Stay away from Conan

Chapter 637 Two accidents?

"That is……"

Surprised, looking at the figure lying on the beach not far away, Kogoro couldn't help but said.

At the same time, Gao Yuan and others could not help but look solemn, feeling that the development of the situation was somewhat unexpected——

Under the reflection of the full moon in the sky, and because the lights of the island office were turned on at this moment, the scene on the coast not far away could not be seen very clearly, but several people present could roughly judge it. It was definitely a human figure.

After looking at each other for a few times, everyone decided to let Xiaolan and Asai Narumi stay here in the office, and then everyone slowly walked towards the coast together.

It seems that it is just in time to catch up with the rising tide of the sea. The boundary between the coast and the sea is no longer so obvious. The rising and falling tides have reached the coast, and waves from the sea are constantly washing against it. At this time, it is exactly on the coast. The figure at the junction with the sea seems to be pushed to the coast by the current after the high tide.

The first person to bear the brunt of this was Gao Yuan, who took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight function. When he came near the figure, he shined the light of his mobile phone on the figure so that everyone could see the figure's condition more carefully.

Afterwards, Kogoro and Jinguji Reito walked faster and walked to the figure first. With the light of Gao Yuan's mobile phone, they immediately saw clearly that it was really a face down, with the upper body lying on the shore and the lower body still. Real people in the sea——

Leaning down, just as Kogoro and Reito Jinguji were about to check the figure's condition, Conan's eyes were sharp and he recognized the figure at once——

"Isn't this...Mr. Hideo Kawashima?"

Although the face-down figure has not been turned over yet, based on the profile of the figure and the beard at the corner of his mouth, Conan sighed in surprise and determination.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro and Jinguji Reito looked stunned. They hurriedly knelt down and began to check this person's condition——

"It's hopeless...he's already dead..."

After reaching out to touch the person's carotid artery, Kogoro shook his head and sighed helplessly. At the same time, Jinguji Reito turned the figure's face over slightly and confirmed the identity of the deceased——

"It is indeed Hideo Kawashima...why did he..."

Slightly surprised, Jinguji Reito was so confused, and then noticed that Kawashima Hideo was obviously wearing black clothes at this time, and then he realized something——

"He was just now..."

Before he finished speaking, several people present already knew it well——

"Conan, call Dr. Asai over..."

Gao Yuan said with a slightly solemn expression. At the same time, Gao Yuan had also turned on the camera function of his mobile phone and began to prepare to take pictures of the death scene of Hideo Kawashima who was in such a dead state.

Conan responded and hurried back, preparing to call Narumi Asai who was staying at the door of the office.

At the same time, Kogoro and Jinguji Reito also helped Gao Yuan. After first taking pictures of the scene, they tried to search for clues.

However, what can be found in this scene that has been constantly hit by waves?

And soon, Asai Narumi was called by Conan. Seeing that Kawashima Hideo, one of the culprits who killed his father, died here like this, Asai's mood was a little complicated.

But now that the matter has come to this, Asai Narumi still truthfully conducted an autopsy on Hideo Kawashima’s body——

"There are slight water stains in the mouth, the pupils are dilated, and there is bleeding on the mucosa...the eardrum is ruptured and bleeding...this is a very obvious symptom of drowning death. Judging from the degree of rigor mortis, he should have been dead for at least more than an hour... "

Seriously, Asai Narumi explained after completing the autopsy.

In this regard, after listening to Asai Narumi's analysis of the time of death, Kogoro couldn't help but rub his chin and think about the analysis:

"More than an hour... The figure I saw at the community activity center jumped into the sea in about an hour based on this... Sure enough..."

Because Gao Yuan and others had previously chased and intercepted the figure outside the community activity center, and after seeing the figure jumping into the sea to escape, everyone spent a lot of time exchanging some clues about the incident, and then waited until they heard "" When the piano sound of the second movement of "Moonlight" arrived at the office here, more than an hour had passed——

"In other words, the peeping figure we saw outside the community activity center just now was Hideo Kawashima? When he saw that he was surrounded by us, he chose to jump into the sea to escape when there was no way to escape. However, I don’t know what went wrong, but he drowned in the sea?”

