Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 416: Gross Profit Elimination Method, everyone who has tried it says it works! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

"That was donated by Mr. Aso fifteen years ago. It has been here ever since."

Kazuaki Hirata answered almost every question from Kogoro Mori.

Hearing his words, Maori Kogoro tilted his head and asked curiously, "Is it Mr. Aso?"

"Yes..." Hirata Kazuaki nodded.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the piano, "His name is engraved on the keyboard cover!"

"Name?" Kogoro Mouri curiously walked to the piano, opened the keyboard cover and started to look at it.

But to his surprise, he did not find any name, but instead found a piece of paper with various symbols engraved on it.

"This, this, this?"

"Is it sheet music?"

Looking at the piece of paper in his hand that seemed to be a sheet of music, Maori Kogoro was a little puzzled, "Strange, when I looked during the day, there was no such thing!"

He was sure that there was nothing wrong with his memory.

So, the question is, where did this sheet of music come from? And who put it under the keyboard cover?
Was it the murderer who killed Kawashima Hideo? Or...
"what……"

Before he could figure it out, a miserable scream suddenly rang out, scaring him.

Kogoro Mouri raised his head in confusion and looked in the direction where the sound came from, but he only saw the disheveled figure of a man stumbling out of the room.

What happened? Did he see something running past?
"Who is that person?"

The scream was so miserable that he was startled and almost thought there was another murder.

"He is Mr. Nishimoto," Hirata Kazuaki took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the fear and uneasiness in his heart about the appearance of the music score, and explained to Maori Kogoro, "In the past, he was quite powerful and spent a lot of money on wine, women, and gambling. But since the death of the previous village chief two years ago, he has rarely gone out. I heard that he seems to be afraid of something."

"Now, his original power and influence have almost disappeared."

If this were not the case, there might be another strong candidate in this village chief election.

When he said this, it seemed that he had thought of something. Hirata Kazuaki looked at Kuroiwa Tatsuji who was standing beside him, "By the way, the village chief and he should have been playmates in childhood."

When he saw Hirata Kazuaki suddenly brought the topic to himself, Kuroiwa Tatsuji was startled and cold sweat immediately fell on his cheeks.

I didn't want to answer this question, but there were many people on Yueying Island who knew about his relationship with Ken Nishimoto, besides this guy Hirata Kazuaki.

If Kogoro Mori asks other people, he will also find out what the relationship between him and Ken Nishimoto is.

On the contrary, if he, the person involved, avoids talking about it, it will easily arouse suspicion from others.

Thinking of this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji laughed dryly and said stutteringly, "It seems to be like this."

Childhood playmates? In other words, did the two of them grow up together?
Looking at Kuroiwa Tatsuji, who tilted his head and looked aside, as if he didn't dare to look at him, and stuttered when he spoke, Maori Kogoro narrowed his eyes.

If they were just childhood playmates, there's nothing wrong with talking about this kind of thing.

However, Kuroiwa Tatsuji seemed reluctant to talk about it. In fact, if Hirata Kazuaki hadn't asked him, he might have continued to hide it.

Obviously, there must be other relationships between these two people besides just being childhood playmates!
Moreover, this relationship is likely related to the changes that occurred in Nishimoto Ken's life.

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mori was ready to ask Kuroiwa Tatsuji about Ken Nishimoto and the situation of Keiji Aso back then.

"Mr. Kuroiwa, may I ask..."

However, just as Maori Kogoro opened his mouth and had not yet finished his question, a familiar voice came from the door, interrupting his thoughts.

"Dad, the police are here."

Looking back, Kogoro Mouri saw his daughter Ran Mouri squeezing out of the crowd with a man dressed as a policeman.

Looking at the policeman she brought with her, who was bent over and breathing heavily, Kogoro Mouri's mouth twitched slightly.

In Kogoro Mouri's impression, the police, even if they are not young people in their twenties, should be middle-aged people like Inspector Megure.

After all, it is during these two ages that a person has enough energy and strength to protect ordinary citizens.

However, the policeman who appeared before him now completely overturned his cognition.

Not only has his beard turned gray, but even his back can hardly stand straight.

At this age, shouldn't you have retired long ago?
——The retirement age of Japanese police is stipulated in the Police Law and is usually 60 years old, just like other professions.

But no matter how he looked at the policeman, he felt that the man should be over 60 years old!

At this age, can you really protect others?

Are you sure you won't completely lose your ability to move because of a sprained waist or accidentally hitting a rock or something like that?

For a moment, he didn't know whether to say that the old policeman was too dedicated. Even at this age, he still hadn't given up his beloved police career, or that the system of Yueying Island was imperfect. The old policeman was already at this age, but there was no young person to take over his job.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the old policemen cling to their positions and are unwilling to make way for the young people.

However, no matter what the reason is, why the old policeman, with a white beard, is still working hard as a policeman, this is after all an internal matter of Yueying Island, and he, as an outsider, cannot say much.

Thinking of this, Maori Kogoro frowned, "Xiaolan, let this policeman take a break first, don't tire the old man out."

The policeman in front of him was really too old. Kogoro Maori was really worried that the distance his daughter had just run with the other party would make the other party's heart unable to bear it. Then, his daughter would become a murderer!

When the old policeman sat down on the chair that Mao Lilan brought and took a breath, Mao Li Kogoro asked curiously, "But why did you take so long?"

As far as he knew, the police station should not be far from the government office, right?
Even if the old policeman had difficulty walking, it had been so long since Kawashima Hideo's body was found that the two men should have arrived earlier.

