Conan's Corpse Picker

Suzuki Sonoko nodded in disappointment, and together with Mao Lilan, Yuan Shan and Ye stared eagerly at the two people who got the Dugong Arrow, feeling a little envious in their hearts.

Conan and Hattori Heiji were also quite concerned about the third person who was late. The two looked at each other, then looked back at Jiang Xia, and gradually had a bad feeling.

Hattori Heiji murmured to his little friend in a low voice: "Is something wrong?"

Conan said in a weak voice, "Don't curse me..."

After finishing speaking, the two of them had a meal at the same time.

The content of the conversation just now gave them a strong sense of déjà vu.

Not long ago, a similar conversation seemed to have happened once when they came here, on the boat they were on, and then...

Conan and Hattori Heiji's expressions changed slightly, and they fell into a strange silence.

……

This kind of situation where the number plate is drawn but the witch pigeon is released is rare, but it has not happened before.

After waiting for a few more minutes, when the magic fire was about to burn out, Shimabukuro Junhui announced that he would skip this scene and go to the next link - to cast the "light of blessing" on the person who drew the magic arrow.

The "Light of Blessing" is actually a handful of bright fireworks, which will be set off below the Mermaid Waterfall, lift off into the sky, and illuminate the entire waterfall.

Islanders lit fireworks.

As the flames rose and exploded, Shimabukuro Junhui recited the words of blessing, but a commotion quickly rolled up in the crowd, overwhelming her voice.

Jiang Xia and the others looked up together, and saw Unami Nami, who had drawn the third arrow diagonally above, was wrapped around his neck by a rough rope and hung in front of the waterfall.

As the water washed away, the figure swayed slightly. Her slender figure and the wet dress that clinged to her legs made her look like a mermaid that was lifted into the air.

……

ten minutes later.

Jiang Xia crossed mountains and ridges, and returned to the place where she had just been - the riverside above Mermaid Waterfall.

When something like this happened, as a detective, he would definitely come over to check.

Needless to say, Hattori Heiji and Conan ran faster.The two thought they were unfamiliar with the mountains, so they dragged Shimabukuro Junhui over as a guide.

When Shimabukuro Junhui left before, he did not forget to remove the traces left by him.

She also helped Wutengu clean up the footprints by the way.While cleaning up the scene, Shimabukuro thought she might be able to pick up a fallen feather or two, but failed.The monster is really extraordinary, it doesn't seem to have the shortcoming of hair loss...

When he came to kill, Shimabukuro Junhui deliberately walked away.

But at this time, she led the detectives and took the shortest road. The two roads did not overlap much, so that the traces of her presence could be minimized.

Chapter 212 On How To Be Invincible

After arriving at the river above the waterfall, Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji pulled the rope and pulled the body up to the river bank.

One end of the hemp rope was wrapped around the neck of the corpse, and the other end was connected to a wooden stake, which was firmly nailed to the river bank.

Jiang Xia put the man by the river, and Conan immediately came over.The three of them watched the rope around Nami Unabara's neck.

The hemp rope was wound several times and piled up in a mess. The knots were so messy that it was difficult to tell whether it was formed naturally or artificially.

But in any case, the place and time where Kaihara Nami fell was too coincidental.Moreover, although the current of this river is fast, it does not seem to be fast enough to rush people around so many times in a short period of time.

Therefore, Conan and Hattori Heiji are still more inclined that this is a murder.

Jiang Xia didn't speak.This time, he was able to paddle naturally—it was actually a mermaid that caused the accident.And the mermaid is not a human being, and the death it caused indirectly can only be regarded as an accident...

Hattori Heiji and Conan did not cheat, they could only think in the direction of the murder like a normal detective.

Hattori Heiji wondered, "Since Miss Kaihara has won the arrow, why didn't she go to lead the arrow, instead she insisted on running into the woods at this time?"

A voice sounded from the side: "It's for the Mermaid Tomb."

Jiang Xia turned her head following the sound, and saw a short-haired woman with a mushroom head. This person's name was Nao Heijiang. She was the "lucky one" who got the arrow of the dugong just now. She was also one of the three people who set fire to the warehouse of the shrine three years ago. .

