Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 398 Strange New Vest (Chapter)

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xia walked around the police station again.

Then successfully inquired about some information.

——According to Hattori Heiji's reasoning, Takeda Shinichi is using puppets for drug trafficking.

However, after the police inspected the puppets in Takeda’s inventory, they found that although there were holes in them, they were not filled with anything; they wanted to ask customers who had bought these puppets, but they could not find the corresponding puppets from Takeda Shinichi’s study. customer list.

In the end, the police temporarily held a small meeting in the courtyard regarding "whether Shinichi Takeda was dealing in drugs".

Jiang Xia didn't listen any more, and left with peace of mind.

Drugs and client lists disappear at the same time, indicating that people from the organization have been here to clean up the aftermath.Gin should have followed, after all, he did say "I'll be there later".

And Jiang Xia recalled it, and found that when he was still at Takeda's house and didn't go to see the stars, there was no trace of the man in black around him—otherwise, when the ghosts jumped up and down to catch Miss Spider, they should be able to see...that is, The aftermath, said the aftermath, came after he left the Takeda home.

It was already late at that time, and now, it was just the first day of his business trip with Gin and Vodka, and the time was not tight enough for Gin to catch two tasks overnight.

After all, according to the ghosts who visited the Gin and Wine box last night, Gin and Wine may be too busy, or maybe they are waiting to see the death of Boss Yun. In short, he also did not close his eyes all night.

And gin does not have ghost mint to drink, so it can only replenish energy through sleep.So he should not go to the island tonight, but find a place to rest.

Jiang Xia feels fine.

As long as we wait at the pier on time tomorrow, we should be able to rejoin the two men in black teammates.

……

After Hattori Heiji's reasoning ended and he picked up the ghost on Rob's lap, Jiang Xia climbed into the police car and went down the mountain overnight.

Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha did not stay much.

Although Hattori Heiji was quite concerned about the disappearing drugs, he still had to hand over the matter to the police for investigation—because it was past midnight, it was Sunday, and he had to go to school tomorrow.Plus, I haven't done my homework this weekend...

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji looked quietly at Jiang Xia who was sitting next to him and glanced at his phone from time to time: "Why don't you go to class."

The phone still has no signal.

Jiang Xia closed the screen and sighed disinterestedly: "Wait until you don't get a perfect score in the test—otherwise it feels like a waste of time."

Hattori Heiji:"……?"

...He felt that he had been mortalized by someone, but he had no proof.

……

When they arrived in the urban area, the three got out of the car and waved their hands to separate.

Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha took a taxi to the station, ready to go back to Osaka.

Jiang Xia thought for a while, and took a taxi to a pier.

Then find the nearest hotel to stay.

——On the way down the mountain just now, his mobile phone finally got a signal and received an email from Gin.

Perhaps considering that Jiang Xia might be hanging out with the police, this email has no text content, only a ","

According to the itinerary confirmed before departure, this means that everything will go on as usual—as usual, it means going to the scheduled pier the day after Takeda Shinichi was wiped out, and taking the boat prepared by the organization in advance to go to Moon Shadow Island.

So after Jiang Xia came to the Pier Hotel, he deliberately chose a room on the third floor, the highest floor.

This place can barely be regarded as a sea view room. Looking out of the window, you can just see the port. You can let the ghosts take turns to stand guard and observe when the gin and vodka will arrive, so as to prevent delays in travel time.

After returning to the room and locking the door, Jiang Xia first found out the anti-surveillance equipment and fiddled with it.

After confirming that there was no problem, he removed Miss Spider who was still sitting on his shoulder.

It may be very difficult for a normal ghost to maintain this sitting posture on his shoulders, and it will easily fall down if it stops and walks.

But this ghost has her unique skill - when she is unable to sit still, she sneaks out her spider legs from behind, hooks Jiang Xia's clothes to adjust her body shape, and keeps her humanoid body still.

The ghost cried all the way just now, and now, it may be that the vast sea has some healing effect on the ghost. Miss Spider looked at the vast sea outside, wiped her face, and stopped crying.

Jiang Xia nodded secretly, it happened that there was no one here, so while she was in a calm mood, she signed the ghost first...

Go to the window and close the window tightly.