How come Asai Cheng had just completed his corpse experiment and his reasoning was almost done, but his daughter only came with this old policeman?
"Dad..." Mao Lilan took the warm water handed to her by Bai Ye and drank it all in one gulp. Then she breathed a sigh of relief. "Because he was not in the police station, I looked everywhere for a long time before I found him."

Otherwise, she would have brought the old policeman here long ago.

I just don't know what a certain old policeman is doing running around instead of staying in the police station so late at night.

After a short rest, the old policeman stood up and said, "Hello, who is calling me?" "This is him..." Hirata Kazuaki pointed at Maori Kogoro and took the initiative to introduce him, "His name is Maori Kogoro."

Hearing this, the old policeman's eyes lit up and he took the initiative to approach Maori Kogoro, "Is it the famous one?"

"Yes!"

Famous?
The corners of Kogoro Maori's mouth rose slightly.

Could it be that this old policeman recognized him as the famous detective Kogoro Mori?

It seems that the villagers on this island are not so ignorant.

Unfortunately, the old policeman’s next sentence slapped him hard in the face, making his face turn dark instantly.

"A space pilot?"

"Please, you're wrong."

Kogoro Mori was speechless.

What's going on with the people on this island? Is there no one who knows who Kogoro Mori is?
You know, when he went to other places to solve cases in the past, as long as he gave his full name, the other party would quickly recognize his identity.

Sometimes, the other party can recognize him at a glance without even having to state his identity.

As a result, when he arrived at this small island called Moon Shadow Island, this famous detective suffered a series of setbacks.

At this moment, he clearly realized one thing, that is, his decision not to come to Moonshadow Island in the beginning was right.

Because the people on this island are destined to conflict with him!
"Detective Maori..." After listening to the conversation between Maori Kogoro and the old policeman, Kuroiwa Tatsuji pondered for a moment and said, "Since the policeman is here, let him take care of this place."

When he said this, he paused, and then he said, "Also, it's already so late today, shouldn't we all go back and rest?"

He doesn't want to stay here any longer.

On the one hand, staying in the room where Kawashima Hideo died, especially in this room with the presence of the cursed piano, made him feel a little uncomfortable all over. On the other hand, he was also worried that a detective from Tokyo would ask him about things he didn't want to say.

Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri frowned slightly.

Naturally, Kogoro Mori had no objection to handing the crime scene over to the old policeman to guard.

On the one hand, he didn't want to spend the night guarding the corpse. On the other hand, protecting the crime scene was the old policeman's job and there was nothing to say.

Therefore, he had no objection to handing over the difficult task of guarding the scene to a certain old policeman, and it was also a way for the old policeman to make use of his remaining energy...

However, Kogoro Mori was somewhat reluctant to let everyone present go back and rest.

Because this murder happened not long ago, in this kind of situation, people's memory of the case is the most profound.

Similarly, this is also the best time to ask questions.

He also wanted to take advantage of the time when everyone had the most vivid memory of what happened before and question them thoroughly, especially key suspects like Kuroiwa Tatsuji, to see what they were hiding.

How could he be willing to let the other party leave at this time?

But unfortunately, he was just a detective, not a policeman, and he had no right to force anyone present to stay and question them.

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but turn his gaze to the old policeman.

As a detective, he doesn't have this right, but the old policeman is not a detective, he is a policeman!

The other party has every right to ask everyone present to stay and question them.

However, he had originally hoped to rely on this old policeman to keep the person here and conduct a thorough investigation. However, what made him depressed was that as soon as Kuroiwa Tatsuji finished speaking, this old policeman whom he had placed high hopes on could not wait to stab him in the back: "Well, in short, it's already late tonight, so let's all go back first. As for the investigation, let's start from tomorrow morning, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, before Kogoro Mori had time to express his opinion, he heard a whoosh and everyone present began to turn around and leave.

While walking, they kept talking about what happened today.

"It's not a murder case at all, it's clearly Mr. Aso's spirit causing trouble, Amitabha!"

"Mr. Aso, may you rest in peace!"

"Rest in peace? Do you think if he really rests in peace, he will come back for revenge?"

"makes sense……"

……

"Detective Maori, we'll be leaving now."

Seeing that everyone else had turned and left, Kuroiwa Tatsuji said hello to the depressed Maori Kogoro, turned around decisively, and walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Kuroiwa Reiko and others hurriedly followed.

Not far from the community center, Kuroiwa Reiko glanced back at Murasawa Shuichi and said unhappily, "Why don't you just burn that piano that scares people? Why do you have to keep it?"

I really don’t know what the people on the island are thinking. They actually kept such an unlucky thing.

As a result, people on the island suffered misfortunes again and again.

Although, she was very happy about the death of the former village chief and Kawashima Hideo.

After all, if the previous village chief had not died, her father would not have had the opportunity to take the position of village chief.

Similarly, if Kawashima Hideo, the candidate with the highest support rate and closest to the position of village chief, dies, then her father's chances of being elected as the next village chief will undoubtedly increase a lot.

But although she was happy, she didn't really want to keep the cursed piano.

Because, when curses kill people, they don't distinguish between their own people.

This time they killed Kawashima Hideo and others, but what if next time it is their turn?
She didn't want to die in obscurity like Kawashima Hideo!

"That's true..." Murasawa Shu nodded and said, "It would be better to make that cursed piano disappear!"

(End of this chapter)