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"The current, domineering village chief will not be allowed to be re-elected!"

"It seems the current village chief is very unpopular!" Kogoro Mouri remarked.

"How are we supposed to get in?" Xiaolan asked worriedly, looking at the entrance of the community center, which was completely blocked by a crowd.

At that moment, a man in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, walked out of the community center and shouted loudly to the crowd:

"The memorial service for the former village chief will be held tonight. Please do not gather here and go home!"

Someone in the crowd immediately retorted: "Shut up, you lackey of the village chief!"

The others immediately chimed in, "Shut up!"

The person who was wronged couldn't save face.

Kogoro Mori pondered, "The village chief's lackey, that must be the secretary, right? Finding him will definitely lead me to the village chief!"

"Come with me!"

With Ai Haibara in one arm and pushing aside the villagers blocking their way, Kitagawa Taki carved a path through the crowd.

When the man saw someone rushing towards him, he immediately turned around and ran back into the house.

Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri quickly called out to him, "Wait a minute, sir, we came from Tokyo!"

Chapter 299 It's all your fault, you brat, for not listening to orders!

"Tokyo?"

Upon closer inspection, the man realized he was indeed not a local.

Kogoro Mouri said, "We want to find the village chief."

The man appeared quite wary: "Who are you people?"

Kogoro Mouri patted his chest and declared, "I am a detective!"

Upon hearing the word "detective," the man's expression changed. Seeing the men looking at him, he forced a smile and said, "Come with me!"

The group followed the man into the community center, where he gave a brief self-introduction.

It turns out he is Hirata Kazuaki, the secretary of the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

I walked to the door of a room.

“Please wait on the chairs outside for a moment. I’ll go in and talk to the village chief,” Hirata Kazuaki said.

He then pushed open the door and entered the room.

Time passed slowly, but Hirata Kazuaki still hadn't come out.

Kogoro Mouri lit a cigarette and said impatiently, "How much longer are we going to have to wait?!"

"Dad, there are two other little kids here!"

Ran snatched Kogoro Mouri's cigarette and extinguished it in the ashtray on the nearby table.

Kitagawa Taki chuckled, "Conan seems to have disappeared."

The kid couldn't wait any longer and went off to explore the map.

Ran looked around but couldn't see Conan anywhere.

"Where's Conan? Wasn't he just here a moment ago?"

Kogoro Mouri made no move to get up and look for Conan. "He's probably off playing somewhere again! Just ignore him, he'll come back on his own."

“He went over there,” Ai Haibara said, pointing to the end of the corridor.

Xiao Lan immediately went over.

At that moment, Hirata Kazuaki finally came out of the room. He saw Ran walking towards the room at the end of the corridor and hurriedly chased after her.

"What is this secretary up to?!"

Kogoro Mouri followed behind, quite annoyed.

……

in the room.

There was only a grand piano in the center of the room, and nothing else, making it seem very empty.

Ran stood in the doorway, hands on her hips, and snapped, "Conan! You're running around again!"

Conan, who was about to start playing the piano, suddenly shuddered and turned to explain, "Ran-neechan, I'm just a little bored."

"Even boredom can't be tolerated..."

Before Ran could finish speaking, Hirata Kazuaki, who had caught up, saw Conan about to touch the piano and hurriedly said, "Don't touch that piano! It's a cursed piano!"

"Cursed!?" Xiaolan exclaimed in surprise.

Hirata Kazuaki exclaimed in horror, "That was the piano that Mr. Aso played at his concert on the day he died!"

Conan and Kogoro Mouri were instantly drawn to "Mr. Aso".

Kogoro Mori hurriedly asked, "Mr. Hirata, is the Mr. Aso you're talking about named Keiji Aso?"

Hirata Kazuaki was quite surprised: "How did you know?"

"Because we received a letter of authorization from Keiji Aso." Kitagawa Taki leaned against the wall.

Hirata Kazuaki's squinty eyes widened. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Mr. Aso has been dead for over ten years!"

Kogoro Mouri asked, "Could you explain in more detail?"

"Mr. Aso was born here and was a famous pianist who was always very popular."

On a full moon night twelve years ago, he returned to his hometown after many years and held a concert at the community center.

However, after he returned home, he suddenly locked himself and his family inside and set the house on fire.

It is said that he first killed his wife and daughter with a knife, and then, as if possessed by some ghost, he continuously played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata until he was engulfed in flames..."

Hirata and Ming talked about it.

Hearing his strange words, Kogoro Mori whispered to Taki Kitagawa, "Brother Kitagawa, is this piano really cursed?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head.

"This piano was donated to the community center by him. In short, this piano must not be touched! The same thing happened to the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu!"

As he spoke, Hirata Kazuaki lifted Conan off the piano bench.

"The former village chief?"

Having received a reply from Kitagawa Taki, Kogoro Mouri has already classified this as a normal occurrence.

"Two years ago, on a full moon night, I happened to pass by here and heard piano music coming from the community center. When I went in to check, I saw that Mr. Kameyama had died on this piano!"

Was the piece you played back then also "Moonlight Sonata"?

“That’s right.” Hirata Kazuaki nodded.

Conan glanced at the piano; he simply didn't believe it.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he dashed back to the piano, opened the lid, and played "I Stepped on a Cat".

"This piano looks exactly the same!"

"You brat!" Kogoro Mouri stepped forward, tapped Conan on the head, and then lifted him off the ground. "I told you not to touch it!"

Hirata Kazuaki was even more shocked. He hurried the group to the door and said, "In short, you'd better wait in the entrance hall until the former village chief's ritual is over!"

After saying that, he closed the door, ignored everyone, and left alone.

"It's all your fault, you brat, for not listening to me!" Kogoro Mouri gave Conan another flick on the forehead.

Conan covered his head, muttering, "There's no such thing as a curse in this world!"

He just tested it and found that the piano's pitch was quite accurate; it's definitely tuned regularly by someone.

"Let's go, they've already chased us away," Kitagawa Taki said.

He had already seen through the trickery involved—

There was a hidden compartment inside that piano, and inside that compartment was white powder.

This is why Hirata Kazuaki is so nervous.

……

Entrance hall.

The group encountered Asagi, dressed in black, with a crew cut man in a suit beside him.

"Mr. Kitagawa, you're still here!"

Kogoro Mouri asked, "Miss Narumi, are you here to attend the memorial service for the former village chief?"

"Yes, I happened to be on this island when Mr. Kameyama passed away, and I was the one who examined the body."

After explaining, Asagi introduced the man to the group: "This is Mr. Shimizu Masato, one of the candidates for village chief."

The group nodded in greeting.

"Then let's go in first!"

Asagi greeted them, and then entered the community center with Shimizu Masato.

Kogoro Mouri sat down on the steps at the front door, took out the letter of request, and said, "I never expected it to be sent by a dead person."

"Dad, how could a dead person send a letter?" Xiaolan's lips twitched as she voiced her guess: "It was probably sent by someone who knew Mr. Aso."

Conan squatted to the side, not daring to utter a sound; he shared the same thought as Ran.

The letter of authorization was definitely sent by someone connected to Keiji Aso, but what exactly did it mean?

Chapter 300 I Don't Like You

"Damn it! It's already dark, why isn't the ritual over yet?"

Kogoro Mori looked at the darkening sky and began to complain.