Then Jiang Xia put the nervous Miss Spider on the bed, skillfully opened the collar, pricked the tattoo on her heart, and dripped the blood drops on the spider ghost.

A series of fried noises sounded, and the blood gathered and scattered like boiling, swimming crazily along the ghost's body surface.

The other ghosts neatly poked their heads out from the edge of the bed, watching curiously.

At first, Miss Spider secretly clutched her sleeves, quite tense.Later, she found that the process didn't seem to be as painful as she thought, so she relaxed again, and when the blood dripped, Wei Dai stared at it curiously.

But soon, her sight could no longer keep up with the blood drop.

It's not that the blood is pumping too fast.

Instead, it finally stopped on Miss Spider's forehead, gradually forming a "z" pattern.

Jiang Xia: "..."

Before that, he thought—since Miss Spider can retract her eight claws, if she is used as a puppet, she might be able to make a normal humanoid vest.

Although there is a little distance from the adult male ghost that Jiang Xia expected, but at least he is a normal person. When it is not convenient to use Miyano Akemi, he does not need to drive a pregnant woman or husband who is a parent ghost to run around.

Unexpectedly, now, the tattoo is condensed on the forehead.

The position of the tattoo on the ghost fetus cannot be chosen, it is all random.

It's just that Jiang Xia now finds that Xiaobai, Miyano Akemi, and Ms. Spider, who have normal human shapes, or may have normal human shapes, have tattoos on their necks, one under their eyes, and one on their foreheads, all of which are quite conspicuous.

On the contrary, it is this group of monsters that are usually inconvenient to drive out, and the tattoos are more difficult to find than the other - Wutiangou's is hidden between the two wing roots, the inseparable parent ghost is at the joint, and the mermaid's is on the lower back... The mermaid's The tattoos can usually be seen, but this is not because of the obvious location, but because the vest made of her has few clothes.

...In short, in a sense, this tattoo is quite intelligent, and it will accurately add blocks.

But fortunately, the position of Xiaobai Wenyin can be covered with a scarf, and Akemi Miyano can use sunglasses.For Ms. Spider, the bamboo hat that comes with it may be useful, but usually you have to bow your head more...

Jiang Xia struggled with complex emotions for a moment, sighed, stopped thinking about this matter, and quickly shifted her attention to another place.

——When the ghost fetus and the psychic master sign a contract, affected by each other's status, there is a chance to awaken a certain skill.

For example, Xiaobai's forced confession, Miyano Akemi's 1-second invincibility, parents ghost's fire protection, mermaid's underwater breathing, and Wutiangou's one-click suicide... Ah no, death reappears.

From this point of view, Jiang Xia feels that he is quite talented, or that the ghosts in this world are very talented—not to mention the content of the skills, at least all the ghosts he signed up have successfully awakened the skills.

The new Miss Spider is no exception.

Although her skills are also quite strange.

Jiang Xia remembered the legend that Takeda Yoko introduced to them when he was in the Spider Mansion, and thought that this skill should probably be named "Heaven Questions and Answers"...

The person who initiates it can ask three questions to a specific target

—— "Do you think there is a heaven in this world?"

——“What kind of place is that?”

—— "Do you want to go and see it with me?"

If all three questions are asked and the target nods at the last question, then, no matter if it is sincere or perfunctory, that person will get lost to a place where no one can find him within the next 1 to 72 hours. The specific time is random.

If at the end of the question, the target refuses to leave together, then from the time of his refusal, within 1-72 minutes, the person who activates the skill can grow eight spider legs that can be controlled freely.

In addition, there is a third case.

——If the target who is being asked refuses to answer, or gets annoyed and leaves halfway before the third question, then in the next 1 to 72 minutes, the person who activates the skill will fall into a certain kind of extreme lack of confidence , And will try to hang himself on the beam, wander to the side of the mountain and jump off the cliff...or take the initiative to carry out some other dangerous restart behaviors.

Jiang Xia: "..."

He was silent about this skill for a full minute, and he always felt that it was similar to Wu Tiangou's skill that "can restore the death method he has seen before on the caster".

—all convenient for suicide.

...After all, according to the normal situation, most people probably don't have time to listen to a person asking these three questions and answering them one by one... In other words, if this skill is used, most people will jump directly to the third situation.

