Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 394 Are You Biting the Tires (Joint Chapter)

Facts have proved that Tiantu's boss's move has had some effect.

——The editor-in-chief of Astronomy Magazine, Misami Heihachi, looked at the phone that couldn't get through, and thought of the bones in the mountain, and his back felt hairy: "It's all messed up, I won't accompany it!"

With that said, he turned his head and left.

Jiang Xia glanced at the ghost on his lap, but didn't try to stop it.

Sure enough, after 5 minutes, the editor-in-chief came back in despair.

This time, his face was livid, and he gestured irritably: "The tires of the car are all deflated, all the cars!"

Xiao Bai, who was lying on Jiang Xia's shoulder, was startled, then turned to look at Jiang Xia: Did the master drive another puppet to bite the tire?

Jiang Xia pretended to straighten the clothes on her shoulders, and pushed Xiao Bai back who was wondering.

Of course it wasn't him who did it this time, it was obviously Boss Tiantu's fault.

……

Now the phone is useless, whether it is to call the police or leave, you need a car.

Rob remembered the truck he drove: "Our car is parked nearby and we can help call the police."

The editor-in-chief regained his spirit: "There is more than one seat in the truck, take me down the mountain. I don't want to stay in such an inexplicable place."

Although his subordinate Hajime Nikawa didn't speak, he also stood next to Rob, looking like he wanted to leave.

truck...

Jiang Xia looked at the people who wanted to leave, and the three shikigami on their legs—two for Rob and one for the editor—and remembered that when she got off the truck just now, in order to prevent Rob from escaping, she went into the keyhole A small piece of puppet clay that went in did not stop it.

Anyway, they can't leave without stopping them.

To be exact, no one can leave today until all the ghosts are collected...

Of course, if you know what you know, you still have to express it on the face.

Jiang Xia stopped them deliberately when they went out: "No. There is evidence of suspected death information next to the body-there may be a murderer among you who killed Mr. Kono. You should wait for the police to arrive before leaving."

The editor-in-chief snorted coldly: "I'm innocent, and I'm not afraid to investigate. When the police come, let them go to my house and look for me. You have no right to detain me!"

As he spoke, he stormed off like a grumpy old man annoyed by an anonymous sender.

The editor-in-chief is actually not afraid of the police.After all, it had been a year since he pushed Kono off the mountain, and he believed he had left no evidence to convict him.

So compared to the group of police who need to tell evidence, he is more afraid of the man behind the scenes who wrote the invitation letter to trick him to come here—maybe that person is holding back his energy and trying to avenge Kono.

Hearing this sentence, Rob glanced at the editor-in-chief hesitantly.

As the murderer who crossed a certain line, he vaguely saw something was wrong.

But after hesitating for a moment, he left with the editor-in-chief and editor.

——The police force is limited. If someone among the editor-in-chief and the editor escapes in the chaos, the police will have to spend their energy searching for the escaped person in order to find the murderer who killed Kono.

In this way, there will be fewer police officers concentrated in the Spider Mansion, and it will be even more difficult to find out the real culprits who killed Shinichi Takeda and Akio Negishi.

In addition, Rob plans to drive to the spider mansion and call the police.Calculating the time, Takeda Shinichi's body should have been found by now.Going back now, maybe I can take advantage of the chaos to clean up the scene and further reduce the probability of my exposure.

……

Hui Yuanai looked at the three people who insisted on leaving, and was a little worried at first.

But soon, she looked up at Jiang Xia, who was frowning slightly, as if a little anxious, but actually did not take any action, and she keenly felt that something was wrong.

...Although she has hardly seen the scene of Jiang Xia's beating, but when Hui Yuanai tried to communicate with a few children, telling them not to be afraid of Jiang Xia and be more enthusiastic about Jiang Xia, she inevitably heard something about Jiang Xia from the children. Jiang Xia's beating...cough, a deed of bravery.

If it was other detectives, perhaps they would indeed have nothing to do with ordinary citizens who had to leave.

But Jiang Xia is different.

Hui Yuanai always felt that if Jiang Xia really wanted to stop them, those two people who were arguing to leave would definitely be lying on the ground by now.

But Jiang Xia didn't move...

Hui Yuanai looked to the side.

Seeing that no one was paying attention here, she couldn't help asking Jiang Xia in a low voice: "Do you have other plans?"

Jiang Xia also replied in a low voice:
"No. It's just that what he said makes sense. I really don't have the right to detain people."

Haibara Ai:"……"

...Really, she didn't believe it.

after awhile.

