Conan Rick's Investigator

[I know that there is not much time left for the real me]

[I am about to fall completely into madness, even beautiful music can't save my broken brain]

[It is an ancient evil that existed before the birth of mankind]

She is about to completely take over my body, becoming her insect-like slave, and I cannot resist.

[The above is my experience]

I choose to tell you the truth before I am completely dominated by the dream sent by the "Nameless One"

If one day you are the only one left in this world, you must live well on your own.

[There's something I left for you in the safe at Tokyo-Yaling Bank. The key should be with this sheet music. The password is your birthday.]

Finally, please remember my advice to you.

Stay away from those wearing yellow clothes

【Aso Keiji】

……

Qin Zhibo read through the entire thick stack of sheet music.

Qin Zhibo, who had already prepared himself mentally, felt that the content described in it was a little unbelievable.

If a police officer or detective saw the last words on the music sheet, they would definitely think that it was some strange hallucination caused by Keiji Aso's long-term drug use.

This is common among drug users.

But as an investigator, Qin Zhibo knew that what was said here should not be a false fantasy.

This is the story of an artist who accidentally came into contact with an evil belief and whose soul was gradually corroded by it.

In this way, Qin Zhibo could roughly imagine the truth of twelve years ago.

First of all, Isamu Kameyama and others were not the initiators of drug trafficking. Instead, Keiji Aso was the initiator and the one who dominated this drug trafficking chain.

At least from a conventional perspective, Keiji Aso is the boss of the Tsukikage Island drug trafficking gang.

Since he is the one who controls the drug trafficking chain and is also responsible for overseas activities, Kameyama Isamu and others should not choose to kill this important middleman for the sake of interests.

Moreover, judging from the information on the music score, Keiji Aso was no longer able to control his body in the later period, and he should not have been able to voluntarily quit his drug dealing job, and was thus silenced.

Combined with some of the secret knowledge obtained when carrying out the main mission.

On the day of the conjunction of Aldebaran and the Sun, the yellow seal of those with the yellow mark will be "activated" and they will be put to the test.

If one fails the test, one loses his sanity and becomes a slave to the Great Will.

and so……

Qin Zhibo suddenly turned to the police officer next to him and asked, "Do you remember the exact date and month when the fire broke out at Aso Keiji's house twelve years ago?"

"Well..." The old policeman pondered for a moment, "I think it was the first day of June."

"Eh? It seems like it was just yesterday..."

Now, Qin Zhibo has completely sorted out his thoughts.

What happened even earlier than twelve years ago should be just as described in Keiji Aso's music score.

As for the night of June 1st twelve years ago, it was the night when Aldebaran was in conjunction with the Sun, which was the time for the test.

Apparently, piano artist Keiji Aso failed the Aldebaran test.

As he expected, he went completely mad, killed his wife and daughter, and then burned the house.

Perhaps he also tried to save himself with music, but the power of music was far from enough to resist the madness and evil.

Eventually, the story of Keiji Aso playing "Moonlight" in the raging fire emerged.

……

On the sea ship.

The Maori family stood on the deck, still "chewing" over and over again the incident that happened on Moon Shadow Island.

"Yesterday, Inspector Megure sent someone to take Hideo Kawashima for a mental evaluation overnight." Kogoro Mouri said casually on the deck.

"What's the result?" Mao Lilan had a strong desire for knowledge.

"It turns out he's really mentally ill, not pretending."

Kogoro Mouri took a deep puff of cigarette with a complicated expression, the kind that went through his lungs.

"It seems to be some kind of xanthophobia? Anyway, I've never heard of such a disease."

"If this is the case, the prosecutor may consider sending him to a mental hospital for recuperation."

There was a hint of displeasure in Kogoro Maori's tone.

Of course I would be upset. I thought I had caught a vicious criminal, but it turned out to be a psychopath.

As for the conclusion of the case, it was already decided yesterday. It was an internal fight between drug trafficking gangs, resulting in two deaths and one insanity.

At this moment, Conan finally couldn't help but ask: "Who was the person who sent the letter of entrustment to my uncle?"

"Could it be that these drug traffickers hired detectives to investigate themselves?"

Maori Kogoro glanced at Conan and said unhappily, "You are so stupid that you can't even figure this out?"

Conan stuck out his tongue and said, "After all, I'm just an elementary school student..."

"Hmph, of course it's Shimizu Masato." Maori Kogoro's expression was very confident. "He must want to attack the other two candidates for village chief, so he hired me to investigate."

"But the current situation really suits his wishes. With the two candidates for village chief dead, he will definitely be the village chief."

Conan was skeptical about this statement.

Although he couldn't find any fatal logical loopholes, Conan always felt that he had missed some key clues.

At this time, Conan's eyes swept over and saw Qin Zhibo who was looking at the scenery alone on the other side of the fence.

