Keiji Aso...

I don't see anyone by that name in here...

Look harder could you?!
I have a letter from
after
himall...
right here
But he's not in the list of residents
and I just moved to
sothis
I don't
island
know that much about—
Is something the matter?
Chief it seems that these people have been hired by a resident here...
Hired?
That's right. By someone named Keiji Aso...
What? Did you say Keiji Aso?!
That's not possible!\NHe's been dead for over 10 years!
He was a famous pianist who was born and raised on this island.
It was the night of12
a full
years
moon
ago...
It was his first time home in a long time
so he held a concert in the town's community center.
But afterwards he suddenly shut his family and himself inside their home
and lit the place on fire!
He allegedly stabbed his wife and daughter to death
and then continued to play the piano as the fire raged on
almost as if he was possessed by something.
Beethoven's piano sonata... "Moonlight".
A letter from a dead man...
What a nasty prank.
That's not necessarily the case.
Your fee was paidplus the letter was postmarked from this island.
I bet someone on the island wants you to look into Keiji Aso's affairs!
He's right!
The mayor here used to be a good friend of his.
Maybe he can tell us something!
Yeah...
They said the mayor's
right?over at the community center
Now then Kenta-{\i1}kun{\i0}. Make sure to keep warm when you sleep.
Ok I will! Bye!
Bye!
Excuse me!
Where is the community center?
You turn that corner and then keep going straight.
Wait are you folks from Tokyo?!
That's right. We got off the ship just now.
I live in Tokyo too!
But this island is so
\Nwouldn't
much nicer
you agree?
The air's fresh and it's nice and quiet!
{\blur2}Protect the island's fishing industry!\NVote for Masato Shimizu!
Well maybe not too quiet.
The mayoral election
you is
see.
coming up
The mayoral election
huh?
The candidates are
\Nwho
Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0}
represents the fishermen
current mayor Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}
\Nwhose popularity is dwindling as of late
and Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}
\Nthe wealthiest man on the island.
My patients have been telling me\Nthat Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} will probably...
That's alright Nurse. We're not really\Nthat interested in the election...
{\fad(350 0)\pos(360 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Doctor\NNarumi Asai (26)
That's Doctor Narumi Asai.
I have an actual license
you know!
Oh you're a doctor...
If you folks are headed to the community center
you can meet the three of them there!
Tonight they're holding a 3rd-year memorial for Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0}
our previous mayor.
Your previous mayor?
A 3rd-year memorial?
Don't let the mayor continue his reign of terror!
Don't let the mayor continue his reign of terror!
Give me a break.
{\fad(300 0)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Current Mayor of Tsukikage Island\NTatsuji Kuroiwa (56)
How dare they do this on the night
of the previous mayor's memorial?!
They're really getting on my nerves!
{\fad(200 0)\pos(320 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Kuroiwa's Only Daughter\NReiko Kuroiwa (27)
Hirata!
What're you doing?!\NShut them up already!
{\fad(250 0)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Secretary to the Mayor\NKazuaki Hirata (31)
Yes ma'am!
Don't let the mayor continue his reign of terror!
Hey everything OK?
Is what OK Shuichi?
They're saying this election
{\fad(300 0)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Reiko's Fiancé\NShuichi Murasawa (27)
ain't looking so good for your old man.
Indeed. It would seem the citizens
{\fad(250 0)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Wealthiest Man in Town\NHideo Kawashima (56)
favor me the most.
That's only because you know how to use money.
Which I learned from
of course.
you
There's a man here who wants to see the mayor!
Who is it at a time like this?!
A detective from Tokyo...
What? A detective?!
Come on how long are they\Ngoing to make me wait?!
Huh? Where's Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}?
{\blur2}A piano...
Stop that Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Huh? What a huge room!
So the rear of the community center is on the water's edge...
This piano sure is dirty...
You'd think they could at least clean it once in a while...
No don't touch that!
That's the cursed piano that Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} played the day he died!
Cursed? Give me a break...
Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} wasn't the only one!
The same thing happened to the last mayor!
