Conan's Corpse Picker

……

On the way back, Toru Amuro faintly felt that the introverted little girl didn't seem to want to talk to him.

On the contrary, it was Conan, lying in the gap between the two front seats, asking questions all the way, as if he was checking his household registration.

Toru Amuro sighed secretly, if the two children's personalities can be balanced, they will be normal.

On the way here, how did Jiang Xia deal with it? ...It's not easy.

When Conan and Toru Amuro were chatting, Haibara Ai listened silently, ready to interrupt whenever Conan asked about death——Jiang Xia seemed to be catching up on sleep in the front seat.

Huiyuan Ai doesn't like to talk to Amuro Toru, not because of Jiang Xia's actions just now, but because he feels that Amuro Toru is very different: if you don't feel the breath, just look at his words and deeds, he doesn't look like a member of the organization at all.

However, Haibara thought vigilantly, this does not mean that Toru Amuro is really a good person - I heard that some members who have code names and have not revealed their identities will indeed hide in society like this, doing their own things normally Work.If the organization did not suddenly issue tasks, they would appear to be people who have nothing to do with the organization.

But often this kind of person is the most dangerous, and we must be vigilant...

Hui Yuanai dutifully grabbed the back of Jiang Xia's chair and kept vigilant all the way.

Jiang Xia fell asleep a long time ago. This kind of boring time on the road is just used to replenish energy and reduce the consumption of murderous energy.

Conan finally got tired of asking, he sat back on his seat in the eyes of Toru Amuro who secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then looked out the window, and began to review the information he just asked, trying to analyze whether Toru Amuro had any problems— —He was still a little concerned about Xiaobai anesthetizing Toru Amuro.Of course, in addition to this point, "driving is too boring" also accounts for a large part of the reason.

……

The car quickly left Izu and headed all the way to Tokyo.

Arriving in the suburbs, when passing through a forest, there was a loud "bang" from the side of the car, followed by a violent shock to the car body - the tire burst.

Jiang Xia was awakened by this movement, and after realizing what happened, his surprise quickly turned into surprise.

Then began to skillfully gather puppets in the trunk.Well, he remembered that Toru Amuro had the habit of carrying a spare tire with his car.

At the same time, Jiang Xia looked around.Sure enough, more than ten meters away, he saw a villa standing in the forest.

In the wilderness, the vehicle has a flat tire, there is a villa next to it, a mobile phone...

Jiang Xia took out her mobile phone and took a look, and was relieved to find that there was no signal.

perfect.

...Mr. Amuro is really a reliable card and never disappoints.

At the same time, Jiang Xia briefly possessed the newly rubbed puppet, opened his eyes in the trunk, and broke Amuro Toru's spare tire.

...I want to go to the alluring forest hut next to me to find out. Of course, I can't let Amuro Toru repair the tire smoothly.

Gotta find an excuse like "borrow the phone" and go inside and have a look.

……

Amuro also realized what happened, he quickly stabilized the vehicle and stopped on the side of the road.

At the same time, I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, is it an illusion, why every time I go out with these people, my tire blows out.

Before that, he kept his spare tire in the car for a year or so and never used it, but now... the owner of the auto repair shop has suggested that he apply for an annual card.

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro subconsciously looked at the other people in the car.

After waking up, Jiang Xia looked out the window as if in a daze, and then looked down at the phone, as if checking the time.Well, it is in line with the state of "who am I, where am I and what time is it" when I suddenly wake up, and it seems to be no problem.

As for the other two...

The cold little girl hugged the passenger seat and stuck behind the seat, unable to see her expression.But judging from her movements, she seemed a little flustered, like a child should react.

Instead, Conan...

Looking at Conan's appearance, Toru Amuro gradually became a little puzzled, why is he so calm?The movement of the tire blowout was not small, and the violent vibration of the car just now could easily scare children...

Toru Amuro asked him suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid?"

"Ah?" Conan was looking around at first, but when he heard this question, he withdrew his gaze, wanting to refute—how could he be frightened by a mere puncture as a high school student.

...It is a pity that this cannot be said.

Conan could only make an excuse: "You mean a flat tire? Don't be afraid. I used to encounter this kind of thing all the time. The doctor who often took me out to play, the quality of his car's tires is not very good... "

As he spoke, his tone paused, and for some reason, Toru Amuro looked at him strangely.

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Conan was stared at by him, gradually quieted down, and began to feel a little guilty. Could it be that this excuse was too perfunctory?

Amuro stared at Conan for a while, then silently looked away.

... He seems to have found the cause of the flat tire.

But soon, Toru Amuro felt that this was not rigorous enough—the last time, when passing by the foggy tengu-infested temple, Conan was obviously not in his car, and Jiang Xia was the only one present.

But on the way back, Conan was indeed...

... No, why should he seriously think about this kind of thing.Amuro quickly interrupted his thoughts.Believe in science, the world is materialistic, how can there be such a strange "flat tire somewhere" physique, nonsense.

While correcting his world view, he got out of the car and planned to change the spare tire.

After going around to the back of the car and opening the trunk lid, Toru Amuro paused slightly.

...the spare tire is punctured.

Familiar location, familiar teeth marks.