However, this skill is at least more practical than Wu Tiangu.

Because in detail, this world is actually a little different from the world Jiang Xia is used to.

——The concentration of Zhongji here is higher.The more powerful the person, the more they seem to like to become talkative in certain situations.

As for those who are not very good... If you put a knife on their necks, you should be able to exchange for a chance to talk peacefully. At that time, not only will you be able to ask three questions, but you will even have the opportunity to guide the answer.

Therefore, to achieve the first lost ending, the difficulty may not be as high as imagined.

Plus, Jiang Xia is not alone - he has many puppets.

It is of course good if the first or second situation can be achieved by using a puppet to ask questions.In case of unfortunate encounter with the third type, it is also a puppet who bears the negative state.

If the vest wants to commit suicide, let it go, anyway, this is not the first time the vests have died...

The only thing to worry about is whether this dangerous state will continue after the vest suicide disappears and the consciousness returns to the body, until the time of negative effects ends.

However, judging from the feedback when signing the contract, this negative state is not an instant death skill like Wutiangou, but a process of continuous change of mentality.

In other words, if the will is strong enough to resist the mentality of wanting to commit suicide, then let alone the body, even the vest will not die.

... The more I think about it, the more excited I become.

After all, after acquiring the strange new skills, how many people can resist trying it...

Even Wu Tiangu's suicide skill, Jiang Xia has tried it with a vest before, and successfully scared a person with many shikigami on his body to jump off a cliff.

Miss Spider's skills, if used well, will only become more effective.

After all, apart from the third case, at least the first result is very useful.It can make someone disappear for a certain period of time.For psychics who are inconvenient to kill, it is really a good supplement.

Moreover, the psychic master's ability to control thoughts and emotions is inherently strong. Looking at the good side, the negative effects may not have much impact on him at all.

But you can't risk your life...

Jiang Xia struggled for a long time, and finally decided to find a place that lacks a suicidal environment when she is free in the future, first put the main body there and fix it, and even find a reliable person to help watch; The irritable old man who will answer questions seriously, try the specific negative effects of the third situation.

Although it is difficult to trap a psychic who can manipulate puppet clay regardless of people or equipment, Jiang Xia feels that the negative state brought about by this skill should not make him work hard enough to use those things to kill himself.And if he was really affected to that extent... then he would not commit suicide.

Jiang Xia silently pressed her temple and moved her hand away.

After having a simple plan, a bold idea, and a series of operation plans for the newly added skills, Jiang Xia temporarily put aside this painful and happy problem, and started to gather puppet clay in the room instead.

He wants to try on a new waistcoat.

In an instant, many more shikigami than when he first came to this world flew out from under his feet, and gradually piled up into a white clay-like colloid in the center of the room.

Then, Jiang Xia poked Miss Spider again, letting her melt in too.

Soon, a figure in a white kimono and a white gauze hat gradually took shape in the room.

Jiang Xia shifted his consciousness to the puppet, and thoughtfully pressed the hat above his head.

In the past, when making puppets, the clothes would be made according to the habits and aesthetics of the ghosts. After that, Jiang Xia could make some simple adjustments according to the quantity and quality of the puppet clay.

However, Ms. Spider seems to be deeply influenced by the legend, and she is also very persistent in this body shape, Jiang Xia can't change it.

... Fortunately, these days, there are actually quite a few people wearing kimonos to the streets.Although I have never seen the person wearing a hat, but he can barely be regarded as a normal person - this can just cover the tattoos on his head, as long as he pays more attention to lowering his head.

After briefly observing the shape of the puppet, Jiang Xia moved the main body to the bed and turned off the light.

Then he drove the puppet, went to the window, and silently opened the window a crack.

There were not many people staying here, and it was past midnight now, except for the lobby, the lights of the entire building had been turned off.

When people are among the puppets, the ghost fetus is also inside the puppets, and they can enjoy the benefits of night vision without having to borrow the ghost's vision.

Jiang Xia glanced around, but saw no one or equipment.

So he stood by the window, closed his eyes slightly, and carefully felt the current condition of this body.

A moment later, there was a slight sound of clothes being ripped from his back.

(End of this chapter)