Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 304: When facing idiots, just be simple and rough!
There was a dense forest on the edge of the beach. It was midsummer and the treetops were thick, so Yingsheng and his companions hid in the trees.

Around 6:40 in the evening, a tall and thin man in a green suit walked out from the depths of the jungle. He reeked of alcohol and his face was red.

The lost drunk wandered around aimlessly, and after a few minutes he returned to the dense forest.

It was as if the sea breeze had blown my mind, and I realized where I lived.

Yingsheng jumped down and punched the stunned drunkard's face.

"Stop pretending to be an amateur, you idiot."

"Who are you and why did you hit me!"

With a "bang", the drunkard fell to the ground with stars in his eyes. He did not forget to question loudly and tried to get up using his hands and feet.

Bang-!
Another heavy kick, the drunkard's body flew out and hit the tree heavily.

Yingsheng sneered: "The thief in your eyes is showing through, and you still want to fool me. The circle you just made seemed random, but it involved all the observation positions. Ha, don't tell me it was just a coincidence."

He raised his head and glanced at the tree: "Hatake, you guys don't know how to change into casual clothes. The thing on your arm flashed in his eyes, don't you know?"

Hatake glanced at his armband with a sullen look on his face, and quickly climbed down the tree and bowed to Hotaru to apologize.

Yingsheng was too lazy to pay attention to him. When he saw the drunkard get up and run away, he just laughed.

"Doctor Chengshi, please help me."

Bang——! ! !
As soon as Yingsheng finished speaking, the drunkard was hit hard on the head. His eyes blurred and he slowly fell to the ground.

The last thought was that this guy’s legs were so white.

Asai Narimi looked at the drunkard who fell to the ground with cold eyes, but when he caught a glimpse of Hotaru walking towards him from the corner of his eye, he immediately restrained himself and patted the leaves on his body.

"This person is a resident of the island. His name is Nishimoto Ken. He used to live a life of debauchery, but since the death of village chief Kameyama three years ago, he has become depressed and often hides away to drink by himself. He always says things like Aso Keiji's ghost has returned."

Asai Narimi explained.

Hotaru nodded, asked Hatake to put on gloves, and went up to search her. Soon, he found several small sealed bags containing suspicious white powder. Even the call records with Chizuru on an old mobile phone were not deleted.

This made Yingsheng frown slightly: "Hatake, you couldn't handle this level of stuff before?"

Qi Mu looked embarrassed: "Matters like drug enforcement are generally not under the jurisdiction of our village police station."

"Tsk."

Yingsheng looked disdainful: "You still want to make progress?"

Without waiting for Hatake's response, Yingsheng shook his head and said, "It's impossible for this kind of guy to get the goods independently. He must have someone online. Throw him into the sea to wake him up and torture him thoroughly."

Hatake nodded quickly and dragged Nishimoto Ken to the beach. A strong man came from nowhere to give him the hope of a promotion and a raise in salary, and he was determined to seize it!

Yingsheng looked at Asai Narimi again: "Hatake looks quite stupid, and his torture skills are probably average. Dr. Narimi has been practicing medicine for many years and is very experienced. He should know how to stab someone 32 times and finally identify it as a minor injury. Can you help me?"

Asai Chengmi was stunned for a moment, and then a strong sense of joy surged in his heart. There is actually such a good thing? !

"These drug dealers are destroying this beautiful island, and I'm happy to help."

Asai Narimi controlled himself not to appear too excited and nodded, but his steps towards the beach could not hide his briskness.

Yingsheng laughed, it seemed that it was basically certain that it was her.

Amid the sound of waves at the seaside, Ken Nishimoto began to beg for mercy. Yingsheng looked at him from afar and shook his head with disgust.

[Killing Intent +1]

Yingsheng curled his lips slightly, he was indeed a loser, this was not enough for anyone to see, it was not even as much as what Conan provided him in the morning.

It should be little Conan when he first saw Takahashi Ryoichi's body.

