Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 410 A new beauty has appeared, how can we stand still? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

"Oppose the hegemony of the current village chief!"

"The current village chief is not allowed to be tyrannical!"

"The current village chief is not allowed to be tyrannical!"

“We want to bring down privilege!”

“We want to bring down privilege!”

“Give us back our farmland!”

“Don’t pollute the fishery!”

As soon as they arrived at the community center, Kogoro Maori and others saw many wreaths outside, and some villagers were holding signs and banners and "revolting" in front of the community center, loudly protesting against the tyranny of the current village chief.

"Hey, it seems that the current village chief, Mr. Kuroiwa, is really unpopular!"

Looking at such a big scene, Kogoro Mori was also shocked.

This must have been unappreciated by the residents for something like this to happen!
Could it be that the current village chief is a very cruel and unpopular guy?

Is it really okay for them to go find someone like this?

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, "Uncle Maori, this kind of thing is not something that a group of outsiders like us can get involved in. Rather than this, let's go find the village chief to learn about Aso Keiji's situation first!"

Maori Kogoro nodded heavily, "Yes!"

To be honest, he agreed with Bai Ye's words.

Because he had encountered this kind of thing before when he was a policeman.

However, every time I tried to persuade them, the effect was not very good. Not only did I fail to gain the trust and recognition of the parties involved, but I was also criticized and scolded by both parties.

After all, it is difficult for an upright official to interrupt household affairs.

Not to mention, to those people, they were just a group of outsiders.

In other words, as an outsider, it is best not to get involved in matters like this. Otherwise, once you get involved, it is likely that you will end up with nothing good and end up getting yourself into trouble!

Thinking of this, he was too lazy to care about the protesting villagers and led everyone directly into the community center...

At the same time, on the second floor of the Civic Center.

Looking at the group of villagers holding various banners downstairs and listening to their voices of protest, a fat, short, and fleshy man standing by the window looked unhappy.

His name is Kuroiwa Tatsuji, and he is the current village chief of Tsukikage Island.

"Really? The funeral for the former village chief should be held tonight! What a rude bunch!"

Although as the head of the village, he has privileges and treatment that others do not have, Kuroiwa Tatsuji is not in a very good mood recently, but rather in a particularly bad mood.

Because the election for a new village chief is about to begin, and as the current village chief, his support rate has plummeted, it is terrible, and even the villagers on the island gathered in front of the government office to protest against him.

If he could be in a good mood after encountering such a thing, then that would be a miracle!

Especially when he thought of his opponent, Kawashima Hideo, who was relying on his rich money to buy people's hearts and minds, making his support rate higher and higher, and his ugly and smug face, Kuroiwa Tatsuji became more and more angry!
"These guys are so noisy!"

Hearing his words, a beautiful woman next to him with light brown hair, wearing a necklace, a black mourning suit and black stockings, also frowned in displeasure.

Her name is Kuroiwa Reiko, and she is the only daughter of the Kuroiwa family.

When she got to this point, she stood up, clenched her fists, and yelled at a middle-aged man wearing glasses, "Hirata, what are you doing? Go tell those guys outside to shut up!"

The village chief's secretary, Hirata Kazuaki, bowed quickly, "Yes, yes, young lady!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and walked outside...

The people outside were still shouting.

“Give us back our farmland!”

“Don’t pollute the fishery!”

"Hey, is there any problem?"

After Hirata and Ming left, a tall and thin man wearing a knitted hat and black sunglasses walked into the room calmly with his hands in his trouser pockets.

"What are you talking about, Monday."

Reiko Kuroiwa turned her head and looked at the tall and thin man, her fiancé, Murasawa Shuichi.

Murasawa Shuichi smiled and said to Kuroiwa Reiko, "I heard that your father has little chance of winning the village chief election this time, right?"

"That's right. All in all, I seem to be the one who has the most support from the villagers."

