Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 742 Matsuda's Strange Skill Asking for a Monthly Pass (づど)

   Mrs. Minagawa distributed some coffee and handmade cakes on the tray, which exuded a tempting food aroma from a distance.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko are fond of sweets, and Conan is also good at it. When he was a high school boy, he was too embarrassed to eat it every day. Now that he has become smaller, he has been following the juvenile detective team and Jiang Xia from Huiyuanai. Snack on sweets.

   The three of them briefly escaped from the depressing atmosphere of the college students, breathed a sigh of relief, dragged over the cake and coffee, and began to pass the time with snacks.

  …

   Jiang Xia found his motorcycle parked nearby and drove in the direction where the ghosts were vague and sensitive.

   After walking out for more than ten meters, the ghosts muttered again - that group of concerned murderous intent was approaching them quickly.

   Not long after, on the empty road ahead, an ordinary Toyota appeared.

  As it approached quickly in the field of vision, Jiang Xia also felt the murderous aura—the source of the murderous aura was in the car, and there was a faint smell of sweet perfume.

  “…?”

   Jiang Xia glanced at Matsuda Jinping with a complicated expression, remembering that it was the first to discover the source of murderous aura just now.

   Matsuda Jin flattened his line of sight, and a "?" appeared carefully above his head. After a moment of doubt, it suddenly understood what Jiang Xia was thinking, and hurriedly waved his hand to deny it—it didn’t like the smell, but was more sensitive to the murderous aura of this nature…

  What kind of murderous taste the ghost likes, it is not urgent. Jiang Xia quickly gave up the pastime of "observing the habits of ghosts" - this kind of thing is suitable to do when he has nothing to do. And now, obviously not in that "idle" time period.

   He looked back at the car driving this way.

  Compared to just now, the distance between Toyota and him has been greatly reduced again.

   Through the front window of the car, the driver's figure can be seen indistinctly. The man wore a hood that covered his forehead, the mask tightly covered the lower half of his face, and the gap between the top and bottom was covered with sunglasses. On the straight road, the driver kept stepping on the accelerator and quickly whizzed past Jiang Xia.

The moment he approached, Jiang Xia looked at the car, his whole body tensed slightly, and then slowly returned to its original state. He gave up the idea of ​​jumping on the car and grabbing the people inside and knocking it out when passing by... Find out who is in the car. If it is a colleague or boss who needs to deal with often in the future, it will be a little embarrassing to meet again.

   The two sides traveling opposite to each other passed by, the distance indented to the extreme, and then quickly turned away from each other.

   As the car went away, Jiang Xia turned the front of the car, supported his helmet, and followed subconsciously.

   But after driving for a while, the phone vibrated.

   He kept the speed, took out his mobile phone and pressed it to check, and found that it was sent by Mao Lilan.

  [Something happened here! Mr. Minagawa suddenly lay on his back and didn't move, I heard that he was out of breath. Conan said that he was not like sudden death, but more like poisoning...]

  “…”

  ... What happened so soon?

   Jiang Xia was a little surprised. However, thinking of Minagawa Keyan's hatred ability, the messy emotional vortex around him, and the atmosphere of the sorority meeting, I also feel that this does not seem strange...

   He put away his phone, looked at the direction the car was leaving, and hesitated.

  ...There was a murder case at the party I was just at, and there were not too many people at the party. When the police arrived and found that he was not there, they would definitely look for him again. And now, he still doesn't know where the murderous car is going. If it's too far away, it can be a bit of a hassle to keep up with the past.

   In addition, there are very few cars on this section of the road, and even fewer motorcycles. Tracking is easy to spot... Fortunately, he learned from Conan and Toru Amuro the fine quality of a detective - carrying a transmitter and a wiretap with him.

   The moment he passed the car just now, Jiang Xia threw one on it, and saw that it was stuck to the roof of the car.

   He took out his phone, found the tracking software, and clicked to view it.

The small red dot above    goes all the way to the urban area, and the signal is stable.

   Jiang Xia nodded secretly, turned the motorcycle with satisfaction, and returned to the venue just now.

  …

a few minutes ago.

   Minagawa Katsuhiko doesn't like sweets, and he's in a bad mood at this time. For the refreshments that Mrs. Minagawa brought, he only drank a cup of coffee, and then pushed away the tray in front of him irritably, planning to go to the yard, smoke a cigarette and look at the scenery to ease his mood.

   However, after pinching the cigarette case, it was already empty.

   The man in glasses caught a sharp glance, took out his cigarette, and threw it to him in the air.

   Minagawa Katsuhiko frowned and shook out one, took it to open the door, and walked into the courtyard.

   After more than ten seconds, Watanabe also got up, took a box of chocolates, and chased out with a blushing face.

   As soon as the center of the storm left, the atmosphere in the house eased slightly.

  Wakamatsu Junxiu moved his buttocks, leaned his cheeks next to Mao Lilan, and continued his great cause of flirting with girls: "Xiaolan, that..." He put his hands together and gestured shyly.

  Mao Lilan was a little puzzled: "...Huh?"

  Wakamatsu Toshihide hinted at failure, so he had to say: "Where's my chocolate?"

  Maolilan: "Ah, this..."

   She did make a piece.

   But obviously not for Toshihiko Wakamatsu...

  Maurilan smiled awkwardly, then suddenly remembered how Suzuki Sonoko handled her own piece of chocolate just now, and decided to learn it.

   She was about to take out the chocolate, she said "let's share it together" and cut it into eight pieces.

   But at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the yard.

  Conan was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked away from Wakamatsu Junxiu, got up and ran into the yard.

   Someone took the lead, and the others also recovered and rushed out one after another.

  …

   He ran around the corner of the house and saw in the front yard, Katsuhiko Minagawa fell to the ground without hesitation.

   He held a cigarette in one hand, and the misty white smoke slowly rose. The other hand was on the ground, next to a piece of chocolate that had been bitten.

   A few meters to the side, Watanabe Kaomi covered her mouth in shock, fell to the ground, and stared blankly at Minagawa Katsuhiko who suddenly fell to the ground—the scream just now was from her.

   "Keyan?" Mrs. Minagawa was stunned, then, ignoring the elegant kimono on her body, she threw herself beside him and knelt on the ground, "Keyan, what's wrong with you!?"

   When Maurilan and Suzuki Sonoko heard the exclamation, they instinctively picked up their mobile phones.

  Because they didn't know if they were still angry, they called first aid this time.

After   , it was confirmed that Minagawa Katsuhiko was dead, Mao Lilan sighed and dialed 110 silently.

   Wait for the alarm to finish and hang up.

  Mao Lilan hesitated for a moment, and while listening to the movement next to him, he sent the situation to Jiang Xia, who did not know where he had slipped.

  If this is a murder case, Jiang Xia, who was there just now, is a witness, and will eventually be retrieved by the police. And Mao Lilan remembered the chat with Suzuki Sonoko before - they found that Jiang Xia seemed to like solving cases, maybe it made him feel the value of his existence.

   "..." She didn't really want Jiang Xia to get involved in the case.

   But since things have already happened, let Jiang Xia come over to take a look...

   (end of this chapter)