Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

If he hadn't taken a million from someone, would he be putting up with this humiliation here?

Isn't it nice to just lie comfortably at home?

Kitagawa Taki, however, was waiting quietly, not for the ritual to end, but for Asahi Narumi to make her move.

He wouldn't mind helping Asano Minoru out of the blue, teaching some rude locals a small lesson, and incidentally giving Conan a little trouble.

……

Night falls.

A melodious piano tune drifted over.

"What's this?" Kogoro Mouri turned to look at the community center.

"The first movement of the Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor," Ai Haibara said calmly.

"What C? A dozen?" Kogoro Mouri didn't understand at all.

Xiao Lan reminded him, "Dad, it's Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata!"

Conan, however, rushed straight into the room he had just entered.

"Conan!"

Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri and Ran quickly followed.

Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai followed behind at a leisurely pace.

By this time, a crowd had already gathered outside the room.

However, not a single person dared to go in.

Conan took the lead and pushed open the door to the room.

The slow melody came to an abrupt end.

A man was lying motionless on the piano keys, and there was a winding water stain on the floor.

Kogoro Mouri and Conan went to check, and Takiya Kitagawa took the opportunity to walk to the piano and put a tape recorder inside into his bracelet.

“The person is already dead.” Kogoro Mouri shook his head at the crowd gathered at the door.

Only then did a few more people enter the room.

This includes Asagi Minoru, Shimizu Masato, Hirata Kazuaki, the bald current village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji, and his daughter Kuroiwa Reiko.

"Lan, go to the police station and notify the police!"

Kitagawa Taki interrupted, "I think it would be better to let the locals go; they're more familiar with the area."

"Murasawa, go!" Kuroiwa Tatsuji turned around and instructed Murasawa Shuichi, Kuroiwa Reiko's fiancé.

Kogoro Mouri said to Narumi Asami, "Miss Narumi, could you please examine the body?"

Ma Shengsheng responded and began the inspection.

Conan had already searched around the piano, but he couldn't find what he was looking for.

He gritted his teeth, secretly regretting that he hadn't discovered the clues in the letter of entrustment sooner—the letter had foreshadowed that someone would die on the night of the full moon.

"A curse! It must be a curse!"

Hirata Kazuaki looked terrified and shouted loudly.

"This isn't a curse; this is clearly a premeditated murder!"

Kogoro Mouri stepped forward and directly denied it.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji asked in a deep voice, "Are you the detective from Tokyo?"

“That’s right!” Kogoro Mouri straightened his suit and introduced himself with a rather smug look, “I am the famous detective from Tokyo, Kogoro Mouri!”

A voice rang out from the crowd: "Ah! I know, it's that alien!"

Another old man said, "No, I clearly remember him appearing frequently in detective novels."

The person next to him whispered a reminder: "That's Kogoro Akechi..."

Kogoro Mouri, looking utterly dejected, turned and walked over to Asano Minori's side.

Asagi made a judgment: "The deceased was Kawashima Hideo, one of the candidates for village chief, and the time of death was probably between thirty minutes and an hour ago."

The cause of death was suffocation; he was most likely drowned in the sea.

However, a definitive conclusion can only be drawn after an autopsy.

Kogoro Mouri pondered, "The water stains on the ground extend all the way to the door leading to the beach... Ms. Narumi, your conclusion is correct!"

Conan has no time to care about these things right now; he just wants to know where the "Moonlight Sonata" came from.

First, we can rule out the possibility that the deceased himself played the instrument.

When he ran to the door of the room, he could still hear the sound of the piano. By then, Hideo Kawashima had long since died.

The music stopped when I entered the room.

But he couldn't find anything like a tape recorder in the room.

Conan was puzzled...

Kitagawa Taki glanced at the stunned Conan and found it somewhat amusing.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri also realized the problem and wondered, "Then where does the sound of the piano come from?"

He glanced around the empty room, then started searching on the piano.

Asagi walked calmly to the piano, only to be surprised to find that the tape recorder he had placed inside the piano had vanished!

Although he didn't understand what was going on, this would undoubtedly add a veil of mystery to the matter, making it more advantageous to his plans.

"This is... sheet music?!"

Kogoro Mouri pulled a piece of paper from the open piano lid. "I don't remember seeing this during the day!"

Just then, a man with spiky hair in the crowd seemed to have seen something terrifying, and screamed as he ran out of the room.

Seeing this, Kitagawa Taki asked, "Who is that?"

Asagi explained, "That's Ken Nishimoto. He was already like this when I came here two years ago."

“Mr. Nishimoto used to be very wealthy, but ever since the former village chief died, he’s become a completely different person. He doesn’t like to go out and he’s become suspicious,” said Masato Shimizu.

Kitagawa Taki nodded; this guy was most likely one of Asano Minami's targets for revenge.

Then he said to the two women, "Ran, why don't you and Ai go to the hotel on the island first? We can handle things here."

Kogoro Mori slapped his forehead: "Brother Kitagawa is right, you two should go to the hotel and rest!"

Ran nodded upon hearing this, then looked down at Ai Haibara, wondering if Ai would be willing to go with her.

Ai Haibara wasn't particularly interested in solving cases, so she didn't refuse.

The two then left the community center together.

……

Walking down the deserted street, Ran seemed a little lost in thought, hesitating whether to ask Ai Haibara for clarification.

"What are you thinking about?" Ai Haibara's cool voice sounded somewhat distant.

Ran snapped out of her daze and realized she had taken the wrong path, ending up on a side road several meters away from Ai Haibara on the main road.

She smiled sheepishly and quickly ran to Ai Haibara's side.

Ai Haibara didn't ask any more questions, and the two walked quietly and silently.

Finally, Ran couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Ai, you don't have autism, right?"

Although Ai Haibara is a bit strange, she doesn't talk much and occasionally says some very mature things, but Ran thinks she definitely doesn't have autism.

Ai Haibara stopped in her tracks, gave a negative answer, and then asked, "What do you want to ask?"

She thought Xiaolan would ask questions about whether their lying was autism.

Unexpectedly, Ran's next words were: "Ai, I'll just ask you directly, do you not like me very much?"

Ai Haibara was taken aback. Had she made it too obvious?

To be honest, it's hard to dislike someone like Ran Mouri.

The same applies to Ai Haibara.

But who can blame them when Kitagawa Taki is between them?

After a moment of silence, Ai Haibara confessed, "I do not really like you, but it has nothing to do with you as a person."

Chapter 301 I Didn't Say I Wouldn't Kill You

After saying that, Ai Haibara walked straight ahead without lingering.

"what?"

Ran paused for a moment, then followed, pondering Ai Haibara's words.

After much thought, she could only think of Kitagawa Taki, who was her only connection to Haibara Ai.

Did Ai Haibara find out about her relationship with Taki Kitagawa? Does she think she stole Taki from her?

Is this what they call a feud between sisters-in-law?

The more Xiaolan thought about it, the more certain she became.

But how can this problem be solved?

"I'm going to the convenience store."

Ran's thoughts were interrupted by Ai Haibara's words.

She followed them into the store and saw Ai Haibara choosing a bento box, only then realizing that they hadn't had dinner yet.

Ai Haibara picked out two bento boxes and two bottles of tea.

Seeing this, Xiaolan also bought several bento boxes.

……