You mean Isamu Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0}
the person they're holding the memorial for today?
Yes. It happened 2 years ago.
It was the night of a full moon.
I was passing by the
\Nwhich
community
shouldcenter
have been empty
when I heard the sounds of\Na piano coming from inside.
When I called out the
to see
music
who\Nwas
stopped.there
Inside I found Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0}!
He had died of a heart attack.
And the music he had been playing before he died
was the same piece Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} had performed in the fire: "Moonlight".
After that this piano came to\Nbe known as the Cursed Piano.
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Seems normal enough to me.
Anyway please wait by the front\Ndoor until the memorial is over!
Oh you're still here?
Narumi-{\i1}san{\i0}! Are you going to the memorial?
Yes. Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0} was the first person I autopsied when I came here.
I thought I would burn some incense in his honor.
Oh this is Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0}. I happened to meet him on the way.
Hello my name's Shimizu.
{\fad(300 400)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Mayoral Candidate\NMasato Shimizu (49)
It's nice to meet you!
{\fad(300 0)\pos(380 270)\alpha&H1F&\3c&HAF5F3F&}Unemployed\NKen Nishimoto (55)
Hey Kawashima.
You hired a detective
didn't
toyou?!
dig up\Nsome dirt on me
Don't be stupid.
Running away?!
Bathroom.
{\blur2}It's strange.
{\blur2}That piano should have remained unused for years now
{\blur2}but it produced a perfect sound.
{\blur2}Someone must be tuning it secretly.
{\blur2}For some purpose...
{\blur2}And what exactly was that letter trying to say?
This song!
...Moonlight! Oh no!
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Hey! Little boy!
It's Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}!
{\blur2}Too late!
He's dead.
What?!
- Ran. Contact the local police station!\N- Right!
Dr. Narumi. Please inspect the body.
Right.
{\blur2}Now I see!
{\blur2}That letter warned that another person on Tsukikage Island
{\blur2}would die on the night of a full moon!
It's the curse! It's the curse of the piano!
There's no curse. It's this tape recorder that's playing the music.
This was a murder designed to resemble the previous two incidents!
Murder?!
Hey now don't be getting ahead of yourself.
Who the hell are you
anyway?!
I'm a famous detective from Tokyo—Kogoro Mouri!
Oh the astronaut?
No he's the one in all those mystery novels.
That's Akechi.
Then who's this?
{\blur2}Seawater.
Approximate time of death was\N30 minutes to an hour ago.
He probably died of suffocation.
My guess is that Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} drowned.
Drowned by someone?
I can't say any more without performing an autopsy.
I think Dr. Narumi is right.
See there's a suit jacket on the beach outside.
I bet it belongs to Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}.
There's a trail of water here that goes from the door to the piano
and there's mud and sand on Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}'s back.
And judging from the fact that the door and windows were all locked
and that the first few minutes of the cassette tape are blank...
When did he become so—
The killer probably took Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} to the ocean during the memorial
drowned him
dragged the body into this room
locked the door
turned the tape recorder
and then
onexited into the hallway.
Right?
Y-Yeah sounds about right to me!
Assuming the door to this room was locked
there's a high possibility the killer\Nreturned to the memorial afterwards
since we were at the front door the whole time!
Hold on just a second!
Are you saying the killer's still among us?!
Yes the killer is in this very room.
Did anyone here see Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} leave his seat?
I saw him. He said he was going to the restroom.
Did anybody see anyone else leave their seat?
As if we could remember every\Nlittle thing that happened.
In that case did anyone have any\Ngrudges with Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}?
It's not exactly a grudge
but the person most happy about\Nhis death would be Shimizu-{\i1}kun{\i0}
his opponent in the mayoral election!
What?! The sameMayor
goes for
Kuroiwa!
you
Yes without Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}
Daddy's victory would practically be guaranteed!
As long as a certain someone
wasn't plotting to steal\NKawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}'s
of course. votes
What?!
Now now there!
Calm down now...
But why did the killer put the body in this room?
Because the killer wanted to place\Nthe blame on the cursed piano.
Say just how long has this piano been here?
