Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 643 The Destined Encounter

Amuro nodded, feeling the same way.

——This stone statue is not a flat cylinder, but has edges and corners.Regardless of its shape or the inclination of its location, Jizo should not be lying on the ground face down.

However, when I saw it just now, it was facing straight down.

It didn't look like he fell down accidentally, but more like someone deliberately fixed him in that position.

"..." Thinking of this, Anshi Toru's eyes suddenly swept aside, and landed on the weeds and bushes half a person's height on both sides of the road.

He vaguely had a bad premonition in his heart: "Could it be that this is a message for help left by someone, or a message before death?"

In that case, wouldn't it be necessary to find a corpse nearby...

"Probably not." Jiang Xia's voice came from beside him.

His expression is not as serious as Amuro Toru.

Jiang Xia looked at Jizo closely for a while, then straightened up indifferently.

He continued to walk in the direction of the hotel: "I seem to have seen a similar legend somewhere recently... and the name of the forest you just mentioned is also familiar."

"yes……"

Toru Amuro remembered Jiang Xia's sensitivity to crimes and criminals, seeing that he looked like "no big problem" at this time, he unconsciously relaxed a little.

Then, while walking towards the hotel, Toru Amuro typed in "Head God Forest", "Lying Down Jizo", and what the staff member said "Ghost Crying Cliff", and pressed search.

Although there is a signal here, the signal is average.

The interface slowly turned in circles, and it took a long time to refresh a few news items.

Amuro glanced twice and remembered.

——A while ago, there was indeed relevant news.

At that time, he happened to be working in an izakaya where the mission target occasionally appeared, and he caught a glimpse of the TV in the corner twice. Not long after that, he was called to pay the bill, and he didn't read it carefully.

As he thought about it, he casually clicked on the details.

Then it was discovered that recently, there had been an unsolved mystery in this area, and the place where the crime happened happened to be in this forest.

……

When some authors write reports, they have the habit of putting things behind the scenes.The same is true of this news.

At the beginning, it did not mention the mystery case, but first introduced a relevant legend about the place where the crime occurred.

——This "Head God Forest" turned out to be a well-known suicide holy place in the local area.

The origin of its name, "head", refers to a person who has a headache. According to legend, once he enters this forest, he will gradually lose his reason and desire to survive, and eventually commit suicide here, and he will never be able to leave.Therefore, in the Forest of the Head God, there is a Ksitigarbha lying forward, which is used to suppress evil spirits. If you lift it up, the person who supports it will be haunted by evil spirits.

"..."

Seeing this, Toru Amuro froze in his footsteps, guiltily remembering the Jizo he had kindly lifted up just now.

Up to now, he and Jiang Xia have walked a long distance, and they have long been hiding somewhere out of sight.

After hesitating for a moment, he didn't turn back.

——The theory of ghosts and gods is not enough to be believed.And judging from the actual situation, the Ksitigarbha has been falling upside down, and this place has become a "holy place for suicide", which shows that it has no effect.On the contrary, if you continue to let it fall on the side of the road, scratch the vehicles of passers-by, or trip pedestrians, in case a passer-by whose mentality just reaches the critical point of collapse, and is unlucky to be tripped again, the mood may be even worse. Well, then run to commit suicide...

Toru Amuro secretly criticized the feudal superstition in his heart.

Then press the phone button and continue to scroll down.

After introducing Toushen Forest, the writer finally got to the point and talked about the mysterious case.

——A while ago, someone found a dead body in the Forest of the Head God.

Since the body did not carry any documents.At present, the police have released some relevant information, hoping to find someone who knew the body through the items on the deceased, and then identify the deceased.

It was not too rare to find a dead person in the deep mountains.

But this corpse seemed quite strange.

——Judging from the published features used to find people, the deceased was a long-haired man in a red coat.The receipts and food on his body showed that he died in the summer, but the body was wearing a heavy sweater.

In addition, among the deceased’s belongings was a car key, but no driver’s license; there was a box of unpacked cigarettes, but there were no lighters or matches to ignite the fire...

These subtle violations made some melon-eating detectives who saw the announcement question whether the deceased was a "suicide".The police seem to have launched an investigation into this matter.

"..." After reading the report, Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia again.

I always feel that according to Jiang Xia's physique, this unresolved mystery may be solved soon.

...Fortunately, I took a good night's sleep yesterday. The thinking ability and judgment that I lost now have returned a lot. Even if I encounter various emergencies, I still have enough energy to deal with them.

……

A few kilometers is not a long distance.

The two quickly walked the mountain road and arrived at the hotel before dark.

This is a three-story Japanese-style hotel built in the shape of a Chinese character and occupies a large area.The old exterior wall has been carefully taken care of, and it doesn't look sloppy, but rather quaint. There is a signboard in black and white on the gate - Aoi House Hotel.

As soon as we arrived at the door, a waiter stepped forward to greet him: "Welcome."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help the guests with their luggage.However, when he came up, the waiter also saw Jiang Xia's face.He was startled suddenly, as if he recognized a detective.

Jiang Xia also felt something, and looked back thinking about it.

After staring at each other for a second, I saw a trace of unsteady murderous aura floating on the waiter hesitantly.

Jiang Xia: "!"

The two people's minds moved at the same time.

Unfortunately, it's not dark yet, and this place happens to be the entrance of the hall, so it's inconvenient to attack or kill.

The two of them sighed again at the same time.

However, they didn't show any clues on their faces—it goes without saying that Jiang Xia, and Shenbao Daxiong has been in the service industry for many years, and he has already practiced the unique skill of keeping a smile.

With a smile on his face, he led Jiang Xia and An Shitou to the front desk, and then returned to the door, ready to receive other guests.

When he came around the corner, Shenbao Daxiong couldn't help but look back.

At this time, Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru had already filled in their names on the hotel roster.

The front desk receptionist has a cold and asked for leave.It happened to be the off-season now, so the hotel owner didn't hire any extra people, but replaced the seats himself.

At this moment, the innkeeper took the register and glanced at it habitually.

Then facing the words "Jiang Xia Tongzhi" above, he suddenly froze.

(End of this chapter)