Conan's Corpse Picker

So Suzuki Sonoko came to Jiang Xia decisively.

As soon as Jiang Xia heard the code name "Kidd", she sighed inwardly.In his impression, when Kidd played in the early days, it was basically calm and there were no murders at all.

Until the end, Kidd's aura gradually couldn't suppress the growing Conan. When he was stealing, the number of murders increased a little.

In the "Dark Star" case, there was nothing wrong with it from the beginning to the end.

However, Jiang Xia thought for a moment, but still did not refuse Suzuki Sonoko's invitation, and tried hard to create an attitude of "Jiang Xia never refuses invitations to go out".

In this way, Suzuki Sonoko will find him more often in the future, instead of spending time worrying about "whether Jiang Xia will accept the invitation" before inviting him, and then delete the items she thinks Jiang Xia doesn't like--in case she makes a mistake Jiang Xia would feel bad for canceling a project with a murder case.

……

Soon it was the day before the theft.Jiang Xia found the Mihua Museum according to the address Suzuki Sonoko sent him.

The protagonists are not in the hall, it is said that they went to observe the surrounding terrain.

Jiang Xia simply greeted Chairman Suzuki, and then came to the showcase with the anticipation of "You will be able to hold it!", and looked at the huge black pearl - the dark star.

In the theory of psychics, some objects that gather human wishes or obsessions contain energy called "energy cores" by famous scholars, which can be used to feed ghosts to upgrade.

Textbooks have listed some typical objects with energy cores, usually antique utensils or eye-catching gems.

A year ago, Jiang Xia had just transmigrated into this world.After landing, apart from going to the cemetery hospital to look for ghosts and murderous spirits, he just wandered around museums or jewelry exhibitions, trying to find energy cores.

But at that time, just like he failed to find the ghost, Jiang Xia also failed to find the precious object with energy.

A while ago, as Kudo Shinichi became Conan, Jiang Xia started seeing ghosts again.He went around the museums in various places again, but unfortunately, he still couldn't find the energy core he wanted.

In the end, Jiang Xia gave up trying.

——The generation rate of ghost fetuses and shikigami in this world is much higher than what he was used to before.The murderous aura is also very good: after the prisoners are exposed, they will take off their murderous aura obediently and go to the prison.Unlike the previous life, those who refused to admit it, those who fled in fear of crime... There are even those who are keen to die together.

Therefore, Jiang Xia quickly accepted this fact based on the Buddhist mentality of gaining and losing.

But yesterday, after receiving Suzuki Sonoko's invitation, Jiang Xia had a whim, guessing that the treasures that Kidd wanted to steal might be energy cores that he couldn't find anywhere.

After all, in Jiang Xia's impression, if Conan is the protagonist of this world, then Kidd is definitely the number two character with the aura of the protagonist.If one of the two protagonists is in charge of ghosts and murderous aura, and the other is in charge of the energy core used to raise stars...it is actually very reasonable.

However, after seeing the dark stars up close, Jiang Xia was disappointed—he couldn't feel the energy from them.

...it looks like a fake.And there is no energy core in the entire museum.

The secret expectation failed to come true, Jiang Xia's motivation today was only about 60%, but now it has dropped to 1%, he sighed, while others were busy and no one was paying attention to him, he planned to find a place to sit down and rest .

Just a few steps away, three people suddenly walked into the door.Jiang Xia glanced up, and saw Mao Lilan, Suzuki Sonoko and Conan as expected——Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko's girlfriends are stronger than gold, and Conan's stickiness is also stronger than gold.

Chapter 110 Kidd is also a worker

Seeing the three homicide attractors standing together, Jiang Xia's expression softened a little - think about it carefully, although in his impression, there was no murder in this theft.But several previous experiences have proved that what actually happened in this world is not exactly the same as the spoilers Jiang Xia has seen, and there will be some discrepancies in the details.

So... what if?What if in this new world line, Conan's aura is strengthened and he successfully crushes Kidd?

When people are alive, there is always something to look forward to...

……

Conan is staring at the notice letter, trying to decipher the information left by Kidd - Kidd likes to write a bunch of gorgeous sentences in the notice letter, and cleverly hides the time of his crime and the place where he appeared in the text.

Yesterday, Conan managed to get a copy of the notice letter, but after studying it all night, he couldn't understand what Kidd was talking about, so today, Conan came to the scene, trying to find inspiration.

