Conan's Corpse Picker

In the second spider mansion incident, Jiang Xia and that impolite Osaka high school student detective were present.When two high school detectives get together, it's no wonder that something goes wrong... Boom.

Toru Amuro tapped his forehead with his fingers, stopping this kind of judgment that was purely based on experience and intuition.

...Compared to high school student detectives, what is more noteworthy in this incident is obviously the lost puppets and client lists—according to the reasoning given by Hattori Heiji, the killed Patriarch Takeda may be engaged in drug trafficking activities.

...In this way, the murderer in the first case also said that the store manager he killed was secretly selling drugs.

Moreover, Jiang Xia didn't solve the case in the spider mansion incident, but just left Takeda's house...

Combining these elements, Toru Amuro vaguely felt that the case at the Spider Mansion might be related to the organization.I just don't know what role Jiang Xia played in it.Did they participate in the mission; or did they discover the clues, or were warned, so they actively avoided conflicts like they did on Moon Shadow Island?

Looking further down, the third case—the Xingxing murder case that happened almost at the same time as the case in the Spider Mansion—made Amuro feel a little relieved.

This time, neither the deceased nor the murderer had anything to do with drugs, and they were no longer related like the previous two incidents.

And the fuse of this murder was a murder that happened a year ago.Regardless of the time or the nature of the case, it has little to do with the organization, and it should be just an ordinary murder case.

In addition, there is another thing that makes people worry - besides Jiang Xia, the witnesses in this case actually include Jiang Xia's neighbors and several children... Why does Jiang Xia always meet acquaintances when she goes out?

In other words, when I was on a business trip, I seemed to meet Jiang Xia by chance, and usually around that time, I would run into Jiang Xia's classmates or neighbors together.There are so many coincidences around Jiang Xia, and his luck is indeed a bit strange...

Toru Amuro thought while continuing to look down.

The fourth case was the electrocution homicide on the Haiyuan.

Amuro looked very carefully.

Because of Jiang Xia's previous narration, this "Haiyuan" seems to be very valued by Wu Zuo, and even gin and vodka are also arranged to take the boat. There may be some important secret hidden on it.

But after careful reading several times, this case also had nothing to do with drug trafficking, and the boat seemed to be just an ordinary boat.

The only suspicious thing is that the hands and feet of the deceased President Yamazaki in the case are not very clean, but this level of wealth and crime is not enough for the organization to regard him as the target of the mission.

Toru Amuro looked at the ready-made information obtained from the police, and became more and more confused about the arrangement of Uzo and Gin. He couldn't figure out what plots this ship had for him.Is this actually part of a larger plan?

After the limelight is over, I have to ask my subordinates to check it carefully.Now I can only stare at it from a distance, so as not to expose myself...

Toru Amuro went through some of the files thoughtfully, and then his eyes fell on the last piece of information.

——The explosion at the Moonshad Isle Community Center.

In this incident, Jiang Xia was also involved.But very marginal.

Before and after the explosion, Jiang Xia had an alibi for a long time—from the moment the ship docked, Jiang Xia had been surrounded by police and reporters.Later, when the explosion happened, Jiang Xia was even at the gate of the police station.The latter is indeed the same as what he said just now: he went to the island with the police, and then left in a low-key manner.

After going through it all, Toru Amuro had a general idea in his heart.

——He still prefers Jiang Xia over Wu Zuo.

When in a dream, it is difficult to think rationally, but to connect a few points simply and crudely, that's why he dreamed that Wu Zuo was Jiang Xia.

Now after waking up, after a little deliberation, you will know that the conclusion "Jiangxia = Uzuo" lacks sufficient support.

Uzo's level of secrecy and Gin's attitude have already explained his status in the organization.And this point does not correspond to Jiang Xia's identity at all.

——Toru Amuro has a good idea of ​​the cadres in Tokyo who can get mixed up with Gin on missions.

Therefore, in his opinion, Uzo, the "new face" that he had never heard of, was unlikely to be a member who used to be active in Tokyo.It is more likely that the resident cadres from Tottori, or parachuted to Tokyo from other places.

Jiang Xia lived in Tokyo since childhood.

In addition, there is another possibility—Uzo is not a foreigner, but was discovered in Tokyo, and was quickly promoted because of his outstanding ability.

...But no matter how "fast", there should be a year or two for precipitation and investigation, and in that way, Uzo should have already emerged as a peripheral member.

