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

Inside the community center.

Kogoro Mouri was holding the sheet music, looking troubled. He couldn't understand it at all!

"I say, Detective Mouri, can we all go back now?" Kuroiwa Tatsuji said.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the others also started complaining.

Kogoro Mouri said in a deep voice, "No! The culprit is very likely one of you."

The murderer took advantage of Mr. Kawashima's absence from the room where the ritual was being performed, led him to the beach where he drowned, then carried his body back, and finally returned to the room where the ritual was being performed.

"If that's the case, then people outside can do the same thing too?" Kuroiwa Reiko said dismissively, arms crossed.

"This, this..." Kogoro Mouri was immediately speechless.

"If we're talking about who was happiest after Kawashima's death, it would be Mr. Shimizu. He's lost a strong competitor!"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji started to mock Shimizu Masato.

"You...aren't you the same? Kuroiwa, the current village chief, aren't you also one of the candidates?" Shimizu Masato said angrily, pointing at Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

"I'm not as rich as Kawashima, nor do I know how to win people's hearts like you!" Kuroiwa Tatsuji sneered.

“You can all go back now!” Kitagawa Taki didn’t want to listen to these people arguing.

“Brother Kitagawa…” Kogoro Mori wanted to say something more.

Kitagawa Taki waved his hand and said, "Let's do the investigation and questioning tomorrow. There's no way a few of us can investigate so many people."

Kogoro Mori thought about it and agreed. There were dozens of people here, and if just the two of them were to investigate, they wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

Soon after, the people who came to participate in the ceremony dispersed, leaving only Kuroiwa Reiko behind.

Kogoro Mouri asked in confusion, "Ms. Kuroiwa, aren't you going back?"

“I’ll be back on Monday!” Reiko Kuroiwa stood alone to the side.

At this moment, apart from a corpse, only five people remained in the room: Reiko Kuroiwa, Minami Asano, Kogoro Mouri, Taki Kitagawa, and Conan.

Without the crowds huddled together, the room suddenly felt much more spacious.

Conan started from the corner of the room, walking around and tapping the wooden floor with his feet, making a "thump-thump" sound.

"Conan!" Kogoro Mouri was deep in thought about the case, but Conan's noise was making it impossible for him to concentrate. He turned to look at Conan and said, "What are you up to now?"

Conan explained, "Uncle, I just wanted to see if there was any hollow space under the floorboards."

After being reminded by Conan, Kogoro Mouri immediately realized Conan's intention: the culprit might have hidden the thing that emitted "Moonlight" under the floorboards.

So, he imitated Conan and started knocking as he walked from the other end of the room.

Reiko Kuroiwa rolled her eyes and walked out of the room.

Asagi's expression was strange; even he, as the murderer, hadn't expected it to turn out this way.

"Mr. Kitagawa, aren't you coming along?"

“I don’t think there’s anything under the floor,” Kitagawa Taki countered. “What do you think, Dr. Asai?”

Asagi waved his hand with a smile: "I don't know anything about these things, I'm just a doctor."

Kitagawa Taki looked away. If he didn't have divine sense, he might not have been able to tell that Asahi was actually a man.

Asano Minami didn't use a mask or anything; even her hair was real.

In addition, he has feminine features, and you can't even see his Adam's apple.

This is natural camouflage.

No wonder Conan and Kogoro Mouri didn't realize it.

A few minutes later, the two had finished checking the entire room.

"Damn it! There's none at all!" Kogoro Mouri plopped down on the ground.

Just then, Ran and Ai Haibara returned carrying two bags of food.

"Ran, why are you back again?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"We bought some bento boxes." Xiaolan even bought one for Ma Shengshi.

Ai Haibara handed the bento box to Taki Kitagawa, saying, "Here you go."

Fortunately, these men were all seasoned veterans, and they began eating right in front of the corpse.

"Ran, take a look at this sheet music." Kogoro Mouri handed the sheet music to Ran; he had almost forgotten that Ran could play the piano.

Xiaolan took it and looked at it. "Hmm, this is the sheet music for Moonlight Sonata."

