Conan's Corpse Picker

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The police officers broke open the gate of the underground parking lot as quietly as possible, entered the second floor, observed the security room, and were about to rush in to rescue the hostages... Then they saw eight people tied up on the ground, neatly arranged.

Megure Police Department who led the team: "...?"

What's the matter, the number of children is wrong?

According to Conan's description just now, the only one standing in the room should be the leader of the robbers.

However, Mumu and Sato looked left and right, and always felt that this "robber leader" looked very familiar.

Chapter 198

Miwako Sato had reached the door of the security room.

She was about to take advantage of the "robber leader" with his back to the door, kick the door in and get a hug.But now that they were getting closer, she recognized that Jiang Xia was standing in the room.

Officer Sato was taken aback: "...Aren't you a hostage?"

Jiang Xia glanced at her through the window, opened all the half-open doors of the security room, and let the police enter the room: "It was just now, but now I have changed my career."

Sato: "..."

She looked at several people on the ground.Alas, forget it, the details are not important, as long as the kidnapper is fine.

but……

Sato wondered, "Why are there so many? Conan said just now that there were only five robbers."

Jiang Xia raised his finger and pointed: "The last three are the security guards who were caught together before, but I'm not sure if there is any internal response among them, so they are strung together - the rest are the identified robbers. "

The next step to identify hostages and robbers is the job of the police.

After Jiang Xia finished her work, she returned home and began to pack the things she needed to go to Mermaid Island.

……

A few days later, when the date on the travel voucher arrived, Jiang Xia came to the beach, ready to board a boat.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan also came early.

The boat from the travel agency is scheduled to leave in the evening and arrive tomorrow.

Jiang Xia took a few classmates for a walk by the sea after lunch, intending to see if there were any cases.

Just as he was scanning the passers-by in the sea, trying to find out the murderous intent from them, behind him, the boat of the travel agency exploded.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

The four of them ran to take a closer look at the situation.It was not the entire ship that exploded, but a certain cabin. This accident only caused one death and did not cause a fire.

Judging from the ornaments on the charred body and the testimony of the onlookers, the deceased should be the captain.

Jiang Xia had no impression of this incident, but when he raised his head, he saw three people suddenly appearing beside him: a first officer who appeared out of nowhere, a handsome chief engineer, and a very villainous-looking sailor queen.

Jiang Xia understood immediately - this was by no means an accident, but a murder.

Sure enough, not long after, a shikigami gradually emerged from the charred corpse, and it squirmed and floated closer, grabbing the chief engineer's leg.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko stared blankly at the charred corpse for a moment, taking out their mobile phones while trembling.

Mao Lilan began to call the police. Suzuki Sonoko originally wanted to call an ambulance, but after she dialed the number, she glanced at the corpse through her fingers and fell into deep thought.

After contemplating, Suzuki Sonoko silently gave up on this idea and called the fire brigade instead.

Conan took out the earmuffs as usual and put them on skillfully.

Jiang Xia followed a few key words, searched in his memory for a moment, and realized that this was an event beyond the spoiler.

He sent a few ghosts to wander around looking for clues.At the same time, use the spare few minutes to think about whether Conan's event physique has been upgraded...

Before reaching a conclusion, the ghosts sneaked back to report—they found physical evidence of being tied up with heavy objects and sinking into the sea on the nearby seabed.

After locking down the murderer and physical evidence, and then looking for a murderer with a poor psychological quality to make a set of words, he can almost make up an intermediate reasoning.

On the other side, Conan was wearing earmuffs, immersed in his thoughts on solving the case.

After he finally came to a conclusion, he returned to the scene of the murder, just in time to see the murderer who was weeping bitterly and stated his motive for the murder being pulled up from the ground and put into a police car.

Conan was taken aback, feeling that Jiang Xia's speed of solving the case was a bit slow this time - after he came back after reasoning, he could still see the end.

But thinking about the flames of the explosion just now, and the charred corpse that was blown up, and the boat that was blown up, it can be regarded as a means of transportation...

Conan quickly made a patch: Well, don't think about it, Jiang Xia must have been disturbed by these thoughts.And it seems that until now, Jiang Xia has not fully recovered - he looked at the back of the sea, looking a little sad.

Jiang Xia was indeed a little worried.

I am going to Mermaid Island soon, and I also picked up a shikigami on the way, which should have been double the happiness.

But just now, the people from the travel agency informed them that the boat could not be opened for the time being, and the departure time was undecided.

The timeline of this itinerary is relatively long - Mermaid Island and several surrounding islands with their own characteristics have formed a tourist belt. Although Mermaid Island is the main project, the travel plan also arranges visits to other islands. If the visit is only postponed for a day or two, it can still catch up with the festival to pick up ghosts.

But fearing that the delay would be too long, other detectives went to the island ahead of time and successfully solved the case.In that way, no one knows where the shikigami who left the murderer will wander away after eliminating their obsessions. If they float into the sea, Jiang Xia will have to go on a large-scale ghost hunt, which will consume a lot of murderous energy and not necessarily can find...

Fortunately, Jiang Xia's new worries were quickly resolved.

——Suzuki Sonoko was standing next to Jiang Xia, sighing faintly with him, when he suddenly saw a group of people boarding the ship.

As soon as she looked over, she saw someone from the other side looking over. They looked at each other, and the eyes of Miss Hei Changzhi on the opposite side lit up: "Yuanzi!"

