This small village on Moon Shadow Island is not large, and it didn't take much time for Lai Qixiao to figure out the layout here. At present, the only place he has not set foot in this small village is the village community center.

The community centre is located on the edge of the village, right next to the coastline. A thin crescent moon hung over the building, flickering faintly in the sound of the waves.

"I remember that Dr. Sungsil was planning to take revenge on the night of the full moon, right?" Looking at the moon phase above, Lai Qixiao silently calculated the time of the next full moon.

"Judging from the moon phase, it will be a long time before Dr. Chengshi committed the murder. However, because of that forged teaser letter, a large number of police officers will be stationed on Moon Shadow Island from tomorrow, and I hope Dr. Chengshi will not plan ahead because of this. ”

Generally speaking, the sudden appearance of the Metropolitan Police Department will delay the crime of a prisoner who is about to commit the crime, but not necessarily Dr. Chengshi. In Lai Qixiao's memory, Dr. Chengshi had evidence of drug trafficking by the village chief and others, but he did not choose to inform the police of the clues he knew, but chose to take revenge with his own hands.

What Asakami really wants is blood debt and blood repayment, not belated justice. Although he hired Kogoro Mori to stop himself, he did not abandon his murder plan.

Under such a premise, it is difficult to say whether the Metropolitan Police Department's presence and investigation can prevent Ma from committing a crime.

The doors of the community center were locked, and they couldn't be opened without a key. Laiqi Xiao simply smashed a window on the side and climbed in from here. This is probably the most weird thief style he has done on this trip.

"The piano must be in this room." After walking around this building of a certain size twice, Lai Qixiao borrowed the third eye to determine the location of the piano.

It's just that the third eye is reflected with the piano, and there is a vague burly figure. Because of the passage wall, Lai Qixiao couldn't see the appearance of this figure clearly, but he had already guessed in his heart that it was probably the shadow of someone in the drug trafficking gang on Moon Shadow Island.

This piano is a prop for the Lunaris drug cartel to hide drugs, and their desires are closely related to it, so it makes sense that the resulting shadow will appear here.

I just don't know, who does the shadow inside belong to?

Lai Qixiao didn't hesitate much, and after getting ready to summon the personality mask, he flew up and kicked the door open arrogantly.

"Excuse me...... What the hell?! ”

As Lai Qixiao expected, sure enough, a shadow was sitting in the center of the room, accompanied by the piano in front of him. However, the shape of this shadow does not look like a normal human at all, but rather like a conjoined creature made of several shadows pieced together.

Lai Qixiao counted carefully, and the bloated monster in front of him had a total of six masks on its body, and dozens of hands and feet of different thicknesses were twisted and bent at different angles, and it was not known which leg it was walking on.

“…… Are the six shadows distorted together? This is truly unprecedented. Lai Qixiao couldn't help but stammer, "So there are a total of six drug dealers on Moon Shadow Island?" ”

"Six targets are nothing, just take a little more time to break them down one by one. But they are all twisted together, can they still repent one by one? ”

Lai Qixiao tentatively swayed a few times in front of the conjoined monster, who didn't care about his existence at all, and his twelve eyes didn't even slant.

The temptation was fruitless, and Qi Xiao began to play the piano again. But who expected, he had just moved his steps to the position of the piano when he suddenly felt a strong wind hitting him on the side of his face!

"Yasen!" Seeing that the bridge of his nose was about to be smashed by a punch from the violent conjoined monster, Lai Qixiao hurriedly tore off the mask and summoned Yasen out. And Yasen, who had been secretly waiting for a long time, also reacted quickly, and before he could fully appear, he took the first step to cover his master's face with his wings, and took this heavy punch for Laiqixiao.

Although lucky to avoid disfigurement, Lai Qixiao was still thrown out by a punch from a conjoined monster and slammed into the wall of the room. And Yasen, who had only been summoned for a long time, was also beaten back to his original form by this punch and returned to his master's face.

“…… Is it not only the size, but also the strength of six people? Lai Qixiao stood up with difficulty, feeling that his whole body was creaking, "It's troublesome now, I can't manipulate six personality masks at the same time." ”

Lai Qixiao leaned against the wall and left the community center in embarrassment. The initial investigation into Lunaris Island is over, and there is no need for him to stay.

Lai Qixiao recorded what he saw and heard tonight, and after his strength was fully recovered, he left the village in discouragement and returned to the coastline when he first set off.

The biggest problem in front of him right now was the conjoined monster made of six shadows. If you don't want to find a way to separate it, then there is almost no chance of winning for Lai Qixiao. But the question is, how do you take it apart?

"Are you done?" On the shoreline, Mr. Driver, who had been waiting for a long time, carefully opened the door in advance, "Are you going back now?" ”

"Well, go back now. Just get off at Rice Flower Town. Lai Qixiao sat in the back seat of the taxi and said to the taxi driver.

"I see, please be prepared, there will be some bumps in the road next."

After ten minutes of galloping, Lai Qixiao dragged his tired and loose body home, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

Let's investigate again tomorrow during the day, and at least find out who the six shadows represent. Before falling asleep, he thought to himself.

…………

On the first day of the holiday, the Maori family boarded the Metropolitan Police Department ship and headed for Moonshadow Island. He was accompanied by the officers of the First Search Division, represented by Officer Twilight, and the officers of the Second Search Division, led by Ginzo Nakamori.

"Listen, Maori brother. The Metropolitan Police Department attaches great importance to this operation, so don't drop the chain at a critical moment! Officer Twilight admonished Kogoro Mori.

"Rest assured, Officer Twilight! My detective Mori Kogoro will definitely catch the Phantom of the Strange Thief this time! ”

His assurances did not win the trust of Officer Twilight, but instead attracted the eyes of Conan and Nakamori Ginzo on the sidelines. The former is knowledgeable about Mori Kogoro's true level, while the latter simply has no good feelings for detectives.

"By the way, Officer Nakamori." Officer Twilight turned to his head and asked, "Didn't you say last time that there was another detective going to participate in this search?" ”

"Huh? Oh, you mean the son of the Hakuba Police Director! He happened to have other cases to deal with, so he didn't come along. ”

I see, Detective White Horse is the son of the police director. No wonder they can get involved in such cases. Conan said in his heart.

But this time, it still depends on my Kudo Shinichi's performance!