It's been here ever since Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} donated it 15 years ago.
Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} eh?
Yes. His name is even on the keyboard lid.
What's this?
It's sheet music.
That's strange. This wasn't here\Nwhen we checked this afternoon.
Who was that?
Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}.
He did rather well for himself back in the day.
I hear he spent lots
women
of money\Non alcohol
and gambling...
But after the mayor died 2 years ago
he stopped going almost
out as\Nif he were afraid of something.
I see.
Wasn't he a childhood
Mayor?
friend of yours
Yes I suppose you could say that...
Here's a policeman!
You're late Ran!
But I had to look for him;\Nhe wasn't at the police station!
Who called for me now?
This gentleman here.\NHis name is Kogoro Mouri-{\i1}san{\i0}.
Oh the famous—
- That's right!\N- Astronaut!
No...
At any rate it's getting late.
We can put off collecting information until tomorrow morning.
This was no murder. It was Aso-{\i1}san{\i0}'s curse.
How horrifying...
They should just burn that creepy old piano!
Yeah. Maybe we'd be better\Noff without that thing.
Shuichi?
Your deductions sure
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
surprised me
He loves playing detective!
Everyone was talking about how\Namazing his persuasiveness was!
I was just pretending to be like Uncle!
I always get to see him at work!
He's just a baby chick
though!
compared to me
Well we'll head back to the hotel now.
I'll see you later then. Please solve\Nthis case as quickly as possible.
I'd rather not have to examine any more bodies.
Don't you worry! This'll be a\Npiece of cake with me at the helm!
{\blur2}Whatever. Not even I really\Nknow what's going on yet...
{\blur2}Wait a second!
{\blur2}That letter begin
said to disappear...
{\blur2}Meaning this isn't over yet!
What? This murder spree has yet to continue?
This letter gives warning about that?
Shadows disappearing means "being enveloped by light".
Light stands for the song played at\Nall the murder scenes—Moonlight!
Now I see!
The song Mr. Aso played in the fire 12 years ago...
And the song the mayor played\Nbefore he died 2 years ago...
It was Beethoven's
Moonlight.
piano sonata
And all three incidents have\Ntaken place beside the piano.
You two go back to the hotel!
Wait!
Ran-{\i1}neechan{\i0}! Let's go to the community center too!
You're crazy if you ask me.
Spending a night with a corpse like this...
And with a kid too!
I thought I told you to go back!
But Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}—
Tell me who moved the body without permission?
Me.
I felt bad for the poor
\Nbeing
guy stuck in that position...
You really shouldn't have
we're not through investigating the crime scene yet...
- Huh? The sheet music's gone.\N- What?!
Oh I took that so it wouldn't get lost. See?
Stupid old geezer...
Huh?
This sheet music is for Moonlight!
What?!
Moonlight?!
What're you doing? You suck!
No this fourth bar is weird...
Fourth bar?
Maybe this sheet music is actually...
...Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}'s dying message...
If so then the killer might come back for it!
Pardon me...
When I asked for \Nthey
you at the
saidhotel
you were all here...
Dr. Narumi...
I brought some dinner.
Come to think of it...
...we could use some food...
So you're not originally
Dr. Narumi?
from\Nthis island then
No. I return to Tokyo on the weekends.
It's almost like I work as a part-time doctor here!
I've always wanted to work\Non a small island like this
surrounded by nature...
I've been working here for 2 years now!
Dr. Narumi.
Did Mayor Kameyama really die\Nof a heart attack two years ago?
Yes. He had always had heart troubles...
But his face looked rather convulsive
almost as if he saw something horrifying...
Did you notice anything strange at the time?
Hmm now that you mention it!
What?
I think one of the windows was open.
A window?
I believe we chalked
but...
that up to\Nsomeone forgetting to close it
Which window was it?
If I remember right...
...it was this window.
Who's there?!
Stop!
You're not getting away!
Damn it! We lost him!
I was right! He did come back to get this sheet music!
OK! We're going to stay up all night\Nand keep watch over this place!
Agreed?!
