Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 1071 1071 [Uzo's revenge mode] ask for a monthly ticket (づど)
The opening ceremony opened, and as the lights were turned off, the banquet hall gradually darkened.

The guests were surrounded by darkness, but they did not panic.

They have participated in various banquets all year round, and they are very clear about the general process. At these banquets, the organizers often play some commemorative projections. At this time, it is natural to turn off the lights.

……

Sure enough, not long after, the host stood on the stage.

A beam of light fell from the top of his head and enveloped him: "Everyone! The next thing I want to introduce to you is the work of today's most important guest, our national treasure painter—Mr. Kizuki Fengshui!"

As his words fell, a screen nearly ten meters long and seven or eight meters wide on the side of the stage slowly descended.

The projection hits it, switching paintings one by one.

Dozens of paintings flashed slowly.All the paintings have the same theme - Mount Fuji in various seasons and angles.

The voice of the host came melodiously: "Mr. Kisaragi loves Mount Fuji. He has spent more than 30 years dedicating himself to depicting the majestic appearance of Mount Fuji. This time, Mr. Kisaragi is celebrating the completion of the twin-tower skyscrapers of his student, Chairman Tokiwa, A special gift of his new work!"

When the painting is finished, the projection screen turns off.The attention of the guests, under the guidance of the host, fell on the stage again.

"Everyone please enjoy - "Fuji in Haruyuki"!"

The curtain slowly opened.

In the dark, Mao Lilan looked at the huge silhouette on the stage, and whispered to the two classmates in surprise: "What a big painting."

Suzuki Sonoko was also a little surprised, Ru Yuefengshui seemed very uninterested in business activities such as the "opening ceremony", but he didn't expect to be so attentive.

But after another thought: "After all, he is sending students. Maybe he is more satisfied with the student Chairman Tokipan..."

A row of lights as bright as daylight suddenly came on, precisely illuminating the painting.

Suzuki Sonoko stared blankly at the stage, the remaining half of the sentence suddenly got stuck in his throat.

Jiang Xia noticed her strangeness, looked away from the business card, and looked back following the gazes of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.

On the stage, in front of the huge painting, there was a slightly swaying figure hanging.

——Chairman Tokiwa, whose face was still red just now, was strangled by his neck and hung in the center of the painting.She lowered her head, remained motionless, her hands were hanging down, and she looked very peaceful.

"..."

"Ahhhhh-!!"

After a brief silence, screams of terror broke out.

Toru Amuro: "..." It was agreed to blow up "fireworks", why did a murder case suddenly come out... What exactly does Uzo want to do?
However, it doesn't have to be Uzo...

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia.

Seeing that Jiang Xia was already like an enthusiastic detective, she completely forgot about the boss of the dark organization standing aside, and ran to the stage quickly.

Not far away, Mori Kogoro also rushed onto the stage at the same time.

……

Jiang Xia turned her head, glanced at the corpse hanging in the distance, and quickly came to the console, and looked down at the operating switch.

Then he stared at various complicated buttons with unknown uses, and fell silent for a while.

A second later, he knocked on the table naturally, waking up Chinami Sawada who was stunned beside him, and reminded: "Put the person down first."

"...Okay, okay!" Chinami Sawada was shocked, and then she came back to her senses. She stretched out her hand in a panic to pull the joystick on the console.

……

As the easel was raised again, Chairman Tokiwa's body gradually descended from the air and landed on the ground.

Mori Kogoro checked the old acquaintance's pulse, rolled her eyes again, and shook his head sadly: "It's hopeless."

Several other acquaintances also subconsciously ran to the stage at this time, even Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko who were a little scared.

Jiang Xia walked from the side of the console to the center of the stage where the corpse was.

The two classmates sensed his approach, and like two competent bodyguards, they quickly parted ways and watched him come to the corpse expectantly.

"It was hung up by a steel wire." Amuro looked up at Jiang Xia, then lowered his head again, studying the neck of the corpse.

Tokiwa Mio wore a lustrous pearl necklace around her neck.A piece of steel wire extends from the necklace, goes around the top beam, and connects to the bottom of the huge portrait.In this way, once the Chinese painting falls, Tokiwa Mio will be suddenly lifted.

Counting the time, she must have been hanging on it for several minutes.

Jiang Xia sighed calmly, showing the quality that a "good friend of the police" should have:

"Anyway, call the police first."

Speaking of what he thought of, he turned his head to look at Mao Lilan who had taken out his mobile phone after hearing the sound, and added: "By the way, don't dial 110, just call the Mumu Police Department - he is downstairs."

"Okay." Mao Lilan quickly called out the number of Mumu Police Department - she had saved it before.

In addition to the Megure Police Department, she also has the numbers of Officer Sato, Officer Takagi, and Officer Shiratori... It's not that she has the habit of deliberately collecting the police's private mobile phone numbers, but she can use them often. .

……

While waiting for the police to go upstairs, Jiang Xia scanned the stage.

On the side, Toru Amuro's expression was quite heavy.

Although I vaguely knew the reason for the boss's "heavy heart", it seemed a bit strange if I didn't ask a question at this moment.

So Jiang Xia walked over and chatted in a tentative tone: "What's the matter, is there something wrong?"

Toru Amuro frowned and said, "I'm just thinking, is this an ordinary accidental murder case, or..." or a part of Uzo's plan.

——After arriving at the venue, Toru Amuro used the identity of a "waiter" to wander around secretly, exploring the surroundings.

Originally, he thought he would get nothing like he did in the municipal building of Nishitama City a few days ago.

However, in fact, after such a walk, he was shocked to find many time bombs hidden in the banquet hall.

Fortunately, at this time, there was still some time before the explosion, Toru Amuro did not immediately dismantle it, he wanted to find out the organization...or Uzo's purpose.

Now hearing Jiang Xia's inquiry, Toru Amuro hesitated, wondering whether to tell him about it.

——With the help of Jiang Xia's mind, he may be able to discover many details that he failed to discover.

But on the other hand, Toru Amuro thought again: Uzo seems to be relentless to those who intend to destroy his "stage" - it is said that the cadre in the organization who has the most contact with Uzo is because of blowing up Uzo's On the stage, I have to start a battle of wits and courage with Wu Zuo... What if I involve Jiang Xia in this struggle with Wu Zuo, and implicate the high school students who are determined to go the right way?
Just thinking about it, Toru Amuro suddenly heard Jiang Xia say in a firm tone:
"It's really not an accidental homicide."

(End of this chapter)