Conan's Corpse Picker

The person who wrote it seemed to be in a panic, and the handwriting was trembling. What was written on it was:

【I will be killed by a mermaid, please save me! 】

Signed "Menri Yarn Weaving", and there is a phone behind it.

Hattori Heiji didn't care much about this commission: "I called her immediately after receiving the letter and asked her if she was being targeted, but she said that she 'lost the arrow of the dugong and will be punished and killed by the mermaid'. Please let me do something to save her. I asked her to go to the hospital to register for a psychiatric department, but she hung up the phone angrily..."

Conan: "..."

Although the way of speaking was a bit too direct, he actually agreed with Hattori Heiji's suggestion in his heart.

But Conan was also a little puzzled because of this: "Then why did you come here on purpose? Supervise her to see a doctor?"

It's hard to see that Hattori Heiji is so enthusiastic in this regard.If this is the case, why not ask him to take Jiang Xia to the hospital by the way... If I remember correctly, Jiang Xia hasn't seen a doctor yet.

Hattori Heiji felt a chill for no reason.

He wrapped his coat tightly under the blowing sea breeze, and shook his head under Conan's expectant gaze: "There is also a sum of cash sent with the letter. I can't find the remittance address, and I don't want the money, so I can only follow the address and return it. She, it just so happens that it is a tourist attraction, so it should be treated as a tourist."

……

When it got dark, several people returned to the cabin and entered the dining room.

In the kitchen, after the dishes to be cooked and stewed were finished, the three girls also returned to the dining room.

The process of waiting for the meal was a bit boring, so Ben Xiajiang sat beside the guests for a while, and then simply found a pen, and drew a family relationship map for the curious guests to pass the time.

Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at the drawings on the table, and began to subconsciously draw a map of hatred for the family—according to the scene they saw after boarding the boat, the Saomoto family was not harmonious recently, and it looked like something big was about to happen. I hope they think too much...

Jiang Xia also looked at the drawings.In fact, he remembered the relationship and conflicts between these few people: the patriarch Xiaoben planned to publish his will after his granddaughter got married and leave all the inheritance to Xiajiang Xiaoben.And the rest of the family are either very short of money, or have been angered by the patriarch.In short, the old man is in a very dangerous situation.

However, it is not these that will eventually lead to the death of the Patriarch Sumoto, but his grandson, Ichiro Sumoto.

Somoto Ichiro likes Somoto Xiajiang very much, and he once begged Somoto's patriarch to let the two get married.Of course the patriarch did not agree, and habitually taunted him.

Somoto Ichiro became murderous to his grandfather, and decided to kill the patriarch and blame everything on Somoto Xiajiang's prospective husband, Caicheng Takehiko, to get rid of his rival.

……

When it was time for dinner, everyone had already returned to the dining room, except for the patriarch Xiaoben who never showed up.

The steward went to him.

Not long after, the old housekeeper's terrified cry came from the corridor.

After hearing this iconic scream, Jiang Xia, like the other two serious detectives, pushed away the stool and ran to follow the sound.

When we got there, we saw the old butler sitting at the door of the patriarch's room. The butler tremblingly pointed at the wide open door, looked at the corpse inside, and was speechless.

Chapter 200 I Don't Have a Sharkman

When Hattori Heiji rushed into the room, Jiang Xia paused.

He saw a newborn shikigami floating out of the door, passing by him, busy picking up Ichiro Somoto who was running behind.

Jiang Xia admired his own ghost silently. After the shikigami drifted around the corner, he walked to the door and looked inside.

I saw the patriarch Xiaoben lying motionless on the ground, with a large amount of blood oozing from his abdomen.Also, there seemed to be some strange marks on the floor outside the door.

Jiang Xia bent down and found some parallel thin blood streaks on the ground, which should be caused by hastily wiped the blood.

Conan was squatting next to the bloodshot, frowning and looking at the things in front of him - he picked up a bloody rag at the corner.

Hattori Heiji also found something - some fallen dry bread crumbs were soaked in the patriarch's blood pool.

Hattori Heiji was thinking about these strange things - at this stage, he suspected that it was the bread crumbs that the murderer accidentally dropped into his clothes when he was eating.So he grabbed the housekeeper again and asked who had eaten bread at noon.

