Detective Conan: Developing a younger version of Ran Eri, and the stunning Yukiko.

At that moment, two villagers were standing guard in front of the village chief's office. This situation was like trying to hide something obvious, clearly indicating that Conan was inside the village chief's office.

Shiraishi Hara walked toward the two villagers, who immediately became alert.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Get out of here!"

"What if I don't leave?"

"Then we'll throw you out!"

Two villagers lunged at Shiraishihara, who swiftly threw a punch. In the blink of an eye, each villager was punched in the face and collapsed to the ground unconscious.

After Shiraishihara dealt with the two men, Yukiko hurriedly opened the door to search for Conan. She quickly found Conan tied up in a corner of the room.

Yukiko quickly stepped forward to untie Conan's ropes.

Yukiko asked with a worried expression, "Conan, are you alright?"

Conan stretched and instinctively called out to Yukiko, "I'm fine, Mom. How did you find me?"

"Conan, call me older sister..."

Yukiko glanced awkwardly at Ai Haibara, secretly hoping she hadn't noticed anything amiss. In reality, Ai Haibara already knew that Conan Edogawa was Shinichi Kudo.

Conan realized he had let something slip and quickly scratched his head, saying, "Yukiko-neechan, Shiraishihara-nii, this is bad! Everyone in the community center is a drug dealer! They've kidnapped me and want to use me to blackmail you. It's terrifying!"

The current situation on Moonshadow Island truly terrified Conan, as almost all the villagers were involved in criminal activities.

Shiraishi said, "Don't be afraid. I've already notified Inspector Megure to send his men over to wipe out all the drug dealers in the village."

Conan looked worried: "But...we don't yet have conclusive evidence of drug trafficking by the Tsukikage Island Village."

Shiraishi explained, "Dr. Asano Minami has been infiltrating the island for several years. She already has evidence of the village's crimes. This includes information on the upstream and downstream of Tsukikage Village as a drug trafficking hub, specific details of drug transactions conducted on the high seas, and the location of the village's drug storage warehouses..."

In the original anime storyline, Asami knew that the village chief and key members of the village were leading drug trafficking, but instead of calling the police to arrest them, he decided to kill them himself, probably to avenge his parents.

However, now, Asami has been persuaded by Shiraishihara to seek revenge with the help of the police. Of course, by relying on the police, the drug dealers who killed Asami's parents will most likely only be imprisoned, not killed. But the collective drug trafficking activities in Tsukikage Village will come to an end. So, it certainly has both advantages and disadvantages.

The four went downstairs and waited outside the community center for a while. Sure enough, Inspector Megure arrived with a large number of his men.

Taking advantage of the memorial service, Japanese police surrounded all the drug dealers in the village.

The drug traffickers, led by the current village chief Kuroiwa Tatsuji, naturally denied everything and resolutely refused to admit their crimes.

At this point, Asai Narumi stepped forward and exposed in detail the collective drug trafficking activities of the villages on the island.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji was greatly shocked: "You're just an outsider, a doctor who came to work in the village after graduating from the University of Tokyo. How could you know all the secrets of the village!"

Inside the community center, the Moonlight Sonata suddenly began to play. Accompanied by the music, Asai Narumi revealed the whole truth: "I am the son of Keiji Aso, your accomplice who was killed back then! I survived the fire by chance and have been living under an assumed name ever since. I returned to Tsukikage Island to secretly gather evidence and expose the crimes committed by the village on the island! To this end, I even underwent gender reassignment surgery and became a woman!"

When the four people involved in the murder of Keiji Aso's entire family—Masato Shimizu, Tatsuji Kuroiwa, Hideo Kawashima, and Saijo—heard Narumi Asai's words, they were terrified and cried out words like "curse," "retribution," and "revenge."

Tokyo police successfully apprehended all the drug dealers on the island, and now they can finally hold a press conference in front of the major media outlets, proudly showcasing the greatness, brilliance, and correctness of the Tokyo police, thus reviving their plummeting reputation.

After the incident, Asai Narumi left Tsukikage Island and used her savings to open a clinic in Beika Town, continuing her career as a doctor.

After a day's work, Asai Narumi specially invited Shiraishi Hara to visit her clinic.

Shiraishi was naturally happy to go, thinking that if he ever felt unwell in the future, he could go directly to Asai Narumi for treatment.

"This place is really nice, the space is quite large."

"If Detective Shiraishi feels unwell, he can come to me for treatment anytime. I will treat you for free."