Chapter 107 Curiosity is a fever, if you are sick you should get treatment immediately!

The sea breeze mixed with a salty and humid smell blew in his face. Looking at the rippling sea, Qin Zhibo's face looked a little melancholy.

Qin Zhibo was thinking, wondering if what he was doing was right?

After learning the truth of the matter through the music score left by Keiji Aso yesterday, Qin Zhibo did not choose to tell Aso Shigemi all this.

Qin Zhibo first found a random excuse to send the old policeman away.

Then, in the cardboard box where the music score was located, Qin Zhibo found the safe key that Keiji Aso mentioned.

This key may be rather inconspicuous and has been forgotten by the elderly policeman.

Qin Zhibo put the key in his pocket, and then found some staff paper in the warehouse that was about the same age as the paper used to write Keiji Aso's music.

After all, Keiji Aso once donated a piano to the island, so it would not be surprising if he donated some musical paper as well.

Using these musical notation papers, Qin Zhibo forged two pieces of music.

It was a piece of music score, an ordinary piece of music score that Qin Zhibo copied from the score of a normal song.

Its function is to replace the music score left by Keiji Aso with this fake music score and return it to the old policeman.

Anyway, this old man can neither read musical scores nor understand secret codes, so it's easy to fool him.

This is a true portrayal of how the children in South Village bully me, old and powerless...

The other piece of music score is a "Letter to His Son" rewritten by Qin Zhibo according to Keiji Aso's code rules.

Qin Zhibo didn't expect that he would use the skill of forging documents that he had just obtained from the body of Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

Using this skill, Qin Zhibo can easily imitate Keiji Aso's style of drawing musical notes.

The re-drawn letter is concise.

To my son, Chengshi

[When you see this sheet music, I should no longer be alive]

Bulabula……

[Chengshi, you must live well even if you are alone]

This music letter was written by Qin Zhibo based on the original work, with the beginning and the end cut off. The whole letter basically consists of words like "Son, I love you very much" and "Bless you".

When the letter containing the music score was handed to Masashi, he first widened his eyes in surprise, and then cried for a long time while holding the music score.

Qin Zhibo, who was not far away, left a fatherly smile...

As for the real music score left by Keiji Aso, it was burned in the flames of a nuclear lighter.

The Yellow Monk, the Nameless One...

And the truth about the fire twelve years ago.

Qin Zhibo felt that if Ma Chengshi knew about these things, he would not be able to accept them with his current will.

Qingshan Mental Hospital will most likely be his final destination.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Qin Zhibo decided to completely conceal the truth and leave him with a "white lie."

But is this really the right thing to do?

Keiji Aso left the music score behind to let his son know the truth about his own downfall and to warn him to stay away from people wearing yellow clothes in the future.

By doing this, I am depriving Ma Chengshi of his right to know.

Secondly, I did not mention the safe in the forged music letter.

Because in the real music score letter, Keiji Aso said that his brain had been controlled and he was rarely clear-headed.

Qin Zhibo was afraid that Keiji Aso had left another piece of sheet music in the safe, or something else that would expose his "white lie".

So Qin Zhibo decided to first confirm the contents of the safe for Aso Keiji, and then slowly tell him that Aso Keiji had left him a safe.

Now the key to the safe is with me, and Asami's birthday was also obtained yesterday.

When I get back to Tokyo...

At this moment, a slightly childish voice suddenly sounded beside Qin Zhibo.

"Uncle Qin, don't you think there's something suspicious about the case on Yueying Island?"

Qin Zhibo's heart was slightly moved, but he said calmly: "For example?"

"The most suspicious thing is why Kawashima Hideo suddenly went crazy. A man like him wouldn't suddenly go crazy just because he killed two accomplices, right?"

Qin Zhibo replied without thinking, "It should be drugs, right? Long-term drug use can cause hallucinations and make the mind become fragile."

Conan: ...

The police also made the same judgment and indeed detected drug reactions in Kawashima Hideo's body, confirming that he was a drug addict.

only……

Just as Conan was about to continue asking questions, Qin Zhibo took the initiative to say, "You seem to have contracted a fever called 'curiosity'."

"Although this sounds good, but..."

"If you are sick, you must get treatment as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, driven solely by this fever, you will rush into the fog, and until the end of your life, you will never discover the hidden truth."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo walked to the other side of the deck.

Conan stood there in a daze, but Ran Maoli, who was behind him, heard the two of them talking about "getting treatment as soon as possible if you are sick" and hurried over to ask with concern: "Conan, are you sick?"

"Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"

"Don't endure illness if you are sick, otherwise a minor illness will turn into a major one."

"A kid your age..."

Conan has no way to defend himself.

On the other side, Qin Zhibo glanced at Conan, who was no longer able to explain himself, and some doubts arose in his mind.

Why did I suddenly think of those nonsense just now?