Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 373 This must be Uzo's conspiracy (joint chapter)

   Belmod and Amuro Toru looked at Jiang Xia at the same time, thinking about a reasonable way to interrupt.

   But before they could speak or make a move, Jiang Xia unexpectedly stopped talking.

  Then the young organization member looked at them without saying a word, as if nothing happened and he didn't intend to continue the conversation just now, as if the person who blurted out "last time" a few seconds ago was not him at all.

   This is just right... Amuro nodded secretly, and praised his wit in his heart.

  Bermode's slightly ups and downs of murderous aura eased further, and he nodded secretly, thinking that Uzo was probably just a little surprised before he blurted out the topic.

   Later, Uzo must have also thought that if he told about the last time he was at school, Bourbon might notice the boy detective team and then Shinichi, so he didn't continue.

However, with Bourbon's keenness, he must have noticed something wrong now, but he didn't ask any further. Afterwards, he would not let this doubt go, and Wu Zuo would probably try to make up an excuse to make up for it... In this case, it would be inconvenient to collude to confess. In this case, she has to keep a tight lip about how she "approached Uzo and the children with a disguise".

   Jiang Xia looked to the left and then to the right. From the looks on their faces, he felt that the two bottles of wine had already been filled.

   Just like a peripheral member who didn't want to interfere in the cadre dispute, he innocently asked, "Have you already talked about it just now? How should I deal with this matter?"

  Anshi saw Jiang Xia taking the initiative to change the subject, and once again couldn't help but glance at him admiringly.

  Feng saw their subordinates, if only they could learn a little bit of Jiang Xia's prudence and judging the situation...

   "Forget it today, and if you see someone who is transformed into me in the future, remember to tell me." After Anshito finished speaking to Jiang Xia, he turned to Belmod and threatened with a smile, "You understand."

   Belmod responded with the same sneer.

   Then, in front of Amuro Toru, she took out a spare bourbon headgear and put it on her face, put it against Amuro Toru's face, and turned away.

   After all, she is still working in the studio today. She has to quit her job first to prevent her from disappearing and losing her credibility... This is also one of the agreements Bourbon and her reached just now. Of course, it's just a small agreement that comes with a gift.

   Jiang Xia watched Belmod's actions silently, and vaguely understood why Amuro said "forget it today".

   After that, he looked at Toru Amuro next to him, and took the initiative to throw the blame: "She seems to like disguising as you very much."

  Amuro also looked at Jiang Xia and nodded noncommittally.

  Although he suspects that Belmode is disguised as "Amuro Toru", he is fishing for law enforcement and testing the ingredients of "Bourbon".

   But in Amuro's heart, there is actually another kind of guess.

  ——Maybe Belmod didn't think it was that complicated at all. She did so simply because she wanted to approach Jiang Xia with the appearance of "Amuro Toru".

   Because if you pretend to be an acquaintance of Jiang Xia, with the insight Jiang Xia showed in solving the case, it is very easy to expose. Therefore, we had to pick someone who Jiang Xia didn't know very well, but who acted together would not appear to be incompatible. Among the few options, if Belmod wants to play the person who is easily disguised by her, he has to have a certain understanding of that person.

   In this way, "Bourbon", who is also an organizational cadre, obviously became a good candidate.

Toru Amuro always felt that, compared to the speculation that "Belmode dressed up as Bourbon in order to test Bourbon's identity", "Bermode dressed up as Bourbon in order to get close to Jiang Xia", although the motives seemed a bit absurd, But it can better explain Belmod's behavior on both occasions.

   In addition, he remembered that not long after Belmod arrived in Japan, he brought Jiang Xia back to her own home with great efficiency... Why is he always staring at Jiang Xia?

  Amuro glanced at the high school detective who was on the right track beside him, and there was a vague sense of danger that the flowers of the motherland were being targeted by villains.

... Did Belmode realize Jiang Xia's talent and want to beat him to draw Jiang Xia into the organization, or did she, like the wives who always go to the office, first have a certain preference, and then she wanted to take it for herself. Jiang Xia developed into her subordinate or partner?

  ... It's hard to judge the specific truth.

  Before Jiang Xia came here just now, when he asked directly, Belmod did not give a clear answer.

