During the conversation last night, Winnet was lucky enough to learn that there was a foreigner on the ship carrying Conan and the others. She thought that this was the person who was chasing Renata. They believed that the target was injured, so they began to relax their vigilance. They searched for the target in the town. She estimated that the other party had confirmed her location on her way to and from the community center.

Hair color, subtle height difference, European features, these are all factors that cause the opponent to misjudge. And Renata uses her disguise to change all obvious features, and the pursuer's target will shift to her.

Winnett returned to the clinic and felt something was wrong when she entered the door. The furnishings in the clinic had changed. The killer's professional ethics made her extremely sensitive to the environment. Every time she arrived at a new place, the first thing she did was to check every corner and remember the placement of the furnishings and things. This habit helped her make judgments based on extremely subtle factors.

"Didn't you go in?"

Or, do you not want to be alerted or witnessed killing innocent people?

In Winnet's impression, the intelligence organization is not an easy target to deal with. In the early years, executing targets was commonplace for them, which was much more decisive than the organization.

Perhaps peace has made them weak, or perhaps it is the characteristics of the world. Winette was not surprised. She came to the room behind the clinic where Dr. Cheng Shi usually lived and knocked on the door according to the agreed code. After two or three seconds, Renata opened the door. Renata wanted to hug Winette, but the latter was not very romantic.

"Time is urgent." Winette did not give any extra explanations, and directly took out the makeup tools from her luggage. This time, she only needed to do a little bit of hair treatment, and for the rest, she would use herself as a reference template to dress up Renata.

Due to the two people's similar blood and external features, the makeup process went smoothly. Although some differences can be seen in more detailed places, Winnet has always worn loose clothes. It is difficult for people who communicate with her to have a specific concept of her figure - she never wears slim clothes.

Renata stared at herself in the mirror with her eyes wide open, filled with extremely complicated emotions. She couldn't practice getting along with her sister in front of the mirror. She asked with mixed emotions: "I don't know you well enough now, and I'm not sure if I can successfully play this role. According to you, that person is a famous detective from this country. Can we really hide it?"

Maori Kogoro? His level seemed very mediocre to Winnet, at least before he fell asleep. But she had never seen him after he fell asleep. Maybe he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, just like Popeye after eating spinach.

"It doesn't matter, because you don't know me at all, just like them." Winnet looked at Renata in the mirror and felt that there was no obvious problem. She took out a note that wrote what happened on Moon Shadow Island. The plan was discussed in advance. She didn't think that Renata, who had been a spy, would stumble like a student who was forced to give a speech on stage.

"Okay, be careful." Renata grabbed Winnet's arm and said.

But her hand was quickly pulled free. Although Winnet's attitude was somewhat relaxed, Renata could still feel the alienation in the contact. Garna, the member of the organization who could survive in danger, was at a loss as to what to do with her blood relatives. If she didn't take the initiative, wouldn't it be like this for the rest of her life? Renata decided to play Winnet well, strive to get her approval, and then gradually repair the relationship between the two.

Winnett asked Renata to go out under her identity and go to the village police station to be questioned by the police.

At this time, Winnet was dressed as a rough man. From what Xiaolan and Conan heard, the other party was a big man with a music box on his back. Winnet was sure that there was a gun in it, but she didn't know when the other party would be ready to attack.

If you are confident in your shooting ability and want to be safe, the possibility of taking action directly on the island is very low.

Due to the presence of the police, once a sniper rifle was used to kill someone, the entire island would be blocked. As an outsider, the foreign man was the primary suspect. I'm afraid the other party did not expect that there would be many police officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on this small island.

"Just use it for now."

Winnett imagined dressing up as a man of similar physique, stuffed her clothes and cloak, and checked the guns to a certain extent. Then, she began to wait for dark.

……

Renata pretended to be Winette and came to the village office. The clock was close to six o'clock. When she arrived, she saw Cheng Shi and the girl and child from the detective trio sitting together in front of the waiting table not far from the entrance, stretching lazily and yawning.

Mao Lilan greeted Winnet after seeing her: "Ms. Winnet, I feel that you are in high spirits."

Renata tried to be graceful, she smiled and replied: "Well, because I sleep very efficiently, but I think I have a cold."

"Are you okay?" Cheng Shi came to her side and gently touched her forehead. "Yeah, you don't have a fever."

