People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 42 Two Invitation Letters
————April 15, 5:30 p.m.————

Kogoro Mori and others set out from the reception center and found the community center.

Unexpectedly, I saw a familiar figure.

Asai Narumi, the female doctor whom I met before in the TV murder case.

Kogoro Mori had a deep impression of her.

After all, not everyone can give Takagi a chance to shine.

"It's Dr. Asai. I'll go say hello to her. Ran, take Conan with you and don't wander around."

When Kogoro Maori thought of this, he suddenly decided to go over and say hello.

But just as he was about to go over, he saw another person standing next to Asai Narimi.

Is it a man? Is it a woman? It's hard to say.

At least from a distance, in Conan's eyes, he felt very similar to Asai Narimi.

Is he also a man dressed as a woman? No... not really...

"Dad, Dr. Asai is talking to someone else. Let's not go over and disturb her."

Mao Li Ran grabbed Mao Li Kogoro and spoke softly.

Kogoro Mori scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Yeah, that's right. Let's go find the current village chief and ask about the situation here."

"They should know something about Aso Keiji."

(Do you know anything about Aso Keiji? Of course you know...)
(After all, they were the ones who killed Keiji Aso.)
Conan reached out and pushed up his glasses.

Before setting out for Yueying Island, Xiang Yuanguang told him the truth of the whole case.

Twelve years ago, Kawashima Hideo, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Nishimoto Ken, and Kameyama Isamu tried to force Keiji Aso to sell heroin but failed. In order to prevent the secret from being leaked, they killed Keiji Aso and burned down his house. They also falsely accused Keiji of killing his wife and daughter and then set himself on fire, causing their reputation to be damaged to this day.

Three years ago, a detective who was traveling nearby found out from clues that Kameyama Isamu was selling heroin and reported it to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, which led to the arrest of Kameyama Isamu. The far-reaching drug smuggling and trafficking case thus occurred.

And now, Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa are still engaged in the business of selling heroin. He only needs to find relevant evidence and stop Narimi Asai from killing people to ensure that these guys are brought to trial.

(Compared to the previous reasoning and cases, this one seems a bit boring.)
(However, when it comes to matters of human life, an open-book exam is always better than a closed-book exam.)
(It’s just that I don’t know why Xiang Yuan knows so many things.)
"…What! Detective? Another one?"

There was a hint of surprise in Kuroiwa Tatsuji's eyes, and he exclaimed.

"What do you mean another one? Were there other detectives before me?"

"Ha, let me tell you, I am the famous detective Maori Kogoro from Tokyo."

"He is a famous detective who is not only famous in the Tokyo area, but also famous throughout the country."

Uncle Maori is bragging about himself in front of Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

And Xiaolan didn't pay any attention to this side.

Conan glanced around and finally locked onto a room next door.

crunch————

When I pushed the door open, I saw the piano that Xiang Yuanguang mentioned.

But there was not only the piano, but also the girl who had chatted with Asai Narumi before was standing next to the piano.

"Oh? It seems that I am not the only one who found this place."

She pulled her sunglasses down in surprise.

Then, he turned off the music on his Walkman.

Conan noticed that the other person's shoulders were broad enough for a woman and that he had earrings in his ears.

As expected, she is a female, but I don't know why she uses a masculine self-reference.

"You feel like there's something wrong here, right?"

"There's such a large space, but there's only one piano. Most importantly, the piano is covered in dust, but the keys have been tuned."

The girl said lightly, she glanced at the sea outside and smiled.

"If I play the piano here at night, I can see the bright moonlight outside."

"I am somewhat ..."

"What are you doing here!? Come out quickly, this is a cursed piano!" A strange voice sounded at the door.

Conan and the girl turned to look at the door at the same time, only to see an uncle who could hardly hide his panic pushing the door open.

"This is the cursed piano that Keiji Aso once played."

"President Kuroiwa said that this is very dangerous, so no one else is allowed to get close!"

(Danger? Piano… curse? Oh, this is getting interesting.)
The girl pulled up her sunglasses, patted Conan on the head, put her hands in her pockets, and walked out calmly.

It was as if she was not the one who had just touched the piano without the owner's permission.

Conan was kicked out before he had time to check anything, and he was a little unhappy.

As soon as they reached the corridor, Conan asked in that innocent tone.

"Oh my, that's weird. Why would onee-chan go to see the piano alone?"

"Isn't this very rude?"

"Pfft————"

The girl couldn't help laughing and she waved.

"Little friend, didn't you go in without permission just like the servant?"

"You are not polite in this regard either."

"If you do this again next time, I will tell your parents, right?"

(Ugh...how childish.)
Conan's face fell.

At this time, Xiaolan and Uncle Maori also came over, and Dr. Asai followed Xiaolan and the others.

When Dr. Asai saw the girl next to Conan, he was obviously surprised, but he concealed it.

But for Conan and the others, this was still within the range that they could see at a glance.

"Ms. Yueshui...why are you here?"

"Let's investigate the invitation letter after we attend the third anniversary of the succession ceremony of Village Chief Kameyama Isamu. Everyone is in the auditorium now, so it may be difficult to find any clues..."

Asai Narimi said this embarrassedly.

And Conan captured the information.

(Miss Yueshui? Uh, never heard of her.)
(But the invitation letter that Asai Narimi mentioned... could it be the one that Minako asked me to make?)

(But I only wrote one letter, so how come there is another one? Someone else wrote a letter and sent it out?)

Tick, tick, tick.

Conan took small steps to Kogoro Mouri, pulled at the corner of Mouri's clothes and reminded him.

"Uncle Maori, do we have an invitation as well?"

"Will it be the same as this big sister's?"

"Invitation letter...? Oh, yes, Dr. Asai, I wanted you to help me take a look at the situation."

Uncle Maori slapped his forehead and remembered.

He showed his invitation to Dr. Asai and Miss Koshimizu.

Dr. Asai was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Miss Yueshui smiled and took out another invitation from her pocket.

The contents above are exactly the same, and are all made up of sentences cut out of newspaper words.

"It seems that we were invited by the same person."

Miss Yueshui pushed up her sunglasses which had slipped down, her eyes gleaming with interest.

(Is that so?)

There was a hint of confusion in Dr. Asai's eyes.

(Could it be that I really remembered it wrong? I actually wrote two letters and sent them both?)

(End of this chapter)