Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 371 Toru Amuro: Two me? (joint chapter)

   Jiang Xia had already entered the studio with a group of children when he received Haibara Ai's email.

   There is a proportionally scaled city model here. At first glance, it looks like a skyscraper standing in the sky. In fact, it has barely reached Jiang Xia's shoulder.

   In the middle of this group of mini-buildings, there is a monster "Gomera" that is roaring and knocking over and destroying buildings.

   Jiang Xia's eyes stopped on this "monster" who was slightly taller than an adult male, and took a few more glances.

It is very like a Stegosaurus walking upright, with a dark black skin that is muddy and rough, and a row of triangularly stacked bulges along the back of the spine... Ugly is a bit ugly, but given that it has a lot of murderous aura wrapped around it, in Jiang Xia's eyes, This beast is barely good-looking.

   In addition, there is another murderous person in the studio, and he is quite high-end murderous…

   Jiang Xia's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at the lighting assistant on the sidelines.

  ...a murderous silhouette that looks fragrant.

  The cold air from the air conditioner blew, and there was a faint smell of apples.

  Although he couldn't see his face with the light behind his back, he could barely tell the familiar short blonde hair.

   Jiang Xia: "..."

  ..."Amuro Toru" is really haunted.

  …

   Director Mikami is a person who likes children.

   He graciously and enthusiastically introduced the staff and shooting equipment to Jiang Xia and a group of elementary school students.

   As he said that, the shooting of Gomera came to an end.

   Several staff members noticed the movement here and came to them, wanting to play with the children.

   Including "Amuro Toru" who doesn't know why he is a lighting assistant here.

  Disguise is indeed an unavoidable skill, but there are obviously many differences between psychics and ordinary people. In Jiang Xia's eyes, Belmod's murderous aura is more conspicuous than the searchlight in the dark night, and it is easy to distinguish.

  ...Speaking of which, Belmod is not Amuro, she has no hobby for part-time work, and she will not go to work in a production crew that is about to be disbanded for no reason.

   So she's here with some kind of definite purpose.

   As for what she is planning...

   Jiang Xia looked at Conan and then at himself, feeling that he understood.

  Belmode probably heard from somewhere that Jiang Xia was going to bring the children to visit the studio today, so he had nothing to do and sneaked over to play together... Except for the gin, all the wines he organized were full.

  Bermode regularly came to give him murderous intent, but he did not object.

   But always come up with this kind of sudden "surprise", maybe he will bump into Hui Yuanai or An Shitou's subordinates, which will interfere with Jiang Xia's calm and stable several ghost hunting channels...

   Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, feeling that she should at least remind Belmode so that she has more scruples, not to come over to contact him so directly and blatantly every time.

   Thinking so, Jiang Xia's eyes fell on Conan next to him.

  ——The heavy task of stripping off a layer of vest is left to you, come on! Noble Phantasm for Belmod.

  …

   "Amuro" just took two steps to Jiang Xia and Conan's side, but was suddenly stopped by his colleagues and wanted to adjust the equipment.

  Belmode was reluctant, but now, she was playing a qualified migrant worker after all, and she could only walk back the same way with a smile on her face.

  The children had already run to the model of the building and looked around "Godzilla".

  Jiang Xia asked Conan in a low voice while no one else was around: "Did you tell anyone we're visiting here this weekend?"

  Conan is also wondering why Toru Amuro is here.

   Hearing Jiang Xia's question, he subconsciously recalled:

"I met Xiao Lan after school last Thursday. She asked me why I didn't go to the movies with you and the children. I told her that the movie was canceled, and it was changed to a visit. After that, she went to buy groceries, and I went to the bookstore to buy mystery novels... …”

   Halfway through his words, Conan suddenly saw that Jiang Xia's face was a little more solemn than before.

   He unconsciously turned off his voice so as not to disturb Jiang Xia's thoughts, and at the same time he vaguely realized what the problem was.

   Sure enough, Jiang Xia looked at "An Shi Tou" who was busy at the other end of the studio, and suddenly said softly, "The school had a quiz that day. When I came home after the exam, I saw her going to the club to train..."

   Jiangxia did not say it clearly, but the meaning was already very obvious.

  ——When Conan met "Maolilan", the "Maolilan" Jiang Xia saw was still training in the club.

  ...Xiao Lan can't do clones, so it's impossible to appear in two places at the same time. Speaking of which, this incident made Conan suddenly have a strong sense of sight.

