Conan's Corpse Picker

"It's getting late, why don't you two go to dinner first? In order to ensure the freshness of the ingredients, our main course is only available for a limited time. There are still more than 20 minutes before the end. If it is later, there will only be mass-customized bento."

The boss looked at Jiang Xia: "Leave the box with you for now. Well, if you solve the puzzle and find something like an adventure map or a treasure map, you can borrow it from me. We usually go to the mountains to dig Wild vegetables, lots of shovels and things like that."

"Ok."

Coincidentally, Jiang Xia has no interest in solving puzzles either.

Compared to this, he is still more concerned about the murderous spirit of the waiters in the store. Although there are not many of them at present, they seem to have great potential for growth.

He buckled the lid of the box, ready to eat a good meal first as the boss said.

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Aoi House Hotel.

the other side.

Shenbao Daxiong received the next guest and took the new guest to the front desk.

There was no one at the front desk.

——The innkeeper and Jiang Xia are missing.

According to the overheard conversation just now, Shenbao Daxiong thought bitterly that they were probably dealing with the mysterious suitcase left by the man in red.

Shenbao Daxiong was as anxious as a cat scratching, but he had to be patient and finished the check-in procedures for the new guests.

After the guests left, his face became completely gloomy, his eyes fell on the registration book, staring at Jiang Xia's room number, and firmly memorized those numbers.

At this moment, his phone vibrated suddenly.

Shenbao Daxiong was contemplating what he planned to do later, when his thoughts were suddenly disturbed by the ringtone, he clicked his tongue angrily.

Then he took out the mobile phone from the large employee uniform pocket, took two steps to the quiet place next to him, and picked up the phone.

On the phone, there was a bluffing voice, which sounded like a young man.

The man said loudly, "Hello? I'm almost there! Is the innkeeper you mentioned at the front desk? If he is, I'll go right in later!"

"Oh, you don't need to come." Shenbao Daxiong snorted coldly, "The genuine 'Jiang Xia' happened to pass by here just now, and now I have talked to the boss. You can be laid off as a counterfeit."

After speaking, he hung up the phone angrily.

……

A few years ago, Shenbao Daxiong was still an idle gangster.

But now, he has been patient and has worked in this store for four years.

It was for the suitcase that now fell into Jiang Xia's hands.

——Five years ago, the man in red who came to the hotel alone and handed the suitcase and the curse letter to the boss was actually a former accomplice of Shenbao Nobita.

Five years ago, the two partnered to rob a store and got [-] million yen.

At that time, Shenbao Daxiong was responsible for attracting the police, and the man in red was responsible for transporting money and escaping.

After that, when preparing to divide the spoils, Shenbao Daxiong thought about it, and no matter how he thought about it, he felt that he had paid more.

So when agreeing on the place to share the spoils, he deliberately chose the meeting place in the "Head God Forest" known as the "Holy Land of Suicide"—planning to work overtime, kill his accomplices together, and then take the stolen money for himself.This is equivalent to 5000 million more out of thin air.

However, it may be that Shenbao Nobita chose the meeting place too straightforwardly.

The man in red felt something was wrong.

So before going to the appointment, the man in red hid the stolen money, and handed over the suitcase with the location of the stolen money and a letter of curse to the nearby innkeeper for safekeeping.

At that time, if Shenbao Daxiong's attitude is normal, the two will happily withdraw money and share the spoils.

And if there is something wrong with Shenbao Daxiong, then he will only receive the blood letter of "cursing you to death".

……

On the day of the meeting, Shenbao Daxiong brought a rope, and couldn't wait to strangle his 5000 million-yen accomplice to death, and disguised the man in red as if he had hanged himself.

After killing the man and searching his luggage, Shenbao Daxiong was shocked to find that the man in red didn't bring any stolen money.

At this time, Shenbao Nobita's friendship was awakened instead - he easily guessed the man in red's mind, and guessed that the man in red probably deposited the stolen money in the nearby Aoi House Hotel.

So the next day.After Shenbao Daxiong disguised himself, he went to the Aoi House Hotel and lied that he was the assistant of the man in red to pick up the suitcase for him.

However, the innkeeper had long been told by the man in red that if the person who came to pick up the suitcase was the man in red himself, he would give the suitcase.

And if it was someone else, no matter what that person said, they would only give curse letters and conceal the matter of the suitcase.

……

In the end, Daxiong, the magic treasure who was disguised as a "bearded man", only received a blood letter "cursing you to death", but did not see the suitcase, and did not know that such a suitcase existed.

So far, the first wave of the two friends' battle of wits and courage ended in a loss for both sides.

Shenbao Nobita lost his [-] million yen.

And the man in red managed to trick a wave of accomplices, but lost his life.

……

Although it was offered by the dead, after all, it is about [-] million yen, and if you get it, you can live happily for a lifetime.

Shenbao Daxiong did not give up easily.

