Corpse collector in Conan

Seeing Toru Amuro going out with his ghost-picking experience ticket and about to disappear again, Jiang Xia chased him out and grabbed the boss, trying to discuss: Why don't I go too?

Toru Amuro was confused: What are you going to do?

Jiang Xia said considerately like a serious apprentice: I'll give you a hand.

Toru Amuro decisively refused: No, you have to work hard.

The official reason didn't work, so Jiang Xia thought for a while and found another way: This is my coupon.

... Toru Amuro was silent for a moment, then took out his wallet, Then sell it to me.

No, this is not for sale. Jiang Xia also felt that he was suspicious, but he thought about the ghost in the distance and said firmly, What the customer gives you is your heart, how can you use it for profit.

Toru Amuro: ...

He originally wondered if Jiang Xia had an ulterior motive - such as Gin or some suspicious person asking Jiang Xia to pay attention to his movements.

But soon, Toru Amuro thought that Jiang Xia easily gave him the coupon at the beginning, but then suddenly...

He recalled Jiang Xia's action of taking out his mobile phone to search before he went out, and he seemed to understand - Jiang Xia might have suddenly discovered that this was a store owned by a celebrity, and the experience coupons were limited edition, so he wanted to join in the fun.

When Jiang Xia saw Toru Amuro's sudden silence, he felt that something was wrong.

He continued to secretly benefit himself: It's easy to arouse suspicion if you go alone, but it's different with a student. The target will relax his vigilance, and I can also help you look out.

Hmm... Amuro Toru looked at Jiang Xia. This apprentice can be annoying sometimes, but when he is quiet and doesn't talk, it is really easy for people to relax their vigilance...

Although Toru Amuro hopes that the organization will collapse every day, he will also do the organization's tasks seriously.

First, bosses and colleagues are not all fools. The paddling is too obvious and easy to spot. The second is what the organization wants to do, which is usually valuable information for the police, and it can also accumulate merits and improve their status.

In addition, in addition to selling organizations on a daily basis, undercover agents actually have one more thing to do - instigate new undercover agents to rebel.

Instigating known members to rebel is much more convenient than sending another undercover agent. Although this also has disadvantages, such as being easily backstabbed by the new undercover agent who jumps repeatedly, or even exposing the original undercover agent, but...

Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia silently.

In fact, he has always felt that Jiang Xia is quite suitable to be incited to rebel.

Although in principle, we must care for minors and care for the future of the island country.

But if Jiang Xia insists on getting involved in his mission, he can also contact him more and slowly train him in this direction.

After all, Jiang Xia is different from other minors. He seems to have been led by his parents to hang out in the organization since he was a child. He must have done a lot of illegal things. It is too difficult to clean up, so it is better to just become a gray undercover.

Jiang Xia saw Toru Amuro thinking for a long time, and finally nodded.

I'll give you 15 minutes to pack your luggage and then set off. After Toru Amuro made his decision, he turned around and went out. If you are late, you can stay and look after the store.

15 minutes was almost the time it took Toru Amuro to walk to a nearby parking lot and then drive the car there.

Any more and his car may be ticketed. After all, this place is very close to the Metropolitan Police Department, and many law enforcement officers pass by on a daily basis.

Jiang Xia had nothing to clean up, so he went to the convenience store nearby to buy some daily necessities. When he returned to the office, he happened to see Toru Amuro's car parked at the door.

On the way, Toru Amuro handed Jiang Xia a photo and told him about his past:

A while ago, when we were having a meeting at a common place, someone knocked off a pottery ornament on the cabinet. There was a very strange structure in the pottery, and it seemed that it could just hold a recording device with a long standby time.

Amuro glanced at the broken pottery in the photo: We suspected that someone wanted to use it to eavesdrop. According to the investigation, this pottery is the work of Kikuemon, but its internal style is very different from Kikuemon. I originally suspected that it was a forgery, but when I traced its origin, I discovered that it indeed came from Kikuemon’s pottery workshop.”

Kikuemon is old and has recently been out of shape making pottery and porcelain. He has always refused to receive visitors.

Toru Amuro was still thinking about how to contact him as naturally as possible. Unexpectedly, when he entered the office just now, he saw Jiang Xia holding an experience ticket related to Kikuemon.

...This apprentice, if nothing else, is really lucky.

In the car, Jiang Xia looked at the photos for a while and vaguely understood what was going on - this unique pottery matched a certain case he knew about.

The black organization is once again battling common murder cases.

However, if he can pick up the ghost this time, he will not lose anything.

