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Chapter 39 - Megumi Aiko

Public Security Officer [5]: … No. 7, why are you even worse than no. 1 and no. 8?

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: I can't help it! I'm basically the one with the lowest status in the organization, allright? Even though I also have a codename, but my achievements are not as good as the others.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Did you not add the skill points earned before? You survived until the end, right?

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: It's not that easy to earn skill points damn it!

Public Security Officer [5]: Calm down. I'll send your girlfriend to your door if you don't calm down.

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: Sorry.

High School Student [2]: Wait, no. 7 has a girlfriend?

Serial Killer [3]: And he's still going undercover when he has a girlfriend?

Kami Shita [6]: Scumbag?

Journalist [12]: … You're the one with the least right to say that no. 6

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: No, I mean, my girlfriend is coming with me from the real world…

Megumi Aiko [4]: …It's not me. 

Kami Shita [6]: Not me either.

Journalist [12]: I'm single!

Doctor [9]: Haha.. it's me.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Whatt? No. 7 and no. 9 are actually together?

Kami Shita [6]: Wait, your previous identity is winery undercover to the FBI, right?

Journalist [12]: Wow, what a big melon!

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: Ahh, yeah, so we can't meet with each other and could only call from time to time secretly.]

Kurokawa Saki saw the two people explain their beautiful love story and fell into silence. It turned out that the two of them were a couple in real life and then got transported to this world. But fate played a joke on them.

No 7 is on the red side while no. 9 is on the black side and the two of them were currently undercover.

Just thinking about it made one really want to laugh.

At least, Kurokawa Saki almost laughed out loud.

The others were also happily eating this melon, which made No. 7 embarrassed, yet he seemed to be more relaxed. It seemed that no. 5 purposely mentioned this matter so that no. 7 could relax a bit.

Because being an undercover agent is not easy.

'He's surprisingly very suitable to become a leader.'

Kurokawa Saki, someone who wanted to throw away her leadership position, thought to herself.

[Artist [11]: Anyway, I'm already on the island right now. You come with Conan but I come here on my own… How saddening.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Which one of the missions do you plan to do?

Artist [11]: Either dancing or playing the piano. I'm planning to go to the Mayor's hall and then look at the piano and play it secretly. Tell me when Conan arrives so that I can play in time.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Okay! I'm planning to investigate the case and possibly prevent it from happening.

Artist [11]: You really like to save the characters. Do you like this case so much? I barely remember this one case.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Well, I heard that this is the first suicide of the culprit that Conan faced, which will make him better in the future as he will truly pursue justice and not just for the sake of reasoning. Even though it's good to see his growth, if it costs a person's death, then I don't really want to see it. 

And I believe that Conan can also learn without having to face the culprit suicide. But I have forgotten many things about the story, including the killing methods. So I'll just try to do it. If I fail, then so be it.

Artist [11]: I thought you'll cry again like when you fail to save Miyano Akemi

Megumi Aiko [4]: That's different! I really like Miyano Akemi! But in this case… well, I just want to try it and if it doesn't work, then it doesn't matter that much. I know my ability is limited and forcing it will only make things worse.]

No. 4, Megumi Aiko decisively took a break from Inspector Megure and ran away. She didn't like being a policeman, but since she got this ID, she decided to work hard.

In her previous life, she had just recently graduated from university and started to job hunt. A few months passed without her being able to get any job, so she spent most of her time reading stories in her free time.

Who would have thought that she would end up in Conan World?

She felt like crying when she thought of her coming to this world in the first place. If it was not because she suddenly got this ID card, she would never have thought of becoming a police officer.

And when pulling out talent…

Megumi Aiko was embarrassed to say that she only thought about how to beat up the bad guys, so she got *ahem*

Anyway, she's the violent policewoman after Sato Miwako in the first division.

The greatest difference between them is probably the fact that Megumi Aiko is stupid and even though she had increased her observation skills to help her solve cases, she still couldn't solve the case quickly.

So much that she felt that her second mission couldn't be completed.

