Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 387 Unruly Uzo (joint chapter)

   Jiang Xia didn't tell Jinjiu about it the first time he received the letter of entrustment.

  Because this letter came a little late.

Although the possibility is very small, he doesn't want Jinjiu to notice the specific timeline and straighten it out subconsciously, and then he feels that Wuzuo's "killing layout" sometimes seems to be hastily-Jiang Xia still wants to continue to bear the "Wuzuo" With the identity of "Zuo", you have to pretend to be a useful and good employee to take on tasks, and to disguise the murderous spirits and ghosts of the organization.

But at this juncture, when the letter is taken out, it is easier for people to focus on "there is actually a letter of entrustment?", so as to blur the time point as "received before" instead of taking the specific to the day of the letter.

   Qin Jiu took the letter of entrustment from Jiang Xia, glanced at the finely worded words on it, and frowned, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

  Jiang Xia thought for a while and made an excuse: "I want to give you a surprise."

  "..." Gin didn't speak, but a blue vein popped out on the back of his hand, and the letter paper between his fingers was also wrinkled.

Yesterday's murder on the train, although it was Uzo's own initiative, but Izumo Ketaro was the last target of obliteration, and Izumo's boss is very close to Tokyo. There are plenty of direct staff there, and there are many more professional people in charge. After the aftermath, Gin did not do any obliteration plans other than "one shot to death".

  So after encountering Keitaro Izumo and planning to kill him with a bomb, he suddenly found out that Uzo had a better way to deal with it, and Gin was really surprised at that time.

   But this time, the customer list at Takeda's house, the drugs in stock, etc. all need Gin to deal with it. He has also arranged the relevant personnel and made several sets of detailed plans. Although it also includes the part that is mainly based on Uzo's temporary play, if he had known that Uzo had an invitation letter from the Spider Mansion, the plan could make many better adjustments.

   In addition, Takeda Shinichi suddenly wanted to hire detectives. This behavior itself also hides some intriguing information, which requires them to dig and analyze, so as not to change things. Therefore, the invitation letter sent by the Takeda family is obviously important prior information.

  But Wu Zuo didn't reveal a word, and now he said he had to hurry to deal with it...

  Gin remembered the layout he made after staying up all night, and the fact that he probably had to adjust their current situation, and his words suddenly brought a bit of killing intent: "This is a mission, not a game."

   Before Jiang Xia could react, the mermaid and Xiaobai who were hanging on him had already let out a surprised murmur. The two ghosts pounced on the gin skillfully.

   The parent ghost was very slow, so he didn't move because of his self-awareness, he just watched with kindness.

  Fog Tengu and Miyano Akemi held back a little. By the time they moved to the side of the gin, the murderous aura that had just grown had been almost swept away by the two aggressive ghosts.

  The joys and sorrows between humans and ghosts are not connected.

  Gin doesn't know anything about what's going on around him.

   After he reprimanded the young subordinates who were obsessed with layout and disregarding coordination with his teammates, he saw Uzo nodded, as if he was seriously reflecting. Only then did he withdraw his gloomy gaze, and his anger eased a little.

  ...Speaking of which, although Uzo's way of doing things is obviously playful, at least his work attitude is not a problem, in some things, even more positive than vodka.

   And since Uzo had a letter of entrustment in his hand, he just said that he would "rush to the Spider Mansion", indicating that he should already have a complete plan.

  The logistics department in Tottori Prefecture is not as easy to use as those in Tokyo, but it is not too difficult just to coordinate with Uzo to adjust the finishing work...

   After weighing the consequences of Uzo's self-assertion, Gin found that there seemed to be no serious consequences.

The    mentality gradually calmed down a bit.

  ... Uzo did something wrong this time, but he is a smart newcomer. After being reminded, he should take the initiative to adjust his behavior... At least he looks very sincere in his reflection now.

   Thinking of this, Gin refocused on the assassination mission.

   He turned to Jiang Xia and asked simply, "When will Takeda die?"

   Jiang Xia recovered from the surprise of "discovering a new murderous way".

   He thought for a moment: "If it goes well, it is expected to be after dinner."

   As for whether it goes well or not, it depends on the performance of Hattori students...

  Gin nodded. It's just after noon now, and the puppet peak is some distance away from the station. Wuzuo is passing by now. He arrives in the afternoon, and there is an accident in the evening, and the time is just right.

   And by then, he and vodka should have eliminated the mice in the Tottori branch, and can rush to the Spider Mansion to watch and control the scene.

