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The person who was caught was the village chief's secretary, Mr. Hirata.
Chapter 21 Moonlight 2
The three of them tied up Secretary Hirata and took him back to the community center. As soon as they returned to the piano room, Maori Kogoro shouted loudly: "Sure enough, I was right. The murderer will definitely come to take this music score. Isn't he caught now?"
Xiaolan and Chengshi were waiting anxiously in the room. They were relieved to see the three people return safely. They looked at him in surprise. How could it be Secretary Hirata?
Secretary Hirata looked up and shouted, "I'm not the murderer. I just saw a light in the piano room and came to take a look!"
Maori Kogoro obviously didn't believe his nonsense: "If you came here to take a look, why did you run away when you saw us?"
"You all looked over here just now. I was startled, so I turned around and ran away."
"You can tell the police about these nonsense tomorrow. Let's take turns watching over here tonight and make sure he doesn't get away."
Chu Ming was speechless as he looked at Kogoro Mori, who had finished his big talk and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
We agreed to watch over you, why did you fall asleep alone?
Chu Ming looked at Maori Kogoro and the old policeman who were happily snoring, and said to the other three: "Uncle Maori has fallen asleep, so we can't sleep. Why don't we play cards to wake ourselves up?"
It was boring to just sit there, so the three of them agreed to Chu Ming's proposal.
Chu Ming took out a deck of cards from his pocket like a magician, but they were actually the ones he had just exchanged with the system.
The four of them fought for the whole night. When Inspector Megure arrived, he opened the door and saw four faces covered with white strips. He was so scared that he took a step back.
"What's the matter with you guys? Playing cards in front of a corpse?" Inspector Megure was speechless.
Chu Ming smiled awkwardly: "Uncle Maori and the others fell asleep, so we started playing cards to prevent ourselves from getting sleepy..."
As we all know, there is only one policeman in Tokyo in the world of science.
"Really? This is unreliable Mori! He just slept soundly and left these kids watching him here!" Inspector Megure quickly arranged for several people to go to bed, and he angrily went to call Mori to wake up.
They hadn't slept all night and were indeed very sleepy. Without saying anything, they lay down on the blanket and fell into a deep sleep.
——Except Chu Ming.
The police had just arrived and there were people coming and going here. Although not as exaggerated as Gin, he was so vigilant that he couldn't sleep at all, so he simply followed the police to check together.
Perhaps because they had experienced several cases together and Chu Ming's performance was also quite good, Inspector Megure did not stop him.
When Maori Kogoro opened his eyes, he saw Inspector Megure's big face and jumped up: "Hahahaha, Inspector Megure, why are you here again? I have already caught the criminal!"
"What? Is it so quick this time?"
Inspector Megure looked at Secretary Hirata who was dozing off beside him, walked over and picked him up.
Suddenly awakened, Secretary Hirata saw himself in the hands of the police and shouted: "It's not me, I didn't kill him! I"
Officer Megure turned around and said, "Mori, Fujino-kun just gave me a piece of music. Please tell me the details of yesterday. I'm going to investigate now. You can come and help me."
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Xiaolan and the others slept until 5pm, during which time Chu Ming also leaned against the wall, drowsy.
"How is it? Uncle Maori, have you found out anything? Is that Secretary Hirata the murderer?" Chu Ming asked when he saw Kogoro Maori walking out with his hands in his pockets and a frown on his face.
"How can it be so fast? There are 38 people attending the ceremony. It won't be over so easily. Secretary Hirata did not leave during the ceremony. He has a clear alibi. It is unlikely that he killed the person. Alas, the clue is broken again..."
"What? I thought the case could be solved straight away. So what on earth was he doing hiding there?"
"He said he saw the light passing by, but who knows..." After knowing that he was not the murderer, Kogoro Mouri no longer worried about this issue.
Asai Narimi stood up, pointed at himself and asked, "What is my order?"
"You were tired last night, and you were last in the order."
Cheng Shi nodded: "Then I'll go wash my face before it's my turn. I'm really sleepy."
Listening to the voices coming from the interrogation room, Chu Ming yawned. How long would this case take? He was so sleepy... If it weren't for the points, he would have sneakily shot them all. Fortunately, Cheng Shi was finally ready to take action.
Chu Ming sighed slowly and leaned against the wall, relaxing.
Time passed by bit by bit, and the interrogation was finally coming to an end. At this time, Conan seemed to have discovered something and left with the excuse of going to the toilet.
In order to prevent himself from becoming a suspect, Chu Ming stayed by Xiaolan's side and did not move.
Shortly after Conan left, pleasant piano sounds suddenly came from the radio.
——It’s moonlight again.
"Something happened!" Kogoro Mouri shouted and ran towards the broadcasting room.
