Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 395 Roll Over, Sad Sauce (Joint Chapter)

But it’s okay—Yuan Shan and Ye discovered that although they had the same experience as the “horror movie protagonist” this time, there were a lot of them, a total of eight.This is twice the number of people who disappeared, so it feels safe...

But soon, this sense of security was gone.

Jiang Xia looked at Yuan Shan and Ye: "Take the children here, let's go out and have a look."

Yuan Shanhe Ye: "..."

Staying in this man-eating hotel with a bunch of kids?

She shuddered, followed her instinct and said with a dry smile: "I, I want to go out with you to find someone, it's not safe for the children to stay here..."

"... That's fine." Jiang Xia didn't understand why the hotel was not safe, but it didn't matter where Yuan Shan and Ye Xiang were.He walked outside the hotel, "There are a lot of missing people. In this case, let's look for them separately."

……

Haibara Ai pointed Jiang Xia in the direction where she saw Etsuko Nonomiya.

Several people chased along the mountain road for a while, but found nothing.

Haibara Ai recalled the speed of Etsuko Nonomiya just now, and felt that at this time, they should catch up to each other, but now, they didn't see anyone at all.

... Are you going in the wrong direction?

Hui Yuanai readjusted the map in his brain while walking.

Just when she thought she was right, her collar suddenly sank——Jiang Xia was holding her collar to the back.

Almost at the same time, a heavy figure fell in front of their eyes, and hit the ground with a bang.

Yuan Shan and Ye, who were a step behind, were startled, shook their flashlights, and saw a young man lying on the ground. The man's hair was thick and sharp, like an unruly sea urchin.

"...Mr. Erchuan?!"

It's the editor of that magazine.

Jiang Xia looked at the people on the ground, then looked up again.

Nikawa Hajime fell from the cliff above his head.The top of the cliff is the famous star observation point.

This cliff is tens of meters high. After dark, it is difficult for normal people to see such a distant place, and the ordinary flashlights they carry cannot illuminate it.

But this has no effect on Jiang Xia, he borrowed the ghost's vision as soon as he went out, so he saw the top of the cliff smoothly.And a shiny bald head looking down at the top—the editor of the astronomy magazine is on it.

The editor-in-chief who had just thrown his subordinates down, although he was looking down the cliff at this time, he didn't feel Jiang Xia's gaze, and only saw a few clusters of flashlights.

So he didn't have the idea of ​​silence for the time being, he just backed away silently, took a shortcut and ran back to the hotel.

Seeing that the editor-in-chief didn't try to throw things down to kill people, and didn't take out the hidden shotgun to shoot, Jiang Xia looked away.

Then he squatted down, briefly checked Er Chuan Zhao's situation, and said in a low voice, "The cervical spine is broken."

Hui Yuanai pointed to the clenched hand of the hedgehog editor: "He is holding a cigarette case."

Normally, this might not be too noticeable.

But more than an hour ago, several people just got the news that "Kono left a death message with the cigarettes in the cigarette box before his death", so the cigarette box in the hand of the hedgehog editor has also become eye-catching—— It was most likely some kind of death message as well.

Jiang Xia put on the gloves again, took the cigarette case upside down.

The scene from an hour ago reappeared, several long and short cigarettes fell into his hands, but this time, the message became five long and two short.

So how did these people come up with these troublesome puzzles at the moment of death... Jiang Xia looked at the cigarette in his hand and fell into deep thought.

After pondering for a while, the detective badge in Hui Yuanai's pocket sizzled.

Soon, the voice of Dr. A Li came out: "Above! Look at the top!"

Jiang Xia looked up and saw several flashlights on the top of the cliff.

Dr. Ali, Rob and several children found someone to find the mountain.

When the group of them arrived, the editor-in-chief had already slipped away. There was no one on the mountain, only an open foldable phone on the ground.

The doctor picked up the phone and pressed it on.

I saw a typed suicide note inside.

……

"I sent invitations to bring you here, in fact, to confess the crimes I committed a year ago."

In the lobby of the hotel, under the watchful eyes of a group of people with different expressions, Dr. Ali read the message on his mobile phone: "That's right, I was the one who killed Mao Kono - Hajime Futakawa.

"The day that Mr. Kono was killed was like a nightmare - as astronomy enthusiasts who refused to give in, we had a little dispute on the cliff. Unfortunately, when he recovered, he had been pushed off by me cliff.

