Conan's Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia raised her hand to turn the pointer on it.

When the minute and second hands turned to a certain angle, there was a click, and the wall in front suddenly unscrewed, revealing a dark and secluded passage.

On the ground in the inner part of the passage, there was a pale shikigami.

Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, couldn't help but walked to the side of it, knelt down and poked it.

Shikigami flinched in horror, and then grabbed the ground even tighter, like a flattened firm sticker.

At this moment, the wall at the entrance swung shut, and the passage was plunged into darkness again.

Jiang Xia didn't panic at all, and borrowed the night vision ability from the ghost.

After being able to see the surroundings clearly, he took out a small knife, tore a piece of paper from the note, and folded out a small square paper bag.

……

This secret passage is connected to the tower that was on fire.After the extinguishing fire that year, the charred bodies of more than a dozen people were scattered everywhere. The fake "old lady" walked through the tunnel all year round, and the soles of her shoes were stained with ash, and occasionally brought some charred ash to other places.

Therefore, the shikigami did not always stay in one place, but were scattered throughout the passage.

Holding a knife and a paper bag, Jiang Xia pierced the shikigami on the ground with the knife, scraped the bricks under it, and put the scraped dirt into the paper bag.

Then he held the paper bag and shook it above Shikigami's head.

Shikigami who was flat on the ground raised a corner hesitantly.

"!" Jiang Xia felt something was going on.

He put away the knife, pinched the shikigami, threw it into the paper bag with lightning speed, and forcibly moved it.

Shikigami seemed to be frightened, trembling and wriggling into the depths of the paper bag, next to the ashes.

This act of self-protection, on the contrary, made Jiang Xia more convenient - he didn't have to fold it himself, the shikigami had already folded it and put it in the bag.

……

Jiang Xia successfully dug up a ghost.

Although it has not been processed yet, it is temporarily impossible to sign a contract.

But keeping them in your pocket is much safer than letting them run around in the gloomy passage.

Jiang Xia put away the paper bag.

He originally planned to leave the tunnel first, return to the protagonist's team without anyone noticing, and then use this existing shikigami to find out the obsessions of the shikigami.

In this way, after solving the obsession, sneak into the secret passage again, and all the ghosts can be picked up.

But before getting up, Jiang Xia looked up, and accidentally found that just a few steps further in, there was also a shikigami.

Jiang Xia paused: "..."

...Thinking about it carefully, in fact, it doesn't take much time to scrape a little soil.

And sooner or later, you have to come to pick up ghosts. There is actually no difference between picking up ghosts now and later...

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia took out the knife and paper bag again, and walked towards the shikigami a little deeper.

Grab another one.

Catch and leave.

……

10 minute later.

Conan took out his notebook and carefully drew the layout of the chess pieces in the courtyard.

Amuro looked away from the window, and glanced at Conan and his notebook.

Since Conan is meditating with a pen in his mouth, he looks like he is in a daze, so at present, Toru Amuro has not found anything unusual about this child. He only feels that Conan is more organized than ordinary children.

At this time, Toru Amuro had several ideas for solving the puzzle, but none of them were clear enough, and he always felt that there was a little bit of information missing.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that no one had spoken to him for a long time.

"..." This is abnormal—according to experience, shouldn't Jiang Xia take a quick look at this time, immediately decipher the message that the old man wants to express, and then find out the location of the treasure?

Toru Amuro turned around suspiciously, wanting to see Jiang Xia's cracking progress.

Unexpectedly, his gaze scanned the entire room, and he only saw two female high school students gathered together in front of the window next to them, discussing in a low voice which flower bush was the most beautiful.

Jiang Xia was not in the room at all.

Toru Amuro: ...Where are people?

……

Maybe it's because of his good luck. Every time Jiang Xia finishes digging up a ghost and plans to turn around and leave the secret path, he can always see another ghost nearby.

It doesn't take long to poach a shikigami.

Jiang Xia couldn't hold back and dug a little more.

It had been a long time before he recovered from the joy of the harvest.

Jiang Xia glanced at his watch, estimated the time he had spent since he came in, and fell into deep thought.

"..." After so long, it is difficult to "pretend nothing happened" and get back into the team because of fear of trouble.

And once you tell other people "there is a secret passage here", they will most likely follow along curiously.

But Jiang Xia remembered that there was an old lady's skeleton hidden in the secret passage.If the teammates call the police immediately, and the police block the secret passage...

Jiang Xia: "..." At that time, if you imagine digging ghosts like now, there will be no such good situation.

