"Okay, calm down!" Maoli stopped the quarrel from getting worse.
Everyone in the room fell silent, but Conan stood alone next to the corpse, still observing the scene with doubtful eyes.
Why on earth did the prisoner move the body back to the piano? Wouldn't it be more concealed to just abandon it in the sea after drowning?
Conan didn't figure it out for a long time, so he could only blame him on the disguise of the piano curse as Uncle Maori just said.
While everyone was thinking, there was another commotion in the crowd.
"Ah...ahhhh!!!"
In the crowd, a middle-aged man with slovenly clothes and a decadent face suddenly started screaming loudly as if he had seen something terrible. He took two steps back with a horrified look, then rushed away with a trembling figure as if running away.
the crowd.
The man's escape immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and Mao Li also looked out the door in slight surprise.
"Who is that person..."
Secretary Hirata on the side hesitated for a moment and replied: "That person is Mr. Nishimoto."
"Oh! He's that good friend of Keiji Aso, right?" Maori remembered the information that Rin Kurosawa had just investigated, and turned back to look at the mayor of Kuroiwa Village. "It seems that the mayor of Kuroiwa Village is also a good friend of these two people..."
"Ah..." Heiyan Village Chief's eyes dodge for some reason, and he murmured: "It all happened when I was a child, and there is no connection now..."
"Is that so?" Maori didn't think too much, while Secretary Hirata continued to introduce Mr. Nishimoto's past.
"Mr. Nishimoto used to be a very powerful man. He basically had everything, whether it was wealth or women. But since the death of the former village chief Kameyama two years ago, he seems to have changed. He seems to be afraid of something.
Same, I rarely go out anymore."
Conan thought of the man's state just now. His excessive panic and neurotic behavior clearly indicated that he had a mental illness.
However, when it comes to mental illness...
Shivering, he looked back at Kurosawa Rin who was standing aside. Conan's eyes couldn't help but be a little worried.
Rin Kurosawa's condition seems to be very unstable!
I don’t know if it’s getting better now…
Outside the public hall, Xiaolan and the police from Yueying Island also rushed to the scene. The two of them were panting as if they had run a marathon. The fine beads of sweat on their foreheads were gathering and rolling down one by one.
After regaining her breath easily, Xiaolan raised her head and said to everyone:
"The police...are here!"
Looking at the watch on his wrist, Mao Li complained somewhat in his tone, "It's too slow, Xiaolan."
"What on earth are you doing!"
Xiaolan, who was still breathing heavily, was also helpless, "Because the police are not in the police station, so I am looking for him everywhere..."
Maori's complaints really gave Rin Kurosawa a headache. He knew that Maori actually loved Xiaolan very much, and the case was certainly important, but in this case, if he didn't care about his exhausted daughter, at least he shouldn't complain, right?
If it weren't for Uncle Maori's low emotional intelligence, Fei Yingli's departure from him would probably have been caused by this factor.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Xiaolan. Kurosawa Rin smiled softly and said: "Sister Xiaolan, please take my handkerchief to wipe your sweat first."
"The sea breeze is strong at night, and you can easily catch a cold when the wind blows!"
Xiaolan took Kurosawa Rin's handkerchief and looked at his concerned eyes, feeling as if her heart was being warmed.
"Thank you, Rin." Wiping away the sweat, the texture of the handkerchief was very soft. When he brushed it against his cheek, he could still smell the faint fresh smell of Kurosawa Rin's body.
"Let me take it back and clean it before returning it to you." Xiaolan apologetically held the sweat-soaked handkerchief in her hand and raised her eyes to look at Kurosawa Rin.
"Then I'll trouble Sister Xiaolan."
While the two were talking, Maoli and the old policeman also discussed the results.
Maoli looked at everyone present and said, "In short, it's already very late today. Let's go back first and wait until the police arrive at the scene tomorrow to conduct detailed investigations and inquiries."
"Really, wouldn't it be better to burn that unlucky thing as soon as possible! It must be kept until now!" The daughter of the village chief of Black Rock has always been very irritable, and looked at Maori and others behind her with a sarcastic expression.
"After all, the little detective popped up out of nowhere, and the one who pointed the finger really thought he was a policeman!"
Everyone left the public hall noisily. Maori looked back at Kurosawa Rin and Xiaolan, "Then let's go back to the hotel. We have to get up early tomorrow to do some research."
"Yes!" Xiaolan and Conan nodded, but Kurosawa Rin hesitated.
