Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 365 Belmod's Kill Switch (joint chapter)

  In the car, when Jiang Xia cheated on innocent people by eating and drinking.

In the classroom of   Didan Elementary School, children are listlessly cleaning with cleaning utensils.

  Ayumi finished cleaning the window, accidentally caught a glimpse of the fish tank on the spacious windowsill, remembered something, and showed a melancholy look.

  Conan first saw her staring at the window in a daze, thinking that she was thinking of Jiang Xia who was guarding outside and was worried about how to go home tonight.

   But soon, he discovered that the focus of Ayumi's eyes was not outside the school where Jiang Xia was, but the window sill, so he wondered: "What's wrong?"

   As he said that, he approached and looked at the fish tank.

   At the same time, some plots from mystery novels flashed subconsciously in his mind-something like a finger floating in the corner of the fish tank, and the fish in the tank died of inexplicable poison...

   But no.

  The glass of the fish tank is clean, the water is clear, and the fish are very energetic. They swim around leisurely, and when they see him approaching, they even come over to touch the glass to beg for food. There are no strange things such as human fingers mixed into the tank.

  Ayumi looked at Conan who asked about the situation, hesitated for a moment, and whispered:

"Isn't it my turn to feed the fish on Monday? I forgot to feed the fish that day. I was afraid that the little fish would starve to death, so I secretly ran outside the classroom at night to see if they were still alive through the window. Then I... I saw darkness. There is a person in the classroom.

   "The man was wearing a big white mask and was sneaking up on the podium. He didn't know what he was doing, but he looked like he was angry..."

  Conan was stunned when he heard it. Are there suspicious people in the classroom at night?

   He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think there was anything good in the classroom of elementary school students. Could it be that the gangsters planned to kidnap a certain child, so they came to the classroom in advance to collect information?

  Conan's expression became slightly serious: "You didn't tell the teacher about this?"

"I said it! I went to the dean who lives nearby." Speaking of which, Ayumi didn't know what to think, pouted her lips, and her tears began to gather, "And since then - yesterday and today, he didn't I came to school. I asked other teachers and directors about the situation, and everyone said they didn’t know. I went to the director’s house and rang the bell, but no one opened the door. Ugh... It must be because I asked him to help with the investigation, and he was killed by that sneaky bad guy. ."

   "Isn't that so..." Conan thought that maybe the director happened to be on a business trip these two days. But at the same time, he also remembered that the Dean of Academic Affairs lived alone. If he was really killed, it would be true that no one would find out for a while, resulting in the current state of unexcused absenteeism...

   There happened to be a teacher passing by after get off work.

  Conan grabbed one at random: "Obata-sensei, there is something I want to ask -- do you know why the director hasn't come to school?"

  Obata's expression changed when he heard "Director", his expression turned a little distorted for a moment, and he seemed to hold back his words.

   He smiled dryly and said, "I don't know either, maybe something happened, and I should be coming to work soon. Cough, hurry up and go home after cleaning, it's getting late."

   said, as if he was afraid of something, he ran away in a hurry.

Conan stared at his back suspiciously, feeling that there was a problem, and the problem was very big-if the director really needs to travel, the teacher should be able to hear some news, but Mr. Ohta's reaction is very strange... Could something really happen? already?

The three children next to    seem to have reached the same conclusion from the attitude of the teacher.

  Ayumi rubbed her eyes reproachfully.

   Yuanta and Mitsuhiko comforted her: "Since this is the case, let's find out the evil spirit that lingers in the school late at night, find out the truth, and avenge the dean!"

  Conan: "..."

   He folded his arms and looked at the flustered and excited child, with a look of disgust on his face, but in his heart he was curious like a cat scratching.

  ...this thing is really weird.

   Moreover, it is rare that Jiang Xia is guarding the school gate, so why don't you check it out tonight to see what's going on.

  In this way, if there are really dangerous people, you can quickly find help and let Jiang Xia help send people to the police station... Of course, the gangster may not be able to escape a series of beatings, but Jiang Xia has always been there, so it shouldn't be a problem.

  School will not let students stay too late. When it was getting dark, the security guard in charge of locking the door urged them to go home.

  The four children put away their tools, left the classroom, and instead hid in the campus, trying to find an opportunity to sneak back to the teaching building.

  …

   Opposite the school.

   The burritos in the car have all been eaten.

   At the same time, the gate of Didan Elementary School was quiet, the iron-colored door was locked, and no one came out.

