Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 1303 1303 [Curse of the Undead]

Without the two groups of murderous spirits to eat, this restaurant with a good reputation suddenly became empty.

Jiang Xia looked at the menu with her chin resting a little bored, waited for a while, and finally waited until the other three students who were good at chatting finished eating.

The four of them packed some convenience food for the detectives who had forgotten to eat and sleep, and then left the restaurant, preparing to go to Osaka Castle to see the progress of the matter.

……

Walking all the way to the bridge, you can see the Tianshou Pavilion on the opposite side from a distance.

"I don't know if they have solved the case yet. Well, how can we stay away from these endless cases."

Yuan Shan and Ye yawned sleepily: "But speaking of it, why are there so many charred corpses in Osaka City? There were 13 years ago, there were a few weeks ago, and there are again today. The time interval is getting shorter and shorter."

After she summed it up in this way, an ordinary case seemed to become scary.

"Those scorched corpses seem to have fragments of golden gourds on them." Mao Lilan, who was afraid of ghosts, thought of something and shivered. "Could this be a curse from Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

Yuan Shan and Ye are not that afraid of ghosts, but in the quiet night, coupled with a series of cases, she can't help feeling guilty at this time, but her mouth is still firm: "It doesn't matter, we don't have fragments, even if it is a curse, we must It won't fall on us!"

Suzuki Sonoko was also a little flustered.

But when she found out that the other two were more panicked than she was, and there was Jiang Xia Zhenchang next to her, she couldn't help feeling playful, and said quietly: "But did the deceased carry the fragments with him during his lifetime, or did they appear suddenly after death? This point has not yet been determined - maybe Toyotomi Hideyoshi's soul has been sleeping for many years, and suddenly found someone who dared to covet his treasure, so he quietly burned those people to death, and put a piece of them on them as a token... …what!"

Before she finished speaking, she bumped her head into Jiang Xia's back, which shocked herself.She turned her head and looked around in panic: "What's the matter?! What's the matter?!"... The undead will not really appear, she, she just said it casually, no offense intended!

Jiang Xia turned her head and glanced at her: "It's nothing. I saw a strange shadow on the bridge just now, so I wanted to stop and take a closer look... But looking at it now, it should be just one person."

"...strange shadow?"

The three girls were slightly taken aback, and looked in his direction.

There are no street lights here, and the light is dim. Looking across the bridge from this angle, the castle tower hundreds of meters away is the most conspicuous.The delicate and beautiful high-rise buildings during the day are now illuminated by a few beams of pale light, and the lights are cast from bottom to top, giving off a gloomy atmosphere.

"..." They shuddered and tried to focus their sights on the bridge.

After a closer look, I saw that there was indeed a human silhouette in the middle of the dark bridge.

The man was dressed in black and stood with his back to them.The loose clothes were blown by the wind, and the whole figure seemed to be shaking with the wind.

Mao Lilan took a breath, and tremblingly asked several students in a low voice: "...is it a human or a ghost?"

Jiang Xia was about to speak, but at this moment, with a faint "click" sound, a ball of fire suddenly lit up in front of the mysterious man, clearly illuminating his outline.

"!" The three girls froze and said in unison, "...the will-o'-the-wisp! It's the will-o'-the-wisp!"

Almost at the same time, Jiang Xia felt a terrified hand grabbing his arm, pinching the corner of his eye.

He tried to dodge, but couldn't - the other arm was caught by Mao Lilan.Perhaps it was fear that awakened the deep strength in her body, and Jiang Xia was completely unable to pull her arm out of her for a while.

Feeling Mao Li's strength gradually losing control, in order to save his arm, Jiang Xia had no choice but to comfort him: "Calm down, ghosts won't get angry."

"Huh?" Yuan Shan and Ye were stunned, "What would that ghost do?"

"..." Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, pretending that Quan hadn't heard the question, "I mean, that light doesn't look like a ghost fire, it should be the light of a lighter."

"lighter?"

This kind of life-like thing made the three people's thoughts quickly return from "Warring States Undead" to reality.

Moreover, the shadow in front of them remained motionless, and Jiang Xia looked very reliable, so they calmed down a little.

At this time, the black shadow just turned sideways slightly, and saw that what it was holding in its hand was indeed a windproof lighter.The lighter shell was shiny and the style was very modern, which was not something Toyotomi Hideyoshi could have.

Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief, and patted her chest in shock: "It's good to have a body."

Jiang Xia successfully rescued his arm, he moved quietly worriedly, and then he was relieved to find that everything was fine and his arm was not broken.

Yuan Shan and Ye also jumped up and down again, she looked at Jiang Xia in surprise: "From such a distance, you can actually see that it is a lighter?"

"Of course." Suzuki Sonoko became proud of him first, "Jiang Xia is a professional!"

... It's not just about being a detective, but she remembers that Jiang Xia always carries a lighter and cigarettes with him.What's more, his cigarettes are still homemade, which can't be bought in the market at all, and he looks very particular.

Suzuki Sonoko: "..." It's just that I rarely see Jiang Xia smoking a cigarette. Most of the time he just lights up a cigarette, then looks at the smoke and distracts himself. Occasionally, he only takes a puff when he feels sleepy. Maybe the drifting smoke can bring him inspiration. .

In short, since the shadow on the bridge is a person, there is no problem.

The three girls were no longer afraid, and planned to cross the bridge with Jiang Xia.

But just as he took a step, the shadow in the rain suddenly put the lighter on his arm.

boom--

The flames lit up suddenly, and the man burned at a strangely fast speed, and burned into a burning man in the blink of an eye.The figure wrapped in flames staggered in pain, and suddenly fell to the bridge, crossed the bridge in the blink of an eye, and fell into the river with a plop.

"?!" Several young witnesses were stunned, unable to tell for a moment whether the man committed suicide, or regretted it immediately after committing suicide, so he quickly jumped into the river again.

They ran quickly to the bridge and looked outside the fence, and saw the man floating face down in the river, with a blazing fire on his back when he emerged from the water, the whole man was motionless, as if he was dead.

Almost at the same time, on the other side of the bridge, a man holding an umbrella also saw this scene and was stunned.

In the dim light, it is difficult for ordinary people to see his face clearly.

Jiang Xia turned her head to look, and asked meaningfully: "Who?"

The man came back to his senses, turned around in a panic, and ran away quickly.

"I'll go and have a look, you guys remember to call the police."

Jiang Xia left the matter of calling the police to the three classmates, and chased in the direction the man left.

(End of this chapter)