take this ......" Hearing Conan's words, Takaya thought for a moment, then took out something the size of a jelly bean from his pocket and threw it to him.

"What is this?" Conan said as he took the jelly beans in his hand, puzzled.

"Communicator, it's inconvenient without a means of communication, you take this first. Taka said.

"This is good, small and convenient, it would be nice to ask Dr. Asa to make something similar for me another day!"

Looking at the little thing in his hand, Conan seemed to have discovered a novel toy, and he couldn't put it down.

"Tsk, I don't know why, every time I hear you call Dr. Asa like this, and then think of the doctor's round figure, it always reminds me of another combination of a schoolboy who also wears glasses and a fat man......"

"Who?"

Nobita and Doraemon. ”

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Citizens' Pavilion.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji was pacing restlessly around the room.

He never imagined that so many uncontrollable things would happen on the night of the ceremony for Kameyama.

"That guy from Kawashima really ...... everything back then"

Every time he thought of this, Kuroiwa couldn't help but stomp his feet twice.

Although Kawashima had threatened him with this before, he didn't expect him to really say it like crazy!

Fortunately, he just said his affairs, and did not confess himself and Ken Nishimoto, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......

Honestly, do you want to shut him up before he reveals himself!

Thinking like this, Kuroiwa couldn't help but clench his fists, his fingertips turning white from excessive force.

If Hideo Kawashima's previous fights and threats only made Kuroiwa Tatsuji have a killing intent, then now, this killing intent has really condensed into a murderous intent!

He doesn't want to be arrested and put in prison! He still wants to board the cruise ship of Yuchai Group and continue to enjoy life!

"So, Kawashima, don't blame me, if it were you, you would also choose to die and be poor! After all, it was like this twelve years ago!"

Kuroiwa lit a cigarette, looked at the rising smoke, and muttered to himself.

And Nishimoto, that guy has already been scared, I'm afraid that as long as he intimidates him casually, he will be like Kawashima, confess himself, and simply don't do it and do it together!

Oh, and by the way, the mysterious man who set up all these mechanisms for Kawashima to say these words......

Although I don't know who he really is and how he knows all this, but if you want me to die, then I must not let you go!

The fear that he would be exposed at any time was like a shackle wrapped around Heiyan Chenji's heart, tightening little by little, consuming his patience and reason, and at the same time, it was also constantly catalyzing his killing intent!

In order to protect themselves, people can do whatever it takes!

However, he was immersed in the killing intent, but he didn't notice that there was another killing intent coming at him......

Sung Sil had already given up on his plan because he stopped it.

Especially after seeing Hideo Kawashima's ugly state of kneeling and repenting, there was a trace of ridiculous thoughts.

All these years, the one who has made me fear and hate every night and can't sleep, is such a guy?

To be honest, she has a sense of emptiness that her goal has collapsed, so she is a little lost after Hideo Kawashima is controlled. In a daze, I came to the door of Kuroiwa Chenji by chance, and happened to hear him muttering to himself.

"So, Kawashima, don't blame me, if it were you, you would also choose to die and be poor! After all, it was like this twelve years ago!"

Twelve years ago, these four words were like a small spark, rekindling the flame of revenge that had not been completely extinguished!

In a trance, she didn't have any reason to conceive any plans, and she was driven by a wave of anger and hatred, so she was going to directly open the door of Kuroiwa Chenji's room and personally send this demon who ruined her family to hell!

However, at this time, a small call made her involuntarily stop.

"Sister Chengshi, my arm is injured, it hurts, can you help me bandage it?"

At the end of the aisle, a panting Conan pointed to his bleeding left arm and looked at her with teary eyes.

Perhaps, after all, God still can't bear to let such a person who should be kind fall astray.

This small call, like a drop of water, dripped into her heart, rippling layer upon layer, making her kindness and gentleness blinded by hatred and anger gradually awaken, like bubbles, floating on the surface.

The hand on the doorknob, finally, let go.