Hideo Kawashima, dressed in a suit and tie, walked over and attacked Kuroiwa Tatsuji, successfully receiving the other party's disdainful look.

He is the largest wealthy man in the village and also the most threatening opponent of Kuroiwa Tatsuji in this election for village chief.

With a displeased sigh, Kuroiwa Tatsuji approached Kawashima Hideo, who still had a gloating expression on his face, and said something veiled: "Humph, that's because you use money in a very clever way."

If it wasn't for someone who used a lot of money to buy people's hearts and increase his own support rate, how could the other party be qualified to compete with him for the position of village chief?
What an international joke!
Kawashima Hideo was not afraid at all, instead he mocked Kuroiwa Tatsuji and said, "I learned from you."

Kuroiwa Tatsuji's face darkened, "You..."

For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene was extremely tense and a fight could break out at any time.

At this moment, Hirata Kazuaki, who had left earlier, ran in in a panic, breaking the tense atmosphere in the house: "Um, someone outside wants to meet with the village chief."

Kuroiwa Tatsuji frowned, his face becoming more and more unhappy, "Who is it at this time?"

"Yes, it's a detective from Tokyo."

Hearing this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji was startled and horrified, "What? Detective!"

Others were also very surprised, "Detective?"

……

After squeezing through the crowd and walking into the community center, Kogoro Maori was just about to ask others where the village chief was. As luck would have it, at this moment, a man in his thirties or forties wearing glasses just walked out.

"Hello……"

Seeing the figure of the man with glasses, Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up and he went straight to him, "I'm Maori Kogoro, a detective from Tokyo."

"Detective?" Hearing Maori Kogoro's self-introduction, the man with glasses was stunned for a moment, then nodded politely at him, "Hello, I am Hirata Kazuaki, the secretary of Kuroiwa Village Chief. Detective Maori, what brings you here for?"

"It's like this..." Maori Kogoro said his purpose without hesitation, and at the same time he wanted to test the man in front of him to see if he knew about the existence of Aso Keiji. After all, the other party is the secretary of the current village chief, and he might know some information that others don't know.

"I was commissioned by Mr. Keiji Aso from the island to investigate an old case."

"Who?"

Hirata Kazuaki's eyes widened immediately, with shock and disbelief written all over his face. "Who did you say commissioned you?"

Aso Keiji? Did he hear a name he shouldn't have heard? Or was it because he was too busy and tired at work recently and he accidentally heard it wrong?
"Aso Keiji." After taking a deep look at Hirata Kazuaki, Maori Kogoro repeated the name of his client, "That's what the letter of commission we received said. He is Aso Keiji from Tsukikage Island."

Very good, it seems his temptation was right.

Because the reaction of the man with glasses in front of him showed one thing, that is, the other party really knew about the existence of Keiji Aso.

They just don't know whether the other person is like the director they just met, who only knows Keiji Aso's name and story, or whether he knows more hidden secrets.

"Impossible... It's absolutely impossible that it was you who was commissioned by Keiji Aso!" Hirata Kazuaki kept shaking his head, "Because, the Mr. Keiji Aso you mentioned died more than ten years ago."

How can you entrust someone who has been dead for many years to others?
It can't be a fake corpse, right?
Or is it that the person on the island is trying to stir up trouble by using Keiji Aso's name?
"I know. I just heard about this from other residents on the island."

Maori Kogoro nodded, then changed the subject, "However, the commission fee for the case has already been transferred into my account. As a great detective, I can't just leave without doing anything, right?"

When he said this, Maori Kogoro paused, with a righteous look on his face, as if he was a person who attached great importance to his professional ethics. "This is not only irresponsible to the client, but also violates my professional ethics. So, if possible, I want to meet your village chief to see if he knows more. Sorry for the trouble."

"Uh..." Hirata Kazuaki hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, wait a moment, I'll go right away."

Kogoro Mori has said so much, and it would be really inhumane if he disagrees.