   He suddenly remembered that some time ago, when the disguised anonymous name first appeared, he had called him with Mao Lilan's voice on Jiang Xia's mobile phone.

Think about Toru Amuro, who has become more and more strange recently... Strictly speaking, it is actually difficult to say which is strange before or now, but one thing is certain - the "Toru Amuro" I met in the teaching building last time, and the former Mr. Amuro In comparison, there are many subtle differences that can't be said.

   Although it can be explained by reasons such as "different moods" and "everyone has a variety of personalities", there is actually a more neat and reasonable speculation.

  ——Perhaps the former Amuro Toru and the Amuro Toru who appeared in the teaching building that night were two different people at all.

   Shouldn’t…

   Several pieces of information were intertwined and superimposed in his brain, and Conan suddenly came up with some kind of conjecture.

   He turned to look at Jiang Xia, wanting to confirm his guess.

   Seeing that Jiang Xia seemed to understand his thoughts, he nodded slightly at him, but there was not much surprise in his expression.

  Conan was startled, but soon figured it out on his own: That's right, Jiang Xia must know more about Amuro than he, a primary school student who has only swiped a few times.

   Coupled with the kind of keen observation that ordinary people can't match... Jiang Xia may have noticed it long ago, but there is no strong evidence and it is impossible to be sure.

  Thinking of this, Conan tangled again.

  Should we dismantle this "Amuro Toru" who may be an anonymous disguise?

   In fact, based on the current evidence, it is difficult to determine whether the lighting assistant in front of him is Amuroto or "Amuroto".

   There are multiple possibilities for this to be verified.

   First of all, coincidences are everywhere: maybe Anshi Touzhen just happens to work here - just like when he travels with Uncle Maori and Xiaolan, he often encounters Jiang Xia.

  Speaking of Xiaolan...

   Combined with the information Jiang Xia just provided, the "Xiaolan" I met a few days ago can basically be determined to be a fake.

   So there is another possibility - Mr. Amuro is really an anonymous accomplice. And the unnamed person who would change face dressed up as Xiaolan, and told the information about Jiang Xia and the Youth Detective Group who came to visit the studio today, and told Amuroto the news. After that, Amuroto came here to work and meet by chance...

   No, this possibility has to be put aside. Because Mr. Anshi is the boss of the detective agency and Jiang Xia's nominal boss, if he wants to see Jiang Xia, he only needs to go to the agency a few more times.

   Unless what he wants to see is the juvenile detective team, or "Jiang Xia with the juvenile detective team".

...but Conan thought about it for a while, and really didn't understand what value the juvenile detective team could have to a mysterious organization. The three little classmates didn't look like adults getting smaller. The last inspection in the teaching building had already been completed. Enough, no need to do it again.

   Hmm wait?

... So, as long as it can be determined that the Anshito in front of him is a fake, and that Anshito who approached Jiang Xia in the school that day is also a fake, then Mr. Anshi's suspiciousness will undoubtedly drop a lot; Reasoning can also overturn part of it, that is to say, the possibility that Mr. Amuro is not anonymous, but just an ordinary detective agency owner has greatly increased.

  Conversely, if the person in front of him is the real Amuro Toru, then he can almost be treated as an anonymous accomplice first.

   Trying to find out the camps of the people around you is obviously a very interesting thing... Well, it's a very important thing.

As soon as the idea of ​​   was born, Conan was immediately itchy.

  ...Want to give it a try?

   Among the two possibilities, he still prefers the fake "Amuro Toru" in front of him.

   According to Conan's impression, Hui Zong's anonymous name is different from other anonymous names-every time other anonymous names appear, they seem to have their own tasks, and in addition to Jiang Xia, they will also save other nearby high school students.

   But this disguised name is different.

  Conan recalled him... no, according to experience, it was more likely she... recalled the history of her appearance.

   Then I found that, temporarily counting the two "Amuro Toru", Yi Rong Anonymous, from the first time he appeared, had a clear goal and went straight to Jiang Xia, and seemed to be very interested in Jiang Xia. It even gave people the feeling that she was not here to do a task at all, but came to Jiang Xia specifically.

   In addition, this disguised anonymous name does not seem to have a good relationship with other anonymous people, and was once followed by Xiaobai.

  ... So on the plus side, Yi Rong Anonymous may not know much about Tokyo-related information, and he doesn't know that "Conan" is actually an adult who was reduced by APTX4869.

