Conan's Corpse Picker

"Before, my attention was all on the arson suspect, and I didn't pay attention to whether there were any suspicious people around. It was when I was taking the elevator up and observing Jiang Xia that I suddenly found him next to Jiang Xia... By the way, we are in the cup Tomachi met Mr. Kano, he should have come here by subway, so he came here about 7 minutes ago!"

Speaking of this, Shikano Shuji stayed in the subway for such a long time for no reason, and suddenly went to touch Ci Jiangxia.

...becoming more and more suspicious.

Miwako Sato also heard a problem.

She flipped through the communication records, and her face was ugly: "7 minutes ago... that happened to be when I was talking to Jiang Xia - Jiang Xia mentioned some conjectures about the real culprit of the 'Chou Si Lang Incident'. Maybe it was then, he The words were heard by Shikano Shuji.

"Jiang Xia has only heard about this case, and has never seen the suspect, so she may not be prepared for that old man. If..."

If it is a murderer who can avoid being held accountable with only one day left, when he is about to open a new chapter in his life, he suddenly encounters an unknown obstacle...

Thinking of this, Miwako Sato couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

She subconsciously exchanged glances with the smart bespectacled elementary school student next to her, and said to herself, "Could it be..."

The smart elementary school student obviously overheard the content of her phone call, and his face was equally ugly: "...Could it be that he ran to attack Jiang Xia and was beaten to death by Jiang Xia instead, the elderly are relatively weak..."

Sato: "...?"

...Even elementary school students know that Jiang Xia likes to beat people. What is going on with this detective? !

Miwako Sato sighed anxiously.

Originally, she was only worried about Jiang Xia's safety.

Now that Conan said this, she began to worry about Jiang Xia's reputation...

And although she hated the prisoner.But she wanted the prisoner to get the punishment and crime he deserved after being tried, and go to jail, instead of letting him be knocked to death inexplicably, and dragged along with a promising young detective...

"...Report the kidnapping." Miwako Sato turned to Takagi on the phone, "Takagi, borrow your name. If it turns out that this is just an oolong later, you say you didn't know about it, and I will take the responsibility."

Then she hangs up and dials back to headquarters:

"Someone witnessed a kidnapped high school student at Shinagawa Station, please send someone to search nearby immediately, the characteristics of the two are..."

……

In Shinagawa subway station.

Gao Mushe looked at the hung up phone, dug out the address book, and continued to dial Jiang Xia, trying to get in touch with the high school student who suddenly lost contact, reminding him to be careful of the elderly around him.

Pressing the dial key, Takagi looked at the number on the screen, and suddenly realized something slowly.

——Before he said that the real culprit of the "Koushiro incident" was suspected to be Shikano Shuji, Officer Sato seemed to have doubts about Shikano Shuji first.

In this way, Officer Sato said before, "She will marry whoever can solve this mystery"... Ah no, it is the promise of "Whoever can solve this mystery, she will fulfill his wish". Just "snap", it's gone...

Takagi sighed sadly.

Then calm was quickly restored.

...Thinking about the good, in fact, even if he was given this opportunity, he wouldn't be ashamed to mention "marry me!", "Be my girlfriend!", "Let's have a workplace romance together!"... etc. requirements.Most likely, offer to have dinner with Officer Sato.

So, rounding things up, now that Miwako Sato has solved the puzzle by himself, for Takagi Tsutomu, he just lost a dinner, but for a thick-skinned competitor, that person lost a whole wife.

...After all, according to Officer Sato's character of doing what he says, even if someone really proposes to her with this, she will probably agree.

Thinking of this, Gao Mushe's mood instantly improved a lot.

In addition, according to Police Officer Sato, Jiang Xia seemed to have given her a lot of hints about the "Chou Si Lang incident".

If this good thing of fulfilling his wish falls on Jiang Xia...

Takagi She couldn't help but lift up his heart.

Then he pondered for a moment and let it go again.

