Chapter 328 Conan: This case shouldn't be too difficult, I'm telling you.

"Oh God, how could this happen!"

The moment the door opened, many of the people gathered outside saw what was happening inside and exclaimed in surprise, causing another commotion.

There was no one else in the entire music room.

Only one person sat on the bench next to the central piano.

This person was incredibly rude, getting himself all wet and looking a little disgusting.

He lay completely on the piano keys.

He ruined such an expensive piano.

The water dripped down from the piano and onto him.

The person's face was turned away from the people outside, and turned to face the window on the other side.

It was as if he was resting, feeling a little tired, and taking the opportunity to enjoy the view outside the window.

at the same time.

Inside the music room, the soft sound of a piano could still be heard.

It sounds pleasant, but when paired with the scene before us, it creates an extremely eerie atmosphere.

"Tick-tock"

"Tick-tock"

The sound of the piano was interspersed with the sound of water dripping onto the ground.

For some reason, the combination of the two sounds surprisingly well-matched.

Uncontrollable emotions can give one the feeling of being in a divine kingdom.

This could be a divine kingdom, or it could be a grim hell.

Most of the people outside the music room took a step back in unison.

Only Conan and Uncle Mori rushed in.

Uncle Mori rushed to the person lying down, and after calling out to him several times without success, he immediately reached out and placed his hand on the person's pulse.

A brief pause.

His expression froze.

Then his brows furrowed like a twisted rope.

He didn't remove his hand, but pressed it for a few more seconds.

Finally, as if he had confirmed something, he closed his eyes weakly, took a deep breath, and sighed heavily.

At this moment, Sonoko also came over, but her expression looked rather calm, as if she had expected this situation.

Upon seeing Sonomi approach, Uncle Mori shook his head at her: "Hopeless."

The implication is that this person is completely dead.

It turns out he didn't intentionally want to make the environment dirty.

You really misunderstood him.

Upon hearing this, Yuanmei nodded but did not say anything.

Conan wasn't paying any attention to Uncle Mori checking whether the person was dead or not.

Because when he ran over, the first glance at the person's face was enough for him to know that the person had probably been dead for quite some time.

Even if they called a doctor, or even summoned a miracle worker, it wouldn't make a difference.

Of course, if they can actually call them over, that's another story.

However, the truth is that they can't summon any powerful immortals, and even among doctors, there are very few on this island, and they lack the resources and the ability to perform surgery here.

So even if this person still has a breath left, it's so late at night, and even if they were to be taken by boat to the nearest place for treatment, they would probably die as soon as they boarded the boat.

Therefore, after seeing this person, Conan only carefully observed the details on him before focusing his attention on the surrounding environment and the piano.

"Is he... is he dead?" Xiaolan was hesitant to approach.

Hiding behind Yuanmei, she panicked when she heard her father say that this person was beyond saving.

Corpses, dead bodies, a bizarre piano, an eerie Moonlight Sonata...

With all these terms combined, Xiaolan's mind instantly conjured up a terrifying story.

However, if she really knew the reasons behind these things, she would probably find that reality was far more shocking than she had imagined.

"Hmm." Uncle Mori nodded, acknowledging her question.

"What about the children?" Xiaolan stammered.

She glanced back, but didn't see Wang Changsheng or Zhi Shi. There was only Conan standing next to his father with a serious expression, fiddling with something on the piano.

She wanted to bring Conan to her side, but she didn't dare to approach the corpse.

As a result, he could only hesitate in place, hiding behind Yuanmei, not daring to go any further.

"I told them to stay outside because I was worried there might be some unusual situation here, so I didn't let them in," Yuanmei said softly to Xiaolan.

Unlike her aloof attitude towards other stinky men, Sonomi treats such a cute, beautiful, and generous high school girl with gentleness.

"If you're scared, you can go out first. You don't have to force yourself to stay here," Yuanmei said gently.

"Okay then." Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

It wasn't that she was too scared to stay here.

After all, before coming here, she had already encountered quite a few cases with her father and Conan.

