Conan's Corpse Picker

... She just met this man in the office not long ago.

Although Miwako Sato was not a police officer in the Forensics Division, she had been involved in so many murder cases, so she had some experience.

—she could tell roughly how long the body had been dead.

And at this time, according to her rough judgment... Jiang Xia was sitting in their office to report the crime when Zhenzhong's boss was killed.

"..." It seems that this time, the murderer was not among the people who first discovered the body?

…………

The police quickly completed their inquiries.

Unfortunately, however, the witnesses failed to provide much clues

But soon, the Mumu Police Department was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a surveillance camera in the Hell Pavilion, facing the scene of the crime.

The Mumu police department waved happily: "Go and adjust the monitoring!"

……

5 minute later.

See the monitoring screen.

The Mumu Police Department couldn't be happier.

Surveillance did film the murder process.

But the murderer's face was not photographed—the murderer wore a set of Western knight armor with an iron mask on his face, which completely blocked his face.

……

When the policemen looked at the monitor and sighed.

Beside, Jiang Xia fiddled with her mobile phone silently.

There is an extra video in it, which he secretly photographed just now.

——Just now, the curator Ochiai of this exhibition hall squatted down and pretended to tie his shoelaces while everyone else was watching the surveillance.

During this period, the white-bearded grandfather used the action of "squatting down" to secretly use a good pen to replace the pen on the floor that Boss Zhenzhong had used before his death and could not write with a single pen.

This is part of the Ochiai curator's murder plan.

A few hours earlier, he donned knightly armor to conceal his identity and deliberately killed people on camera.During this process, the old curator did not kill Boss Zhenzhong with a single blow, but left some gaps for him. As expected, Boss Zhenzhong realized that he could not hold on when he was being attacked, so he touched it. A piece of paper on the next table, and picked up the pen that was also there, intending to secretly write the name of the murderer.

However, that piece of paper was actually placed there by the old curator in advance.On the piece of paper, another employee's name had already been written in advance.

Moreover, the pen in Zhenzhong's boss's hand was broken, and he couldn't write at all.

The Hell exhibition hall is dimly lit, and it is difficult for the camera to distinguish such a small difference.

Therefore, as long as afterwards, Director Ochiai promptly replaced the bad pen used by Boss Manaka with a pen that can write normally.

Putting it all together, the whole thing became "before Boss Zhenzhong died, he wrote the murderer's name on a note while the murderer was unaware".

But in fact, that person's name was just an employee who was blamed.

……

While the police were contemplating the surveillance.

Jiang Xia skipped all the reasoning steps and walked to the old curator.

Curator Ochiai was holding his hands behind his back, staring deeply at the oil painting on the wall—gazing at the opposite of the corpse, the oil painting of a knight killing a demon, but was splashed with dirty blood.

In the eyes of the curator, the new owner Zhenzhong broke his promise - it is said that he will continue to open the exhibition hall after he promised to buy the exhibition hall.But now, he suddenly wanted to tear down the exhibition hall and transform it into a restaurant.

So curator Ochiai doesn't regret the murder: he is punishing Manaka, the guy who defiled the art.

Therefore, the curator feels that the bloody knight in the oil painting is very similar to his own situation.

——Handsome, tragic, sacrificing everything, just to eliminate evil.

... A man should be like this.

Just as he was feeling emotional, a sentence suddenly floated beside him:

"The righteous knight subdued the devil, but at the same time, he was also infected with the blood of evil... Do you think so?"

Curator Ochiai: "!"

Startled, he suddenly turned his head to look to the side.

I saw the young man who first discovered the body walked to his side at some point.

"..." Director Ochiai thought of Jiang Xia's words, always felt that he meant something, and felt guilty for a few seconds.

After a while, he twirled his waist-long beard and forcibly calmed down.

——Probably because I thought too much.

This perfect murder plan cannot be easily seen through.

The little boy in front of him was probably just talking about oil paintings.

……

However, Director Ochiai just comforted himself in this way.