Jiang Xia looked at the fresh wild shikigami in the paper bag, then at the shikigami waiting to be dug at his feet, and another shikigami waiting to be dug a few meters away, tangled for a moment, and squatted down silently.

... Anyway, it's too late to go back now, so I might as well pick up all the ghosts before going back.

Moreover, after thinking about it rationally, Jiang Xia found out that there is nothing wrong with him disappearing for a while.

After all, the only villain in this old castle is just a maid who underwent plastic surgery to become an old lady.

On the protagonist's side, there are two top thugs, Toru Amuro and Mori Ran.

Conan also has a variety of black technology plug-ins.As for Suzuki Sonoko, she is a healthy female high school student. She usually exercises and keeps fit, but the fake old lady sits in a wheelchair all year round and cannot get sunlight...

As long as it wasn't a sneak attack, none of the fake old ladies could be put down, and they would be killed instead.

When Jiang Xia thought about it, his conscience immediately relaxed—not only would his sudden departure from the team not cause harm to his teammates, but it would make them more vigilant and aware of the sneak attack that the old lady might take. It can be said that he sacrificed himself to benefit the whole team.I did a good thing today too.

Jiang Xia nodded secretly, and without any burden, he lowered his knife and continued to dig the shikigami under his feet.

Chapter 89

At the same time, the second floor of the castle.

Jiang Xia disappeared without warning.

In the room, Toru Amuro, Mori Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan all fell silent.

——Among them, none of them could even tell the exact time when they saw Jiang Xia for the last time.

There happened to be two windows in this room, and a clothes hanger was placed in the middle to block the view.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan didn't see Jiang Xia, thinking that Jiang Xia was at Amuro Toru's side.

And Toru Amuro felt that Jiang Xia must be on the side of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko based on Jiang Xia's enthusiasm for his two classmates.

As for Conan... He just arrived at the window, and when he saw the huge chessboard full of puzzles, he fell into deep thought, never thinking about the question "Which window is Jiang Xia at?"

Now that Conan is aware of the situation, he silently bows his head to reflect—his observation ability is so poor that he didn't notice that there was a living person beside him... It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't be.

……

There is no signal here, so I can't use my mobile phone to ask where Jiang Xia is.

"Maybe...you went to the bathroom?" Suzuki Sonoko whispered his conjecture.

The four of them went to the bathroom to look around.

No one at all.

Considering the complex terrain of this castle, several people walked around on the same floor again, but they still couldn't find Jiang Xia.

Finally, the four stared at the end of the corridor and fell silent.

This is a bit strange.Even if you get lost, you won't get lost to other floors.

Conan frowned, remembering Jiang Xia's reasoning speed, and suddenly thought: "Jiang Xia... did my brother solve the puzzle, so he went to the place indicated by the chess piece?"

After this idea came up, Conan remembered how Jiang Xia answered the questions cautiously when he was dragged by Kudo Yukiko to participate in the puzzle-solving game when he was a child. Don't tell others, but check it yourself first.

Amuro Toru doesn't have so many brain supplement materials like Conan, he misunderstood: "You mean, Jiang Xia went to find the treasure by himself?"

This kind of stealthy behavior without saying a word is easily reminiscent of "swallowing treasure alone".

But Toru Amuro thought of those organizational funds that were not embezzled by Jiang Xia, but were all used to advertise the store.And Jiang Xia's refusal to sell Fengshui pills, I feel that the employees should not be like this.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan, of course, didn't think about the bad side.

Suzuki Sonoko slapped his palm with a small fist, thinking he understood: "He must be obsessed with solving puzzles, too focused, and forgot to tell us when he left—that who, Kudo, doesn't he also often suddenly think of clues? Run away?"

Mao Lilan nodded deeply: "Indeed."

After such deduction, although the mental journeys of the four people were completely different, they managed to come to a similar conclusion.

"This castle is very big. If you want to go to the treasure location to confirm, it will take a lot of time." Amuro said, turning around, "Let's go back to the original room and wait, maybe after a while, Jiang Xia will be alone came back."

……

However, it turns out, no.

Jiang Xia didn't show up until dinner time.

Instead, Mamiyaman sent someone to look for them - he prepared a feast for the guests, and wanted to ask about the progress of solving the puzzle by the way.

When the four of them arrived at the restaurant, Jian Gongman rubbed his hands and greeted them.

Then he was surprised to learn that the detective he expected the most had disappeared.

……

And after so long, Jiang Xia's teammates finally realized that things seemed to be beyond expectations.