With that, Asai Narumi closed the clinic door.

"Huh? Why did you close the door?"

"We've been busy all day, it's time to close up shop."

"Right."

Have you had dinner?

"Ate."

"What a pity, I was hoping to invite Detective Shiraishi to dinner."

"Uh...maybe next time."

“Um…” Asai Narumi suddenly leaned closer to Shiraishi Hara, “Detective Shiraishi, aren’t you quite curious about my body? I can let you see.”

Although Shiraishihara was indeed a little curious, he didn't necessarily want to find out, since it involved the other party's privacy.

"No need, Dr. Asai, don't force yourself just because of my curiosity."

"I don't feel forced."

Asai Narumi removed the hair clip that held her ponytail, revealing her long, jet-black hair cascading down to her waist like a waterfall. With her beautiful face, she was a quintessential Japanese beauty with long, straight black hair, exhibiting extremely distinct feminine features and showing no trace of masculinity.

Immediately afterwards, Asai Narumi began to unbutton her clothes. Shiraishi wanted to stop her, but the words wouldn't come out.

123. Ms. Akiba Reiko truly lives up to her soprano reputation; even her "uh-huh" and "ah-ah" are so moving.

Chapter 123

The clinic was brightly lit.

Asai Narumi stood gracefully before Shiraishihara, her every gesture exuding feminine elegance.

She has completed her gender transition. Except for being unable to have children, she has become a true woman in both appearance and temperament.

“Shiraishi-kun, I have now completely transformed into a woman, so you don’t need to have any reservations about me,” Asai Narumi said sincerely.

Shiraishi was amazed by the incredible power of modern medicine, which could help a person achieve such a significant life transformation.

Asai Narumi's change stirred up a series of emotions within him.

“Detective Shiraishi, I was too willful before. Now, I sincerely hope to be honest with you.”

Asai Narumi's eyes were full of anticipation.

Shiraishi understood her feelings, but reason reminded him that he couldn't stay any longer.

"Dr. Asai, I understand what you mean, and I'm genuinely happy for you. But I have to go to school tomorrow, so I need to go home and rest early." With that, he politely took his leave and left the clinic.

From then on, whenever Shiraishihara passed by Asai Narumi's clinic in Beika-cho, he would subconsciously take a detour. It wasn't out of fear of Asai Narumi, but rather because he worried that he wouldn't be able to control the emotions surging within him.

After all, matters of the heart are often not easily controlled by human power.

Before anyone knew it, some time had passed since the Moon Shadow Island incident. Due to the special rules of the Detective Conan world, Shiraishihara could not know exactly how much time had passed.

At 1:30 pm on a weekend afternoon, Shiraishihara came to the opera house at Sonoko's invitation.

A concert is about to be held here, and this is the rehearsal time. Only insiders are eligible to watch it in advance.

Shiraishi couldn't help but sigh to himself, "Having money really does allow you to enjoy more privileges."

The opera house in front of us has just been built, with a retro-style exterior design, full of rich Victorian charm.

The stone exterior and pointed roof, illuminated by the afternoon sun, resemble an elegant European palace.

Crossing the square and entering the opera house, the interior is even more luxuriously decorated.

The marble floor with its exquisite patterns, paired with the dazzling golden crystal chandelier overhead, exudes an air of nobility.

Like most opera houses, this one has only one performance hall.

As Shiraishihara walked from the lobby to the entrance of the performance hall, he unexpectedly saw several familiar figures.

It turned out to be Inspector Megure, accompanied by Inspector Shiratori, Officer Takagi, and Officer Sato. The four of them stood in pairs at the door, arms crossed, heads bowed in thought, creating a rather somber atmosphere.

"Could it be..." Shiraishihara suddenly thought of a related incident.

He stepped forward and asked with a puzzled look, "Inspector Megure? What are you doing here?"

"Hmm?" Inspector Megure, who was deep in thought, was startled by the familiar voice. He looked up after half a second and saw Shiraishihara standing in front of him.

"Oh, it's Brother Shiraishi. Um... we have some things to take care of today. By the way, Professor Agasa, Brother Mori, and Ms. Suzuki have already gone in. You can go in too."

At that moment, Officer Takagi stepped forward and opened the door to the performance hall for Shiraishihara.

Shiraishihara walked into the performance hall and looked around; the hall appeared empty.

Dozens of rows of seats from the back to the front were empty, with only people sitting on the stage and in the three rows closest to the front of the stage.

