Chapter 19: Moonlight, Moonlight! (a)
A thick fog filled the water, and the sound of a ship's whistle came from afar.
On the deck of the passenger ship, Mori Kogoro was leaning on the railing, yawning boredly, "Really, this season, you can go to enjoy the flowers!" Why did I, a detective, come to this place! Kogoro said with resentment, "It's all the letter I sent last week!" He couldn't help but recall what had happened last week.
"On the night of the next full moon, there will be a shadow disappearing again on Lunaris Island. Please investigate the cause. Keiji Aso. "Mori Kogoro was reading a strange letter that had been sent when the phone rang suddenly." Hey, this is a Maori detective agency. ”
"There are still two days left until the full moon." A male voice came from the phone, "The handling fee of 500,000 yuan has been sent in full." You must come. ”
"Wait...... Wait a minute! Kogoro said into the phone, "Who the hell are you!" ”
"Keiji Aso of Moonshadow Island." After saying this, the phone hung up. No matter how Maori Kogoro called, there was no response.
"Really, how can you force people to do things!" Thinking of the events of that day, Mori Kogoro was still unhappy for a while.
"That's good, too!" Ran, dressed in sportswear, said, "And we can stop by the beach in Izu!" Right, Conan, Kaede? ”
"Hmm!" Conan said in a cute voice.
"......" Wearing a mask, Asaba, silently looked at Conan, who was becoming more and more childlike.
"Xiao Feng, is your throat a little better?" Xiaolan turned her head and looked at Asa Yu with a little worry.
"I'm fine, Sister Lan." Asa Yu said in a muffled voice.
"Really, if your throat is hoarse, you can honestly go to the hospital to see a doctor!" Kogoro looked at Conan and Asa Yu dissatisfied.
"Because that's what Conan said!" Xiao Lan smiled, "He said that if he went to the island, the sea breeze might make Xiao Feng's throat a little better." ”
"......" because I ate too many chili peppers, my throat is hoarse, how do you look at it, and the sea breeze can't blow well, okay! How bad the hell are you to lie, Kudo! Light feather forehead.
"Haha......" Sensing his companion's speechless gaze, Conan had to laugh awkwardly.
"Alright," said Asaba, who took off his mask and said in a clear voice, where no one was looking, and there was a hint of hoarseness. What the hell are you going to do? Let me come here with you, and find such a lame reason? ”
Seeing that there was no one around, Conan also put away the child's appearance, and said with a straight face: "Charlotte, don't you think this matter is not quite right?" ”
"Call me Asakura." Asa Feather leaned against the railing, "Hmm...... You mean the cut-out letter? ”
"Hmm." Conan nodded, "It's good for a normal person to write a letter, why use newspaper cutting?" Also, it's the first time I've seen someone send a commission fee before someone investigates. 500,000 yuan, if Uncle Maori is of inferior quality, isn't that person throwing money in vain? Conan joked.
"Maybe people have money, willful, you can take care of it?" Asa glanced at Conan.
“...... Are you all human? Conan looked at Asa Yu sourly, "Fifty million, ......"
"You are typical of not being able to eat grapes and saying that grapes are sour......"
"That's right, Charlotte." Conan suddenly stared at Asa Yu's chest, "This necklace ...... Have you worn one before? ”
"Nope." Asa Yu looked down at the thing on his chest and shook his head, "This is what I found from the old box when I got home that day. It's not an old house, it's my home. It looks like it's my father's stuff. With that, Asaba took off the pendant and handed it to Conan.
The pendant was entirely made of metal, lying quietly in Conan's hands. The wire-like chain is unusually soft, and at the end of the chain hangs a pendant in the shape of a bat's wing, which is extremely exquisitely made and looks very exquisite.
"Devil's Wings......" Conan looked at the pendant thoughtfully, and handed it back to Asa Yu, "There should be another half, right?" ”
"Maybe." Asa put it back on and nodded, "But I didn't find it." ”
"You mean," Conan said suddenly, "this is found in your house, the one not far from mine?" Not an old house? ”
"Yes." Asaba said, "I went home that day to pack my things and found it under the bookshelves in the study. I don't even know when I left it. He shook his head, "But now is not the time to think about that." ”
"Yes." Conan also nodded, "I always have a bad premonition that the shadow disappeared as it was said in that letter, as if ...... What murderous conspiracy is in it! ”
Asa Yu didn't speak, just quietly looked at the increasingly gloomy and dim sky.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————
On Lunaris Island.
"Keiji Aso......" The staff tried to find the roster, "It's strange, I can't find this name!" ”
"What happened?" A man in a beige suit walked over.
"Director," the staff said to him, "this gentleman came here at the behest of the islanders, and he wanted to find Mr. Keiji Aso." ”
"What! Keiji Aso?! The man's face changed drastically, and he looked at Mori Kogoro and his party in horror.
"Keiji Aso?" When everyone heard this name, they also looked frightened and whispered eagerly.
"That's impossible!" The director's eyes widened, and his voice trembled and said, "Because, Keiji Aso, he died more than ten years ago!" ”
"What!"
"Sure enough!" Conan and Asa glanced at each other.
Oh, the commission of the dead? Interesting. A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Asa Yu's mouth. It seems that it is not this six or seven-year-old child standing here, but the cold teenager, the magical and dashing thief!
"He was born on this island." Sitting in the director's office, the director began to slowly recount the matter about Keiji Aso, "He is a famous pianist on the island, but he ......"
"It happened twelve years ago, on a full moon night. After many years, he returned to his hometown and held a piano recital at the public hall in the village. Unfortunately, after the recital, he suddenly returned home, locked the door, and lit a fire. ”
Hearing this, Xiaolan was so frightened that she hugged her father's arm, Maori Kogoro also looked solemn, and Conan and Asa also listened attentively.
"It is said that he killed his wife and children with a knife, and his body seemed to be entangled in something. In the raging fire, constantly playing the piano is Beethoven's piano sonata, Moonlight! ”
......
"Really, a dead man's commission!" Maori Kogoro shook his head angrily, "What a bad prank!" ”
"I don't think so!" A childish voice came from the side, and Mori Kogoro looked back and saw that it was Conan.
"Look, Uncle Maori!" Conan looked at Mori Kogoro with his big sparkling eyes, "The client has already sent the commission fee, and the postmark is also from the island, so someone should want to ask Uncle Mori to investigate the matter of Keiji Aso!" ”
"By the way, it could be Mr. Aso's friend or something!" Xiaolan opened her mouth and said, "Let's go to the village chief and ask!" ”
"Hmm." Kogoro nodded, "I heard what the person said just now, "The village chief should be in the public hall!" ”
"Hey, Asa Yu, what do you think?"
"Killings." Asa Yu said lightly.
"That's what I thought too." Conan agreed, "No matter how mad a person is, he can't come back and kill his wife and children after many years of absence, so ......"
"Let's go to the public hall first."