The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Seeing the probing look on Aragaki Yu's face, Conan had no choice but to give in and say, "Okay, I admit I'm a siscon!"

Seeing Conan's expression of shame and indignation, Yuuto Aragaki couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you talking about! You're so excited!" Suddenly, Sonoko's voice rang in their ears.

Conan turned around and saw that it was Ran and Sonoko walking over.

"Conan, what are you whispering to Aragaki? Can I hear too?" Ran asked Conan with a smile.

"Nothing! Ran-neechan, we didn't say anything!" Conan hurriedly denied.

Conan was panicking; he couldn't let Ran know this.

"I was discussing my sister with Conan..." Yu Aragaki, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, was about to speak up.

However, Conan didn't give Aragaki Yuu the chance, and quickly interjected, "Yes, that's right, it's a case, a case! I was discussing that case with Aragaki-nii! Right, Aragaki-nii!"

Conan repeatedly gave Aragaki Yuu meaningful glances, pleading for mercy.

"That's right, Conan is right." Seeing Conan's little expression, Aragaki Yu, who was already satisfied, let Conan go.

Indeed, things like Conan are more interesting when done step by step.

"What the hell! This is so boring!" Sonoko rolled her eyes at Conan, then glanced at Aragaki Yuu a few times before grabbing Ran's arm again and running ahead, ignoring the two of them. "What the hell! This is so boring! All you ever think about is cases!"

"Phew..." Conan, having dealt with the situation, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"hateful!"

Chapter 38 Moon Shadow Island

"Honestly, we could be going to see the flowers, so why does the famous detective Kogoro Mouri have to come to this kind of island?" Kogoro Mouri complained reluctantly, leaning on the railing of the ferry.

On the night of the next full moon, shadows will begin to disappear again on Moonshadow Island. Please investigate the cause. — Keiji Aso

Yuu Aragaki stood on the deck, gazing at the distant scenery while recalling and reading the invitation made of paper cutouts that Kogoro Mouri had received a week earlier.

The Snow Woman has returned to the Yin-Yang Realm due to seasickness.

"Honestly, why are you forcing people to do things?" Kogoro Mouri seemed a little impatient.

"That's great! We can relax on one of the islands in the Izu Islands!" Ran, who was leading Conan out of the cabin and enjoying the sea breeze, seemed quite interested. "Isn't that right, Conan!"

"Mmm!" Conan nodded obediently, his hand being held by Ran.

"Besides, Dad! You've already taken their money! How can you say that!" Ran seemed a little angry as she recalled how Kogoro Mouri had gone to a pachinko parlor and gambled away the 500,000 yen commission fee that had been sent along with the letter of commission.

"Haha... Ran, no, I was just joking! Hahaha..." Seeing Ran clenching her fists, Kogoro Mori quickly changed his tune.

"However, what exactly does that letter of request that Uncle Kogoro received mean?" Conan was clearly more interested in that letter of request.

Mentioning this, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but complain again: "I get so angry just thinking about this. Do clients these days like to use riddles? What's with all this nonsense about shadows disappearing again on a full moon night? It's really inexplicable."

"Aragaki, what do you think?" Ran noticed Aragaki Yuu, who had been deep in thought since the beginning, and asked curiously.

"No, I don't have any clue either," Aragaki Yu said with a smile. "We'll probably only find out the true meaning of this letter of entrustment when we get to Moonshadow Island."

Although Yuu Aragaki was smiling, he was actually feeling heavy-hearted inside.

The Moonlight case?!

This might be one of the few cases that Yuu Aragaki remembers clearly.

The murderer, Asai (Aso) Narumi, had her family murdered when she was a child. After growing up, she came to Tsukikage Island to investigate the truth behind her father's death.

After learning the truth about what happened back then, he killed all the murderers who killed his father by staging a series of murders.

Finally, amidst the raging flames, he played the piano, choosing without regret a tragic case that led to his self-understanding.

In his final moments, Conan brought his father's last letter, hoping to persuade him to live on.

However, Narumi's smile before the curtain fell said, "It's too late, because I'm already like those four people... my hands are stained with blood."

It is a source of deep regret for many.

The reason why Narumi invited the detective to the island under the identity of Keiji Aso was precisely to give herself an opportunity.

Deep down, he also hoped that the detective he had hired could decipher the clues he had left behind and prevent him from committing murder.

Asai (Aso) Narumi is the first and only suspect to commit suicide in front of Conan Edogawa.

It was because of this case that Conan began to realize that solving cases is meant to help people turn back from the wrong path, not to drive criminals to despair.

At Ran's invitation, Yuu Aragaki and the Mori family boarded a ferry bound for Tsukikage Island.

