Conan Rick's Investigator

In the dim piano room, the door was pushed open.

Two pairs of feet rushed into Qin Zhibo's sight from the bright corridor.

Although there are two pairs of feet, one of the pairs of feet wearing black socks is actually floating in the air.

The other pair of feet is wearing black stockings and green slippers.

Black stockings...woman?

No! It's a transvestite!

As the two pairs of feet moved, Qin Zhibo, who was lying under the piano, had enough angle to see the identities of the two people clearly.

One is the transvestite doctor Ma Chengshi.

The other was a tall, thin man in a suit.

In the reflection of the moonlight, there were a few drops of crystal clear stuff on Ma Chengshi's face.

Tears?

The light flashed by, because Masamichi pushed the door open and left with his arm around the man in the suit.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo became a little anxious.

Because the man in the suit had his eyes closed and his body showed no resistance, but there was no body to be examined, which showed that he had been drugged.

There is no doubt that he is the target that Asami wants to kill.

Qin Zhibo got up in a hurry to see what was happening next, causing his head to hit the piano above his head when he stood up.

I looked up subconsciously and happened to see an investigation point emitting its own unique light in the darkness.

【Survey√】

[This is a secret compartment under the piano. There might be something shameful hidden inside.]

Qin Zhibo took out a nuclear lighter, and with the help of the light, he opened the secret compartment and found some white powder on his fingers.

This is……

【Identification√】

【Medicinal ingredient: diacetylmorphine】

【Chemical formula: O 5】

[Effect: Inhibits breathing and damages the central nervous system...]

Accuracy: 53.9%

Isn't this Hai**?

Qin Zhibo didn't have time to think more, so he quickly put the secret compartment back and went out through the back door.

……

On the beach, Masami Miura immersed Kawashima Hideo's lower body in the water and held up his upper body with both hands.

Now, if he let go, Kawashima Hideo would be face down in the water.

A little more force would be enough to drown it.

only……

Masami Miura looked up at the bright full moon in the night sky. Even though her face was tilted 45 degrees, tears still flowed down her face.

At this moment, there were two voices in his heart, an angel and a devil, whispering in his ears.

Devil: Kill him and you can avenge your family!

Angel: No! If you kill him, you will become a murderer too. You should report their drug dealing to the police!

Devil: That’s too light a sentence. You’ll be released in a few years, and they’ll still bother you.

Devil: Imagine your father, mother, and sister struggling in the flames. They are all innocent!

Devil: Who caused your family to be destroyed? It's them! Only by killing them can you be free!

The devil's voice grew louder and louder, even drowning out the sound of waves in reality.

Now there was only one voice left in Ma Shengshi's mind.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Amid this deafening "sound", the strength in Ma Chengshi's fingers became increasingly weaker.

However, just as Kawashima Hideo's face was about to sink into the water, a more powerful voice shouted out.

"Hey!"

"If you don't want to do it, don't force yourself!"

Ma Shengshi's body trembled in surprise and he quickly turned his head towards the direction where the sound came from.

I saw a man in a brown windbreaker standing not far behind me. His mixed-race face shone brightly in the moonlight, and his tall figure formed a sharp contrast with my slender figure.

This person was the detective who had come to ask for directions during the day.

Qin Zhibo!

Frightened, Masashi took a step back and almost lost his balance.

"H-how did you know?"

Ma Chengsheng was so frightened and terrified that he couldn't even speak clearly and his questions were meaningless.

But Qin Zhibo still explained the reason why he came here in a reasonable and well-founded manner.

"If you're asking how I knew you were a man, it was probably when we first met."

"When I invited you to shake my hand, I could vaguely see your Adam's apple hidden under your stand-up collar sweater because of my height advantage."

"But your Adam's apple is very small, and I wasn't sure at the time. After all, I couldn't stick my head in to look, and doing so would have been too rude."

"As a male's secondary sexual characteristic, the Adam's apple is difficult to hide, so I guess you can only wear clothes with stand-up collars to cover it up."

"And when I saw you for the second time at the entrance of the Community Center and found that you were wearing a stand-up collar again, I was almost certain."

Qin Zhibo's explanation shocked Ma Chengshi.

During the three years that I have been hiding my gender on the island, no one has ever doubted me because I wear stand-up collar clothes regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter.

This detective was able to determine my gender based on this on the first day of meeting me...

Besides being shocked, Ma Chengshi felt that this was a kind of magical realism.

But in reality, the truth is even more far-fetched than this.

Chapter 96: Rescue under the Moonlight (3k, please subscribe)

"Stop it, there are detectives everywhere."

"Even if I don't report you, you won't be able to escape punishment."