- Agreed!\N- Agreed!
Hey. Mouri-{\i1}kun{\i0}.
Mouri-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
It's afternoon.
Inspector Megure-{\i1}dono{\i0}...\NWhat are you doing here?
This island's technically part of Tokyo.
Oh yeah. Where did I put it?
If you're looking for
\NConan-{\i1}kun{\i0}
the sheet music gave it to me.
He also gave me the gist of the situation here.
All three of them were still\Nawake by the time I arrived.
You and that old man were the only ones asleep.
They're interrogating people\Nover at the town hall.
Come give them a hand.
Sure...
We really shouldn't have slept there...
Dad! Well? Did you figure out who did it?
Yeah right. There were\N38 people at the memorial.
It won't be that easy.
Sorry but when will it be my turn?
You seem exhausted
\Nso you're scheduled to be last.
In that case I think I'll go\Nwash my face in the ladies' room.
How many more interviewees are there?
Including Dr. Narumi
there's six:
The mayor's daughter
Reiko Kuroiwa
her fiancé Shuichi Murasawa
mayoral candidateMasato Shimizu
the mayor's secretary
Kazuaki Hirata
and Ken Nishimoto
\Nwho we're interviewing right now
but he's really wasting our time.
He won't say a word
no matter what we ask him.
My instincts say he did it!
Idiot! There's no curse on the piano!
As long as that thing's
\Nthese
around
murders will keep happening!
But Mayor...
Dispose of it immediately!
Hirata?! You hear me
Y-Yes sir!
Give me a break!
I've had enough of this!
I have no motive for killing Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}!
Ugh!
Wow listen to Reiko-{\i1}san{\i0} go.
She's been shouting for 10 minutes straight.
{\blur2}That's strange.
{\blur2}They're through
\Nso why
questioning
isn't Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}
him leaving?
Huh?
I need to go to the bathroom.
Huh? Did Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0} come in here just now?
No.
Crap! He took the stairs!
This music...
It's the second movement of Moonlight...
Where's it coming from?!
The broadcast room!
Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}!
{\blur2}Too late!
No don't go inside!
Get the examiners and autopsy team here at once!
Inspector.
The autopsy team left for Tokyo this evening to work on Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}.
What?!
Damn it! Now of all times!
Um...
I can do it...
Dr. Narumi...
But now this narrows down the\Nsuspects to a handful of people!
So the killer is still—
All the exits to this building are guarded by police.
{\blur2}Damn it!
{\blur2}Who is it? Who's the killer?!
It appears only a few minutes have passed since the victim's death.
Yes the first 5 minutes and 30 seconds of this tape seem to be blank.
Inspector Megure!
There was something strange beneath the body!
- What?!\N- What?!
Sheet music?
Is this another dying message from the victim?
No.
If he had the time and strength\Nto write all this with his own blood
he would've called for help instead.
The killer probably left each of these behind to—
You stay out of this!
Oh no! That's important evidence!
It's okay!
You're in the way! Get out of here!
Seeing as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata\Nwas played after each murder
it would seem the same person killed\NKawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} and Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}.
And judging from the amount of blank tape
Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0} must have been killed
around 6:30 only minutes before he was found.
In other words the killer\Nmust have been one of you
since you were the only ones in\Nthe community center at the time!
Excluding Mouri-{\i1}kun{\i0} and the others
{\fad(500 0)\pos(320 360)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Ken Nishimoto
{\fad(500 0)\pos(320 360)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Narumi Asai
{\fad(400 0)\pos(320 340)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Kazuaki Hirata
{\fad(450 0)\pos(160 370)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Shuichi Murasawa
{\fad(450 0)\pos(480 370)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Reiko Kuroiwa
{\fad(500 0)\pos(320 360)\bord0\alpha&H1F&}Masato Shimizu
that leaves us with\Nwho
Ken Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}
was the first to find him
Dr. Narumi Asai who was kind enough\Nto inspect the body for us just now
Kazuaki Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0}
secretary\Nto the late Mayor Kuroiwa
Mayor Kuroiwa's daughter
Reiko Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}
and her fiancé Shuichi Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}.
