Conan's Corpse Picker

—and it's a good excuse to go to Moonshae Isle.

Moon Shadow Island is not next to a tourist attraction, and the island's economy is not developed, so its sense of existence is very low.

Originally, Jiang Xia thought that it would sound strange and abrupt for him to go to the island suddenly, so he planned to cover his whereabouts as much as possible, and even prepared a mask and sunglasses.

Unexpectedly, now, the reason for visiting the door was delivered to him by himself.

As long as there is a reason to go to Tsukage Island, it is of course very reasonable to pass by the Spider Mansion in Tottori Prefecture in the middle.

...Today is also the day to remove the suspicion in advance, and everything goes well.

Jiang Xia straightened out her thoughts and carefully collected this precious letter.

At the same time, he gradually remembered one thing.

——He remembered that in the original world line, when Mori Kogoro received the entrustment from Moon Shadow Island, there was no cash in the letter, but it was transferred later.

But now...

As he thought, he picked up the thick little envelope next to him.

When I unfolded it, I saw that there were stacks of 50-yen banknotes inside. After a rough scan, there were almost [-] of them.

They actually sent the cash along with the letter... Could it be that the client this time has also heard about Hattori Heiji's deeds, knows a lot about high school detectives, and knows that they will be summoned by the unreturnable cash?

——Do not write a specific delivery address on the entrustment letter.Then after the detective receives the money, whether it is to avoid "doing nothing after collecting the money" or to pay back the money, he has to look for it.

Other high school detectives might be troubled by this situation, and the grumpy ones might even curse.

But for Jiang Xia, there are more reasons for him to go out.

...This is really a very considerate client.

Jiang Xia also repacked the money, and finally threw the other leaflets and advertisements into the trash bag.

……

While waiting for the last guest to come to the door, Jiang Xia walked outside the detective office, breathing in the not-so-fresh air, swiping his phone for a while, and saw a piece of news.

The news release time is early this morning.

Someone noticed the broken guardrail on the outskirts of the mountain road. Afterwards, the charred sports car down the mountain and the charred corpses in the car were also found one after another.

By the time the news was released, the car, and the body inside it, had been fished up from the bottom of the cliff.

In the case reports of this world, it is not taboo to post photos of the murder scene.

For example, in this report, there are close-ups of the vehicle and the charred corpse inside.

Jiang Xia glanced at the crooked half of the license plate on the photo, and zoomed in on the corpse to have a look.

Then I found that even after Kitagawa's death, his stubborn cheekbones and triangular chin are still so sharp and prominent... Although the client's painting is ugly, she is actually quite good at controlling the essence.

In this way, if she is still paying attention to the news in this area, she should be able to see and recognize the enemy she wants to kill.

After looking at the photos, Jiang Xia looked at the text again.

It was mentioned above that there were gunshot marks at the scene, which was also the direct cause of death of the deceased.In addition, there are not many clues for the time being, so at present, the police suspect that the deceased was sought revenge, or was targeted by a criminal organization, and is investigating in this direction.

After reading it, Jiang Xia returned to the interface with peace of mind, deleted the browsing history, and returned to the detective agency.

—The body was shot to death before falling off the cliff.

All this obviously has nothing to do with him being a legal detective without a gun.

……

In the evening, after Jiang Xia closed her business, she locked the door of the office, followed the address on the entrustment registration form, and came to the block where Noriko Okaya, the consignor of Plant Flavor, was located.

Okaya Noriko was probably worried that the detective would not be able to find her after she had clues about the enemy, so she didn't deliberately hide her address, but got the house number accurately.

Jiang Xia soon arrived near Okaya Noriko's house.

But he didn't enter the building, but let the ghost float over to check the situation.

Wu Tiangou leaned on the window edge and probed quietly.

I saw Okaya Noriko lying on the table, holding a photo frame and crying.

Judging from the number of toilet paper balls thrown nearby, this process has been going on for quite a while.

Chapter 380 Jiang Xia: The Man in Black?do not know

Okaya Noriko did see the news about the car accident and falling off the cliff.

To be precise, since the car accident that killed her fiancé a few months ago, she has been paying close attention to similar news—Noriko Okaya also feels that Kitagawa Qiangshi’s death is hard to change, and it is very likely that I can't help but create similar accidents again, so as long as I pay more attention to this kind of news, maybe I can find Kitagawa Qiang who caused trouble again.

Seeing Kitagawa Takeshi appearing on the news now, Noriko Okaya is not surprised.

The only unexpected thing was that it was Kitagawa's body that made the news.

This is really...

Fantastic.

Okaya Noriko wept with joy, cried and became sad again, and cried all day in a cycle like this.Her murderous aura also naturally dropped during this process.

Wu Tiangou stood in front of the window, watched her weeping, and clasped his hands together in pity, thinking that there should be something like Amitabha here.

However, before he could open his mouth, he was slapped into the window by the tail of the mermaid who followed.

