Stay away from Conan

Chapter 648: Coming a step too late

"As expected, it was you! Masato Shimizu! It was you who killed my father! In order to seek the throne of the village chief, you actually... dared..."

Emotionally excited, Kuroiwa Reiko pointed at Masato Shimizu with his finger and shouted sternly, but because the reaction was so intense, he was speechless for a while.

In response to this, everyone looked at Masato Shimizu, as if he had been greatly wronged, his face flushed with grief and anger, as if he was filled with all kinds of depression, his mouth was open, but he could not hold back a word. ——

"Is it a mistake?"

At this time, the old policeman who had been silent all this time suddenly felt strange and said:

"Although Qingshui, who has a sense of justice, has a bad relationship with Kuroiwa and the others, he killed people because of this..."

Saying this, the old policeman couldn't help but shook his head, feeling a little incomprehensible.

"Not just because of the so-called sense of justice..."

Kogoro's voice spoke again and began to explain:

"As I've mentioned before, these three murders that happened one after another, because of the "Moonlight" played at the scene, will always remind people of Aso Keiji's death in the sea of ​​​​fire twelve years ago. And the purpose of the prisoner's doing this, In essence, it is to use this method to draw the suspicion of the suspect to the child "Naomi" who is still alive in the world and is mentioned in the music score left by Keiji Aso that we will eventually find.

"In that case, have you ever thought about a question - why does the real murderer know about the existence of 'Chengshi'?"

Solemnly, Kogoro's voice asked everyone present.

In this regard, such an inquiry could not help but make the three people present, Hirata Kazuaki, Kuroiwa Reiko, and Murasawa Monday, look puzzled, and seemed not to understand this.

However, it is obvious that the old policeman on the side has a lot of say in this matter——

"Sorry, let me interrupt... Although the young people on the island may not know that Aso also has a son named 'Narimi', this matter is not known to some of the older people on the island. For people of an older generation, this should be something that everyone knows.”

Hearing this, in the broadcast room, Conan echoed this in Kogoro's voice:

"Yes, the fact that Mr. Aso has a son named 'Narimi' may not be a secret to the people on the island. But..."

As he spoke, Kogoro's voice suddenly paused, and then he spoke out the next most critical part in an extremely serious tone -

"Mr. Aso actually does not have a son named 'SEJI'. Instead, he has a son named 'NARUMI'. I'm afraid only a few people know about it!"

As soon as Kogoro's voice finished speaking, except for Officer Megure and others who had known the inside story for a long time, their expressions were normal, but everyone else present, including Masato Shimizu, couldn't help showing a look of surprise on their faces.

However, the surprise on Masato Shimizu's face only faded for a fleeting moment, and he immediately returned to his original angry-eyed mood——

But Conan, who was far away in the broadcast room upstairs, couldn't see this scene.

"'NARUMI'?"

After pronouncing this pronunciation, Hirata Kazaki looked at Asai Narumi beside him with a surprised look on his face, and his expression started to tremble in a panic——

"You...you are..."

"That's right."

Regarding the current situation, now that Kogoro has revealed his identity, Asai Narumi has nothing to hide. After sighing a little, he calmly and frankly admitted his identity——

"I am Keiji Aso's daughter."

"What? Then you..."

Looking blankly at Narumi Asai who confessed her identity, Reiko Kuroiwa, who was more than shocked, looked at her in disbelief and asked:

"You come back to this island..."

"Indeed... I first returned to the island where my father lived in order to find out the truth about his murder."

There is no need to hide it, Asai Narumi said:

"However, I didn't expect that when I first came to the island two years ago, I would be called to the piano room of the community activity center by the former village chief Guishan. As a result, after he knew my true identity, he I was so frightened that I told everything. This also made me know the truth very smoothly...

"It turns out that Kameyama, Kuroiwa, Kawashima, and Nishimoto threatened my father and asked him to use the opportunity of overseas performances to buy illegal drugs, and then transported the illegal drugs back to the country through my father's piano. However, in Twelve years ago, after my father refused their request, in order to prevent the secret from leaking out, they locked my father’s family in their home and burned them alive!”

"Oh! No wonder, that's why it happened so well that four of them witnesses appeared at the scene of Aso's death. It turns out that this is what happened..."

Slightly surprised, the old policeman couldn't help but said as if he had a sudden realization.

In this regard, after listening to what Asai Narimi said, Murasawa on the side couldn't help but say:

"So, after you found out the truth about your father's murder, you wanted revenge, right? And your first target of revenge was the former village chief Kameyama who was in the piano room at the time? You killed him ?”

"no."

