Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 466 Hui Yuan Ai's Domain (Anti-Theft Plus Changes) Ask for a Monthly Pass
Jiang Xia found out the gloves and put them on, walked to the "S"-shaped hook that fell from the sky, picked it up and looked at it.

Almost at the same time, Hui Yuan Ai also squatted beside him.

When she stood up again, she had an extra "S"-shaped hook of the same style in her hand.In addition, on the hook of hers, she also wore a finger-thick metal ring.

"...It's a ring." Hui Yuanai pinched it with a handkerchief, brought it closer to her eyes, and looked it up, "M to A is written on the inside—this should be someone whose name starts with M, and gave it to A The wedding ring of the one who started."

"Ring?" The other children were taken aback.

Even if it is a bad wedding ring, it will not be regarded as a falling object and thrown away casually.And now, since it was thrown down, there should be some compelling reason.

Speaking of it, two "S" hooks and a ○ ring worn together can just spell "SOS"-a typical distress signal.

Hui Yuanai walked to Jiang Xia's side, raised her hand on tiptoe, and put on the two hooks with wedding rings.

Then she looked at the "SoS" written vertically, and frowned slightly: "Could this be related to the person you are looking for?"

"It's possible." Jiang Xia looked up at the apartment next to him.

This apartment building has a total of nine floors, and there is a row of windows on the building facing this side.

But now, all the windows are closed, and it is impossible to tell from which one the hook came out.

Jiang Xia's gaze swept from bottom to top, and his eyes stopped slightly on a certain floor.There is a vague sense of murderous intent inside.

It's a pity that when the hook landed, they were not standing in this direction, but on the other side of the intersection.Can't see the windows over there.And when he looked up at the window just now, Conan had already observed it in advance.Otherwise, you can use the excuse that you saw the person by the window and rush up directly...

Fortunately, this is not a problem at all - as long as you enter the apartment and go around, when you get to the murderous floor, knock on the door politely under the pretext that something is wrong, and then pick up the room. The murderous intent of gangsters is enough.

"The one who dropped the ring should be a woman."

Hui Yuanai didn't know that Jiang Xia had already targeted the murderer.She carefully touched the metal ring held by Jiang Xia with her fingertips, and speculated: "It doesn't feel cold to the touch, it may have just been taken off from your hand. And..."

She spread out the handkerchief that she used to pad the ring and hook just now, and showed it to Jiang Xia.

On the white handkerchief, there was something like red paint on it at this moment. It was a little sticky, but it wasn't blood.

Fearing that he might not recognize him, Hui Yuanai took the initiative to say:
"It's lipstick. Judging by the color, it's a limited edition new release a few days ago. The person who is asking for help should have a good quality of life, and she is a suitable kidnapping target. In addition, she may be on the fat side—this ring is on the 11th ring, and it is average." Women more commonly use sizes 7 to 9."

The three listening children nodded and carefully noted the victim's characteristics: "Fat, rich aunt..."

Jiang Xia took one last look at the nine closed windows, then turned around the corner and headed for the apartment gate.

"Let's take a look at the building first." Jiang Xia thought about his murderous intent, and he found a suitable excuse to enter the building:

"Not long after the hook was thrown out, when we looked up, the window was already closed... Given that the abducted person is now handicapped, judging from the time difference, the one who closed the window is likely to be the kidnapper. And, if In this way, he may have witnessed the hostage's call for help."

Yoshida Ayumi turned pale, and blurted out: "Then, is that rich aunt dead now?! The kidnappers will silence the disobedient hostages. This is always done in TV dramas!"

"..." Then when you were a hostage, you were still kicking and biting...

Jiang Xia glanced at her silently, and comforted her casually:

"Now is not a good time to silence—for the kidnappers, the hostages have just delivered information, and now is the time to arouse the suspicion of passers-by. If the kidnappers stand still, curious passers-by may think it is themselves because they can't find any clues. Overreact, give up and leave.

"However, if the victim is killed immediately, the noise that may be caused by the victim's desperate struggle, the body fluids that flow out when he dies, the smell produced after death, and the difficulty of cleaning up when transferring the body, on the contrary, it is more likely to lead to his exposure.

"In addition, even if you don't consider rationality and rely only on instinct, at this time, most people will not rashly make such an important decision as 'killing', but will try their best to maintain the status quo until they feel that the threat is lifted."

The three children secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, he had already reached the gate of the apartment building.

There is no guard in this apartment, but an automatic door with one-way sensor.

Jiang Xia was lucky, when he came to the door, someone just came out from inside, and the door opened accordingly.

The aunt who was about to go shopping glanced at him with her shopping bag, and then looked at the group of children behind Jiang Xia. She didn't mean to stop him from rubbing the door, but nodded friendly and left slowly.

The glass automatic door is just across from the mailbox.

Jiang Xia turned her head after entering the door, glanced at the mailbox through the transparent glass, and saw a row of several names.

When he was thinking about looking at the mailbox, Conan quickly ran into the first floor, ran back, and told Jiang Xia: "From the position of the window, the ring was thrown out of Room 5."

Jiang Xia nodded and looked at all the "×05" rooms in the mailbox.

In order to facilitate delivery, the name of the head of the household is usually affixed to the mailbox.

Combining the lipstick that Haibara Ai just discovered and the "M to A" engraved on the inside of the ring, this ring should be a wedding ring given to a "wife whose name begins with A" by a "man whose name begins with M".

In other words, if you find out all the qualified couple names in "×05", you can guess which room the owner of the ring is in... Of course, if all the residents are not eligible, it may be that someone tied a The wife with A in the name goes home.

In short, although there is a certain chance, there are no other clues at present anyway, and the Boy Detective Team thinks it is better to follow the first one first.

"105 is 'Da Zhunu', ruled out, 205...ah, it should be this!"

Conan pointed to the name of "Shimamasa and/Shima Asuka" written in small font and crowded together on the mailbox, and was a little surprised.

Did not expect to make progress so soon.

Could it be that even if Jiang Xia didn't speak, his physique of "speeding up the progress of solving the case" would be activated automatically? ... Hiss, speaking of it, sometimes, Jiang Xia's luck is really good.

Conan's thoughts wandered for a second, and he couldn't help but think of Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan's European Qi who can draw anything.

After that, he tried his best to focus on the business: "Let's go to 205 first. Sister Asuka may still be saved."

(End of this chapter)