In the next second, Jiang Xia's topic completely deviated from the oil painting.

Jiang Xia suddenly said in a low voice: "You should know that when signing a land sale contract, the seller can impose restrictions on the subsequent use of the land—for example, write 'continue to operate the exhibition hall and not use it for other purposes' in the contract. "

Curator Ochiai was taken aback.

Jiang Xia continued: "It's just that this kind of restriction will dissuade many buyers. In other words, once restrictions are added to the contract, the land will become difficult to sell.

"—It now appears that your former boss did not include the 'restricted land use' agreement into the contract.

"Promises that are not written into the contract cannot be trusted. Even a rookie who has just joined the company for a few months knows this, let alone your former boss..."

When Jiang Xia said this, he looked up at the curator, hesitant to say: "Speaking of which, you are already very old, and you have worked hard in the workplace for decades. You are also a curator, and you must have signed Quite a few contracts—you never thought about that, did you?"

Slipping to the side, Conan who eavesdropped silently for a long time: "..."

Although he didn't quite understand the cause...but judging from what Jiang Xia said, he seemed to suspect that the curator was the murderer.

……why?

Also, how could Jiang Xia know so clearly about the exhibition hall?

Did the lady at the ticket office tell him?

Chapter 23 Jiang Xia is a good detective

Director Ochiai is not actually the owner of the pavilion.

The pavilion is the property of the bosses.

The old curator is just a laborer who has developed a personal relationship with his work.Just like the security guard guarding the vault, he fell in love with the gold in the curry-this is destined to be a heavy and fruitless love.

If the "demolition of the exhibition hall and reconstruction of the hotel" must be regarded as a pot, then at least half of the pot should fall on the back of the former boss who sold the exhibition hall.

However, Director Ochiai's anger was poured out on Boss Manaka with great concentration.

... At this time, you can see how dangerous it is to have a poisonous tongue buff in this world.

……

When Jiang Xia was talking, beside him, the hand of the old curator stroking his beard gradually trembled slightly—I don't know if he was angry, or he was finally sure that Jiang Xia was treating him as a murderer, so he was nervous.

After a moment of silence, Director Ochiai took a deep breath, intending to tenaciously deny it—just like those knights who fight to the last moment.

However, at this moment, the young man opposite suddenly raised his phone and shook it at him.

On the screen with low pixels, the scene of the curator picking up the pen is being played.

This is a fatal flaw in the curator's plan.

Jiang Xia looked at the pale face of the old curator, and nodded inwardly.

He quickly pulled the progress bar of the case in order to solve the case as soon as possible and pick up the ghost as soon as possible.

Jiang Xia sternly said: "Surrender yourself. Don't take any chances anymore. What you do, what you think is a hidden method, will be seen by the masses of the people."

"..." Curator Ochiai stared at the screen on the phone, and the last trace of confidence in his heart gradually disappeared.

...not even 10 minutes have passed.

He conceived for a long time, and practiced the murder plan for more than a week... How could it be seen through like this? !

……

At the same time, Conan, who was eavesdropping, was also shocked.

Conan: "..." When detectives reason, they give evidence step by step and perfect logic...

But when we arrived in Jiangxia, why did we fast-forward to the finale with one click?

...Also, is the curator really the murderer?

Conan reviewed the known conditions, but couldn't figure out how Jiang Xia came to this conclusion.

He originally wanted to ask, but the self-esteem of a young man made it difficult for Conan to ask.

"..."

Still, there's a little torn between self-esteem and curiosity.

Conan suddenly realized: Now, he is just a first-grade kid.

...Primary school students ask high school students a question, what's wrong?

After figuring it out, Conan thumped his palm with a small fist, and suddenly realized.

He walked to Jiang Xia's feet with a cute face: "Well, Brother Jiang Xia, can I see your mobile phone?"

Jiang Xia: "..."

... Kudo-san, why are you speaking so suddenly.

Jiang Xia glanced at him indescribably, pressed replay, and silently handed over the phone.

There is no shameful person in this phone.