Hui Yuanai looked at the door, and was not surprised to see the three people who had gone out to drive, and came back in the same disheveled state.

She silently looked up at Jiang Xia.

I saw Jiang Xia looking at the three people who entered the door with a little surprised expression.

Huiyuan Ai rolled her half-moon eyes: Well, there is a little bit of dramatism, but it's not a big problem.Detectives seem to have somewhat similar habits, at least Jiang Xia's acting skills are better than Conan's, so it's not embarrassing... She compared the "Jiang Xia's Observation Notes" in her heart, feeling that there was nothing to add, and nodded secretly.

The faces of the three people who came back were all ugly.

Rob has been looking down at the car keys.

At this moment, seeing that other people in the hotel were looking at them, he sighed: "The key can't be inserted, the keyhole seems to be blocked by something."

The editor-in-chief who was in a hurry to leave turned livid: "It must be the person who deflated the tire!"

When Rob heard this, his expression turned ugly: "But the fact that we drove over to see the stars was decided temporarily..."

As he spoke, his voice gradually dropped.

Because he suddenly realized that his decision to drive the truck out tonight was actually not a temporary decision, but a long-standing decision—in order to trigger the hanging mechanism, plus an alibi.

Rob couldn't help thinking, could it be that his murder was unknowingly observed by some beings secretly?

Jiang Xia glanced at Rob's flustered expression.

In order to let this foreign friend stay nearby honestly and not run into the mountains in the middle of the night, he thoughtfully helped to solve this problem:
"It may be that the mastermind behind the scene has been observing the bones. After he found us, he ran to tamper with the truck... It's really cunning."

With that said, Jiang Xia relievedly relieved the maintenance of the little puppet clay stuck in the keyhole - since Rob had confirmed that the key could not be used, there was no need to spend murderous energy to maintain the puppet clay.

……

There is no way to leave, and there is no way to make a phone call.There are no other places to stay around yet.

A group of people with different thoughts had to decide to stay in this hotel for the time being, planning to wait until dawn tomorrow, and then walk to the nearest house to borrow a phone.

They each went back to the room, remembering the death message left by Kono that the Boys Detective Team told them just now, everyone tried in unison how to arrange it.

Three temporary guests temporarily entered Dr. Ali's suite.

Jiang Xia took six matches, four long and two short, and sat on the tatami mat in the living room to waste time. After nearly an hour, she was exhausted and yawned while wiggling.

He hunted ghosts all night last night. Although he took a ghost mint to replenish his energy in the early morning, but now it was dark again, he had to sleep again, or take another ghost mint to refresh himself.

But I'm not in a hurry now, I'm just a little sleepy now, not to the point of being tired.Besides, he wasn't busy solving the case anyway, so he just happened to find a suitable excuse to slow down...

Next to him, the habitual late-night criminal Huihara Ai was also fiddling with the matches folded into four long and two short ones on the table, simulating the death message left by Kono.

She also covers her lips and yawns from time to time, and yawning seems to be easy to synchronize.

So soon, Hui Yuan Ai noticed Jiang Xia's strange behavior.

After she finished her yawn, she turned her head and stared at Jiang Xia suspiciously: "Are you sleepy?"

Hui Yuanai remembers that Jiang Xia's work and rest has always been very healthy. Except for sneaking out in the middle of the night a few times a month and jostling the road with his younger brothers, she would go to bed early at other times, and her life was better than Dr. A Li's health—usually from Dr. A Li's kitchen Looking out of the window, the lights in Jiang Xia's room were already turned off before eleven o'clock.

When Jiang Xia heard the neighbor's question, she propped her head in one hand and held a match in the other, and replied casually:
"Didn't sleep well - I ran into Conan in the car last night, and was murdered in the early morning, so I had to stay overnight."

Haibara Ai:"……?"

The Detective Boys also looked over silently.

Several real and fake children have similar doubts at this time.

The Boy Detective Team fell into deep thought: Judging from what you said just now, how do you feel that Brother Jiang Xia is treating Conan as a god of death?Isn't this brother Jiang Xia's own problem?

...But speaking of which, Conan is indeed always present at the crime scene.

No, wait, now Conan is clearly not there, but there are bones at the foot of the mountain...

Sure enough, brother Jiang Xia had a bigger problem.

Only Hui Yuanai fell into a higher level of contemplation.

Although her mind briefly synchronized with the Detective Boys, because she knew more, she quickly remembered another thing.

——Before Conan became Conan, he was the famous detective "Kudo Shinichi" who often encountered murder cases.