Conan rubbed his face, but didn't think anything was wrong. To be honest, no matter how healthy a person is, sleeping on a floor like that would make him sick - that kind of place is not suitable for sleeping at all.

"Well, I've been back to the clinic. I took some medicine myself. Doctor Cheng Shi, you won't mind, right?"

"Haha, of course."

At this time, Maori Kogoro came over. Maori Ran saw Kogoro and thought that there must be some progress, so she asked, "Dad, how is it, do you know who the criminal is?"

"Don't be silly. There are 38 people who came to attend the ritual. It's impossible to end it so easily." Kogoro was worrying about how to find the murderer. Judging from the current situation, there is no way to lock the suspect within a certain range. During this period, this dangerous murderer may strike again as Conan said. He felt very distressed. Moreover, he didn't know what the hidden message in the music score was. It was really uncomfortable to be looked at by Inspector Megure's expectant eyes.

"Um, what's our order?" Cheng Shi pointed his index finger at himself. His face was still sleepy and his eyes seemed a little closed.

Kogoro came over with an embarrassed look and said to Cheng Shi with an apologetic look: "Yes, although I know you are really tired, but you are at the end of the line. Miss Winnet doesn't need to join, because you were talking to us at the door when the incident happened."

"Well, I'll go wash my face before the interrogation." Cheng Shi covered his cheeks, placed his hands flat on his waist, and walked away at a duck-like pace, while Renata waited there.

Conan continued his previous question and asked, "By the way, how many people are left to be interrogated?"

"Including Dr. Narimi, there are six people there, including the village chief's daughter, Kuroiwa Reiko, her fiancé Murasawa Shuichi, candidate Shimizu Masato, the village chief's secretary Hirata Kazuaki, and Nishimoto Ken who is currently being interrogated. But Nishimoto Ken is a time-consuming guy. He keeps hesitating no matter what you ask him. My intuition tells me that this person is most likely the culprit."

The interrogation was still going on, and they had no choice but to wait. Nishimoto Ken could not get any information out of the interrogation, so he had to switch to Miss Kuroiwa Reiko, but she was dissatisfied with the police officer's questioning method and continued to protest and shout, causing the interrogation time to be extended again. It was already dusk.

Conan stared at the hall.

The interrogation of Nishimoto Ken has ended, but he did not leave the village office. Instead, he kept looking at his watch, as if he was waiting for someone. This made Conan very concerned. The next second, Nishimoto Ken left his original position and walked towards the inside of the building. Conan subconsciously wanted to follow him, and he said to Xiaolan: "I'm going to the bathroom!"

After escaping from the toilet, he chased after Nishimoto Ken and came to the men's toilet, where Murasawa Shuichi happened to come out. He opened the toilet door and saw only the figure of Shimizu Masato inside.

"Strange, didn't Mr. Nishimoto come in just now?" Conan asked after reopening the door.

"No."

Oops, it's the stairs.

Conan ran up the stairs quickly, and as soon as he turned the corner, he heard the Moonlight Sonata.

At this moment, the people downstairs also heard the music.

"This is... Moonlight Sonata, which chapter is it?" Xiaolan wondered.

Megure, who was interrogating the case, was also shocked: "Where did the music come from?"

Rushing to the end of the stairs, Conan saw a panicked Nishimoto Ken sitting on the floor, pointing at the situation in the studio, stammering and unable to say anything, just pointing his finger at the studio. Conan looked at the spot he was pointing at, and on the studio floor, the village chief Kuroiwa was lying with a sharp black knife stuck behind him.

What? Is the murderer still staying in the village center? Conan was extremely shocked. This situation means that the murderer is very confident that he will not be caught, and there is a high probability that he is one of the people who are still staying in the village center.

Who is it? ?

While Conan was thinking, the people downstairs also ran up and saw a huge amount of blood. Miss Lingzi, the daughter of the Kuroiwa village chief, shouted "Dad" and wanted to rush in, but was stopped by Megure.

"Ms. Lingzi, you can't go in there." Megure turned to the police officer and said, "Hurry and call the forensic personnel and the coroner."

"Officer, the coroner has gone to Tokyo in the evening for Mr. Kawashima's autopsy."

"What! Damn it, at this time..."

Cheng Shi volunteered: "Excuse me, if I may..."

Megure nodded slightly, and he turned back to Kogoro and said, "However, this will filter out a lot of suspects."

After the police arrived, all the entrances and exits were guarded by police. Conan was pounding on the wall, he had no idea what to do.

