Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 82 Uncle Mori, Conan says you're the one who let him in!
Tsukikage Island is located in the waters east of Tokyo. It has many islands, and almost all of them are inhabited. For hundreds of years, the residents have made their living by fishing.

With rapid development and improved living standards, Moon Shadow Island has expanded its tourism industry in addition to fishing, thus raising the living standards of fishermen.

This place isn't exactly poor, but it's not exactly wealthy either. At least the current number of visitors isn't enough to support Moonshadow Island in achieving a comfortable standard of living.

Therefore, when Kogoro Mouri heard that the village chief, Tatsuji Kuroiwa, owned a super-large villa, he had some guesses in his mind.

This village chief must have done something shady.

Otherwise, how could the village chief of a mere Moonshadow Island have so much money to build a large villa? I heard that with the garden, it covers nearly an acre. This is an island, after all, and the materials used are even more expensive than on land.

Moreover, judging from the foreman's tone, these villagers clearly had some guesses, but due to the village chief's authority, they could only explain it vaguely or treat it as a joke to tell outsiders.

Natsukawa and Asai Narumi arrived at the entrance of the village office restroom.

Before even entering, Xia Chuan's twitching nose revealed something.

The restroom was divided into men's and women's sections. As soon as Xia Chuan arrived at the door, he smelled a bloody odor. It wasn't very strong, but it was mixed with other smells. If you weren't sensitive to blood, you definitely wouldn't notice it.

"What's wrong?" Asai Narumi stopped in his tracks. As a cross-dresser, he consciously stood at the door, indicating that he couldn't enter the men's restroom.

"It's nothing." Xia Chuan gave him a strange look but didn't say anything, refusing to reveal the other person's true gender.

I wonder if Moonshadow Island has a bathhouse. If it does, this guy probably...
Suddenly, just as Natsukawa lifted his leg to step inside, Conan whizzed past.

The blue figure was incredibly fast; if Xia Chuan hadn't already noticed the other person following him, he would have actually run inside.

"Hey, what are you doing, Conan!"

Xia Chuan firmly grabbed Conan's collar and easily lifted him up. Conan struggled for a long time like a little chick, but couldn't break free.

I hate kids.

Conan sighed, changed his expression, and widened his innocent eyes like copper bells, trying to melt Natsukawa's heart with cuteness.

"Uncle Natsukawa, can I go in and take a look? Uncle Mori sent me here."

"Conan, don't talk nonsense. Uncle Mori clearly didn't ask you to come. You ran over here when Uncle Mori wasn't looking."

Anya stared at Conan with dead fish eyes.

Hehe, at least she finally got a chance.

"Children shouldn't lie. I'll tell Uncle Mori if Conan misbehaves later."

Anya didn't mention Ran because Ran wouldn't build a pagoda on Conan's head; only Uncle Mori would.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Chuan put Conan down on the ground: "You can go in, but don't cause any trouble. There might be the corpse of Chief Kuroiwa inside."

Please, I'm not afraid.

Conan, who had just landed, glared at Anya, not caring whether he would get punched later. Investigating the case was the most important thing right now, and he was very concerned about the situation of Chief Kuroiwa.

His detective instincts told him that the village chief, Kuroiwa, likely knew Keiji Aso.

Combined with the letter sent to the agency, a shadow will disappear during the next full moon on Moonshadow Island.

The disappearance of this shadow likely refers to the murder.

However, the full moon is clearly tomorrow night, so logically, even if Chief Kuroiwa was the murderer's target, the time of death should be tomorrow.

It's probably still early.

Hmph, the shadow has vanished? Let me, the great detective Kudo Washi, stop it!

Conan's mind was racing, but the moment he stepped into the men's restroom, his sense of smell detected something unusual.

There is a smell of blood.

I didn't feel it at the door, but once I came in, the smell of blood became much stronger.

However, after scanning the entire toilet, nothing unusual was found.

strangeness.

Conan turned his gaze to the three closed cubicles.

"Did you find anything?"

As Xia Chuan approached, he looked around and frowned deeply.

The smell of blood was strong, but no dead bodies were seen.

And this is not what we agreed on!

That's not how the script goes.

He remembered this case very clearly. The village chief of Kuroiwa was not the first to die; the first to die should have been the village chief candidate, Hideo Kawashima.