I heard that at that time, Kudo and Jiang Xia were not very close, and they didn't have much contact with each other, and Hui Yuanai remembered that Jiang Xia rarely encountered murder cases before... So, Conan's problem is really bigger.

This time Conan was not here, but Jiang Xia encountered a murder case... It should be because he had just separated from Conan, and there was something bad about him.Hmm, like bad luck.

Thinking of this, Hui Yuanai stretched out his little hand subconsciously, and patted Jiang Xia's back a few times as if dusting off dust.

Then, looking at his sleepy appearance, he asked, "Would you like to go to sleep for a while? The death message... Anyway, everyone can't leave now, and there is still some time before dawn. It's the same when you wake up and read it again."

Jiang Xia shook his head.It's not the same, there are three shikigami that are still on someone else's lap, and visually predict that there will be a new one later... He gently refused: "There are still puzzles that have not been solved, so I can sleep when I want to sleep." no."

"Hmm..." Scientist Hui Yuanai recalled his thoughts when he encountered a problem, nodded understandingly, and didn't persuade him anymore, but ran to the small refrigerator next to him and carefully selected.

She picked up a can of coffee first.

After hesitating for a moment, he put it down again, and took out a carton of milk instead.

...Although she can understand Jiang Xia's attitude of not wanting to sleep, but forced to drink coffee to wake up, it always feels unhealthy, and the efficiency is worrying.

It's better to replace it with milk.

Milk has a little sleep-promoting effect, at least it is easier to fall asleep than coffee. Maybe Jiang Xia fell asleep thinking about the problem after drinking it, and then woke up a few hours later. The real culprit... This won't delay the case, and it's also good for your health.

The more Hui Yuanai thought about it, the more he felt that this was very good.

She nodded secretly, picked up the milk and went out.I am going to go to the store to borrow a cup, and then borrow a microwave.

When walking through the corridor and passing the second room on the right, Hui Yuanai inadvertently glanced inside.

Then I was taken aback.

——The door of the room was ajar, but there seemed to be no one in the room.

She remembered that this was Er Chuan Zhao's room, it was so late, Er Chuan Zhao was not in the room, and the door was not locked, it looked like he went out in a hurry... What is he busy with?

Hui Yuanai gradually became suspicious.

She hesitated for a moment, then let go, letting the milk in her hand roll to the door.

Then she followed, pretending to pick up something, opened the door and took a look.

The one-bedroom apartment of more than 20 square meters has a panoramic view.There was indeed no one in the room, and the curtains were not closed.

Hui Yuanai glanced across the room, and finally stopped on the window - this window was facing the back mountain.

But at this moment, there was a figure walking swaying in the mountains... Etsuko Nonomiya!

……what happened?

If it were an impulsive child who was eager to find the truth, the child might have opened the window and jumped out by now.

Although Hui Yuan Ai is sometimes a little reckless, most of the time he still knows what to do.

She did not disturb the people outside, but picked up the box of milk, ran back to the room quickly, went straight to Jiang Xia, and said quickly: "I just passed by Mr. Erchuan's room and saw that the door was open. There is no one in the room. People—looking out of the window there, I can see Miss Nonomiya walking in the woods."

Yuan Shanheye, who was dozing on the sofa, was awakened by the sound, sat up, and looked at the little girl in surprise.

He is obviously only a first-grade child, how could he be more proficient than her in reporting the situation...

Thinking about the situation just now, Yuan Shan and Ye found that this kid seemed to know Jiang Xia very well, and immediately understood.

——It should be that he encountered corpses with Jiang Xia and was forced to develop this skill.

...It seems that behind every high school student detective, there is an innocent police tool who is slowly transforming.Thinking of this, Yuan Shan and Ye silently touched their mobile phone, and the "1" and "0" buttons on it were faded, and looked at Hui Yuan Ai with the kindness of looking at a companion.

After hearing Hui Yuanai's words, Jiang Xia got up immediately without delay.

When passing through the corridor and passing Hajime Erchuan's room, he passed the window and turned his head to look outside the house.

Into the dark jungle, the figure of "Miss Nonomiya" that Haibara Ai said was no longer visible.

Moreover, after coming all the way to the front desk, a group of people discovered another weird thing.

——Not only Futakawa Hajiwano Palace.Boss Tiantu and Misami Heihachi left the hotel at some unknown time.

Yuan Shan and Ye thought of the empty rooms along the way, and the same empty hall, and their faces turned a little blue.

This kind of inattention made everyone else disappear, leaving only her plot, which reminded her of a certain type of ghost story she had read before.

(End of this chapter)