Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 422 What? Maori Kogoro's true love is Inspector Megure? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
"Hey...Brother Maori, brother Maori, wake up!"

The next day, Kogoro Mouri was awakened by a familiar voice calling out. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the person calling out to him was a middle-aged man with a very kind look, a rather fat body, wearing orange clothes and an orange hat on his head.

It was his old acquaintance, Inspector Megure, the Third Division Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department.

"It's already noon!"

Seriously, the confused detective Kogoro Mouri has finally woken up.

It was said to be a night watch, but in the end a group of children who had not yet reached adulthood stayed up until the end, while an adult fell asleep. How shameless!

And it doesn’t matter if the other party doesn’t sleep, he sleeps until noon. If he hadn’t called him, he would probably continue to sleep soundly!

"Mr. Megure? Why are you here?"

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the fat and big-eared Inspector Megure and was immediately frightened.

If he remembered correctly, this should be Yueying Island, not Tokyo, right?
But why did Inspector Megure, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, appear before him?

Could it be that the murderer who killed Kawashima Hideo felt that he would pose a threat to his next murder plan, so he simply sent them back to Tokyo while they were sleeping? Or was he still asleep?
But if it was really a dream, why didn’t the beautiful and charming lady with a sexy figure appear in my dream, but the old man Inspector Megure?

It couldn't be that what Kogoro Mori likes is not beautiful women but men, right?
Officer Megure rolled his eyes, somewhat helplessly, "Because this island belongs to Tokyo!"

If possible, he wouldn't want to travel so far to come here, but unfortunately, this is under the jurisdiction of Tokyo.

Since it is under the jurisdiction of Tokyo, if a case happens here, he, a police captain of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, has to come here no matter what.

Uncle Maori thought about it carefully and smiled awkwardly: "It seems so!"

Haha, I was so sleepy that I almost forgot this place is still within the Tokyo area.

As he spoke, he wanted to take out the music score found at the crime scene from his arms and hand it to Inspector Megure, but to his confusion, he searched in his arms for a long time but couldn't take anything out.

"Huh? Where did you run off to?"

He clearly remembered that he put the music score in his arms when he went to sleep, keeping it close to his body to prevent it from being stolen by the peeping tom. Why couldn't he find it now?
Could it be that he accidentally dropped the item while he was sleeping? Or did the guy who had been hiding behind the window and spying on them steal it while he was sleeping?

As soon as Inspector Megure saw his expression, he knew what he was looking for, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

They even forgot that this is under their jurisdiction of Tokyo. It's a pity that a certain confused detective worked as a policeman for a while.

Although it has been ten years since the other party stopped being a policeman, he still came out to take on a commission and didn't even know where the place he was going to belonged to. This confused detective is really embarrassing!

"As for the music score, Brother Bai Ye has already given it to me."

Are they hoping that some confused detective will wake up and hand over the music score that can be used as evidence to the police?

Well, I guess he’ll have to wait till the end of time.

After all, Kogoro Mori was sleeping very deeply, and he had to call him several times before he was able to wake him up.

As he spoke, Officer Megure looked at Mao Lilan and others who were still resting nearby, "Brother Mao Li, please explain the course of the case. When we came here, they were all awake. The only ones sleeping were you and the old man!"

In fact, before Kogoro Mouri woke up, he had heard about this case from Bai Ye and others.

However, after all, Kogoro Mouri has been a professional detective for many years and has also been a policeman before. His description of the case is undoubtedly more professional than that of Ran Mouri and Conan who are still students, Narimi Asai who is a doctor, and Byakuya who has just started working as a detective.

Moreover, when Kawashima Hideo's body was discovered, everyone was standing in a different position and came into contact with different things, so naturally, they had different views on the case.

Maybe he can find some clues that he hasn't discovered before from Kogoro Mori's story.

Maori Kogoro touched his head and smiled awkwardly, "Uh...haha...because I'm really too sleepy..."

He didn't want this to happen, but unfortunately, he and Bai Ye and others took turns to be on duty last night and didn't get any sleep at all.

"The thing is, the reason why Xiaolan and I are here on Tsukikage Island is because we received a letter signed by Keiji Aso..."

"The content of the letter is: On the night of the next full moon, shadows will begin to disappear again on Moon Shadow Island. Please investigate the reason. The signature is Keiji Aso."

Maori Kogoro recited the contents of the letter of commission he received, and then continued, "But when we arrived at Tsukikage Island, we learned that the client named Aso Keiji had actually died 12 years ago!"

"On a full-moon night 12 years ago, Keiji Aso, a famous pianist born on Tsukikage Island, suddenly set himself on fire at home after finishing a concert at a local hall. It is said that after killing his wife and daughter with a knife, he was trapped in the sea of ​​fire, and his body seemed to be bound, and he continued to play Beethoven's Sonata No. 14 - "Moonlight" as if possessed."

"In order to investigate who Aso Keiji is and who is impersonating him, I was commissioned to come to Tsukikage Island. We are going to find the village chief of Tsukikage Island, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, to ask about anything related to Aso Keiji!"

"But perhaps because he was busy with the ritual, or for some other reason, Village Chief Heiyan did not choose to meet us, but asked us to wait at the entrance."

"While we were waiting, Conan ran into a room with only a piano. Just as we were curiously surrounding the piano and preparing to find out what was going on, Mr. Hirata Kazuaki, the village chief's secretary, appeared and stopped us."

"According to him, the piano is a cursed piano, and this curse happened to the previous village chief, Kameda."

