Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 375 The strange charm has increased (joint chapter)

Although it has never been expressly stipulated, in this world, generally speaking, before the person who first points out the murderer finishes his reasoning, no matter how many loopholes there are in his reasoning, others can only question and cannot interrupt and start a new paragraph. reasoning.

Belmode also had this default idea in his mind.

Therefore, after she cut off what Jiang Xia was about to blurt, she thought that Wu Zuo would have no chance to frame her in a short time.

——Fortunately, the incident happened quite suddenly, and Wu Zuo didn't have time to make thorough preparations.In addition, she is not so easy to be arrested... Belmode smiled at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia smiled back subconsciously, feeling even more puzzled.

Didn't expect Belmode to have a hobby of solving crimes... Or did she remember that Amuro Toru is a private detective, so she is playing this role with dedication?
Jiang Xia touched the murderous aura in her arms without much thought, and the mermaid who was hanging on the murderous aura and refused to let go.

At the moment, he doesn't need to rush to increase his popularity. On the contrary, in order to make more criminals dare to come to him as a witness, he even has to control his reputation in solving the case... In this case, if Belmode wants to solve it, let her solve it. Anyway, there are both murderous spirits and shikigami today, and there is not one more wage earner.

The Mumu Police Department didn't have much doubts - Brother Jiang Xia solved the case so quickly, and Toru Amuro was the boss of his firm, so it wouldn't be a bad idea.

He skillfully approached the past and asked for details: "Brother Amuro, the murderer you're talking about...?"

"Toru Amuro" smiled mysteriously like a serious detective, then turned and walked towards the warehouse.

A group of people followed, and in the warehouse, Matsui Hideo, the actor who played Gomera, was clutching the wound on his leg, sitting on the ground, waiting for the stretcher to go upstairs.

Belmode went straight to him.

When Hideo Matsui sensed something was wrong and raised her head in a panic, she suddenly squatted down, raised her hand, and slit open the tight gauze on the wound with a knife hidden somewhere.

At the same time, she tore apart a section of the cloth that had been scratched by the knife, revealing the blood-stained wound inside.

In the eyes of the law-abiding police, this kind of behavior is really out of line.

The honest police officer Takagi was taken aback, and ran forward to stop him.

But suddenly, "Amuro Toru" raised his eyebrows clearly, and raised his hand to gesture: "This shape and angle are not like the knife edge caused by the attack in a sudden encounter, not to mention the location of the stab wound.

"Compared to what Mr. Matsui said, 'When I entered the warehouse, I saw a Gomera holding a knife and was stabbed by it in a panic', this is more like a wound I stabbed myself in order to get rid of suspicion."

Belmode was talking, and suddenly he had a sense of sight that he was cosplaying Jiang Xia or Kudo Shinichi.

She subconsciously looked at Jiang Xia, secretly savoring for a moment, feeling very good.

Then the following words became more and more smooth: "The truth should be that after Mr. Matsumoto came to the warehouse, he first poured plasma from the studio on his own legs, pretended to be injured, and then showed the children a way to the scene of the crime.

"When the children leave, he just needs to follow the warehouse on the other side of the corridor, and he can run to the studio before the short-legged children, and kill Kamei producer in front of them-follow that road to find , maybe find a little splatter of fake blood.

"Afterwards, he created the illusion that 'Gomera' ran up to the roof but burned and fell from the building, and returned to the warehouse to actually stab himself, so that the witnesses could think that he had been staying in the warehouse after being injured, and that the murderer was someone else."

Speaking of this, Belmode suddenly thought of something and paused for a while.

... If this is Uzuo's impromptu guidance, then where did Hideo Matsui come from with the knife used to kill Producer Kamei and the knife used to stab himself in the leg?
Belmode wanted to stop and think carefully.

But at this time, she is the center of reasoning, and everyone is staring at her, this is not a good time to think.

Because the time and characters are too coincidental, Belmode is currently convinced of the view that "Uzo led this incident".

And under this premise, relying on the reasoning instinct in her brain, she filled in the loopholes in an instant with a principle like suspicious neighbor stealing an axe.

——Matsui Hideo may have had the idea of ​​killing Kamei Producer long ago, but he has been hesitant and unable to make a decision—there are countless people who have bought the killing tools long ago, but have been unable to make up their minds to do it.

If this is the case with Matsui, then it is very reasonable that he hid a knife in the studio.

As for the other knife...