It's really amazing that a mere child has such a level of will.

Yingsheng walked towards Nishimoto Ken, making sarcastic remarks. Perhaps with the help of Asai Narimi's scientific torture, he was able to squeeze out a little murderous intent and was quite satisfied.

As soon as he arrived on the island, he looked for the police and wanted to cause trouble. His original purpose was to kill, after all, he had consumed too much energy during this period.

Meeting Asai Narimi was purely a coincidence.

After a while, Nishimoto Ken collapsed on the beach. He did not react at all to the washing of the tide. His eyes were lifeless, as if his soul had flown away.

Asai Narimi's face was full of energy and his bright eyes were sparkling.

Looking at her like this, Hatake shrank to one side and shuddered. Dr. Cheng Shi usually looked so gentle, but was he such a scary person?

"Ken Nishimoto has revealed his superior, the island's wealthy man, Kawashima Hideo. And the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, they are also in the same group."

There was excitement in Asai Narimi's tone.

Yingsheng nodded: "Whose house is closest to here?"

Asai Narimi was slightly stunned, but he immediately realized that Yingsheng was not going to let either of them go, so he quickly said, "Kawashima Hideo's villa is the closest to here, not far from the woods. I will lead the way for you, Mr. Shuiyue."

"No rush, we also need to deal with this guy Ken Nishimoto." Hotaru looked at Hatake.

Qi Mu hurriedly said: "I will take him back to the police station immediately!"

After saying that, he went to carry the person.

"Hey, Hatake-kun, if you, a police officer, leave, what are we two going to investigate? Who will get the credit for this drug bust? What if there is a traitor in the police station, who notified the two people over there about this matter and asked them to destroy the evidence?"

Yingsheng felt that this guy really had no progress.

"This……"

Hatake hesitated: "What should we do? Find a place to lock him up first?"

Yingsheng pointed to the ground and said, "It depends on the situation. Besides, this guy has harmed so many people with his drug trafficking, so it's totally OK for him to suffer a little more."

Qi Mu looked at the stretch of beach soaked by sea water at his feet, somewhat confused.

Asai Narimi's eyes lit up: "Mr. Shuiyue means to bury him?"

Yingsheng smiled and nodded: "Can we ask Dr. Chengshi for help? Let the tide rise so that it can cover his mouth, but don't let him suffocate to death."

Asai Narimi nodded heavily: "I'd be happy to do that. I'll go buy a shovel right away."

After saying this, she ran away quickly, feeling extremely happy, as she felt that every suggestion from Yingsheng was just what she wanted.

Twenty minutes later, looking at Ken Nishimoto with only his head exposed on the beach, both Hotoshii and Asai Narimi showed satisfaction in their eyes.

This should give you two more points of killing intent.

Firefly thought.

Dad, mom, and sister, I'm sorry that I didn't avenge you personally. But Mr. Shuiyue just told me quietly that he would kill all the drug dealers. Has justice... finally arrived?

Asai Narimi thought.

This, this... Isn't this the punishment for pirates in the movies? Will Nishimoto Ken die? Also, Mr. Suigetsu and Ms. Chengshi are both so scary...

Hatake thought.

After finishing the work, Yingsheng headed to the next place. On the way, he received a call from Xiaolan.

"Mr. Mizuki, we got the music score that Keiji Aso left for his son before he died. We matched the piano keys to the letters, and the code we got is..."

Yingsheng quickly turned on the speakerphone and heard:
"Chengshi, live well."

Asai Chengmi, who was leading the way, shuddered all over and immediately turned around to look at the phone in Yingsheng's hand with suspicion. What did that sentence just mean? !

Yingsheng gave her a puzzled look, then made an expression of sudden enlightenment and waved his hand at her.

"I'm not talking about you, Dr. Chengshi. I'm talking about the son of the pianist Keiji Aso who died twelve years ago. He should be called Asoshi. Before he died, Keiji Aso left a piano piece as a secret code for his son. It's the one just now."