"On a full-moon night, he was passing by the community center when he heard the sound of piano playing. When he opened his mouth to check if there was anyone inside, the sound stopped. He walked in and found that Mr. Kameda was dead inside. The cause of death was a heart attack. And the song that Mr. Kameda played before his death was the same song that Mr. Aso played when he died. From then on, this piano was called the cursed piano."

"While the ritual was going on, the cursed song "Moonlight" suddenly rang out in the room where the cursed piano was placed. When we ran over to take a look, we saw that Mr. Kawashima, one of the candidates for village chief, had died on the piano. His face was the same as that of the previous village chief, Mr. Kameyama. Their eyes were wide open, as if they were looking at something." "There was a tape recorder under the piano playing "Moonlight", and there was a sheet of music on the piano cover."

"Since there were no police officers on the island to perform autopsies, Dr. Cheng Shi had no choice but to undertake this task. She also completed the autopsy of the former village chief, Mr. Kameyama, who had died before. She initially concluded that Kawashima died of suffocation. He was first taken to the sea and drowned, and then moved to the piano room. In addition, we found a five-minute blank at the beginning of the tape in the recorder, so the time of death should be a few minutes before the crime."

"In addition, we also found that there was a problem with the music score on the piano in Chapter 4. It is very likely the message left by the murderer!"

At this point, Maori Kogoro paused, and then expressed his own judgment, "If my guess is correct, this is someone avenging Keiji Aso. Therefore, after the murderer drowned Mr. Kawashima, he deliberately fished his body out of the river and brought it here. Moreover, the reason why we can hear the sonata "Moonlight" that Keiji Aso kept playing before his death during the ritual is that the murderer wanted us to know that he was avenging Keiji Aso!"

After listening to Maori Kogoro's description and reasoning of the case, Inspector Megure pondered for a moment, then said: "Is that so? I understand!"

Originally, he thought he could hear some different opinions from Maori Kogoro, an old detective who has been working in the detective profession for ten years. But in the end, what the other party said was actually not much different from what Bai Ye said, and was not much more professional.

But if you think about it carefully, although Bai Ye has only been working in the detective industry for a short time, the other party is a famous detective who is in no way inferior to a certain high school detective who is hailed as the "savior of the Japanese police" and the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era"!

The other party couldn't see anything wrong with the case, so how could a confused detective find any important clues before the other party?

Even though, in the detective industry, Kogoro Mouri is Bai Ye's predecessor and has been working in the detective profession for ten years longer than him!

However, a career like detective requires talent.

A certain confused detective had not made any success in reasoning during his ten years of work as a detective until recently when he made some progress.

However, Bai Ye had just entered the detective industry and had already become a famous detective who was no less capable than his famous brother Kudo. Obviously, in terms of talent, his senior Kogoro Mouri was far inferior to his brother Bai Ye!
Thinking of this, Officer Megure looked around and continued, "By the way, Brother Maori, we are going to conduct an investigation at the village office, so you and Brother Bai Ye should come and help!"

After exchanging a glance with Bai Ye, Maori Kogoro hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."

The so-called village office was actually the place where they went to inquire about Keiji Aso's information when they first arrived on the island.

At that time, they also met a glasses director there, and heard from him the story about Kei Aso who died in a fire 22 years ago.

This was the beginning of this incident.

The location of the village office is actually not too far from the government office and can be reached by walking for a distance.

Anyway, I have been woken up by Inspector Megure, and I can't fall asleep for a while. I might as well go to the village office to help, so that the case can be solved as soon as possible and I can return to Tokyo.

Kogoro Mori has had enough of this small island that conflicts with him at every turn!
……

Village office.

Under the call of Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mori and others, all the people present yesterday were quickly gathered here.

Naturally, Mao Li Ran, Asai Narumi, Conan and others are no exception.

After waking up, they were taken to the village office and sat on a bench together to rest.

Sitting on the bench, Conan yawned, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. "Ha~~ That kind of place really isn't suitable for sleeping!"

Although because he was a child, it was not his turn to be on duty last night.

But it is impossible to sleep well in a sleeping bag and have to be on guard against peeping Toms who might attack again.

Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips and agreed, "That's what I mean."

Asai Narimi, who was sitting next to her, also had sleepy eyes and looked very sleepy.

Although Bai Ye didn't play with her too late last night out of pity for her as it was her first time, and Mao Lilan and others were nearby, and if they went back too late, it would be easy to find out something was wrong, and he also helped her with the night watch afterwards, but it was her first time to experience such a thing after all, and she had to sleep in a sleeping bag afterwards. Now, not only did she have a sore back, but she also couldn't muster any energy.

At this moment, they noticed two familiar figures walking towards them.

It was Kogoro Mori and Byakuya.

Seeing the two people appear, Mao Lilan's beautiful eyes lit up, and then she curiously asked about the progress of the case, "Dad, how is it going? Do you know who the criminal is?"

Maori Kogoro sighed and said tiredly, "Don't be silly. There are thirty-eight people coming to participate in the ritual! It won't end that easily!"

There was no other way. There were simply too many people who wanted to ask questions, plus he didn't sleep well last night. He was extremely tired now.

"Um..." Asai Chengmi pulled himself together, stood up, and asked, "Excuse me, what is the order of my inquiry?"

Since she participated in the memorial service at the same time as Kuroiwa Tatsuji and others, she was also one of the people who needed to be questioned.

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "After discussion, they decided that you are the last one! So, if Miss Cheng Shi needs it, you can go wash your face and wake up first."

After taking a deep look at Bai Ye, a strange color flashed in Asai Chengmi's beautiful eyes, "That's great. I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Asai Chengshi stood up and walked towards the bathroom...

(End of this chapter)