Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 264 Grab a Lucky Detective as a Puzzle Solving Tool
Conan was stared at by him, gradually quieted down, and began to feel a little guilty. Could it be that this excuse was too perfunctory?

Amuro stared at Conan for a while, then silently looked away.

... He seems to have found the cause of the flat tire.

But soon, Toru Amuro felt that this was not rigorous enough—the last time, when passing by the foggy tengu-infested temple, Conan was obviously not in his car, and only Jiang Xia was present.

On the return trip, Conan was indeed there.

...No, why should he seriously think about such a thing.Amuro quickly interrupted his thoughts.

Believe in science, the world is materialistic, how can there be such a strange "flat tire somewhere" physique, nonsense.

While correcting his world view, he got out of the car and planned to change the spare tire.

After going around to the back of the car and opening the trunk lid, Toru Amuro paused slightly.

...the spare tire is punctured.

Familiar location, familiar teeth marks.

Toru Amuro stared quietly at the breach, thinking he would be surprised.

But in fact, when he saw this brand-new broken tire at this time, he actually had a feeling of "as expected".I even have fantasies: the cut is neater than before, and the teeth of the unknown creature that gnawed on his tires seem to be sharper than before...

At this point, Toru Amuro couldn't help but miss his metal tire box.

Last time, on the way back with Jiang Xia and the others, Toru Amuro made up his mind to order such a box to protect the spare tire, but it got delayed and he forgot.

Tsk, it must be on the agenda this time.After it's done, you don't need to carry it every day—when you think you'll meet Jiang Xia and his friends, just put the metal box in the car.

Conan saw Toru Amuro standing in front of the trunk, not moving for a long time, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xia also got out of the car and went around to the trunk. He looked in and was stunned: "Why did it become like this again, in your car..."

"No mice." Toru Amuro replied blankly, "There are no such things as squirrels, wild cats, woodpeckers."

"Hmm..." You are so skilled.

After going back last time, Amuro asked someone to check the car carefully, and even took it apart to have a look, but they didn't find any animals, and there were no traces of animals moving.

...What the hell is biting his womb.

But the matter had come to this point, and Toru Amuro had no choice but to find someone to tow the truck.

He took out his cell phone and planned to dial.

But click on the screen to see.Well, no signal.

Conan had already jumped out of the car and started looking around.

At this time, he pointed to the villa that Jiang Xia had been secretly staring at for a long time, tens of meters away: "There seems to be someone living there, let's borrow their landline and use it."

Toru Amuro couldn't help but glanced at him again, feeling that this line was very familiar. He had heard it several times before, but every time he finished it, nothing good happened.

Jiang Xia sighed beside him, and agreed with Toru Amuro: "That's the only way to go."

……

The villa in the woods seemed to be quite old, but there was not much dust on the outside, and the shrubs and grass at the door were also in order. It seemed that it had been repaired recently. This was probably not a deserted villa, but inhabited.

The decoration of the villa is a bit special. There are three steps at the door, and handrails are installed along the steps.

At the end of the armrest on the right, there is a palm-sized tiger sculpture, but the left is empty, with nothing on it, and a few holes drilled on the edge.

Hui Yuanai was about the same height as those holes.

When a group of people went to knock on the door, she passed the handrail, then backed away, looked around at the small hole in the handrail, and raised her hand to straighten her hair.

When she looked up and found that Jiang Xia was looking at her, Hui Yuanai froze, cleared her throat uncomfortably, and explained in a low voice: "There is a mirror inside." She couldn't help but take a look...

Jiang Xia looked at the tiger on the handrail, then at the lion title ring on the gate, and the memory was touched.No wonder there was a murderous look in the house.He remembered what it was.

Toru Amuro had also arrived at the door.He took the animal face ring and knocked it a few times inexperiencedly, obviously not used to this rare decoration style.

There were some trivial and flustered noises in the room, and there were people inside.

After that, another one or two minutes later, someone finally came to open the door.

The owner was a fat man with a goatee.

He opened the door a crack, only one head was exposed, frowning, very vigilant, he didn't intend to invite everyone in, he just wanted to send them away as soon as possible.

Just as he was about to speak, Goatee saw Jiang Xia.

His words of chasing people stopped suddenly, and his expression flashed through many changes in an instant - fearful, murderous, and greedy for Jiang Xia's ability to solve puzzles and cases.

Because the expressions were too complicated, these emotions could not be interpreted at a glance.

But his abnormal reaction made Toru Amuro and Conan's original doubtful attitude gradually turn into suspicion.

Jiang Xia looked at the little brother at the door who couldn't manage his expression very well, and then looked at the sudden increase of murderous aura on his body, and his tone became gentle: "Our car passed by here and accidentally punctured, I want to borrow your phone number, Don't know if it's convenient now?"

"...wait a moment." The goatee rolled his eyes and slammed the door shut.

Waited for another 5 minutes.

When he opened the door again, the goatee's smile was much warmer.Next to him was a man with a middle score.

The right hand of the middle-parted man appears to be injured, with a cast from the elbow to the fingertips. This man is said to be the younger brother of the goatee.

The two showed professional smirks, invited Jiang Xia and the others to enter the house, and said: "This house is a relic of our grandfather. We just took over it and haven't had time to add things. There is no landline, but I can lend you my car. ...

"You can do me a little favor."

Speaking of this, he twisted his thumb and index finger, indicating that this was just a small request.

Jiang Xia looked at the murderous look on the pair of "brothers", and was easy to speak, nodding in agreement.

The eyes of the goatee and the middle-parted man suddenly became hot, and they began to tell Jiang Xia their troubles.

In the process of speaking, Amuro Toru's eyes shifted slightly, and he paused on the right hand of the man in the center, which was covered with plaster, and quickly slid away.

In the living room, when the two brothers went to make tea and refreshments, he whispered to Jiang Xia, "The plaster cast on that man's hand is not in the right shape."

Jiang Xia nodded.

The man in the middle is actually holding a miniature pistol in his right hand, which is covered with bandages and plaster.

In Jiang Xia's impression, these two people are not the real owners of the house, but members of a bandit group called "Goblin".

(End of this chapter)