Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 633 Strange Music Score
Since the old policeman from Moon Shadow Island came to the community activity center at the scene of the incident, the villagers who had participated in the ceremony of the former village head here also dispersed.

As for this, Mori Kogoro and Xiaolan didn't need to stay at the scene, so they walked on the way back to the hotel——

"Really, this entrustment is really inexplicable. Even the sender hasn't figured out what the situation is, and this kind of thing happened in the end. This island is too strange!"

Along the way, Kogoro muttered and complained, as if he was deeply depressed about his decision to come to the island:

"And what kind of messy entrustment letter is this..."

Saying so, Kogoro took out the entrustment letter from his pocket, and muttered impatiently:

"On the night of the next full moon, shadows will start to disappear again on Moon Shadow Island... Keiji Aso..."

"Stop talking about Dad!"

At this time, when Xiao Goro read the contents of the entrustment letter, Xiao Lan who was at the side seemed a little scared, shivered, and couldn't help saying:
"This letter always sounds a bit hairy now... Otherwise, let's leave this island quickly..."

Probably because the death of Ken Nishimoto that happened tonight was so weird, Xiaolan, who was looking forward to having a good time on the island, began to worry.

"Um……"

Seeing Xiaolan's performance like this, Kogoro replied helplessly:

"Didn't I say it earlier, I don't think there will be anything interesting on this isolated island. Besides, I shouldn't have paid attention to this inexplicable letter..."

As he said that, Kogoro looked at the letter made of words cut from newspapers and magazines again, and seemed to think of something, his expression suddenly became ugly——

"'Shadows Disappear'...Shadows are only created when they are illuminated...and this island...light? Moonlight!"

Dazed, Kogoro, who was just feeling depressed at first, suddenly became panicked at this moment——

"The famous pianist Aso, who set himself on fire at home 12 years ago, played this piece in the raging fire...

"Two years ago, the former village chief Isamu Kameyama, who died of a heart attack, played the same Beethoven's "Moonlight" before his death...

"And the reappearance of this song coincides with someone's death! Could it mean that the death incident will happen again?"

Holding the letter paper tightly in his hand, Kogoro stared at the words on it with a very serious expression, feeling a dangerous sense of urgency——

"By the way, Dad..."

And at this moment, hearing Xiao Goro muttering to himself, Xiao Lan also realized the problem, and reminded her emphatically——

"There is also a sentence in the letter 'beginning to disappear'..."

Hearing this, Kogoro suddenly looked at the sentence at the end of the letter, then couldn't help but widen his eyes, and said in shock:
"Could it be a hint... that this murder is just about to begin!"

Almost like a yell, Kogoro's face was covered with cold sweat, his heart was very angry, and he grabbed the letter paper in his hand into a ball, only feeling that the current situation might be serious and unexpected——

"Damn it! It turns out that this letter is a letter of challenge from the murderer to my famous detective Mori Kogoro!"

Saying that, Kogoro was taken aback, then turned around and ran towards the community activity center that he had left before——

"Okay, Xiaolan, you go to the hotel first, I'm going to the community activity center where the piano is placed!"

"Hey? Why are you going to the activity center?"

Seeing this, Xiao Lan asked in surprise.

"The three incidents so far all took place next to the piano, so the possibility of another murder there is quite high..."

After saying this, Kogoro had already run a considerable distance away.

As for this, Xiaolan couldn't help but hurriedly said:

"Wait a minute...the key to the hotel room..."

I want to tell Kogoro that the key to the hotel room is still on Kogoro's body. Seeing that Kogoro has disappeared, Xiaolan has no choice but to bravely follow...

……

"Are you crazy?"

Just when Xiaogoro came to the piano room of the community activity center, the old policeman who was laying the floor in this piano room, and was about to be on duty all night looked back here and Xiaogoro couldn't help but said:

"What do you mean if you stay with these four people for one night, the truth of the case will be revealed? You even brought your daughter..."