"Uncle Maori, please go back first. I have something else to do, so I won't go back with you yet."
Mao Li and others were stunned, "It's so late, what else can happen?"
Conan looked at Kurosawa Rin thoughtfully. You must know that Kurosawa Rin is a very capable detective. If he can stay on his own initiative, he must have discovered some important clues!
"I won't go back either! I want to be with Brother Rin!" Conan began to roll around.
Xiaolan had a headache, "No! Conan, you have to go to bed early!"
"I want to be with Brother Rin!!" Conan tried to be cute.
Xiaolan didn't care about this, she grabbed Conan's arm and walked out, "Definitely! Yes! No! OK!"
Unable to defeat Xiaolan, the frustrated Conan no longer persisted. While being dragged away, he also began to wonder if he had missed any clues.
"Let's go together, we're on our way." Dr. Cheng Shi took the initiative to follow the three of them.
A few people walked on the deserted streets, with only the street lamps on both sides and the moon providing light. A gust of wind could smell the salty smell unique to the seaside.
"Speaking of which, Conan's reasoning just now was really amazing! He was almost like a little detective!"
"Really?" Xiaolan rubbed Conan's head, "This kid has always liked to imitate detectives!"
Conan also realized that his performance just now was really a bit arrogant. It was no wonder that Kurosawa Rin had that expression. He smiled like a child:
"I'm actually imitating how Uncle Maori works..."
Mao Li would not let go of the opportunity to express himself, "Yes, yes, this kid is far worse than me!"
Looking at the big and small children in front of him, Dr. Chengshi couldn't help but smile.
"That's right. I really hope Mr. Maori can find the murderer soon." Cheng Shi's expression became a little sad.
"I already……"
"...I don't want to do autopsies anymore."
Looking at Dr. Cheng Shi blankly, Conan always felt that there seemed to be something hidden in Cheng Shi's sadness.
"Dr. Chengshi..." Xiaolan looked at Dr. Chengshi who had become so sad for some reason, and was a little at a loss.
Kogoro also suppressed his smile at this time and solemnly promised:
"Don't worry, Doctor Chengshi."
"I will definitely bring the criminal to justice!"
They separated at the fork in the road and the three of them continued walking towards the hotel. Looking at the full moon in front of them, Conan was suddenly startled.
Wait! Does the sentence in the commission letter: 'There will be shadows begin to disappear' mean...!
His expression changed, and Conan quickly called out to Maori and his daughter:
"Uncle! This murder is not over yet! This is a serial murder!"
"What?!" Kogoro was shocked and looked at Conan, "What on earth is going on?!"
Conan repeated his reasoning, and the three of them immediately turned around and returned to the public hall without stopping.
When the three of them returned to the public hall out of breath, Kurosawa Rin was sitting next to the piano, looking at the music score that had been left behind with great interest.
Sitting in front of the piano, the blond boy was shrouded in the moonlight. His slender white hands gently rested on the piano keys. The corpse was placed aside. The whole picture looked beautiful and strange, like an exquisite oil painting.
"cold?"
"Why are you still here?"
Kurosawa Rin looked back and said with a sweet smile: "Sister Xiaolan, you are back!"
"return?"
Before he had time to think about the meaning of Kurosawa Rin's words, Conan suddenly discovered that there were many more things in the room, the most conspicuous of which were six quilts stacked thickly together.
In addition, there are also common items such as kettles and eye masks.
That's right, Kurosawa Rin, who had known they would come back for a long time, was too lazy to go out in circles with them.
We'll be back anyway, so why not wait here?
Kurosawa Rin also took practical action for his idea. Not only did he prepare bedding for Maori and others in advance, he also very considerately went to a nearby convenience store to buy eye masks and wet wipes, and borrowed a kettle and a kettle from the policeman.
Water bottles for them to drink hot water...
After being slightly shocked, Conan immediately understood what Kurosawa Rin was thinking.
This big pig has already figured out the contents of the entrustment letter, and knew that they would come back, so he deliberately waited for them here!
Really! Since you already know it, why not tell them directly?
He had been meditating hard just now, and was terrified, fearing that if he arrived late, the criminal would destroy the evidence. He was panting and sweating all the way.
"Ah! It's true!!"
After thinking about all this, Conan yelled irritably, and his eyes suddenly turned resentful when he looked at Kurosawa Rin.
Kurosawa Rin felt the deep resentment coming from Conan behind his back, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth involuntarily.