And then Masato \Ncandidate
Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0}
in the mayoral election.
Hold on! Why am I a suspect?!
You've been questioning me since 6:20!
You're right you couldn't have done it...
Then you can exclude Dr. Narumi too!
She's been with us since 6:00.
- Right Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}?\N- Yeah!
So that leaves the four men as the only suspects...
Excuse me but I've been on\Nthis floor since 6:00 or so...
Do you have anyone to substantiate this?
You can all vouchright?
for me
Sorry but I went to the restroom around 6:30.
Tell me Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}...
You were the first person to find Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}...
What exactly were you doing there?
Kuroiwa said he wanted to see me.
Are you sure you didn't ask to see him so you could kill him?!
No!
It was Shimizu!
With Kawashima and my father taken out of the election
he'd automatically wind up in the mayor's seat!
- Oh? What are you
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}?\N-
looking at Don't be stupid!
- The sheet music the killer left at the murder scene.\N- I would never stoop that low!
My guess is that it's a coded message from the murderer.
I wonder if there's anything special about these sharps and flats...
Those are the black keys on the keyboard. You know?{"You know" split off}
{\blur2}Keyboard?
Arrest this homicidal maniac before he kills anyone else—
Better watch out. You're next.
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}?
This code's easy if you know how to read it.
It's based on the notes that correspond with specific piano keys
if you arrange the letters of the alphabet across a piano keyboard.
Using this the music found where Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} was killed says
Better watch out. You're next.
See?
You're amazing Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
What does the other sheet music say?!
Let's see...
Extinguished is the anger of the hellfire.
The anger of the hellfire?! Could it be...
...that pianist who killed himself in a fire 12 years ago?!
It's him! Keiji Aso's alive!
No he isn't.
The bones found in the ashes\Nmatched his dental records.
He's most certainly dead.
Everything was completely scorched—
all that was left was some\Nsheet music in a fireproof safe.
Sheet music?!
Where? Where is this sheet music?!
In the community center storeroom.
But the key to the storeroom's back at the station...
Then go get it!
Alright!
Wait officer! I'm coming too!
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!{add a sheesh after this}
Say did Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} really set his own house on fire?
Yes there were four eyewitnesses.
Our previous mayor
Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0}
Mayor Kuroiwa Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}
and Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}.
Were those four connected in any way?
They were all classmates
including Aso-{\i1}san{\i0}.
Then what about that Murasawa guy?
He showed up on the island 3 years ago.
He and the mayor's daughter Reiko-{\i1}san{\i0} were engaged not too long ago.
The mayor opposed
though.
it
What about Hiratathe mayor's secretary?
He's suspicious if you ask me.
I'm not quite sure what the deal was
but he was always sneaking around with Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}
at the community center.
What about Shimizu?
He has a strong sense of justice and\Nhe's very popular with the fishermen!
Are you out of questions
Akechi-{\i1}kun{\i0}?
Eh?
Huh? That's odd!
I could swear it was around here somewhere...
{\blur2}Come on. You've been looking for over an hour now.
Here we go! Here's the key!
Officer!
Ran-{\i1}neechan{\i0}!
You took too long!
Everyone grew tired of waiting\Nso they went home!
All the suspects left?!
Yeah.
The killer's last message said that\Nthe hellfire's anger was extinguished
so they figured there would be no more murders.
{\blur2}Idiots!
{\blur2}Only the 1st and 2nd movements of Moonlight have been played
{\blur2}at each of the murder scenes so far!
{\blur2}Moonlight has one movement left!
I'm going to check out the community center!
Wait! Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Talk about curiousConan-{\i1}kun{\i0}...
Hurry!
Just hold on will you?
Did you just hear a strange sound\Ncome from the piano room?
No...
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Stop!
M-Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}!
Ran!
The storeroom!
Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}!
Officer! Go call Inspector Megure!
I'm on it!
Was the 3rd movement played?
There's 30 minutes per side on this tape
which means Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}\Ndied within the last 30 minutes!
