Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 396 "Jiangxia Observation Notes" Ask for a monthly ticket (〃)
When Boss Tiantu panicked and subconsciously wanted to regain the phone line, Jiang Xia raised his hand and pressed him on his shoulder, pushing him back to the original place.

Then he took the bundle of phone cords to the phone, plugged it in, and called the police.

Hui Yuanai, who looked back at every step and wondered what Jiang Xia could do: "..."

As expected of you.

Holding the anesthesia needle in her pocket, she found that Boss Tiantu and the others didn't seem to have the idea of ​​violent resistance, so she walked lightly to the guest room to do what Jiang Xia had just told her.

……

Everything happened so smoothly, so naturally, as if it was the way it should be.

When the others came back to their senses one after another, Jiang Xia had already read the address to the police on the other side of the phone to the business card placed on the front desk, and briefly said about the bones at the foot of the mountain, and then hung up the phone.

There was a light click when the earpiece made contact with the body.

Several people in the hall moved a little and came back to their senses.

Then he looked at the suspicious Boss Tiantu at the same time: "You killed the person? You also forged the suicide note?!"

"I, I..." Boss Tiantu didn't expect things to develop like this. He clutched his pockets that had been emptied before he recovered, and argued weakly, "No..."

"It was he who sent the invitation, and it was he who cut us off from the outside world."

While talking, Jiang Xia fiddled with the phone while lowering her eyes, and turned on the recording - this will save a lot of energy when taking notes in the future.

Seeing the recording symbol start to run, he put down the phone, and fast forwarded concisely:

"Boss Tiantu did this because he accidentally discovered Mr. Kono's remains and the death messages. But he failed to decipher the information about the murderer, so he had to collect all the guests who lived here on the day Mr. Kono disappeared. Invited over."

Boss Tiantu heaved a sigh of relief and sat back on his chair heavily.

He looked gratefully at the detective who didn't call him a murderer to make a profit: "Yes, I originally hoped that the murderer would turn himself in after seeing the skeleton and the death message, or show abnormalities... I didn't expect to wait for half a night , but only waited for Mr. Erchuan who left a suicide note and committed suicide because of it.

"If someone died, I wouldn't dare to say that I sent the invitation letter... Sigh, I knew it would happen. When I found the bones, I should have notified the police immediately..."

It turned out to be a misunderstanding, so Erchuan Hajime committed suicide... The team that went to the top of the cliff just now relaxed.

Yuan Shan and Ye were still very vigilant.

When they split up to find someone in the mountains just now, she and Jiang Xia were in the same group, so they also saw the death message left by Er Chuan Zhao, and knew that it was not a suicide.

And if Boss Tiantu is not the murderer...

She turned to look at Etsuko Nonomiya and Heihachi Migami.

As usual, it seems that another method of elimination is needed here.

However, according to the reports she had read, Jiang Xia didn't seem to have this habit. Just now he mentioned Boss Tiantu because too many people thought that the boss was the murderer...

Sure enough, a second later, Yuan Shan and Ye heard the answer.

"The one who attacked Hajime Erkawa and pushed him off the cliff should be his boss, the editor-in-chief of "Space Sunday"—Mr. Migami."

Jiang Xia skipped the necessary steps, and looked at Mishang Heihachi who was suddenly cueed with an ugly face:

"Judging from the order of names on the register a year ago, your name was written after Mr. Kono, so he may have just heard someone calling you 'みかみ', but he didn't know how to write it—compared to '御上'," The surname "Mikami" is more common, so the death message left by Mr. Kono after falling off the cliff is to let the person who found him spell the surname "Sankami" with four long and two short cigarettes, and then find you.

"When it was replaced by Mr. Erchuan, his death message became 'five long and two short' - although the murderer is the same person, but if the original four long and two short are still used to refer to it, others may think that Mr. Erchuan There are strangely long cigarettes and cigarette cases around him because he was trying to decipher Kono-san's message, and thus ignored the message.

"So he added a pack of cigarettes to the pack, five long and two short, just enough to spell 'Heihachi' in Yugami Heihachi's name.

"The two death messages actually point to the same person."

Jiang Xia looked at Yushang Pingba as he spoke, and saw that his mouth was tightly pursed and his face was gloomy.

...Very well, according to experience, according to the current posture, the editor-in-chief is not far from self-destruction on the spot.

