Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 228 Destined Ten
During the stage of the reasoning game, Jiang Xia secretly lowered his speed of solving the case.

And during the short break in the middle, when there was no camera facing him, Jiang Xia looked at Kozaburo Hijikata from time to time, and quickly looked away before the other party looked back.It seems to be very worried about being found out.

After the recording was over, Jiang Xia looked at Tufang who took the initiative to chat with him and left his business card, showing a little guilty smile at first glance, but actually a heartfelt smile.

……

According to regulations, when recording this program, mobile phones are not allowed.

After Jiang Xia finished recording the program and received the invitation letter from Hijikata Kosaburo to pick up ghosts, she left the studio and took her mobile phone from the staff.

When he walked out of the building, he put away his business card and turned on the screen of his phone.

I saw a lot of missed calls on my phone.

Mainly from Mao Lilan, Mao Li Kogoro and Conan.

Jiang Xia: "..." Why are so many people looking for him suddenly?That digital killer finally started to mess up?

Jiang Xia was about to call back and ask about the situation.

However, as soon as he reached the intersection, a police car came running towards him.

The car screeched to the side of the road, and two familiar policemen who had seen it at some murder scenes before ran out of the car, shouting "Found it!" into the phone, and strode closer.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

...what are you doing?
Why do you look like you are searching and arresting people?

...was he found out about speeding his motorcycle in the middle of the night?

……

A little forward in time.

In the short interval of half a day, Megure Police Department, Fei Yingli, and Dr. Ali were attacked one by one.

The three people were not seriously injured, but their social circles overlapped obviously.Plus, each time, the attackers dropped a paper prop on the scene.

So this is considered to be a series of linked attacks.

Conan quickly found out the commonality of the three incidents——

The first to be attacked was the Megure Police Department.His full name is Memu Thirteen.After the murderer attacked him, he dropped a short dagger made of cardboard, and in the picture of the king of spades, which is the playing card of the 13 of spades, the king also holds such a dagger.

The second person to be sent to the hospital was Fei Yingli. Her name "Fei" can be associated with the Queen in the playing cards.A paper flower was pasted on the poisoned food that the murderer sent her.On the picture of the playing card Q, the queen also holds a similar flower in her hand.

The third person attacked was Dr. Ali, who could be dismantled into "Eleven". After the murderer attacked him, what he threw into the yard was a sword in the shape of a fried dough stick held by the Knight of Spades Jack.

This kind of reasoning is well-founded, so Mori Kogoro and the police feel that the person who will be attacked next is the person with "ten" in his name, and that person must have an intersection with Mori Kogoro like the previous three.

Based on this information, the Meguro Police Department, who was wounded, speculated that the murderer may be Murakami Takeshi who was recently released from prison. Ten years ago, Murakami Takeshi had a grudge with Mori Kogoro, who was still a policeman at the time.

Mori Kogoro immediately became the center of the case.

"Immediately start a search for Jo Murakami, find him and ask about the situation!" After commanding his subordinates with wounds, the police department looked at Mori Kogoro again, and urged, "Think about it, who on earth would fight with 'Ten'?" 'Is there a connection?"

"Ten, ten..." Mori Kogoro racked his brains for a long time, and suddenly he was taken aback, "Miss Towako! Choose——In a nightclub he often goes to, the proprietress is called 'Ten Wako'."

Mao Lilan looked at him coldly: "...where do you often go?"

"..." Mori Kogoro said seriously, "Now is the time to talk about business, don't talk about irrelevant things!"

After all, Mao Lilan was still a girl with a strong conscience. After being interrupted by her father, she couldn't help being distracted, and suddenly thought of another person.

She stood up nervously: "Jiang Xia's name also has 'ten' in it! 'Tongzhi' can be removed from the 'zhi', not to mention 'Tong', there is 'ten' next to the wooden character. In addition, The content in the 'same' box is turned sideways - it is '10' in Arabic numerals!"

Maori Kogoro:"!"

"!" The Mumu Police Department commanded its subordinates again, "Hurry up, find that 'Miss Ten Hezi' and Jiang Xia, and contact them as soon as possible!"

……

Ms. Towako quickly answered the phone. She is still in her shop. There are many security guards here, and no suspicious person has been seen.

No one answered Jiang Xia's phone call.

The more Conan looked at the police dialing, the more dignified his expression became—according to Mao Lilan, Jiang Xia’s name can contain three “ten”s, and it has both Chinese characters and Arabic numerals, which is really in line with the law of digital killing Yes, there is simply a feeling of abandoning others.

And Jiang Xia is a detective, in the same profession as Kogoro Mori.Whether it is due to the natural confrontation between criminals and detectives, or the hatred of Kogoro Mori, Jiang Xia's situation is very dangerous.

What's more, he still didn't answer the phone.

Could it be that he was already killed...

However, looking at the good side, Jiang Xia's skill is much more flexible than that of the Mumu Police Department and Dr. Ali... Maybe Jiang Xia didn't answer the phone because when he was attacked by Murakami just now, he escaped the attack and held down the criminal with his backhand. At this time, he was busy stepping on Murakami's husband.

But in any case, this disconnected situation is worrying.

Mu Mu's police department's complexion gradually became ugly. He sent a lot of people to find Jiang Xia, muttering secretly: "I hope I can make it in time."

...I always feel that if I go late, at least one corpse will appear.

……

Jiang Xia, who was busy recording variety shows and had no time to look at her mobile phone, was taken from the entrance of the TV station building and put into a police car.

A few paparazzi guarding in front of the TV station heard the police car siren, looked over excitedly, and clicked the shutter at the same time—celebrities were pulled away by the police as soon as they went out. This kind of material must be able to buy a good price!
However, after the photo was taken, the paparazzi suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"The one who was pulled into the car looks familiar."

"...Isn't this the famous detective?"

"Detective..."

The mood of the paparazzi went from excitement to calmness, and finally they put down the cameras dully.

"..." If you have time to take a picture of a famous detective who is dragged by the police to help solve the case, it's better to take a picture of a little sparrow on the side of the road.

What a waste of film...

……

Jiang Xia never expected that he had worked so hard to pick up cats for a long time, but in the end it was useless at all.

——No need to wait for Xu Shengyi's "Nine", "Ten" has already involved him.

Although Jiang Xia's current full name is "Jiang Xia Tongzhi", the name "Tongzhi" is rarely used.

The pronunciation of island people's names usually has phonetic pronunciation, training pronunciation, and messy pronunciation...

Unfortunately, the name "Tong Zhi" is pronounced phonetically, and it sounds similar to Jiang Xia's accustomed language, which makes him feel very playful.

So Jiang Xia used chicken soup excuses such as "Just call me by my last name, it feels like carrying your parents' name on your back" as an excuse, so that everyone around who is acquainted only calls him by his last name.

As for people who don't know each other well...if they don't know their first name, of course they only call their last name.

For Jiang Xia, the surname is the full name, which is very comfortable to use.

(End of this chapter)