Look Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
There's some more sheet music\Nat Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}'s feet!
What does it say this time?
Will.
It's his will?!
Then does that mean—
—it was a suicide?
According to the will
he regretted killing\NMr. Kawashima and Mr. Kuroiwa...
Nishimoto killed the two of them?!
He apparently didn't want an old mistake they made to be made known.
They refers to Mr.who
Kameyama
died 2 years ago
Mr. Kawashima and
whoMr.
were
Kuroiwa
just killed
Mr. Nishimoto who hanged himself
and Mr. Aso who killed himself 12 years ago.
The pianist too?
My guess is that they
usingdid
this
something
code.
I see. Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0} was afraid their old secret would get out
so he broke into the storeroom to destroy the sheet music.
But unable to find the music and driven into a psychological corner
he committed suicide.
I don't think it was a suicide.
It's impossible to hang
right?yourself without something to support you
Are you sure you didn't put it away?
Of course not.
And I doubt there's anyone who would\Ngo and write their own will in code.
Are you saying the murderer is somewhere else?
- I saw some suspicious people.\N- What?!
Two people in the piano room.
One broke a window and escaped.
The other was that Murasawa guy.
Someone beat him up.
Dr. Narumi's treating him in\Nthe piano room right now.
Ow!
Why didn't you say that sooner?!
Dad!
You still haven't found Mr. Aso's sheet music?!
It was 12 years ago; there's no way for me to remember where we put it.
Is he still unconscious?
Yes. I think he may have suffered a concussion.
Say Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}.
What was Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0} doing here this late anyway?
How should I know?!
{\blur2}This is a...
Keep your hands off Shuichi's stuff!
What is that?
Don't ask me! But it was important to Shuichi!
{\blur2}That's a tuning
usedhammer
to tune pianos.
{\blur2}So he was the one who—
OK! Bring all the suspects\Nto the town hall at once!
Yes sir!
What are you doing
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}?
Let's go to the town hall.
The suspicious person who ran out of this room
was looking for something under the piano.
Here we are!
Wow a hidden panel! Cool!
{\blur2}Drugs!
{\a6}"Tsukikage Island Town Hall"
Judging from the methods\Nemployed in all three murders
they are all clearly the work of the same person!
Dr. Narumi and Reiko Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}\Nhave confirmed alibis
and are no longer suspects.
But there are no alibis for\Nthe secretary Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0}
the mayoral candidate Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0}
nor for Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}
\Nwho is currently resting at the clinic...
The killer is one of these three!
Dr. Narumi. Is Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0} still unconscious?
Yes. Reiko-{\i1}san{\i0}
\Nbut is
helooking
has yetafter
to regain
him consciousness.
{\blur2}There's something
but what nagging
could it be?!
at me
{\blur2}Ever since I saw the code of blood\Nleft at the scene of the crime...
Inspector.
The photos taken from where\NMr. Kuroiwa was murdered are ready!
- Good. Place them
sir!on that desk.\N- Yes
{\blur2}What's that light by Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}'s neck?
{\blur2}It's off in the picture where he's been moved.
Um may I buy some juice? I'm thirsty...
I suppose that'd be all right.
{\blur2}He's injured?
Say Mister.
There's some white powder on your sleeves.
What?!
Money from all over the world!
I'm fond of foreign countries.
What's wrong Officer?
I finally found the sheet music\NAso-{\i1}san{\i0} left behind!
Let me see that!
{\blur2}"To my sonSeiji."
Son?
Oh come to think of itAso-{\i1}san{\i0} had a son too...
He fell seriously ill when he was little\Nand had to be hospitalized...
I believe Seiji was his name...
Seiji?!
It couldn't be!
Hey wait! Where do you think you're going?!
{\blur2}Ah now I see!
{\blur2}The reason the killer dragged Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} into the piano room
{\blur2}after drowning him!
{\blur2}The meaning of the music played at the murder scenes!
{\blur2}And the mystery behind the code written in blood!
{\blur2}There's no doubt about it!\NThat's the one who did it!
{\blur2}Old man Mouri received a letter from a dead man
{\blur2}and then headed to Tsukikage Island.