Regarding Kogoro's idea, Jinguji Reito said with some agreement. At the same time, he looked at the rising tide and couldn't help but add:

"Then, after he drowned, he was pushed here by the rising tide...So, Detective Mori thinks this was an accident?"

Saying that, Reito Jinguji couldn't help but ask Kogoro for confirmation.

Kogoro seemed very satisfied with his conclusion and affirmed:

"Of course! Isn't it obvious? If you look at his clothes, you will know that he is the person who appeared outside the community activity center and peeped! It's just that he didn't expect it. In order not to be caught by us, And he chose to jump into the sea to escape, but he was drowned like this... Isn't this guy's water resistance too bad? "

"I can't say anything. After all, swimming in the sea at night is different from swimming in the daytime."

Reito Jinguji added.

Seeing this, Kogoro and Reito Jinguji have basically reached a consensus on the conclusion that Hideo Kawashima was the figure in black who appeared outside the community activity center and chose to jump into the sea after being chased and intercepted by everyone. After the cause of Hideo's death by drowning in the sea seemed very reasonable, Conan on the side looked slightly wrinkled and said in confusion:

"But if that's the case, don't you think it's strange? Why did the radio station suddenly play the second movement of "Moonlight" just now? This seems to have the same effect as Mr. Nishimoto's death scene..."

"Huh? If you say so, that's true..."

After hearing Conan's words, Jinguji Reito felt some agreement and began to think about it, but Kogoro looked indifferent to this and said impatiently:

"A brat is a brat, I can't even figure this out! Listen to me - these are two completely different things!

"The fact that Hideo Kawashima was drowned in the sea and why the radio station played piano music should be completely unrelated to each other! If you think that the murder of Hideo Kawashima was deliberately done by the murderer, then the murderer should also have moved the deceased's body to A radio station is the right thing to do, instead of just leaving the bodies on the beach like now.

"This incident should be similar to the previous death scene of Mr. Nishimoto. That is, the "Moonlight" music played at the scene was actually completely unrelated to the death of the deceased. It was just that the two piano pieces happened to play near the deceased at the same time. It’s just here.

"Since the song "Moonlight" played at the scene of Mr. Nishimoto's death was deliberately played by Ms. Narumi, if I guess correctly, the second movement of "Moonlight" that sounded in the radio station this time was actually played by Ms. Narumi. Are you ready?"

As Kogoro said this, he seemed to be very proud. He put on a serious look and asked Asai Narumi on the side.

In this regard, after hearing Kogoro's analysis and the final conclusion, Asai Narumi was stunned on the spot. He probably didn't expect that Kogoro could make such an analysis at this time, and then after a while After calming down for a while, he shook his head helplessly and said awkwardly:

"Detective Maori... Even if I had the idea of ​​​​revenge and making arrangements in advance, it is impossible for me to make so many arrangements in advance...

"After all, I can't foresee what will happen next. I just thought that I could take advantage of the former village chief's ritual ceremony and maybe take action in the community activity center. But what to do next, I can only take one step to see. One step...

"So, I don't know why the radio station plays the second movement of "Moonlight" at this time..."

And when he finished saying this, Kogoro was left in a daze——

"Huh? Didn't Miss Chengshi do it in advance..."

Slightly embarrassed, Kogoro stopped his deep expression, coughed twice, and then said:

"Then it turns out it's someone's prank..."

Hearing this, facing Kogoro who would say such a thing, Conan could not help but roll his eyes at him, and then asked in a low voice towards Gao Yuan beside him:

"Mr. Akechi, what do you think? Did Mr. Kawashima really simply drown?"

In this regard, Gao Yuan, who had been silently thinking as he watched the current situation evolve more and more outrageously, did not respond directly to Conan, but continued his thinking——

"Community Center!"

Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Gao Yuan muttered something, then turned around, returned to the route he came from before, and ran towards the location of the island's community activity center——

At the moment, it is not possible to judge whether Kawashima Hideo is the person he just met peeking outside the community activity center, but one thing is basically certain, since someone was secretly peeping outside the community activity center at that time. Piano room, obviously its purpose can only be one——

That's for the opening in the piano where illegal drugs are hidden.

If it hadn't been for this, even if the person who was spying on him was discovered by himself and others, there would be no need for him to eventually jump into the sea and escape.

And since the man chose to jump into the sea to escape, it shows that he has a guilty conscience and what he wants to do cannot be discovered.

Therefore, Gao Yuan could only think of one reason.

In addition, according to Asai Narumi, since the radio speakers on the island can only hear the radio at the island office where the radio station is located and the community activity center, then in this way, the radio speakers can be heard at the radio station. The second movement of "Moonlight" was actually only heard by myself and others who were in the community activity center at the time. It can be said to be extremely purposeful.

Although it is unclear what the purpose of playing the second movement of "Moonlight" through the radio station is, and whether it has anything to do with the death of Hideo Kawashima, at least because of the sound of the radio, he and others were naturally attracted to it. Here is the radio station, then there is the community activity center...

"Turn the tiger away from the mountain?"

Finally, combining the two current situations, Gao Yuan had a faint worry.

So, after thinking about this situation, Gao Yuan ran directly back to the community activity center without hesitation.

In this regard, seeing Gao Yuan's sudden behavior and the words "community activity center" he had just spoken, Conan couldn't help but react with embarrassment and hurriedly chased after him.

As for Kogoro and others, watching the two people running away like crazy, they complained in confusion:

"What? Suddenly..."

"Perhaps Detective Akechi has thought of something..."

Seeing this, Jinguji Reito didn't understand Takato's intention, but he still said so. At the same time, he looked at the body of Hideo Kawashima who was here at this time, and sighed helplessly -

"Can't we just leave Kawashima Hideo's body here? What if a wave hits us... Huh? Is the tide going out?"

Just as he was talking, Jinguji Reito suddenly noticed that the sea surface at this time had receded significantly compared to just now, and the place where Hideo Kawashima's body originally lay was completely exposed on the coast.

In this regard, listening to Jinguji Reito's statement, Kogoro couldn't help but suggest:

"In this case, there is no need to worry about the body being swept away by the sea in a short period of time. But to be on the safe side, we'd better make a mark here and move the body away from here first."

Saying that, Jinguji Reito nodded:

"Anyway, the photos of the scene have been taken. We will wait until the police support arrives tomorrow..."

After saying that, Kogoro and Reito Jinguji began to temporarily move Kawashima Hideo's body to the office on the island...

…

At the same time, as Gao Yuan and Conan were running towards the community activity center, Conan took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders around and began to ask Gao Yuan:

"Mr. Akechi, what do you think is going on this time? Two people related to the death of Mr. Keiji Aso twelve years ago died like this, and Dr. Narumi with motives has been following us, so who else Will you attack them?"

"So you think both incidents were homicides?"

Gao Yuan couldn't help but asked back.

"What do you think, Mr. Akechi?"

Hearing Gao Yuan's question, Conan was stunned for a moment, and then continued to ask.

"Although Detective Mori's final suspicion of Dr. Asai's statement lacks basis, there is actually nothing wrong with Qianmen's inference..."

With a solemn expression, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Are you saying that it's really possible that these two incidents were accidents, and that "Moonlight" playing at the scene was a coincidence that had nothing to do with their deaths?"

Conan disagreed with Gao Yuan's statement.

Then, Gao Yuan shook his head and gave his thoughts:

"This idea cannot be completely ruled out... But compared to these, one thing is certain at the moment - in addition to Dr. Asai, there are people who want to use the curse of "Moonlight" to create chaos on the island!"