"Since then, I have always wanted to confess. But as time passed, it became more and more difficult to tell the truth...In the end, my heart was overwhelmed by guilt and I decided to turn back the time to this moment a year ago. One day, before dawn the police arrived and apologized with death.

"I hope that the same cause of death as Kono's can soothe the ghosts in the forest who refuse to sleep.

——Hajime Erchuan"

Jiang Xia walked to the hall, glanced at the mobile phone Dr. A Li was holding, and thought that the writing was quite similar.

Just now, when Dr. A Li was slowly reading his suicide note, he went to the rooms of the three passengers, and stopped briefly at the door of each room for a short while, looking into the room, to check the points before solving the case. prepare.

It doesn't matter what you see, the point is that you have seen it, so that you can explain many sources of information-intelligence that you haven't seen directly, you can also use "the reasoning of a famous detective" to explain it.This is the convenience of brain supplementation...

Just now, when the group of them returned to the hotel with a mobile phone with a "suicide note" written on it,
The boss Tiantu, Etsuko Nonomiya, and the editor-in-chief, who were also missing before, have also returned to the hall.

Three people stand in a row, the perfect choice of three.

Jiang Xia came out of the corridor and stopped at the corner of the hall, behind the three suspects.

As soon as I stood firmly, I felt that this place should be leaning against the wall to copy pockets, and put on a posture of "seeing everything" commonly used by high school detectives, accompanied by a sneer... But before I could get my hands on it, a small head popped up next to me .

Hui Yuan Ai got out from some corner, and asked him with his eyes: How is it?

"Generally understand." Jiang Xia only had time to lean against the wall in the end, and he whispered, "It's almost time for the police to come over to deal with the aftermath."

"..." Hui Yuanai couldn't help but looked up at him.

...Jiang Xia's tone just now is obviously not like a cheerful and sunny high school detective, but rather like the group of members in the organization who often laugh at the police.What are these people talking about in front of the young peripheral members... No, that's not the point.The main reason is that Jiang Xia, as a member of the organization, suddenly said "seek the police to deal with the aftermath", and always felt that something was wrong.

No, this is still not the point...

Hui Yuanai pressed her forehead, was silent for a moment because of this slight sense of dislocation, and finally remembered what to do now.

——Judging from Jiang Xia's words, he should already know who the murderer is.

only……

Hui Yuanai glanced at the people in the hall.

She was also at the scene of Erchuan Zhao's fall just now, and knew that the young man with the hedgehog head was holding a box of "Death Messages" in his hand.So the suicide note cannot be left by him-this is not suicide, the murderer must be someone else.

In the worst case, there may be two murderers in this hall at the same time - one who killed Kono a year ago, and one who just killed the hedgehog editor.

And there are only three suspects here...

With a two-thirds probability, Hui Yuan Ai looks suspicious to everyone now.

Coupled with the fact that there are too many people with insufficient force on their own side, if the situation is exposed and the scene is too chaotic, and the murderer or the murderers take advantage of the chaos to take hostages, Jiang Xia's situation will become very passive - from the incident with the truck just now Look, Rob and Jiang Xia don't look like companions to each other, and Rob may not be able to help.Not to mention Dr. A Li and the children, the high school girl with the ponytail is also so thin that a gust of wind can blow it away... After careful calculation, Jiang Xia seems to be the only one they can fight here.

Hui Yuanai looked at the very suspicious Boss Tiantu and the bald and sweaty editor-in-chief, then at Rob who was not familiar with Jiang Xia, and finally glanced at a group of children, the old man Dr. Shan Heye said in a low voice:

"Why don't you just pretend you don't know and call the police at dawn? ... Or should I find some rope for you first?"

——After the suspects fell asleep, they knocked on the door and broke in one by one. The night attack stunned the murderer and tied him up... This should also be a good solution.

It just so happened that she brought a few tubes of anesthetics - Hui Yuan Ai has always carried some of these things on her body since she was verbally accepted by Miss Anonymous as a peripheral member of the Anonymous organization last time.This gave her a subtle sense of reassurance that she was in sync with the organization.

Jiang Xia didn't accept this suggestion, he shook his head lightly, and said seriously: "It's still a long time before dawn, we can't think highly of the criminal's psychological quality—if he gets entangled and feels that this matter can't be hidden from us, he packs his luggage and leaves at night , the follow-up will be very troublesome."

And there is another case at the Spider Mansion.After the case is solved, he has to find gin and vodka as soon as possible to prevent the two busy men in black from thinking that he is slow and leaving him to go to Moon Shadow Island ahead of time...

