Conan's Corpse Picker

Matsuda Jinpei looked at Toru Amuro, and then at the club next to him.

It first instinctively recalled Jiang Xia's explanation.

... Then I found out that this big-hearted master didn't seem to explain anything.

I have been a ghost for a long time, and I haven't watched the female ghosts' entertainment other than turning flower ropes for a long time... To be honest, Matsuda Jinpei is very interested in the games in this living room now.

And even though the Shikigami has been divided in half, the puppet is not in full condition now, but a little weaker than normal.

But Matsuda Jinpei clenched his fists, feeling the strength, and felt that playing billiards was no problem, even if he wanted to, he could hit the table until it cracked.

So he also picked a cue, spun it twice, and walked to the table.

Amuro stared at his movements and was taken aback.

...a strangely familiar feeling.

"..." The man in black that I saw in the mountains earlier, whose height suspected to be Matsuda Jinpei, is really this Kurosawa in front of me?

... If so, is this "coincidence" really just a chance encounter?

And last time in the mountains...

Um?and many more.

Not to mention the possibility of humans surviving the explosion.Just the subsequent landslide... He saw "Songtian" being submerged by a huge amount of mud and stones with his own eyes. How did this person survive?

Toru Amuro was full of doubts, expectations, vigilance and inquiries.

The expression on his face didn't change.

He moved the ball and the tripod to the table, and as he straightened it, he asked casually, "Have I seen you somewhere before?"

When Matsuda Jinpei heard this all-purpose strike-up phrase, he glanced at him and didn't speak.

Ghosts are born unable to speak. Although they can occasionally murmur, they are fine in the form of ghost fetuses, but if they mutter in this human form, they are really lacking in momentum and look very strange.

Although Jiang Xia didn't say it directly, but after so long, Matsuda Jinping has also noticed that this young psychic seems to be very concerned about the behavior of the vest, especially likes to move closer to the direction of "mysterious and mature villain behind the scenes", maybe I think that looks more handsome...

If at this time, it uses this vest that Jiang Xia likes very much, it whispers to Amuro Tou...

Matsuda Zhenping thought for a moment, and the ghost colleagues and Jiang Xia happily had a murderous party, and only one ghost was shut up beside him, watching the feast in front of him silently...

"..."

It shuddered silently, snuffing out the idea of ​​"reminiscing with old classmates".

Then he folded his hands in front of his body, with the club in his arms, leaning against the wall, like a villain who is quiet and cold, waiting for Amuro to swing the ball.

Amuro Toru failed to strike up a conversation for the nth time, and sighed inwardly.

However, remembering that this person who called himself Kurosawa rarely talked along the way, he felt that this seemed normal.

He walked over to close the window next to him, and began to think about other sources of information.

——When I met Matsu...Kurosawa, Matsuda was with Chigenoyo.

Judging from Qianjian Jiangdai's attitude towards him, the old and the young seem to know each other, and even the old lady has a vague feeling of caring for him... In addition, when the eagle rushed over just now, Matsuda seemed to cover his heart.

In fact, just now, when Toru Amuro saw the movement of covering his chest, he thought it was a feather that fell off when the eagle pounced. Matsuda saw it, so he grabbed it...

But Granny Qianjian, an acquaintance, immediately asked Matsuda if he was feeling sick.And later, when Matsuda took his hand away, there was indeed no feather or anything in his hand... In other words, what Grandma Qianjian said should be right, Matsuda in front of him seems to be in poor health?

... If you are seriously injured and rescued after the explosion, or if you accidentally fall from a high place in order to escape from a Ferris wheel equipped with an explosion, there will indeed be many sequelae.

"..." Tsk, what are you thinking.

Those policemen in the Metropolitan Police Department are not really all trash, and the scene where Matsuda died was on the Ferris wheel in the business district. There should be a lot of citizens watching there, and they wanted to perform a serious injury escape there, but it hasn’t been reported yet. Why? It's impossible to even think about it.

And even if they are really rescued, it is impossible for people to grow in reverse and become younger than before—the current Matsu... Kurosawa looks about 20 years old, even if he adds sunglasses and a mature suit packaging, look At most, it was only as big as Matsuda Jinpei when he just graduated from the police academy.

Amuro quickly ruled out some unrealistic assumptions.

……

But after playing billiards for a while, the man in black next to him became more and more familiar.

Even, if he didn't stare at his face and compare the details, Amuro almost felt that Matsuda Jinhei had escaped from the cemetery and was standing next to him playing pool as if nothing had happened.

...But on the way here just now, why didn't I have such a sense of familiarity?

Toru Amuro thought about it, and suddenly frowned, and found something unusual.

——Before this, although Matsuda had always been quiet, if he talked to him without being interrupted by others, then Matsuda would at least respond meaningfully.

But now, Matsuda has no intention of answering at all...

... there are oddities.

Is there some connection between the "sudden silence" and the change in his figure?

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro ignored the embarrassment of "asking questions and no one answered", opened his mouth as if he was natural, and asked a few more questions persistently.

Then I found that some questions that could be answered with "yes" or "no", Matsuda answered with nodding or shaking his head.

But when asked a question that he had to speak to answer, he pretended not to hear.

"..." It didn't seem like he was deliberately ignoring people, but more like he really couldn't speak for some reason.

Chapter 591 I Heard You Are Very Familiar

In the absence of immediate inspection, the only way to know the cause of aphasia is to guess.

At present, it seems that both physical and mental shocks may lead to this result, especially head trauma.

…It is very difficult to intentionally pretend to be someone's figure, especially when the imitation target is dead and it is difficult to find a reference object.

