"The Cursed Piano...... It's the curse of the piano! Following behind Mao Lilan, Hirata also shouted, "This must be our Dharma work is not in place, this is the ghost of the former village chief!" ”

The ritual in the hall was only halfway through, and after his words, the crowd in the corridor began to stir again.

"What a curse, don't talk nonsense!" Mori Kogoro scolded, looked at the piano that was on his own, thought for a moment, and reached out to lift the lid on the back of the grand piano.

With his movements, the mechanical structure installed inside the piano was suddenly exposed.

A machine that looks like a music box is exposed to everyone's eyes.

"This is, the piano player ......" Conan, who was on the edge of the piano, stood on tiptoe and looked inside, and soon came up with the answer, "It is a mechanical device similar to a music box, using a hole in the paper tape, through which the wooden hammer structure under the hair is activated, and the structure of the keys is struck from the inside to achieve the effect of automatic piano playing......"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and turned off the wheel that was automatically rotating a little bit to play the punched paper tape, and sure enough, the piano that automatically played "Moonlight" immediately fell silent.

"It seems that Mr. Kawashima's death is indeed man-made." Mori Kogoro pointed to the complex structure inside the piano, "This kind of thing, surely it can't be installed by ghosts, right?" ”

"Are you saying it's a murder?"

"That's exactly what happened, and the murderer took advantage of today's special moment to connect Mr. Kawashima's death with the death of the village chief two years ago, and wanted to blur our vision." Mori Kogoro pointed to the horrific corpse of Kawashima on the ground and said categorically.

"You, why have you been talking for so long, who are you?" The son-in-law of the village chief, who had been wearing sunglasses, looked at Mori Kogoro's face and pouted unhappily.

"Me?" Mori Kogoro put one hand in his pocket, leaned on the piano behind him, and put on a decent pose, "It's a detective from Tokyo, Mori Kogoro is also!" ”

"Maori?" An old man in an old state of Longzhong said in confusion, "Are there any celebrities named Maori?" Oh, I do know that astronaut is called that......"

"Old man, this is the protagonist of a detective—"

"No, no, that protagonist is called Akechi Kogoro......"

"You ......," Mori Kogoro, who couldn't lift it in one breath, fell down his shoulders again, and said unhappily, "Don't you even buy newspapers in Tokyo?" ”

When he was arguing about the identity of Kogoro Maori, Conan, who was silently checking the situation at the scene, paid attention to the unnatural faces of several people at the scene.

For example, Hirata, the secretary who has been emphasizing the piano curse before, has come back in a state of sweating like pulp......

And that, the guy with a very long face, his face changes so exaggeratedly, such a long face, a big mouth, it's a bit like that, the Easter Island stone statue. It's weird and scary, and he can't let Xiaolan notice him.

Retracting his gaze from the crowd, he continued to crouch on the ground inch by inch, surveying the other traces of the scene, and his eyes soon fell on the automatic player that was erected inside the piano.

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

That's right, the person who set up this mechanism...... Specially tuned piano!

When they broke into the room in the afternoon, they rolled blindly on the keys twice.

Although he sings honestly out of tune, he trusts his ears very much.

When he touched the piano in the afternoon, it was still out of tune, and it was impossible to play such an accurate and beautiful "Moonlight" smoothly.

In addition, the arranger is definitely able to play the piano.

Unlike the accurate plucking of the music box, the piano is very skillful, and it is difficult to reproduce the rhythmic changes and priorities of human performance when playing with an automatic player. For replay on this tape, there must be a "mastering", which means that someone has played the piece on the piano first, leaving a punch-hole burn on the tape......

But if someone had adjusted the piano during this time, why didn't they hear it in the hallway at all?

Conan's mind raced, his eyes always resting on the piano without wavering.

The meaning of that letter is very clear now—

"The shadow disappears", in fact, means "the light shines down", that is, it refers to the "Moonlight Sonata", which connects the pianist's self-immolation twelve years ago and the death of the village chief two years ago.