{\blur2}The letter'saauthor
pianistwas
whoKeiji
murdered
Aso his family
{\blur2}lit his house
and
ondied
fire while playing the Moonlight piano sonata.
{\blur2}The first murder happened on the night of the memorial for Mr. Kameyama
{\blur2}the previous mayor.
{\blur2}Hideo Kawashima was found dead in the piano room
{\blur2}while the first movement of Moonlight played.
{\blur2}The second murder took place\Nas the second movement played.
{\blur2}The victim Tatsuji
was the Kuroiwa.
current\Nmayor
{\blur2}The number of suspects was\Nnarrowed down to six people.
{\blur2}The third murder was that of Ken Nishimoto.
{\blur2}He was killed in a manner\Nthat made it look like suicide.
{\blur2}"To my sonSeiji."
{\blur2}Ah now I see!
{\blur2}The reason the killer dragged Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0} into the piano room
{\blur2}after drowning him!
{\blur2}The meaning of the music played at the murder scenes!
{\blur2}And the mystery behind the code written in blood!
{\blur2}There's no doubt about it!\NThat's the one who did it!
What's the big idea
rushing here\Nto the broadcast room like that?!
Is there something here?!
No not really.
{\blur2}I've got no choice! I'll have to\Nuse the old man's voice for this!
One shot of this Tranquilizer Watch Gun and...
Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0} and Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0} will have to come to the mainland with us
tomorrow morning.
You can't be serious!
The first incident in which Mr. Kawashima was drowned
and dragged into the community center's piano room last night...
The second incident
in which Mr. Kuroiwa was murdered
in the broadcast room this very night...
The third incident which also took place this very night
in which Mr. Nishimoto was killed in the storeroom
in such a way to make it look like a suicide...
The only ones without alibis for these three incidents are you two
and Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}
who is resting at the clinic.
I'm sorry to do thisbut we'll\Nhave to watch you tonight—
{\blur2}I've figuredInspector!
it out
{\blur2}Almost everything
that is. about the\Nmurders on this island
Dad! You're in the broadcast room?
First the person who beat Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0} unconscious in the piano room.
That would be youHirata-{\i1}san{\i0}!{at
switch"Hirata-san"
to radio style}
What?!
{\blur2}Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0} suffered the injury on his left hand
{\blur2}when he broke the window and escaped.
{\blur2}You were also the suspicious\Nperson we saw last night.
But what was he doing?
He was making deals with\NMr. Kawashima in that room.
Drug deals.
Drugs?!
{\blur2}Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0} used a hidden panel in the piano
{\blur2}to trade drugs he bought overseas for large sums of money.
Aha! So that's why they were at the\Ncommunity center every single night!
{\blur2}The reason Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0} always\Nclaimed the piano was cursed
{\blur2}was to keep people from getting in the way.
He probably assaulted Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0} and escaped
because Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0} saw him\Ntaking back the drugs he had left there!
Does that mean you killed Mr. Kawashima
because you were having a dispute with him about the deals?!
No!
Hirata-{\i1}san{\i0} has nothing to do\Nwith the three murders.
{\blur2}If he was the
he murderer
wouldn't have killed anyone in the piano room.
{\blur2}That was the
after
room
all. where\Nhe left the drugs
Next is Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}.
{\blur2}He's the killer?!
He's not the killer either.
The reason the killer wrote\Na will to make it look a suicide
but didn't place an object to stand on in the room
was because the murderer bolted\Nwhen Ran and the others showed up.
It would have been impossible to\Nenter the piano room afterward.
You're right!
So far our image of the killer\Nhas been that of a man
because all three murders required someone with strength.
And someone without an alibi.
The only suspect left is Shimizu-{\i1}san{\i0}...
{\blur2}Next we need to look at the second murder.
We assumed Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0} was killed\Nonly minutes before he was found.
But if you'll remember...
...the blood code didn't come off\Nwhen Conan fell on it.
At room temperature
it takes 15 to\N30 minutes for human blood to dry.
