Corpse collector in Conan

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Thinking of the "detective" who sank into the swamp, the Hell Puppet Master's heart was churning: Although he couldn't see too many details in the dim light, he saw the general movements of the fake detective when he stood on the treetop.

"As long as it is a puppet, there must be something unnatural, and these flaws cannot be hidden from the eyes of a professional like me. But the "detective" just now acted exactly like a real person, so I didn't realize that the "Jiang Xia" who followed me had been replaced... The person in the dark manipulated the puppet far better than me, who is he?"

"Could it be that high school student detective..."

At this time, thinking of Jiang Xia's face again, the "Hell Puppet Master" felt a chill in his heart. But soon, reason made him feel that something was wrong: Jiang Xia's voice just now was too far away, and at that distance, he couldn't manipulate the puppet so finely.

To put it another way, even if Jiang Xia's voice of shouting was recorded...

"I've seen their hands before, and Jiang Xia's fingers don't have the traces of long-term manipulation of silk threads, nor the calluses left by practicing magic.

"In addition to the 'detective', there was also the sudden shot. The gunman probably mistook the puppet of 'Mouri Ran' for me. Although this guy has poor eyesight, he was able to shoot me in the head in that light..."

Why did such a guy suddenly appear in this ordinary grove, who can manipulate puppets and use guns?

"Forget it, I'll kill the detective next time I have a chance." "Hell Puppet Master" sighed, "I didn't expect that such a small hotel would be so deep... If I want the performance to go smoothly, I have to speed up the progress. "

...

Deep in the woods.

Gin stepped on the grass and walked to the shore.

Seeing the headless puppet slowly sinking into the mud, he frowned silently.

Let someone run away.

Just now he was doing chores in the room, and suddenly heard some strange noises outside. Walking to the window, he saw Wu Zuo jumping down from the upstairs and happily chasing towards the woods.

...This kid must be up to no good when he is happy. After hesitating for a moment, Gin followed cautiously, wanting to see what this guy was doing.

Jiang Xia and the thing he was chasing ran very fast. When Gin avoided the hidden swamps and entered the woods, he was already some distance away from the two people in front.

Following the general direction all the way, he heard a guy in the tree making some arrogant remarks like "Please disappear", and there was a vague figure struggling in the mud.

Listening to the noise, it was a stranger in the tree. Relying on the fact that the other party didn't find him, Gin generously gave him a shot... Unfortunately Wrong shot.

The gunshot alarmed the target, and the person in the shadow of the tree canopy evacuated very decisively. It can be seen that the man is very familiar with this forest, so Gin did not risk chasing him, but stopped and looked at the swamp in front.

There were two people running into the forest, one of whom was hanging on the tree. Originally, he thought that the person in the mud might be the young cadre who had not been beaten by society, but just now he seemed to have heard Wu Zuo's voice somewhere else.

—— Wu Zuo was not in the swamp, and the person he was chasing was not there either. What on earth was struggling in the mud?

Before Gin could figure out what was going on with the bubbling mud, suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

He immediately pulled the trigger calmly, took a step back and came behind the tree, aiming the gun in the direction of the sound.

A few seconds later, a figure walked out of the forest in a good mood, raised his hand and greeted him.

"..." Gin looked at this familiar guy, "What happened just now? "

Jiang Xia raised one hand and snapped his fingers in front of his eyes. With the crisp sound, a pure white rose appeared out of thin air in his palm.

"That's it." Jiang Xia retracted his hand and looked at the flower he had just conjured. "He wanted to invite me to watch a magic show, and I reciprocated it - how about it, not bad, right? "

As he said this, he casually threw the white rose to the place where bubbles were coming out of the swamp.

The white flower fell to the ground, and the soil beneath it suddenly collapsed, and large white roses emerged like a gusher, as if the soil had been turned into flowers by some kind of magic. Soon, the blooming white flowers shattered in the air bit by bit, and the holes in the swamp were quickly refilled with mud from all around.

Gin: "..."

He was so close, but he couldn't see how the magic was performed.

But remembering that there was a former circus member under Uzo who he had snatched from another leader... Everything seemed to make sense all of a sudden.

Gin: "..." This kid is really good at what he does, and the magic he learned casually can reach this level... Putting such a person in the organization can be regarded as a small contribution made by Jiang Xia Longping.

Opposite, Jiang Xia retracted his gaze from the swamp and talked about the "Hell Puppet Master" again. He pointed to the distance and exclaimed: "Did you see it? This time is different from the past - he actually knows how to kill the detective in advance. ”

“…” Gin didn’t even need to look at his expression to hear the strong interest in this guy’s words.

This made him hesitate about his decision to “find the Hell Puppet Master and shoot him to completely solve the hidden danger.”

——Now that the nearby roads have collapsed, the people trapped in this “Blizzard Villa” are bored. It’s rare for Wuzo to have something to kill off his extra enthusiasm…

And from the situation just now, Wuzo seems to be able to deal with that opponent with ease.

Thinking of this, Gin was too lazy to bother with it: Silencing someone is a troublesome matter, not to mention silencing a smart person who is already alert. Instead of wasting time running around and then attracting complaints from Uzo, it is better to let this kid solve those boring troubles by himself, so that he can save two things at once.

Thinking of this, he heard the voices of people shouting "Jiang Xia" in the distance while searching around in the woods. Gin put away his thoughts, said "clean it up", and turned into the woods.

Jiang Xia waved at his back and watched him go away. Then he put away the two groups of murderous aura that he had just pulled down in a good mood.

"Jiang Xia!"

Just as he was done, a few people ran over from a distance - it was Hashimoto Maya and the small team that he knocked out of the room.

Jiang Xia restrained the happiness on his face, maintained the seriousness and calmness that a detective should have at this time, and walked quickly to meet them.

...

The brightly lit hotel lobby.

"Did the 'Hell Puppet Master' lead you into the woods just now?"

The question was raised by the magicians who had come over at some point in time. The room of the magic troupe members was not far from the high school students. Hashimoto Maya's shouting had also called them out of the room.