Conan's Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia followed Amuro Toru's line of sight and looked forward.

Then I suddenly understood.

——A luxury car with traces of reinforcement and modification was parked at the side in front.

Standing beside the car was a burly man in a suit who looked like a bodyguard and a driver.

The man just pushed the door to get out of the car, hurriedly stood on the side of the road and waved, and stopped their car.

……

In the wilderness, Toru Amuro instinctively became vigilant when he suddenly met a man in a black suit.

But soon, he discovered that one of the car's tires was obviously flat, as if it had been scratched by something sharp—in short, a flat tire.

Toru Amuro: "..."

I have seen a lot of tire blowouts myself, but it is very rare to encounter someone else's tire blowout.

...How should I put it, apart from sympathy, I feel a little complicated, and I even have a little bit of gratitude and sense of superiority that I didn't have a flat tire... Cough, it shouldn't be.

Toru Amuro closed his thoughts.

The unlucky driver of the car in front wrapped up his suit and trotted over: "Excuse me, can you help us take us to a place where there are people nearby? After we had a flat tire, we kept the air conditioner on in order to keep warm. We were running low on oil, and rescue was always on the way." not here……"

As a person with a flat tire, Toru Amuro understands the driver's despair.

When the strange driver ran over just now, he inspected the place on the other person's body where the gun was easily hidden, and found that the person did not seem to be carrying a weapon—at least from the front view.

So he nodded his head: "Call the passengers in your car to come over. Just now you said 'we', there should be other people in that car."

The driver breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gratefully.Then he trotted back to his car, said a few words to the open window, and opened the door.

During this process, Amuro scanned the driver's back again with an X-ray-like gaze, and found that there were no traces of weapons hidden in his waist, legs, etc., so he was a little relieved.

Of course, Toru Amuro would not leave here a few citizens who might have problems with freezing.

Fortunately, with Jiang Xia by his side at this time, Bourbon can find suitable excuses for all kinds of good deeds - for example, unless the people in the car in front are completely silenced, they will pass by without helping. It will damage Jiang Xia's positive image, and it will not help him continue to enter the upper class.And if you want to silence it for such a trivial matter, it doesn't meet the organization's low-key superficial requirements...

In short, just save it.

……

After half a minute.

Toru Amuro looked at the person who got out of the car in front, was silent for a moment, and began to regret.

——After the driver ran back and opened the door, two women got out of the car.

One of them has mature curly hair and looks like an adult.

The other is slightly childish.

Although both of them were wrapped in scarves, Toru Amuro quickly recognized the younger one from his hairstyle and figure.

——Suzuki Sonoko.

...Another acquaintance of Jiang Xia.

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia subconsciously.

I saw Jiang Xia was also staring at the visitor.After recognizing Suzuki Sonoko, his mood seemed to improve a lot, and he waved from the car window to welcome his classmates.

As soon as the rear door opened and closed, the three of them got into the car wrapped in the cold wind.

……

Considering the need to pack luggage, equipment tires, and perhaps a dead body, Toru Amuro still drove a Mazda when he went out this time, but he did not choose the sports car with a relatively narrow space in the past, but chose a car that was more suitable for long-distance travel. car, the three people in the back could barely sit out.

Suzuki Sonoko was sitting right behind Jiang Xia.

She hugged the back of the co-pilot's seat and whimpered, "It's a good thing I met you, otherwise I might freeze to death in the mountains...I'm so scared."

While starting the car, Amuro glanced silently in her direction: Really?Can you put away your overly bright smile when you say you are afraid?Also, don't spit on his car pillowcase...

Although he complained about Suzuki Sonoko's behavior in his heart, Toru Amuro didn't say anything in the end and drove in silence.

……

In addition to Suzuki Sonoko and her driver, another passenger was Suzuki Sonoko's older sister, Suzuki Ayako, whom she had met a few times before.

Jiang Xia remembered that there were many villas under her name that had been involved in murders.

He looked at Suzuki Sonoko through the rearview mirror, and made friendly conversations, intending to comfort the pair of sisters who were suspected of being frightened. In addition, if possible, he would take a look at their trip by the way—for a short time, it seemed that it was better than following along. The boss has a future: "Why did you suddenly run to such a remote place?"

Suzuki Sonoko rubbed his arms to keep warm, squinted his eyes slightly, and said romantically like a poem: "Because fate led us to meet... Speaking of it, it's been a long time since we went out to play together. You are always busy recently, next time you go to Osaka We must be together when the time comes, we agreed!"

Suzuki Ayako is different from her younger sister, she is a gentle and sensible adult.

Although Jiang Xia, who was invited, nodded happily, but Suzuki Ayako noticed the disgusting gaze of Amuro Toukoken next to her, so she reached out and touched Suzuki Sonoko's head, and pulled her sister back with a little force, and pressed her back on the seat , away from the passenger's head restraint.

Then he answered seriously for her: "In our newly opened museum, we plan to reserve a European medieval exhibition hall, part of which will display exhibits related to vampires. In this regard, Mr. Torakura Daisuke is a well-known expert. It just so happens that we are free recently, and we plan to visit him and seek cooperation."

...Of course, the main purpose is to come out to play.

