Conan's Corpse Picker

The two of them went out one after the other, and the door of the lounge closed with a click.

"..."

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Jiang Xia with a gloomy gaze, and then at the flower, not knowing whether to pick up the mobile phone to take a picture as a souvenir first, or to condemn that hateful artist who did things at will.

However, before she could settle down, Jiang Xia raised her hand and took the flower down.

He took out a wet towel, wiped the part of his neck that touched the flower branch, looked at the flower in his hand, and sniffed it closer: "It seems to smell like refrigerant."

"Huh?" Conan suddenly thought of something, took the flowers to study for a while, and then showed an expression of "so that's the case", "The mechanism that controls the blooming of flowers should be the refrigerant - first use the air conditioner to close the flowers, After a certain time, the petals will open again... Although the principle is not difficult, it is really powerful to come up with this idea."

Suzuki Sonoko stepped on his evaluation.

Jiang Xia, on the other hand, seemed not very interested in inquiring about other people's magic secrets.

He quickly stood up like a serious person, patted his suit, as if he had already put into work: "Let's go to the venue first."

Conan nodded, thinking the same way:

Since the intimidator clearly mentioned tonight's "banquet", no matter whether he appeared in person, killed people, planted a bomb at the venue, or other killing mechanisms, he would definitely leave traces at the venue.

Of course, the best result is that the threatening letter is really just a prank, so that no one will die at the dinner party.

Conan secretly prayed that today would be safe.

……

The three of them walked around the scene a few times, but this kind of investigation is obviously completely different from the usual reasoning of choosing one of three, four, or five.

Conan looked up at the people coming and going, and felt that everyone was suspicious, but after careful investigation, no one was so suspicious.

He finally sighed, looked away, walked to Jiang Xia's side, and tried to secretly flip through the reference book:

"Did you see anything?"

"This..." Jiang Xia rubbed his chin, turned his head to look to the side, his eyes were dignified with a bit of thought.

Conan was startled, and immediately became vigilant, turned his head quickly, and followed Jiang Xia's gaze.

I thought I would see a suspicious person with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes.

However, it does not.

——At the end of the line of sight is a dining table, the height of the table is the same as the waist of an adult, and the tablecloth is covered with a tablecloth that reaches the ground.

It happened that a lady passed by dragging a long skirt, and the breeze caused the tablecloth to shake slightly.

"It's not easy to catch a suspect who deliberately disguised himself among so many people. Since there is no gain in this aspect, I think..."

Jiang Xia squatted down, leaned close to Conan's ear, and said in a low voice, "It's better to look for bombs and other lethal objects—I always think it's easy to hide things under the table."

Conan made a little noise.

He looked at the dining table covered with tablecloths, then at his own height, and finally met Jiang Xia's expectant eyes: "..."

"Haha, it looks like I didn't bring you here for nothing today." Suzuki Sonoko also understood Jiang Xia's meaning, slapped Conan on the forehead, and said in a deep voice, "Go, detective machine!"

Conan: "..."

He stared at the two old classmates who abused child labor condemningly, and didn't want to talk to them.

However, after thinking about it, it seemed more and more reasonable—what if there was really a bomb hidden under the table?

Conan raised his head to estimate the number of people in the banquet hall, and finally sneaked into the tablecloth under the cover of Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko while no one was paying attention.

……

After some investigation, unfortunately... No, luckily, there is nothing strange hidden under the dining table.

Conan sighed and crawled out from under the table.

He was about to tell Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko about his achievements.

As a result, when he looked up, he saw a person who looked like a secretary standing next to the two classmates.

"You are that famous detective." The secretary clicked his glasses, stared at Jiang Xia, his eyes sparkled, "Well, I have something to trouble you..."

When Jiang Xia heard this talk, she felt that she understood something—it seemed that she was here to ask for an autograph.

So he skillfully took out an autographed business card and handed it over.

——Of course the signature cannot be given for free.

No matter what, you have to exchange the other party's own business card.

Chapter 1049 Good tempered cadre

"Huh? ... Oh, thank you."

The secretary reached out to accept the business card in surprise, her eyes fell on the place with Jiang Xia's signature, she subconsciously ignored the meaning of the "business card" itself, and defaulted this thing into a "signature board", admired it for a moment, and happily put it in her pocket .

Jiang Xia waited for a while, but before the person on the other side handed over her business card, she couldn't help but look at her twice, and silently urged: "...?"

The secretary really didn't come to ask for an autograph, she obviously misunderstood the purpose of Jiang Xia's urging: "Well, let me make a long story short, the thing is actually like this—"

She put away the surprise gift Jiang Xia had just sent, looked around vigilantly, then approached the detective, and whispered:

"The banquet performance is about to start, but my boss has not left the house. I knocked on the door of his lounge, but no one responded, so I would like to invite you to take a look."

Conan stretched his ears to eavesdrop: "..." That's it?

...Who would come here to find a detective just because the boss didn't open the door!

Jiang Xia glanced at Conan's complicated expression and showed a similar expression. He looked at the secretary opposite: "Is it possible that he left temporarily, or was on the phone and didn't hear it?"