Then the mermaid also went through the glass, commanding Wu Tiangou and her to lift up the mass of murderous aura that seemed huge to them, and moved out of the window again.

……

The days that followed have been very peaceful.

Thinking of the upcoming business trip, Jiang Xia went to prepare some things for the trip.

A week later, he arrived at the station at the appointed time.

That's right, the station.

This time, Gin plans to take public transportation instead of driving.

One of the reasons is that his car, which was damaged by Kitagawa Qiangshi, is still being repaired.

In addition, the travel route this time is too long. After arriving in Tottori Prefecture, you have to transfer to the island halfway. Driving is not as convenient as taking transportation.

Qin Jiu's behavior style is different from that of ordinary murderers. He usually leaves after killing and silences all passers-by who saw him kill.

Therefore, not only the police could not find him, but also the detectives who were good at picking one of the three fixed suspects could not find him.

Therefore, although Gin Jiu's identity is somewhat problematic, it is far from being wanted everywhere, so he can usually appear in public.There are not many occasions where the island country needs to check the identity certificate, so it is safe for him to go out.

... Having said that.

But when Jiang Xia arrived at the station and met with gin and vodka at the hidden place he had agreed upon, he still couldn't help making a small request.

"Just pretend you don't know me on the way."

Jiang Xia tried her best to say euphemistically: "I'm worried that one day you will be photographed when you keep your mouth shut, and then someone will find out that I have had contact with you... Although this can barely explain the past, it is easy to attract doubts from interested people."— ——Those who are interested refer specifically to the group of famous detectives who have a lot of cases around them and are easy to talk about.

"..." Qin Jiu raised his head upon hearing this, and glanced at Jiang Xia from under the brim of his hat.

It's hard to avoid feeling a little delicate when someone says that in person.

But thinking about it carefully, Wu Zuo was indeed acting in strict accordance with the organization's confidentiality requirements.

Moreover, just pretending not to know each other, and not wanting to arrest him and vodka to the police as a performance to climb up... This is not a big deal.

Gin crushed half of the cigarette into the ashtray with water, nodded, and left without saying a word, carrying the briefcase.

Vodka stayed for a second, then trotted to keep up.

After running a few meters, he couldn't hold back and looked back at Jiang Xia, his eyes were shocked, and his face was full of condemnation——

He and his elder brother didn't dislike Wu Zuo who went all the way to kill people, but Wu Zuo actually disliked them? ?How unreasonable!

sooner or later s...

cough.

... Sooner or later, the big brother will kill him!

……

Jiang Xia pretended not to see Vodka's complicated sight of "You have no conscience!"

...a bit of a pang of conscience, but it's also true that he couldn't go out in public with gin and vodka like a gang—perhaps at other times, but not today.

Because according to Jiang Xia's prior investigation, during this trip, he is likely to meet Conan and Mori Kogoro and his group: Mori Kogoro has a good classmate in Tottori Prefecture.A classmate is going to hold a wedding recently, and he is invited to attend.

Jiang Xia recalled the scene at the station.I haven’t seen Conan and Maori yet, so I guess I’m too late to go out again, so I can only get stuck on the dead line later... By the way, before they arrive, I’ll go get the reserved tickets first .

The ticket was booked by Qinjiu before, but now he suddenly said that he wants to leave separately, and he doesn't know whether Qinjiu will give him the ticket again... I'm afraid that this cadre will follow his train of thought just now, think it is very reasonable, and then decide to split up If you divide them up more simply, don't take the same car, and wait for the destination to meet again...then his case will be dismissed.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia quickly left the hidden corner and walked towards the ticket gate.

From a distance, I saw two tall and eye-catching black figures standing there. They seemed to have finished collecting the tickets and were turning around, planning to leave.

Looking at each other, Gin glanced over Jiang Xia, bowed his head and said a few words to Vodka.

Then I saw Vodka's face change from calm to shocked, then from shocked to reluctant, and finally holding the ticket, with a stern face, reluctantly walked towards Jiang Xia.

"..."

Jiang Xia was startled, and then quickly understood what the other party meant.

Probably to give him a ticket.

...but Gin apparently misunderstood some facts.

——Perhaps in Gin's heart, vodka is not cruel at all, so after humbly listening to Jiang Xia's suggestion just now, Gin temporarily entrusted the task of "contacting Uzo" Like a good man's vodka.

...but in the eyes of passers-by who don't know the truth, vodka actually looks more like a villain in the traditional sense.In the eyes of those who know a little bit of the truth, there is no difference—gin and vodka are exactly the same, and they are both members of the Black Organization.

Although according to Jiang Xia's observation just now, there is no protagonist group in the station yet.

But comparing the luck of Gin and Conan...Jiang Xia was always worried that the moment he took the ticket from the vodka, he would be seen by the protagonist group who happened to come in.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia turned his feet, changed his direction slightly, and turned into a corridor as if nothing had happened.

behind him.

The footsteps of the nearby Vodka stopped.Take a close look at the hallway, which has a broken light and looks very dark compared to the bright hall.