Nao Heijiang pressed down the arrow of the dugong in his clothes, "Nami must have come here to wait for the arrow to be fired, and misunderstood the trouble as a mermaid's reminder to her, so she broke in... She I'm too impatient, at least I should wait until I get the Dugong Arrow before acting."

The "mermaid grave" in the words caught the attention of the two detectives - they remembered that on the boat that came here, Menri Saori had mentioned this word, but she didn't elaborate at that time.

……

Heijiang Nao didn't know that the person who was burned to death in the warehouse three years ago was actually a human being, so she and the other two partners took a look and believed that the bones found in the warehouse at that time were the flesh and blood of the mermaid.

When she gave some outsiders popular science about the mermaid tomb with a pious face, Jiang Xia pretended to listen and glanced at the arrow hidden in the clothes by Nao Heijiang.

Wutiangou then flew to the side of Nao Heijiang, poked his head in with a grunt, took a look, and then returned to Jiangxia to report.

——Shimabukuro Junhui didn't forget Jiang Xia's previous instructions. She made tiny hands and feet on the arrow, making the arrow fragile and easy to break.

At this time, compared with when it was just put in, the fracture on the arrow has been enlarged, but Nao Heijiang is preoccupied with other things, and has not found it yet.

It was getting late, and after observing the situation at the scene, several people returned to the bottom of the waterfall with the body.

Toyama Kazuha, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were frightened by the "mermaid" hanging on the waterfall just now, and did not follow the mountain.After regaining consciousness, the three of them immediately called the police and tried to help—they were already very skilled in doing this kind of thing.

However, there is no police station on Mermaid Island, and the wind and waves at sea happen to be very strong, so it will take a while for the police to arrive.

Jiang Xia handed over the moved corpse to the islanders, and went back to the hotel with a few classmates.

He was about to go back to the house to rest, but when he entered the house, before he could close the door, several other people had already squeezed in naturally.

Jiang Xia: "?"

Jiang Xia: "...um."

Then your intuition is quite accurate...

Conan hugged the earmuffs and sat down beside him.

He feels that Jiang Xia's speed of solving cases has slowed down recently - although it is still much faster than normal people, it is no longer as scary as the scanning machine before, maybe it has reached a bottleneck period...

In this incident, Conan and Hattori Heiji had the same premonition, and the two quickly reached a consensus-in this special period, it is best to invite Jiang Xia, and the three of them will discuss it together, and solve the case as soon as possible, so as not to appear. More victims.

As for why you need to hold earmuffs when discussing... This is just some kind of conditioned reflex-when the two keywords "Jiangxia" and "solve the case" are put together, earmuffs can make Conan feel more secure and can Let his mind flow more smoothly.

And Conan soon realized that he was not alone - he had just seen Hattori Heiji's hand move towards the earmuff pocket, but he quickly put it down again.

Hattori Heiji and Conan's mental journey are similar - on this island with intermittent signals, he can't play mobile phones, buy the latest mystery novels, and doesn't even bring homework, so he has a lot of time to think about life.

So after thinking about it, Hattori Heiji suddenly realized that for the time being, he couldn't beat Jiang Xia in reasoning, no matter how many times he tried, the result was the same.

Since this is the case, it is better not to compare from the beginning, to solve the case with confidence and boldness, and to use Jiang Xia as a reference book that is placed next to him and publishes the answers from time to time - Hattori Heiji found that as long as he does not take the initiative to set up a competitor for himself, there will be no Man can knock him down.

Moreover, at a higher level, solving a case is not suitable for competition.

There is only one ultimate truth, that is to say, what matters is not who solves the case, but the training he gets in the process of solving the case...

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji resolutely removed his hand that kept leaning towards his pocket, trying to take out the earmuffs.

……

If the accident factor is excluded and Nami's death is regarded as a homicide, in addition to the investigation of the traces at the scene, it is undoubtedly an important point to find out why she ran to the mountain at that time.

At present, in this regard, the most obvious clues are the mermaid sacrifice and the "mermaid tomb" mentioned by Nao Heijiang.

Especially the tomb of the mermaid - about this matter, there are not many reports from the outside world, only the "mermaid bones in the warehouse" that Nao Heijiang said was found.