But that blood was dry
{\blur2}even though he was supposedly killed only minutes before.
That's right. It was a trick the killer did\Nto alter the estimated time of death.
What?!
But only the first 5 and a half minutes of the tape were blank!
Automatic tape reverse.
The killer played the 2nd side of the tape—\Nwhich had no music on it—
and gained 30 extra minutes by using tape reverse.
{\blur2}Please have a look at the photographs.
{\blur2}There's a button lit near Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}'s neck.
{\blur2}And the light is off just after his body is moved.
{\blur2}That's proof that the killer turned\Nit off when you weren't looking.
But if I remember the
correctly
one who approached the body was—
That's right.
The person who got
\Naside
near the
frombody
the police...
The person who faked the estimated time of death...
...was the one who
Dr.inspected
Narumi!{"you
the body:
Dr. Narumi"
you in radio style}
That's not true is it Dr. Narumi?!
You drowned Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}\Nand dragged him into the piano room
in order to send the coroners back to the mainland
since they wouldn't be able to\Nexamine an unnatural death here.
And the reason you put blank space\Nat the start of each tape
was so that you could throw us off\Nby faking the time of the 2nd murder.
Doing this you altered Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}'s time of death
thereby creating an alibi for yourself.
But Mouri-{\i1}kun{\i0}! You just said the killer was a man!
{\blur2}The motive for the murders extends 12 years back.
Come again?
Back to the incident in which pianist\NKeiji Aso and his family were killed.
Killed?!
Kawashima-{\i1}san{\i0}
Nishimoto-{\i1}san{\i0}
Kuroiwa-{\i1}san{\i0}
and the previous mayor
Kameyama-{\i1}san{\i0}...
They used Aso-{\i1}san{\i0}'s international performances
as opportunities to buy and sell drugs.
But then Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} said he refused to help them any longer.
Afraid their secret would get out
they shut him and his family inside his house and set it on fire.
This is all written in the sheet music that survived that fire...
In the confession letter that Aso-{\i1}san{\i0} wrote for his child...
A son?!
He had a son in a Tokyo hospital.
One named Seiji.
Seiji? It couldn't be...
Dr. Narumi's real name is Seiji.
{\fad(500 0)}Narumi Asai
{\fad(750 0)}Seiji Aso
She was Keiji Aso's
Seiji
sonAso!
You can't be serious!
Asai is probably his foster family's last name.
So it was all to avenge his father...
- Inspector! The killer's gone!\N- What?!
Find him!
{\blur2}I know where he is!
{\blur2}The place where Aso Keiji's donated piano is kept: the community center!
It's over Father.
It's not over yet!
Here look at this!
It's written in this sheet music your dad left for you!
He says he wants you to live an honest life!
I wish I had known that sooner.
How did you find out about your father if you haven't read this?!
I always had my suspicions about my foster father.
After graduating from medical school
I came to this island as a woman doctor.
It doesn't say on my
after
license
all. how\Nto pronounce my name
But I was sweating bullets when\Nthey started questioning people.
They would've found out I was really a man.
I see. So that's why you stayed with us that night—
so you could have them question you last.
When I told Kameyama
the previous mayor
that I was Aso's son
he suddenly grew fearful and told me everything.
He finished it all off by falling lifeless from a heart attack.
It was when I played
Moonlight
my father's favorite piece
as a farewell song for him that I came\Nup with the idea for these murders.
Seiji! Let's get out of here! We can still make it!
It's too late for me.
These hands are as bloodstained as theirs are.
Conan-{\i1}kun{\i0}!
Dammit!
- No!\N- Let go!
What's that sound?
This is the code.
He's playing it. Inside the fire.
Murasawa-{\i1}san{\i0}
the pianist
missed Keiji Aso
so he apparently tuned his piano on occasion...
On the night he was
too.assaulted
Why did Dr. Narumi warn us about the murders?
My only guess is that it was actually a letter of challenge to Dad...
I think she wanted to be stopped from killing...
Say what did the code that Dr. Narumi played say?
Oh I already forgot.
Your expression says otherwise!