I've actually developed a certain level of psychological resilience when it comes to things like corpses.

In addition, when she and Shinichi Kudo occasionally went out on dates, they would always run into some cases.

Actually, I'm not too afraid of corpses.

However, this time it wasn't just a few of them who were here.

There were a few children outside.

Xiaolan felt that children should avoid such situations.

Moreover, if they are all here, it would certainly not be safe to leave the children outside.

Although the cause of death is still unknown, judging from his appearance of being covered in water, his pale skin, and the lack of any external injuries, he may have drowned.

How could a drowned person have climbed onto this piano by themselves?

In other words, there is a high possibility that a murderer is present in this place.

With such dangerous individuals already appearing, those children cannot be left unattended.

"I'll wait for you outside, and take good care of Sakura and Changsheng while I'm at it." Ran nodded and turned to leave.

However, Sonoko gently stopped her, somewhat puzzled.

"Hmm? Is there anything else?" Xiaolan turned her head.

"Hmm, that little kid, aren't you going to take him out with you?" As she was speaking, Sonoko glanced at Conan, who had moved right up to the corpse.

Xiaolan: "..."

She glanced at Conan's serious expression, then at Sonomi's puzzled look, and finally gave a somewhat awkward, sheepish smile: "No, it's nothing, you don't need to worry about him."

"Is that so? Okay then." Sonoko nodded gently, without saying anything more. But when she turned around, her gaze towards Conan held a hint of curiosity.

"Then I'll head out first." Ran politely said goodbye to Sonomi, then called out to her father to take good care of Conan before hurriedly turning around and leaving the piano room and walking out the door.

As soon as she came out, many people standing outside the door turned their attention to her.

However, Xiaolan didn't care about their opinions and instead looked around.

Finally, at the very end of the crowd, in a relatively secluded yet easily visible spot, she found Wang Changsheng and Xiaoying.

"These little guys are pretty clever. Were they brought by Mr. Reigen Arataka?" Ran thought to herself, then strode out of the crowd and walked towards Tomoyo and the others.

Fortunately, there were adults watching over Wang Changsheng and the other children outside. Otherwise, Xiao Lan might not have gone in with Uncle Maoli and the others, but would have stayed outside watching the children instead.

"Chang Sheng, little friend!" Xiao Lan walked towards the group.

"Huh? Sister Xiaolan, what brings you here?" Wang Changsheng was taken aback.

Tomoyo and the others all turned their attention to her, and then greeted her, "Hello, Ran-neechan."

"Alright, alright, I'll keep an eye on you. You haven't run into any trouble, have you?" Xiao Lan nodded and pulled Wang Changsheng and Xiao Ying over to look at them one by one.

"We're fine." Sakura shook her head, her eyes filled with confusion. "Did something happen in there, Ran-neechan?"

They were some distance from the crowd; this was a position Wang Changsheng had deliberately chosen.

Sitting here, Sakura and the others couldn't quite hear what the group in front of them were whispering about.

"Something did happen, but it has nothing to do with us. The adults will handle it." Xiao Lan patted her head, indicating that she didn't need to worry.

Upon hearing Xiaolan's words, Wang Changsheng smiled and said to Xiaoying, "I knew it, Xiaoying. Even if the sky falls, there are always taller people to hold it up. We don't need to worry too much about anything."

"Okay, I understand..." Sakura nodded obediently, echoing King Changsheng's words.

Meanwhile, in the piano room.

Conan had already noticed the water stains left on the ground.

He discovered that the water stains weren't just dripping from the piano; they extended all the way to the back door, forming a line of watermarks.

Judging from the watermarks, the body was most likely dragged in through the back door.

Looking out the window, he realized that the beach he had seen when he, Wang Changsheng, and Li Xiaolang were taking a walk was the same one he had seen before.

And not much time has passed since the music started.

In other words, when he followed Wang Changsheng out of the forest, it was very likely around the time before or after the murderer committed the crime.

"Damn it, what time is this?"

