Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

There wasn't even a drop of blood, let alone a corpse!

"How is this possible? We clearly saw it just now." Genta and the others looked on in disbelief.

The middle-aged man sneered, "Now you see clearly, right? There's no corpse here at all. It must be these kids playing a prank."

Seeing the middle-aged man's smug look, Suzuki Harumi's eyes flashed with displeasure. He suddenly reached out, grabbed the man's left hand, forcefully pulled open his sleeve, and sniffed his arm.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Tomofumi Tanaka. You are rewarded with 1 stamina point, which you can claim at any time."

"You brat, what are you doing?" Feeling guilty, Tanaka Tomofumi hurriedly pushed Suzuki Haruaki away.

"Young Master, are you alright?" Upon seeing this, Kurosaki Tamaka quickly reached out to support Suzuki Harumi, afraid that he might accidentally fall.

"I am fine."

Seimei Suzuki shook his head, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Everyone, I already know who the murderer is."

Upon hearing Suzuki Seimei's words, Ayumi and the others were immediately drawn to him and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Seimei, do you really know who the murderer is?"

"The murderer is this uncle!"

"Don't joke around, how could I possibly be a murderer?" Tanaka Tomofumi, who was being pointed at by Suzuki Haruaki, suddenly changed his expression and turned to Inspector Megure to ask, "Officer, you don't actually believe a child's words, do you? Even if you police want to arrest someone, you have to produce evidence!"

Inspector Megure, of course, wouldn't believe a child's one-sided account. He gave Suzuki Seimei a gentle smile and said, "Seimei, how can you be so sure this uncle is the culprit? What evidence do you have?"

Suzuki Haruaki asked, "Inspector Megure, didn't this uncle say that he was the only one using the bathroom just now?"

"Yes, that's what he said."

"Inspector Megure, only about fifteen minutes have passed between when we discovered the body and when you arrived here."

If this uncle really took a shower, he should have smelled of soap or shower gel, but I smelled a faint odor of sweat on his arms.

Suzuki Harumi turned to Tanaka Tomofumi, whose face was pale, and confidently deduced, "If my reasoning is correct, this uncle spent most of his time moving the body and cleaning up the bloodstains in the bathroom, so he only had time to wet his hair and couldn't have actually washed his body."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure grabbed Tomofumi Tanaka's right hand and sniffed his palm and arm.

There was indeed a lingering scent of shower gel on Tanaka Tomofumi's palms, but a faint smell of sweat emanated from his arms.

It's obvious that Tomofumi Tanaka wasn't taking a bath in the bathroom just now, but rather using shower gel to clean up evidence, which is why such a strange phenomenon occurred.

"Officer Takagi, take some men and search the house thoroughly. The body should be hidden in this house."

"Yes!"

"No need, I confess." Tanaka Tomofumi knelt down with a thud, his face ashen, and said, "I hid my brother's body in the bedroom on the second floor. I originally wanted to impersonate him to deceive your search, but I didn't expect that I couldn't even fool a child..."

Through Tanaka Tomofumi's confession, Suzuki Haruaki and the others understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Chapter Thirty Moonshadow Island

Tanaka Tomofumi's older brother was originally a very talented writer, but in recent years he has become degenerate, like a parasite, living in his house.

If it were simply a matter of helping to take care of his older brother, Tanaka Tomofumi could tolerate it.

But his scumbag brother, insatiable and greedy, secretly found the documents Tanaka Tomofumi had hidden at home, learned the evidence of his crimes of manipulating stock trading through a securities company, and used it to blackmail him for more benefits.

Therefore, Tanaka Tomofumi, having reached his breaking point, took advantage of Tanaka's trip to the toilet and smashed Tanaka's head with a golf club.

Before he could even deal with the body, Suzuki Seimei and the others suddenly ran into the yard.

Left with no other choice, Tanaka Tomofumi had to risk cleaning up his brother's body, preparing to put on a show for the police, pretending that his brother was still alive.

Unfortunately, before the real show could even begin, Suzuki Haruaki directly exposed Tanaka Tomofumi's trick.

The police quickly found the body of the older brother in the bedroom on the second floor. He was dressed in a bathrobe and disguised as a living person, sitting on the sofa.

"Thank you so much, kids. Next time you encounter anything like this, remember to call the police immediately!"

Inspector Megure smiled and patted Suzuki Haruaki and the others on the head, then led Inspector Takagi and the others away in a police car.

After Inspector Megure and the others left, Ayumi couldn't help but move closer to Seimei Suzuki and exclaimed excitedly, "Seimei, you were so cool just now!"

Mitsuhiko nodded in agreement: "That's right, just like a real detective, he's so cool."

"Damn it, you stole all the limelight this time. We found the body together, so don't you dare steal all the credit next time."

Although Genta also felt that Suzuki Seimei was very cool just now, he still complained a few times with some dissatisfaction.

O(∩_∩)O haha~

Suzuki Haruaki smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I know~ I'll be more careful next time."

"This kid's observation skills are really sharp; he's got the makings of a detective," Conan thought to himself.

To be honest, although Conan also suspected that Tanaka Tomofumi was suspicious, he didn't find his flaws so quickly. Unexpectedly, Suzuki Haruaki solved the murder case first.

However, Conan is not discouraged, since one case doesn't really say much.

It can only be said that Suzuki Seimei was lucky to be the first to discover the flaws in the criminal's defenses!

