Chapter 32: Moonlight in the Flames
"Yes! It's been more than ten years since I died! It was a full moon night 12 years ago, when the famous pianist Keiji Aso had somehow locked his family in his house and set fire to the house after returning home from a homecoming concert held by the islanders for him at the community center. According to eyewitnesses who went to the rescue, he first killed his wife and daughter with his own hands with a knife, and then played the same piece over and over again in the midst of the raging fire, seemingly helplessly, and that piece was Beethoven's famous piano sonata, Moonlight!! ”
"Goo-dong!" The three Maori Kogoro, who obviously regarded this as a horror story, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when they heard it, and Yuichi, who was already skeptical of this kind of newspaper cutting letter, accurately grasped the point of this information.
"Do you know who the person who went to the rescue at that time, sir?"
"I'm sorry, I've heard that, too! It's not clear! But you can ask the village chief, he is an old man in the village, maybe he will know some inside information, the village chief's words should be in the community center now. ”
"Really? Thank you so much! After politely nodding to the man with glasses who gave him the answer, Yuichi and the four of them left the village office.
"A letter from a dead man? Damn! Which bastard is kidding my Detective Kogoro Mori? He'd better pray that I'm not discovered, or ......"
"Uncle Maori! I don't think it's a joke! No one would just throw 500,000 yuan without blinking an eye just to joke with other people, right? Also, the information on the postmark was sent from Moonshadow Island, so I guess someone on the island must have asked Uncle Mori to investigate the pianist Keiji Aso, and he must have been the leading figure on the island. Because then no one else can recognize him by his handwriting! Just as Mori Kogoro was thinking about the embarrassing scene in the office just now, and his mouth was chattering and complaining, Yuichi, who had been thinking about it on the side, glanced at Conan, who had also begun to meditate and no longer pretended to be a child, and then came up with the idea for him.
"What Brother Youyi said makes sense! Anyway, we spent the reconnaissance money given by others, and we don't have any extra money to return to others, so Dad, let's scout! Go to the village chief here and ask, didn't that uncle say it just now? The village chief is in the community center, and if we go to the center and ask the village chief, we may be able to understand what happened on the island back then. ”
"Xiaolan, you're right! However, we also don't know where the community center is! How do you say to get there? Although I think what Xiaolan said is reasonable, but Maori Kogoro, who feels that he has been tricked, responds a little lazily.
"Won't you ask people? Really! I'm here! He glanced angrily at Maori Kogoro, who was not motivated behind him, and after looking left and right, he found that Xiaolan, who was a long-haired beauty, ran over happily.
"Excuse me, but how do I get to the community center?"
"Huh? Turn right and go straight to the end! By the way, are you from out of town? I think you're a little bit raw! ”
"Hmmm! We're from Tokyo! ”
"Really? I'm also from Tokyo! I've only been here for a few years, but I've loved everything about it! You see, the environment of this island is much better than Tokyo, right? Not only is the air fresh, but the environment is even quieter, I ...... "Just as the enthusiastic little sister who suddenly chatted with Xiaolan excitedly shared her feelings here with Xiaolan, a Tokyo native, a propaganda truck with a horn drove slowly past them.
"In order to protect the fishing grounds on the island and the rights and interests of the islanders, please support the people's spokesperson, Masato Shimizu! I beg for a vote! ”
In the face of this kind of face-to-face slap behavior, the long-haired beauty, who was still talking about how quiet and peaceful this island is, smiled awkwardly and was embarrassed to continue blowing Moon Shadow Island, in order to avoid continuing to be embarrassed, she immediately changed the topic.
"Actually, it wasn't like this in the village before, it's just because the village chief is going to be elected recently, so it has become so noisy! In addition to the current village chief Tatsuji Kuroiwa, whose reputation has recently declined, and Hideo Kawashima, the richest man on the island, Mr. Kawashima is more likely to be elected, according to the reactions of people who have recently visited the clinic......
Looking at the long-haired beauty who ran farther and farther, and the others just came to ask for directions and talked to them about the election situation in the village, although he liked to see beautiful women, but he had something in his heart, Maori Kogoro immediately shouted to stop, "Miss Nurse!" We're just asking for directions, and we're not interested in who the village chief of Lunaris is! ”
"Miss Nurse?" After hearing this title, the long-haired beauty on the other side seemed to be poked in the sore spot, and roared angrily. "My name is Lieutenant Asai, lieutenant of lieutenant, lieutenant of lieutenant! It's the doctor here, not some nurse lady! ”
"Aha! It turned out to be a lieutenant doctor! We really don't know Taishan! ”
"It's Lieutenant!"
"Yes, yes, that's what it means! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! We'll take our leave, thank you for showing the way! ”
"Alright! You are welcome! Go ahead! When you get to the community center, you'll be able to meet these three people! After all, today is the second anniversary of the former village chief, and in order to let the islanders see their benevolence and loyalty, the three of them are all there to participate in the ceremony! ”
"Former village chief?"
"The second anniversary?"
Hearing the kind gift of Lieutenant Asai before they left, Mori Kogoro, who had already been made big and wanted to escape, suddenly turned his gaze back, but unfortunately Lieutenant Asai had already turned around and returned to his clinic.
"We've heard the names of two dead people in quick succession since we landed on this island, so I wonder if God is hinting at us something. It's so much fun! "Yuichi, who has also listened to nonsense from this captain Asai for a long time, has another idea of his own, he wants to ask others about this Dr. Asai, the first time he has met this kind of person who knows everything with you, in the eyes of a severe patient with persecution paranoia like Yuichi, you have some intentions for me. Labelling – suspicious!
Ignoring the sudden addition of Tokyo fellow Asai Weizhong, Yuichi and the others, who followed his instructions all the way, finally arrived at the Moon Shadow Island Community Activity Center, but when they arrived at the scene, they saw countless protesting villagers surrounding the community center.
"Down with the tyranny of the current village chief!"
"Stop the malicious encroachment on farmland!"
"Give me back the fishing grounds!"
"This Black Rock Village Chief is really! Stain stain! The people's resentment is boiling! After sighing at the atmosphere of the scene, Yuichi, who said that it had nothing to do with him, followed Mori Kogoro into the community center with the attitude of watching the show, and they wanted to have a good talk with the village chief of this island, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, about Keiji Aso, and took the last passenger ferry before dark to leave this place where birds don't.