Kogoro Mori quickly pressed, "Is there anything wrong with it?"

"I don't know." Xiaolan shook her head. "I need to try playing it first."

"Let's eat first, then we'll try again!" Kogoro Mori shoveled mouthfuls of rice into his mouth.

……

"Ding~"

Xiao Lan played the piece according to the score, but a discordant sound appeared.

"There's a problem with the fourth section here."

"As expected, this is very likely a death message left by Mr. Kawashima!" Kogoro Mouri rubbed his chin, but he couldn't see anything wrong with the musical staff.

"Ran, you take Conan and the other two to the hotel. Kitagawa and I will stay here. The murderer might come back."

"I want to stay too!" Conan raised his hand.

"What are you doing here, kid? Dealing with the murderer?" Kogoro Mouri glared at Conan. "Today's detective game is over!"

Ran added, "Conan, listen to me! We'll come together again tomorrow!"

Conan sighed inwardly and had no choice but to accept the arrangement. He was now worried that Kogoro Mouri would no longer take him along when encountering cases in the future.

"Uncle, could I take a look at the sheet music?"

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan and handed him the sheet music.

Conan quickly copied the problematic part into his notebook and then returned it to Kogoro Mouri.

Kogoro Mouri put away the sheet music and then said to Narumi Asami, "Miss Narumi, you should go back too!"

Asagi had no reason to refuse and agreed.

……

Just a few minutes after they left, Murasawa returned with the police.

"Monday, why did it take so long?" Reiko Kuroiwa had been waiting impatiently for a long time.

“He wasn’t at the police station, and I’ve been looking for him for ages!” Murasawa Shuichi said, looking at the old policeman.

"Alright, let's go back!" Kuroiwa Reiko said and left.

Murasawa Shuichi silently followed.

Kogoro Mouri looked at the old man, somewhat speechless: "Are you the only policeman in the station?"

“Yes, I’ve been on this island for decades, and this kind of thing rarely happens.” The old policeman nodded, then asked, “You’re the detectives from Tokyo?”

"Yes." Kogoro Mouri was no longer in the mood to introduce himself.

"Officer, is it confirmed that Keiji Aso is dead?" Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but ask after hearing the old policeman say that he had been on duty on the island for decades.

"That's right, we compared the bones and teeth at the fire scene, and it's definitely their family," the veteran police officer recalled.

"The scene was horrific; everything was burned to ashes, except for the sheet music that was kept in a fireproof safe."

"Sheet music?!" Kogoro Mouri pulled out the sheet music.

Kitagawa Taki had a sudden thought and asked, "Where are those sheet music pieces?"

"At the police station." The old policeman didn't understand why the two were so interested in the sheet music.

"Can you bring them over now?" Kogoro Mori had a feeling that they would be crucial clues.

"It's possible..."

Kogoro Mouri interrupted, "Hurry up, that thing is very important!"

Kitagawa Taki said at the right moment, "I'll go with you!"

"Alright then," the old policeman said helplessly.

……

The old policeman led the way, with Kitagawa Taki following behind.

"Officer, do you have sleeping bags at the police station?"

Yes, it is. Why are you asking this?

Kitagawa Taki explained, "Detective Mouri and I plan to stay in that room."

The old policeman shook his head: "I really don't understand you detectives, why do you have to stay with corpses?"

Kitagawa Taki didn't respond; he didn't think the murderer would return to the scene to retrieve the sheet music.

But those people will definitely come to get the white powder hidden under the piano; it's money!

The two arrived at the police station quickly.

"I remember it should be in the warehouse."

The old policeman led Kitagawa Taki all the way to the warehouse.

The warehouse wasn't large. Kitagawa Taki covered the entire warehouse with his divine sense and quickly found the sheet music in the leather bag.

He pretended to help search for the sheet music and put it away.

The old policeman searched high and low, but couldn't find it anywhere. "That's strange, it should be in here!"

Kitagawa Taki asked, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The veteran policeman said, "Now that you mention it, it seems... it might also be in the community center's warehouse..."

Kitagawa Taki shook his head: "Never mind then, let's take the sleeping bag and go back."