And once in her heart, "Conan" is just a cute child, then Conan can easily approach the disguised version of Anonymous, observe her flaws, and even pretend to be young and ignorant to stretch out his hand and pull his face to tear the possible disguise a little.

   After thinking of this verification method, Conan vaguely understood the reason why Jiang Xia was alert but did not expose "Amuro".

  ——If I make a mistake, and Mr. Amuro happens to be a person who hates being dragged in the face and is very vengeful, then Jiang Xia will not be easy to get along in the office in the future.

   Jiang Xia is also very fond of the work of the detective agency. So if he judges that the disguised anonymous name is not malicious, he may indeed compromise and pretend that things don't exist...

  Since this is the case, this work that may offend people, let him be a primary school student.

  Conan pushed up his glasses, and there was a flash of light on the lenses. He was about to wait for "Amuro Toru" to finish processing the tools. When he came to talk to them, he took the opportunity to reach out and grab his face.

  …

   When Jiang Xia secretly fought the fire and Conan was thinking about the steps to make things happen.

   Actress Tomomi Sakaguchi, who plays the role of "Amela", was teasing the child while receiving a call from the deliveryman - the drinks and dessert she ordered earlier were delivered.

  Although actors need to manage their bodies, Sakaguchi Tomomi's ten-year participation in the Gomera series of movies is about to end, and she is not in the mood to take on the show for the time being.

   In addition, I heard from the director in the morning that there will be children coming to visit today, Sakaguchi Tomomi simply ordered a lot of snacks that children like and plans to eat with them.

   After receiving the call that the takeaway had arrived, she temporarily left the children to her colleagues to take care of, while she trotted downstairs.

   Soon came to the lobby on the first floor.

   In the hall stood a man in a delivery uniform, holding a large paper bag in his hand.

  In the paper bag are the drinks and desserts that Sakaguchi Yumi wanted. From a distance, you can feel the sweet food aroma in it.

   "Thank you!" Sakaguchi Tomomi's eyes were glued to the scented paper bag.

   She had paid and was about to take the food upstairs, but she was startled when she turned around, then turned back abruptly, looking at the deliveryman who was about to leave in shock.

   I was just looking at the food just now, but now I think about it carefully, this face, this skin color and hair color...

   looks familiar.

   Isn't this the lighting assistant who was helping out in their studio recently? !

  ——A few days ago, the lighting assistant unfortunately had a car accident and injured his hand. After that, the director found the current lighting assistant to temporarily replace the emergency.

  But now...how did the lighting assistant suddenly become a takeaway? ?

   And Sakaguchi Tomomi remembered that when she came down just now, she clearly passed the mixed-race assistant, why, why now...

  Sakaguchi Tomomi held a warm paper bag, and shivered firmly in the heat wave that rushed at the gate.

   Then she saw with horror that the deliveryman who was about to leave seemed to be keenly aware of something.

   He stopped walking away, turned around, looked at Tomomi Sakaguchi with scrutiny eyes, and asked with a smile, "You know me?"

  "..."...The sound is the same! ! Haunted! ! !

   Sakaguchi Tomomi tightly closed her mouth, and there was a feeling that her frightened soul was about to float out of her mouth when she opened it a little.

   The front desk a few meters away noticed the stiff atmosphere here and looked over suspiciously.

  The front desk is on a shift basis.

   Therefore, the current front desk has seen "Amuro Toru" who is helping out at the Gomera Theater several times. But she is obviously not as clear as Sakaguchi Tomomi when "Amuro Toru" appeared in the studio. She only thought that "Amuro Toru", the temporary worker, had resigned and started to switch to food delivery.

   Amuro Toru immediately caught sight of the front desk.

   He looked at Sakaguchi Tomomi, who was pale and speechless for a short period of time. He turned decisively and walked towards the front desk. He asked guessingly, "Anyone who is very similar to me has come here recently?"

  "?" The front desk was confused, but in the face of the question, she subconsciously said what she knew, "You mean the lighting assistant who works in the studio on the top floor?"

   Amuro nodded thoughtfully.

   Combined with Sakaguchi Tomomi's violent reaction and the front desk's words, he vaguely guessed.

  ——There may be a person who looks like him in the "top-floor studio" mentioned by the front desk.

  No, judging from Sakaguchi Tomomi's level of panic, it's not just the degree of "similarity", maybe it's exactly the same...

   (end of this chapter)