…

When we set off, it was already evening. Toru Amuro had a busy schedule and didn't like to put things off until the next day.

But halfway through, his schedule was disrupted.

While the car was driving through the forest, it ran over something and suddenly had a flat tire.

Jiang Xia was still leaning on the back of the chair and feeling sleepy, but now he sat upright - a flat tire in the forest, an accidental murder while staying overnight... it's all like this in comics!

Toru Amuro just thought Jiang Xia was surprised because of a flat tire and didn't think much about it.

He stopped the car, opened the door, and got out to check.

Jiang Xia also got out of the car, pretending to care about this transportation tool, but in fact he was looking around intently.

Soon, Jiang Xia's eyes passed through a thick tree and landed on the cliff dozens of meters away.

There is a group of quaint houses supported by wooden frames in the air.

At this time, Xiaobai and Miyano Akemi, who had been used as pillows by Jiang Xia, also raised their heads and looked over there.

Jiang Xia originally thought that the ghosts felt murderous intent or the breath of shikigami.

Unexpectedly, the two ghosts exchanged whispers, and the feedback they received turned out to be that the ghost fetus had been found.

Jiang Xia was startled.

...This is too wonderful.

At this time, the trunk clicked.

Jiang Xia was alarmed and turned around to see that Toru Amuro had put a spare tire in the car.

Toru Amuro picked up a tool bag and planned to change the tire on the spot.

Jiang Xia: ...

……no! ! !

No one can leave until he gets the new ghost fetus!

Jiang Xia walked to the side of the car calmly.

The spare tire was still in the trunk. Jiang Xia let the main body park next to Toru Amuro, pretending to hand over tools, but actually hung up.

While Toru Amuro was concentrating on unloading the tire, Jiang Xia quickly dispersed the shikigami into the open trunk.

He used Xiaobai, who was smaller and difficult to see, as a scaffold to create the little boy's puppet. His consciousness also attached to it, staring at the intact spare tire.

The puppet had no suitable tools on him, and there was no knife in the trunk.

Amuro revealed that he often had flat tires outside the house, and his movements of removing the tires were very neat.

Jiang Xia felt a little anxious when he heard what was happening on his side. He tried to gather the energy of the shikigami on his nails, but Xiaobai didn't seem to have the talent for this. He poked hard and only made a few marks.

...At this time, I regretted not choosing Miyano Akemi just now.

But if Miyano Akemi is used as a stand, the adult-sized puppet will be easily visible. And once a suspicious person appears nearby, Toru Amuro may become overly alert, which will affect Jiang Xia's ghost hunting.

Time was running out. In the trunk, Jiang Xia stared at the spare tire with dark eyes, feeling that it was quite clean.

He thought about the new ghost tire not far away, waiting for him to pick it up... Finally, with a heartbeat, he released the energy wrapped around his nails, strengthened his teeth, and bit down on the tire.

Teeth are indeed the hardest part of the human body.

It lived up to his expectations.

…

Toru Amuro, who had just finished removing the tire, was suddenly startled.

He listened carefully and felt that there were some strange crunching sounds mixed in with the sound of wind and leaves.

Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia uncertainly: Did you hear that?

Yeah. Jiang Xia's voice was a little vague for some reason. He raised his head and glanced at the sky, and said seriously, It's raining.

It was indeed raining, and it was falling hard and fast, and the sound of rain hitting the leaves became increasingly obvious.

Amuro Toru frowned, it was not actually the voice he asked... But forget it, since Jiang Xia didn't hear it, he might have heard it wrong.

However, soon, when Toru Amuro went to the trunk to get a new tire, he discovered that the weird noise seemed not to be his imagination.

——The spare tire that was still intact just now suddenly had a chip.

The cracks were jagged and looked like they had been torn open by force. Combined with the dark woods at this time and the unexplained tire blowout just now, Toru Amuro suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Speaking of which, he remembered that there seemed to be some scary legends around here.

Toru Amuro's hand subconsciously moved to where the gun was hidden, and then stopped.

...No, this world is materialistic and there will be no monsters.

Everything should have a reasonable explanation.

——The flat tire must have accidentally hit something on the ground. There are many sharp stones in the woods, which is not surprising.

The tire was damaged because he left the trunk open after taking the tools, so some animal slipped in.

Wild animals must move very lightly. In addition, he could not detect the wind and other noises in the forest in the evening, which was normal.

But why is this unknown creature chewing on tires? There are clearly snacks such as biscuits placed in front of the car...