This is someone Suzuki Sonoko knew. After being startled for a moment, she happily trot over: "Xia!"

When Jiang Xia heard the name, he looked at the team configuration of those who were on the boat, and his eyes lit up.

...is the breath of the case.

And it looks like a serial murder case.

……

This time they met three generations of grandparents of the main family, plus a housekeeper, a total of ten people.

The Sumoto family is slightly inferior to the Suzuki Group in terms of assets, but it is a wealthy family with a long history.There are not many opportunities for Suzuki Sonoko and Somoto Natsue to get in touch.

The two girls stopped for a few words.

Five minutes later, Sonoko Suzuki successfully brought her teammates to the boat.

——Xiae Somoto is going to get married soon.According to the tradition of the Saomoto family, their weddings for generations will be held on Saomoto Island.

And Xiaoben Island happened to be not far from Mermaid Island.Xiaoben Xiajiang plans to stop by the Mermaid Festival after getting married, and see if he can get the "Dugong Arrow" by chance. It is said that the Dugong Arrow has divine power, and those who get it can stay young forever.

The patriarch of the main family is a strict old man.

He swayed into the boat with his hands behind his back, and when he turned around, he found that there were a few more strangers on board, and he immediately showed displeasure and wanted to reprimand him.

Suimoto Xiajiang's sister, Suimoto Qiujiang saw something was wrong, leaned over and whispered, "Grandpa, that's the youngest daughter of the chairman of the Suzuki Consortium."

The patriarch Su Ben held back the words he was about to say, snorted angrily, muttered, "Is the Suzuki consortium really great?", and left angrily.

...It's not that I don't want to offend people, but mainly because I feel that reprimanding the junior is too embarrassing.And judging from the positions of several people, it was a guest invited by his favorite granddaughter Xiaoben Xiajiang.

Forget it, I will spare them this time...

Chapter 199 You also go to Mermaid Island

The patriarch Xiaoben tried to comfort himself, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a surprised voice from under the boat: "Jiang Xia! Why are you here?"

Jiang Xia was startled, turned around to look at the pier, and saw Yuan Shan and Ye standing below, waving to him.She also held a friend in Osaka who seemed to want to turn around and leave, but was pinned in place by face.

Jiang Xia looked at Toyama and Ye, then at Hattori Heiji, and couldn't help showing a faint smile.

...this trip will be very pleasant.

3 minute later.

Seeing the two strangers on the boat again, the patriarch Su Ben's face turned black.

He was already in a bad mood because of his granddaughter's marriage, but at this time, for some reason, he couldn't get angry at the stranger who bumped into the door, so he became angry for a while, and decisively poured all his anger on his own people.

Jiang Xia watched as the patriarch beat his son-in-law, grandson-in-law, son, and granddaughter all the way... Finally, after he scolded his grandson who was hiding in the corner for painting, the old man finally felt a little relieved.

The patriarch Soben walked towards the cabin with his hands behind his back.

Before returning to the room to rest, he looked at Caicheng Takehiko who was about to join the main family: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

Caicheng Takehiko let go of Hagimoto Xiajiang's hand, and trot over nervously, the figures of one old and one young quickly disappeared in the corridor.

Behind them, the patriarch's grandson, Ichiro Somoto, held a paintbrush and pointed at the frame, his already high murderous aura increased.

Jiang Xia looked at his inflated murderous aura, put his hand into his pocket unconsciously, held the swing stick, and wanted to stay next to the source of the murderous aura.

But before he walked over, Ichiro Somoto seemed to have a premonition.He looked around vigilantly, but found no danger, but after hesitating for a moment, he silently put away his portfolio and returned to the cabin.

Jiang Xia watched him walk away regretfully.

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The yacht is huge, and the sea scenery is also very good.The only thing that is a little weird is that there is no crew on such a large ship, as if it is fully automatic.

Jiang Xia hangs up the phone on the boat and pretends to look at the scenery, but shifts her eyesight to the ghost, letting the ghost float to the cockpit to watch this rare scientific miracle.

Mao Lilan, Yuanshan Heye and Suzuki Sonoko went to help in the kitchen—Shomoto Shoji, the second son of the patriarch, is a famous chef who occasionally appears on food shows. The people are similar, so the three girls went to visit the celebrity kitchen.

On the other deck far away from Jiangxia, Hattori Heiji was listlessly leaning against the railing, looking at the sea and sighing.

Although he agrees with Jiang Xia's ability to solve cases in his heart, the uncomfortable feeling of being suppressed in what he is best at and not seeing a turnaround still makes him want to avoid Jiang Xia automatically when he sees Jiang Xia.

Conan patted Hattori Heiji's calf sympathetically, and tried to comfort his fellow sufferers: "It's okay, there is a family on this ship."

Hattori Heiji's eyes became even more sad: "Do you have few cases where family members kill each other..."

"..." Conan felt that it made sense, but he didn't want to admit it, "Don't curse people, it should be just an ordinary quarrel, who has never had a quarrel..."

After speaking, the two fell into silence again.

After a while, they decided to ignore this heavy topic for the time being.

Conan asked: "Why did you go to Mermaid Island? You can't also pray for eternal youth."

"How could I believe that kind of thing." Hattori Heiji's eyes twitched, he took out a commission letter and handed it to Conan, "It's because of this."

Conan took the letter and unfolded it, only to find that there were only a few short lines on it.