Although Daisuke Torakura is far less wealthy than the Suzuki Foundation, as a proud novelist who is fanatical about vampire culture, he will definitely not lend out real treasures easily.

If you want to appreciate those precious collections face to face, you can only go to Daisuke Torakura's residence - "Villa Dracula".

"Torakura..." Amuro felt that this surname was too familiar, as if he had only heard of it recently.

Immediately afterwards he remembered: "Is that the famous novelist couple?"

——A while ago, Jiang Xia received the commission from the killer "Silver Fox", when a group of people went to climb the mountain.Among those who climbed the mountain on the same day was Etsuko Torakura.

Unlike her husband, she is better at writing mystery and assassination novels.

...another acquaintance?

"That's right!" Suzuki Sonoko was so focused on Jiang Xia that he didn't notice the complicated expression in Amuro's eyes.

She squirmed and escaped from her sister's hand, and returned to the back of the co-pilot's seat, explaining science seriously:

"Torakura's house was built on the top of a gloomy cliff. It is said that his house is full of vampire-related things. In addition, in most of his novels, the protagonists are all vampires, so Daisuke Hukura gradually added a 'de Mr. Gula' nickname.

"His villa is also called 'Dracula's Villa'. Look, it can be seen from a distance—the building with the spire."

Chapter 536 Toru Amuro: I want to go

"Dracula" is a virtual vampire, from the novel published by the British writer Bram Stoker in 1897, it is one of the origins of the legendary vampire.

Daisuke Hukura likes this image very much, and he also has a high acceptance of the nickname "Mr. Dracula".

……

"However, in recent years, Daisuke Torakura has stopped writing vampire novels, and instead began to march towards heroic fantasy novels—speaking of which, I think those heroes and protagonists fit your image very well!"

Suzuki Sonoko remembered some fantasy scenes in the novel, her beautiful almond eyes dimly lit up, and she whispered to Jiang Xia in a private voice: "If you want to make this kind of TV series someday, I'll help you introduce the team."

Jiang Xia has also read several heroic fantasy novels.

At this time, following Suzuki Sonoko's words, he thought of those shameful content and signature moves, and the terrible love story that was clearly behind the trend in his concept, and silently got goosebumps: "No need."

But on second thought, there might be an incident at the place Suzuki-san introduced.

So he hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly changed his words: "...Let's have a look again."

Let him go to the crew to see if there is a Shura field...

"Yeah!" Suzuki Sonoko nodded happily.

Then I don't know what to think of, and my eyes slowly bend into half moons, filled with a smirk of anticipation.

……

After bypassing a certain curved mountain road and driving for nearly 10 minutes, they finally came to the "Villa Dracula" whose outline could be clearly seen a long time ago, but was actually far away.

The courtyard is separated from the outside world by the iron spike fence, and the heavy iron gate is open, as if welcoming visitors.

Toru Amuro slowed down to wait and see, then drove straight into the courtyard without stopping.

In the vast courtyard, various precious plants and sculptures are neatly arranged, and there is even an artificial stream flowing along the border, but it is gradually freezing as the temperature drops sharply.

The courtyard was quite empty, only a man was busy with his back to them, covering several precious plants with protective nets.

Hearing the sound of the engine, the man turned his head, revealing a young and handsome face—as the name suggests, Toshiya Tasho.

Toshiya Tasho saw a few people getting out of the car, quickly covered the last net, and then rushed up to meet them.

He knew two of the guests, so he looked at Suzuki Sonoko and Suzuki Ayako first:

"Is it Miss Suzuki? It's hard for you to run so far in this weather."

As he said that, his eyes fell on Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru again, slightly puzzled: "Who are these two?"

"It's my friend. Our car broke down on the road, so we had to ask them to help deliver it." Suzuki Sonoko replied, looking at Toshiya Tasho with a hint of surprise, "I didn't expect Mr. Torakura to look so young..."

Toshiya Tasuo was taken aback.

Then he hurriedly smiled and waved his hands:

"I'm just a student of Teacher Hu Cang. The teacher is in the study now—please come in first."

Jiang Xia followed his direction and looked in the direction of "Dracula's Villa".

The rooms on both sides of the first floor of the villa have floor-to-ceiling windows, and the windows are inlaid with red star-like decorations, as if simulating the night.

At this time, the outside of the house was dark, and the lights were on inside the house. From the outside, the inside of the house could be easily seen.

Jiang Xia looked over at the same time.

In the room on the right side of the first floor, a lazy and mature woman with waist-length hair was also looking towards this side.

Looking at the two sides, the woman was slightly startled, then she put down the drawing board in her hand, and walked quickly to the window to look around, as if she wanted to see the guests at the door more clearly.

... Torakura Etsuko, the wife of Torakura Daisuke.

After Jiang Xia came to a conclusion in his heart, he looked away and looked to the left.

I saw that this was a living room, and at this time, there were three people sitting in the living room.

One of the middle-aged uncles turned his back to the window and couldn't see his face clearly.

The other two, one is a handsome guy with a classic style wearing quaint pince-nez and a double-breasted trench coat.

The other is wearing a winter cheongsam, with slightly curly black hair, sitting quietly at the table sipping coffee, looking very elegant.