Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 205: Thrilling Music Score (Part 5)

Conan returned to the crowd and suggested that Inspector Megure investigate the tea in the thermos. Xiaolan said she would send the thermos over.

The rest of the people decided to send Genta home together, and Miss Akita also planned to go with them.

"I need to explain to this child's parents how they can drink from other people's things without permission. I really don't know how they raise their children."

Yuan Tai lowered his head in shame. The little girl leaned close to his ear and comforted him, "It's okay, Yuan Tai. That big sister is also concerned about you. But remember not to let this happen again."

Soon, the group was on their way back, with Sonoko walking in front, the children in the middle, and Miss Akita walking at the end.

Conan was telling the little girl about his encounter with the composer a few days ago: "Has Uncle Orpheus not contacted Uncle Frederick again?"

The little girl thought for a moment and replied, "It seems they haven't been in touch for a while. However, Aunt Mary sent me some tickets a few days ago. They said they were for the Golden Rose Theater's tour."

Conan recalled the composer's words and thought that he must find a way to get a ticket. After all, this troupe is closely related to the Melody family, and there must be some unspeakable secret behind it.

At this time, Genta was walking on the road with a depressed expression on his face. Because he couldn't speak, he simply made gestures, and Mitsuhiko and Ayumi could actually understand him.

Huibara couldn't help but smile: "Now Genta has the same puzzle as Professor Agasa did back then."

The group was walking when suddenly a truck slowly drove up behind them. Miss Akiba was about to ask everyone to be careful and pull over, but Conan keenly sensed that something was wrong.

"Something's wrong, run!"

Sure enough, the next second, the truck suddenly accelerated, and even when the rearview mirror brushed against a roadside telephone pole, it didn't slow down and rushed straight towards the crowd. Conan cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" He ran while looking back at the driver's seat of the truck. The glass was pitch black and he couldn't see the face clearly.

Everyone panicked and turned into a small alley. Miss Qiu Ting, seemingly on a whim, ran down another alley, deliberately separating herself from the others. But to their surprise, the truck, disregarding the narrow intersection, abruptly turned and also entered the alley where Miss Qiu Ting was.

While escaping, Miss Qiu Ting accidentally fell down and was about to be run over by a truck. At this moment, a taxi drove up behind Miss Qiu Ting. Seeing that the situation was not good, the truck turned a corner and stopped casually.

Conan, who had caught up, climbed up the truck door and looked inside. The driver's seat was already empty. The taxi driver helped the fallen Miss Akiba up and complained about the truck's disobedience to traffic rules.

The people who arrived later found that Miss Qiu Ting had a leg injury, but she seemed nonchalant: "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."

Afterwards, Ms. Qiuting prepared to take the taxi back and did not want anyone to follow her: "Because as long as I'm with you, nothing good will happen."

The little girl looked at the taxi going away and said, "Sister Qiu Ting must have realized that someone is targeting her. Before, there was the tea, and now there is the truck. She must be worried that we will be implicated, so she said this."

Everyone understood, and Conan pondered further: Is Miss Akiba related to the bombing? Who is targeting her? Is the person targeting her related to the bombing?

That evening, another bombing occurred. The victim was Shida Osamu, a violinist and the first graduate of Domoto Academy. This time, the police found the tailpiece of a flute at the scene, proving that the bombing was carried out by the same person.

Inspector Megure looked at the tail tube and thought, "It seems the suspect is trying to pass on information to us. We already have the main tube and tail tube, and now we just need the head tube. So it seems the suspect wants to kill another person."

As expected, the last victim turned up: Hisao Masune, who had drowned, was a viola player and also a first-year graduate of Domoto Gakuen. Furthermore, police found the headpiece of a flute under the seat of his car.

Kogoro Mouri, Ran and Conan were sitting on the sofa in the Metropolitan Police Department, listening to Inspector Megure describe the details of the case.

Officer Sato told everyone the results of the investigation into the attack on Ms. Akiba. The tea in the thermos was mixed with stimulants, and the truck that hit her was stolen from near the crime scene.

Conan asked the police officers: "If Miss Reiko can't perform on stage, who will replace her?"

Officer Shiratori thought it would be Chigusa Lala, after all, she was the first candidate for the soprano singer.

Judging from the relationships between the characters investigated so far, the person who had the motive to harm Miss Kawabe and Miss Akiba was Chigusa Lara, who was not selected as a singer to perform on stage. The people who had the motive to harm Miss Kawabe were Mr. Domoto and Miss Shion, who wanted to borrow the Stradivarius, but these three people did not seem to have a direct connection with the previous bombing.

Conan took the opportunity to ask about the origin of the piano that was destroyed in the first bombing. Officer Shiratori told him that the piano was the one that Mr. Domoto had played at home for nearly 30 years.

Now Conan understood. No wonder Mr. Puhejiang cherished the keys of the piano so much. After all, it was the piano he had tuned for thirty years.

A day later, when Conan went out in the morning, he met the three little ones and the little girl. The little girl was holding a jar of candy.

Conan was a little surprised: "Why did you come here so early? And is Genta's voice better?"

In response, Genta smiled and took out the candy in his hand. Considering that Genta still couldn't speak normally, Mitsuhiko explained on his behalf: "Alice brought some candies from home that are said to soothe the throat. Genta's throat should feel better after eating them."

"Also, we're planning on going to the park to watch the Kamen Rider show. We heard they're going to be filming there."

Ayumi nodded: "Well, this will cheer up Genta."

Conan looked at Genta who was talking non-stop and showed a crescent eye: There are delicious candies and Kamen Rider to watch, how can he be in a bad mood?

However, Conan did not plan to follow them. He planned to find Miss Akiba and protect her from the suspect.

Soon, Conan found Miss Akiba's house and sneaked in under the pretext of music training. This reminded Miss Akiba of Conan: "I remember, aren't you the tone-deaf little brother?"

"But not today."

"You're going out, right? I heard that the day before a major concert or recording session, you always go to the forest to relax and unwind."

Afterwards, Conan directly pointed out the nature of Miss Akiba's sharp tongue but soft heart, and took advantage of her time to observe the room while she was looking for juice. There was a flute on the windowsill, as well as a photo of Miss Akiba and another man.

However, Miss Akiba, who had returned, directly pulled the curtains to interrupt Conan's investigation and refused Conan's request to follow.

But since Conan has made up his mind to protect Miss Akiba, he will not give up easily. He directly stated that he would just follow behind and told Miss Akiba not to pay attention to him.

Miss Qiu Ting couldn't persuade him, so she just let him do what he wanted.