Chapter 5
Things didn't get better when they were on Tsukikage there was another death in the city hall. Sometime after finding the music sheets and bringing back to Megure and co. Shuichi Mursawa, Reiko Kuroiwa's fiance was attacked and the piano room he's fine just knocked out and he was found with a piano tuner. Following that, Ran had discovered the corpse of Ken Nishimoto hanging in the supply closet.
Shinichi was currently in the piano room trying to find out what Mursawa was doing here. "Hmm what was he doing here"
Shinichi ducked under the piano and tried to find something, his eyes then widened when he found a small wooden panel under the piano, he removed and some white powder dropped on his face. Shinichi got out from under the piano and looked at the white powder "Is this"
Conan then walked up to his brother and put some of the powder on his finger and put it to his tongue. Once he tasted it Conan nodded at his brother "Drugs, so someone was hiding drugs in this piano"
Shinichi nodded "Yeah but for what reason though"
Shinichi and Conan joined the others back in the lobby, they both listened in as Megure tells everyone the situation and tries to find the suspect. As Megure was talking Shinichi walked over to a table were photos of Mayor Kuroiwa crime scene. In one of the photos he saw a blinking red light next to the next but in the next one it was gone "Hmm why is there only red light in this photo"
As Shinichi was looking at the photos, Conan walked up to right next to him. "You know the secretary has bandages on his hand right"
Shinichi's eyes widened "What" he whispered.
Conan nodded "Yeah those weren't there earlier where do you suppose he got them"
Shinichi began to think about the question Conan asked. How did Hirata injure his hand, as he was thinking he overheard Hirata ask Megure if he could get a drink.
"Don't worry I'll ask him" Conan whispered.
Shinichi nodded "Alright I'll come with you."
Shinichi and Conan walked outside and followed Hirata to a vending machine. As Hirata was ordering his drink Conan decided to speak up.
"Hey there's some white powder on your sleeve," Conan said.
This caused Hirata to freak out and check his sleeve, as he accidentally dropped his wallet and its contents revealed he had a lot of foreign currency. Noticing this Shinchi spoke up as well.
"You sure have a lot of foreign currency there Hirata-san," Shinichi said.
Hirata then quickly crouched down and collected the money. "Well I just like to collect things bye" he left in a hurry.
"Well that was suspicious," Conan said.
Shinichi nodded "You can say that again"
After the secretary left them, the local policeman was sweating a lot. Shinichi walked up to the policeman "Are you alright"
The policeman nodded "Yes I finally managed to find Asou Keiji's sheet music"
Shinichi's eyes widened. "Really let me see" Shinichi grabbed the sheet music from the policeman and like before it was in code and Shinichi was able to quickly translate "To my son Seiji.."
When Shinichi read that the policeman spoke up "Now that you say that I remember Asou also had a son"
Shinichi's eyes widen "Eh"
The policeman nodded "He was very ill and had to be hospitalized outside the island if I remember his name was Seiji"
"Seiji?!" Shinichi said. "It can't be"
Shinichi and ran off in a hurry and Conan just watched and smirked "Seems like he figured it out"
Shinichi arrived back at the station and ran towards where the mayor was murdered, he looked at the PA system and the sheet music written in blood. He then confidently smirked "I've got it the killer is that person"
Back in the lobby area, Megure was telling everyone that they will have to take Shimizu and Hirata to the headquarters on the mainland for further questioning.
"Taking them like that is not necessary Megure-Keibu," Shinichi said over the PA.
Everyone looked up in surprise, except for Conan who just smirked.
"Show off" Conan smirked.
'Shinichi" Ran said.
"Kudo-Kun" Megure shouted "What are you talking about"
Kogoro frowned "You again, why do you keep interfering"
"Kudo-Kun did you say you find out who the killer is already" Megure asked,
Shinichi nodded "Yes Megure-Keibu, first I have to reveal that the one attacked Murasawa-san and the killer are two different people"
Megure and everyone went wide-eyed "What, there are two culprits"
"Yes," Shinichi said "The one who attacked Murasawa-san was Hirata-san"
Hirata stuttered "Eh"
"The injury on your left hand it's a result of you trying to break the window to escape" Shinichi pointed, Megure and Kogoro turned towards Hirata who quickly hid his hand behind him.
"But why did he do that?" Megure asked.
"It's because Hirata, Mayor Kuroiwa, Kawashima-san, Kameyama, and Nishimoto were all involved in the international drug trade" Shinichi boldly stated, making everyone in the room go more wide-eyed.
"What?" Megure said, shocked.
"Illegal Drug Trade" Kogoro shouted.
Shinichi nodded "That's right, and they used Asou Keiji's concerts as a front in order to hide it, but Asoh-san found out about it and feeling he might expose them he had him and hid family killed"
The room was filled with more shock.
"WHAT" Megure went wide-eyed.
"They were murdered," Kogoro shouted.
"Yes, everything was stated right here in Asoh's sheet music he left behind in the safe during the fire," Shinichi said.
"Then who's the killer?" Megure asked.