Asai Narimi's heart was trembling constantly. That Asai Narimi... was himself!

Did my father actually leave something for me back then?

why?
Why do you know this only now!

Yingsheng was also quite curious about this and asked.

Xiaolan hesitated for two seconds, ran to a deserted place, and whispered: "The music score was placed in a fireproof safe. The police did not open it at first. When the young Mr. Aso returned to the island, the police suspected that there were suspicious items inside, so they did not give it out.

Later I opened it and found it was music sheet, but I thought it was unimportant, so I just left it in the community center. When we asked about it, the police officer only remembered it after a long time.

"........."

Hotaru looked at Hatake and said, "Hey, just commit suicide. Aren't you ashamed of being a police officer?"

Asai Narimi also tilted his head to look with a gloomy gaze. How indifferent were these police guys to the murder case and how indifferent were they to the deceased's belongings!

"Gulu——"

Hatake swallowed his saliva and quickly explained: "I just came here three years ago and I didn't know anything about this. If you want to blame someone, blame that guy Tojo. He's already old and confused but he still hasn't retired. I don't know how many things he has delayed over the years."

Yingsheng nodded silently. The policeman knew that Masashi Masashi was still alive, but he never thought of giving him his father's only relic.

When people leave, the tea gets cold, how realistic it is.

"Mr. Mizuki is with Officer Hatake and Dr. Chengji now? Are they investigating something?" asked Xiaolan.

"It's nothing. This is all you found out. You fail." Yingsheng said.

"Hehe, of course not only that," Xiaolan said in a proud tone. Just as she was about to speak, she thought of something and reminded him, "Suiyue-kun just turned on the hands-free mode, right? Officer Hatake and Doctor Chengji also heard it, but what I found is very important."

Asai Narimi tactfully turned around and took a few quick steps to continue leading the way. The breeze blew, and the tears that were about to fall gradually disappeared.

Dad, Dad…

I miss you so much.

You taught me to forgive and to live well, but now the sword of justice and law is hanging high. This is a judgment that is twelve years late, and it is definitely not my personal revenge.

In that case, of course we have to continue!

Hatake also hurriedly took a few steps, but saw that Yingsheng clearly did not turn off the speakerphone, but instead chuckled.

"Let me guess, it has something to do with number four, right?" "Huh???"

Xiaolan was surprised and said, "Has Shuiyue-kun already found out from other directions? That's amazing!"

Yingsheng shook his head and said, "I'm just lucky, and I can't be completely sure that this thing is related to Aso Keiji's death. Xiaolan, you are the one who is conducting the real investigation. Please enlighten me."

Judging from Asai Narimi's attitude towards drug dealers, Hotaru had this guess, but he couldn't be completely sure after all.

Yingsheng glanced at Asai Narimi in front of her, and her pace slowed down significantly.

Xiaolan began to talk about what she had been through during this period:

"After I learned from the policeman that Aso Keiji had left behind music scores, I went with him to the community center to retrieve them. On the way, I learned about Aso Keiji's interpersonal relationships from him and other elderly people, and learned that he had very good relationships with some people when he was alive.

Especially four people.

The current village chief is Tatsuji Kuroiwa, the previous village chief is Isamu Kameyama, the island's wealthy man Hideo Kawashima, and Ken Nishimoto.

After learning this, I had planned to visit them one by one later, but the old policeman told me that Kameyama Isamu died of a sudden heart attack in the community center three years ago, and when he died, the piano there was still playing "Moonlight".

Ken Nishimoto has also become crazy since then.

After I arrived at the community center, the old policeman couldn't find the music score for a long time, so he went to see the piano.

The old policeman said that it had been there for a long time without being moved, so it should be covered with dust.

As a result, I found that there was no dust on it, as if someone had been cleaning it.

Considering what happened three years ago, I guessed that this piano might be hiding a secret, so I searched carefully and finally found a secret compartment at the bottom.

