Conan’s Corpse Picker

 Chapter 19681968【Exposed】

 Although the task of "waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Jiang Xia" is worrying, it is a long-term task after all and can be done at any time. Apart from that, there seem to be other more urgent things to deal with at the moment.

“Buy the theater on the island and the former site of the Crystal Restaurant.”

Hashimoto Maya immediately started investigating these two places after leaving the bar.

While checking, I was murmuring in my heart: "The theater on the island, haha, what a bad memory. I thought I could at least stay away from the dispute between Uzo and Mr. Ireland during my imprisonment, but I didn't expect those two guys to directly I took it to Uzo's favorite theater. Uzo actually spotted me and asked me to see which unlucky guy's island this is... Suzuki Ayako?"

This seems to be Suzuki Sonoko's sister, the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family.

　　　…”

 The moment he found out the name of the island owner, Maya Hashimoto fell silent for a moment.

  …The guy who brought capital into the group is indeed not an easy person.

 Perhaps that place was actually suggested to Uzzo by Suzuki Sonoko. Hey, a female high school student who helps a tyrant.

While he was reprimanding his colleagues in his heart, he checked the relevant agents and sent an email to express his intention to buy.

 Then he went to check the second place.

"The explosion at the Crystal Restaurant, oh, I remembered it. Isn't this the story of the bartender who went crazy in the newspaper office after losing his sense of taste. According to the order of playing cards, he killed the people with thirteen in their names all the way to one." Qiao. Benmoye looked at the massive case information that appeared on the screen, "Jiang Xia went to the bottom of the sea, and then the underwater restaurant exploded. The detectives swam out from the bottom of the sea... Why did Wu Zuo choose this location specifically? Could it be used as a near-miss?" A wonderful commemoration after Jiang Xia’s death?”

It’s hard to guess the sinister intentions of his boss. Anyway, what happened in the past has nothing to do with him, so Maya Hashimoto didn’t force himself to think about it. He also sent an email to the agent here, and then quietly waited for the results.

 …No, we can’t wait quietly.

The rule of "resigning from Uzo if his performance does not meet the standard within one year" was like a sharp knife hanging over his head. Maya Hashimoto couldn't sit still at all and stood up: "I'd better plan how to get close to Jiang Xia first. "

 …

On the other hand, as a considerate boss, Jiang Xia also admired his new subordinates and thought about where he should go to meet Maya Hashimoto so that he could give him a suitable conversation.

Unexpectedly, Maya Hashimoto did not meet him for the time being. Instead, when passing by a restaurant, he met Mouri Kogoro and his family sitting inside.

　　　…”

Jiang Xia stopped in front of the restaurant window, hesitated for 0.1 seconds, found her cell phone and sent a message to Haibara Ai:

  [There is no need to keep my share today, I will eat it outside. ]

 Then he approached the restaurant and said, “What a coincidence, you are also eating out.”

"Eka?" Mouri Kogoro had a good impression of this neighbor, not because Jiangxia often gave him first-hand peripherals of Kinoshita Yoko, but because although this child was a detective, he was humble, polite and respectful to his predecessors. He was not at all like Kudo Arata. Just like that kid, he deserves a beating.

However, meeting him while eating still made Mouri Kogoro's heart skip a beat. The next moment, he said to the waiter who was taking orders at the table: "Change the udon I ordered into a sandwich."

 Conan didn’t react at first.

After the waiter left, he belatedly looked at Jiang Xia, who was sitting next to him, and whispered: "Why are you here? Is there another client of yours nearby? Is there still a case?"... He Do you want to follow Uncle Maori’s example and change to a food that can be carried with you at any time?

Jiang Xia took a sip of the ice water on the table, and then said innocently: "What are you talking about? It seems that if you meet me, you will definitely encounter a case. I was just passing by here and saw you guys, and it happened to be dinner time again. I’m here, so I came to try the food here—this store is newly opened, and it’s my first time here.” Conan was suspicious: “I understand the truth, so why did you order fried shrimp rolls?”

Jiang Xia said confidently: "Because I am busy, if a VIP customer comes to me urgently during the meal."

 Conan: “…?” When did your business upgrade to VIP?

 …

Although Jiang Xia was prepared to be called away by the case halfway through the meal, to his surprise, nothing happened nearby until he finished eating.

 He wiped his mouth and sighed inwardly, feeling a little disappointed. However, considering that I live close to Mao Lilan and Conan, there are many opportunities to meet each other, and it is understandable that I can't have cases every time, so my mentality quickly returned to peace - this store tastes good, which is an accident I'm so happy that I can come more often in the future.

I thought the peaceful day was going to end like this. Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the restaurant, a fat middle-aged man suddenly passed by the door of the restaurant.

 turned around and saw Mouri Kogoro. This fat man pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in surprise: "Moori?"

 “Huh?” Mouri Kogoro followed the voice and said with the same surprise, “Omura? Long time no see!”

Jiang Xia followed and looked over, scanning the middle-aged man's face, and found that he had seen this person before - he seemed to be Jun Omura, a classmate of the Judo Club of Kogoro University in Mori.

The two old classmates exchanged pleasantries. Omura Jun suddenly remembered something and sighed: "By the way, I just have something I want to ask you for help with."

 “You want my help?” Mouri Kogoro yawned, “Have you lost your pet, or do you want to check for an affair?”

"No, it's another commission." Omura Jun sighed, "Every night lately, I can always hear some strange noises in the apartment where I live."

Jiang Xia also came over, looking very interested.

Omura Jun saw that there was another detective here, and he was immediately reassured. He said in detail: "It's like the sound of a hard object hitting the wall, a sudden 'dong' sound."

Mouri Kogoro scratched his head: "Punching a hard object on the wall? Is it a prank of the children nearby? Don't underestimate those naughty kids, they will do anything when they get together."

As he spoke, he knocked Conan next to him on the head.

Conan, who was also listening attentively to the commission: "???"

 The naughty kid’s pranks are none of my business!

On the opposite side, Jun Omura shook his head, looking worried: "I thought so at first, so every time I heard a sound, I rushed to the window to check. But the sound has been going on for a week. Until now, I haven’t been able to catch anyone once.”

“The only time it was different was last night.” When Omura Jun said this, he couldn’t help but frowned and looked serious:

“Last night I heard a noise, rushed to the window and saw a black cat sitting quietly under the street lamp in the distance. The cat was staring intently downstairs at my house.

“I followed its gaze and vaguely saw two tall figures in black—that head was definitely not a child, it was probably two outlaw gangsters who were planning a crime!”

 (End of this chapter)