Who is it? Who is the criminal?

Officer Megure asked the rest of the people to wait on the first floor, and led the forensic personnel to start searching for evidence at the scene. Cheng Shi helped with the autopsy and came to the body of Kuroiwa Village Chief.

"I think the victim was killed within 15 to 30 minutes of being found."

Megure took out the tape from the studio and nodded, "Indeed. There is about fifteen minutes of blank space at the beginning of this tape."

Megure was very troubled by this result, because during the interrogation, everyone was moving around frequently, including Village Chief Kuroiwa and others, who also went to the toilet or the room at the end of the second floor.

"Inspector Megure, we found something strange under the victim's chair." The loud voice of the forensic officer sounded, and Megure and Kogoro walked over quickly. What caught their eyes was a piece of music written in blood. "What, a piece of music?" Megure called another forensic officer to take a picture. Kogoro speculated, "Could it be that this is also the victim's last words?"

Conan, who was determined to find the murderer, entered serious mode. He squatted beside the body with a pen and a notebook, denying Kogoro's statement. "No, that's not it," Conan's voice attracted the attention of the two. "If there was still time and energy to do this, I would have gone outside to ask for help. So, these should be the things left by the murderer."

As soon as he finished speaking, the iron hammer of punishment from above fell on his head - Kogoro hit Conan on the back of his head.

Conan fell forward and lay on the sheet music on the floor. Maori Kogoro hurriedly picked up Conan: "Idiot, don't touch the important evidence, damn it!"

The three checked the music on the ground and found that it had not changed, and they breathed a sigh of relief. "You little devil, you are always making trouble," Kogoro pointed at Conan's nose, "Get out!"

Conan smacked his lips.

After the investigation came to an end, Inspector Megure gathered everyone in the lobby on the first floor and announced: "After the victim was killed, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was played. Judging from these methods, I think the murderer of Mr. Kawashima and Mr. Kuroiwa is the same person. Moreover, judging from the time of the murder, Mr. Kuroiwa was killed ten minutes before he was found, which was around 6:20. At that time, everyone in the community center is a suspect. And these people, in addition to Mr. Maori and his friends, include Mr. Nishimoto Ken, who was the first to discover the body, Dr. Asai Narimi, who just performed the autopsy for us, Mr. Hirata Kazuaki, the secretary of the village chief, Mr. Kuroiwa Reiko, the daughter of the village chief, and her fiancé Mr. Muranori Shuichi, and Mr. Shimizu Masato, the candidate for the village chief election."

"Wait a minute, why have I become a suspect too? Are you kidding? I've been interrogating you since 6:20!" Kuroiwa Reiko roared.

"Indeed, it is very unlikely that you would commit a crime."

"Then it's the same for Dr. Chengshi!" Mao Lilan interrupted, "Because we have been together since six o'clock."

Megure put his thumb on his chin and nodded. "Well, I heard from other people that Dr. Cheng Shi did not leave the scene during the ritual. She also sprained her ankle while burning incense. So there are only four suspects left."

Hirata Kazuaki also came up to him to explain: "Officer, I have also been on this floor since six o'clock."

"So you have any witnesses?"

"You all know that I have been here since six o'clock!" Hirata Kazuaki only received a cold response.

"Well, Mr. Nishimoto. Although you were the first person to discover Mr. Kuroiwa's body, why were you going to such a place? It's suspicious." Megure ignored Hirata Kazuaki's request, walked up to Nishimoto Ken and questioned him.

"It was Kuroiwa who asked me to come over!" Nishimoto Ken shouted and explained.

"Humph!" Kogoro approached Nishimoto and said in a suspicious tone, "He asked you to come over, so go and kill him."

"No!" Kuroiwa Reiko stood up to refute, "It's Shimizu! The candidate for village chief. If my father and Kawashima were not there, then the position of village chief would have become Mr. Shimizu's."

Several people started arguing.

Conan ignored all this and checked the music score he had drawn on his notebook. There was a music score drawn in blood for the second murder, so Conan was sure that the music score for the first murder also contained some information.

Xiaolan saw that he was concentrating and asked curiously, "Conan, what are you looking at?"

"I was looking at the music score left by the murderer at the crime scene. I think that must be the secret code left by the murderer. This sharp and flat sign may have some connection."

Xiaolan leaned over to look and smiled. In her opinion, Conan was really very smart, and the code was just like a game to him.

