Conan's Corpse Picker

"But then I found out that maybe I was thinking too much...

"Uzuo rejected my proposal of 'assassination', and then took me to the construction site next door to Mianguanyi's family when Yoshiichi Mianguan was not at home, and asked me to dig down along a vacant lot.

"At first, I thought that what was buried underneath was Yoshiichi Watanuki's fake account, or something else that could be used as a threat... I didn't expect to dig up a corpse."

This is obviously a very unpleasant memory.The corpse was severely decomposed, but it hadn't completely turned into bones. It was at the most terrifying stage.And Okiya Subaru not only dug out the house unexpectedly, but was also forced to look at the corpse for a long time, and while looking at each other, he heard Uzo threatening in a friendly tone beside him...

Okiya Subaru was silent for a moment, sighed, then looked at Akai Shuichi, and continued what he said just now:

"You should have read the relevant reports after the incident.

"—A month ago, Watanuki Yoshiichi may have accidentally killed Koda Sanae who went to his house, and then he secretly transferred the body to the construction site next door through the sewer in the early hours of the morning. bury.

"Yoshiichi Mianguan lives alone, with a large yard and few people around his house. Not only is it not in a busy city, but it is a bit desolate. In short, it is almost impossible for passers-by to accidentally see the situation of his house.

"But on the way Wu Zuo took me to dig up the corpse, he explained the case in great detail from beginning to end... It's almost, almost as if he wrote the script by himself."

Akai Hideo lit a cigarette and listened quietly.Soon, from Okiya Subaru's words, he noticed something worthy of attention.

He asked clearly: "The target killed someone a month ago and was arrested a few days ago. It is indeed a long time interval, and it is difficult to observe. But the organization has many eyes and ears, and Uzo knows the details of the case. It may be because of him, or he His subordinates passed by by chance and peeped into those situations... In short, there are many reasonable explanations. Why do you think he 'wrote the script'?"

"Because this is not an isolated case." When Okiya Subaru got to the point, his expression became serious:

"Uzo may have done similar things in the past - there have been such rumors in the organization.

"I've actually heard some rumors about this new boss, but I never thought about it before, because I never thought that the legend of the organization would be so close to me... until a few days ago, when I dug up the corpse, I heard With the mission process he explained, I finally matched Uzo with those sporadic rumors."

Under Akai Shuichi's gaze, Okiya Subaru lowered his voice, whispering as if he was afraid of disturbing something terrifying:

"According to the rumors, Uzuo really doesn't like to kill people. However, there are always various accidents happening to the target he is following - either he is suddenly involved in a seemingly unrelated murder case and is killed. Or he has a psychological problem. , crashing and killing others...

"It is said that Wu Zuo even took action against some cadres, and even the cadres could not escape his terrible 'script'. Only one person with outstanding ability noticed Wu Zuo's methods and survived. That's why those rumors in the organization... Without him, perhaps more people would disappear from the organization without anyone noticing."

Chapter 798 Akai Shuichi: Uzo and Gin are sworn enemies

"Hey, it might sound like an exaggeration. In fact, at the beginning, I was dubious about this method."

After Okiya Subaru said this, he found that he was not calm enough-and as an academic person, he felt that he should not simply and roughly judge the nature of the matter based on rumors.

but……

"Then something happened." Okiya Subaru began to give evidence for "Uzo really knows how to write murder scripts":

"——This time, in Yoshiichi Watanuki's mission. When solving the case, we met a witness.

"On the night of the incident, the witness got drunk in an izakaya to celebrate his winning the lottery. When returning home, he took a shortcut and passed between Yoshihiro Watanuki's family and the construction site where the corpse was buried. He happened to hear It was the news of Yoshiichi Mianguan burying his body.

"Later, when the deceased's brother went to investigate, he happened to find this witness. The witness insisted that that night, he heard Yoshiichi Watanuki digging a hole in his yard - the witness said he was passing by the alley, lighting a cigarette Then I glanced to the right, and the voice was there.

"But the actual situation is that there was a strong east wind that night. When the witness lit his cigarette, in order to block the oncoming wind, he instinctively turned his back to the wind. Therefore, the location of the sound he heard was not continuous. Yi’s family, but the construction site next door—the testimony he gave was just the opposite.”

Hearing this, Akai Shuichi nodded, and understood what Okiya Subaru wanted to express:

"Without this 'witness', the deceased's brother or the police might have stepped up their searches around instead of focusing on Yoshiichi Watanuki's yard.

"In other words, the existence of this unexpected factor indirectly caused Yoshiichi Mianguan to fail to go to prison on time, so Uzo randomly added a task of 'promoting the process of solving the case'—and if Uzo continued to pay attention to this event, or happened to be near the scene of the burial that night, it was not difficult for him to notice this swaggering witness, and he would not miss it.

"It's a pity that I can't get in touch with Yoshiichi Watanuki now... I'm curious if he feels abnormal in these things. If even he himself doesn't realize that he is being manipulated, then this is like a script of the gods. Incredible."

As Akai Hideichi spoke, his voice gradually lowered, and he silently began to think.