In the broadcasting room, Ken Nishimoto fell to the ground with a look of horror on his face, Conan stood at the door in a daze, Chu Ming rushed to the front and looked inside following Conan's line of sight. The village chief Kuroiwa fell in front of the broadcasting station with a dagger stuck in his back. Accompanying the corpse was the sound of piano music.
Conan gritted his teeth and punched the wall. How could this murderer be so arrogant that he even dared to commit a crime in front of the police!
Inspector Megure was also very angry. This was a provocation to the police!
"Officer! We found a piece of music sheet drawn in blood here!"
Maori Kogoro squatted down and touched his chin: "Could this also be the death message left by the victim?"
Conan took out a notebook and kept writing, retorting without looking up: "How is it possible? If he still had the time and energy to write this with his own blood, why didn't he run out and ask for help? So this must have been left by the murderer..."
Maori Kogoro was so angry that he punched Conan on the head: "You are the only one who talks too much nonsense--Hey!!"
Conan used too much force and fell directly on the blood-stained music score.
Inspector Megure was shocked and yelled at Kogoro Mouri.
"Asshole! Don't destroy important evidence!"
Kogoro Mouri hurriedly pulled Conan up. Chu Ming looked at them dimly as they shouted and screamed, some even cried out in beautiful voices.
"It's okay, I didn't damage the scene, stop shouting."
Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief, and the villain complained first, pointing at Conan and saying, "Okay, little brat, stop making trouble! Get out now!"
Conan snorted, and Chu Ming led him out while holding back his laughter.
The two of them huddled in the corner and began to exchange information in whispers.
"Inspector Megure sent people to guard this place today. The only people who were still here around six o'clock were the ones present now, which means the suspect is among them."
Conan looked into the hall in front and saw Officer Megure already questioning several suspects.
"Brother Chu Ming, I suspect the time of death may be even earlier—"
Chu Ming calmly replied: "——Because the blood has dried."
Conan nodded vigorously. It was indeed a pleasure to discuss ideas with someone who could follow his own ideas.
Chu Ming muttered to himself as he saw Conan looking at him with approval.
I also know that the murderer is Cheng Shi, but I won't tell you, hey, it's just for fun~
Chapter 22 Big Brother Will Definitely Praise Me
"What do these sharp and flat signs represent?"
"There must be some connection between them!"
"Isn't that nonsense? I know it's definitely related, but I can't read music. Didn't you learn piano in Hawaii?"
"What? Where can you learn this in Hawaii? Brother Chu Ming, how do you know I've been to Hawaii?"
"I heard you talking to your sister Xiaolan before."
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Xiaolan looked around boredly, and saw Conan and Chu Ming leaning against each other, whispering something, so she went over to them.
"Brother Chu Ming, Conan, what are you discussing?"
Seeing Xiaolan coming over, Chu Ming remembered that she should be able to play the piano, so he pointed to the piano score that Conan had copied down and asked her.
"Xiaolan, do you know what these represent?"
Xiaolan looked at it carefully and said, "In terms of piano, it means the black keyboard."
"Keyboard?" Conan fell into deep thought again.
Chu Ming, who couldn't understand the notes on the music score, could only squat on the ground with his chin in his hand and watch the suspects biting each other in the distance.
Suddenly Conan's voice rang out.
"See? You're next."
Everyone was startled and looked in the direction of the sound.
Conan's eyes sparkled. "This code is very simple if you know the trick. Start from the left side of the piano keyboard and fill in the English letters in order. Then write the message you want to convey in pinyin on the music score. Based on this clue, you can read the music score at the scene where Mr. Kawashima was killed - do you understand? The next one is you."
Maori Kogoro quickly asked: "What about the one written in blood just now!"
"The resentment of sin is eliminated here."
"The resentment of sin? Could it be the pianist who committed suicide by arson?"
Nishimoto Ken screamed in horror.
"It's that guy! Aso Keiji is still alive!!"
"He is indeed dead." The old policeman who suddenly pushed the door open heard Nishimoto Ken's shout, "The bones and teeth found at the fire scene have also been compared and it is indeed a member of the family. Everything was burned at the time, leaving only the sheet music in the fireproof safe."
"Where are those sheet music now!!"
"It's in the warehouse, but the key is still in the police station..."
Officer Megure waved his fist anxiously: "Then why don't you go get it!!"
The poor old policeman had barely arrived when he was forced to run away again.
Conan hurriedly chased after him: "Wait a minute, Mr. Policeman, I'll go with you~"
Chu Ming originally wanted to follow them, but then he gave up and secretly left the crowd under the pretext of going to the toilet.
He used the exchanged master key to open the door of the warehouse, walked straight to the cabinet containing the music score, and put the score into the system warehouse.
Finally, there is some respect for talent. Talents like Asai Narimi are actually needed by the organization. He is bold and careful, meticulous, and also very deceptive.
After restoring everything to its original state, Chu Ming quietly retreated. Just as he was about to return to the main force, he heard some rustling sounds.