Conan's Corpse Picker

Conan and Mao Lilan looked at him in shock, as if a question mark slowly rose above their heads.

Mao Lilan said in a daze: "Mr. Okita? Don't you live in 502 opposite Mr. Dojikata's house? Why did you go to the fourth floor?"

"Ah?" Okita was more confused than her, he patted the railing of his house, "What is the fourth floor, isn't this 502 for me?"

……

As Conan stuck his head out thoughtfully and began to count the floors one by one, Hijikata Kosaburo's eyes gradually darkened, feeling that the world was leaving him.

No, it shouldn't be like this.

His exquisite techniques, his practice and decoration several times a month, his carefully selected idiot detectives...

Mao Lilan looked blankly at Okita, then at Tufang, still confused, and finally had to look at Jiang Xia on the opposite balcony.

Jiang Xia also looked thoughtful, and nodded slightly to her.

Although Mao Lilan still couldn't figure out the situation, the action steps engraved in her DNA made her immediately take out her mobile phone, press 110 at the speed of light, and dial out the moment she met Jiang Xia's eyes.

Kosaburo Hijikata has basically lost the ability to think now, his face is blank, and only a little survival instinct remains.

He heard the short ringing of the dial key, and vaguely realized that Mao Lilan was calling the police, so he reached out to her, trying to take her mobile phone away.

Although Maorilan is relatively naive, she has experienced so many murders and observed so many inferences at the scene.The series of situations just now made her faintly feel that something was wrong.

Especially when she remembered that just now, when Jiang Xia wanted to jump to the opposite side, Hijikata Kozaburo actually reached out to grab Jiang Xia's leg.

Although this can also be interpreted reluctantly, Hijikata Kosaburo was worried about the safety of the guests jumping around on the fifth floor and wanted to stop it.

But in that situation, it is obviously more dangerous to reach out and pull someone directly. If he destroys Jiang Xia's balance, Jiang Xia may fall directly.

——In short, Mao Lilan now feels that Hijikata Kosaburo is not quite right, and he is secretly wary of him.

At this time, seeing Hijikata Kosaburo suddenly reaching out to her, as if trying to snatch the phone, she screamed in fear and kicked it.

Kozaburo Hijikata flew out and hit the railing with a bang, and the two floors seemed to shake.

Jiang Xia and Chong Tian, ​​who was focused on eating melons downstairs, were startled. When they looked up, they saw a slight bump on the railing.

Okita stared blankly at this scene.

After a while, he stopped eating melons, left the balcony, and retreated silently to his safe living room.

Chapter 252 The Scary Threat From the Woman in Black

Hijikata's house deserves to be next to the police station.After calling the police, the police arrived soon.

Not long after, a group of more familiar policemen also arrived.

Miwako Sato looked at the fainted Hijikata Kozaburo and the footprints on his face, and then at the paparazzi who were blocked by the police and rushed over after hearing the wind, and whispered to Jiang Xia: "Didn't you say that you should be careful next time."

Jiang Xia: "..."

He silently glanced at Mao Lilan who was looking at the dead body sadly a few steps away.

Think about the case that this classmate gave him generously, but in the end he didn't say anything.

...Forget it, is there still a lot of blame for this kind of blame?Not bad for this one.

And Officer Sato just talked about it, but in her heart, she didn't seem to mind this kind of behavior.

Jiang Xia then persuasively said: "If you are in a hurry, forget it. Next time, next time."

Miwako Sato looked at him suspiciously for a while, and was gradually confused by the appearance.She gave up the topic in doubt and concentrated on dealing with the scene.

……

The next day, Jiang Xia skillfully went to Dr. A Li's house to grab a meal.

Dr. Ali is sitting in front of his laboratory table, helping Conan to repair his glasses.

While waiting, Conan sat on the sofa and read the newspaper. He didn't know what he read, and his face looked a little strange.

Jiang Xia was about to go over to see what was written in the newspaper, when the sound of the range hood in the kitchen stopped, Hui Yuanai took off her mini apron and came out.

She put the full plate on the table and greeted Jiang Xia first.

Then he immediately noticed Conan's strange expression.

...The main reason is that Hui Yuan Ai found out that just after Conan finished reading the newspaper, he immediately looked at Jiang Xia hesitantly.

She immediately became interested, went to the sofa and took a newspaper to read.

Then his face became strange, and he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the case yesterday that had been almost forgotten, and had a vague guess.

Jiang Xia walked to the side of the two fake children, lowered his head and glanced at the newspaper.

Then I found out that Hijikata Kosaburo was dissing him.

Mao Lilan's shadowless feet have obviously reached perfection - no matter what kind of ghosts he can kick people into at the time of kicking, afterward, the kicked people will not suffer too serious injuries, which is miraculous.

Not long ago, Hijikata Kosaburo who flew out smashed the stainless steel railing, but it was the same.

So yesterday, not long after the police arrived, Kozaburo Hijikata woke up.

Then, perhaps based on the idea of ​​"Let's die together!", he wanted to ruin Jiang Xia's reputation together. He yelled at the paparazzi and reporters squatting around that Jiang Xia is a fake detective, cheating the world and stealing his name. He usually solves cases by stealing scripts.

Jiang Xia felt a little relieved when he saw the earthwork's revelations in the newspaper.

Looking further down, however, things are not quite right.

The person who wrote the manuscript did not follow these words and questioned his ability to solve the case, but began to praise his character inexplicably—in order to save a stranger who had never lived before, he leaped from the balcony on the fifth floor to the next door regardless of the danger.If something goes wrong, it may be smashed into meatloaf on the spot. This kind of courage and courage is commendable.

