Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 84 What kind of karma did this happen to deserve? (Please subscribe)

When the figure reached directly below Xia Chuan, it finally transformed from a small black figure into a normal human.

Jeans, a purple knitted long-sleeved shirt, and a single ponytail swaying from side to side—this is undoubtedly the cross-dressing Asai Narumi.

However, Xia Chuan was very curious about what this guy was doing here.

Shouldn't he have been called to rescue the elderly police officer at this time?

Oh wait, I've been searching for an hour, and the police officer has probably already been saved.

Natsukawa watched as Asai Narumi climbed over the wall of the Kuroiwa family's house. Her movements were nimble and practiced, suggesting she had climbed over many other people's walls before.

After climbing down from the tree, Xia Chuan turned and left.

The police officer is alright, but Uncle Mori will probably have to go up the mountain. I just agreed to go up with him, so I can't just pretend that didn't happen.

And he really wanted to see Kuroiwa Tatsuji's body.

As for what Asai Narumi was going to do at the Kuroiwa family's place, he was most likely looking for evidence of their transaction. Since he had already taken and destroyed everything, the other party couldn't find anything and would have made a wasted trip.

When Xia Chuan returned to the community center, there were a few more people there.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji's daughter, Kuroiwa Reiko, her fiancé Murasawa Shuichi, secretary Hirata Kazuaki, Kawashima Hideo (who was supposed to be the first to die), unemployed Nishimoto Ken, and village chief candidate Shimizu Masato.

Masato Shimizu—Natsukawa remembered this guy shouting through the village loudspeaker before; he never expected him to have time to come here.

That makes sense, though. With Chief Black Rock dead, he's lost his most formidable rival, so he must be quite happy.

Speaking of which, another village chief candidate, Hideo Kawashima, was also going to die.

If both of them die, he won't even need to run for village chief; he'll just take over.

Thinking about it this way, could it be that Kuroiwa Tatsuji was the one who killed him?

Yes, it's very likely.

"Father, where did you go? Did you go to buy me local specialties?"

Anya looked on with bright eyes, her hands clenched into fists in front of her chest, looking very expectant.

Aunt Joel bought local specialties for her younger brother, and she also longed for her father to buy her local specialties.

"Uh, this is it"

Xia Chuan remained silent.

Fortunately, Kogoro Mouri came to his rescue at this moment.

"Xia Chuan, you're back just in time. The police officer has been rescued. Let's go up the mountain together to check on the situation."

Xia Chuan glanced at the police officer, whose face was still a little pale, but he seemed to be fine now. It was good that he hadn't died, otherwise Uncle Mori would have been the one to take the blame.

After all, only the two of them went to the scene to examine Kuroiwa Tatsuji's head. If the police officer had been scared to death, Uncle Mori would undoubtedly have become a suspect.

"Ok."

Xia Chuan nodded, looked around, and saw no other police officers, not even Inspector Megure, who always appeared.

He asked with a strange expression, "Didn't you call the police?"

Everyone at the scene was stunned. (￣△￣；)
Kogoro Mouri was stunned. (°ー°〃)
Because of the officer's antics, he forgot to tell Xiaolan to call the police and notify the Metropolitan Police Department to come and help him out—a major blunder.

Kogoro Mouri looked at Ran, and Ran looked at the police officer.

Isn't this here?

Well.
How can these be the same? This guy has trouble even walking.

Look, now he can't even straighten his back.

Kogoro Mouri wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He decided to pass on this old man.

"I'll go call the police."

Tatsuji Kuroiwa's secretary, Kazuaki Hirata, stepped forward.

After nodding, Kogoro Mouri instructed the people present to wait at the community center.

These are either people involved or have conflicts of interest with Kuroiwa Tatsuji, such as those two village chief candidates, whom he has suspected for a long time.

That Kenji Nishimoto is also strange; he keeps saying that it's Keiji Aso's ghost that has returned to seek revenge.

baffling.

"By the way, where is Dr. Asai?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"Dr. Asai just said he has to go back for a bit, but he'll be back soon," Ran replied.

Kogoro Mouri nodded and instructed Ran to wait where the other party was when they arrived. He also instructed her to perform an autopsy if a body was found.

Conan quietly hid behind Natsukawa, sneaking up the mountain with the others.

With someone leading the way, the group quickly arrived at the place where they found the bloodstains.

This location is roughly halfway up the mountain, with a cliff on the left and a deep valley below.

The blood on the ground was very obvious, and there was so much of it that it had seeped into the soil.