Jiang Xia secretly added the last flame: "Mr. Erchuan fell in front of us and died on the spot, so the operation where he secretly left the death message was carried out on the top of the cliff. He was hit by a blunt object on the back of the head. Traces - so it should not be pushed down directly, but was wounded first, and then a cigarette was added to the cigarette pack when the murderer was writing a suicide note with his mobile phone.

"By the way, judging from the wound on Mr. Erchuan's head, the shape of the murder weapon is rather thin. If you estimate its size..."

Jiang Xia suddenly raised her hand and pointed to the huge luggage bag in the corner of the room: "—it just fits in the barrel of your telescope."

Yushang Heiba ​​was startled and turned his head abruptly.

He saw his bag—the bag that should have been in his own room, but suddenly appeared in the hall.

...and a little mixed-race girl who was standing beside her panting because she struggled to carry her bag just now.

Hui Yuanai just heard that Jiang Xia asked her to help bring the bag, but she didn't hear that there was a murder weapon inside.

After arriving, she heard Jiang Xia say "hidden", and she suddenly realized that there was something dangerous in the bag.

Hui Yuanai's eyes changed slightly, and he subconsciously grasped the strap again, trying to drag the bag away and hide it secretly.

But before that, she suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Jiang Xia.

I saw Jiang Xia shook his head slightly.The others were all attracted by Yushang Heihachi and Bao, and did not see this scene.

Haibara Ai:"……"

She vaguely understood something, let go of her hand, and didn't care about the bag anymore.

Then silently added an item to the "Jiang Xia Observation Notes" in his heart.

——Suspected to like fishing law enforcement.

……

After Hui Yuanai retreated far away.

Jiang Xia looked at the bag containing the murder weapon, and then at Yushang Heihachi, who was gradually showing a murderous look, and showed a provocative smile:
"The expression is so ugly, could it be that I have hit the mark? - If you want to prove your innocence, then open the lens barrel and let us see what is inside.

"Also, you should know that even if you wipe off the bloodstains, the police can still detect the bloodstains left on Mr. Erchuan when he was attacked by you."

"Oh, wipe off the blood?" Yushangping's forehead was throbbing with veins, he repeated Jiang Xia's words, his tone suddenly became dark and mocking:
"I won't wipe—all the blood of that ungrateful bastard Furakawa is still on it now.

"I kindly asked him to be the editorial team leader, but just now, after deciphering the death message left by Kono, he threatened me, asking me to pay 5000 million, or tell the story of my murder... Hmph, a year ago , I just taught that ungrateful Kono a lesson, how could the lesson be counted as murder..."

Etsuko Nonomiya glared at the husband-killer in shock, not understanding why he suddenly said such words: "... ungrateful? What do you mean?!"

Misami Heihachi gave her a squinting look: "A year ago, after Kono knew that I was the editor-in-chief of the Astronomy Magazine, he wanted me to help him confirm whether the comet he discovered was a new comet - comets can be named after three people, I will help him After confirmation, I just asked him to add my name to those three people, but he actually refused..."

"New comet?" Etsuko Nonomiya suddenly remembered something, her face turned pale.

...One year ago, Kono Mao suddenly said coyly that he would introduce the treasure he had been looking for to Etsuko Nonomiya and Boss Tendo at night.

At that time, Mao Kono's tone was ambiguous, his eyes were full of expectation, and his face was flushed with excitement, as if he mentioned the goddess.Etsuko Nonomiya mistakenly thought that he had a woman outside, and now he was going to introduce "true love" to her... This was also the reason for their quarrel a year ago.

And that quarrel was also the last time they saw each other.

Etsuko Nonomiya covered her face, slipped against the wall and fell to the ground crying bitterly.

Misami Heihachi unknowingly smothered a crowd of onlookers.Listening to the background sound of low crying, he squatted down and opened his bag while others were looking at Etsuko Nonomiya who was suddenly emotionally broken.

Yuan Shan and Ye heard the sound of the zipper and turned their heads to look.Most of the bag was blocked by Misami Heihachi's back, and he could only vaguely see him taking out a black iron rod: "...is this the iron rod you used to kill people?"

"Yeah, it's just this iron rod, uncle..." Misami Heihachi stretched out his hand and fiddled with it, and the props in the bag formed a rifle.

Holding the gun, he raised his head with a smirk, and continued what he said just now with malicious intent: "It's not an ordinary iron bastard..."

woo-

A stick swung from bottom to top and hit his wrist.

