Chapter 34: One Step Late
Once again, he returned to the village office, and the uncle also saw two suspects, Hirata and Akira and Masato Shimizu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The moment he saw Kazuaki Hirata, his eyes immediately narrowed.
Because Kazuaki Hirata's left hand is wrapped in a bandage, it looks like he should be injured.
Obviously there was nothing to do before, why is it injured now?
Obviously, there's something wrong with that.
Could it be that Kazuaki Hirata is the murderer?
This is not yet certain.
But regardless of whether he is a murderer or not, the uncle thinks that one thing that is basically certain is that the drug powder found in the piano room is related to Hirata Kazuaki.
Because he always said anything about the cursed piano, as if he was afraid of others approaching the piano.
It wasn't possible to explain why he did it before, but now, it's almost certain.
It is estimated that he hid the drugs in the piano, so he prevented others from approaching the piano because he was afraid that the drugs would be discovered.
And Murasawa was obviously knocked unconscious by him on Monday.
It is estimated that when Murasawa went to the piano room before Monday, he happened to see him transferring the drugs, so Hirata Kazuaki knocked him unconscious, but it was too late to kill people, Conan and they rushed there, so he could only run away with the drugs first.
There are broken window panes there, and the wounds on Hirata's and Akira's hands are likely to have been left at that time.
"Wait."
The uncle took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked it slowly.
If this is really the case, it seems that it is unlikely that Kazuaki Hirata is the murderer.
Because since he was afraid of being discovered, he would not kill people in the piano room, and even if he killed someone on the spur of the moment, he would move the body somewhere else.
Because he hid drugs in the piano and used it as a murder scene, the police would probably find out the drugs when they searched it.
Kazuaki Hirata should not take such a risk.
It's just that if the murderer is not Kazuaki Hirata, is it Masato Shimizu?
Uncle frowned.
So far, Shimizu Masato has not shown anything suspicious, and the police have been very cooperative in questioning him, and there seems to be no other motive for the killing, except that he is also a candidate for village chief.
But the three cases so far have obviously nothing to do with what the candidates are, but with the matter of Keiji Aso.
This is something that people who have a relationship with Keiji Aso did.
Judging from the current situation, it can basically be concluded in this way.
It's just that Keiji Aso and his wife and daughter were all buried in the fire together.
Could it be some kind of relatives and friends or something?
Or is it a fan?
Uncle stroked his chin.
If it's a fan, it seems reasonable, after all, Keiji Aso used to be a very famous pianist.
Moreover, Murasawa may be his fan on Monday, carrying a tuning hammer with him and often going to tune the piano.
If it weren't for Keiji Aso's fans, he wouldn't have done such a thing.
So could it be him the murderer?
After frowning and thinking for a long time, the uncle finally denied this possibility.
Although Murasawa is also one of the suspects on Monday, there is no clear evidence pointing to him, and there are many loopholes in the reasoning, which are not sufficient, and the police will not use it.
Well, since it's not Kazuaki Hirata, Masato Shimizu, it's not Murasawa Monday, and it's not Reiko Kuroiwa, who has a clear alibi in the second incident.
Eliminate all impossible options, and the remaining one, whether you want to believe it or not, is the truth of the matter.
The uncle looked at Asai Narumi on the side.
Just thought about it, and quickly dismissed the idea.
First of all, this series of cases, if it is a woman, is very difficult to do.
After all, whether it is drowning Kawashima and dragging the body back to the piano room, or hanging Ken Nishimoto's body or something, it takes a lot of strength, and generally only men can do it, or women who have practiced.
But Asai Narumi is obviously just an ordinary girl, and there is nothing special about it.
If she's the murderer, it's obviously a bit of a no-brainer.
"There's still something missing, something that's critical."
The uncle frowned again and thought about it.
According to his current reasoning, no one is a murderer, which is obviously impossible, and the murderer must be one of these people.
But who it is, it is impossible to say for sure.
Therefore, there must still be a key thing missing, as long as this key point is solved, all the problems of this case may be solved.
This key may be found in the score left by Keiji Aso.
But when he looked up at the gate of the village office, he found that the old policeman had not returned......
No, it's back.
But it was Conan who ran in, holding a wad of papers and running upstairs.
"Hey, stinky boy, where do you want to go?"
The uncle shouted.
If you don't guess wrong, the paper in Conan's hand must be the score left by Keiji Aso.
There are the most crucial clues in those scores.
This is related to the truth of the case, and the uncle naturally can't let Conan mess around.
Raise your foot, and chase after it directly.
The others didn't keep up and were still busy with their own business.
quickly chased after it, and rushed directly to the scene of Kuroiwa Tatsuji's death, that is, in the radio room.
"You kid......"
The uncle who was just about to snatch the sheet music in Conan's hand suddenly felt a chill in his neck.
"Uh......"
The legendary anesthetic watch!
The uncle just flashed this thought in his mind, and then his consciousness gradually blurred.
And then there was no then.
What happened next, the uncle didn't know.
Anyway, for the Twilight Police Department, Xiaolan and others, it was the uncle who reasoned about this case.
It was actually Conan who was reasoning with his voice.
This kid didn't give the uncle a chance at all, and directly anesthetized the uncle.
Perhaps, it is better for him to do this matter, after all, when the uncle saw Asai Narumi, he had a "I'm in love" expression on his face.
He was also afraid that his uncle would not be able to stand the blow.
In fact, similar to the uncle's reasoning, Kazuaki Hirata, Masato Shimizu, Monday Murasawa, and Reiko Kuroiwa are not murderers.
Therefore, excluding all the impossibilities, the rest, whether you want to believe it or not, is the truth of the matter.
And the truth of the matter is: Narumi Asai is actually a man, the son of Keiji Aso, who died ten years ago.
It's just that many people don't know about his son, because he has been frail and sick since he was a child, and he has been hospitalized in Tokyo to recuperate, so many people only know that Keiji Aso has a daughter.
More than ten years ago, Keiji Aso returned to this small island, and then perhaps threatened by a few childhood playmates, or perhaps unable to resist the temptation, used the opportunity to perform overseas to buy drugs and smuggle them back in the piano.
But ten years ago, perhaps because of the discovery of conscience, or perhaps because it was finally impossible to remain silent, it simply refused to continue smuggling drugs.
Then, Kameyama, Kawashima, Kuroiwa, and Ken Nishimoto were worried that Keiji Aso would tell the story, so they created such a tragedy.
Narumi Asai escaped because he was in Tokyo.
Now, ten years later, after finding out the truth of the matter, he took revenge on several people.
There are not too many mistakes in the uncle's reasoning.
He just didn't know something, otherwise he might have been able to reason out earlier.
Conan's reasoning is similar to that of his uncle.
He only knew a little bit more, so he was one step ahead of his uncle.
But this step allowed him to find out the truth first, so it also created the tragedy that followed.
If the uncle finds the truth on his own, the uncle is fully capable of preventing the rest of the thing from happening.
But it's a pity, because the two of them didn't have any communication, and they didn't think about communicating.
So, a lot of things can't be reversed.