Conan's Corpse Picker

"Haha, it's a dream. This suit really suits him very well. High school students should dress more energetically..." Mao Lilan muttered, her voice getting quieter.

Finally, with a bang, he lay down again.

Mori Kogoro was startled when he heard the movement, turned around and found that his daughter who had just woken up had fainted again: "Lan!!"

Then he hurriedly continued to pinch people.

……

At the door, Conan glanced at Yamamura who had fainted.

As a high school student detective who used to hang out with the police, Conan was used to the police's usual shackles, but he didn't expect that the police station in Gunma County would lose the shackles so badly... Such a person can actually lead the team, No wonder there are so many suicide shrines in Gunma County.

He secretly slandered in his heart, ignored the strange policeman, and ran to Mao Lilan to check the situation.

Feeling that there is nothing wrong with it, Conan slipped next to Jiang Xia with a low sense of presence, and secretly pulled Jiang Xia away from Amuro Toru.

Then he pulled his sleeves, and after Jiang Xia squatted down skillfully, he asked in a low voice: "Who is that person in the room? This is indeed your room, right. Where were you just now?"

...Thinking about what the first person who discovered it just now said, since she came here with a clear purpose to "encounter" Jiang Xia, it is unlikely that she went to the wrong room.

In other words, the room No. 207 where someone hanged himself should indeed be Jiang Xia's room.

But just now, Jiang Xia appeared here as a crowd of onlookers after the commotion had passed...

"I haven't seen him."

Jiang Xia looked at Conan.I haven't seen this neighbor who has an incident physique for several days. When I see him suddenly at this moment, there is always a sense of anticipation that I will encounter the case again soon... The good impression brought by the bundle of "Conan" and "case" has always made me feel better. Jiang Xia is very patient with Kudou who likes to ask a long list of questions when asking questions.

After briefly answering the first question, Jiang Xia lowered her voice:

"As for the room, I was in room 207 at the beginning, but... um..." He hesitated, as if he was struggling with some things to say, but he finally confused the topic, and continued, "But this room It didn't fit well, so last night, I ran to my boss."

"Not suitable?" Conan quickly grasped the doubt, "Then why don't you change the room? The hotel also has people on duty at night, and it happens to be the off-season for tourism, so there should be many vacant rooms here."

"...Indeed, but it doesn't feel so good." Jiang Xia thought about her identity as a worker, and felt that before she knew who the person who installed the camera was on the surface, it would be best for her to keep everything secret here and let Amuro reveal the situation. It is up to the leadership to decide how much to reveal.

So he made up an excuse so that he could cope with Conan's questioning, and it would also be convenient for him to lose the pot later: "It's late at night, the front desk staff should be sleepy, that would be too disturbing."

Conan: "...?"

... Wouldn't it be more disturbing to go to the boss?

However, Jiang Xia subconsciously made such an excuse... Could it be that the incident of "suddenly making the room uninhabitable" was related to Toru Amuro, and it was more suitable for Toru Amuro to deal with it?Then that incident was directly or indirectly related to a murder...

Thinking about it, Conan's eyes gradually became sharper.

But compared to Jiang Xia, he looked more at Toru Amuro.

——During this trip, Jiang Xia didn't have a mobile phone throughout the trip, and didn't know the itinerary and destination.No matter how you look at it, it was Toru Amuro, the suspicious boss of the detective agency, who led the trip.

And Conan remembered that a few minutes ago, when they were downstairs, they ran into Amuro Toru who was going to the restaurant alone.

At that time, he asked Toru Amuro, "Where is Jiang Xia?" Toru Amuro said, "I don't know, maybe he's still in the room, or maybe in the restaurant." Just came out of Amuro Toru's house, it's impossible that the owner of Amuro Toru didn't know about Jiang Xia's whereabouts... Why did Boss Amuro hide this matter?What is his conspiracy?

Conan looked at the body of "Jiang Xia" who had been put down in the room, and felt as if a cloud full of mysteries was hanging above his head, and a black hand was slowly stretching out from it, playing with it with a sly smile.