"..." I haven't seen you for two years, and there are more talents of this type in the organization.

If Uzo is really like the rumors and what Okiya Subaru described, there will be more powerful enemies...

Speaking of which, Okiya Subaru seemed to have said just now: Uzo had plotted against the cadres, and it sounded like he wasn't punished for it.In Akai Shuichi's impression, although the organization is unambiguous in terms of extermination, they do not allow cadres to engage in physical private fighting without involving issues of principle.

...Perhaps the cadres Wu Zuo killed were originally the ones the higher-ups wanted to eliminate.

But in another kind of rumor, Wu Zuo was fighting fiercely with a certain cadre again, and the winner has not yet been decided... This is a bit strange.

Hideichi Akai thought, if that "another cadre" was someone the organization wanted to eliminate, then he couldn't have survived in the organization for so long.

But if the organization didn't get rid of his intentions, Wu Zuo didn't get stopped by force...

After thinking for a moment, several possibilities gradually emerged in Akai Hideo's mind.

One is that the organization does not have enough evidence to prove that Wu Zuo is killing his colleagues. In addition, the person being targeted has taken precautions. In the end, the two sides are evenly matched, and neither can kill the other for a while, so the higher-ups are too lazy to care. These troublesome things, let them continue to fight.

…Speaking of this kind of ability that can rival Uzo’s, let’s combine it with Uzo’s critique of “thug”-style killings.Akai Hideichi suddenly thought: Could it be that this cadre who has fought against Uzuo so far and is still alive is Gin Wine?

"..." This possibility cannot be ruled out indeed.

And in this way, it can also explain the reason for the rumors to flow out - although Gin is mostly silent, but the vodka next to him is not so tight-lipped.

If the uzo and the gin were fighting so hard, it would be hard for the vodka to refrain from saying something.After all, at present, it seems that Uzo is not an idle person, and it is not a shame that Gin is not at a disadvantage against him. It is very reasonable for Vodka to spread a few words unintentionally.

Another situation is that Wu Zuo's ability is really outstanding.So much so that even though he couldn't help but extend his murderous hand to the cadres, the higher-ups didn't want to deal with him directly without any evidence... This ability to hide behind the scenes and kill secretly is indeed in line with what the organization has always respected Ideas, such "Uzos", are worth cultivating for them.

In particular, Shuichi Akai remembers...

He turned to Okiya Subaru: "I remember when you mentioned Uzo just now, you used the term 'the new generation of the organization'... Uzo is very young? What are the characteristics of his appearance?"

Akai Shuichi didn't ask Okiya Subaru for a photo.

——A person who can write a crime script and actually reproduce it in reality must be very good at penetrating people's hearts and must have extremely keen observation skills.

Under such circumstances, if Subaru Okiya dared to sneak a photo of his new boss whom he just met...I'm afraid that today, I should not come to Subaru Okiya's apartment, but his graveyard.No, in this case, there may not be a chance to be buried in the cemetery. You have to search the incinerators of the nearby abandoned factories to have a chance to see...

Okiya Subaru didn't know what Akai Shuichi was thinking, but suddenly his back felt cold.

He suspected that it was because the two of them were chatting about Uzo, and some not-so-good memories were brought back to him, so he couldn't help but glanced out of the window and in the direction of the corridor.

After confirming that no one on both sides broke into the door, he felt a little relieved.

Okiya Subaru really didn't dare to take pictures of Uzo secretly, and he never even had the idea.

So now, facing Akai Shuichi's question, he can only try his best to describe Uzo's appearance:

"Looks younger than me, in his early twenties. He is dressed in the same black as most people in the organization, wearing sunglasses... If there is any characteristic, it is probably the curly hair. His appearance and temperament are not the same. It's not hard to remember, but I don't have the slightest impression of him, so I must have never seen him before."

Akai Shuichi nodded thoughtfully.

Hearing at the end, Uzuo's "young" and "sharp" characteristics, as well as the person who finally solved the case in this case, reminded him of one thing.

He thought about it and asked: "I heard that this case was solved by that famous high school student detective. Did he have any unusual behavior in this case? Besides, did he appear at the same time as Uzo?"

Chapter 799 FBI's Reasoning

"Jiang Xia?" Okiya Subaru was wondering why the topic jumped here, but after thinking about Akai Shuichi's words, he quickly understood the reason, "You want to say that Uzo might be Jiang Xia in disguise?"

Akai Shuichi did not nod: "What do you think?"

"Impossible." Okiya Subaru just happened to have been in contact with both of them, and shook his head firmly, "They are not the same age, body shape and temperament, especially temperament, the difference is too big-speaking of it, I I suspected that Jiang Xia might also be Wu Zuo's subordinate before, because Wu Zuo's committing the crime seemed to be writing a script, and Jiang Xia's solving the case seemed to be reading a script. But after my later investigation, this should be just a pure coincidence..."

He recounted his previous investigations and speculations.

After hesitating for a moment, he added: "But I always feel that Jiang Xia seems to have vaguely noticed those scripts of Wu Zuo... If this continues, Jiang Xia's situation may be very dangerous according to the organization's usual way of doing things. Of course, I The situation is also very dangerous, I suspect that Uzo is trying to push me out as a substitute..."