Hearing the sound of the hall door being pushed open, Genta, a chubby boy with a chestnut-shaped head, turned around from the front row of the audience and shouted, "Hey? Shiraishihara-nii is here too."

Sitting beside him were Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, Conan, and Ai. Ai was still with the Detective Boys, as if an invisible bond connected them.

Behind the Junior Detective League sat four adults: Professor Agasa, Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, and Sonoko Suzuki.

When Sonoko Suzuki heard Genta's shout, she was about to reprimand him, but when she heard that it was Shiraishi, she immediately turned around and waved her arms excitedly: "Shiraishi-kun, come here and sit next to me."

"Oh, you're here." Shiraishi Hara sat down next to Suzuki Sonoko.

"Shiraishi-kun, look, those are the people rehearsing."

Sonoko Suzuki pointed to an elderly woman with white hair on the stage, her back to the audience, sitting in front of an instrument resembling a piano and tuning it.

"That is Mr. Hondo Ikki, a former renowned pianist who later transitioned to organist, and one of the main performers in next week's music performance."

Just then, Conan, who was in the front row, suddenly turned his head and interrupted Sonoko: "Brother Shiraishihara, do you know about the music classroom that exploded at Domoto Music Academy a while ago? That incident resulted in two deaths and one injury."

"Oh, I know about that." Although Shiraishihara hadn't paid attention to the specific details of the incident, he knew which incident Conan was referring to.

"The one performing on stage is Domoto Kazuki. The injured person is Kawabe Kanade. She was supposed to participate in this rehearsal, but now Yamane Shion is replacing her."

Shiraishihara instantly understood Conan's implication and also realized why Kogoro Mouri and the police were there.

After a while, Domoto Kazuki's organ performance ended.

The people sitting in the first row all got up and walked towards the stage, but the black-haired beauty on the far left did not move.

Sonoko continued introducing the woman to Shiraishihara. When she introduced the cold, aloof black-haired beauty, Ran interjected, "That must be soprano Reiko Akiba."

"Hahaha... No wonder you know her, Akiba Reiko is quite famous, she's a popular soprano singer."

Sonoko explained with a smile.

On stage, Yamane Shion, who was replacing Kawabe Kanade on the Stradivarius violin, nervously began to play the violin.

As soon as the first note was drawn, Akiba Reiko, who had been sitting, stood up and looked at her sternly.

After Yamane Shion stopped and looked at her, Akiba Reiko sighed helplessly and said, "Judging from your current state, it seems that you are not yet capable of playing with me."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Akiba, please wait a moment!"

Domoto, who was standing in front of the organ, quickly turned around and tried to persuade him.

"I'm sorry..." Yamane Shion quickly apologized as well, and Akiba Reiko then sat down again.

Shiraishi had limited knowledge of music and could only watch the performers rehearse.

When Domoto Kazuki's organ playing resumed, Yamane Shion's previously chaotic violin playing instantly became much more pleasant.

However, the performance was stopped shortly after it began by Domoto.

He severely reprimanded Yamane Shion, while Akiba Reiko's previous accusations seemed much milder in comparison.

After Domoto finished his reprimand, he demanded that they start again. But just three or four seconds into the second rehearsal, one of the strings on Yamane Shion's violin suddenly broke.

"I'm sorry! I'll go change the strings right away!" Yamane Shion ran backstage in a panic.

The rehearsal was suddenly interrupted, and Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but yawn. He then went to find Inspector Megure to inquire about the details of the case.

In fact, Shiraishihara was not the only one who was not very good at music appreciation.

Conan, who had originally gone with Kogoro Mouri to investigate the case, was sent away and came to the edge of the stage, where he began to examine the pipe organ with great interest.

Just then, Akiba Reiko gracefully picked up a thermos and leisurely began to sip her tea.

The beautiful older sister with red eyes slowly poured a dark green liquid with a unique fragrance from a thermos. Genta, seeing this, moved closer with great curiosity.

"Big sister, what are you drinking?"

"Tea."

"Could I have some to drink?"

Reiko Akiba replied in a rather cold tone, "No."

Then she added, "Besides, I can tell you don't seem very interested in playing music. Instead of wasting your time here, why don't you go back sooner?"

"Huh?" The other three kids were innocently caught in the crossfire because of Genta.

Ai Haibara turned around and complained to Shiraishihara, "Shiraishihara-nii, don't you feel that Akiba Reiko has a typical queen-like personality?"