I used a flashlight to check and found some white powder. I asked the policeman to come over and take a look. He recognized it as number four.

If this secret compartment was not opened from the back, then I infer that Aso Keiji's death must be related to it."

While Xiaolan was speaking, Yingsuo had been observing Asai Narimi carefully and found that despite the ups and downs of her emotions, her acting skills seemed to have improved and she did not show any obvious reaction, which made Yingsuo quite satisfied.

If her reaction was too obvious, Yingsheng would have to pretend to be stupid. But this was Xiaolan's business, and it would be meaningless if he exposed it.

However, Xiaolan has never mentioned Aida Masayo, maybe she has already guessed it.

“So there is such a section.”

Yingsheng frankly told Xiaolan what happened here, and said with a smile: "In case someone escapes, let's split up. We are on the way to Kawashima Hideo's villa. Please, Xiaolan, control the Kuroiwa Tatsuji family."

"no problem."

Xiaolan's tone was excited. It was obvious how attractive it was to fight against drug dealers to young people with a sense of justice. Just thinking about it made people excited.

Yingsheng reminded: "Be a little heavier-handed. The drug dealers may have guns. Don't let them get into trouble. Their families also need to be controlled to prevent them from leaking the news, in case they have other accomplices and alert them."

"it is good!"

Xiaolan answered again, and suddenly thought of something, and said hurriedly: "I asked the policeman if he had found any suspicious people at the community center. He said that when he was patrolling the island, he often saw Hirata, Ming and Kawashima Hideo sneaking around together.

Hirata Kazuaki was Kuroiwa Tatsuji's secretary. He was not on the island twelve years ago, but I guess he later joined the drug gang."

"The village chief's secretary..."

Yingsheng laughed and said, "Then you should go to him first and tell him that the scenery on this island is pretty good and he wants to invest in developing the tourism industry. He will probably take you to find Kuroiwa Tatsuji and then you can take him down together. If it's a misunderstanding, just apologize."

"Good idea, I'll go over now."

"Keep an eye on that old fool. Don't let him leak any information while he's in a daze, which would ruin things."

"Someone is chatting with him, absolutely not."

"OK, see you later."

Yingsheng hung up the phone, looked at the two people in front of him who had stopped and were looking at him, and smiled slightly.

"You two, today is a great harvest."

Hatake hesitated and said, "Mr. Shuiyue, who are you? Did you lock on to this matter from the beginning?"

"You heard it too. We came here just to investigate the cause of death of Keiji Aso twelve years ago. Everything else is just coincidence." Yingsheng stepped forward and patted his shoulder. "Relax, with this contribution, you will be promoted."

Hatake nodded heavily, his face flushed with excitement, and quickly turned around to lead the way.

"Why did Mr. Shuiyue come to the island to investigate what happened twelve years ago?"

Asai Narimi seemed to be asking just out of curiosity.

Hotaru shook his head and followed Hatake's pace.

"It is the industry practice to keep the client confidential."

"........."

Asai Narumi followed with a complicated look in her eyes. At this point, even if she couldn't be 100% sure, she knew that Yingsheng had probably seen through her true identity a long time ago.

After all, she only knew of one person who might commission a detective to investigate what happened twelve years ago.

Masayo Aida.

Moreover, although Masayo Aida did not tell her clearly what had happened to him in the past few days, the gunshot wound, the sudden need for shelter to avoid the enemy, and the sudden financial freedom all made her understand that Masayo Aida must have encountered something extraordinary.

The undisguised conversation between Yingsheng and Xiaolan just now completely exposed their abnormality.

Although he looks like a high school student, his actual identity is definitely not simple.

As long as we know the last name "Asai", then her identity...

"arrive."

Hatake's slightly excited voice interrupted Asai Narimi's thoughts. She looked up and saw the large black and gold style villa of Kawashima Hideo's family right in front of her.

Yingsheng looked the villa up and down and suspected that it might have a tunnel like the Blue Castle.