"Let me see... In the case of a piano, it means the black keyboard."

"keyboard……"

Yup!

"See... next one is you." Conan suddenly read out loud.

He looked up at Xiaolan and explained, "This code is very simple if you understand the pattern. Start from the left side of the piano keyboard and put the English letters in order. Then write the message you want to convey on the music score in the form of pinyin. Based on this clue, reading the music score at the scene where Mr. Kawashima was killed, it becomes 'Do you understand? You are next.'"

"You are amazing, Conan!" Xiaolan was impressed by Conan's intelligence. He is also very similar to Shinichi when he was a child, but he is not as cocky as him.

"Then, what about the music score that was written in blood just now?" Kogoro asked.

"Well..." Conan opened his notebook, found the copied music score, and said slowly, "The resentment of the fire of karma will be eliminated here."

Everyone present was shocked. Hirata Kazuaki muttered to himself, "The hatred of the fire of karma, could it be..."

"The pianist who committed suicide twelve years ago..." added Kuroiwa Reiko.

After hearing this, Nishimoto Ken opened his mouth wide, revealing an expression that was almost broken. His lips trembled: "It's that guy! Aso Keiji is still alive!"

"He is indeed dead," said the old police officer who pushed the door open and walked in. "The bones and teeth found at the scene of the fire have been compared and it is definitely a member of their family. Everything was destroyed at the time, except for the sheet music that was kept in the fireproof safe."

"Music!"

Mao Li immediately pointed at the old police officer and asked, "Where are those sheet music now?"

"It's in the warehouse of the Civic Center, but the warehouse is inside the police station."

"Why don't you go and get it quickly? Go!" Inspector Megure roared.

"Yes!" The old policeman ran out.

Conan quickly caught up with him. He was very interested in what happened twelve years ago. "Wait, I'll go with you too." Conan caught up with the old police officer. At this time, Nishimoto Ken, who was staying in the community center, had a ferocious expression on his face.

Cheng Shi also looked extremely worried. He didn't want this matter to involve the relics left by his father. Although Miss Winnett assured him that there was no problem, he still felt very uneasy. When he killed the chief of Kuroiwa Village with his own hands, this uneasiness began to spread and made him feel shaken. He couldn't implicate the people who helped him, and he had to carry out the execution - this is for your own sake. Cheng Shi remained calm and slowly moved his eyes to Xi Benjian.

……

Conan chased after him and walked side by side with the old police officer under the streetlight. "Did Mr. Aso really set fire to a family and kill them?" Conan raised his head and asked the old police officer about the case twelve years ago.

The old police officer looked up and recalled.

"Well, because there were four witnesses who saw it at the time." The old police officer listed, "The former village chief, Mr. Kameyama, and the village chief Kuroiwa, Mr. Nishimoto, and Mr. Kawashima. They and Mr. Aso grew up together as a group of five."

"What about Mr. Murasawa Shuichi?"

"Oh, he suddenly came to this island three years ago. He finally got engaged to the village chief's daughter a few days ago, but the village chief has always been against it."

"What about the village chief's secretary, the one called Hirata?"

"That man is a coward and is unlikely to do anything so vicious. However, I often see him sneaking around with Mr. Kawashima at the community center."

"What about Mr. Shimizu? How is he?"

"He has a strong sense of justice and is very popular among fishermen."

Conan listened to his description of everyone. He still couldn't be sure which person was most likely to be involved in this incident. The biggest beneficiary after the death of Kuroiwa Village Chief and Mr. Kawashima was Mr. Shimizu, but he didn't seem to be the kind of person who would do such a thing. Mr. Murasawa was already engaged to Miss Reiko, and there was no reason for him to harm Kuroiwa Village Chief. As for Mr. Hirata, given his psychological quality, it was too difficult for him to accomplish this, and even more so for Ken Nishimoto. If it was just acting, it would be too realistic.

As a result, he still didn't come to a reliable conclusion. Why did it take so long? It's almost been an hour! Conan looked at the old police officer who was still searching everywhere, and felt deeply that he was unreliable. Just when he was about to find a stool to help him look for it, the old police officer shouted in surprise, "Found it!" and took the key out of the box. When they were about to return to the community center, Xiaolan appeared in front of the police station, bending over and looking at Conan with a smile.

……

230 Gin's Invitation

"Sister Xiaolan?"

Jiuwu Ling Yi Ba Ling Jiu Another

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