"Really, didn't I tell you not to follow?"

Regarding this, Kogoro looked at Xiaolan who was following him and said helplessly.

"But... the key to the hotel..."

Hearing Kogoro's question, Xiaolan could only say so helplessly.

At the same time, when he saw that in the piano room, the body of Ken Nishimoto had been removed from the piano and moved to the open space beside it, covered with a white cloth, Kogoro couldn't help questioning the old policeman angrily. road:

"Also, which guy moved the corpse casually!"

"Ah, it's me."

Regarding this, the old policeman on the side said very flatly:

"Even a bodhisattva would not be able to bear the death like that before."

Saying so, the old policeman with gray hair and presbyopic glasses folded his hands together and made a Buddhist ceremony, facing the corpse covered by a white cloth in front of him, as if chanting "Amitabha Buddha" very devoutly.

Seeing this, Kogoro on the side had no choice but to show a embarrassed expression, and said to the old policeman:

"It's really nerve-wracking, the scene hasn't been formally searched yet..."

Saying so, Kogoro began to look around the scene a little casually, and then when Kogoro looked at the piano, he suddenly found that the music score on the piano was not there, and then Kogoro couldn't help but turn pale with shock——

"Where did that piece of music go? That's an important clue to solve the case, who did it!"

Seeming a little annoyed, Kogoro only felt that things had become more difficult this time.

However, in response to Kogoro's excited reaction, the old policeman who had finished reciting the Buddha's name also looked calm, and began to search in his pocket——

"This...is me too..."

As the old policeman said, he took out the sheet music from his pocket, placed it in front of Kogoro, and said calmly:

"I'm afraid of losing it, so..."

In this regard, watching the old policeman commit a series of taboos in criminal investigations at the scene of the crime, such as moving the corpse, destroying the scene, and taking evidence at the scene at random, facing the only elderly policeman on the island Out of the principle of respecting the elderly, Kogoro could only suppress all kinds of dissatisfaction in his heart, and after angrily complaining about "this old man", he could only helplessly accept the sheet music handed over by the old policeman——

"Hey?"

At this time, after Kogoro took the music score, Xiaolan on the side stepped forward to take a look, and then said unexpectedly:
"Isn't this the score of "Moonlight"?"

"What? This turned out to be the score of "Moonlight"!"

Hearing this, Kogoro couldn't help asking with a horrified expression.

"Well...you listen..."

Saying so, Xiaolan took the sheet music, put it on the music stand of the piano, then sat on the chair in front of the piano, and started to play——

"The piano at the scene...well...forget it..."

Kogoro, who was thinking like this in his heart, saw his daughter and played the score on the live piano.

Kogoro, who wanted to speak out to stop him, looked at the old policeman at the side, thinking that the scene had been destroyed to such a degree anyway, so he could only be indifferent.

Therefore, Kogoro had no choice but to listen to Xiaolan play first, to confirm whether the score was really the piano sonata of Beethoven's "Moonlight".

Then, following the beautiful melody at the beginning, suddenly, several random syllables sounded one after another, completely out of tune——

"Hey, if you don't know how to play, don't play!"

Helpless, Kogoro couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Nah!"

Hearing Kogoro's question, Xiaolan pointed to the music score helplessly, and explained in a strange way:
"It's the fourth line of the score that's written strangely..."

"The fourth line?"

Hearing this, Kogoro couldn't help leaning over, looked at the content of the score, and immediately realized something, and said in surprise:
"Perhaps this music score is an important clue left by Mr. Nishimoto! In this case, there is a high possibility that the murderer will return to the scene to retrieve this physical evidence..."

With a tense expression, Kogoro said so.

However, at this moment, when Kogoro looked away from the music score and gradually raised his head, with his keen intuition, Kogoro suddenly saw that there was a figure looking towards the side of the room outside the window of this room. while spying--

"Who's where!"

Terrified and courageous, Kogoro yelled out the window...

(End of this chapter)