On the contrary, a few months ago, Jiang Xia was a cannon fodder member who was implicated by the Miyano sisters and was almost disposed of by Qin Jiu. If Jiang Xia was really Wu Zuo, at that point in time, he should already have a code name However, Gin couldn't have wanted to kill an official member so hastily at that time.

... Unless Jiang Xia is some kind of genius who is very suitable for the organization, has shown his ability to the organization, has been recognized, and continues to work for the organization.

But in fact, according to Amuro Toru's observation, Jiang Xia is at home, at the office, at the scene of the crime, and on the highway late at night.Occasional business trips are mostly invited by classmates, neighbors, or some lottery tickets... In short, he has no time to do the tasks of the organization at all, and there is no sign of doing the tasks.

Also, regarding the reaction of vodka and the doubts about the "organization's method of restricting Uzo"... Toru Amuro feels that it is still as he thought before—according to the organization's consistent caution, if he wants to restrict members of Uzo's level, Organizations will inevitably adopt a more long-term, stable and effective approach.

Instead of using a necklace that may fail at any time due to distance, signal blocking and other reasons.

also……

Toru Amuro flipped through the mail again, and his eyes stopped on two of the cases.

——The Star Murder Case,

And one day later, the electrocution murder case on the tour boat.

In the previous case, when the reporter interviewed, Jiang Xia was still wearing normal clothes, with her neck exposed and nothing on it.

But in the interview after the electric shock incident on the boat, Jiang Xia had a cute and fluffy scarf around his neck. Although the scarf was carefully arranged by him, the shape of the scarf was barely harmonious, but the overall pattern and style of the scarf really didn’t match the clothes. It should be borrowed from someone temporarily to cover up the "necklace".

In this way, it is even more impossible to equate the "necklace" with "the way the organization restricts Uzo"—even if the "necklace" is a very stable black technology, its restriction should start from the very beginning of the task Go ahead, rather than rushing to apply such patches halfway through.

As for the high degree of overlap between Jiang Xia and Qin Jiu's itinerary... Certain elements on Moon Shadow Island attract organizations and detectives.And as long as the destination is the same and the time when the conflict erupts is the same, then Jiang Xia and Qin Jiu also set off from Tokyo, and it is normal for their trajectories to overlap.

In addition, Toru Amuro couldn't imagine that if Jiang Xia was Uzuo, why would Uzuo, a cadre, go to work in his office incognito?

Moreover, as a "loyal" member of the organization, there is no need for Uzo to do everything possible to hide his identity from "Bourbon"... unless the organization has already become suspicious of Bourbon, and the purpose of sending Uzo over is to obtain some tangible evidence .

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro paused in thought.

Although this possibility is very small, if it is the case... the loss will undoubtedly be very heavy.

... Although he felt that Wu Zuo was not Jiang Xia, it was necessary to verify it again just to be on the safe side.

Chapter 428 Three-Line Operation

If you want to find out whether Jiang Xia is Wu Zuo, maybe you can start with his travel purpose.

Wu Zuo's motivation for this trip is undoubtedly the task of the organization.

And Jiang Xia's business trip this time...

Toru Amuro pressed his forehead and recalled seriously, remembering the letter that Jiang Xia had read to him when he asked for leave.

The inscribed name should be "Aso Keiji".If it was printed neatly, Toru Amuro might have forgotten it after so many days.But that entrustment letter was composed of fonts cut out from various places, with different sizes and a strong sense of imagery, and he still has an impression on it until now.

Toru Amuro thought for a moment, and sent an email to his subordinates:

[Go to check "Aso Keiji" in Tsukage Island, Tottori Prefecture.I want all his information, and whether he has anything to do with the explosion on Moon Shadow Island.If he died in the explosion, find other close people to find out why he sent Jiang Xia a letter of entrustment.If it’s not him who sent the letter, go find the real sender—don’t appear directly around Moon Shadow Island, pay attention to concealment]

After sending the message, Toru Amuro thought about it, changed his mobile phone, accessed the organization's database, and searched for "Jiang Xia Tongzhi" in the personnel column.

——Jiang Xia once participated in his mission as a peripheral member, Amuro Toru has the authority to find out Jiang Xia's relevant files.Moreover, he often contacts Jiang Xia and searches for these in the database for a good reason, so there is no need to worry about people who regularly check the background records becoming suspicious.

The page refreshes and a window pops up soon.

Toru Amuro clicked on the information page, and saw Jiang Xia's past resume, areas of expertise, and some mission records displayed on it.

Toru Amuro looked familiar with these mission records.Especially the recent ones - all of which he arranged for Jiang Xia to prevent Jiang Xia from being sanctioned by the organization because of his obsession with solving crimes and overdoing the organization.

