Conan's Corpse Picker

Therefore, Suzuki Ayako should be more familiar with visitors than her sister.

But even so, they haven't seen each other in years.Suzuki Ayako didn't know the current hobbies of the students, so she had to answer vaguely: "Maybe."

Conan nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Xia also learned how a serious detective should behave when he heard the clues, and nodded accordingly.

……

The three quickly packed up the warehouse, carried the firewood, and returned to the villa.

As soon as he entered the door, a girl's scream suddenly sounded from the second floor.The sound is very familiar.

... This is Mao Lilan's voice.

Conan's face changed, and he rushed upstairs.

Suzuki Ayako looked at the second floor and tilted her head in doubt, but she wasn't too worried.

Because she felt that there was more shyness in this scream than fear...

……

Jiang Xia looked up at the second floor and vaguely guessed the situation.

——This time, among the party members invited by Ayako Suzuki, there were three men.

Just now, they happened to be changing clothes in their respective rooms, and they all forgot to lock the door.

Suzuki Sonoko has her fixed room, and she can check in without any twists and turns.

Mao Lilan was not going well.

——She went up to the second floor, and when she entered the room, she opened a door without thinking too much.

As soon as he was about to go in, he saw a half-guo man in the room who was changing clothes.

Mao Lilan screamed in fright, apologized and hurriedly closed the door, then opened another door in a panic.Unexpectedly, it was a similar scene and a similar naked back.

After opening three doors in a row in such a muddleheaded manner, after looking at all of Suzuki Ayako's male classmates, Mao Lilan finally found an empty guest room and rushed in as if fleeing from danger.

...However, because of what she did, Jiang Xia found a room much more smoothly - everyone obediently locked the door behind them.

Chapter 60 Don't Run Around

Jiang Xia entered the room, put away her luggage, and tidied up briefly for a while.

When they went downstairs again, other people had already gathered in the living room.

Except for the four high school students who came to the villa, the others were all students of Suzuki Ayako's university club.

……

There were three men and two women among the adults. In addition to Suzuki Ayako and the three boys who were visited one by one, there was also a short-haired woman—Tomokako Ikeda.

Tomokako Ikeda seems to be a celebrity.

As soon as the star chasing star Mao Lilan heard her name, she became excited: "You are the author of "The Blue Kingdom"? I really like this novel!"

……

"The Blue Kingdom" is Tomokako Ikeda's debut work in college and won the Best Newcomer Award.

This was supposed to be an achievement worth showing off, but at this moment, Tomokako Ikeda's face turned ugly when she heard Mao Lilan talking about it, and she changed the topic unnaturally.

This is also inevitable.

Because Jiang Xia remembered that "The Blue Kingdom" was copied by Tomokako Ikeda.

The girl she plagiarized was called "Atsuko". She used to be a member of the film research club like all the adults here.

Two years ago, on the day Tomokako Ikeda won the award for "The Blue Kingdom", Atsuko hanged himself.

……

Just as Jiang Xia thought of this, she heard Suzuki Ayako sighing beside her: "It's great to be able to reunite, and it would be even better if nothing happened to Atsuko..."

"Enough!" Tomokako Ikeda reacted tremendously. She slapped the table and stood up abruptly, "It's a rare gathering, can you forget about that dead man who spoils the fun!"

Jiang Xia paused for a while when reaching for the biscuit box, and secretly glanced at the fat brother next to him, feeling that his murderous aura had increased.

"..." It's a pity that the quality of murderous aura has not been upgraded, and the taste is very ordinary.

When Suzuki Ayako saw her classmates getting angry, she felt a little embarrassed while being puzzled.She got up quickly: "Well, I'll go to the kitchen to see dinner."

The fat man among the three male classmates also scratched the back of his head, and said with a silly smile, "The weather forecast says it will rain tonight, so I'll go and strengthen the roof. When I came here, I saw that it was a bit broken, and it might leak water."

——Although Takahashi Ryoichi is a little fatter, he is a flexible fat man with strong hands-on ability.

So no matter whether it is repairing the roof or dismembering the corpse, the movements are very neat.

……

Jiang Xia ate biscuits and looked at Ryoichi Takahashi who was walking towards the balcony.

Whether it's the murderous look on Brother Fatty or Jiang Xia's "prophetic ability", these all tell him that Ryoichi Takahashi is the "bandaged man" they saw on the bridge.

The bandaged man is of normal shape, but Ryoichi Takahashi is very fat. It is difficult for ordinary people to associate them together.