"The killer was the person who wrote sheet music written out to Asoh Keiji's son, Seiji" Shinichi stated.
"The killer is Asai Narumi," Shinichi said boldly, everyone went even more wide-eyed.
"Wait, Kudo-Kun, Narumi-san is a woman" Megure shouted.
"True she may appear feminine but Asai Narumi is a boy" Shinichi stated. "My reason for this is that Asai was the name of the family who adopted him, and the name Seiji in kanji can also be pronounced as Narumi." Shinichi then went to explain the rest of his deduction and all dots were starting to connect.
"So he killed all of them to avenge his father" Megure looked down on the ground.
Ran the went wide-eyed "Narumi-sensei is gone"
Everyone else went wide in shock and turned towards where the doctor was standing only to find that she was gone.
"Where'd she go?" Kogoro shouted.
Shinichi thought about where the doctor would run to, his eyes then went wide. "She wouldn't" Shinichi then ran out of the station Ran yelling his name, by that time Ran had just realized Conan was missing.
"Conan-san," Ran said, noticing that he was gone.
Shinichi arrived at city hall only to see that the entire building was set ablaze of flames."Damn it" Shinichi ran into the burning building in search of Seiji.
Narumi or Seiji was sitting at his father's piano smiling as fire surrounded him "Its finally over Father"
Shinichi then suddenly charged into the room couching "It's not over yet Seiji"
"Kudo-san," Seiji said as the teen ran in.
"Seiji your father wanted you to live look" Shinichi showed Seiji the music sheet "It's alright here in his notes"
Seiji smiled at the teen when he saw the sheet music "I wished I knew about this before"
Shinichi was surprised at this "If you didn't know about this how did you figure out the truth"
Seiji smiled "When I came here as a female doctor I confronted Kameyama and told him I was Asoh Keiji's son, he freaked out and told me everything. He then died of a heart attack right there, and as I did earlier I played Moonlight Sonata like my father the song he loved so much"
Seiji then began to cough from the smoke, Shinchi grabbed Seiji's arm and tried to pull him off the piano chair "Come on we can still make it"
Seiji pulled his arm away "No, my hands are already like theirs, tainted with blood"
"NO! I'm not going to let you die, you need to face justice for your crimes" Shinichi shouted. "Now come on" Shinichi tried to force Seiji to come with him, but Seiji wouldn't budge.
"I'm sorry," Seiji told Shinichi.
Shinichi's eyes widened and Seiji forced Shinichi out by pushing him out the window making him roll on the ground in front of Ran.
"Damn it" Shinichi grunted, he was about to run back in, but he was stopped by Ran.
"Don't" She pleaded.
"Let go," Shinichi shouted at her, Shinichi tried to escape her grasp, but she wouldn't let go "Let me go we can still save him"
He then felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned and saw that it was Conan and he shook his head "It's too late"
Shinichi's eyes widened, it was then three heard Seiji playing the piano just like his father before him.
"What is this" Ran said when she heard the piano.
"It's a code," Shinichi told her.
The three just stood in front of the city hall and watched as it burned to the ground the sound of the piano still playing as it did.
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Shinichi, Ran, and Conan were aboard the return boat, and Kogoro decided to tag along to keep an eye on his daughter.
Ran stared out to the ocean "I wonder why Narumi-sensei sent you to notice before a murders Shinichi, was it to challenge"
Shinichi shook his head "No, he wanted me to stop him, but I was too late"
Ran then walked up to Shinichi and smiled "So what was Narumi-sensei's code"
Shinichi just smirked "Who knows I already forgot"
Ran pouted and began to shake Shinichi "That face tells me you already come one tell me"
"Nope," Shinichi snickered.
Conan just watched as Ran tried to get Shinichi to tell her what the code was, he simply smirked and looked out at the ocean. "Thank you Tantei-san," he said to himself translating the code "Right Aniki"
After returning to the mainland, Conan separated from the group and went back to his apartment, Shinichi went back to his house while Ran went back home with her dad. On Shinichi's way home however he did not notice a woman was watching him as he walked home, but the woman did not follow him she just watched from behind him.
On Conan's walk home he had felt some kind of presence was following, it was something he felt before. He quickly turned around and saw that no one was following him, once he got home and walked up the stairs to his apartment he noticed a black truck parked across from his apartment complex. Cona just smirked recognizing the truck and he simply waved at the driver who was in it and walked to his apartment.
Across the apartment in the black truck was a man in a dark beanie and clothing, he had green eyes, He saw Conan smirk and wave at him, and this man did the same. The man took out his lighter and lit a cigarette.
The man just smirked as he smoked "Perspective as always huh" he then looked towards a box of photos he kept in his car.
"Absinthe"
A.n. Here you go Chapter 5 the end of the Moonlight Sonata case what do you guys think. I was thinking of having Seiji lived but decided not to because even if I did it wouldn't change the story so I kept it close to cannon. Anyway, you probably already know who the man is at the end already its completely obvious. So be sure to review and tell me what you all think and I will see you next time.
Yosen Hyuann: To answer your question I do not think Conan will go to school with Shinichi, but I don't know I might do it we'll see.