Conan had already put on the earmuffs, but Hattori Heiji picked up the earmuffs and put them down again. After all, he was still a bit of a detective, and he always felt that wearing earmuffs was tantamount to admitting defeat.

When he was frightened and questioned the housekeeper, Hattori Heiji glanced at Jiang Xia several times, only to find that Jiang Xia was leaning against the door and thinking, and had no intention of speaking.

This made Hattori Heiji secretly heave a sigh of relief.

……

While the two detectives were investigating the case, Jiang Xia was also lost in thought.

He glanced roughly at the scene, and felt that there was a "danger" hanging on Ichiro Somoto's head-the dry bread that caught the attention of Heiji Hattori was actually a tool used by Ichiro Somoto to wipe paintings.

After the patriarch Somoto was attacked by Ichiro Somoto, he retreated to his room and locked the door in order not to be caught.Until just now, the housekeeper opened the door with the spare key.

During this period of time, it is impossible for the murderer to return to the scene again, and just now, the detectives did not allow people from the Suomoto family to enter the room.Therefore, these bread crumbs can only be dropped at the time of the murder.

... In other words, once the two detectives discover that dry bread can be used as a painting tool, then even if these bread crumbs cannot be used as criminal evidence, they can also be used as a strong reasoning basis to make people focus on Ichiro Suomoto.

And Jiang Xia remembers that after this, Somoto Ichiro will kill Somoto Tatsuo.

In other words, if Ichiro Somoto is caught now, it will not be a good thing for the ghost hunters...

Jiang Xia finally came to a conclusion: she had to find an excuse and avoid reasoning.

At sea, it’s not easy to find excuses, and you can’t pretend to be seasick——Jiang Xia remembers that when he captured Kidd before, he had been on a boat with Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, and he was still on the scene and received a lot of business cards. ...It seems a little late to install it now.

Do you want to use the charred corpse case?

But the last case has already been solved, and there was still a period of time in the middle, this reason can be used, but it is a bit far-fetched, and the automatic patch machine needs to increase the power...

But soon, Jiang Xia found that she didn't seem to need to worry so much.

——A group of people conducted a simple communication and search for evidence, locked the door, returned to the restaurant, and discussed what to do next.

Just as Jiang Xia sat down, she suddenly felt something under her feet.

He looked down and found a bloody handkerchief under the table.The handkerchief is exquisitely crafted, but one corner is missing, and there is a piece of unattractive embroidery on the other corner. It doesn't look like a handicraft, but more like a layman's handicraft.

Jiang Xia instantly remembered the small rags Conan picked up at the crime scene.He looked at Somoto Ichiro out of the corner of his eye, and found that the man was sneaking nervous glances at him.

Jiang Xia figured out the brain circuit of the murderer.

After a while, he bent down and tentatively picked up the bloody handkerchief.

The moment Jiang Xia straightened up, Somoto Ichiro pointed at him and said "Ah!", and said with a shocked face: "This, this is the same color as the rags that the kid picked up just now! Why is there so much blood on it? Have you been to my grandfather's room?!"

The others were startled, and turned their heads to look over.

Jiang Xia moved very slowly, before he took the handkerchief in front of his eyes to look at it, his hand was hanging by his side.

This action can also be interpreted far-fetched as "wanting to secretly throw the handkerchief under the table".

Everyone in the room was shocked, and Xia Jiang, among them, had the biggest reaction. She had already had a bad feeling when she saw the little cloth in Conan's hand just now.

At this time, he rushed to Jiang Xia's side again, and when he saw the handkerchief Jiang Xia was holding, Ben Xia Jiang's face turned pale: "...I made this for Xiao Wu before."

Caicheng Takehiko was stunned for a moment before he realized it. He touched his pocket suspiciously, but found that the handkerchief he had put there before was gone.

Caicheng Wuyan had some quarrels with the patriarch of the clan. At this time, there was a murder case first, and then, the things on his body appeared in front of his eyes, and he lost his ability to think and looked at Jiang Xia: "Did you take it away?"

Jiang Xia wanted to refuse but also to welcome, defending: "I didn't kill anyone."

It sounds very much like a murderer who has ghosts in his heart, answers irrelevant questions, and accidentally slips out.

Just now, there were too many people looking for the head of the Suimoto clan, and Ichiro Suimoto did not have enough time to kill people. After he finished killing people, he had not had time to throw the tools of the crime into the sea.

