Conan's Corpse Picker

Toru Amuro has indeed heard of the hit drama "Winter Maple Red" - when working part-time, if the guests are not there, colleagues often have no time to chat. Toru Amuro himself has a good memory, listen to it Just remember the relevant news.

If I remember correctly, this is a romantic drama.

In the beginning, the red handkerchief of a rich lady was blown away by the wind and got stuck on a branch, and the hero helped her take it off.After the two met, they quickly developed into a couple.But the male protagonist was envied by his boss, framed and forced to flee.

After some twists and turns, at the end of the story, the missing hero sent a telegram to Miss Qianjin, which read, "I am waiting for you under the red maple in Chukong".

Miss Qianjin immediately remembered the Red Leaf Mountain where they met when they met.

However, "Chukong" specifically refers to the sky on the morning of January 1, but in this season, there is only white snow on the mountain, and there is no red maple as mentioned in the telegram.

Miss Qianjin went up the mountain early in the morning, stepping on the snow to search back and forth, but she never saw the male protagonist appear.As the cold wind hit, she gradually thought that the meaning of the telegram might be a metaphor for their reunion, just like the red maple trees on January 1, it was impossible.Perhaps the telegram sent by the hero was just telling her not to wait any longer.

But when she was about to go back, she accidentally saw a red handkerchief fluttering in the wind hanging on a branch in the distance.

The hero came out from behind the boulder under the tree.The two reunited under the red handkerchief.

"The tree and rocks, the scene selection is very artistic!" Kogoro Mouri said while straightening his collar, took out the camera from his bag, and stuffed it to Mao Lilan, "Take a picture for me later, remember to I coincide with that nasty male lead, just pout him when we go back, and leave Miss Yoko and me alone."

Miss Yoko?

Hearing this familiar name, Toru Amuro thought for a moment, and then remembered—this drama seems to be starring Yoko Kinoshita.

Um?Wait, isn't this the idol Kazami likes?

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro fell silent.

No wonder Yuya Kazami looked very regretful this morning when he told the public security staff that there was no need to continue following.

At that time, Toru Amuro thought he was the awakened soul of dedication, but now it seems that this is purely overthinking... Tsk, Kazami might also come here for a "sacred land parade".I have to remind him to avoid running into Belmode again.

While thinking, Toru Amuro took out his phone.

And before opening the mailbox, I habitually looked around to avoid being peeped at the screen.

Looking at it this way, he suddenly noticed something nearby.

"I suddenly remembered something and I have to go back."

Toru Amuro turned to the others: "Go first. I'll go find you later."

——Private detectives are good at this point. They are usually secretive. When making excuses, they don’t have to make up specific things. They just ask “the job needs to be kept secret.”

There are six people in their party, four of whom are detectives.

When Toru Amuro said this, no one really asked him.

The others nodded and continued walking up the mountain.

……

After their figures disappeared in the cascading woods.

Toru Amuro turned out from behind the tree, raised his head, and looked at the top of the tree.

——On the branch there, there is a red handkerchief tied, which is very inconspicuous among the red leaves.

In this kind of filming location related to the "red handkerchief", it is not surprising that there are red handkerchiefs following the trend.

But what Toru Amuro cared about was the condition of the handkerchief.

It looked very old, with serious discoloration, and the knotted part was firmly attached to the branch, and the branch was even slightly narrowed, making it look very old.

But the drama "Winter Maple Red" has just aired.It was only a year before the filming, how could there be a red handkerchief tied here in advance?

This weird time difference is really concerning.

And to say it's been a long time... Judging from the relevant information of Watanuki Chenzo, a few years ago, something crucial to Watanuki Chenzo did happen.

"..." Although there is no evidence, this kind of accidental coincidence still caught Toru Amuro's attention.

Chapter 680 The Wreck

Toru Amuro walked slowly around the tree with the old handkerchief tied on it, looking carefully.

Then I vaguely feel that the position of the roots is not right.

He squatted down, pushed aside the dead leaves covering the top layer, and found that the vegetation below was really strange.

There seems to be something buried here.

Simply coming to this conclusion, Toru Amuro thought for a moment, took out his gloves, put them on and dug the soil for a while.

A few minutes later, he looked at what was exposed under the soil, and his movements suddenly stopped.

——Buried here is a skeleton that has already turned white.

"..." After staying with Jiang Xia for a long time, Amuro Toru's first reaction was to call the police over.

But in the end, he was only silent for a moment, then silently covered the soil back and spread the dead leaves evenly.

Then he took out his mobile phone, clicked on the mailbox, entered the content, and directed the organization branch in Gunma County to temporarily call his peripheral members: [There is something, you go to confirm...]

……

the other side.

Jiang Xia and others walked along the road and finally found the location where the hero and heroine meet in the TV series.

After taking a look at the "Holy Land", the happy Kogoro Mori was not happy anymore.

——In front of them stood a fiery red maple tree.

In addition to maple leaves, there are branches full of red handkerchiefs fluttering in the wind.

Originally, such a thing as "a handkerchief tied to a tree" would not be offensive, but quite interesting.But the problem is that there are too many red handkerchiefs on the tree, densely packed and hanging down neatly.Occasionally, when a gust of wind blows, the direction and magnitude of the shaking are exactly the same, red on top of red, too dense, but without that beautiful atmosphere, it is slightly gloomy.

"It's so unqualified!" Mori Kogoro stared at the top of his head, stunned for a moment, and angrily issued the above condemnation.

Jiang Xia nodded in agreement.

After clicking a few times, a solid voice suddenly came from behind them: "Sorry, sorry, it's all my fault."

"?"

A group of people turned their heads and saw a burly man wearing a knitted hat, a wide square jaw, and a white vest.

