Chapter 21 The End of Moonlight

Chapter 21 The End of Moonlight

Firefighters from the main island arrived belatedly, and with the help of a fireboat, they were able to successfully put out the fire - it was more accurate to say that the activity center had almost burned out and had weakened on its own.

The firefighters went in to check and indeed dragged out four charred bodies - one of which was headless, which should be Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

While the firefighters and police were busy, Youya quietly retreated behind the crowd, then turned around and silently turned into a street.

There weren't too many residents on Yueying Island, and most of them were gathered near the mansion at this time. The rest were also rushing there. You didn't see anyone after walking a few steps.

After identifying the direction, Youya followed his memory and came to a two-story apartment near the coast.

Towards evening, he saw Asai Narimi enter the apartment building, and thought that he should be living here.

In the apartment now, only one house on the second floor had its lights on. Yuya squinted his eyes, walked up the stairs, stopped in front of a room with a sign saying "Asai", and raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Who is it?" The slightly neutral female voice of Asai Narimi came from the room.

Yuya whispered back, "Dr. Asai, it's me."

Asai Narumi felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard it. But since the other party knew him, maybe he just forgot it?

"Wait a moment." Asai Narimi shouted.

You also heard some rustling sounds coming from inside, as if someone was putting on clothes?

Thinking that there was a cross-dressing guy inside, who might be sorting out some characteristics or something, You felt a little excited - God have mercy on him, he is just a 16-year-old boy, is this something he can listen to!

After about a minute, the door was opened a crack, and Asai Narumi stood sideways behind the door, with half of his body exposed.

Yuya turned his head and saw that Asai Narimi was wearing a coat, and a long nightgown could be vaguely seen underneath. Her snow-white calves were exposed underneath, and a faint glow was faintly visible against the light behind her.

Yuya was silent for a while. This big guy seemed to be completely used to wearing women's clothes, but...

He is so handsome!

Yuya coughed lightly and stepped back a little calmly, showing just the right amount of politeness when facing a woman living alone.

When Asai Narimi saw Yuya, he was a little confused, then he showed an expression of sudden realization, smiled, and said gently: "You are the tourist who was seasick that day? You stayed here?"

Yuya smiled and nodded: "That's right."

Asai Narimi didn't think about how the other party knew where he lived. It was no secret on the island. He smiled and asked, "You came to see me so late. Are you feeling unwell?"

Yuya shook his head and looked at Asai Narimi with a pair of sharp eyes: "The mansion is on fire and there is an explosion."

Asai Narimi felt a little uncomfortable under Yuya's gaze. He covered his mouth and whispered, "Ah, this actually happened? Is anyone injured?"

He didn't know why Youye came. When he suddenly heard such news, the gentle smile on his face became a little stiff.

"In fact, I had vaguely heard some noise just now, but it was dark and the neighbors were not at home, so I didn't dare to go over to check it out by myself. I didn't expect that there was a fire..."

Asai Narimi's words were half true and half false.

It is true that he did hear the noise and knew where it happened; it is also true that he did not dare to go out to check, because he was playing the role of a "powerless" woman at the time.

As for being afraid to go out alone... that is of course false.

Although he does look like a slender girl, but actually, when he takes it out... No, he is a real man, and is stronger than the average man.

——Otherwise, it would be impossible for Asai Narimi in the original work to kill three drug dealers alone and throw Conan out of the fire in the end.

Yuya even doubted whether he had practiced it before.

"When the explosion occurred, a head flew out. It belonged to the chief of Heiyan Village."

"Later, a total of four bodies were dragged out. After identification, they were Hideo Kawashima, Ken Nishimoto, and Kazuaki Hirata." Youya looked into Asai Narimi's eyes and spoke word by word.

"What did you say?!"

Asai Narumi widened his eyes, filled with disbelief.

——Twelve years ago, Keiji Aso, a pianist on Tsukikage Island, kept bringing back drugs from the outside world by taking the opportunity of performing outside.

Later, he got tired of it all and wanted to quit, but he was brutally murdered by several of his accomplices. He and his family were locked up at home, and the story was made up to make it seem like a madman killed his wife and daughter and then set himself on fire, almost wiping out his entire family.

I say almost because Keiji Aso actually has a younger son.

His son Asami Asagi had been sickly since childhood and was receiving treatment in Tokyo when the tragedy happened.

After his family members died, Asami Narimi in the hospital was adopted by the Asai family and renamed Asai Narimi.

Time flies, Asai Narimi recovered from his illness, was admitted to medical school, and became a doctor after graduation.

Asai Narumi secretly investigated the case of the tragic death of his family. According to eyewitnesses, it was a full-moon night. Keiji Aso locked the door, killed his wife and daughter, set a fire, played the moonlight in the fire, laughed wildly and rushed to his death in the flames, like a madman.

Asai Narumi found it unbelievable that anyone would believe such magical words?

But in that era, the police's ability to solve cases was poor, and in the end, nothing was found, and the case was left unresolved.

After much thought, he felt that his father, a pianist, could not be such a cruel murderer, so he was determined to find out the truth.

Two years ago, he looked at his slender figure due to his weak and stunted development as a child, as well as his androgynous appearance and voice, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

He grew his hair long, bought lots of little skirts and cosmetics, started wearing women's clothes and learning women's lifestyles.

Gender is not written on a doctor's license, nor is the pronunciation of the name marked. If the name Asai Narumi is pronounced differently, it will change from the masculine seijitsu to the feminine narumi, which sounds like a cute girl.