And in fact, even if she said it, it is impossible for Amuro to judge Belmod's true thoughts based on this. This poisonous apple has always been false and true, and its true motives are impossible to infer... Tsk, the mystic is really Lack of a brutal beating by the police.

  Amuro kept an account for the organization on a daily basis. Then put these doubts aside for the time being for further observation.

   He looked at Jiang Xia who had not left next to him: "Go back to the studio first."

  …

  Amuro just asked Belmode to quit his part-time job as a lighting assistant, then leave here immediately, and stop disguising Bourbon in the future.

  Although Belmode agreed just now, members of this cunning organization really don’t have much credibility, so Amuro intends to go over and watch the process. When Belmod is gone, he will leave here and continue his work.

   Jiang Xia and Amuroto walked through the corridor together, pushed open the door of the stairwell, and stepped on the steps.

   was about to go up to the studio on the top floor, but suddenly heard a vague scream through the heavy wall.

   The two were startled at the same time, true or false, and ran upstairs quickly—for detectives, screams with similar emotions are not unfamiliar, which likely means that there is a murder nearby!

   However, I didn’t wait to rush to the top floor.

   Just stepped up two or three steps, when I saw a burning figure suddenly fall out of the window at the corner of the stairs.

  The shadow was huge, a circle bigger than a normal person, and it passed from top to bottom, leaving a fleeting image in the eyes of the two witnesses.

   Amuro Toru narrowed his pupils and recognized that it was the burning "Gomera".

   He took a few steps to the corner of the stairs and opened the window. As the air inside and outside began to circulate, there were a few panicked screams of children from above.

   Jiang Xia also followed by the window.

   He glanced down and whispered, "Empty."

   Toru Amuro nodded, obviously making the same judgment.

   Judging from the state and trajectory of "Gomera" falling in the air, its mass seems to be lighter than when it is loaded with people, so it should not be a human being, but a monster suit.

  ...why burn it and throw it away? Isn't this crew very short of money? Amuro frowned slightly.

   "Go up and have a look."

   The two left the corridor window and headed to the top-floor studio.

  …

   After ten minutes.

  The Mumu Police Department led a fleet of police cars and arrived in a hurry.

   On the ground in front of the Dabao Cinema building, there was a half-burned Gomera shell. In addition, there was a blood-stained and twisted kitchen knife falling next to it. The blood on the knife was already charred black, and it could only be seen from the faintly splashed blood on the surrounding ground and the smashed concrete pavement. Imagine it and Gomei. The situation when pulling the suit and falling from the building together.

  The burning suit has been extinguished by a fire extinguisher.

   At this time, in addition to the police, there was also a circle of staff and nearby residents who came to watch the fun.

  Jiang Xia stood in the crowd with Amuro Toru and "Amuro Toru", listening to the witness Conan described what he saw.

   "Mr. Kamei was stabbed to death, it's in the studio on the top floor!" Conan tried to describe from the beginning in a tone of surprise that was as close to a child as possible while facing the gaze of "Brother Amuro" falling on him:

"Ms. Matsui was stabbed in the leg by the gangster when he was helping us to fetch the props from the warehouse. We chased in the direction the gangster left, and we saw through the window that in the studio, a man in a Gomera monster suit was stabbed to death. Kamei producer, and then escaped from the other side with a knife.

"When the gangster committed the murder, he accidentally kicked over the paint bucket next to him, stepped on the paint, and left footprints. We followed the footprints, and we first met Sister Yumi who was knocked down by the gangster 'Gomera', and then All the way to the rooftop.

"But there was no Gomera on the roof. We heard a strange movement, ran to the edge of the roof, looked down, and saw 'Gomera' was on fire and fell downstairs... I thought the gangster committed suicide by jumping off the building. Yes, but when I ran downstairs, I found that the suit was empty..."

   The childish voice of the child always lacks a little credibility, but the cause and effect are still clear, and two adults other than the deceased are involved in the middle.

  The Mumu police department nodded, and while waiting for the forensic department to find evidence, they prepared to follow the procedure to question other witnesses and investigate the suspect.

   Before going upstairs, his eyes subconsciously circled among the staff of the Gomera crew.

   Then I saw two "Amuro Toru" at a glance, and suddenly stopped, stunned for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.

   After discovering that the double image was not caused by excessive overtime, the Mumu Police Department subconsciously looked at Jiang Xia in the middle of the two "Amuro".