Even on Mermaid Island, there is not much information about it. Most of the islanders only know that there is such a tomb in the mountain, but they don’t know the exact location of the cemetery. It is said that only Mingyang and someone she trusts know where the tomb is hidden. .

Therefore, we can only inquire about this matter with the islanders.

It's too late today, even if the islanders are disturbed to rest by knocking on the door, they may not provide useful clues, so it's best to go tomorrow.

Chapter 213

A group of people divided the division of labor.

Hattori Heiji will go to Mingyang tomorrow to inquire about the situation, and Mori Ran and the others will go to Junhui Shimabukuro and other islanders to inquire about Nami Kaihara's relationship-maybe they can find a suspect who has a grudge against the deceased.

As for Jiang Xia...he was assigned the task of "going to Menli Shazhi for information".

In this incident, Kaori Kaori was a key figure - she once said that "the mermaid wants to kill her", but now, a murder case really happened on the island, and the dead Kaihara Nami was murdered in various forms. Associated with "Mermaid".

Although there is no strong evidence to prove that these two things are related, several detectives intuitively feel that Menri Saori may hold some clues that they do not know.

Because Hattori Heiji was too outspoken before, the first conversation between him and Kadori Saori was not very pleasant. When he was on the boat before, anyone with a discerning eye could see Kadori Saori's dislike for Hattori Heiji, so Hattori Heiji was also very self-aware. Going to find her.

This "important clue" was handed over to Jiang Xia, who was very reliable in solving cases.

And when they were on the boat, other people found out—Men Lishazhi looked at Jiang Xia several times with slightly surprised eyes, as if he was very happy to meet him.

Although this is a bit suspected of coaxing his companions to betray their lust, but in order to get clues...for the time being, I can't care about so much.

Jiang Xia did not refuse this arrangement.

On the one hand, there is no suitable excuse, on the other hand, this task is very easy to paddle - Menli Shazhi is not on the island at this time, he just needs to ask Menli Shazhi's alcoholic father, and then go to the neighbors for a walk, If you get the clue "Men Ri Ya Zhi often runs away from home", you can hang up freely.

……

Heijiang Nao returned home, carefully took out the arrow he had just drawn at the Mermaid Festival, and put it on the bedside closest to him.

She remembered that Menri Yarn had lost the Dugong Arrow a few days ago.This temper tantrum has always been very anxious, and when it comes to life and death, he can do anything——Nao Heijiang is really afraid that if he shoots the arrow too far, Saori Kamenori will sneak away.

At this time, she also got the dugong's arrow, and only then did she feel the panic when Menli Shazhi lost the arrow more deeply.

The next day, Kuroe Nao dreamed of Fa Xiao who died tragically on the waterfall.When she woke up from the nightmare, she panicked for a while, and then she was a little thankful—fortunately, she didn't run around relying on the dugong's arrow, but waited until she got the arrow before thinking about the Mermaid Tomb.

Nao Heijiang reached out to touch the side of the pillow, and picked up the arrow of the dugong he drew last night: With the arrow of the dugong in hand, she will be able to find it smoothly...

The arrow was held in front of him, a little light.

Nao Heijiang took a closer look, and then stared at the half arrow in his hand, his heart almost stopped beating.

... When did it stop? ! !

She jumped up from the bed in a jerk. When she got it before, it was obviously still a whole...

Although the mermaid didn't say what kind of punishment they would get if they damaged the dugong's arrow, they would be punished if they lost the arrow... Heijiang Nao suddenly lost her calm appearance just now. She took out her mobile phone in a panic and called Shimabukuro Junhui.

However, after she finished explaining the situation, she only got a hesitant reply from the witch: "I took the arrow from grandma with my own hands. There is no problem. Did you accidentally crush it while you were sleeping..."

Heijiang Nao now has no time to investigate the reason why the Dugong arrow broke. She just wants to find a remedy as soon as possible. However, Shimabukuro Junhui said that the festival is over and she cannot give her a new Dugong arrow.

After being hung up on the phone, Nao Heijiang lost all thoughts

At this moment, her phone vibrated suddenly.