He looked at Jiang Xia's file again.

According to Amuro Toru's experience, after peripheral members get code names, HR will create a new file and add it to the database instead of upgrading the old file.

In other words, the files of the original peripheral member period will continue to be preserved.

Afterwards, if the member goes underground after being promoted, his identity as a peripheral member will disappear with a "death", and the files will be sealed up like other dead, completely turning into a mysterious organization cadre.

And if the identity activities in the society are to be kept, the file of that member in the peripheral period will continue to exist for a period of time to prevent people who are interested in obtaining information through file changes.In the following year or two, the task frequency of this "peripheral member" will decrease at a reasonable rate, gradually reducing the sense of existence, and finally making the file just a dusty file.

... Although there are such protective measures, Toru Amuro has been in the organization for a long time, and he can still see the changes in the status of some members from the changes in the mission frequency in the files.

But Jiang Xia...

When Jiang Xia first came to his office, Amuro Toru had already checked the suspicious new employee who came to his door from both the organization and the police.

At this time, Toru Amuro looked at the organizational file in front of him that was no different from what he remembered, and found it difficult to distinguish his identity from the perspective of "changes in mission frequency".

——Although Jiang Xia is very serious about his part-time job and detective career, but in the organization, he has always had a weak sense of existence from the beginning to the end.

A few years ago, when Jiang Xia's parents were still alive, Jiang Xia was still young.I don't know what he experienced during training, it seems that he has been hit a lot, and his mentality is still not good.

Jiang Xia's mother is a very talented scientific researcher, and she has a code name early on. Although she hopes that her son will accept the organization, she still loves her son, so she often asks Jiang Xia to follow her or her companion's tasks and complete the targets.

Later, Jiang Xia's parents passed away, and in Jiang Xia's file, there were more tasks related to Xue Li and Qin Jiu... This should be because of Xue Li - Jiang Xia's mother is her colleague, and it is her life-saving benefactor.After Jiang Xia's parents died in the car accident, Shirley seemed to have taken over the couple's work on her own initiative and became a new task delivery machine.

...Afterwards, Jiang Xia said that he didn't want to eat the girl's soft food, and at the same time felt that he could shine in the detective industry, so he came to him again... Amuro quickly browsed Jiang Xia's mission records, and found that there was a gap between these states. , with no trace of splitting at all.

——Jiang Xia paddled the water consistently from beginning to end.No one arranged tasks for him, and he would not take the tasks by himself, as if his performance was not up to standard and he would be sent away as cannon fodder... According to this attitude, unless Jiang Xia was already a cadre when he was a few years old , Otherwise, judging from the files, he does not have the characteristics of "gradually reducing the frequency of tasks after being promoted to a cadre".

... From this aspect, Jiang Xia and Wu Zuo are still not compatible.

If there is any doubt about Jiang Xia's experience, it is that since a few months ago, the number of cases he encountered has suddenly increased, and people have become busy.

Although many high school detectives are like this, but...

Toru Amuro swiped his phone gradually slower, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, like lightning splitting the darkness.

——If there is a person who can complete the tasks of the organization with the frequency that Jiang Xia solves the case, then his rapid promotion seems very reasonable...

Solve the case = task?

"..."

The idea may seem absurd at first glance, but...

Toru Amuro stood where he was, without moving for a while.

After a while, he seemed to have gradually cleared his mind. He put away the mobile phone of the organization and replaced it with another one, and sent another message to his subordinate Yuya Kazami:

[Look for an opportunity to get in touch with the murderer in the case that Jiang Xia has cracked.Especially the ones who have killed the big ones.Re-examine their motives for committing the crime, the trigger for the decision to kill, the source of inspiration for the murder method—and before that, have you ever had contact with a special person]

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detective agency.

After Toru Amuro left.

Jiang Xia looked at the door and pondered for a moment, then looked away, and carried out the cat again.

While proficiently ruaing other people's cats, he flipped through the letters and materials accumulated in the past few days. At the same time, he took the mobile phone, found the saved regular emails in the gap between the pages, and sent them to the corresponding customers one by one, reminding them They come to fetch the cat.

Soon, the accumulated information was turned over.Jiang Xia's luck seems to have run out in other places. In the past few days after he left, among the letters he received, there was no invitation to enter the murder case from far away.

Jiang Xia sighed, gathered up the waste paper on the table and tied it up, ready to throw it away.

Then he flipped through the newspaper while waiting for the client to come to his door.

Flipping through, fingers paused, and stopped on a certain page.