Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 2527 2531 [Justified] Ask for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
Anyway, they were already in the car, so they could only follow it all the way to the crime scene.

After all, they were neighbors in Beika Town, and the two sides were not far away. Not long after, Jiang Xia saw the lawyer's imposing single-family house through the car window.

At the same time, on the other side of the road, police cars drove in one after another and stopped on the not-so-wide street.

……

What was different from previous cases was that this time there was a lively witness at the crime scene.

"The deceased is Maehara Tsuyoshi, 20 years old, a college student living nearby." Officer Takagi pointed at the body, then at the shivering young woman next to the body, and said to Jiang Xia, "This is his friend, Sugita Sanae."

He flipped through the information he had just collected. "I heard from Miss Sugita that the deceased came here today to help the owner of the house who was about to go out and feed the dog. The owner just called to inquire about the situation, and during the call, the dog suddenly jumped up and threw the deceased off the building, causing the deceased to break his neck and die on the spot."

Jiang Xia looked at his watch thoughtfully, then he walked straight to the dazed young woman next to him and asked, "Can you tell me the details?"

Sugita Sanae started and came back to her senses.

The stylishly dressed female college student looked at Jiang Xia, then at the policeman next to her, and recalled fearfully: "Yesterday Xiaogang told me excitedly that he had acquired a big house and asked me to come here to dance and listen to music.

"I usually live in an apartment, and if I make the slightest noise I'll be criticized by my neighbors. It was hard for me to refuse him, so I came over happily - it seemed to be just after 8:30, not even 9 o'clock.

"We opened a few beers and started dancing on the expensive player in the living room, but before we had even started, the owner of the house called us.

"Xiao Gang hurriedly turned off the music, picked up the phone, chatted with the other end for a few words, and handed the phone to John. But who knew that the dog... the dog suddenly pounced on him fiercely!

"Xiao Gang was pounced on by it and fell downstairs. I was scared and afraid that it would chase me and bite me, so I ran out of the door immediately."

"And then she met me." Maori Kogoro touched his chest that was hurt by the door frame and puffed out his chest proudly. "Fortunately, the dog was sensible, otherwise I would let it see the iron-blooded methods of private detectives - we are professionals in catching dogs!"

Inspector Megure: "..." What do you mean by professional dog catching? Although Jiang Xia is indeed very professional in catching dogs, this is not what private detectives should be proud of.

He sighed for this detective brother who was not doing his job and brought the topic back on track: "The suspect dog... well, where is the vicious dog that hurt people?"

Jiang Xia pointed to the corner.

Inspector Megure turned his head and saw a group of first-grade students gathered there, reaching out to touch the big dog huddled against the wall.

"You guys!" Inspector Megure was shocked. "Stay away from it. What if it bites us again?"

Conan frowned, looking unusually angry: "John wouldn't bite for no reason."

The young woman immediately became angry: "But Xiaogang didn't do anything, and he was attacked by it!"

Mao Lilan also walked over and tentatively touched the dog's head. She suddenly realized something: "Inspector, what will happen to John...?"

Inspector Megure sighed: "It attacked passers-by for no reason and caused casualties. Such a dog can only be euthanized."

"Euthanasia?" Lawyer Sakaguchi heard this and looked at his dog with a sad face, "How could this happen..."

Haibara Ai looked at the depressed children and couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia: She always felt that this matter was not that simple. If that was the case, perhaps Jiang Xia could think of a solution.

And when I looked at it, I saw Jiang Xia looking down at the screen of his mobile phone with an expression as if he was thinking.

"?" Huiyuan Ai carefully identified it and found that Jiang Xia was using the same phone as usual, so she couldn't help but stand on tiptoe out of curiosity: What is he looking at? Let her see it too.

Jiang Xia noticed her movement and conscientiously lowered his phone.

Haibara Ai leaned in front of the screen and saw a news item from eight years ago with the unremarkable title "Suicide of a Junior High School Student in Beihua".

"A middle school student committed suicide by hanging himself at home because he was bullied by classmates..." As Haibara Ai watched, she suddenly remembered the conversation between Jiang Xia and Conan.

Her face changed slightly, she glanced at the dog owner next to her, and whispered to Jiang Xia: "Could this student who committed suicide be the son of Lawyer Sakaguchi? - Speaking of which, if we calculate their ages, the deceased today should have been a classmate of his son back then..."

"Girl, are you doubting me?"

A voice suddenly came to my ear.

"?!" Haibara Ai was startled and turned around suddenly, only to see that Lawyer Sakaguchi had approached her without her noticing.

The mini scientist's heart suddenly skipped a beat - being able to discover their whispering so promptly meant that this lawyer had been paying attention to Jiang Xia's movements... He really had a big problem!

She couldn't help but regret that she was too careless just now. However, she soon saw Jiang Xia nodded, and then the detective answered without hesitation: "Indeed."

Haibara Ai:"……"

...That's right. As long as Jiang Xia's suspicion is correct, then there is no need for them to act sneakily. The one who should feel guilty is the one who caught them whispering.

At this time, Inspector Megure was also attracted by the movement here, and he immediately came over: "Brother Jiang Xia, what did you find?"

Jiang Xia: "I think John might not attack passers-by without reason. The time when it pounced on the deceased was very clear - the deceased handed the phone to it, and the person on the other side of the phone was talking to its owner."

Inspector Megure was experienced after all, and he understood Jiang Xia's meaning a little slowly: "In other words... Mr. Sakaguchi took the opportunity to issue an order to the dog, which led to it attacking the deceased?"

Jiang Xia nodded.

"How is that possible?" Lawyer Sakaguchi waved his hands quickly. He looked at Jiang Xia in condemnation. "Weren't you right next to me at the time? You should have heard it. I didn't give any instructions. I just greeted John normally."

Then he turned to look at his dog, "Hello, John. How are you John?"

John turned his head to look at him and wagged his tail happily, indeed showing no intention of attacking him.

"Look." Lawyer Sakaguchi spread his hands, "This is not an attack command at all. I have raised John for many years. He is like a relative of mine. How could I let him attack people?"

At this moment, Inspector Megure's cell phone vibrated and he suddenly received a message.

He looked down twice, his face changed slightly, and he stealthily pulled Jiang Xia aside.

(End of this chapter)