"Even though you put your flip-flops on the beach, your feet are in the water and the soles of your flip-flops are definitely covered in beach sand."

"Even if the slippers can be washed, how are you going to explain that your socks are wet?"

"You didn't bring any spare black silk stockings, did you?"

"And if a homicide occurs, the police will come to the island to question everyone."

"When you re-identify yourself, your male identity will be revealed, right?"

Kawashima Hideo drowned himself in the sea, so it was inevitable that his feet would step into the water.

Although Qin Zhibo is not sure whether Conan and Maori Kogoro can notice this, if the investigation point generation mechanism is followed, the investigation point will be generated easily.

As for finding out the gender, Qin Zhibo felt that even a police officer like Megure should be able to do it easily.

However, this time the side quest is not to find out the murderer, but to complete the contents of the letter of commission.

The content of the letter of authorization is actually divided into two parts...

"The first sentence of the letter of commission was undoubtedly a foreshadowing of murder under the full moon, but the second sentence wasn't actually a provocation."

"You probably hope someone can stop you, right?"

Ma Chengshi's body trembled slightly. Qin Zhibo quietly took a step forward and continued to analyze: "I believe that your nature is kind."

"Although I don't know why you want to kill this person, it should be related to Keiji Aso, right?"

"Aso Keiji... he should be your father, right?"

Ma Chengshi was once again surprised that Qin Zhibo had even seen through this point, and at this time Qin Zhibo also successfully approached Ma Chengshi.

A strong and powerful hand grabbed Ma Shengshi's slender wrist, and the hot temperature moved Ma Shengshi a little.

After a few seconds of stalemate, Masashi chose to let go.

However, Hideo Kawashima was not thrown into the water, but placed on the dry shore nearby.

"You are right, Keiji Aso is my father."

"Twelve years ago, my father, mother, and sister died in a fire. It was an 'accident' they created to silence us."

"They? To silence them?" Qin Zhibo asked doubtfully without thoroughly figuring out the cause and effect behind the incident.

"Yeah." Asano smiled wryly. "I've been suspicious about my family's deaths for a long time, so after graduating from medical school, I returned to this island as a female doctor, intending to secretly investigate the matter."

"Three years ago, the former village chief, Kameyama, probably had inappropriate thoughts about me and called me to the piano room in the middle of the night."

"When I told him I was Aso's son, he suddenly started talking to himself in fear and then collapsed from a heart attack."

"He feels guilty about my father, otherwise he wouldn't be so afraid of me."

"So I started investigating people related to Kameyama, and finally recently discovered that they were secretly conducting drug trafficking."

"There's the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu, the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, and Nishimoto Ken." Asano glanced down at Kawashima Hideo lying on the ground, "And this guy..."

"And the four of them were witnesses who saw my father set fire to a family with his own hands."

"It was these three, along with the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu, who killed my family members who witnessed the drug deal..."

Ma Chengshi was immersed in grief, and Qin Zhibo also remembered the investigation point he had just found under the piano.

It turns out that these are the people who conduct this kind of business in the village...

And since Secretary Hirata is the current village chief's secretary and is doing everything in his power to prevent anyone from entering the piano room, isn't that also...

Qin Zhibo asked the doubts in his mind, and Ma Chengshi nodded honestly.

"He did participate in the drug trade, but he hadn't come to Moon Shadow Island twelve years ago, so he shouldn't have been among the murderers who killed my father."

Qin Zhibo thought about it carefully and realized that it was true.

The personal information of Secretary Hirata is that he is 31 years old. Twelve years ago, he hadn't even grown all his hair yet, so it is unlikely that he would be the one to commit murder or arson.

Qin Zhibo continued to ask, "So your plan is to kill the three enemies who are still alive?"

Masami nodded honestly again.

"Okay, hand me over to the police."

Ma Shengshi lowered his head and stretched out his hands in surrender, but Qin Zhibo took a step back and waved his hands.

"First of all, I don't think the world is black and white. There should be a gray area between black and white."

"If you can promise to let go of your thoughts of revenge, I can choose not to call the police."

“Sometimes, you may not be able to forgive your enemies, but you can try to forgive yourself.”

"Leave this small Moon Shadow Island, and you will find that there are many beautiful places in this world worth lingering in. I believe your father would not want you to destroy yourself for revenge."

"As for the wicked... wicked people will be punished by their own wickedness. This is an old saying."

"While your hands are still stained with blood, you still have a chance to start over."

"So...you choose."

At this time, Ma Chengshi had two choices before him.

One is Hideo Kawashima lying on the dry shore next to him, who represents continued revenge.