Tokyo made headlines last night.
A black-clad figure with a baseball bat swept through the city, taking down over a dozen small crime gangs in one night.
Hundreds of yakuza were hospitalized with severe injuries, leaving the police and hospitals in chaos.
Guarding these thugs was manageable, but the real shock was the evidence left behind—dozens of confessions covering gambling, drugs, and more.
Violent crime was the least of their sins.
One location tied most gangs together: Moon Shadow Island, a drug trafficking hub.
While the Criminal Division hunted the mysterious vigilante, the Organized Crime Division was ready to storm the island.
Whoever this figure was, they were practically gifting the police a promotion!
Not a single yen was taken—cash left untouched in safes. If this wasn't a saint, what was?
…
Dawn had yet to break.
Dr. Agasa's house.
"You went overboard," Dr. Agasa said, pouring Tsuneo a glass of milk.
Without Shinichi's call, who'd believe the vigilante in the news was this repairman?
"Controlling my strength was exhausting," Tsuneo nodded, chugging the milk.
Injuries were one thing; deaths would've escalated police scrutiny. The gangs ratted each other out, exposing a web Tsuneo hadn't expected. Many bosses had sourced drugs from Moon Shadow Island.
"What about that bar incident in the news?" Dr. Agasa asked hesitantly, referencing the vague report of five youths brutally beaten.
"Those punks were worse than last night's lot," Tsuneo said, recounting Go Maehara's crew, who tormented minors for fun. No punishment was too harsh.
"Don't do such dangerous things again," Dr. Agasa urged.
"Just helping a client out," Tsuneo replied.
…
Meanwhile, on Moon Shadow Island.
Conan had asked Tsuneo to quietly probe Nishimoto's drug channels, not flip Tokyo upside down.
The move caught the detective off guard, derailing his investigation.
Through the island's sole officer, Conan learned Chief Kuroiwa's secretary, Hirata, often met Hideo Kawashima at the community center late at night.
Kawashima, the island's richest man, supplied Nishimoto's drugs.
Under cover of darkness, Conan sneaked into the center and found white powder under the cursed piano.
Tests confirmed it was drugs, but the piano's tuning was oddly perfect for an untouched instrument.
A neglected piano's tension would shift, ruining its pitch.
"No one tunes it here. The taboo of Aso's piano keeps people away," Narumi said in the police station, accepting tea from Ran. "Three years ago, when Kameyama died of a heart attack while I played Moonlight, the tuning was off."
Conan, sleepless and exhausted, sank into thought.
"Don't stress, little detective," Narumi said, ruffling his hair.
"But…" Conan started, then saw her gentle smile.
"Even Holmes couldn't solve every case perfectly," Narumi said, her burden lifted, her mindset changed.
As a doctor, her hands saved lives. As a pianists son, how could she stain them with blood?
"Besides Hirata, someone else visits the community center at night," Officer Nagashima yawned, waking up.
All eyes turned to him, except the snoring Kogoro.
Conan was speechless. What else did this old man know?
"Chief Kuroiwa's son-in-law, Shuichi Murazawa, occasionally goes alone," Nagashima said, scratching his head. "Wait, are you really Aso's son?"
The concept of a cross-dresser baffled the elderly officer.
Ran handed him tea. "Do you have Murazawa's number?"
Nagashima flipped through his notebook, found it, and dialed from the station. It was 5 a.m., and the call rang for a while.
"Who's this?!" Murazawa snapped, annoyed.
"Mr. Murazawa, a Mr. Aso is waiting at the station," Conan whispered, urging secrecy.
"Aso… I'm coming," Murazawa said, glancing at his sleeping fiancée before rushing out.
…
Two days later, Dr. Agasa's house.
"I lost," Conan admitted, slumping on the couch, watching the news with a dejected look.
He'd found Aso's biggest fan, Murazawa, who, after seeing the score and Narumi, shared what he knew.
The community center's piano room was indeed Kawashima's drug-dealing hub, involving Hirata and others.
Finding Murazawa was a win, but Tsuneo's chaos overshadowed it, rendering Murazawa's info minor.
The police arrested twenty to thirty people on the island, locking it down for ongoing interrogations.
(End of Chapter)
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