Conan’s Corpse Picker

 Chapter 1980 1980【New members of the firm】

Jiang Xia pointed to the fish tank: "So if you look carefully, you can see that there are some tiny red threads wrapped around the water plants, and there are also some in the cracks between the rocks - those are the fibers that fell off the hiking socks."

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but look at the fish tank.

 The water in the tank is quite clear, with a layer of beautiful landscape stones at the bottom and two small fish swimming around in it. The scenery was originally beautiful. The two fish looked relaxed and leisurely. However, after learning the truth, when they looked at the fish, they could see a sense of humiliation and humiliation—fortunately, these were not those delicate tropical fish, otherwise they might have turned their stomachs again now.

Maya Hashimoto looked at the fish in the fish tank in front of her, and recalled the tropical fish that had been poisoned to death in the previous fashion design company, as well as the frightened canaries that flew away from their eggs. She couldn't help but feel distracted.

“Uzo seems to be particularly fond of persecuting these small animals recently. I’d better try to go around a house with pets in the future when I pass by it.” After saying this in his mind, he suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly corrected:

"No, I want to try my best to meet Jiang Xia and increase the chance of meeting Jiang Xia! After all, we are doing unscrupulous work in the organization, who are we not to do it with? Mr. Ireland can do it, but why can't that evil... Mr. Uzuo?"

Maya Hashimoto: "..." Only the fact that he wanted to kill Jiang Xia made his conscience a little painful. But then I thought about it, I was just here to make a plan, and I wasn’t going to actually do it—just pretend I was rehearsing for an acting performance. Moreover, there is no need for their backup Watson to worry about the matter between Holmes and Moriarty.

Beside him, a circle of police failed to realize that there was an outlaw who was having a fierce inner struggle. They were still listening to Jiang Xia's reasoning.

In just a few minutes, Jiang Xia has pushed the progress bar to the end: "After the sock is turned over, the side that is not stained with the blood of the deceased will be exposed to prevent it from being seen by the police. But obviously this also has a disadvantage - If the blood is on the inside, you can’t pretend that it was accidentally rubbed on your foot while checking the scene.”

　　　…”

 The police department looked at the sock silently.

He was wearing such thick clothes in summer and was breaking out in a cold sweat. He didn't like this kind of physical evidence.

 But as a policeman, he could only say: "Do you mind if we check?"

The owner of the house clenched his fist tightly and finally stopped struggling: "No need, I'm the one who killed that bastard."

The Mumu Police Department escaped the disaster for the time being. They secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked: "Could the motive be the accident that Mr. Shimizu mentioned?"

The owner of the house nodded angrily: "As I said just now, mountaineering is a dangerous sport, and death is inevitable during the challenge. You can't resent your companions for this. I kept reminding myself this, and tried hard to suppress my resentment towards Ikuta.

"But one day when I went to the tavern, I accidentally bumped into him and Kusaka having dinner together. The two of them got drunk. That **** Ikuta actually laughed and said - because Keiko ignored him that day, he deliberately broke Keiko's head. legs, dropped her and left!

"What happened on the snowy mountain was not a climbing accident at all, but a murder! I can't forgive the guy who killed Keiko, and I can't let go of the guy who sat next to him and chimed in, talking about this matter as a matter of fun. …What happens next is what you see.”

 …

 A sad case.

After watching the police car escorting the owner of the house away, Jiang Xia sighed and suddenly turned his head to look at Maya Hashimoto and Shimizu Yo, who happened to be passing by.

The two people were startled: "What happened?" "If there were detectives on the snowy mountain at that time and found out from clues that it was a murder, there would not be today's tragedy." Jiang Xia patted their shoulders with one hand, "This Society needs detectives, you must work hard."

　　Shimizuyo: “…” But my major has nothing to do with being a detective. I’m just better at providing information about my teammates.

However, the recognition and encouragement from celebrities still made his face flush with excitement. He shook hands with Jiang Xia and decided to try to develop in this industry when he had time.

 Soon he left with several other classmates.

Jiang Xia looked at Maya Hashimoto again, her eyes full of expectation, and everything was silent.

"..." Maya Hashimoto suppressed the strange thought of running away and showed an energetic smile, "Actually, I have been thinking about it for a long time these days. People like me who always travel back and forth between the two countries always have to do regular work. Asking for leave is really not responsible to the employers - I will also try to develop into the detective industry in the future."

Jiang Xia was so considerate. He was worried about how to find an excuse to stay with Jiang Xia to complete the task. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xia actually extended an olive branch to him - maybe this kind detective noticed his intentions and felt his affection. Worry, that’s why I made this decision.

Maya Hashimoto discovered bad news: Oh no, my conscience hurt even more.

 But at the same time, he also has good news: as a qualified member of the organization, there is no such thing as conscience.

Jiang Xia nodded, quite satisfied: "You can come to Jiang Xia more often if you have nothing to do in the future... Ahem, Amuro Detective Agency, the address is on the business card I gave you before.

"You can start by helping me deal with the letters in the mailbox, and filter out the requests you think are necessary to deal with. If there are cases in the future, if you are nearby, I will try to contact you. As for the salary, I will give you the standard of a trainee detective. ? In addition, there will also be corresponding commissions for completed commissions."

Maya Hashimoto: "..." Jiang Xia is too efficient, right? This has already been arranged? How come it seems like it was already prepared...

　　Oh, he understood: Jiang Xia has been trying to teach people about the detective industry, but the success rate seems to be low - even if it were not him today, someone else would have received the same treatment.

Not only do they plan to harm Jiang Xia secretly, but they also need to collect wages from Jiang Xia. Although Jiang Xia is a famous detective and is not short of money, her conscience hurts even more. Is this really good?

 Hashimoto Maya was polite for 0.1 seconds and planned to agree.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice suddenly broke in from the side.

Conan: "But I remember that this mixed-race uncle seems to be working for that Mr. Edward." He stared at Maya Hashimoto, "Where is that Mr. Edward? Doesn't it matter if you switch jobs?"

Maya Hashimoto was shocked: ...How did this guy know that I had switched jobs? ! Was it an accident, was it because he was too trusted by Uzuo, or was it because Uzuo felt that his career was too smooth, so he deliberately revealed this news to add fuel to the already fierce infighting?

There was also this first-grade elementary school student who actually took the opportunity to ridicule him. Do you want to use this to tell Jiang Xia that people like him who change jobs from job to job are not loyal enough and are not worthy of trust?

 (End of this chapter)