Faced with such a question, Asai Narumi calmly shook his head:

"At that time, after the head of Guishan Village told me all the truth about that year incoherently, he was probably really frightened by my identity, which caused him to die of a heart attack. And I was next to that guy's body, and the bullet When my father's favorite song "Moonlight" was played as the funeral song, the revenge plan began to form..."

"So, what happened this time..."

Confused, when Murasawa was about to continue asking on Monday, Kogoro's voice sounded again and he began to explain:

"Let me briefly describe all the events——

"Originally, in this incident, Dr. Chengshi had already made a revenge plan, and was going to take advantage of the former village chief's ritual to start looking for opportunities to kill the three people. And in order to use the 'cursed piano' 'It is rumored that Dr. Cheng Shi prepared a tape recorder to play "Moonlight" and the music score on the piano.

"It's just that although Dr. Chengshi was very well prepared, her plan was discovered by us before it was implemented, thus preventing her from killing people."

At this point, Kogoro's voice paused for a moment, and the Kuroiwa Reiko and others present were surprised by such a statement. They couldn't help but look at Officer Megure in charge of the investigation, as if they were trying to excuse Asai Narumi in this way. The statement is somewhat unconvincing.

However, Officer Megure just silently agreed, saying that the police already had clues in this regard, so Kogoro Mouri's statement was trustworthy.

"However, Dr. Chengshi's murder plan was stopped by us, but another murderer who also planned to kill the three of them also took this opportunity to kill them -"

As Kogoro continued to say this, everyone present once again turned their attention seriously to the identity of the murderer Kogoro just mentioned - Masato Shimizu, and involuntarily looked towards him for fear that he would do something outrageous. She silently took a step back away from him——

"The murderer took advantage of the opportunity of the funeral to make an appointment with Mr. Nishimoto and made him take a lethal amount of illegal drugs. Then, the murderer also wanted to take advantage of the rumor of the 'cursed piano' and took Nishimoto Mr. Nishimoto's body was placed on the piano in the piano room - this is how we later found Mr. Nishimoto's body.

"However, I am afraid that the murderer himself did not expect that the scene of Mr. Nishimoto's death that he arranged would end up with "Moonlight" playing, making the entire scene look particularly fitting for the term 'cursed piano.' Although, the murderer You may not know exactly what is going on, but the "Moonlight" played at the scene is tantamount to giving the murderer an excellent inspiration. Therefore, following the same example, in the murderer's second action, The murderer also began to use "Moonlight" to make things even weirder!

“And the murderer’s second action was just as I mentioned to you during the interrogation——

"At the crime scene where the police on the island and a few of us were on duty, we found someone peeping outside. After we found out, the peeper chose to jump into the sea in order not to be caught by us. Then, at More than an hour after the voyeur jumped into the sea, the second movement of "Moonlight" sounded from the radio loudspeaker, attracting us to the office on the island, where we discovered the drowned body of Mr. Kawashima. "

Speaking of this, Kogoro's voice sounded a little sad, and he sighed slightly, then suddenly changed the topic and said:

"Remember what I said before? Mr. Kawashima and Mr. Hirata were using the piano in the piano room to complete the smuggling of illegal drugs. Therefore, if we follow normal reasoning, when we discovered the smuggling of illegal drugs on the island , and if the affair between Kawashima and Hirata is found, then obviously, what will we think so when facing this second incident?

"I think at least we would think that the figure peeping outside the house at that time was Mr. Kawashima who later drowned. Because Mr. Kawashima was worried that the illegal drugs placed in the piano room would be discovered by us on duty, so to be on the safe side, Kawashima Mr. Kawashima wanted to find an opportunity to remove the illegal drugs hidden in the piano before we discovered this. Then after we discovered his whereabouts, Mr. Kawashima chose to escape by jumping into the sea under the cover of night in order not to expose himself. , but unfortunately he was accidentally drowned in the sea, and his body was eventually pushed to the coast near the office by the ocean current——

"In short, this makes the second incident look more like an accident. As for the "Moonlight" played at that time, the murderer could have pushed it into the first incident. Dr. Chengshi who played "Moonlight" body, thereby freeing himself from suspicion.”

"I see……"

Hearing what Kogoro said, Murasawa nodded slightly and said as if he finally understood:

"In other words, the murderer has found someone in advance who can bear all the suspicion for him. Then, the murderer only needs to kill those three people step by step according to his plan, because in the end, even if they dig up As for the truth about Mr. Aso's murder twelve years ago, the suspicion will only be placed on Mr. Aso's surviving child... However, based on this alone, how can you be sure that the real murderer is Masato Shimizu? "

“In the second incident, by calculating the ocean currents, we found that theoretically, the time interval and distance between the location where we found the figure diving and the final location where Mr. Kawashima was found, were completely reasonable based on the ocean current conditions at the time. Therefore, if the second incident is a carefully planned murder, then obviously the murderer is well aware of the ocean currents on the island at night. Therefore, Mr. Shimizu, who is the representative of the fishermen on the island, is one of the biggest suspects..."