(Sonoko Suzuki, currently traveling in France: What about me? What about me?! What happened to our threesome?!)

As the group talked, the ferry gradually docked at the Moonshadow Island pier.

……

"Aso... Keiji, I can't find that name, that's strange." The staff member carefully searched through the resident register, somewhat puzzled.

"Please look carefully, I still have the letter he sent me here." Kogoro Mouri took the invitation out of his pocket.

While continuing to flip through the resident register, the staff member replied, "I've only just arrived on this island myself, so I'm not very clear on the details."

At this moment, an older staff member walked over and asked, "What happened?"

"Ah, Director, it is said that this gentleman came here at the request of the islanders."

"A commission?" The director seemed somewhat puzzled.

“It’s an island named Keiji Aso…” the young staff member continued to explain.

"Wh...what! You mean Keiji Aso!" Before the staff member could finish speaking, the director exclaimed in surprise, his face changing drastically.

Upon hearing this name, the others around also showed strange expressions and began to whisper among themselves.

"No...impossible! Because, that Keiji Aso...died more than ten years ago!" the director murmured in horror.

Kogoro Mouri, Conan, and the others were shocked to hear this.

Only Aragaki Yu's expression remained normal.

Next, from the director's narration and explanation, the group learned that—

Keiji Aso was a famous pianist on the island, but after a concert twelve years ago, he suddenly locked himself in a house with his family and then set the entire house on fire. It is said that he killed his family members with a knife.

Amidst the raging flames, he seemed to be entangled by something, showing no desire to escape. Instead, he continued to play the piano, specifically Beethoven's Piano Sonata "Moonlight Sonata"...

After learning the situation, Mori and his group sat on the flower bed outside the door with Aragaki Yu.

“It’s a letter from the deceased! What a terrible prank!” Kogoro Mouri said, crumpling the letter into a ball.

"That's not necessarily true, because the other party has already paid the commission fee," Conan offered a different perspective.

Knowing the plot, Aragaki Yu also pointed out, "And look at the letter of request, it's stamped with Tsukikage Island's postmark. So, I think it must be someone on the island asking you to help investigate Aso Keiji's matter."

"Yes, maybe he's a good friend of Mr. Aso. Let's go ask the village chief!" Xiaolan suggested.

Hearing what the others said, Kogoro Mouri nodded slightly in agreement: "What you said makes sense. Let's go then. The staff member said that the village chief should be at the community center."

As they passed by the clinic on the island, they saw a pretty, intellectual-looking female doctor just leaving to see off a child who had come to see her.

"Excuse me, how do I get to the community center?" Xiaolan called out to the female doctor who was turning to walk back to the clinic.

"Yes, it's the community center. Turn left up ahead and walk straight to the end," the female doctor said with a shy smile and a gentle tone.

Looking at the female doctor in front of him, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Aragaki Yu knew that she must be Asai (Aso) Narumi.

Although the female doctor in front of me had a delicate face and a shapely figure, and looked so gentle and graceful.

Hmm, but she's a cross-dresser.

"Are you from Tokyo?" the female doctor suddenly asked.

"Yes, we came on that same boat!" Xiaolan nodded with a smile.

“I was also born in Tokyo! But this island is different from Tokyo. Isn’t it wonderful? The air is so fresh, and it’s so quiet!” As she spoke, the female doctor stretched her arms, making a gesture of embracing nature, and looked completely relaxed.

As the group chatted pleasantly, a car slowly approached from a distance.

"Shimizu, Shimizu Masato, please vote for Shimizu Masato!"

The car, blaring a loud radio broadcast, drove past the female doctor who was still in a daze.

Aragaki Yuu, Mouri Kogoro, and others: ...

An awkward silence fell over the room, and everyone had the illusion that they heard crows cawing as they flew by.

The female doctor paused slightly, then explained, "However, this is an exception, because it's currently the village chief election, and the candidates for village chief include..."

The female doctor was preparing to introduce the candidates for village chief on the island to the group.

Kogoro Mouri, however, was getting impatient and quickly interrupted, "Alright, Nurse, we're not interested in the village chief election on the island."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, my name is Asai Narumi, I'm a doctor on the island, and I already have a formal medical license!" Asai Narumi said with a smile.

"Well then, Ms. Narumi, we'll take our leave now!" Kogoro Mori hurriedly said goodbye to Narumi Asai because he was in a hurry to get to the community center.

After Conan and Ran nodded apologetically to Narumi Asai, they chased after Kogoro Mouri.

However, Yuu Aragaki, who had fallen behind, did not rush to leave. Instead, he stayed where he was, curiously observing the "female" doctor in front of him.

Asai Narumi looked at the handsome young man who had stayed behind and asked with some confusion, "Young man, do you have any other questions?"