Thankfully, her colleagues were half pulling her to go through various cases, allowing her to complete up to 90% of the mission before the main storyline.

Her second main mission was to solve cases, which was very suitable for her current identity.

If she ended up dead, Megumi Aiko was not sure how she would get in touch with these cases again, though. 

*yawn*

"Are you sleepy, Officer Aiko?" Mouri Ran asked with concern.

"It's fine. I have been working overtime lately." Megumi Aiko clenched her fist as she looked at a certain elementary school student nearby.

Who would have thought that Conan could really encounter cases almost every single day! 

This made Megumi Aiko almost want to vomit blood. Moreover, cases solved by Conan couldn't be counted towards her own second side mission, so she hated going to the mission that involved Conan.

Not that she hated Conan personally, but Megumi Aiko wanted to finish her main mission first.

Forget it. 

She's here for a completely different thing.

"We're almost here, Officer Aiko." Mouri Ran quickly changed the conversation. She could see the black aura emanating from Megumi Aiko. It seemed that the overtime work was so bad for Megumi Aiko that she didn't dare to mention it.

Conan rolled his eyes at this lazy police officer. Unless there's an emergency in front of her, Megumi Aiko would not be willing to work overtime. It has always been like that even before he became Conan.

When they arrived at the destination, Moon Shadow Island, the group went directly to the Resident Registration Office to find Keiji Aso.

"Keiji Aso...I can't find the name. There's no such person on this island." 

"What? Please look some more! I've just gotten a letter from him."

"But, it's not registered in the resident register. I just came to this island last month…"

The director at the side came over, seeing that Kogoro Mouri and his party had stayed here for a long time. "What's wrong?"

The staff saw that the director was coming, and hurriedly explained: "Director, these people said that they came here after receiving the commission from the residents of the island."

"Commission?"

"Yes, by one Asou Keiji-san…"

"A…ASOU KEIJI?"

The director's voice was a bit loud, attracting the attention of other people nearby. 

"T… That's impossible… because 10 years ago, he died." 

"EEH?"

"Yes, it was a full moon night, 12 years ago. He was a famous pianist born on the island. You see and after he held a public concert at the community center, he suddenly locked himself and his family inside their house, lit a fire and according to the people who went to save him, he had stabbed his wife and daughter to death and then played the same song over and over as if possessed. As his house burned around him… the Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata."

They came out and discussed about the letter while Megumi Aiko stood on the side, looking at the surroundings, sighing in her heart.

"Officer Aiko?"

"Sorry, I was just thinking about the case." Megumi Aiko recalled the director's words and felt that the case that the system wanted is not to solve the case that will happen.

But perhaps…

'The previous case that happened here. I only remember that it seems to be related to drugs but I don't remember the rest.'

Megumi Aiko sighed deeply. 

She was not cut out to be a police officer in the first place. 

Following Mouri Kogoro and the others, they went to the Community centre and waited outside.

[Megumi Aiko [4]: No. 11, we're right outside the piano room. Where are you?]

[Artist [11]: I'm inside!]

When no.11 received the message from no. 4, he happily started playing the piano. After his identity was rebuilt, he was given some artistic skills, including playing piano.

Thinking about his previous life where he was pretty much a useless person with no jobs and living his life away, no. 11 sighed.

Now in this world, he was so busy he wanted to vomit blood.

He wanted to be a useless person again.

But at the same time, he didn't want to hold the others back.

So~

Let's have fun!

No. 11 grinned and started to play the piano. His fingers moved dexterously and a beautiful song was played out. 

It was not the moonlight sonata.

He might have some piano skills, but his skills were clearly not good enough to play complicated songs.

So he chose a simple children song.

The bumblebee.

"Huh? It's the piano?" Conan looked up at the door in front of him. The sound of the piano was coming from here. He jumped down the sofa and pushed the door open, seeing a young man playing a melodious song on the keyboard. 

"Hey! Don't touch the piano! It's a cursed one!"

"Ah?"

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