Ke Xue Bartender

Chapter 211 Black Hand
"Moon Shadow Island Serial Murder Case"

Recently, a horrific murder occurred on Yueying Island. The village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji and two innocent villagers died tragically, and the whereabouts of the murderer is unknown...

"Cursed Piano"

...Twelve years ago, on a full-moon night, the famous pianist Keiji Aso locked his entire family in the house, lit a fire, killed his wife and daughter with his own hands, and then repeatedly played the same piece of music in the blazing fire, Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"...

…Two years ago, on another full moon night, the former village chief of Yueying Island, Guishan Yong, died in the community activity center. According to the testimony of the first person to discover the scene, he was passing by the community activity center when he suddenly heard bursts of piano music coming from the empty activity center. That’s right, it was Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” again!
When the witnesses walked into the activity center, they found that the village chief Kameyama was lying on the piano, already dead. That piano was the one that Keiji Aso used in his last performance twelve years ago.

Later, according to forensic identification, it was determined that the village chief of Guishan died of a sudden heart attack. Perhaps he saw something before his death and was frightened, which led to the heart attack.

Since then, rumors of a cursed piano have spread on Tsukikage Island. The islanders believe that the ghost of Keiji Aso is attached to the piano and anyone who touches it will suffer misfortune.

This serial murder case is also related to that piano.

The first victim died next to the piano, accompanied by the first movement of "Moonlight Sonata", and there was a music score written in blood at the scene.

The second victim died in the radio room, where the second chapter of "Moonlight Sonata" was playing, and there was also bloody music score at the scene.

The third victim was suspected to have committed suicide by hanging himself out of fear of punishment. A confession written in the form of musical score was left at the scene, which mentioned the third chapter of "Moonlight Sonata", which is also the final chapter.

The villagers speculated that it was Keiji Aso's ghost that was causing trouble.

Currently, the piano left by Keiji Aso has been taken control by the police...

"The truth behind the Moon Shadow Island incident! It involves the trade of contraband items"

…The police discovered a secret compartment inside the rumored “cursed piano,” which contained heroin.

The police used this as a clue and conducted a full investigation, and finally identified the suspect, the village chief's secretary Hirata X (pseudonym).

According to Hirata X (pseudonym), heroin smuggling had been going on on the island, and the three deceased were all suspected of smuggling contraband.

Hirata X (pseudonym) confessed to his involvement in the criminal activity of smuggling contraband, but denied that he had committed murder.

The police said that they will do their best to find out the truth. Please do not believe in rumors or spread them. Trust the police, trust science, cherish life, and stay away from drugs...

……

Lin Ye put down the newspaper and breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been following the developments on Moon Shadow Island these past few days and had not seen any reports about the fire.

It was just after 7 p.m.

The three members of the Maori Detective Agency come to the bar.

Seeing the three people entering the store, Lin Ye smiled and said, "Mr. Mao Li, you are back."

Kogoro Mouri looked a bit listless. He nodded sullenly, sat down at the bar, ordered a beer, and after taking a few big sips, he suddenly slapped the bar.

"I am so angry. The murderer deliberately lured me to the island and then committed crimes in front of me. It was simply humiliating me."

No, Mr. Maori, she hopes you can stop her.

But now it seems that Miss Chengshi has won.

Conan was sitting next to them, and his face also didn't look too good.

[How dare you kill three people in front of me? Damn it! ]

Conan, no, it should be said Kudo Shinichi, has solved every case since his debut, but this time, he failed to find the murderer.

Moreover, the murderer killed three people in front of him and did not take him seriously at all.

This was undoubtedly a great humiliation for him.

The anger in his heart was no less than that of Kogoro Mori, and was even stronger.

This was the second setback he encountered in his detective career.

The last time was when he was hit on the head by Gin and then turned into Conan.

That time, he thought he was just careless for a moment, and if he had been more careful, maybe he could have avoided the blow.

However, this time, he was disguised as a child and was in the dark, but he still failed to stop the murderer from committing the crime. The murderer was well prepared and had obviously planned it in advance.

Even the aftermath work was done perfectly.

He lost this duel.

[It would be great if we could find the last sheet music left by Keiji Aso]

[There may be important clues above]

[Unfortunately, the murderer took the music score away in advance]

Conan was very unwilling.

While investigating on the island, he learned the truth about the incident twelve years ago.

That incident was not at all as described in the rumors.

It was not the crazy Keiji Aso who killed Aso's family, but his four good friends.

The four men took advantage of Keiji Aso's performance abroad to hide the contraband in his piano and transport it back to the country.

Later, Keiji Aso wanted to withdraw from this dirty deal, but the four men were worried that he would leak the news, so they brutally killed his family.

The three people who died in this incident were three of the four, and the other one died two years ago.

He also found out that Keiji Aso had a younger son who escaped the disaster because he was hospitalized in Tokyo due to illness.

After learning this, he immediately confirmed that this was a revenge for the incident that year.

The murderer is most likely Keiji Aso's missing youngest son.

[The police went to the hospital to investigate, but found that the person's file had been lost]

[I’m afraid this case will become an unsolved case…]

[Damn it, I always feel like there is an invisible black hand behind this incident controlling everything. It feels so bad...]

Lin Ye smiled slightly.

Of course, Conan, you have more than one opponent...

Xiaolan sat between Conan and Maori Kogoro, looked at their faces, and comforted them:
"Okay, Conan, Dad, the two of you should stop being angry. Even if you are angry, the murderer will not jump out on his own initiative."

Ding, ding-dong.

At this time, the bell at the door of the bar rang.

A tall figure walked into the store.

It was Asai Narimi.

Lin Ye looked at Miss Chengshi who entered the store, then looked at Xiaolan, as well as Maori and Conan who looked depressed, his expression a little subtle.

Hey, Xiaolan is really good at talking.

The murderer is here.

Lin Ye felt relieved when he saw Asai Narimi appear in the store.

In Lin Ye's eyes, Miss Cheng Shi is not a murderer but an avenger.

Her behavior is completely reasonable!
"Mr. Maori, you are here too."

Asai Narumi came to the bar and greeted the three people with a smile.

"Oh, it's Dr. Chengshi. You're back to Tokyo too." Xiaolan responded with a smile.

Asai Narimi sat down next to Conan, and seeing the listless Maori Kogoro and Conan, he said silently in his heart:

[I’m sorry, Mr. Maori, and the little detective…]

(End of this chapter)