Chapter 258

Kogoro Mouri had been knocked out by a needle.

Conan took out his voice changer, coughed once, and prepared to begin his performance.

"Lord Akaso, you've come!"

A chorus of greetings suddenly rang out from outside.

Conan peeked outside through a crack.

Damn it, why did this guy come?

The islanders parted to make a path, all bowing respectfully.

Akaso Kaze walked through the middle with his arm around Ran, just like a king inspecting his territory.

Conan was left speechless.

How did this guy manage to get so popular?

Have these villagers been brainwashed?

Akaso Kaze saw Kogoro Mouri sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Was he knocked out by a needle again?

Did we come a bit too early?

"What is going on here?" he asked, turning his head.

Goro Kinoshita explained with a dry laugh, "Lord Akaso, Mr. Mouri killed Hamada, and we caught him red-handed."

Akaso Kaze glanced at him and ignored him.

He turned to the islanders and said, "Hey, don't you have any common sense?"

Akaso Kaze pointed at Hamada, who was pinned to the wall by a knife.

"Look at where the blood sprayed! If he were really stabbed to death by Detective Mouri, wouldn't there be blood droplets on Detective Mouri?"

"And look at Hamada's wrists; there are marks from being tied up. Someone must have tortured him for something. Now look at Detective Mouri's attire—is this the outfit of someone who tortures people?"

Everyone looked, and it was indeed so; Kogoro Mouri was still wearing his pajamas.

"By the way, who would tie up and torture Hamada? Does he know some secret? If that secret has already been extracted, we're in trouble," Akaso Kaze said deliberately.

Village Chief Wu Nan felt a stir in his heart.

He had just asked Kogoro Mouri to help find the gold during the day, and such an incident happened at night; this was likely done by someone on purpose to stop the islanders from finding the gold.

Besides, Hamada's behavior over the past two days had been very strange. Could it be that he really knew something?

"Yes, the Onmyoji is right. Someone must be framing Detective Mouri." Wu Nan looked at the surrounding crowd with a tiger-like gaze, wanting to find the murderer.

Conan hid behind the chair, his face full of misery.

Do you have to do this?

I went through so much trouble to find evidence and deduce the truth, and I even knocked out Uncle Mouri.

At least let me analyze it.

As soon as you arrive and say a few simple words, why do these guys believe you?

This is too casual.

What do they need us famous detectives for then?

Goro Kinoshita suddenly remembered something. "Right, I think I saw Yasuo Uehara from the travel agency leave here earlier. Hamada's death might have something to do with him."

"What? Yasuo Uehara!"

"Let's go, hurry, find him and ask."

Wu Nan Sangami waved his hand, and the islanders, filled with righteous indignation, went together.

Conan followed behind.

Akaso Kaze held Ran back. "It's so late, and Detective Mouri is injured, so let's go back to the hotel."

There's nothing good left on the island; why run around in the middle of the night?

"But, Conan..." Ran was still worried.

"It's fine, I already asked the village chief and the islanders to take care of him."

Akaso Kaze curled his lip in disdain.

That kid has a tough life; there's no way he could die.

Ran nodded and helped Kogoro Mouri back. ===== CHAPTER 260 =====