This gets a little tricky.

What exactly went wrong here?

Did someone make a move before Asai Narumi? And what was the reason? Could it be related to Kuroiwa Tatsuji's secret business dealings? Thinking this, Conan pushed open the door to the first cubicle.

No!

The place was spotless, with no trace of anyone having used the toilet.

The second cubicle was pushed open, and it was still empty.

"I'll do it." Xia Chuan pulled Conan aside and opened the door to the third cubicle himself.

As soon as the door opened, a rusty, bloody smell hit you, and a head was propped up on the drain hole of the latrine.

The bald head was covered in blood, and the gaping mouth and wide-open eyes showed the deceased's fear before death.

The entire latrine was soaked in blood, and the strong smell of blood was coming from there.

According to the information provided by Frank, this face belongs to the current village chief of Moonshadow Island, Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

"There were no bodies, only heads."

Conan, with a serious expression, stealthily tried to sneak into the cubicle to check the situation, just as Natsukawa closed the door, trapping Conan's head inside.

Hey, I did it on purpose, let's see if you dare to pull any tricks in front of me again.

"Oh dear! Uncle Xia Chuan, open the door, open the door!"

"You little rascal, you're always causing me trouble."

Natsukawa secretly chuckled and opened the door again, letting Conan examine the body. Then, he walked to the door and gave Asai Narumi several deep looks before speaking, "Please call Mr. Mori in for me. Oh, and while you're at it, find Kuroiwa Tatsuji's family to confirm the identity of the body."

"What happened?"

Asai Narumi peeked into the bathroom, intending to go in, but was immediately stopped by Conan, who peeked out from a toilet stall.

"Sister Chengshi, a murder has occurred here. From now on, no unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter."

"what?"

Asai Narumi was stunned for a moment.

Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. So what right do you, a little kid, have to do this? Just because you have a big head?
Xia Chuan observed the other party's expression throughout. The other party's expression seemed to say, "How is this possible? The person is dead before I even made a move."

That's probably what it means.

This is a bit scary. Could the plot have taken an unpredictable turn because of his arrival?
Conan also suspects Asai Narumi, but her expression is perfectly normal, not at all like a murderer. Could it be that she has the same acting skills as his mother?

However, this does not rule out the other party's suspicion.

He suddenly remembered that when he went to the village office with Uncle Mori and Ran, he seemed to have seen the other person as well.

Later, when I went to find the village chief of Heiyan Village, I ran into her again. It was too much of a coincidence.

Are they following Uncle Mori?
This is very wrong.

However, he had no evidence; it was all just his speculation.

It seems we need to find someone to ask where Dr. Asai went after noon and whether he has an alibi.

Since he is a doctor, there should be nurses at the village clinic, and they should be able to provide some clues.

Anya pulled out a lollipop at some point and put it in her mouth, enjoying the melon.

There's a sense of smugness in thinking, "Everyone else is drunk but I am sober."

"Who gave you the lollipop?" Xia Chuan frowned and pulled the lollipop out of Anya's mouth. "Eating something so sweet will give you cavities, Anya!"

The little cutie was not happy, snorted and turned away. Aunt Joel still had some, so it seemed she couldn't eat sweets in front of her father next time.

Aunt Joel is still the best.

Soon.

Kogoro Mouri came running at full speed.

Following behind were Xiaolan and Yoel, who was holding Anya. Asai Narumi did not come over. After asking, Natsukawa learned that he had gone to inform the village chief's secretary.

Conan continued his investigation of the scene. Since the other party had taken the body, there must have been traces left behind.

Soon, he noticed some bloodstains on the bathroom window. He turned around to warn Kogoro Mouri, but was met with a fist the size of a fist.

boom!
"Kid, don't run around when I'm not looking. Also, don't move around at the scene. If you destroy the evidence, I'll have Inspector Megure send you to jail to pick up the soap."

When Kogoro Mouri entered the room, he saw Conan looking around furtively, as if he were treating the crime scene like a playground, which made him very angry.

"Xiao Lan, keep an eye on him, don't let him appear in front of me."

"Uncle Mori, Conan said that you let him in, which made my father believe it and let him wander around inside for a long time."

Anya pointed at Conan with a serious face and shouted loudly as if afraid that others wouldn't hear her.

(End of this chapter)