...A stranger was suddenly killed in Jiang Xia's room by an unknown person.Jiang Xia, who was supposed to be in the room, left for other reasons.In addition, the most thought-provoking thing is that the body shape of the deceased is very similar to Jiang Xia, and even his face is somewhat similar.Such a person, paired with the black clothes that Jiang Xia often wears, appears in the dimly lit night.

…Speaking of this, he always felt that something was weird.

Conan recovered from his thoughts and looked at Jiang Xia again: "That, your clothes."

Jiang Xia: "Huh?"

Conan asked: "Why do you only wear this kind of clothes all the way? Didn't you like black more before?"

Jiang Xia was taken aback, as if she had gotten used to this outfit along the way, and only noticed her abnormality when she was asked about it.He looked down at himself:

"I was in a hurry to go out, so I didn't have time to pack my luggage. Only the suit I was wearing at the time was black. Later, in the Twilight Annex... in a case in Tottori Prefecture, the car and luggage were blown up, so I had to buy something else to wear."

"Is that so." The more Conan listened, the more he felt that there was a problem, and he confirmed, "Did you choose the clothes yourself?"

"No." Jiang Xia shook his head, "The schedule is too busy, the boss ordered it directly from the store..."

Halfway through the conversation, he looked down at his clothes, and then at the black clothes of the corpse.As if thinking of something suddenly, he suddenly fell silent.

At the same time, Jiang Xia secretly decided to keep silent until the matter was over.

If you lie, you have to work hard later.It's better to tell the truth, and then leave the rest of the mess to the boss to clean up.It just so happens that the boss is not afraid of being caught, he seems to be quite free recently...

Beside, Toru Amuro suddenly sneezed.

Conan looked up vigilantly, his thoughts turned, and he quickly thought of the storm last night.

... This boss looks quite healthy, why did he suddenly sneeze?

Could it be that he did something shameful last night and got caught in the rain—for example, he used some excuses to trick Jiang Xia out of the original Room 207, and then slipped to Room 207 by himself at night, killed someone, and went out again. I went for a walk outside for a certain purpose...

Chapter 657 Are You a Ghost?

Thinking of this, Conan sighed.

Now he has just come to this hotel, and he still lacks many clues to solve the current case.

Moreover, judging from Jiang Xia's hesitant answer just now, Jiang Xia obviously concealed something.

...In short, although the full picture of the case is not yet clear, one thing is certain - Toru Amuro must be secretly brewing some conspiracy.

Maybe, this whole journey, only here is his final destination?

Was it that person who looked like Jiang Xia broke something, that's why he needed to be silenced, or was Toru Amuro killed by the man in black when he was bumped into by a man in black while he was doing something last night?Or maybe he wanted to use the death of the man in black to achieve some goals... Speaking of this, the murder happened in Jiang Xia's original room, and Jiang Xia refused to speak clearly. From a rational point of view, his suspicion is the biggest ...Could Amuro Toru want to pack Jiang Xia and send him to the police station?

Conan secretly became vigilant.

At this time, there was a faint rustling of clothes nearby.

——Shancun Cao, who was stunned by Jiang Xia just now, has gradually come to life at this time, and sat up from the ground.

Yamamura Cao, as a policeman who believes in all kinds of legends and ghosts from the bottom of his heart, he is usually afraid of dead bodies, not to mention the distorted face of "Jiang Xia", who should have died, suddenly stood in front of him again...

After waking up, Yamamura felt the pain in the back of his head when he fell.

Before he could recover, his eyes suddenly fixed on Jiang Xia who was beside him.

Jiang Xia sensed the commotion here, turned her head to look at Shancuncao, and planned to ask "Are you okay" meaningfully.

However, just as he opened his mouth, Shancuncao suddenly let out an "Aw!".Followed by him with hands and feet, moved to the corner like a spider turned upside down, took out a police card from his pocket, and pointed at Jiang Xia like holding a spell: "You, you, you, you have revenge, you have revenge, you have revenge, you have revenge. , I’m just an ordinary policeman passing by! I didn’t harm you!”

"..."

Amuro Toru's eyes became complicated, looking up and down Yamamura Gyo.