...Even if Jiang Xia really proposes to Police Officer Sato, Sato will only let Jiang Xia study hard, and then think about this kind of issue after graduation. After all, their age difference is nearly ten years, and Police Officer Sato will not do this kind of confrontation. A murderous thing.

In addition, no matter how you look at it, Jiang Xia is not as enthusiastic about Miwako Sato as he and Shiratori are.Instead, he kind of avoided her.Especially when knocking people.Wouldn't it be better...

...No, now is not the time to think about these messy things.

I have to find Jiang Xia and Shikano Shuji as soon as possible. If they can be found, Officer Sato will definitely be very happy.That lost dinner, I can probably make up for it in no time.

……

Jiang Xia's cell phone was switched to vibration mode.

The noise in the subway station is very loud, and the buzzing vibration can be easily masked.

But after exiting the station, following Shikano Shuji's guidance, the two gradually turned to a very quiet place.

At this time, when I received a call again, the voice suddenly became much more obvious.

Shinagawa [-]-chome, in an abandoned warehouse.

Jiang Xia took out the vibrating mobile phone and glanced at the screen.Did not answer, did not hang up.

He swung the stick with the other hand—Shoji Kano tried to rush out of the warehouse in one breath when he was distracted, but was deftly swiped by the tip of the stick, and staggered back to the corner.

"...You, what on earth do you want to do?!" Lu Ye Shuji fell to the ground, looking at the "enthusiast" in front of him blocking his way.Gritting his teeth with a straight face, he couldn't help showing a little panic in his eyes.

"Don't steal other people's lines." Jiang Xia turned the phone to silent, put it back in his pocket, and then looked at Shuji Luno condemningly, "I sent you home with good intentions, but you actually attacked me with revenge..."

As he spoke, he took a step closer and raised his hand.Against the backdrop of the setting sun behind him, it was like a ray of justice.

However, in Lu Yexiu's eyes, he only saw a demon.

……

at the same time.

Tens of kilometers away, in the suburbs of Tokyo.

In front of a desolate single house, a woman in a long windbreaker and sunglasses pushed open the door, walked quickly across the courtyard, and entered the room.

As soon as Minamoto Hongna entered the living room, she saw Hongko Koizumi standing in a corner of the living room, looking at the brand new magic circle on the ground in doubt.

Yuan Hongnai took off her sunglasses, frowned and told her: "Be careful, don't break it."

Chapter 476 A Relentless Attempt

"How could it be broken? I am also a witch, not a three-year-old brat." Koizumi Hongzi folded her arms, snorted, and then continued to look at the magic circle on the ground in doubt, "What is this? Didn't you say Does magic not work on Kistengu?"

Koizumi Hongzi is in a very bad mood right now.

Although the house I live in now is not too small, compared with the original vast castle, it is extremely difficult to settle down.

But now, she is afraid to move back to live in the comfortable castle—according to the servant, Wutiangou will occasionally go to the castle to inspect, looking like he really wants to grab something to go home.

In addition, the servant also brought very bad news: the precious instruments accumulated in her castle have now been drained of magic power and turned into a pile of scrap iron.

Yuan Hongnai's loss was not so heavy.But the failure to catch monsters before was a big blow to her who was able to do everything without any disadvantage.

but……

"Although the price paid was not small, it was finally rewarded."

Yuan Hongnai stroked the old ancient books on the table with her fingers, and slowly exhaled: "It's a pity that monsters don't exist, but if we can catch the mysterious wizard behind it, we can barely make up for our loss."

Koizumi Hongzi was taken aback: "Monsters don't exist? Mysterious wizards? What do you mean?!"

When Yuan Hongna was making these preparations, she was in a hurry every day without discussing with her at all.

Koizumi Hongzi therefore knew nothing about her aunt's progress.She has nothing to do these days, so she made other preparations by herself, and paid for a huge steel mesh—since the magic will be eaten by Wutiangou, it should be captured by physical means. The sniper rifle the servant used that day, look It's very effective when you go up.