But conversely, it is very easy to hide one's habitual actions.

Could it be that on the way here, Matsuda was in better condition, so he deliberately changed his habitual movements and pretended to be a stranger.But now, what happened suddenly, causing Matsuda to lose all energy to pretend, and his figure changed back to its original shape, which gave him a sense of familiarity?

Toru Amuro thoughtfully glanced at Matsuda Jinhei's hand holding the cue, and the billiard ball that accurately sank into the hole as he hit it.

...I didn't see anything like "poor health", the only feeling was that the more I looked, the more I looked like Matsuda Jinhei, and it even made Toru Amuro a little itchy.

...In addition, I really want to call "Matsuda" out of the blue and see the reaction.

But in the end, Toru Amuro not only did not shout, but also temporarily stopped probing, and continued to play in silence.

——Matsuda Jinhei was a good friend during Fuguya Zero's police academy, and later became a policeman until he died in the line of duty.

In short, this is not someone "Bourbon" should know well.

Especially now, Matsuda still has a lot of violations: for example, he obviously disguised his figure, but still wore the black casual suit and sunglasses he liked before, and the iconic natural curly hair was completely left untouched.

In addition, counting the landslide, Matsuda appeared in front of him twice within a week, and once in Tokyo, and once in Tottori Prefecture... It is a coincidence that the location span is so large.

Considering that I am next to Jiang Xia who is very attractive to the case, this may simply be a "sympathetic attraction" between the incident physiques, but those who are undercover should always be cautious-in case this is actually the organization discovering some If there is any clue, send "Kurosawa" to test him... Then he suddenly shouted "Matsuda" in surprise, and it was basically over.

...Even, maybe Matsuda deliberately disguised his figure before, just to give him a little reminder?

"..." No, wait.Toru Amuro pressed his forehead and frowned slightly: Why do I always think that "Kurosawa" is Matsuda Jinpei?

Matsuda had already died in front of many people. Judging from the situation at the time, it was unlikely that his death was suspended animation.

Even if you want to suspect that he came back from the dead, you must first find out what happened to him at the time of sacrifice... Toru Amuro was temporarily entangled.

...However, anyway, he quickly thought, judging from the fact that he was still wandering outside with Jiang Xia, the organization probably hasn't found out his history in the police academy, so it's still safe for the time being.

But until he finds out the origin of "Herosawa", he must not do anything that will actively reveal his identity.

Toru Amuro thought for a moment, then his gaze crossed the hall and landed on Granny Qianjian.

"..." Maybe we can try to investigate from Grandma Qianjian.She looks very familiar with Matsuda...

……

When Toru Amuro jumps repeatedly between "intuition" and "reality".

Roof terrace.

"Jiang Xia", who was temporarily forgotten, stood on the edge of the railing, looking at the flames obliquely below, rubbed his hair helplessly, and clicked his tongue.

——Just now Kidd slipped out of the living room, originally wanting to see where the mysterious owner of the annex is.

However, when passing by the window, he vaguely felt that the color of the sky was not right.

Afterwards, when I went up to the terrace, I saw a cluster of flames in the distance—the wooden bridge they had to cross when they came was blown up.

"..." Kidd originally made an appointment to have Terai Konosuke pick him up.This old man used to be the assistant of the former Phantom Thief Kidd, and now he is his assistant. He has always been very reliable.

But plans can't keep up with changes.From Kidd's point of view, Terai should be busy looking after + monitoring the famous detective who was replaced by him-although Kidd has decided to hand over Jiang Xia who is "suspected to be framed by an unscrupulous boss" to the police, But if Jiang Xia was released too early, Kidd was worried that he would not have time to investigate anything, so he greeted a group of policemen who went straight to the Twilight Villa to arrest him.

So before, when Kidd gave Terai Konosuke the location of Jiang Xia and Wutengu, he deliberately added a PS to remind Terai to release them later.

And the detective is known to be a very cunning creature.Even if he was tied back home, he might escape by mistake.It probably took a lot of time for Grandpa Terai to keep an eye on people, and he may not be able to find out in time that the Dusk Villa has become an isolated island in the forest.

On the invitation letter for this dinner party, it was clearly stated that the address of the dinner party was in the Twilight Annex, and most of the detectives who were invited had assistants and friends.Even if the bridge is broken and there is no signal... After a while, those companions find that the detective is missing, and rescue will definitely come.

In other words, the detectives present must be saved.

but……

Kidd's eyes twitched slightly when he remembered that a group of police officers came to greet the detective and rounded him up like a turtle in a jar.

...It's not impossible to escape.

But performing wilderness survival in the deep mountains is definitely not as pleasant as escaping comfortably.

In short, it is best to plan ahead and find a way to leave the scene gracefully before the police arrive, leaving behind a legend...Magicians must get used to making sufficient preparations in advance.

Thinking of this, Kidd reached out and touched the compressed hang glider hidden on his body, and then glanced at the position of the bridge.

With the height of this annex, combined with the wind direction nearby, it is almost impossible for him to successfully slide to the opposite side of the bridge.Near the broken bridge, there is no suitable take-off point.

If there is any other way...

Just as he was thinking, Kidd twitched his ears, and vaguely heard footsteps behind him.

He immediately thought of the scumbag boss who was stalking Jiang Xia and seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to murder the high school detective, and turned his head quickly, intending to explain that he was just here to see the scenery.

However, when he turned around, it was not Toru Amuro who was behind him.

——It turned out to be Kyutengu who landed on the other side of the terrace and was following his line of sight, looking out over the bridge.

After Kidd was taken aback, he suddenly remembered something.