When she checked the wound just now, she always felt that the shape, length and depth of the wound did not match the sharp knife that fell downstairs together with the monster suit.

In addition, although Matsui bled a little, he was actually not seriously injured... From this point of view, the wound that was not deep enough and not sharp enough was probably scratched with another smaller knife.

Thinking of this, Belmode nodded secretly: There is a response before and after, the logic and motivation are complete, and the problem is not big.

Next, just find the second knife and everything should be clear.

……

After Belmode straightened his mind, he left the pale-faced Matsui Hideo and pulled over the weapon box with many knife models next to it.

She was immersed in her own thoughts, raised her head and smiled at the policeman in the forensics department next to her, and at the same time touched the policeman's glove: "This, please lend me this."

The police officer was stunned by her touch: what's going on, the boss of this detective agency is obviously a man, but somehow he feels that every move is full of charm...

After finishing the gloves, Belmode lowered his head and looked at the knife box, wanting to judge the approximate position of the knife with the naked eye first, so as to prevent it from being scratched later.

After watching for a few seconds, I still didn't get the gloves.

She raised her face again in doubt and asked, "Huh? Can't you?"

"Ah, no, but it's a bit dangerous, why don't I, I come and look for it?" The police officers of the forensics department managed to regain their senses and had a little bit of professionalism.

Belmode hesitated and shook his head.

…Not everyone carries a pocket knife with them, or can find one handy.

She was worried that if Matsui Hideo's props were really insufficient, then Uzo might take the risk of crossing the line in order to get rid of "Bermode", an organization cadre who threatened him and Kudo Shinichi, and no longer cared about hiding himself completely, and put his body The knife was handed over to Hideo Matsui for use.

... If this is really the case, let her come to find the knife, and she still has a chance to erase the evidence of Uzo's meddling.

……

However, the abacus was well calculated, but the police officers from the forensics department touched their gloves and hesitated.

Belmode thought that this person was quite principled.

With the smiling face of "Amuro Toru", she was planning to ask someone else.

But at this time, Toru Amuro, who approached at some unknown time, sullenly pulled out a pair of gloves from Jiang Xia's pocket, and slapped them on her face.

Belmode raised his hand to block it, narrowly catching it.

She snorted coldly, looked at Bourbon with a frown, and was a little surprised to find that Bourbon had a pair of gloves on his hands that had not been taken off.

Looking at Uzo next to him, who was busy taking back his everted pockets, Belmode's expression softened slightly, and he unfolded his gloves and put them on.

She reached into the knife box to rummage for a moment, quickly pushed aside other prop knives, and found her target.

It was a fruit knife with a plastic handle and an old shell.

The silver blade had obviously been carefully wiped, and no blood was visible to the naked eye.However, where the blade meets the blade, and in the simple patterns on the handle, there can be seen a little finely packed blood.

Belmode was slightly surprised, which was different from her worst idea - "Uzo's pocket knife".

This should be the knife that Hideo Matsui got himself.

Take a closer look, the more you look at it, the more familiar it looks.Soon, Belmode remembered—it was a fruit knife in the staff lounge, which was usually placed by the edge of the pool, and the staff could take it at will.

This knife is small in size and dim in color, so it is very suitable for hiding in this knife box - even if Matsui Hideo cannot take it out in time later, it is difficult for people who see this knife to associate a small knife with a murder weapon. It might even be thought that someone had finished using the knife and put it carelessly in the box.

Matsui Hideo saw the fruit knife that he didn't have time to deal with, and heard "Amuro Toru" restored his key action just now, and leaned back dejectedly.

He raised his hands to cover his face, and said with a sarcastic smile, "That's right, I killed him."

……

After some affectionate confession, the police took Matsui Hideo away.

When Matsui Hideo was lifted from the ground, Jiang Xia stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, poured a mass-produced chicken soup for the soul, and picked up the shikigami hanging on Matsui by the way.

In the process of going downstairs with the police, Jiang Xia flattened the shikigami with satisfaction, and then remembered his gloves.

At this time, a group of people had already arrived at the gate of the movie city.

Jiang Xia turned to look for "Amuro Toru" and searched for a long time, but found that there was only one genuine Amuro Toru left on the scene.

Belmode had already left without knowing it.

The superficial murderous aura on Belmode's body had already been exhausted by the ghosts just now, so at this time, there were no ghosts hanging on her body, and Jiang Xia didn't know where she went.