   Thinking so, Jinjiu looked again at the letter of entrustment handed over to Jiang Xia.

   He browsed carefully this time, and found that Takeda Shinichi didn't say why he suddenly hired a detective, his words were mysterious.

  ... Could it be that he sensed that the wind was going wrong recently, worried that the organization would attack him, and wanted to try to save himself?

  Among so many detectives, Takeda picked Uzo at a glance... He really knows how to pick people.

Jinjiu showed a malicious sneer, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think of the scene where a big man came to Wuzuo for help when he was being hunted down by the organization... Tsk, the organization should train a group of detectives earlier, this can save a lot of money The work of assassination.

But on second thought, this doesn't seem to be an easy task - Bourbon, who is not weak, has opened a detective agency for so many years, and so far there is no sign of becoming a famous detective. It can be seen that this kind of thing also requires enough luck... ...or enough homicide talent.

   Uzo's success is unrepeatable.

  Thinking of this, Gin's little dissatisfaction just now finally disappeared.

He handed the letter back to Jiang Xia, and casually reminded him of the Takeda family: "When this kind of person is in a hurry, he dares to do anything. The things in his place may not be clean, you should pay more attention to yourself - the organization's withdrawal is not something. Nice place, I don't want to see you there."

   Jiang Xia nodded. I thought to myself that there is such a thing as a withdrawal center in the organization? Are your facilities too complete...

Immediately, I remembered the organization cadre in the report who was sent to the icu because he was allergic to the cigarettes handed by others. Having been exposed to addictive drugs, getting a withdrawal center does work...

   The simple exchange ended quickly.

   At Jiang Xia's request, Vodka found a random intersection, happily put him down, and then quickly started to leave, leaving Jiang Xia with a car exhaust.

   Jiang Xia silently glanced at the back of the car leaving, raised his hand and waved away the foul air, remembering a vengeance for Vodka in his heart.

   Next time, I must find a chance to scare this big and tall man's murderous aura out, and see what it smells like... However, in terms of vodka, even if he only takes ordinary murderous aura, Jiang Xia will not be surprised to find himself.

  …

   Jiang Xia quickly took a car and came to the city where Puppet Peak is located.

   At the small station in the city, Jiang Xia saw an open truck carrying three people.

   Next to the car was a middle-aged man with a broad chin and a chubby body. With a cigarette in his mouth, the man glanced back and forth, looking at the crowd exiting the station.

   After seeing Jiang Xia, the middle-aged man was stunned for two seconds, took out a photo from his pocket, and looked at it for comparison.

   Then he put down the photo and waved to Jiang Xia.

   Jiang Xia walked over.

  ——The person who came to pick him up was not the assassination target Takeda Shinichi this time, but his third brother, Takeda Yuzo. Sort by name.

  Puppet Peak is inconvenient, and there is no public transportation that can go directly there. In order to show his sincerity in inviting the detective, and also worried that the detective would not come because of the trouble, Takeda Shinichi specially arranged for his younger brother to come out to pick up the person.

   Jiang Xia opened the car door and got into the passenger seat.

   The two briefly exchanged a few words, and Takeda Yuzo stepped on the accelerator and drove all the way to Puppet Peak.

   On the road, the mountains undulate and gradually climb higher.

   Jiang Xia put his elbows on the window frame, turned his head to look at the vast forest, and gradually began to lose his mind as he got closer to his destination.

   Spider Mountain is also a place with legends.

   In Jiangxia's impression: there was a foggy dog ​​in the Shanni Temple in the legend of the foggy dog, and a mermaid ghost in the Mermaid Island in the legend of the mermaid... Now, will there be another spider here?

  Wait, speaking of this, spiders are kind of ugly.

  If I remember correctly, the uncle Takeda Shinichi is also ugly...

   But no matter what, it's still a ghost. If it really falls, he will neutralize it when he generates a puppet in the future, and it may be able to achieve an average appearance. But if it is really Spider-Man, this kind of vest should be rarely used in peacetime...

  Tsk, after thinking about it, I still feel a little disgusted.

   But I want a ghost...

   Jiang Xia was in a tangle for a while.

   But soon he thought about it again.

  What do you think about in advance? It's like arguing about whether to go to Tohoku University or Osaka University in the future - he won't be able to go to any of them anyway, after all, as long as Conan is still there, he won't be able to graduate... In short, it's better to wait until the ghost is really gone, then go Confused about this.