Toru Amuro stared quietly at the breach, thinking he would be surprised.

But in fact, when he saw this brand-new broken tire at this time, he actually had a feeling of "as expected".I even have fantasies: the cut is neater than before, and the teeth of the unknown creature that gnawed on his tires seem to be sharper than before...

At this point, Toru Amuro couldn't help but miss his metal tire box.

Last time, on the way back with Jiang Xia and the others, Toru Amuro made up his mind to order a box to store the spare tire, but he was delayed by something and forgot.

Tsk, it must be on the agenda this time.After it's done, you don't need to carry it every day—when you think you'll meet Jiang Xia and his friends, just put the metal box in the car.

Conan saw Toru Amuro standing in front of the trunk, not moving for a long time, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xia also got out of the car and went around to the trunk. He looked in and was stunned: "Why did it become like this again, in your car..."

"No mice." Toru Amuro replied blankly, "There are no such things as squirrels, wild cats, woodpeckers."

"Hmm..." You are so skilled.

After going back last time, Amuro asked someone to check the car carefully, and even took it apart to have a look, but they didn't find any animals, and there were no traces of animals moving.

...What the hell is biting his womb.

But the matter had come to this point, and Toru Amuro had no choice but to find someone to tow the truck.

He took out his cell phone and planned to dial.

But click on the screen to see.Well, no signal.

Conan had already jumped out of the car and started looking around.

At this time, he pointed to the villa that Jiang Xia had been secretly staring at for a long time, tens of meters away: "There seems to be someone living there, let's borrow their landline and use it."

Toru Amuro looked at him silently, and felt that this line was very familiar. He had heard it several times before, but it was not good after every time.

Jiang Xia sighed beside him, and agreed with Toru Amuro: "That's the only way to go."

……

The villa in the woods seemed to be quite old, but there was not much dust on the outside, and the shrubs and grass at the door were also in order. It seemed that it had been repaired recently. This was probably not a deserted villa, but inhabited.

The decoration of the villa is a bit special. There are three steps at the door, and handrails are installed along the steps.

At the end of the armrest on the right, there is a palm-sized tiger sculpture, but the left is empty, with nothing on it, and a few holes drilled on the edge.

Hui Yuanai was about the same height as those holes.

When a group of people went to knock on the door, she passed the handrail, then backed away, looked around at the small hole in the handrail, and raised her hand to straighten her hair.

When she looked up and found that Jiang Xia was looking at her, Hui Yuanai froze, cleared her throat uncomfortably, and explained in a low voice: "There is a mirror inside." She couldn't help but take a look...

Jiang Xia looked at the tiger on the handrail, then at the lion title ring on the gate, and the memory was touched.No wonder there was a murderous look in the house.He remembered what it was.

Toru Amuro had also arrived at the door.He took the animal face ring and knocked it a few times inexperiencedly, obviously not used to this rare decoration style.After knocking for a while, I suddenly saw a doorbell on the wall next to me, put down the copper ring immediately, and went to ring the doorbell instead.

There were some trivial and flustered noises in the room, and there were people inside.

After that, another one or two minutes later, when Toru Amuro and Conan became alert and suspected that something had happened inside, someone finally came to open the door.

Inside was a fat man with a goatee.

He opened the door a crack, only his head was exposed, frowning, looking very vigilant, he didn't intend to invite everyone in, he just wanted to send them away as soon as possible.

However, when he was about to speak, the goatee's eyes glanced over Jiang Xia inadvertently.

His tone paused, and his expression flashed through many changes in an instant - fearful, murderous, and greedy for Jiang Xia's ability to solve puzzles and cases.

Because the expressions are too complicated, these emotions cannot be interpreted at a glance.

However, his obviously abnormal reaction made Toru Amuro and Conan's original doubtful attitude gradually turn into suspicion.

Jiang Xia looked at the little brother at the door who was not very good at mental quality, and then at the sudden increase of murderous aura on his body, his tone became gentle: "Our car passed by here, and we accidentally blew a tire, I want to borrow your phone number, Don't know if it's convenient now?"

"Hmm... just wait a moment." The goatee rolled his eyes and slammed the door shut.

Waited for another 5 minutes.

As time passed, Amuro glanced at the door lock, then looked at the window next to him.

Jiang Xia seemed to see his Grade [-] Certificate of "Professional Breakthrough" shining.

Before Amuro could make a move, though, the door opened again.

This time, the goatee's smile is much warmer.Next to him was a middle-section man with a plaster cast on his right arm, who was said to be his younger brother.

The two showed professional smirks, Goatee invited Jiang Xia and the others to enter the house, and said: "This house is a relic of our grandfather. We just took it over and haven't had time to add things. There is no landline, but I can lend my car to you. You, just...

"You can do me a little favor."

Speaking of this, he twisted his thumb and index finger, indicating that this was just a small request.

Jiang Xia looked at the murderous look on the pair of "brothers", and was easy to speak, nodding in agreement.

The eyes of the goatee and the middle-parted man suddenly became hot, and they began to tell Jiang Xia their troubles.

In the process of speaking, Amuro Toru's eyes shifted slightly, and he paused on the right hand of the man in the center, which was covered with plaster, and quickly slid away.