That letter is a clear notice of the impending murder!

Thinking of the strange sweet flowers and a green field of flowers that I saw with my own eyes, the pianist who committed suicide after returning to his hometown, and the former village chief who died suddenly......

Conan turned his head and looked out through the wide windows of the piano room at the sparkling and quiet sea.

The moon has risen.

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"What?! Natural death?! Mori Kogoro's voice was incredulous, "His state doesn't look like a natural death no matter how you look at it!" ”

"I'm sorry......" Asai Narumi lowered his hand and smiled awkwardly, "I didn't find any obvious trauma on him, nor did I have the usual toxic reactions, but there were some signs of organ failure - of course, nature is full of wonders, and it could be some poison that I don't know or have never seen." For the time being, I can't give an accurate conclusion on the cause of death......"

"Dilute poison?" Maori Kogoro folded his arms and looked serious, "Then I'll have to ask the forensic doctor in Tokyo......"

"I think it's a bit more appropriate." Asai Narumi hurriedly waved his hand, "Forensic doctor, I am an amateur and can no longer be an amateur part-time job, in this kind of professional issue, it is better to let more professional people come." ”

"That's right." Maori Kogoro sighed, "With so many well-laid scenes, I'm still inclined to believe that this is a homicide ......"

Asai nodded affirmatively, pushing the buttons on the cuffs deeper into the sleeves.

As long as the Monster of the Heart didn't deceive him, then there would be no problem handing over the body to another medical examiner, even if the entire case was handed over to the police in Tokyo.

This is the "perfect crime" that cannot be cracked by current technical means...... That's what Joker told him, and showed him what it was like to see in the Kawashima Temple.

Such an exaggerated and unrealistic scene is by no means my own imagination; And the "murder scene" that he arranged by himself seems to have worked after pressing the button himself.

They had no reason to lie to him.

Looking up at the trapped detective, Asai straightened his sideburns and smiled quietly as moonlight.

Now, he has no idea of evading sanctions, after all, he has made a decision from the beginning to die with these great darkness.

On the side of his adoptive parents, he has already made arrangements and said goodbye, and all the aftermath matters that need to be arranged have been dealt with in advance, and he only has one way to go.

The only thing he needs to do now is to complete the "Revenge of the Ghost" in place of his father at the right time, as for whether he will be discovered after completion, whether he can recover his identity, this is not important.

"This piano was donated to the community by Mr. Keiji Aso 15 years ago, and it has been placed here since I received it." Hirata Kazuaki wiped the sweat from his head and replied with a smile, "We won't move it casually, and there are no other pianos like this on the island, so no one can swap them at will." ”

"Yes, you can see the lid and his signature." Kuroiwa pointed to the piano behind them indifferently.

Kogoro Mori raised an eyebrow and closed the lid as he said.

Before noticing Keiji Aso's signature, a sheet of music fluttered, slipped out of the gap between the lid and the piano, and slowly floated to the ground.

"This is, sheet music? When? Maolilan, who was very close, subconsciously reached out to take it.

"Stop, don't touch!" Maori Kogoro broke off, "The deceased is likely to have been poisoned, and you are not allowed to touch anything at the scene until you put on your gloves!" ”

"Ah, what a ......," Moriran shuddered, withdrew his hand, and watched as it floated to the ground.

Seeing the piece of paper full of musical notes fall flat on the ground, Conan lowered his eyes to take a closer look, stunned, and quickly widened his eyes.

This stick figure ...... It's not ...... The logo of the Monster of the Heart?!

I owe too much, but the last three changes, the average order is really not able to climb, so-

Let's discuss.,I'll send a big chapter of 5k words from tonight.,Then a chapter at 11 o'clock in the evening.,A chapter in the early morning.,So try to get 10,000 a day.,Every 2k counts a change.,OK baa.

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