Ayumi suggested excitedly, "Tomorrow's the weekend, how about we go to the aquarium? I heard they have dolphin shows!"

"I won't go. Uncle Mori is going on a business trip tomorrow, and Ran and I will go with him." Conan shook his head.

"On business trip?!"

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Seimei's ears perked up instantly.

In the world of "Detective Conan", whenever Conan goes on a business trip with Kogoro Mouri, a case is bound to occur, which means that Seimei Suzuki can check in, so he definitely can't miss it.

"Sister Yuhua, I haven't stayed at Sister Xiaolan's house for several days. I want to stay at Sister Xiaolan's house tonight, okay?" Suzuki Seimei reached out and hugged Kurosaki Yuhua's leg, pleading in his childish voice.

Faced with Suzuki Seimei's masterful use of coquetry, Kurosaki Tamaka was utterly powerless to resist and could only helplessly reply, "Young Master, you really do like to cling to Ran. In that case, I'll have to trouble Ran again."

"I knew Sister Yuhua was the best!"

Having received a satisfactory answer, Suzuki Seimei released Kurosaki Tamaka's leg and turned to Conan with a smile, saying, "Conan, let's go home together today."

"..."

Conan rolled his eyes at Suzuki Seimei speechlessly, then strode towards the Mouri Detective Agency with his short legs.

Watching Suzuki Seimei and the others leave, Genta couldn't help but complain, "That Seimei guy really likes to act cute in front of Yuhua-neechan, just like a little kid."

“Seimei was just a child after all~” Ayumi recalled Suzuki Seimei’s adorable, spoiled look just now, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.

Mitsuhiko said with some regret, "Since neither Seimei nor Conan are available, we'll have to go to the aquarium by ourselves tomorrow."

……

next morning

On the boundless sea

Leaning against the railing of the passenger ship, Kogoro Mouri smoked and complained, "Honestly, we could have just gone drinking~ Why does a famous detective like me have to go to some kind of island?"

A few days ago, a man named Keiji Aso suddenly sent Kogoro Mouri a letter of request, asking him to go to a small island called 'Tsukikage Island'.

At first, Kogoro Mouri didn't want to accept the request, but a man named Keiji Aso gave him a fee of 500,000 yen and then disappeared, forcing him to go to Tsukikage Island.

"I think this is great; it's like going on vacation!"

After Ran Mouri finished speaking, she looked down at Seimei Suzuki and Conan and asked, "Aren't you right?"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Seimei and Conan nodded in agreement.

(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~

Kogoro Mouri scoffed and said, "Of course you guys are having fun, but I'm out here to work!"

beep...

More than half an hour later, accompanied by the sound of a ship's horn, the passenger ship slowly docked at the pier on the shore of Moon Shadow Island.

In order to find the client, Keiji Aso, Kogoro Mouri, along with Seimei Suzuki and the others, went to the residents' office on Tsukikage Island as soon as they arrived.

However, to everyone's surprise, they learned from the office staff that this Keiji Aso had actually died more than ten years ago.

It is said that Keiji Aso was born on Tsukikage Island and was a famous pianist during his lifetime.

Twelve years ago, on a full moon night, Keiji Aso returned to Tsukikage Island after many years and held a piano recital at the village's community center.

However, after the concert, Keiji Aso seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. He locked his wife and children in the house and even set it on fire.

It is said that he killed his wife and daughter with a knife and played a piano piece, Beethoven's Piano Sonata - Moonlight Sonata, while the fire raged!

"A letter written by the deceased? What a nasty prank."

After leaving the residents' office, Kogoro Mouri took out the letter of authorization, his face full of displeasure.

Chapter Thirty-One: The Cross-Dressing Master (Please add to your favorites and vote!)

Conan shook his head and said, "I don't think it's a prank. Uncle Mori, didn't the person who sent this letter already settle the commission fee in advance?"

And the postmark on this letter is from Tsukikage Island! I think it must be someone on the island who wants you to investigate that Keiji Aso matter.

“Yes! Maybe he’s a good friend of Mr. Aso, or maybe there’s some hidden story behind the case back then? We can go and ask the village chief here first, maybe we can find some clues~” Ran Mouri said.

Seimei Suzuki nodded silently; there were indeed hidden circumstances surrounding what happened back then.

After a morning of careful recollection, Suzuki Haruaki had figured out the relevant plot of the Tsukikage Island case.

Keiji Aso did not commit suicide. Instead, he was murdered by the drug traffickers after they discovered the secret of the residents of Tsukikage Island smuggling drugs. The murders were then staged as a suicide.

However, Keiji Aso also had a son, Narumi Aso, who was often hospitalized in Tokyo due to his poor health and luckily escaped a calamity.

Asagi Minori had always suspected her father's death, so after graduating from medical school, she returned to Tsukikage Island as a female doctor to secretly investigate the matter.

After Asahi Narumi figured out the truth of what happened back then, he saw that his father's killers were still at large, and he began to have the idea of ​​killing them.

The reason Asami sent the letter of entrustment to Kogoro Mouri was actually because he subconsciously hoped that Kogoro Mouri could stop him from committing murder.

In the original anime storyline, Asami successfully avenged his family, but because he hated the blood on his hands, he chose to commit suicide by self-immolation.

Asami's suicide also had a great impact on Conan, making him begin to learn to consider problems from the perspective of the criminals.

This case became Conan's biggest regret in his life, not because he failed to stop the criminal from committing suicide, but because he failed to discover the meaning of the letter of request in time and prevent a mistake from being made.