The rifle spun out in the air.It hit the roof and landed with a click, and finally slid to Hui Yuanai's feet.

Hui Yuanai glanced down, thought for a moment, stretched out her foot, and secretly kicked the gun under the sofa to ensure that no one could get it in the first place—she knew that Jiang Xia didn't seem to have a gun, so she had to make sure that others did too. There are no weapons of the same level, so it is convenient for Jiang Xia to control the scene.

Everything happened too fast, Misami Heihachi maintained a distorted posture of embracing the air, and couldn't recover immediately.

Holding the mobile phone in her left hand, Jiang Xia stopped the ongoing recording and saved it.

Then he put the phone back into his pocket again, and when Misami Heihachi was finally awakened by the sharp pain on his wrist and howled miserably, he swung the stick again and knocked it down casually.

At the same time, Mishang Heihachi, who was instinctively retreating and dodging, stumbled and knocked him down.

This posture is easier to tap, and there is a sense of fluency in golf...

Yushang Heihachi was hit on the head with a stick, and a golden star exploded in front of his eyes.

He fell to the ground in a daze, struggling to get up, when he raised his head, he vaguely saw a figure walking in front of him.

Jiang Xia held the stick and looked down at him.

... There is still a long way from here to the police station.Need a little entertainment to pass the time while waiting for the police to come by.

In the past week, I haven't encountered a good murderous look. Although I met Kayue Rize in the sleeper early this morning, Gin was next to me at that time, and the flight attendant arrived soon.If he let go of beating people, it would run counter to the organization's request for him to "pretend to be a good detective with a positive image"... It's rare to have a pastime now, so it can't be wasted.

Rob stood beside him, looking at Misami Heihachi rolling on the ground, his expression changed from shock, to relief, to shock, and finally his face turned pale.

At first, he felt that Jiang Xia wanted to incapacitate the gun-wielding villain—in this case, there was nothing wrong with hitting him a few times, and it could even be called eliminating harm for the people.

But gradually, he felt that the killing time seemed a bit long...

Rob let go of his breath and slowly raised his breath, staring at the floor in front of him - Yushang Heiba ​​started begging for mercy, why didn't Jiang Xia stop... How long has it been, isn't he tired... All the high school detectives here Is it so violent?

As a murderer, Rob couldn't help but think a little more than others.

If now, Jiang Xia suddenly discovers that he is actually the murderer...

Rob first instinctively grabbed the electric shock device hidden in his pocket, trying to find a sense of security.

But soon, he looked at the extended stick in Jiang Xia's hand, and felt that the electric shock device, a prop that could only be held in the hand, might not be able to reach Jiang Xia's body at all.

Unless he gets close first, and then electrifies Jiang Xia when he is unprepared... It's a pity that after he agreed to Yushang Heihachi to ride in the truck just now, Jiang Xia may not naively show his back and electrify him again...

After a moment, Rob let go of his hand in his pocket and turned his head slowly.Through the open door of the hotel, he glanced at the dark forest outside, with a hint of longing in his eyes.

...When Yuan Shan and Ye asked him "Can we go to see the stars together", they really shouldn't have nodded and agreed to bring her here, and Jiang Xia by the way - if it wasn't like this, he could have just kicked the accelerator and headed straight to the airport... …

Foreign friends fell into deep reflection.

At the same time, it is inevitable that there is some luck in the dark—it’s okay, his plan is complete, and he doesn’t leave flaws such as "blood-stained murder weapon" like Misami Heihachi.Not a big problem.

……perhaps.

……

after an hour.

Police from Tottori Prefecture finally arrived.

Several police cars stopped in front of the hotel.

It was not the police who jumped out of the car first, but a dark-skinned male high school student.

Several police cars from the Spider Mansion arrived here, Hattori Heiji heard that it was Jiang Xia who made the report, so he immediately followed the car.

——He didn't expect Jiang Xia to have not only the suspicious Rob, but also another murderer.

Although he trusted Jiang Xia's force value, Hattori Heiji was still a little worried.

When he arrived at the door of the hotel, he asked loudly, "Are you all right?!" while rushing in.

Then he was attacked head-on by an unknown object.

——A humanoid creature squirmed close to the ground, mistook Hattori Heiji who got off the police car as a policeman, and hugged his leg tightly.

(End of this chapter)