Yuan Hongnai heard her question, glanced at the huge steel mesh piled up in the corner, and snorted coldly:

"Stupid. Haven't you noticed that the bullet passed him that night, but he left nothing behind - no blood, no tar, nothing... Generally, even bugs have bodily fluids, not to mention It’s a monster whose body is close to that of a human. In addition, when he was hit by a sniper rifle, there were obviously pieces of clothes falling down, but those pieces also disappeared later.”

"..." Koizumi Hongzi remembered some kind of explanation when he heard these over-marked words, "You mean to say that Wutengu is not a real creature, but some kind of puppet?!"

Yuan Hongna nodded:

"It should be something similar. It must carry some kind of method that can split the complex magic power into simple particles, and then absorb it all - if you don't find out who is hiding behind it, it will be futile to catch a few 'monsters' .”

As she said that, she glanced at the ancient book she found in relief again: "Fortunately, I have a clue now, and it's only a matter of time before I find that person."

Minamoto didn't invite help this time.

Magicians in this world exist in families, and the number is far less than what some outside insiders thought.These families usually do not communicate with each other, and only meet to negotiate when encountering major problems. Under normal circumstances, it is rare to see each other in a hundred years.Only when a family behaved out of line, or caused too much impact on the society, other families would jump out, punish the early bird in the name of balance, and then divide up the spoils.

But it is absolutely impossible to sit down to hunt friendly and share the harvest together.

However, although there is not much help in magic, Minamoto's husband's family has a wide network of contacts in society.

In modern society, the power of magic and abilities is not as strong as before.As long as she can identify the identity of the wizard behind "Fog Tengu", it's not difficult to use methods other than magic to put pressure on him.

Based on the current situation, Yuan Hongnai felt that if the wild wizard could be caught, it would be a good deal whether it was to torture the secret method or use it for his own use.And this can also avenge the other party's tricks on herself-in fact, she didn't guess that Wutiangou was just a puppet controlled by a wizard until the servant confirmed that nothing had fallen from "Wutiangou". , She actually really thought that there were monsters in the world.

Yuan Hongnai's thoughts diverged for a moment, but quickly retracted.

She reached into her robes and found a vial.

Then he held the bottle and said to Koizumi Hongzi, "Stay back a little bit, and restrain your magic power."

Koizumi Hongzi silently retreated to the side, pretending she didn't hear the second half of the sentence - there was no need to restrain herself deliberately, she had to squeeze hard now to squeeze out some magic power.

Seeing that her niece had retreated to a place where she would not interfere with the magic circle, Minamoto turned around and stepped into the circle.

There is a huge clear crystal ball placed in the array.

She carefully opened the cap of the bottle in her hand, and sprinkled the dust in the bottle on the crystal.

——This is the soil dug from the magic circle that locked Kidd, and it was found by the servant who ventured back to the castle.

That castle has existed for hundreds of years, and the magic circle will have special effects inside.As long as Wutiangou stepped there, it would definitely leave traces.

In a dark room.

As the processed dust fell into the magic circle, the already dim surrounding environment suddenly became even darker.The light seemed to be absorbed and devoured by an invisible monster, and the room seemed to be fast forwarded to the night.

It was dark, only the light in the magic circle gradually lit up, tracking the people behind "Fog Tengu".

After an unknown period of time, the picture gradually emerged, like a swaying water curtain, extremely blurry.

Minamoto pressed her eye sockets, frowning to adapt to this twisted style.

Gradually, she saw an old house from the "water curtain".The light in the room is dim and the atmosphere is gloomy. You have to try to open your eyes wide to see a hazy figure from the back. Judging from the figure, it seems to be a young man.

The man who couldn't see clearly was standing in the old room, holding a slender, wand-like thing in his hand, and there was a person lying on the bottom of his feet, and that person was lying on the ground, motionless.

Hongzi Koizumi, who was watching from a distance, took a silent breath and touched the goosebumps on her arms—it was indeed an evil wizard.Is he killing people?Could it be some kind of special sacrificial ceremony?