Jiang Xia kept Gui Piao watching, as long as the physical evidence was still there, when he got off the boat, the murderer's fault could be returned to Ichiro Somoto.

But now, if he can be regarded as one of the suspects, it is just an excuse to avoid suspicion and not to solve the case with confidence.

……

In fact, Ichiro Somoto's plan has not changed much - his fundamental goal is still to throw the murderer's blame on Takehiko Caishiro, so he stole this handkerchief on purpose.

And throwing the bloody handkerchief at Jiang Xia's feet was just because Ichiro Suomoto recognized Jiang Xia as a famous detective, so he wanted to restrain him.

In Ichiro Somoto's view, after all, there are still the most people from the Somoto family on board, and Jiang Xia is just an outsider.

People in the Suimoto family are very afraid of death, as long as they suspect Jiang Xia a little bit, restrain Jiang Xia's actions, so that he can't investigate the case smoothly... Ichiro Suimoto believes that he can successfully blame Caicheng Takehiko, just as he firmly believed before As long as the patriarch Xiaoben lets go, he can marry Xiaoben Xiajiang.

Jiang Xia was vaguely aware of Somoto Ichiro's plan, and unilaterally listed Somoto Ichiro as his temporary teammate.

He stood up, trying to avoid suspicion: "How about I..."

However, at this moment, Ichiro Somoto's own mother, Mariko Somoto suddenly let out a sneer.

She looked at Caicheng Wuyan: "He is an outsider, how can he deliberately kill people, let me say - the murderer must be Xiaowu."

Chapter 201 Broken Halo

Saying that, Mariko Samoto looked at Takehiko Caishiro: "I passed by Dad's room just now and heard you arguing with him—your name is not Takeshi Nishimura at all, but Takehiko Caishiro, the son of that brave man Caishiro, right!"

Caicheng Takehiko's face changed drastically.

Mariko Suomoto suddenly felt like a detective: "You hated my dad for taking away your dad's company, so you took the opportunity to kill him, and then wanted to disguise the scene as a suicide, so you hurriedly wiped off the blood at the door. In a panic, Your handkerchief was accidentally cut by a knife, and a small piece fell off, and then you went back to the restaurant and threw the handkerchief under Jiang Xia's feet, trying to blame him!"

Ichiro Somoto was listening, a little moved.

——As expected of his own mother, he obviously didn't tell Mariko Sumoto of the murder plan, but these things his mother imagined were exactly what he thought in his mind. Is this the legendary mother-child bond...

But there is a little flaw.

——It's too connected.

In Ichiro Suomoto's plan, these "truths" should have been unfolded slowly after Jiang Xia was isolated from the case center, so as not to be caught by the detectives - he had a guilty conscience and didn't want to be present with Jiang Xia at the same time.

Ichiro Somoto thought for a moment, and he didn't give up and wanted to try to bring a rhythm—for example, Jiang Xia had colluded with Takehiko Caishi. Throwing it at the bottom of Jiang Xia's feet is relatively difficult.

However, before he could speak, Suomoto Ichiro suddenly saw his mother walking towards Jiang Xia.

Mariko Somoto pulled the bloody handkerchief out of Jiang Xia's hand, and threw it on Hattori Heiji's leg next to him.

Then she took out a wet towel and wiped Jiang Xia's hands, comforting him: "Don't worry, Caicheng Takehiko has half-footed into our door, we will clean him up, and we will never let this scum blame you!"

Jiang Xia silently stared at her wipes: "..."

...From the female robber I met last time to the current Mariko Samoto, I always feel that there is something weird.

If I had to say it, in fact, these few days, those clients who came to the office to look for cats and dogs were not very satisfied, they were too enthusiastic.

...what went wrong?

Just thinking about it, Su Ben Qiujiang next to him also followed suit.She looked quietly at Caicheng Wuyan: "At first I thought you were a man with integrity, but I didn't expect that you are actually this kind of scum who killed people and dared not admit it, and wanted to blame innocent students."

"I didn't kill anyone!" Caicheng Takehiko stood up excitedly, and he looked at Suimoto Xia Jiang, "I really didn't, you believe me!"

Xia Ben Xia Jiang looked at Jiang Xia, and then at his fiancé. If you ask her which of the two is more like a murderer, in all fairness...