Conan's brows were furrowed the whole time.

He regretted it somewhat; he shouldn't have listened to Wang Changsheng and gone back directly.

He should have stuck to his original idea and sneaked into the community center through the back door.

They might just happen to witness the murderer committing the crime.

That despicable Wang Changsheng!

Wait a minute, his insistence on going for a walk back then, could it be related to this?

Conan's brows furrowed into a tight knot.

She's so young, yet she already has forehead wrinkles.

Message: Negative points from Conan Edogawa +1000

Wang Changsheng was talking to Xiaoying, trying to ease her tension, when suddenly a system notification popped up.

This made him feel a little strange.

"Is Conan acting crazy again?"

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"There's sand too, just as I expected."

Conan squatted on the ground, observing the water stain he had noticed.

He found some sand from the beach among them.

It looks like something left behind by the killer while dragging the body.

The marks are so obvious, which means the killer didn't do much to remove them.

One possibility is that the other party simply doesn't care about these things.

Another possibility is that the murderer was in such a hurry that they didn't have the energy or time to deal with the traces.

Regardless, Conan ultimately confirmed his initial assessment of the cause of death.

"Since the deceased was dragged in, and the place of death was probably drowning in the sea, why would the deceased want to go out? Obviously, the murderer must have been someone the deceased knew, otherwise, he couldn't have followed that person out of here and been killed without any warning."

Conan rested his chin on his hand, his mind racing.

But as he thought about it, he couldn't help but think about the walk he had just taken with Wang Changsheng.

"Damn it, how dare they commit violence right in front of me!"

This is absolutely outrageous! They completely disregard him, a high school detective!

He stood up, but instead of immediately touching the back door, he wanted to look through the window again to see what was happening outside.

He was a little further away before and could see the view outside the window, but now that he's standing next to the window, his small stature becomes immediately apparent.

Even when Conan stands on tiptoe, his line of sight is still level with the bottom edge of the windowsill, making it impossible for him to see what's happening outside.

Finally, with no other choice, he had to use both his hands and feet to climb onto the window and look outside.

The night was desolate.

The seawater rolls and churns from time to time with a unique rhythm, forming waves.

The beach behind the community center meets the sea.

The black seawater washed ashore and turned into white waves.

It rose, then fell.

If it recedes, it will rise.

The sand on the beach looked unusually soft, and Conan noticed a series of marks on the beach at a glance.

"really!"

Conan was immediately overjoyed.

As long as there are traces, that's fine.

The traces left behind are very important clues.

It could even become crucial evidence.

"Hmm? Why do the marks on the beach look so messy?"

After taking a couple of glances, Conan tilted his head slightly, a sense of doubt rising in his mind.

The marks left by the murderer dragging the body on the beach were not particularly neat, but rather messy. It was only because the window angle was not very good that the marks on the beach could not be seen very clearly, so he could only press his head against the glass as much as possible to see some messy signs on the beach.

"Is it because the murderer was too desperate and didn't even bother to deal with this kind of evidence?" Conan gently tapped his chin with his right hand, a smile playing on his lips.

"It seems this murderer really didn't have the time or energy to deal with the evidence of his killings, which is why he left so many clues. Doesn't he know that the more clues he leaves behind, the more confident and likely the police and detectives will be to solve his case?"

Conan suddenly realized that this murderer was likely acting on impulse.

In other words, he originally did not intend to kill the deceased; he simply called him out to discuss something.

Later, during the communication process, the two talked or had some kind of conflict, which caused the murderer to act impulsively and kill the victim.

It has to be said, Conan truly lives up to his name.

Although this was not an excessive killing, nor was it an accidental killing, there were some things in his reasoning that were indeed correct.

For example, Asai Narumi did indeed have a brief argument with the deceased before taking action, and became somewhat agitated after learning some things.

This meant that the timing of his killings wasn't ideal, but in reality, it didn't make much difference to him whether he killed sooner or later.

"But no matter what, this case shouldn't be too complicated." Conan breathed a sigh of relief.