File.13 Piano Moonlight Murder (Part I)

"Camping Island?" Chiri, who was holding a slice of toasted bread in her mouth, repeated it a little vaguely. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"No, it's Lunaris Island...... Someone asked my uncle to investigate, and he paid 500,000 yen in advance... As a result, we had to go to this island on vacation......" Conan, who waved his hand to dispel the fog in front of him, came down from the railing and walked aimlessly on the deck.

The girl who took a bite of the bread had an inexplicable look in her eyes: "What is written on that strange letter?" ”

"The next full moon night, on the Isle of Moonshadow, the shadows will begin to fade...... Please come and investigate, the person who wrote it was Keiji Aso. Conan, who had recalled, recited the contents of the letter, and after a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a girl's voice came out: "I don't have a clue at all......

Conan, who didn't have much hope for this, was not surprised, "Of course, but as long as you get to the island, I believe you can get more information......

"Speaking of which, because of Shinichi's relationship, I think something must happen again this time, right?" The girl's unclear words made Conan's face black, "Hey, hey... Are you being sarcastic about me being a grim reaper......"

Chiri, who hung up the phone, licked the milk in the cup to test the temperature, and then drank happily, "The shadow surrounded by moonlight will begin to fade... This incident will have a profound impact on you, Shinichi ......"

……

"yes, there's already a dead person......"

"Damn, he obviously foretold in advance that he was about to kill, but I didn't notice it......"

"So you're keeping vigil in that piano room now?"

"yes... Because there is a chance that the prisoner will come back and take the score. ”

"Well, let's talk about it tomorrow......"

"Huh?"

―Next day―

"It turns out that this island is still under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government......" Conan yawned a lot as he looked at the busy forensic staff, "It's really uncomfortable to sleep on my uncle's lap......"

The few people who had not been questioned until the evening sat on the sofa in the corridor with a sleepy face, and only Chiri and Conan, who was held in her arms, were whispering something, although Conan, who had struggled slightly with this posture at first, was dismissed by Chiri on the grounds that the sofa was not long enough.

"The only ones left are those few people, plus Mr. Nishimoto, who is being interrogated inside...... But is that sheet music really like Uncle Kogoro said it was left by the murdered Kawashima? If you have this time, you might as well run out or shout for help......" Qianli, who compared her impression, said slowly, and nodded with Conan's face slightly reddened when she heard this.

"I think the score was deliberately used by the killer to send a message to someone, and judging by Mr. Nishimoto's panicked behavior, the murderer's next target should be him... So we just have to watch him......" Conan, who was speaking, noticed that Nishimoto was walking around the corner, and when he saw this, he hurriedly jumped out of Chiri's arms.

Xiaolan, who found that Conan had run away, was about to make a sound, but Qianli on the side stood up and followed, "Don't worry, Conan should be going to the bathroom..."

The frightened crowd hurriedly rushed to the broadcast studio on the second floor, only to see the frightened Nishimoto sitting slumped in front of the door, while Conan was standing aside with an angry face, and hurriedly opened the door to look intently, only to see the head of the Kuroiwa village with a knife stuck in his back, leaning on the broadcast platform covered in blood.

"Damn!" Chiri, who was standing in the back, looked at Conan, who had pounded the wall hard, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

"Police Department! Underneath the deceased's chair is a sheet of music drawn in blood! Suddenly, an forensic officer exclaimed, and Conan, who was still angry, immediately took out a small notebook from his pocket, came to the sheet music and began to transcribe it.

The group of people gathered pondered over the sheet music on the ground, "The deceased must have wanted to convey some message through the score......," Kogoro, who was pinching his chin, said slowly, with a look that should be like this.

"With this time to draw such a neat score, not to mention writing the name of the murderer, it is enough to crawl out and ask for help two or three times......," Chiri, who glanced at the score, snorted disdainfully, and Kogoro, who was choked back, was suddenly speechless.

Ignoring the few guys who were listed as suspects and prevaricating each other, Qianli, who came to Xiaolan and Conan's side, saw Conan studying the score of the notebook in his hand with some distress, "What's wrong Conan, are you studying those two scores?" ”

"yes...... This must be a message left by the murderer, but there is no clue yet...... What does the mark next to this note mean? ”

Qianli, who bent down, glanced at Conan's notebook, stretched out his finger and pointed to the '#' and 'b' on the top and said: "These two marks are 'sharp' and 'flat', and adding this mark next to the note is a sharp semitone or flat semitone, and simply on the piano, the instrument refers to the black keys......"

With Chiri's explanation, Conan, whose brows became more and more relaxed, opened his mouth and read word by word: "Clear, white, what, next, one, one, just, yes, you ......"

"What?!" The room that was a little noisy a second ago became quiet because of Conan's cold words, and a drop of cold sweat broke out on Xiaolan's head who felt everyone's sight, "Ke, Conan..."

"Actually, this code is very simple, from the far left of the piano keyboard, put the English twenty-six letters in turn, and then use the Roman pinyin method to convey the message, into a musical note mark and write it on the score, so the music score at the scene of Mr. Kawashima's murder is converted into phonetics, which is this sentence 'The next one is you'!"

"Wow~ Conan is amazing!" Xiaolan touched Conan's little head with some admiration, and Maori Kogoro, who had digested these words on the other side, said urgently: "Then, what the score on the scene just now said is..."

"That sin will be taken away here......"

Hearing this, the almost collapsed Nishimoto roared frantically: "It's him...... It must be him!! Keiji Aso is really alive!! ”

"What nonsense... Mr. Aso died twelve years ago...... Hah~" A lazy voice broke the tense atmosphere, and the old policeman stationed on the island walked in with a yawn, "At that time, after comparing the teeth of the remains, it was confirmed that it was Mr. Aso's family...... And everything on the site was burned, except for a handwritten sheet music in the safe......"

"What?!" Shocked by this, Twilight approached the old policeman and asked, "This may be the key to solving the incident!" Where's the score?! ”

"Yes, in the warehouse of the community center, but the key is ...... at the police station"

Twilight, who had already popped out of several tic-tac-toe characters on his head, yelled, "Then why don't you hurry up and get it?!" ”

"Yes, yes!!" The old policeman hurriedly ran out of the house, and Conan hurried after him.

As for the rest of the people, they waited for nearly half an hour and didn't wait for the old policeman and Conan to come back, and they all said impatiently that it was too late to read the score tomorrow, anyway, the island was not afraid of running away, and Twilight, who had no reason and evidence, had to agree to their request, and Xiaolan was sent by Kogoro to bring Conan back.

Qianli, who watched everyone leave, came to the window alone, and the girl bathed in the bright moonlight showed a shallow smile, "Moonlight Chapter 3...... The Real End ......"