"It's all your fault?" Mori Kogoro looked at him suspiciously, a little confused, "You tied it all up? Are you a handkerchief seller?"

"Suzuki Sonoko" laughed.

Mao Lilan was speechless for a moment, and elbowed her off-line father—it couldn't be the reason no matter what she thought.Although the handkerchiefs on the tree are all red, but when you look closely, the styles are actually different... No, no, this is not the problem at all, even if they are selling handkerchiefs, they will not be free to tie handkerchiefs to the branches.

So the meaning of the man's words should be...

Thinking of this, Mao Lilan's eyes brightened, who wanted to chase after all stars.

She turned to the person who appeared suddenly, skillfully rummaged through the autograph book, took out the matching pen, and approached happily: "You are the original author of "Winter Maple Red"? I am your fan!"

The man who appeared suddenly was startled.

Then I scratched the back of my head and laughed honestly: "No, I'm just the assistant director of this show—I said that just because when the screenwriter asked me if I had any recommended shooting locations, I recommended this to him. Maple Leaf Mountain.

"To be honest, this is actually my hometown. I used to come to the mountains to play. Once when I was shooting exterior scenes nearby, I found an old red handkerchief tied to a branch of a maple tree. The screenwriter listened to me After this incident, a sudden inspiration came, and I changed the last scene in the movie to what you see now."

It can be heard that although the man said he was sorry, his tone was actually a little proud, and he looked proud.

But soon, he sighed again: "Being too famous is actually a double-edged sword-after tourists have increased because of "Winter Maple Red", the shopping street and nearby hotels are happy. But relatively, never After that, many people came to camp on this mountain without authorization, and some people like this..."

He raised his hand and pointed to the tree covered with red handkerchiefs above his head: "Tie a red handkerchief to the tree. The owner of this mountain has complained to me for countless times.

"In addition, the production crew and the reception knew that I knew this mountain very well, so they forwarded all the relevant questions raised by the big customers to me, such as 'are there similar scenic spots around', 'can you take me to the scene The tree on the ground look' or something...

"I came here today because a guest wanted to see the tree with the old red handkerchief tied on it that inspired the screenwriter. On this mountain, all the trees grow similarly, and I forgot where it was at that time." What I saw, I wandered around in the morning until I found it now, and I am almost exhausted."

At first, Mao Lilan and others listened to the creative gossip behind the show with great interest.

Later, when I listened to it, I found that the assistant began to pour out bitter water, and I suddenly had a vague premonition in my heart.

Sure enough, not long after, the man changed the subject and said with a smile: "So, can I trouble you to do me a favor?"

He raised his hand and made a "a little bit" gesture.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Xia spoke up before the others, and took the initiative to take up the conversation, lest the man be directly rejected by Mouri Kogoro who was in a bad mood.

Jiang Xia has always been very patient with this kind of abnormal event that pops up suddenly on the road, and is willing to understand it in depth.

"It's like this. Didn't you just say that someone asked me to help find the 'source of inspiration' for the screenwriter?"

Hearing his tone, the man felt that there was a joke, and quickly explained: "I have found the tree, but I forgot to note the mobile phone number of the customer, and it was mixed with other numbers. If I send letters one by one, I'm afraid Disturbing other guests. Can't inform him.

"There is a 'Red Tree Hotel' in Yamaguchi, and that guest lives there. In the lobby of the hotel, there is always a guest book. I would like to trouble you to write a sentence [I have found the tree you are looking for. , please meet under the tree at the filming location, and I will take you there]."

After finishing speaking, he smiled helplessly: "I didn't expect that it took so long to find that tree. If I went to see him by myself, I would have to go down the mountain, accompany the client up, and then go down again... It's too much. I had to Thank you"

Belmode glanced at him, then at the nearby trees, thoughtful.

Mao Lilan was more careful, and asked one more question: "If you leave a message, what name should be noted? What should the guest do if he can't see the message? Does he have any characteristics? We can directly relay it to him."

"Just write ホヅミ for the remarks." The man turned over the pocketbook in his hand, and the pronunciation of his name was written on it, which was indeed ホヅミ:

"In terms of characteristics, I actually don't know the appearance of the guest - we only chatted on the mobile phone and have never met. However, don't worry about him not being able to see, he has already arrived at the hotel in the morning, I said 'one If there is news, I will go to find him, and if he is not there, I will leave a message on the notepad in the lobby', so he should look through it."

Chapter 681 The Passionate Uzo

After listening carefully, Jiang Xia nodded her head: "Okay, I will remember."

"Suzuki Sonoko" was startled, and couldn't help but glance at him.

"..." Jiang Xia was quite enthusiastic.This was far from the "Uzo" she knew.

Could it be because there are angel and cool_guy by his side, so Uzo subconsciously wants to hide the differences between him and his classmates, pretend to be the same kind of person, and shorten the distance?

Belmode first sighed with emotion because of this appearance.

Then it felt wrong again.

Because she suddenly remembered that a while ago, when she was still in the United States, Gin felt that the situation of the newcomer "Uzo" he was optimistic about was a bit strange, so she wanted to find someone who knew about it to find out what was going on.Because Wu Zuo's original psychiatrist had assaulted the police and went to jail, the organization had no new candidates for the time being, so Qin Jiu found her.

In my impression, in the materials sent by Gin at that time, "Uzo" was indeed not a warm-hearted and kind person, but he often made warm-hearted actions, especially like to talk to passers-by with stories.

And according to the records, every time Uzuo became enthusiastic, those unlucky passers-by who were taken care of by him would often encounter some bad things—either they would become murderers or be killed suddenly.In the best case, they have to go to the police station as a witness to make a statement to the police, because their acquaintances suddenly killed or were killed suddenly.

...It won't be like this again this time.