Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 802 Jiang Xia Who Did You Kidnap

They took out a slightly old business card that looked like it had been exposed to wind and sun, and carefully placed it on the coffee table.

"Our daughter Eri got married a few days ago and is going on a honeymoon trip, so let's take some time to go to her house to take care of the cat. There is a feeding and watering device at home, and it only needs to be dealt with once a few days.

"Unexpectedly, when we went to check today, her suitcase was still open in the bedroom, and the luggage was not put in at all-but she hadn't contacted us for several days. We thought she was obsessed with traveling, but now... ...something must have happened to her!

"After discovering the situation in the house, we called the police and wanted to ask the neighbors if they had seen anything. But when we arrived at the door, we suddenly found a gray box beside the courtyard door. It was brown and black. It’s like a coffin! Looking closer, there’s still a rancid smell inside…”

The police officers were startled, and their expressions gradually became serious.

According to the usual practice, the coffin-like box probably contains severed limbs and other intimidating parts... This, this is a big case!
...But what does it have to do with Jiang Xia?
They looked at the business card with slight curiosity, and pricked up their ears to hear the following.

Jiang Xia was silent for a while.These elements sound familiar...

The husband and wife paused for a short moment, as if they were suppressing their panic.

After a while, he continued: "We opened the box and found that it contained the corpse of a cat that had been dead for many days—it was the cat that my daughter raised. In addition, there was a piece of paper pinned to the lid of the box. This is the business card... this must be a threat!"

Miwako Sato: "..."

Why did she seem to have heard similar things, although from another angle... She silently looked at Jiang Xia.

Others are still struggling with this weird kidnapping case itself.

When they reasoned, they inadvertently excluded Jiang Xia, who didn't look like a criminal, from the kidnappers, and began to reason along the box:

"Speaking of which, didn't the kidnappers ask you anything? For example, asking for a ransom, or asking for some specific requests that only you can fulfill, or even lower, 'don't call the police'..."

"No." The two couples who were slightly out of touch with the modern society were silent for a while. Following the simple principle of "calling the police when you encounter a criminal", they went straight to the police station when they found out that something had happened.Whenever the kidnappers said "don't call the police" on the way, they might wake up a little bit and follow suit, but they didn't...

"This is strange." The police were lost in thought.Judging from the situation, that "Miss Huili" has been missing for several days.According to common sense, after such a long time, if the kidnapper had any request, he should have contacted the family members long ago.

Also, about that "kidnapper's business card"...

Several onlookers took a closer look and found the problem.

They all felt very familiar with this business card, it was Jiang Xia's own business card - this young detective seemed to like his job very much, and he always distributed these to people everywhere, and they all had one, and they had encountered Jiang Xia many times Yes, even saved up a small stack.

Good old Takagi Shepherd thought for a while, and explained to the couple:
"Although it is indeed Jiang Xia's business card, it does not mean that he is the kidnapper - Jiang Xia has sent these to many people due to work reasons. It may also be that the suspect put it there to deliberately confuse the public."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Xia's hesitant voice came from beside him: "...I played it myself."

Takagi She: "..."? ? ?
Several police officers also looked at Jiang Xia in shock, thinking of tragic trends such as "a high school student detective has seen too much of the dark side of society, and his mind has been polluted and distorted".

Jiang Xia waved his hand, mercilessly cutting off their brains:

"But I'm not the one who kidnapped Miss Huili—a few days ago, I picked up a dead cat in a park on the outskirts of the city with a few children." said.

Jiang Xia glanced at her new ghost with satisfaction, and continued: "There is a corresponding contact number and address on the cat card. We couldn't get through the phone, thinking that the cat owner was busy, so we followed the address and sent the cat back.

"Shortly afterwards, I ran into the policeman who was handling the case at the Shaoye Pavilion Hotel, and then I gradually learned that the murderer in that case was too flustered when he silenced the victim, and he also silenced the passing cat—this cat is The murdered cat in that case.

"When I sent the cat back, I was worried that the owner would be frightened when she saw the dead cat, so I left a business card for her to contact me in the future..."

Miwako Sato also remembered this, and cleared her throat in embarrassment: "It was my mistake. In that case, the murderer was caught on the spot during the second murder, and later confessed to the crime. Coupled with physical evidence And the traces of the real scene in the park were all extracted, and I didn't bother that cat anymore..."

After all, in the past few days, there seem to be a lot more cases than before. The police really didn't pay attention to these details. They have already found a lot of ironclad evidence...

The couple listened to the conversation between the detective and the police, and were stunned: "If that's the case... then what's going on with Huili?"

"It's not very clear yet." Jiang Xia is quite interested in their case. Anyway, the task deadline is still several days away, so it's better to do something else first. "But at present, the 'dead cat' and 'missing painted Miss Li', these should be two unrelated matters. Now that the former has been resolved, the latter can be treated as an independent matter for the time being—can you take me to your house to have a look? Maybe I can find some information about The clue of her disappearance. Also, since you are about to go on your honeymoon, you had better contact the newlywed husband as soon as possible, maybe there will be very useful results.”

The couple looked at each other for a moment, then nodded anxiously.Got up to take the cops and detectives home.

Also, about the son-in-law...

"After we called the police, we kept contacting him on the way to the police station, but we never got in touch.

"At that time we thought that he might also be kidnapped by 'Jiang Xia' together with Huili..."

The old couple who went to the doctor in a hurry became alert and had a new target of suspicion: "Could it be that he kidnapped our daughter?!"

"..." Miwako Sato sighed, "Let's go to the scene of the disappearance first."

……

Masuo Eri's financial situation seems to be good, and she had a house before she got married.Now that she is married, she is moving her things to her new home one after another, and there are not many things at home now.

Before Jiang Xia came to the courtyard, he took a look at the box next to the courtyard door with the cat's corpse - when the old couple went to call the police, they only brought their business cards, not the whole box.After all, it was a dead and unlucky corpse, and they didn't dare to run around with it on their backs.

(End of this chapter)