At this time, when Suzuki Sonoko suddenly heard greeting Jiang Xia, Conan was stunned holding the notice letter.

A second later, he swished out the sound-isolating earplugs he had just bought, and put them in his ears with lightning speed—he bet 1200 yen that Jiang Xia's first words after walking over would definitely be "I looked at the invitation letter yesterday, and I feel that Kidd will appear at ××× at ××× at ××" or something like that.

However... Jiang Xia didn't say anything.

He nodded and greeted Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko, then walked to Conan's side, patted his shoulder with a kind of desolate attitude, and finally sat silently on the sofa in the corner for guests.

Conan: "..."

Well, he lost.

I'm willing to bet, and it just so happens that a single volume of the Detective Zuowen series is released today, so just spend 1200 yen to buy it.

Conan quickly settled his bet.

Then he happily took off the earplugs and ran to Jiang Xia's side - seeing Jiang Xia's taciturn and listless appearance, he must have failed to solve the puzzle!

... So many times, when facing Jiang Xia, Conan felt for the first time that "everyone is standing on the same starting line", and he rekindled his fighting spirit.

Conan remembered the way Jiang Xia encouraged himself just now, and he followed suit, patted Jiang Xia's forearm on the armrest of the sofa, and promoted his competitive spirit: "Don't be discouraged, let's compete and see who can answer the question he gave first. Puzzle."

"Puzzle?" Jiang Xia turned his head and glanced at Conan, his eyes fell on the note in his hand.

It was a copy of Kaitou Kidd's notice letter - the original was torn to pieces by Sonoko Suzuki's father in a rage, so he had to put it together and make a few more copies.

Suzuki Sonoko also sent a copy to Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia remembered that the content on it was:

【April fool

when the moon separates two people

in the name of the dark star

invited to the waves

I will drive there]

Jiang Xia said without interest: "Oh, you said this."

"Yeah..." Listening to Jiang Xia's tone, Conan recalled his attitude towards the notice letter, and had a vague premonition.

He instinctively stretched out his hands to his earplugs again, but it was already too late——Jiang Xia sighed: "Kidd probably wanted to say that he would appear on the roof of the Cup House Hotel after 0 o'clock in the middle of the night. No later than 04:30 am."

Conan, who had just squeezed the earplugs before he could push them into the ear canal: "..."

...Can you speak more slowly next time!

Jiang Xia had seen Conan's earplugs a long time ago.

So when Conan came to ask him about Kidd, Jiang Xia simply broke the answer directly, so that Conan would not waste energy and brainpower on Kidd, and concentrate on doing what "Conan" should do.

Conan sadly put the useless earplugs back into the box. At the same time, he summed up his mistakes in his heart—earplugs are really too slow to use. Wait until they swell up in the ear canal, plugging the gap...

Now it seems that this can't keep up with Jiang Xia's speed of solving puzzles.

Next time, buy a sound-proof earmuff, hang it directly around your neck, Jiang Xia opened his mouth, and immediately picked it up and put it on...

Conan sighed.At this moment, he looked at the note that kept him up almost all night, and it was as if he was looking at the question with the answer, and it was chewy.

Moreover, Conan's mind was spinning quickly, and he had studied the notice letter for a long time, so the moment Jiang Xia gave the answer, he almost understood how the result was derived.

Conan's eyes lost their brilliance. He leaned on the sofa and thought about his life tiredly, and suddenly felt a little strange: "Why didn't you tell the police about this?"

Jiang Xia still looked uninterested: "It doesn't matter, the letter specially wrote 'April_fool', Happy April Fool's Day--in addition to predicting that his action date is April 4st, he probably also told us 'Happy April Fool's Day ' means. And this is a commonly used supporting line when playing tricks on people. That is to say, even if Kidd appears there today as shown in the preview, he will probably only wait and see, and will not start to steal."

"April Fool's Day..." Conan tasted the word.According to the information he found yesterday, Kidd was quite punctual in stealing things.

If another person said "Kidd was joking" to Conan, Conan might suspect that person was thinking too beautifully.But now, it is Jiang Xia who said this...

Jiang Xia continued: "So we don't need to go there on purpose, and we don't have to worry about delaying things - Kidd has the habit of sending notice letters before taking action. The second notice has been sent."

Conan: "..."