  Small eyes seem to be able to speak:

   Brother Jiangxia, what's going on?

   The Mumu police department vaguely remembered that this blond mixed-race man who suddenly became more numerous was the boss of the detective office where Jiang Xia was working.

   Jiang Xia glanced at Amuroto and found that he didn't seem to have any intention of capturing Belmod on the spot, so he didn't expose it.

   He pointed to the genuine Amuro who was wearing a takeaway uniform to the confused Mumu Police Department, and briefly introduced: "This seems to be the boss's younger brother."

  ——Belmode appeared in the studio much earlier than Amuro, who delivered the food. The staff here have acquiesced that she is "Amuro Toru".

   So now, the genuine Amuro Toru who arrives late can only be "Amuro Akira" temporarily.

  ...Fortunately, the Mumu police department should not remember to check the identity certificate for a while. If the Mumu police department suddenly became witty, the bourbon-faced Belmod would definitely be in some trouble.

   However, Jiang Xia looked at the police car next to him that had not turned off, and the road that was very suitable for racing to escape. He felt that there was no problem.

Of course, if Belmod really ran away, he and Amuro would definitely be questioned about it afterwards, but it's still not a big problem - just put the blame on the escaped Disguiser, saying that the two It's okay to be threatened.

   After listening to Jiang Xia's explanation, the Mumu Police Department looked even more puzzled: When did Boss Anshi suddenly have a younger brother, or a twin? never heard of it...

Belmod sensed the mood of the Mumu police department, and approached, with a simple smile on Amuro's face: "My brother has been in the country before, and recently he heard from me that life in the city is more interesting, so I want to come and have a look. "

   "Oh, so it is." Mu Mu nodded suddenly.

  Since the twins don't live in the same place, it's no wonder he's only seen one of them in Tokyo for so long.

   Having said that, with such an international face, talking about this topic of "going to the city to experience a different life" always feels strange... But after all, this is the family business of the citizens...

The Mumu Police Department nodded at "Amuro Akira" and left a sentence, "Welcome to Tokyo, I wish you a good time", and then went upstairs to ask the other two witnesses who had seen the gangster "Gomera" .

  Bermode turned around and looked at the positions of several police cars on the street, and then raised his head to confirm the layout of the outside of the building. He followed closely beside the Mumu police department and entered the building.

   Behind the two of them, Jiang Xia glanced at the genuine Amuro Toru who was smiling but had blue veins on the back of his hand, and patted the boss on the shoulder sympathetically.

   It is really not a pleasant experience to be added to a strange character by someone who is disguised as himself...

  Amuro's face was gloomy, and he kept keeping an account with Belmod in his heart.

   But soon, he thought again:

  Although Belmode is disgusting, the identity she proposes as twins is quite interesting.

   It's better to ask a colleague to issue a false certificate such as "An Shiming" another day - there is no responsibility for entanglements between brothers who have grown up. If there is such a "brother", it may come in handy in many occasions where it is necessary to push the pot.

   Amuro Toru entered Dabao Studios after thinking.

   Jiang Xia looked at his back and always felt that the boss seemed to have awakened to some strange idea, but there was no evidence.

   You can only follow the building first and go back to the crime scene on the top floor.

  The people who appeared in the vicinity before and after the incident have not been ruled out as suspects, so it is not good to leave directly.

  …

In the    studio, the forensics department was busy working near the body of the producer Kamei.

Next to   , several police officers were asking the staff about the situation before and after the incident.

   Jiang Xia was also quickly asked. It just so happened that it was Officer Sato who came to ask him.

   He thought about it and told Sato that he saw the burning "Gomera" fall from the building, and he was with "Amuro Akira" at the time.

  Bermaud, who was a few meters away, was suddenly alert when he heard these words in his ears.

When she was downstairs just now, she found out: Combined with Conan's description, during the period from when Kamei was attacked to when the gangster escaped, the "Amuro" she dressed as just left Jiang Xia and Zhen Amuro, of course. He also left all the staff and was walking in the corridor alone.

  ...in other words, she "just" lacks eyewitnesses.

  Originally, Belmod only felt that he was a little unlucky.

   But at this time, after hearing Jiang Xia's voice inadvertently, her thoughts unconsciously turned to Jiang Xia.

   (end of this chapter)