   Jiang Xia was holding a warm box of miso soup, and while drinking it, he looked at the campus through the car window, and occasionally glanced around him from the corner of his eye.

   Seeing from the driver's seat, "Amuro Toru" stared at his hand holding the soup, his eyes were very complicated.

...is a strange person. She is unhappy if she doesn't eat what she brings, but she is still unhappy when she eats it... Well, the soup is also quite fragrant. I haven't noticed this shop before, so I can bring it with you next time. The cat's little brothers come and try it. In addition to burritos and soup, the store should also sell other things, I don't know how it tastes... Jiang Xia added a location to his daily itinerary.

   "Anshitou" kept staring at Jiang Xia until he finished the last sip of soup, and then he looked away faintly.

   At the same time, he snorted coldly in his heart: If I knew earlier, I would add some sleeping pills to the soup, and let Wuzuo experience the dangers of society and organization... Forget it, she will change her face anyway, and she will have a chance in the future. Would you like to try gin next time? ...No, it would be easier for Shuichi Akai to target him that way.

  When Jiang Xia was packing the paper bags and lunch boxes, Belmod wrapped his arms and looked around the outside, only to realize later that something was not right.

"The school has been closed, and your children haven't come out yet?" She spoke in Amuro's voice and tone, with a tone of schadenfreude, "Maybe tomorrow's headline will be 'Innocent children stranded on campus are brutally murdered' 'Woolen cloth."

  "..." Jiang Xia glanced at "Anshitou" and felt that her yin and yang qi concentration was a little too high, "Are you busy today?"

   "Amuro Toru"'s movements were very inconspicuous, and his eyes were a little surprised.

  ...If I remember correctly, Gin said that Bourbon didn't know that Uzo already had a code name. How dare a peripheral member dare to speak to his boss like this... Wouldn't he be retaliated by Bourbon?

   Or did Uzo actually recognize her?

  Thinking of this, Belmod's fingers rubbing his chin stopped a little, and looked at the person beside him inquiringly.

   Seeing Jiang Xia finish saying that sentence, he soon began to observe the outside again, and his attention was not on her at all.

The idea of ​​  Belmode's birth began to waver again. I always feel that if Uzzo really recognized her, his reaction shouldn't be so bland... So Bourbon and Uzzo really get along like this?

  ... Indeed, if you think about it carefully, the probability of Uzo seeing through her disguise is not high - according to Belmod's previous investigation, although Uzo worked part-time in Bourbon's detective agency, Bourbon rarely appeared in the detective agency. In other words, these two people don't usually have much contact with each other and are not familiar with each other.

   In addition, Bourbon is indeed a person who advocates mysticism and acts elusive. It is not too strange that he suddenly ran over to accompany Jiang Xia to wait for the children to finish school.

As for Uzo's tone to her wearing Amuro's translucent skin just now... Well, it must be because Bourbon is very pragmatic. He values ​​Uzo's intelligence value as a detective with strong growth potential, so he doesn't care about him. Attitude. And Wu Zuo was keenly aware of this, and he simply stopped talking to this temporary boss, and both sides took what they needed.

  Tsk, speaking of this, Bourbon actually didn't recommend this talent to the organization when he knew Uzzo's ability, but kept holding him for white jobs. Although Belmod felt that it was not a good thing to become a full member of the organization, but if she was asked to evaluate Bourbon's behavior, she still felt that this must be because Bourbon wanted to develop his own subordinates, and at the same time was worried that Uzo had climbed too high. Quick, bad command, even threatening his position... Selfish and cunning.

  Bermode secretly criticized his colleagues in his heart, and planned to find an opportunity to invite Amuro Toru on a dangerous mission together.

   At this moment, the passenger door suddenly clicked open.

   She was stunned for a moment, retracted her thoughts, turned her head to look, and saw that Jiang Xia actually opened the door and got out of the car.

   "Amuroto" rested his elbows on the edge of the window, and asked with a little doubt, "Where are you going?"

   Jiang Xia originally wanted to leave Belmode and go it alone. Because when she ate the burrito just now, the murderous aura on her body had already been smashed by the happy ghosts.

  ...But for some reason, before getting off the car, Belmode filled with a new high-end murderous aura.

   Jiang Xia looked at her murderous aura and said honestly, "Go to the school to check the situation, maybe they have something to delay."