After a few seconds, he said in an unclear tone: "He is a living person——the hanged person is not Jiang Xia."

"……what?"

Shan Cuncao looked around vigilantly, and found that the other police officers and onlookers were alive and well, and had not been killed by "Resentful Soul Jiangxia".After being dazed for a moment, he silently stood up and moved to Jiang Xia's side.

Then, under Jiang Xia's suspicious gaze, she suddenly closed her eyes and stretched out her hand to grab it.

Jiang Xia: "..."

He thought of Yamamura Gyo's heroic posture of wriggling hands and feet on the ground just now, and instinctively shifted his body.

The bewildered officer's smudged fingers brushed within millimeters of him.Afterwards, Jiang Xia stood up straight again.

Yamamura Moo didn't touch anyone, and opened his eyes in shock.

Seeing that Jiang Xia was still standing there, she immediately lost her mind: "...I can't touch it, I can't touch it!! He is a ghost, don't be fooled by him!"

"..." Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, then secretly glanced at Toru Amuro.

When meeting this kind of colleagues, I don't know when the boss's anger tank will be full, and if it is full, can it overflow with murderous aura... I didn't sleep well last night, and I was woken up early in the morning. He is very angry now. I want to have some mellow coffee flavor to refresh me.

Just as he was thinking, a corner of his eye suddenly flickered, and a person approached.

Jiang Xia was startled, and turned to look.

I saw Mao Lilan woke up at some point.

At this moment, she was hesitantly leaning over, watching for a moment, then suddenly closed her eyes, and grabbed Jiang Xia's arm.

"..."

A second later: "Isn't it possible to touch this!"

After all, Mao Lilan is familiar with Jiang Xia, when she woke up just now.Hearing Toru Amuro's words, she thought about it carefully, and felt that the distorted corpse on the ground was indeed different from Jiang Xia.Only then did I get close to try it.

After confirming that the classmate was still alive, she felt ups and downs, and was so moved that she wanted to cry for a moment, she squeezed the arm she was holding: "It's still warm, it really isn't a ghost!"

Toru Amuro: "..."

There are no ghosts in the world at all.

There is something wrong with the two people who firmly believe in ghosts next to them.

... Forget it, Mao Lilan, a little girl in high school, has a rich imagination, so I can't control it.

But what about this cop...

"It's indeed a human being." Toru Amuro glanced at Yamamura Cao, who was holding a police account as a talisman, and couldn't stand it any longer, and explained, "Jiang Xia wasn't in Room 207 last night, and we don't know what happened to the corpse in his room. What happened." As he spoke, Toru Amuro looked at the innkeeper, "Is the deceased a guest of yours?"

"I have no impression." The innkeeper shook his head.Then I consciously remembered that I was face blind, so I asked the staff who had been on duty at the front desk to ask.

However, the group of people all shook their heads and had no impression of this fake Jiang Xia.

Take the hotel's registration book, check the guest rooms, and ask them one by one.

After asking around, everyone found that the deceased seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and was not a guest here at all.

……

Jiang Xia has now picked up two groups of murderous spirits with a large amount of control, and only waits to pick up the shikigami on Shenbao Daxiong's leg after solving the case, and then set off as soon as possible-according to experience, it is often difficult for two different murders to occur in the same place , you have to move a little bit to hope to trigger a new situation.

Therefore, although I decided to keep a low profile as much as possible and leave the specific situation to Conan's brain.

But in order to speed up the progress, Jiang Xia took advantage of Shancun Cao's inattention and walked around the scene of the crime just now.

On the way, some criminal policemen noticed his actions, but they did not stop them, and looked at Jiang Xia in a friendly manner.

——They have also heard of Jiang Xia's reputation, this Tokyo detective solves the case very quickly.In many cases, finding Jiang Xia to solve the case is even easier than dealing with suicide or accidents.In this way, there is both performance and no need to work overtime... I really hope that Jiang Xia will be admitted to Qunma when she chooses a university, and then stay here permanently to solve difficult cases...

With the acquiescence and even expectation of a group of police officers.

Jiang Xia successfully finished punching cards in various noteworthy places.