Hui Yuanai looked at Jiang Xia thoughtfully, feeling that he seemed to have an idea: "Can you call the police?"

As these words came out, she suddenly remembered the strange landline in the hotel.

——When encountering similar closed situations in the past, the telephone line was often cut directly.

But this time, the entire phone line was gone.

This might mean...

"The phone line wasn't destroyed, it was hidden...do you have a way to get it?"

Hui Yuanai's eyes lit up slightly when he thought that he would soon find the police, end the case, and go back to his room for a good night's sleep.

Jiang Xia was about to nod, but suddenly remembered something.

He looked down at Hui Yuan Ai who was calm and calm, who looked like an elegant adult in every way except that he looked like a child.

Suddenly, I remembered the scene in the original world line, where the fake kid pretended to have a stomachache, rolled all over the floor, and forced the person who hid the phone line to hand over the line.

... Ashamed to say.He was a little curious.

Jiang Xia looked at Huiyuan Ai, pressed her conscience, then looked at Huiyuan Ai, and pressed her conscience...

Hui Yuanai was waiting to hear "how to find the phone line", but he didn't hear anything for a long time.

She looked up suspiciously.

Seeing Jiang Xia staring straight at her, he hesitated to speak.

Haibara Ai:"……?"

"That..." Jiang Xia made up his mind, bent down and said in a low voice, "If you pretend to have acute appendicitis and roll on the ground with a stomachache, that person may take the initiative to take out the thread."

Haibara Ai:"……"

She thought about that embarrassing scene, and her solemn expression slowly froze.

... It would be fine if everyone present didn't know that she was an adult.But now, Jiang Xia is next to him, and there is also Dr. A Li who knows about it.

Hui Yuanai's eyes drifted away, looking at his calm self reflected on the black window, and fell into deep thought.

... If someone else uses her as a tool, she may take the opportunity to blackmail a fashionable new bag.

It's not that I can't afford it, but mainly because I want to see the pained expression on the other person's face, and use that heartache to make up for my shame.

However, Jiang Xia's proposal actually makes sense.If you want to get the phone line without injury, this, this seems to be the way.

Hui Yuanai looked at the tidy floor in the hall, silently thinking about the posture and lines of rolling around later, and gathered up some courage.

But even after deciding to do it, it was still a bit embarrassing in the end.

Her face was calm, but she couldn't stop talking, and she muttered as if to ease the atmosphere: "When a child has appendicitis, he will hand over the phone line... Is that kind of person really so kind? Wait, that means you already know who is hiding it phone line? If you know who it is, there should be other ways."

It was just looking for something to say when I was embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words were finished, Hui Yuanai suddenly saw Jiang Xia's eyes drifting to the side with sharp eyes, as if he was a little guilty.

Haibara Ai:"?"

She recalled Jiang Xia's actions just now to make sure she read correctly.

So he pulled him back in shock, and confirmed, "...do you really have another way?"

Jiang Xia: "..."

Although he has a lot of ways to divert other people's attention, he is also very good at avoiding the important ones and calmly leading the topic to other places, so as to avoid topics he doesn't want to discuss.But when he was directly caught and questioned like now, he was still not used to lying so directly.

After Hui Yuan Ai finished asking, Jiang Xia's eyes flicked to the side again, and she nodded her head very lightly - slightly invisible, but she was indeed nodding.

Haibara Ai:"……"

...It's so dangerous, she was ready to lie down just now.

And now...

Hui Yuanai immediately put away his attention on the floor, stood up straight again, and said with a slight twitch in the corner of his eyes, "If you have a way, go by yourself!"

Jiang Xia sighed slightly as if disappointed.

After a while, he turned around quietly and looked at the suspicious people in the hall.

Seeing this, Hui Yuanai glanced at him, and couldn't help being a little worried.

When Jiang Xia walked over there, she stretched out her hand to hold him, and said in a low voice: "I want to hear what method you want to use first. If it's not very safe, I, I can actually..."

"It's okay, it's safe. You can just help me with other things..." Jiang Xia deeply reflected on her conscience, and felt that it was a bit too rich in strange places.

He asked Hui Yuanai a few words, waved to her, and walked to the side of the three suspects in a normal mood.

Then, before everyone could react, he held down the bewildered Boss Tiantu, and put his hand into his pocket and yanked.

... pulled out a neatly coiled bundle of telephone wires.

(End of this chapter)