To avoid any accidents, Yingsheng turned around and said, "Ms. Chengshi, please use the honey trap."

Hatake: “…”

This person’s heart is too dirty!

Asai Narimi: “…”

Shouldn't you already know my identity? Why are you asking me to use the beauty trap? Is there something wrong with that?
Yingsheng's idea was very simple. He asked Asai Narimi to call Kawashima Hideo for some ambiguous reasons, capture the thief first, cut off the power supply to the villa, sneak in, and subdue the nanny and others who might be problematic.

As for other bystanders, they can apologize afterwards if there is no problem. Anyway, the primary goal is to prevent Kawashima Hideo from having the opportunity to remove the evidence of the crime. Everything else is just details.

It was just this extent that Asai Narimi of course agreed.

Although it was a bit shameful, she could bear it in order to bring her father's murderer to justice.

After the phone call, Kawashima Hideo readily accepted the invitation, while Asai Narumi glared at Hotaru in front of him with a blushing face.

"Officer Hatake avoided them all."

"That only shows that he is still too young. There is a 99% chance that you are a good person, but you must also pay great attention to that one suspicion and make sure there is no mistake." Yingsheng said, and stretched out his hand to Asai Chengmi, "I will continue to keep the phone. This is good for both of us."

This official attitude left Asai Narumi speechless and he handed over his phone obediently.

In fact, she was happy with it. If something went wrong during the arrest, and she was suspected by Yingsheng, or even labeled as an accomplice of the drug dealer, she would never be able to accept it.

Yingsheng and his companions hid in the dark for not long before a black Rolls-Royce drove out of the villa gate.

The car window was not closed. The man in the driver's seat was a tall and thin man in a suit and pink tie, with a very happy face.

After confirming with Hatake that this person was Kawashima Hideo, Hotaru walked out of the darkness and slowly followed him.

Pfft——!
A short exhaust sound was heard, and Hideo Kawashima in the car immediately felt that the right tire had softened. He cursed a few times in his heart and stopped the car to check.

After a few seconds, a young man in a white shirt came over from the end of the road. It was a stranger.

Hideo Kawashima took a look and didn't care. He was a wealthy man and would not wander around the island for no reason.

The object that punctured the tire was found; it was half of a hollow pen.

Damn, no wonder it deflated so quickly.

Huh?
Why are there more than one? There are also ones next to it, and they are vertical?
Hideo Kawashima felt something was wrong, but before he could stand up, he felt a heavy blow on the neck, his eyes went dark, and he knew nothing.

When he woke up again, he found himself back in the living room on the first floor of his villa, sitting on the sofa but unable to move.

His hands and feet were tied and his mouth was taped.

Hideo Kawashima looked at the people thrown in a pile on the ground and found that they were his nanny and gardener, who were also tied up in the same way.

He cursed in his heart a few more times, and finally looked at Asai Narimi who was sitting on the sofa opposite him.

This damn bitch actually dared to kidnap me!
"Mr. Kawashima, I heard that you are doing a very profitable business. Do you mind letting me get involved?"

Asai Narimi smiled slightly, placed a small sealed bag on the coffee table between them, and gently pushed it towards him.

When he saw the white powder inside, Hideo Kawashima's pupils suddenly shrank.

Oops, which idiot got exposed?
Asai Narimi continued, "I want all your stocks and channels. We will each do our own things and not interfere with each other. Just nod if you agree."

Hideo Kawashima was furious. Who would agree to such a ridiculous condition!

Bang-!
Less than a second after Asai Narimi finished speaking, Kawashima Hideo caught a glimpse of a black shadow flash by and land heavily on his chest out of the corner of his eye.

The intense dull pain made Kawashima Hideo's face turn purple in an instant, and he wanted to scream but no sound came out.

"Just nod if you agree," Asai Narimi repeated.

Hideo Kawashima nodded quickly.

These bastards!

The ribs are definitely broken!

Asai Chengshi raised the corner of his lips: "Now, take me to get your account book."

(End of this chapter)