Conan's Corpse Picker

In addition, even if you want to teach me a lesson, why did you make it... like it is now?

A potential pervert hidden among the peripheral members?

Toru Amuro was a little speechless because of the scene in front of him.

At this moment, the corner of his eye flicked—Mianguan Chensan froze for a moment, then turned around abruptly, turned around and ran away like a fat but agile rabbit.

Mianguan Chenzo also didn't know what happened, but he was shocked.And now, his assistant failed in a sneak attack but was caught in a second, and his very capable subordinates turned into that ghost again... There must be something terrible hidden in this forest.Without the help of his younger brother, Mianjian Chenzo didn't want to fight with two young and strong detectives and an unknown pervert.

Theoretically speaking, there is nothing wrong with the strategy of taking the best plan.

But Mianguan Chenzo overestimated his own speed. Although he is indeed a nimble fat man, he is only more nimble than normal people, and compared to hunting professionals...

Just a few meters away, Mianguan Chenzo heard the sound of chasing after him—if he was a rabbit trying to escape for his life, then Amuro Toru would undoubtedly be like a professional greyhound, he didn't have much effort to keep up The veteran cadre who participated in the mud meeting in the second and second stages of the middle school had a very long time, and knocked Mian Guanchen on the back of the neck with a knife.

Mianguan Chensan let out a muffled moan as if he was dying, fell down with a thud, and did not move again.

Amuro's perspective line instinctively followed the prey, and when his eyes fell to the ground, he was taken aback.

——It's not that he was surprised by Mianguanchen's fall.

But after Mianguan Chensan fell, Toru Amuro looked down and realized that there was another person lying on the ground.

Take a closer look, it looks familiar... Toru Amuro has always been very good at remembering, and he recognized it quickly-the one under his feet seems to be one of the peripheral members who are responsible for assisting them this time, and the assistance sent by the organization branch in Gunma County Toru Amuro has seen a photo of this person on the list of the victims.

"..." Didn't the peripheral members attack Watanuki Chenzo's younger brother, but now... what's going on?Why are the peripheral members also lying on the ground?Moreover, it seemed that although this man kept his pants, his exposed skin also showed signs of being beaten. It seemed that the little boss had been treated similarly to the one just now.

Amuro was a little confused for a moment.Could it be that there was an undercover agent among the peripheral members?The "undercover" sent by Chenzo Watanuki under his feet was regarded as Chenzo Watanuki's companion by the peripheral members, and they were put down together?

As soon as this conjecture surfaced, Amuro Toru rationally crossed it out of his mind—impossible.

Because, if there really was an undercover agent, the other peripheral members would at least tell him, his temporary boss.After all, no matter which branch or level you are in, finding an undercover agent is not a small matter, and undercover agents have all grown up from the seedling stage. It is absolutely necessary to tell the higher-ups about such things...

"There are people here too."

Amuro Toru was thinking, when suddenly he heard Jiang Xia's slightly surprised voice behind him.

This young man with very keen observation skills has obviously noticed the situation on his side, and has made new discoveries.

Amuro Toru followed the sound and turned his head. Before he could see clearly, he saw Jiang Xia turned to another bush that was closest.

Jiang Xia carefully opened the branches and leaves, flashed the flashlight in, and her tone became dignified: "There are also here."

As he said that, he knelt down and touched it, and then made a voice of relief or doubt: "They are all still alive."

"..."

Amuro Toru was silent for a moment, walked to Jiang Xia, looked down at the few people Jiang Xia had discovered, and briefly searched the vicinity.

A few minutes later, he was sure—half of the people lying nearby were peripheral members of the organization, half of them were strangers, and most of them were Miananuki Chenzo's younger brother.

Toru Amuro stared at the members who fell to the ground, silently counting the number.I feel that even peripheral members shouldn't have so many undercover agents. It really isn't a problem in this area...

In addition, there are no traces of group fights around here.

Compared to the grandiose scene where the two sides are fighting, the current scene is more like some insidious predator sneaking in, knocking down the group of people one by one, like a single hit in the dark, The viper that hunts quietly.Wait, so their mission...

Amuro Toru's expression changed slightly, and the flashlight shot around the surrounding members.Soon, he found something incompatible with the dead leaves—it was a device that had been disassembled but had not yet been installed. As the light beam shone on it, there was a dark cold light flowing on the surface of the device.

