Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 103 The Mysterious Music Score

Asai Chengshi said that he knew who the person who followed Hideo Kawashima left was.

Just herself.

"I just had to go to the bathroom at that time." Asai said.

"Then did you see any suspicious people or things?" Mori Kogoro approached and asked.

"During the time I went to the bathroom, I didn't see any suspicious characters, and the men's and women's toilets are separated, so it's impossible for me to know what happened in the men's room."

"That's right...then did anyone else see who went out?" Mouri Kogoro asked everyone again.

No one answered.

"In that case, did Hideo Kawashima have any enemies during his lifetime?"

Since there are no clues from the witness, let's look for the motive.

"We don't know if he has any enemies, but when Kawashima dies, the happiest person should be Mr. Shimizu Masato, who is also a candidate for village chief!" Heiyan Tatsuji said eccentrically.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" A middle-aged man with a Chinese character face, decent appearance, strong figure, well-dressed, and slightly rough skin shouted.

He is Masato Shimizu, one of the candidates for the village head election.

Following his scolding, a few relatively younger villagers stood up behind him in an instant, and they should all be his supporters.

"Aren't you also a candidate for village chief yourself?"

"that is!"

"What a thief shouting "Stop a thief!"

"Oh! Uncle Kawashima's death is indeed helpful to my father's campaign, but who will benefit in the end after his votes are diverted?" Kuroiwa Reiko also had a strange tone, which was exactly the same as her father's tone.

"What did you say!" Shimizu Masato became excited, and seemed to be very angry easily.

A few people quarreled in a few words, and the supporters behind them seemed to be confronting each other.

Supporters of Hideo Kawashima also fired on both sides angrily.

"Everyone, calm down!" Mori Kogoro hurriedly came forward to appease the emotions of the three sides: "Anyway, the murderer is the guest here today, but it may not be related to the election for the village chief. Let's narrow down the range of suspects first, so we can use... ···this······"

"Let's divide it by men and women! Because the murderer must be a man!" Mao Lilan said suddenly.

Conan wanted to say the same thing, but Xiaolan beat him to it.

Her insights are getting better and better.

"The murdered Kawashima Hideo was a very tall man with a very strong body and probably not light weight. To drown such a man to death in a short period of time and then drag him into this room, the average woman probably wouldn't be able to do so. Such great strength." Mao Lilan said.

"Then a frail old man like me can't do it!" someone shouted from the crowd.

"But if two people work together, can it be done?" Mori Kogoro has different opinions.

"But if there are two people, why don't you just carry the corpse away?" Conan said.

"So in the end, why did you have to take such pains to carry the corpse into this room?" Mao Lilan said except for her own doubts.

"It's not that simple. The murderer wants to make the illusion that the piano is cursing the murder, so as to cause panic among the public or disrupt the sight of the investigation." Mouri Kogoro said, approaching the piano.

"I heard from Hirata Kazuaki that this piano was played when Keiji Aso set himself on fire 12 years ago, but how come there is no trace of fire on it?" Mori Kogoro asked.

"Because it is unscathed, it is said to be a cursed piano!" said a villager in horror.

"Huh? What's this?" Mori Kogoro found some sheet music from behind the lifted keyboard cover.

"Score?!"

There was a commotion in the crowd.

The complexions of several people became ugly, especially Heiyan Tatsuji and the old men of his faction.

Mori Kogoro didn't understand music, so he handed the sheet music to Mori Ran who could play the piano.

"This is the first movement of "Moonlight Sonata"!" Mao Lilan glanced at it and said.

"Ahhhhh~~~~~~"

Before Mao Lilan finished speaking, a thin, unshaven, and unkempt man rushed out shouting.

"Stop him!" Mori Kogoro yelled, but no one answered him.

"Forget it! That person is a well-known vagrant in the village. It is said that his brain is not good enough to kill people!"

Several villagers chattered about the origin of this person.

This man is called Xi Mujian, and his family used to be rich and powerful on the island, but in his generation, they are proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and soon lost their family fortune.But the amazing thing is that he can always make money every once in a while, which makes many people in the village envious.But for some reason, this person suddenly went crazy two years ago, hiding at home all day, seeing no one, and living in poverty.

Some villagers said that the reason why this person has enough food and clothing is because of the secret help of the village chief Heiyan Chenci, after all, the two of them were young.

Heiyan Tatsuji hesitated at first, but in the end he admitted his relationship with Nishiki Ken, and it also proved that Nishiki Ken did have some mental problems.

"Strange, this score..." Mao Lilan said to herself, she seemed to see something from the score.

But at this moment, Hirata Kazuaki finally called the police and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The only one who came was an old policeman who looked older than everyone present.

"Sorry, I couldn't get through when I called, so I had to go and find him personally, which took a while." Hirata Kazuaki said: "This is Mr. Saburo Aida, the policeman on duty on our island today. This is the great detective Mouri Kogoro from Tokyo."

"Ah~~" Aida Saburo thought for a while, and then said very excitedly: "You are the famous..."

"That's right! It's me!" Mori Kogoro was elated.

"Space pilot!"

"It's said that it's Maori Wei!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"You made a mistake..." Mori Kogoro was disappointed.

Anyway, since the police came, they still handed over the existing evidence and inferences to Saburo Aida, but the police couldn't investigate the case at first glance, so they naturally needed to call for police support from outside the island.

It is getting late, and the old people are gradually unable to support themselves. In addition, there is no substantial progress, and there is no way to conduct interrogations due to lack of manpower, so everyone is temporarily asked to go home and wait for the police outside the island tomorrow. We’ll talk about it later when support comes.

The crowd was bustling and walking outside, and some vague words such as "curse", "soul", and "suspiciousness" could still be heard vaguely.

It seems that these people are more or less convinced that the piano is "cursed".

In the end, even the policeman Aida Saburo yawned and left, leaving only Asai Chengshi to accompany them.

Conan took a closer look, and it seemed that those who watched them had disappeared.

"Hey, I've noticed since just now, where did Mr. Kindaichi go?" Asai Narumi asked.

"I almost forgot! I have to tell them the current situation quickly!" Mori Kogoro yelled.

(End of this chapter)