I only know that she is not in the vicinity, otherwise the ghosts would still be able to detect her residual murderous intent... It is estimated that Belmode took advantage of the chaos to avoid contact with the police.

Jiang Xia thought about Belmode, who had just been robbed, and was not in a hurry to find her gloves. She decided to wait a few days until her murderous aura grew again before going to ask for them.

His attention was quickly diverted elsewhere.

——Kojima Motota suddenly tiptoed in front of him, looking at him evasively, not daring to look directly.

The other two children were still crying at the wreckage of Gomera, while Conan was confirming some details of the reasoning with Hideo Matsui, and Toru Amuro had already boarded the police car, and it seemed that he was going to get rid of the transcript.

There was no one else around for a while.

Jiang Xia looked down at Kojima Yuanta.

He thought that the kid was a little afraid of him, but he didn't expect Yuan Tai to become so brave suddenly, something abnormal must have murderous intent...

Jiang Xia asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Yuan Tai took a deep breath, and suddenly clasped his hands together, bowed to Jiang Xia and said, "I've already played with you, please let me go!"

Jiang Xia: "...?"

Did he do anything to this rice ball kid? ...Although he did fantasize about the efficient use of the boy detective team, he probably never practiced it in the end.

...Could it be that one day while sleepwalking, he ran to Kojima Motota's house?

No, he doesn't know how to sleepwalk. If he really does, the ghosts will tell him... Jiang Xia thought about it, and glanced at his ghosts with a guilty conscience, trying to confirm.

Then I got the feedback I wanted—he really didn’t have the habit of sleepwalking, and he stayed quietly in bed at night for the past two weeks, never going out to look for innocent children.

Jiang Xia suddenly became calm, and asked Kojima Genta: "Why did you say that suddenly?"

Xiao Daoyuan looked at him too timidly, and found that Jiang Xia was indeed puzzled, so he also became confused.

He scratched the back of his head, and whispered hesitantly: "When I passed the bridge hole a few days ago, I heard strange footsteps following me behind me, and I was pushed when I got off the bridge..."

Speaking of this, Kojima Yuan was too slow to find something wrong in a few days

... If brother Jiang Xia wants to beat him, it seems that there is no need to go to such trouble?
Jiang Xia glanced at Yuan Tai's naive face.

In fact, when Yuan Tai said that he was being followed, Jiang Xia realized that this simple and lovely primary school student might have attracted another case for him.

Because in Jiang Xia's spoiler library, there is a similar memory - he remembers one time, when Kojima Motota was having his hair done drowsily in the hair salon, there was a wanted criminal sitting next door.

A few days later, Yuantai saw the arrest warrant, recognized the person, and wanted to call the police, but couldn't remember where he saw him.

Not long after, another case occurred near Yuantai's home.When he went to watch, he saw a man with yellow hair in the crowd.

Yuan Tai vaguely remembered that when he saw the wanted criminal, this Huang Mao was also sitting next to him, so he felt that Huang Mao's brother must have seen the wanted criminal, so he grabbed Huang Mao and wanted to provide information to the police with him.

However, Huang Mao is actually the criminal who was put on the wanted list.

He went to the barber that day just to change his look.

After being recognized by Yuan Tai, the wanted yellow-haired criminal found an excuse to fool the police and left in a hurry.

After that, he began to look for opportunities to create accidents and wanted to kill Kojima Genta.

Just as Jiang Xia was thinking, at this moment, the mermaid who is most sensitive to murderous intent suddenly tugged him and pointed to the distance.

...with murderous intent?
Jiang Xia turned her face slightly, looked over from the corner of her eye, and vaguely caught a glimpse of a murderous person under the shade of a tree across the street.

The man's whereabouts were sneaky, and his yellow hair was shining brightly in the sun.I don't know whether he has been following Kojima Yuanta, or passed by here on the way, was attracted by the police car, and then saw Yuantai.

In short, although the murderous aura on this person is of average quality, the murderous aura that can be easily picked up on the way home from get off work is not for nothing...

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia's gaze fell back on Kojima Yuanta: "Go back, don't worry about this anymore."

"..." Kojima Motota hesitated to speak.

In fact, until now, he didn't even think about whether it was Jiang Xia who was following him.

But Jiang Xia said so, Yuan Tai did not dare to ask.In the end, he just nodded cowardly, and walked home with Mitsuhiko and Ayumi.

(End of this chapter)