He approached and fiddled with it for a while, only to find that the camera was still there, but the recording equipment was gone.

After thinking for a while, he walked back to the tree where the bones were buried, and searched carefully. Following the light of the flashlight, there was a glimmer of light flashing on the branches above his head, among the densest branches and leaves.

Toru Amuro handed the flashlight to Jiang Xia and asked him to help illuminate it. He climbed up to take a closer look, and it turned out to be a recording device still in operation.

The end of the journey

"..."

Toru Amuro turned off the device smoothly, unscrewed it, and thought of a lot in a flash.

If the peripheral members were suddenly attacked after installing the equipment, the matter would be relatively simple—probably just a strange person passed by, tortured everyone hiding on the mountain, and then waved his sleeves away up.

But what if... the recording equipment was not installed by the peripheral members.

Is it the enemy of Watanuki Chenzo?The people involved in the murder case five years ago?Or...is there someone else doing things for the organization?

A figure suddenly appeared in Toru Amuro's mind.

A police academy uniform, fluffy black natural curls - Matsuda Jinpei's face.

After pausing for a moment, the face in his mind changed slightly, and slowly corrected to the mysterious person who called himself "Kurosawa Zuo".

...Suddenly remembered this because Toru Amuro remembered that something similar seemed to have happened in Toujin Forest—the murderer who killed the fake "Jiang Xia" was beaten up by Matsuda for no reason.If Kazami Yu didn't arrive in time at that time, he would probably have been beaten twice in a row.

And now, someone around was beaten for no reason... The victim was a peripheral member of the organization, and Miananjian Chenzo's younger brother. The murderer was of the same nature.

Toru Amuro: "..." Could it be that Matsuda has been following him until now?

Also, and more importantly, what about the tree-mounted recording equipment?Is Matsuda really connected with the organization?

... No, no conclusions can be drawn yet.

To figure this out, the first thing to determine is whether the equipment was installed by the peripheral members or by Matsuda.Otherwise everything is just unnecessary conjecture.

Toru Amuro jumped off the tree with the dismantled recording equipment, wanting to wake up the people on the ground immediately and ask about the situation.

But although his "Amuro Toru" identity is fake, but during the undercover period, this identity can be regarded as his "body", and it is not easy to expose the "Amuro Toru = Bourbon" to other people.

In the end, Toru Amuro could only hold back his temper and prepare to send an email to inquire later.

Jiang Xia also scouted around, and walked back stepping on the dead leaves.

A crisp sound interrupted Amuro Toru's thoughts.

He looked at Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia glanced at the recording equipment in his hand.It seems that he still remembered the matter of "trying to help the boss cover the vest", so Jiang Xia asked like a simple working detective: "Should I call the police?"

"It's okay, it's stopped." Toru Amuro lowered his voice, and shook the recording device in his hand towards Jiang Xia, indicating that this thing is not working at the moment, and they don't need to continue the performance, "Leave here first."

……

On the way down the mountain, Toru Amuro took out his mobile phone and sent an email to the members of the organization who stayed near the hotel, asking them to come up and clean up the scene as soon as possible.

He himself and Jiang Xia chose a road that would not meet those people, and returned to the hotel.

The only ones who saw him and Jiang Xia just now were Mianguan Chensan and his two younger brothers.The three people didn't know the time after they fainted, so they could make up their own brains. When they lost consciousness, the two detectives ran out of battery, so they had to go down the mountain to find a place to call the police. —Anyway, Watanuki Chenzo and the others didn't know that the members of the organization also collapsed around the ground and needed a lot of time to clean up the aftermath.Moreover, the two sides will not communicate with each other. Mian Guanchen and the others will only stay in the hands of peripheral members for a short while, and will be transferred to other places soon.At that time, compared with the 50 billion yen lost due to the leak of Mianuki Tatsuzo, indiscriminate detectives will naturally no longer be the focus of the problem.

……

Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru wandered around at the foot of the mountain, and waited for the peripheral members to remove all the people on the mountain and pack up the bones before returning to the hotel.

Then they ruthlessly woke up Shancun Cao, who was staying here, and told him about seeing the corpse and Mianguan Chenzo on the mountain, which was regarded as calling the police.

While the mountain village police officer was sleepily directing his subordinates to work overtime.