In the end, the author came to the conclusion that Jiang Xia, a high school student detective, not only solves the case quickly, but also has a good character. He is indeed a model of contemporary high school student detectives.

Jiang Xia: "..."

Shouldn't the hype be increased for such rare black material as "The Famous Detective Who Cheats", and if there is no evidence, evidence should be created. Is the fake show real? What's going on with the media in this world.

Seeing these positive descriptions later, Hui Yuanai's face softened again:

"It seems that most people are sensible enough. But having said that, 'stealing the script in advance' is too outrageous—there are so many occasional murders, where to find the script...he really dares to make up."

As she said that, she turned her head to look at Jiang Xia, and then keenly discovered that Jiang Xia's current mood seems to be not as good as before.

Hui Yuanai raised his little hand and patted him understandingly: "Don't think about it, there are scumbags everywhere, don't waste time on them—come and eat, today I made your favorite fried shrimp."

Jiang Xia nodded and sighed inwardly.

Thinking about the good, at least this time, the media stopped bragging about his ability to solve crimes, and instead bragged about his moral character...

Moreover, although the reporters used commendatory words, this behavior of jumping off a building to save people seemed somewhat impulsive.

The feature of "easy to be impulsive in order to save people" is actually a good use point-maybe some potential murderers have taken a fancy to his "impatient" feature and will ask him to use him as a tool for sharks.

In addition, everyone loves to take chances.Many prisoners in this world have a serious gambler mentality.

It doesn't matter how the media make it up. After all, Kozaburo Hijikata is a celebrity with labels such as "tough guy" and "reasonable". He said with certainty that Jiang Xia stole the script, so maybe some potential criminals will silently believe it, and then when committing crimes, Please Jiang Xia go over and watch.

All in all, the future looks bright.

……

"What's the matter, you're in a bad mood?" Dr. A Li answered the phone just now, when he returned to the dining table, saw Jiang Xia's expression, touched the top of his bald head and smiled mysteriously, "I have something you are interested in .”

Jiang Xia was startled.

Doraemon finally came to deliver the case?

Seeing that he had successfully attracted Jiang Xia's attention, the old man proudly let it go: "Guess first."

Hui Yuanai looked back at Jiang Xia who was really interested in this, and then at the doctor with a smirk on his face.

Then she stretched out her hand silently, and pinched the small plate with a few fried shrimps in front of Dr. A Li, and with the other hand pinched a plate of vegetable salad next to it—the one without sauce, trying to change the gesture.

There was a hint of threat in the lightness of the movement.

Dr. Li: "..."

He thought of the horrible days before that when he was dominated by Hui Yuanai's overly healthy green recipes and did not touch meat.

Dr. A Li secretly stretched out his hand to protect his fried shrimp, cleared his throat as if nothing had happened, and dared not show off again:

"Actually, an old friend of mine signed up for an event called 'Izu Mystery Journey' on the forum. He was successfully selected and was supposed to leave tomorrow. But today, his granddaughter suddenly had a high fever and couldn't pass it. , so he gave me the quota.”

Speaking of this, the doctor looked at Jiang Xia, who was in the limelight recently, and then at Shinichi Kudo, who was forced to pass away due to his shrinking size. He felt that the mysterious trip to Izu was tailor-made for the two children in front of him:

"The organizer of the event has already paid half of the board and lodging expenses for all participants. If the puzzle is successfully solved during the event, he will help pay the other half—equivalent to a free three-day, two-night trip."

Chapter 253 The Organization Lost Information Again?

Conan's eyes lit up, and he accurately grasped his favorite keywords: "Solving the puzzle?"

Compared with him, next to him, Jiang Xia's reaction was much more reserved.Well, it's mainly because he is calm, and it has nothing to do with having read the script beforehand.

Dr. Ali’s praise for the juniors was very useful: “In that forum, everyone communicated with virtual ids. So when they arrived at the scene, no one knew anyone, and the organizer would take the opportunity to mix in with the participants, and at some point Dress up as the 'Night Baron' and create a chain of events.

"Solving the puzzle means finding out the host who is hidden among everyone during these 3 days and 2 nights."

When Hui Yuan Ai heard the word "Night Baron", he remembered something and paused slightly.

Conan also reacted to "The Baron of the Night": "Isn't this a character in my dad's novel... So the host is actually a fan of mystery novels, and this is a gathering of reasoning enthusiasts?"

Dr. A Li shook his head: "I heard from my old friend that the first person to expose the sponsor's identity will not only be able to travel for free, but more importantly, he will be able to get a virus called 'Night Baron' as a prize." .”

When Hui Yuan Ai heard about the virus, his expression completely changed.

In her impression, "Night Baron" was developed by the organization to encrypt data - if the data is opened on a computer outside the organization, this virus will destroy all the data in the computer. While connected to the Internet, the virus also sends the organization the location of the computer.

I heard that a few years ago, when the Dark Night Baron was first developed, the programmers from the Information Department released this virus to keep invading the computers of major companies in order to test it and earn a sum of research funds.

The test results are quite promising, and all businesses are helpless against this virus.

It was put into official use.

And the experience of the test back then has also become a legend in the world-this virus is elusive and cannot be stopped, so people put a villain's name on it, called "Night Baron".

The programmers in the organization felt that this name sounded good, so the virus was officially named after "Night Baron".

This powerful virus, whether it is used for profit or for research, is very good.So in this "Mysterious Journey to Izu", there must be people who covet it.