The bloodstains stretched all the way to the edge of the cliff. Kogoro Mori glanced at it and turned away, without realizing he should get closer to examine it more closely.

There's no way around it; even a famous detective has a weakness. His fear of heights isn't his fault. It's the cliff's fault!

"Could this be animal blood?" Kogoro Mouri squatted down and examined it for a long time, then picked up some soil and sniffed it.

"Probably not."

Conan's voice startled Kogoro Mouri, who turned to look at the source of the sound.

"Conan, why are you following me again? Can't you learn from Anya?"

"Mr. Mori, are you calling Anya?" Anya peeked out from behind Natsukawa's legs and asked curiously.

Well.
The famous detective, Dead Fish, watched the two children. This Conan, not only was he disobedient, but he also brought Anya along. Unforgivable.

"Alright, Mr. Mori, it's alright. I think Conan's words are sometimes quite useful."

Xia Chuan stepped in to defuse the situation, then casually asked, "Conan, why do you think this is human blood?"

There is no visible difference between human blood and mammalian blood on the surface, and Xia Chuan was also very curious about how the other person could tell the difference.

“This!” Conan pointed to the bushes behind him. Once everyone’s eyes were on him, he parted the bushes and pointed to a bag hidden inside.

The bag was pulled out; it was long and narrow with a zipper, and Xia Chuan immediately recognized what it was.

This is a standard body bag, made of thin but extremely durable fabric, with many bloodstains remaining on it.

The zipper was pulled open, and Conan rummaged through the inside, revealing large patches of blood. Judging from the color of the blood, it seemed to have only recently congealed.

Kogoro Mouri's expression immediately turned serious. "It looks like the body was probably thrown off the cliff."

Immediately afterward, Kogoro Mori looked at the foreman, Nakamasa, who was leading the way, and asked, "Is there a way down to the bottom of the cliff?"

Foreman Zhongzheng nodded, threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, then led the group back into the woods.

Half an hour later, the group appeared at the bottom of the cliff.

The cliff is about 100 meters high, not very high but very steep.

The area at the bottom of the cliff is serene and lush with trees, with a clear stream flowing down the mountain.

The only jarring sight was the headless corpse by the stream.

The body fell to the side of the stream, somewhat deformed from the fall, with blood staining the ground and intestines scattered everywhere, making it look extremely disgusting.

What's most disgusting is that there are also stray dogs scattered around, and you can tell without even thinking what they're doing.

Several stray dogs noticed the commotion and turned around. The bloodstains around their mouths looked rather horrifying when they turned their heads.

Upon noticing someone approaching, the wild dogs immediately turned and ran, quickly disappearing into the forest bushes.

“Father, Anya is scared.”

ヽ(*.>Д<)o゜

The little girl climbed up Xia Chuan's trouser leg to his shoulder, hugged him tightly, and dared not let go.

This scene is still too bloody for children.

However, Conan seems much more normal than Anya.

He suppressed his nausea, took out a handkerchief and held it to his nose, and was about to step forward to check, but was immediately lifted up by Xia Chuan.

"Stay to the side and don't come any closer."

Natsukawa didn't want to interfere with Conan, but Anya was right next to him. If Anya couldn't get close, Conan naturally couldn't either, otherwise Anya would accuse him of favoritism.

Eh.

My father has really had a tough time.

We'll just have to make do with Conan for now.

That wretched Anya, I've been dragged into this mess.

The man with the needle probing dead fish stared at Anya, his dissatisfaction written all over his face, almost bursting out.

Never mind, I can watch it here too, my eyesight is good.

Conan gave up struggling and stood like a good boy.

For no other reason than that Uncle Maoli was rubbing his hands together, sharpening his knife as if to kill the pigs and sheep, which made him unable to resist touching the three bulges on his head that had just shrunk.

"Mr. Chiang Kai-shek, could you please keep an eye on these two children for me?"

Zhongzheng nodded. He felt that just looking at such a disgusting scene would give him nightmares tonight, and he didn't want to get close to it at all.

Xia Chuan didn't actually get too close. The area was full of intestines and body parts that had been torn and gnawed by wild dogs, a truly indescribable sight. He hadn't brought any extra shoes to change into.

The corpse was in a gruesome state; even if there were other wounds on the body, they were no longer visible.

Kogoro Mouri, on the other hand, was serious.

At this moment, he displayed the composure of someone who had been a criminal investigator, putting on gloves and slowly examining the body.

This guy is really pitiful. His head was put into a latrine and his body was thrown off a cliff to be fed to dogs. What kind of sins did he commit?

(End of this chapter)