The secretary shook his head: "The boss's lounge is a suite with a bathroom inside. According to his habit, if he hears a knock on the door, he will definitely respond by email even if he doesn't want to make a sound, but he didn't.

"I knocked on the door for a while, and remembered that in the documentary reports of many cases, there have been similar things-some people's door was suddenly unanswered, and then they opened the door and went in, and saw that something had happened to the person. ...

"Actually, I tried to call the police just now, but the police refused to come. I was wondering what to do. I didn't expect to see you—the detective must be very good at handling these things!"

Conan: "..."

His eyes on the secretary suddenly became more complicated: Has this man read too many detective novels?She looks mature and steady on the outside, but inside...

Jiang Xia looked at the secretary, then at Conan, and was silent for a while:

This secretary who came from nowhere seems to be quite transparent, unlike some high school students who have shrunk... Perhaps detectives are always so blindly optimistic before encountering a case?

Thinking about it is also true, with the frequency of high school student detectives encountering cases, if there is a slight disturbance, they will immediately wait for it, then each of them may have to go to see a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

……

However, at the moment, this matter should probably be taken care of.

Jiang Xia met the secretary's expectant gaze, sighed, and showed a little expression of "Although I think you are making trouble for no reason, but since you insist, I will accompany you to have a look": "Where is your boss' rest room? "

"This way, please!" The secretary's eyes lit up, and he bowed to lead the way.

Conan and Suzuki Sonoko also sighed, gaining a new understanding of Jiang Xia's ease of speaking.

But idleness is idleness, anyway, they haven't found the threat person yet, so follow the secretary to the staff area, maybe they will find something else.

The two quickly followed Jiang Xia and the secretary, and entered the staff passage next to them.

……

at the same time.

Ten meters away, in the direction of the elevator.

Toru Amuro came out of the aisle carrying the tray.

Just now, after separating from Jiang Xia and the others.

Toru Amuro went all the way to the floor where the cooking classroom was located, trying to find out what happened to Subaru Okiya and get to know the bottom line of this suspicious person.

The door of the classroom is well insulated, and there is not much movement that can be heard through the door, only a sharp female voice can be vaguely heard, swearing all the time.

After listening to it for a long time, that voice gradually became familiar. Relying on his strong memory, Toru Amuro slowly found the source of the familiarity in his mind—it was the voice of Yoshitomo Uemori, the French chef.

Yoshitomo Kamimori has appeared on food-related variety shows before, and when Toru Amuro was working in an izakaya, the owner of the izakaya seemed to be a fan of Yoshitomo Kamimori, and the small TV in the corner often showed her pictures.

Toru Amuro: "..." Since Uemori-sensei is still in the mood to swear, nothing major has happened yet.

Originally, Tomo Amuro wanted to wait until Michimo Mori was in a better mood, so he pretended to go to the wrong place, pushed the door in to see the situation, and said a few words by the way.

However, after waiting for a long time, the scolding continued.

"..."

Ten minutes later, Toru Amuro twitched his forehead, and finally decided not to waste any more time.

He held the doorknob, quietly pushed the door open, glanced at the cooking classroom, and immediately fixed on Okiya Subaru.

I saw that Okiya Subaru and other students who were serious about cooking behaved completely differently.

——Others are paying attention to the ingredients on the table, or pricking up their ears, trying to hear some useful knowledge from Mr. Uemori's scolding.

But Okiya Subaru's attention was obviously not on those matters related to "cooking skills", but was staring at an iron pick on the small table next to him, thinking.

In addition, Okiya Subaru obviously has a vigilance that ordinary people don't have.

——Amuro Toru had just pushed the door open a crack silently, and Okiya Subaru suddenly looked up, his level of vigilance was not at all like that of an ordinary "graduate student who came to learn cooking during his break".

Before he could observe any more, Uemori-sensei had followed Okiya Subaru's gaze and found Toru Amuro who was observing secretly.

The corridor was a bit dark, she didn't see Toru Amuro's face, but she could clearly see the clothes of the waiter.So he came over and slammed the door shut, with a curse: "Go back to where you should be!"

Amuro looked at the closed door in front of him: "..."

...In my impression, when I eavesdropped just now, Okiya Subaru seemed to be scolded a lot.

If this man is really "Uzo", he has a good temper.

However, Toru Amuro thought about it: Sometimes, some people are always more tolerant of people who are about to die—although there is no evidence, Toru Amuro always feels that Yoshitomo Kamimori's situation at this time may not be very good.

……

Toru Amuro wanted to stop him, but soon, his reason told him that even if he ran over to remind Michimo Kamimori to "be careful", she probably wouldn't listen, instead she would become more irritable and easy to be taken advantage of by some people .

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro sighed secretly, and decided not to play tricks, but to try to start with behavior, figure out what Okiya Subaru wanted to do, and then stop it in a targeted manner.

——Although in front of this suspected "Uzo", Toru Amuro must be a ruthless organization cadre who treats ordinary citizens like dust.But fortunately, Wu Zuo used that "invitation letter" to provoke him before.

Now, even if Toru Amuro saves people, it can be interpreted as "deliberately trying to tear down Uzo" - in the organization, "Bourbon" has never been a good-tempered person.