I don't know why, when Jiang Xia said this, he suddenly felt that Kidd, who was flying majesticly in the sky, was a bit miserable, like a down-and-out thief whose weakness was pinched and called at will.

As the same person who was persecuted by Jiang Xia, Conan suddenly felt a little sympathy for Kidd.

But he quickly thought again that Jiang Xia's decision couldn't be said to be completely wrong - Kidd had committed countless crimes in the past, but he had never left fingerprints or other things that could prove his identity.

Even if the police arrived in time according to the time and place indicated in the notice letter, even if the person was successfully caught, as long as Kidd had a thicker skin, he could still say that he was just a cosplayer wearing Kidd's clothes on the roof Passerby—he hasn't stolen anything yet, so he can't be caught on the spot.

And if the police knew this, they would definitely mobilize a large number of police forces to surround the building.But the top floor of the Cup House Hotel is very high, which is Kidd's home field. When the police are all gone, Kidd will dive straight to the Mihua Museum with the hang glider on his back, and steal the dark stars... It's not good.

Having said that, Conan is still a little curious about this person who can make up a puzzle that he has not solved all night.Would love to meet him for a while.

Jiang Xia vaguely felt Conan's complicated mood. He thought for a while, and after a while, he secretly suggested: "If you are interested in Kidd, you can go to the top of the building to play with him during that time." In short, please increase contact Strength, let Kidd have the aura that the detective world should have as soon as possible...

……

Having said that, before leaving, Jiang Xia thought about it and reported to the police.

——Although he really doesn't want to get in touch with Kidd at this stage, but in the days when there are murder cases around Kidd, it will undoubtedly be easier to participate if he gains a little related reputation now...

Chapter 111 On the Feasibility of Yi Rongcheng Jiangxia

Kidd chose to appear after 4:1 on April 0st.

The police and Conan squatted vigilantly on the roof, but failed to catch anyone, only picked up Kidd's second invitation letter.

That night, Jiang Xia went to bed early and didn't go to Puihu Hotel to join in the fun.

However, some enthusiastic police officer told the media that he had deciphered the notice letter, and soon, there was another report about Jiang Xia in the newspaper.

Jiang Xia held the newspaper in one hand and clicked the scissors in the other. He hesitated for a moment before looking at the half page, and finally cut it out and pasted it into the collection.Of course, the half that described Kidd was dropped.

It was at this time that Jiang Xia suddenly discovered that Kidd, as a world-class phantom thief, has another magical function - he can use it to gain popularity.

With more and more appearances in newspapers, one day, he will receive an invitation letter from afar to pick up ghosts...

……

However, Jiang Xia waited expectantly day after day, and did not receive an invitation letter to solve the case, but instead waited for the date that Kidd announced in the second notice letter.

——In the second notice letter, Kidd did not compose those complicated riddles anymore, but wrote straightforwardly: [On April 4, I will go to the Queen Celesabeth to pick up the dark star]

April 4th happened to be the 19th anniversary of the Suzuki Foundation.The Suzuki family will invite celebrities from all walks of life to hold a grand sea party on the cruise ship.

Suzuki Sonoko invited Jiang Xia as usual.

Jiang Xia wandered around the boat and received a bunch of business cards—at first, he just passed by the crowd, but where he passed, several middle-aged women stopped him, handed over business cards, and asked for His contact information, kindly said that he planned to introduce him to a job.

When Jiang Xia heard this sentence, she immediately found out her business card and returned it.Afterwards, the people next to them saw this scene, and for no apparent reason, they followed suit and exchanged, and after exchanging, Jiang Xia had a bunch of small cards on him.

He walked to the corner, took out the business card to look at it, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were quite a few familiar names on it.Jiang Xia searched his memory, and gradually matched the names of these people with the cases that have not yet happened - each one may represent a ghost in the future.

Enduring the discomfort of seeing Kidd today, being invited to come to this ship is really the wisest decision he has made recently.

Jiang Xia happily put the business card into the box, feeling much more energetic than before.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan saw everything in their eyes, and they were also very pleased——Jiang Xia must have felt the value of his existence because he was surrounded by so many people for consultation.Although he doesn't look enthusiastic enough, he is actually very helpful!

Conan didn't think so much, he was busy observing the people around him.When Kidd steals treasures, he likes to disguise himself as someone else, and then pretends to be that person and mixes in the crowd, approaching the target without anyone noticing.