After searching around aimlessly for a while, he finally set his sights on the Aoi House Hotel again—Shenbao Daxiong still felt that since the man in red had been to the hotel and left a letter in the hotel, then the missing person The billion yen must be more or less related to the hotel.

So after the man in red died, the next spring.

Shenbao Daxiong changed his costume and came to the Aoi House Hotel to apply for employees.

On the one hand, it is very close to the Toushen Forest, so if something happens to the man in red's body, he can deal with it in time.

On the other hand, Aoi House Hotel includes food and accommodation.When Shenbao Daxiong is digging around in the mountains to find stolen money, at least he doesn't have to pitch a tent in the wild or pay for the room.

In addition, with the cover of the identity of "hotel employee", his behavior of wandering around and digging at random will not appear suspicious-Kwaiwu Hotel regularly supplies original mountain delicacies, and most of the precious game is personally handed by the hotel staff Go to the mountain and dig it out.It is very normal for the hotel staff to run around the mountain carrying shovels.

……

After poking and digging in the mountains for four years, Shenbao Daxiong couldn't find anything.

Until a few days ago, the body of the man in red was discovered and made the news.

When the hotel owner was having dinner and chatting, he suddenly told the employees that he planned to invite a detective to investigate the situation - because five years ago, the man in red left a suitcase with him.

Hearing the news, Shenbao Daxiong was stunned for a moment, and almost threw the hot pot on the boss's face on the spot: This old man's mouth is too strict. After so many years, he didn't reveal at all that "the man in red kept his skin with him." box" message.

Of course, in the end, Shenbao Nobita did not do anything, nor did he secretly kill people afterwards.

After all, at that time, there were many other employees around.In addition, the innkeeper is different from the man in red - the latter can "suicide" silently in the woods, but once the innkeeper dies, Shenbao Nobita, who is an employee, will immediately become a suspect, and the risk is high.

In addition, after a group of people drank too much, Shenbao Daxiong tentatively set a few words.

Then I found out that the hotel owner was very good at keeping his promise - he never opened the box that the man in red gave him for safekeeping, so he didn't know that the things in the box were related to [-] million yen.Maybe it was just curiosity, so I wanted a detective to come over and look at the box.

...In short, the situation has not reached the point where killing is necessary.

So, after thinking about it, Shenbao Daxiong decided to use his mind to solve the problem.

——The innkeeper has poor eyesight and is somewhat face blind.

In addition, the signal in the hotel is very mediocre, so the hotel owner seldom watches TV and only reads newspapers occasionally.

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On the other hand, although photos of detectives are also published in newspapers, the quality is often worrying due to the limited color and fineness.

In short, the innkeeper probably can't remember Jiang Xia's appearance at all.

Therefore, after learning that the hotel owner plans to find a detective to help investigate the man in red.

Shenbao Daxiong hurriedly hired a person who was about the same age as Jiang Xia and looked somewhat similar, and asked that person to put on a proper disguise, come here before Jiang Xia, pretend to be Jiang Xia, and then cheat the suitcase away from the innkeeper.

Originally, Shenbao Daxiong thought that the most difficult part of the plan was to prevent the hotel owner from recognizing Jiang Xia as a fake.

But in fact, the plan died before then...

"..." So why did Jiang Xia suddenly appear here? ?

I heard that this detective solves the case very quickly. Maybe Jiang Xia thought of something after seeing the report of the man in red, so he came here to investigate...

Thinking of this, Shenbao Daxiong felt threatened, and habitually moved a bit of killing intent.

However, after thinking about it, regardless of how much Jiang Xia knew about the robbery and silence in those years, the current top priority is to get [-] million yen first.

Shenbao Daxiong touched his chin, rolled his eyes, and gradually fell on the register.

Then his eyes brightened slightly.

——At this time, it happened to be the time for dinner.And when he was receiving at the door just now, he noticed that Jiang Xia didn't come by car, but walked all the way, and he must be hungry now.

So, think positively.What if now, Jiang Xia left the box in the room, and he himself ran to eat?

In this way, wouldn't he be able to just break through the empty door and steal the box?

"..." Heartbeat.

Do not try for nothing.

……

Considering that there are some semi-open partitions and boxes in the restaurant, it may not be possible to observe Jiang Xia's movements after going to the restaurant.On the contrary, if an employee who is not in charge of catering suddenly runs to the restaurant, it is easy to be suspicious.

Therefore, Shenbao Daxiong gave up his plan to go to the restaurant to observe Jiang Xia's movements first, and went straight to it.

He carried the cleaning tools and walked to the floor where Jiang Xia was, pretending to clean.

When passing by Room 207 where Jiang Xia was staying, Shenbao Daxiong looked around and found no one around.

So he approached the room carefully and listened for the movement inside.

Then, to my great disappointment, I heard footsteps in the room.

And it sounds like there's more than one person.It may be Jiang Xia's companion, and the hotel owner is also among them.

"..." Forget it, come back tonight.

Just in time, according to the weather forecast, there will be a storm nearby.And at this time, the bad signal in the hotel will often be completely cut off.