  If Takeda Shinichi kicked his legs one by one and only dropped one shikigami, wouldn't he be wasting the brain cells used for entanglement.

   After calming down, Jiangxia continued to enjoy the scenery.

   But soon, his mind moved from the scenery to the road ahead, and his eyes lit up.

  ——There are three people standing by the road, two men and one woman.

   One of the dark-skinned high school boys was pushing a motorcycle. It was Hattori Heiji who Jiang Xia had been looking forward to for a long time.

   Next to Hattori is his childhood sweetheart, Toyama Kazuha.

  The other is a strange foreigner with blond hair.

   The three of them seem to be worrying about something.

   Jiang Xia glanced at them, sat up straight, and said to Takeda Yuzo, who was driving next to him, "Stop."

  …

   Hattori Heiji will come to this deep mountain because he received an anonymous letter of entrustment a while ago. It was customary to have money in the letter, so he had to run over to pay it back.

   Yuan Shan and Ye heard that he was coming to Tottori, and immediately happily said that they would come together, and swore that she was very familiar with the way of Tottori, and it was her responsibility to recognize the way.

   Hattori Heiji believed her nonsense.

   Then the two of them plunged into this deep mountain.

   And then, I got lost in the morning until now.

   On the way, when the two were looking for a way out and thinking about whether to sleep on the spot, they met a warm foreigner - Rob Taylor.

  Rob Taylor is a photographer.

  Three years ago, he came to this area to photograph the scenery, but unfortunately he was crushed by the collapsed earth and rock.

   was later Takeda Shinichi's daughter, Takeda Misa picked him up and took care of him until his injury improved.

  Rob said he came back today to visit his benefactor.

   Hattori Heiji heard this, showed a happy smile, wanted to hold on to the thigh that knew the way, and rushed to Takeda's house before dark.

   However, before he had time to speak, Rob took the lead.

   The foreigner said with a smile: "If you are going to Takeda's house, I will go with you. I just don't know the way."

  “…”

   looked at each other silently for a second.

   Hattori Heiji put away his warm smile, stopped paying attention to this strange passerby, and began to discuss with Toyama and Ye about how to sleep in the mountains.

   Yuan Shan and Ye didn't want to sleep in this deep mountain where there are bugs and maybe snakes everywhere. She remembered the scene at that time, and her face was red and white.

   At this moment, a truck passed by and stopped beside them.

  The three lost brothers and sisters were instantly overjoyed.

   Hattori Heiji walked quickly to the side of the car and tried to discuss with the driver: "We want to go to Takeda's house in Puppet Peak, can we..."

   He was about to ask if he could help point the way, or simply help transport them there.

   However, in the middle of the sentence, Hattori Heiji noticed a strong presence.

   He raised his head as if feeling it, passed the unfamiliar driver and saw Jiang Xia sitting on the co-pilot.

  “…”

   Hattori Heiji was inconspicuously stunned.

   Jiang Xia ignored the complicated expressions of detective Osaka, and smiled towards Hattori Heiji, and the surprised Toyama and Ye Yi smiled behind him: "What a coincidence, you are also going to Takeda's house?"

   Hattori Heiji briefly lost his expression.

   After a while, he said dryly, "No, I'm actually here to see the scenery."

   said, turned around and wanted to leave.

   was grabbed by Yuan Shan and Ye.

"Yes, we've been looking for Takeda's house for a long time." Yuanshan and Ye had a good impression of Jiang Xia, and now that they met Jiang Xia, it meant that she didn't have to sleep in a place full of bugs and snakes. The gaze that looked at Jiang Xia was several times friendlier than usual.

Before Hattori Heiji reacted, she took the initiative to explain: "Actually, Heiji received a commission. The client sent the prepayment together, but the return address was not written on the envelope. We can only come and see, by the way. pay back."

   "..." Jiang Xia glanced at Hattori Heiji silently, thinking that this money summoning technique is really useful, he will try it next time. If it is successful, you will not have to worry about not being able to abduct people with incident physique in the future...

   Seeing that Hattori Heiji seemed to want to run away, Jiang Xia did not give him a chance to speak.

   He turned to Takeda Yuzo and asked, "Can you take them on the way?"

   Takeda Yuzo has a mournful and unreasonable face, but he is actually quite good at talking.

   He nodded when he heard the words, leaned on the window edge and glanced at the big motorcycle Hattori Heiji on the side of the road, then found a bundle of ropes from the car, and helped Hattori Heiji load the motorcycle into the car and fix it in the car body.

   (end of this chapter)