After Akai Hideichi listened carefully, he nodded and did not speak.

He didn't think that Jiang Xia was Uzuo, but he did have some suspicions that there was a connection between Jiang Xia and Uzuo—in some respects, the results of Okiya Subaru's observations coincided with his speculation.

However, in Akai Shuichi's view, Jiang Xia's situation is not as dangerous as Okiya Subaru said.

Detectives do things by telling evidence.But at present, according to the rumored way of committing crimes of Uzo, it is difficult to convict him of his actions.I am afraid that this kind of person will not be easily recorded as evidence of instigating a crime.And if there is no evidence, even if Jiang Xia finds out that the circumstances behind the case are wrong, it will be difficult to arrest people.

In this case, there is no need for Wu Zuo to silence him.Because someone has to solve the case, and his goal of "finishing the mission through the murder case" can be realized.If Jiang Xia is gone, Wu Zuo will have to spend time finding other detectives.Although there are many famous detectives, there are not so many detectives who can volunteer to help the police solve cases every day and can see through the murder methods every time. Uzo's accustomed methods are destined to maintain a strange relationship with the detectives. balance.

Of course, another possibility cannot be ruled out.

For example, Jiang Xia is really Uzuo's subordinate.

However, this situation, in some respects, cannot be justified.

As Okiya Subaru said, Jiang Xia solved the case too fast.If he is really Wu Zuo's subordinate, and every time he solves a case, he "recites the script" under the instructions of his superior, then Jiang Xia will at least pretend to be other detectives, spend more time in meditation and thinking, and make himself look Not so abrupt... From this point of view, the two of them don't seem to be in a superior-subordinate relationship. Maybe Jiang Xia is really just a keen detective.

...In short, although the issue in this regard has not been clarified yet, one thing is certain - no matter what, Jiangxia is still safe at present.

On the contrary, Okiya Subaru... If he continues to "do tasks" like this, he may be suddenly arrested by the police one day, and then he will be silenced by the organization, and his life is in danger.

However, Akai Shuichi thought about it carefully, and felt that Okiya Subaru was still completely saved.

After all, according to the plan, it won't be long before that scary "Uzo" is no longer Subaru Okiya's boss, but Subaru Okiya's boss.

At that time, with Uzo's observation skills, it will be really stressful not to reveal his flaws... But Uzo is a mysterious cadre after all, and "accidents" like the witness who listened in the opposite direction in this mission, Not every time.In other words, Uzo may not have as many opportunities to meet "Okiya Subaru" as he thought, and there is still room for manipulation.

After getting the most concerned information about the mysterious new cadre "Uzo".

Akai Shuichi's attention gradually focused on another matter.

He glanced at the cat litter box, cat climbing frame, water bowl and various cat toys in the corner, and was silent for a while: "Do you want to raise a cat?"

... There is nothing wrong with keeping a cat.

But now, Okiya Subaru is eager to leave here and stay away from the organization. He should subconsciously streamline his luggage so that he can escape at any time, but instead, Okiya Subaru has raised a pet...

As an ace detective with keen observation and rich associative ability.

It was impossible for Akai Shuichi to ignore such an obvious abnormality.

On the opposite side, Okiya Subaru did not appear flustered when he heard this question.

He just sighed, and suddenly became a little sad: "I did have this plan. But... oh, but the cat ran away."

Akai Shuichi: "...?"

Although Okiya Subaru has only known the black cat for a few days, he has bought everything for the cat. If the cat abandons him at this time, he always feels sad about the loss of the house cat.

After being sad for a while, Okiya Subaru came back to his senses, vaguely feeling that Akai Shuichi didn't mean to ask this, so he walked to the computer, held the mouse in his hand and clicked a few times, and explained:

"Actually, I didn't want to raise it at the beginning. After all, in my situation, it is not suitable to add extra 'luggage' to myself.

"But we were really lucky - we ran into each other a few times on the block, and he jumped on my car when I opened the door, and he was not afraid of people at all. This is really a rare good cat. … Look, I was worried at first that if I had a cat, I wouldn't be able to get potted plants, but no, he is very considerate and loves things."

Akai Hideo's eyes fell on the screen, and found that Okiya Subaru had opened several videos, and the content of the shooting was all in his own home.

The several surveillance cameras at home were all installed by Okiya Subaru himself.He usually leaves home often, and the safety factor of this apartment is only within the normal range, so it cannot prevent people who want to investigate.And he himself is a peripheral member of the black organization that cannot withstand investigation, and a second-to-fifth boy who is about to betray.

So for a while, Okiya Subaru not only started to use the detector, but also installed a surveillance camera at home.

Every time he came back, he would fast forward and take a few glances.In the past, this move was just to make sure no one broke into the empty door, and he would delete it immediately after reading it.

But later, this action evolved into observing the life trajectory of cats every day-the new white-clawed black cats seem to yearn for freedom, and they don’t spend much time in the house every day, and even less time appearing in the camera.Okiya Subaru simply intercepted all the video clips of the cat, and kept them happily.