Kogoro's voice began to answer Murasawa's Monday question, but obviously this statement made Shimizu Masato even more angry, but before he could speak, Kogoro continued:

"Of course, these are just speculations. But as I said just now, since the murderer wanted to draw the suspicion of the murderer to Keiji Aso's surviving child, then it is possible that the murderer knew that Mr. Aso's child was already on the island. ——

"But the problem is that when Mr. Aso made his announcement to the outside world, for some reason, he said that his daughter, who was hospitalized in a hospital in Tokyo, was his son. Therefore, people who don't know the inside story cannot possibly know that the only one on the island is now The female doctor, Dr. Narumi, is the surviving child of Mr. Aso.

"Among the people on the island, the only person who might know about this is Mr. Shimizu, who visited the Tokyo Hospital and supported Mr. Aso who was having difficulty paying for medical expenses at that time!

"So, when I learned about this, I guessed that you had a close relationship with Mr. Aso. Maybe you already knew the truth about Mr. Aso's death, so you might also have the same motive to kill those four people.

"Because you may have known the true identity of Dr. Chengshi a long time ago and the purpose of her coming to the island. However, since Dr. Chengshi has not taken any action to complete his revenge for two years, you finally chose Do it yourself!"

At this point, Kogoro's voice paused, and then he emphasized it again:

"Of course, the most critical evidence lies in the tool used to kill the third Mr. Kuroiwa...Mr. Qingshui, now that the matter is over, do you have anything else to quibble about?"

Somewhat nervously, Conan couldn't help but fell silent after saying this series of conjectures in the broadcast room——

To be honest, these conjectures were just a rough outline of the truth of the incident after listening to the old policeman's words, and the only thing he could rely on was the key evidence that killed Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

Because he is worried that if the person cannot be kept now, the murderer will have the opportunity to dispose of the murder weapon, then the real murderer who has used seemingly accidental means to kill three victims three times in a row may never be able to catch him again. Got the handle——

After all, before the forensic autopsy results of the first and second incidents came out, there was no evidence to prove that they were man-made killings. The only flaw the murderer showed was that he chose to use blowfish poison to kill Kuroiwa Tatsuji this time.

In this regard, when he heard Kogoro's voice asking this question, Masato Shimizu's expression couldn't help but change from the sad and angry expression just now to a somewhat calm one——

"You are right, Mr. Detective...the general details are similar to what I did..."

"Mr. Qingshui, did you admit that you were the ones who killed the three people?"

Officer Megure couldn't help but look at Masato Shimizu seriously and said.

Masato Qingshui nodded in recognition.

Seeing this, the old policeman still asked with some confusion:

"But... why? Why do you have to kill them?"

"snort……"

With a faint smile, Masato Qingshui said slowly:

"Mr. Aso's matter is one aspect...but, more importantly..."

Having said this, Masato Shimizu seemed a little excited, but the expression on his face became a little stiff——

"They occupied this island and gradually turned this beautiful island into a tool for them to make money, whether it was farmland or fishing grounds... Originally, I thought that if I could become the village chief, I could change everything, but... …With the money they collected, they bribed most of the villagers on the island. The election of the village chief is a formality with a predetermined outcome, so…”

Saying this, Masato Shimizu's tone became lighter and lighter, and gradually, his whole body seemed to be paralyzed——

"what have you done!"

Immediately, Asai Narumi, as a doctor, quickly noticed the abnormal behavior of Shimizu Masato and couldn't help but turn pale and said in shock.

However, before Asai Narimi could react, Shimizu Masato fell heavily to the ground——

"ah!"

Immediately, Kuroiwa Reiko at the scene screamed, while Xiaolan on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth, looking at Masato Shimizu who was fine just now with a face of disbelief, why did this happen suddenly——

"What happened?"

It seemed that through the microphone in the room, he noticed the abnormality at the scene at this moment. Using Kogoro's voice, Conan felt something bad and shouted and asked -

"It's puffer fish poison!"

Suddenly, Asai Narumi seemed to understand something, and hurriedly ran up and took out the right hand that Masato Shimizu had just put in his pocket——

Immediately, everyone saw it.

In Masato Shimizu's hand, there really was a needle that pierced into the palm of his hand——

In the third incident, the murder weapon used to kill Kuroiwa Tatsuji was now used by Masato Shimizu to commit suicide in front of the police!

——"It's too late!"

At this time, Gao Yuan finally came from the community activity center. Seeing the scene, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel resentful and punched the door frame and said...

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