Toru Amuro returned to the room, checked and processed the recording, packaged it and sent it to the person in charge of the connection.

Jiang Xia sat opposite the coffee table, watching quietly.

Seeing Toru Amuro closing the computer, stretching his waist, and looking like "let's call it a day", he couldn't help but ask, "So it's done?"

"Well. There are more professional people in charge of interrogation and aftermath. Our work is only intelligence and supervision." Toru Amuro responded, walked to the small refrigerator in the corner of the room, took out a can of cold beer himself, and threw a can to Jiang Xia by the way Chilled orange juice.

Then he opened the can with a "bang", raised his head and took a sip comfortably, which was a small celebration.

It is not difficult to complete this organizational task whose form is greater than reality.What Toru Amuro wants to celebrate is actually the end of another matter...

He looked at the night outside the window, drank beer, and briefly enjoyed a leisurely adult time.Then turned around, intending to let Jiang Xia go back to his own room to rest.

But as soon as he looked at Jiang Xia, Toru Amuro suddenly found that Jiang Xia was looking down at the can of iced orange juice, feeling the water mist that had condensed on the tank, and seemed a little lost.

"...?"

Toru Amuro was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

Speaking of which, I have only been out with Jiang Xia for a few days, and I have already been tortured by this rhythm of life.But Jiang Xia has lived a similar life for a long time, often encounters cases, and is disrupted by various murderers, but he never rejects solving cases.

... Is it because only in this way can Jiang Xia find his value and sense of existence as a detective?Because only at this time can he completely immerse himself in the role of detective and temporarily break away from being a peripheral member of the organization?

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro reviewed it carefully.They found out that they encountered a little more cases than Jiang Xia usually encountered during their trip this time.

Jiang Xia may not have thought much about it, but subconsciously combined this journey with the "case", so now that he heard that the journey was coming to an end, he reflexively felt disappointed.

"..." Thinking of this, Toru Amuro felt a little emotional.

If he has a lot of free time, he doesn't mind accompanying Jiang Xia to encounter a few more cases by chance.

But... But he is really busy, and there are many things to do, he must try to maintain a healthy mental state...

Recalling his own situation a few days ago, Toru Amuro's invitation of "it's okay, we will go out together next time when we have time" was clearly on his lips, but he couldn't say it no matter what.

In the end, he just changed the topic with guilt and sent Jiang Xia back to the room.

All journeys should have an end, and this one certainly does.It's a pity, but it's time to end...

Chapter 697 What to do when the moon is dark and the wind is high

This night, it may be a tired life, suddenly ushered in the dawn of the end.Amuro Toru did not sleep as soundly as the previous two times.

In addition, that "mysterious man" occupied a lot of his energy - not long ago, those peripheral members who fainted on the mountain gradually woke up, and Toru Amuro got in touch with them immediately.

However, due to the darkness and the fact that the raiders approached without warning, the peripheral members couldn't see who the raiders were at all.But Amuro got at least one important piece of information from them—all said they hadn't installed recording equipment.

In other words, the recording equipment was actually installed by the mysterious person who brought down the two parties.The purpose is unknown.

Toru Amuro pondered for a long time, but he didn't want to understand the specific connection between Matsuda and this task.

Therefore, at night, he paid extra attention to the movement outside, and would go to the window to have a look from time to time—if Matsuda did not leave after beating someone, but stayed nearby to observe the situation as he did in the last case... then maybe he himself Any chance to try to catch someone, or at least meet up?

Asking about the situation is definitely more useful than all guesswork.That way, even if you can't get an answer, at least you can get some information on the sidelines.Unlike now, now, even the conjecture that "it was Kurosawa who beat the person" itself is just his conjecture.

……

However, Toru Amuro paid attention for a long time, but failed to catch the pine that was haunting nearby... Sasa Kurosawa.

Instead, another abnormality was discovered.

— Belmode answered the phone.He frowned, then reluctantly drove away.

"..." Amuro looked through the window, looking at this scene with slight doubts.The phone call is from the boss?Or are there some quests that only Belmode can do?

He stood in the shadows behind the curtains, speculating wildly about the situation.

However, looking at Belmode's car going away, Toru Amuro felt a little more relaxed - having such a mysterious and cunning organization cadre by his side will inevitably make their undercover spirit tense .