But in fact, Takahashi Ryoichi is only fat on his face.His huge "beer belly" is actually just a bunch of fillers.

——Takahashi Ryoichi intends to kill Ikeda Tomokako to avenge Atsuko.

And the padded fake stomach is the prop he intends to use to carry the corpse and obscure the time of death.

……

Takahashi Ryoyi took the tool bag and quickly climbed to the roof, disappearing from everyone's sight.

No one noticed him except Jiang Xia.

And at this time, beside the dining table.

Among the male classmates, the long-haired handsome guy looked at Mao Lilan, and was quite fond of this pretty sister.He hit the wall with a wall and invited Mao Lilan to walk in the mountains and forests with him.

Mao Lilan hesitated and didn't want to go.

She has absolutely no interest in flirting.

And although the handsome guy with long hair is indeed handsome, but after looking at Jiang Xia's face for a long time, her immunity to ordinary handsome guys will inevitably double.

Mao Lilan didn't refuse on the spot, just because she was not good at refusing.

……

The handsome man with long hair saw her hesitation.In line with the principle of "helping women make choices when they hesitate", he grabbed Mao Lilan's wrist and pulled her towards the door: "Let's go, the air in the mountains in the evening is very fresh."

Jiang Xia sat at the dining table, glanced at them, and said quietly:

"There is a damp outside the window, and it smells like it's going to rain soon. Once the branches and leaves are wet by the rain, the insects that cling to them won't be able to hold on to them, and they will fall with the rain.

"Don't worry about ordinary bugs, they can be used as decorations if they hang on your hair... But if it's something like a tick, remember to get rid of it in time. Ah, by the way, don't pull it out with your hands, or it may pull its body off Yes, the head is still in the meat.

"In addition, I heard that there are many snakes around here—snakes like humidity and heat, and they will crawl out of their nests before and after it rains. When you take a walk, pay attention to your feet, don't step on them, they are easy to be bitten.

"However, there are a lot of dead leaves now. It is really difficult to completely avoid the snake... Then if you are bitten, don't panic and don't run. Once the blood flow accelerates, the venom will spread faster..."

……

Following Jiang Xia's understatement, the handsome man with long hair was firmly fixed at the door.

It's not that I'm scared by bugs or snakes, but that I can't walk anymore in the physical sense.

—— Huge resistance came from his hand.The little sister who was a high school student he was pulling could be easily dragged away just now, but at this moment, she stopped firmly.

The handsome long-haired guy looked back in shock, and secretly exerted some strength in disbelief.

However, the delicate and soft girl behind her remained unmoved.

Seeing him turn around, Mao Lilan turned pale and whispered, "Either, why don't you go first." The woods at night are too scary...

In his heart, the long-haired boy actually didn't want to give up.

But he really can't pull people away.

……

After half a minute of stalemate, the handsome man with long hair let go of Mao Lilan's numb hand.

He flicked his hair with trembling fingers, and said forcefully, "Haha, that's right, you must be tired from the journey, so take a good rest first."

At the table, Jiang Xia looked away and poured himself a cup of black tea comfortably.

Conan glanced at him gratefully, and helped Jiang Xia push Fang Tang closer.

After a while, though, Conan suddenly became alert.

...Why did Jiang Xia stop Xiaolan from taking a walk with other handsome guys?Should he not...

Conan thought about it, his face turned pale.

Chapter 61 Why Are You Still Not Going Out?

Jiang Xia would prevent "Walking in the Rain", not because she was dissatisfied with Mao Lilan hanging out with strange people.

It was because when Mao Lilan ran into the room before, she saw something she shouldn't have seen - Ryoichi Takahashi's bare back.

Ryoichi Takahashi is not as fat as he looks, he does not have a huge beer belly.

Although Mao Lilan himself, who was dazed by the three consecutive naked backs, did not realize this.

But Ryoichi Takahashi has a guilty conscience, and the true and false beer belly is related to his murder plan, so at present, he is staring at Mao Lilan, planning to kill her.

……

Although Mao Lilan is very strong in fighting, she is particularly timid.Faced with a bandage man with a terrifying appearance, his force value will plummet due to fright, which is prone to accidents.

And just now, if Mao Lilan agreed to go for a walk, Takahashi Ryoichi would definitely attack her, and then Jiang Xia would have to go out to rescue her in the heavy rain, which would be troublesome.

Therefore, it is better to nip the danger in the bud from the very beginning—everyone stay away and let the man in the bandage squat in the rain by himself.

……

Villa door.