——Asai Narumi is really cute in women’s clothing.

So, Asai Narimi, who was a man, transformed himself into a female doctor who came here to work because he yearned for the environment of Yueying Island.

However, he was new here and unfamiliar with the place. It was extremely difficult for him to investigate what happened twelve years ago while hiding his identity.

But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better.

Two years ago, the former village chief Kameda saw the new female doctor, who was quiet, pretty and had a good figure, and was a single woman away from home who looked easy to be bullied, and he immediately had bad intentions.

Taking advantage of his identity as the village chief, he made an appointment with him in the middle of the night.

However, he didn't expect that when he closed the door, turned on the light, and was about to discuss some adult topics in depth with the other party, the weak female doctor in front of him suddenly turned into a real man. What's more terrifying is that this man took out... No, he was even stronger than him.

Asai Narumi revealed his identity, Keiji Aso's youngest son.

Village chief Kameda is also a member of the drug trafficking gang. He remembered his son Keiji Aso who had been staying in Tokyo for treatment. He had no news for many years and thought he had died. He didn't expect that he would appear in front of him in such a state.

Village chief Kameda already had a weak heart, and the excessive stimulation caused him to suffer a heart attack, and he did not survive the night.

Before he died, Asai Narimi asked him everything that happened that year.

Asai Narumi finally digested this shocking news. While playing the same Moonlight music his father played before his death next to the corpse, he decided to kill the remaining three members of the drug gang - Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kawashima Hideo, and Nishimoto Ken - to avenge his father.

But after all, it was three people who were killed. Although Asai Narimi was full of hatred, he could not bring himself to do it.

Finally, after staying on the island for two years and seeing the three people living a carefree life, Asai Narimi could no longer suppress his hatred, so he made a plan and prepared to take action.

But the education he had received over the years and his identity as a doctor made him give himself one last chance.

He conducted a brief investigation and picked a detective who was just becoming famous and looked pleasing to the eye. He sent a letter of authorization in the name of Keiji Aso and asked the detective to come to Tsukikage Island for investigation.

If he could find out the truth and bring those three people to justice before he took action, it would be God's will for him to stop; if not, then he would have to punish those three people himself.

At the same time, he also left two escape routes for himself.

If the truth was revealed, he hid gasoline near the mansion, and then he would set himself on fire, and leave this world in the fire, playing the moonlight, just like his father;

If he was not exposed, he would leave Moon Shadow Island and go to a place no one knew to start a new life.

Asai Narimi was running in a daze. One of his enemies, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, was actually burned to death before he could do anything? Even his head was blown off.

And what a coincidence, the remaining two are also among them?

Yuya looked at Asai Narimi's back as he left, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

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Asai Narimi didn't even have time to change his clothes before he ran all the way to the mansion.

He stopped at the door in a hurry, staring at the four charred corpses on the ground in a daze.

The old policeman on the island was whispering with the policeman who came from the main island. Asai Chengmi pretended to move closer and heard them discussing the preliminary autopsy results.

There was nothing to identify about Kuroiwa Tatsuji, as the headless corpse was him; Kawashima Hideo had been in a car accident and had nails in his legs; Hirata Kazuaki had a watch of XX brand, but it was badly burned and needed further confirmation; Nishimoto Ken was missing two front teeth and had dentures that had been burned.

These characteristics can all be matched to corresponding people, and they are celebrities on the island, including the most likely candidate for the next village chief of the island's richest man, the current village chief's secretary, and a notorious wealthy gangster. Through the testimonies of the residents, the police matched the characteristics and identities one by one.

Then we sent someone to check on their home and found that the four people were indeed not at home and could not be contacted.

In other words, if further autopsy shows no unexpected results, the four bodies correspond to these four people.

Asai Narumi listened to all this with a low sense of presence, then turned around and walked home.

There were doctors and forensic pathologists from the main island at the scene, so there was no need for him to stay and he would not be suspected if he left. Therefore, some people saw Asai Narimi but did not say much. They just thought that the female doctor had never seen such a scene and was a little scared.

On the way, Asai Narimi walked quickly, his mind was in a mess. As soon as he got home, he threw himself on the bed, resting his forehead on his arms, looking tired but with a hint of relaxation and relief.

He thought back to his family members who had died tragically, how he had spent the past two years hiding his identity and trying to pretend to be a woman, and how he was going to start a new life...

And the commission fee of 500,000 yen that has already been paid...

Tears fell drop by drop, soon soaking the sheets.

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"Ding, successfully completed an event that has an impact on the main storyline, and received 10 reward points..."

Huh? Yuya's face flashed with surprise. Why is this incident an event that affects the main plot? And it also gives 10 bonus points, which is more than the bonus points for ordinary cases.

After thinking about it for a while, Youya understood.

Conan once said that this case was the biggest regret of his life, not that he failed to successfully prevent the criminal from committing suicide, but that he failed to prevent a mistake from being made.

Isn't this exactly why Yuya came to Moon Shadow Island specifically?

Asai Narimi's ending is not just Conan's regret.

As for the impact of this case in the original work on Conan...people can change imperceptibly, and Yuya believes that since he grew up with Conan, he must have influenced him to some extent.

Why waste a life when you can do it yourself?

[Hattori, have you ever killed anyone? ]

[Our detective used reasoning to corner the criminals and then committed suicide, but was unable to stop them. How is this different from a murderer? ]