Besides, it’s just a matter of notifying the chief of Heiyan Village, which doesn’t take much effort.

Thinking of this, Hirata Kazuaki pointed to the room beside him and said, "Well, Mr. Maori, please wait here for a moment. I will go and inform the village chief Kuroiwa."

Maori Kogoro nodded, "Okay."

……

"Really? How long are we going to have to wait?"

As he put out another burnt cigarette in the ashtray, Kogoro Mori's face was full of impatience.

It's just a report, does it take a long time?

As a result, they waited for the village chief of Heiyan for a long time, but never saw him.

They all suspected that Hirata and Ming had forgotten about this matter and did not inform the village chief Kuroiwa at all!

Or maybe the other party had no intention of notifying the chief of Heiyan Village and was just playing a trick on them.

"Hey, where's Conan?"

Looking around, Mao Lilan suddenly found that Conan was lost again.

Fortunately, Conan didn't go too far this time, and she soon found him.

"Conan, you're here. How many times have I told you? Don't run around when you're outside."

After seeing Conan push open the door of a room, Mao Lilan hurried over.

"Conan, you can't just go in there casually."

Seeing this, Bai Ye and Maori Kogoro looked at each other and followed over.

"What's wrong? This room is really big!"

After entering the room, Kogoro Mouri looked around the room, then walked to the window and saw the beach and the sea.

It turns out that there is the sea behind the community center.

"Is the sea behind the mansion?"

"Why is this piano so dirty?"

Mao Lilan walked to the only piano in the room, but saw that the piano was very dirty and covered with black dirt, obviously it had not been used for a long time.

Conan said, "It only needs a little tidying up!"

"No, no, don't touch it!"

Just as Mao Lilan was about to open the piano lid, Hirata Kazuaki, who had left earlier, walked in. When he saw Mao Lilan was actually going to touch the piano, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he showed great panic, "That piano is the one that Mr. Aso played at the concert on the day of his death - it's a cursed piano!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Mao Lilan's hand, which was about to open the piano lid, stopped.

You know, what she fears most is things related to ghosts.

"No way, how could this be cursed?"

However, Kogoro Mori looked unconvinced.

What a joke, how could there be such a thing as a curse in this world!

Moreover, you have to know that Keiji Aso chose to set himself on fire when he returned to his own home after the concert. What does it have to do with this piano!
Even if there really is such a curse, it has nothing to do with this piano!

Bai Ye stared at the piano with a deep look in his eyes.

Although this piano is indeed not cursed, there is a mystery inside the piano keys, as there is a large amount of white powder inside the keys.

Seeing that Maori Kogoro was unconvinced, Hirata Kazuaki had to tell him some real events in an attempt to convince him that there was really a curse on the piano. "It's not just Mr. Aso. The same thing happened to the previous village chief."

Maori Kogoro was slightly stunned. "So, this is Mr. Kameyama Isamu who is going to perform the ritual today?"

After hearing what Hirata Kazuaki said, Kogoro Mori couldn't help but recall what the beautiful female doctor named Asakawa Narimi said when he asked for directions.

"Yes……"

Hirata Kazuaki replied in a deep voice, then lowered his head slightly and lost himself in memories.

“That happened two years ago.”

Kazuaki Hirata told Kogoro Mori and others everything he knew about the death of the former village chief, Mr. Kameyama.

"It was a full-moon night. I happened to be passing by this place. There should have been no one in the community center, but I heard someone playing the piano. When I opened my mouth to confirm if anyone was there, the sound stopped immediately."

"When I walked in, Mr. Kameyama was dead on the piano. The cause of death was a heart attack. And the song he was playing until his death was the moonlight sonata that Mr. Aso kept playing in the flames."

Looking at the cursed piano placed in the middle of the house, Hirata Kazuaki sighed, "From now on, this piano will be called the cursed piano without anyone noticing..."

(End of this chapter)