   As he said, he closed the car door, instead of going to the main entrance of the school, he turned to the side, intending to climb over the wall and go in to take a look at the situation.

  If there is nothing to do, take out the children hiding in the school and go to dinner and watch a movie together.

  If something happens, first get rid of the person who caused the trouble, and then take the bear child away as planned.

  …

  Jiang Xia quickly walked to an area where no one was on the side, jumped up to build on the edge of the wall, and passed over the wall.

As soon as    landed, a hand was placed on the wall behind him.

  ——"Amuro Toru" moved lightly over the wall and landed next to him.

   Then she straightened up, looked at the simple entertainment equipment nearby, and the teaching building more than ten meters away, and asked Jiang Xia quite novelly: "Which way?"

   Jiang Xia walked towards the building closest to the school gate and went around the side gate.

   Jiangxia Tongzhi also graduated from Didan Primary School. A year ago, when Jiang Xia was lying in the hospital, I had nothing to do to analyze Jiang Xia Tongzhi's residual memory, so I was still clear about the layout of this school - "fairly clear", not "very clear", It's not because Jiang Xia has a bad memory, but because Brother Tong Zhi played truant from school since he was a child, his memory of elementary school is rather vague.

  Bermaud followed behind him, his face was calm, but his footsteps were vaguely light, like the parents of elementary school students who came to visit...

   "..." Jiang Xia glanced at her through the reflective windows on the ground floor of the building. The boss's force is almost lost by Belmode.

  Speaking of which, if Amuro Toru knew that Belmod was pretending to be him and roaming around, would it be possible for him to be murderous?

After all, this kind of behavior of Belmod actually carries a lot of risk for Amuro - considering the frequency of contact between undercover comrades and his subordinates, and the average IQ of his subordinates, in case "Amuro" walks in one day On the street, a police subordinate ran over to say hello, or asked "Amuro" for instructions... The organization may lose another bottle of fake wine.

  I have to find an opportunity to remind the boss... Well, don't worry too much, let's get rid of the murderous aura of Belmod first.

  …

   in the teaching building.

  The pale moonlight poured in from the spacious window, outlining a long, narrow and dark corridor more than two meters wide.

   In the space that was supposed to be dead silent, the sound of small footsteps sounded from time to time. The Young Detectives rubbed the goose bumps on their arms and were silent at this moment.

   is not all affected by the quiet environment.

   is thinking and making difficult choices.

  ——Apart from Conan, Jiang Xia's figure appeared in the minds of the other three.

  The children fell into contemplation: should they go out and find Jiang Xia to help with the investigation, or face the bad guy who may have killed the dean alone?

  The former can effectively prevent the bad guys in the shadows from attacking them—Brother Jiang Xia will definitely catch the bad guys out as soon as they emerge, and throw them on the ground into a broken sack.

   But the problem is, what if Brother Jiangxia finishes beating that person and is not satisfied, and suddenly remembers that there are still three big nights at the school next to him, and he deliberately pigeons away his arrogant child...

   The three children shivered imperceptibly.

   Then I thought with a bit of luck, really, let's see the situation first - maybe tonight, the bad guy didn't come at all, as long as they track the traces left by the bad guy, they can solve the mystery of the dean's disappearance...

  Conan didn't think as much as his classmates, he was quickly immersed in solving the mystery.

   Listening to Ayumi, there are some weird rumors in the school recently.

   One of them is that last week, when a little girl entered the art classroom, she always felt that the atmosphere was not right.

   When she was about to leave, her scalp suddenly became numb, and she understood where the strange feeling came from—all the plaster statues of the characters in the classroom were staring at her coldly with lifeless white eyes.

  …the plaster statue seems to be alive. Move and think!

  The child felt the eight lines of sight pinned to his body, and fled with a pale face.

   But she happens to be a very experimental young scholar. After leaving the eerie environment, the little girl thought back carefully and always felt that the plaster statue should not be able to move by itself, and the meeting of eyes may just be a coincidence.

  So after she escaped, she returned to the art classroom before school that day, and marked the plaster statue and the table with unbelief.

   The next morning, I ran over and saw the eight plaster statues, each of which had been moved.

  The children stared blankly at the mark, and the young scientific worldview was shattered. She was so frightened that she had a fever that day, and she has not come to school until today. As a victim herself, she became an integral part of the horror legend.

   "Then let's go to the art classroom first." Conan suggested.

   (end of this chapter)