Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 206: Thrilling Music Score (Part 6)

Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Department has uncovered a connection between Ms. Akiba and the four bombing victims. Three years ago, these four were roommates with flute player Hikaru Soma, who fell to his death from a cliff next to his dormitory while drunk during training.

This Soma Hikaru is the sixth graduate of Domoto Academy and was once Miss Akiba's fiancé.

In the forest, Miss Akiba and Conan were walking one after the other, and they met a group of children who came to play because they liked Kamen Rider. The children mistook them for mother and son, which made Conan speechless.

Miss Akiba and Conan were chatting intermittently.

[Novelist: Speaking of which, the murderer this time is that old Mr. Puhejiang, right? I saw him lying in ambush in the bushes through the raven.]

[Bartender: Looks like he's planning to blow up the entire concert hall on the day of the show.]

[Violinist: Good heavens, did the concert hall offend him?]

[Jack: Apparently, he felt that Domoto Ichiki's sudden change to playing the organ made it impossible for him to continue to be his partner, so he wanted revenge.]

[Wax Artist: I'm surprised there's even such a reason.]

[Toy Merchant: But if he were to blow up the concert hall, what would happen to the audience inside?]

[Little girl: Just ask Uncle Philip to plug the blown-out part with wax.]

[Wax Sculptor: But the explosion will create flames, and the wax will melt.]

[Opera Singer: The only solution seems to be to stop the explosion.]

[Toy Merchant: Then I'll find a way to find those bombs. I have a hang glider, so it's more convenient to move around at high altitudes.]

[Violinist: Then I'll leave the concert hall to Miss Sangria and me. Also, after the concert, can I...?]

[Sculptor: No, you can't.]

[Violinist: I haven't told you what I'm going to do yet!]

[Painter: We all know what you want to do. After the concert, just stay in my art gallery.]

The two people in the woods were walking and feeling the nature, but a gunshot broke this beauty. The bullet grazed Miss Qiu Ting's ankle, causing her to crouch down suddenly.

Conan immediately stood in front of Miss Akiba and used the thermal imaging function of his glasses to see someone ambushing and shooting in the distance, so he pulled Miss Akiba and ran away.

The shooting was quite inaccurate, and the consecutive shots did not even hit the soles of the two men's shoes. However, the terrain in the forest was a bit complicated, and just when the two men had no way to retreat, the shooting stopped again, as if they had deliberately let them go, which made Conan doubt the suspect's intentions again.

On the way back, Conan suggested that Miss Akiba call the police, but Miss Akiba refused on the grounds that calling the police would waste time.

"I know you're worried that calling the police will affect tomorrow's concert, right? I understand that, but..."

"If you know, just shut up. I'll talk to the police after the concert. Do you understand?"

Conan agreed reluctantly, and when the two of them walked to the door of the apartment, they found Officer Takagi and Officer Sato there.

Inspector Megure walked out of the police car and tried to get information from Miss Akiba, but was rejected for the same reason. Conan noticed that when Inspector Megure mentioned the name "Soma Hikaru", Miss Akiba was shaken for a moment.

He quickly asked Inspector Megure and learned that Hikaru Soma was the person in the photo he saw. He said to Inspector Megure, "Please take me home. I've been to Miss Akiba's house. I can tell you everything I know."

So the three of them brought Conan to the Mouri Detective Agency, but all Conan knew was that he saw a photo and a flute of Soma Mitsuru in Miss Akiba's house.

At this time, Conan saw a number on the notes written by Officer Takagi that looked very familiar. But at this time, after listening to the details of the case and the interpersonal relationships between the people involved in the case, Maori Kogoro began his process of elimination.

Kogoro Mouri brought a group of people to the Domoto house and insisted that Domoto Gen was the murderer. The reason was that he was a Beethoven fan and could not stand the four people playing Beethoven's piano quartet while drunk, so he killed them all.

Even the evidence listed by Kogoro Mouri included the fact that Genya Domoto's hairstyle was exactly the same as Beethoven's. This was so outrageous that it silenced all the police officers.

Because the motive for murder given by Kogoro Mouri was too ridiculous, and combined with some evidence listed by Gen Domoto, the police confirmed that he could not be the murderer who killed the four people and attempted to harm Miss Akiba.

Afterwards, the group slowly left Domoto's residence. Maori Kogoro scratched his head and complained, "I thought there would be no mistakes at all."

Conan showed his half-moon eyes and said: Where does your confidence come from?

[Wax Artist: I feel like every reasoning Kogoro makes challenges my research on criminal psychology.]

[Recorder: The world is vast, and nothing is impossible. Perhaps one day we'll encounter a companion with a truly bizarre past.]

[Postman: But, killing someone for this reason is as absurd as Naib killing someone with a chef's knife because he was hungry.]

[Mercenary: Am I such a superficial person?]

[Batter: You're not, but William will whine and refuse to play if he's not full.]

[Forward: If I'm not full, how can I have the energy to watch? If the opposing team's supervisor gets excited, I'll have to take an extra hit.]

[Painter: That's a reasonable excuse, but you skipped two ranked matches last time, claiming you weren't full. That left me facing Lady Mary's three mirrors and a flash all alone. If I'd had an OB, we could have definitely tied that match.]

[Forward: Sorry~]

On the day of the concert, Sonoko brought everyone to listen to a preview and said that she had booked the open-air box on the top floor and even reserved a seat for Kudo Shinichi. Xiaolan was very grateful for this.

Miss Akiba, who was wearing a formal dress, walked up to Conan and said, "It seems that you didn't tell the police what happened yesterday. Let me say thank you first."

"That doesn't matter. Is your foot injury okay?"

"It doesn't matter. It won't affect my singing."

Conan seemed to have thought of something and asked Miss Akita: "Does Miss Kawabe Zouko also have absolute pitch?"

Ms. Qiu Ting replied in the affirmative: "Yes, I knew about this the first time I met her, and we quickly got chatting because of it. Any questions?"

"No, nothing." Conan vaguely felt that something was wrong.

On the other hand, Xiaolan, who hoped that Kudo Shinichi could come and listen to music with her, sent a text message, but still said: "It doesn't matter to me whether he comes or not."

However, there seemed to be some minor problems at the concert. Mr. Mura Hans, who was responsible for tuning the organ, had not arrived yet, so Domoto had to start playing directly.

The opera singer was adjusting his clothes backstage, while the violinist next to him was struggling with which one to wear.

"Should I wear this 'Magic Echo' dress from before, or the 'Uninhibited Romance' from the Path of Deduction?"

[Sculptor: You can wear the "Lone Moon Knight" one. (Laughs)]

[Painter: That's a real ghost, don't be too spooky. This is a concert, not a memorial service.]

After considering for a long time, the violinist finally decided to wear his retrospective costume.