Conan's Corpse Picker

...It seems that the kidnapper was not beaten this time.

...Jiang Xia finally managed to "definitely do it next time".This might be a good start.

Miwako Sato was moved for a moment.There is a sense of accomplishment of "seeing the genius correct his bad habits and become more perfect under her advice".

Jiang Xia looked at her suspiciously, and smiled at her gratifying eyes.No matter what, just smile...

……

Soon, other policemen arrived one after another, and took away Ikuyo Hasegawa, who was still staring at the door on the ground and trembling.

According to Hasegawa Ikuyo's confession and the results of the police's investigation and monitoring in various stores, this woman is indeed the owner of the stack of suspicious receipts that Jiang Xia picked up by chance.

——Hasegawa Ikuyo used to be a strong woman in the workplace with a bright future.

However, a while ago, she was reported by Akihiko Uehara for embezzling public funds, and she was fired.

In Tokyo, this level of hatred is enough to brew a murder case.

So Ikuyo Hasegawa baked some cupcakes with "Crony" mixed in today, pretending to visit, intending to kill Akihiko Uehara.However, Akihiko Uehara was temporarily busy and was not at home.She only found Akihiko Uehara's wife.Then he changed the plan hastily, tied up his wife first, and prepared to use her as a hostage when Akihiko Uehara came back.

……

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Jiang Xia and several children walked out of the police station.

Jiang Xia was in a good mood - when he was waiting to take notes just now, he made an appointment with the children to go out and watch a movie together.

As expected, the children did not refuse him when the request was sincerely made face-to-face.

In this way, there will be another wave of predetermined murderous intent or ghosts.

With a renewed schedule, Jiang Xia returned home in a happy mood, ready to eat Hui Yuanai's meal.

……

Soon it was time to make an appointment to watch a movie.

That afternoon, Jiang Xia packed up and took the subway to Shinagawa District.

There is a movie theater near here that often shows the Gomera series of movies. Although the theater is old and not doing well, it is popular with children because of its cheap price and large capacity.

……

As a result, when he arrived at Shinagawa Station, Jiang Xia's cell phone vibrated suddenly as soon as he got off the subway.

—Somebody got a phone call.It's the cell phone I use every day.

Jiang Xia took out her mobile phone and found that the caller was Conan.

He picked it up: "Encountered a case? Don't worry, wait for me there, I will be there soon."

"...No hurry, no hurry."

Conan glanced at the three kids beside him who were winking wildly at him, sighed, and stopped talking: "Well, you know about the recent serial arson cases, right?"

"Yeah." Jiang Xia glanced at the old man sitting on the bench next to him.

The uncle was holding a newspaper in his hand, the page facing Jiangxia, with a photo of the fire scene - it just happened to be a report about the arson case.

Jiang Xia copied the answer now: "I heard that as of last night, there have been five arson incidents, but the police haven't got any clues about the arsonists."

Conan nodded, vaguely feeling that Jiang Xia's words were different from usual, a bit official...but that's not the point, the point is:

"Yes, but to be precise, it should be 'Among the first four arson cases, the police failed to get any clues about the murderer'.

"In fact, in the fifth case of arson last night, a witness has been found - Ayumi was near the fire yesterday and saw a man suspected of being the murderer."

Jiang Xia listened and felt that the direction of the topic was not right.

Sure enough, the next second, Conan's slightly guilty voice sounded:

"...So we probably won't be able to go to the movie. We are going to accompany Ayumi to confirm the scene today. We have arrived at the place now. Well, why don't you go back first?"

Chapter 470 This Detective Is Worth Killing

When Conan heard that he was going to the police station to provide testimony, he remembered that that time period happened to be the movie time they had made an appointment with Jiang Xia.

When Conan asked about it at the time, the bear kids said it was not a big problem.

Conan then naively thought that the three children had already told Jiang Xia that they wanted to release Jiang Xia's pigeons.

Unexpectedly, when the appointed time came, the bear kid begged Conan hesitantly to call Jiang Xia and drop the movie together - just like a group of gamblers who postpone their vacation homework until the last night Devil, do not want to face.

Conan has always been helpless with these children.He sighed and took out his phone.

Conan is not afraid of Jiang Xia.

But not afraid of returning home, as a representative of the pigeon people, he still has some guilt in his heart for colluding with the brats.

——In Conan’s view, Jiang Xia is obsessed with asking children to go out to watch movies together. It may be because Jiang Xia didn’t have a chance to experience it when she was a child, so now she is curious and wants to try "everyone sits in the cinema and watches the series of childhood memory movies".

In this case……

After Conan finished releasing the pigeons, in Jiang Xia's silence, he took the time to mend his conscience:

"Speaking of which, yesterday I bought a mystery novel and got a few movie tickets in the lottery. Why don't you ask Xiaolan and the others to go together tomorrow."

...Xiao Lan is definitely not afraid of Jiang Xia, nor will she be delayed by events and frequently miss appointments like this group of ignorant brats.

Moreover, Conan was considerate - he felt that the reason why Jiang Xia insisted on bringing the children along instead of asking Mao Lilan and other friends to watch Gomera movies together was probably because he felt that high school students were too embarrassed to watch such children's movies.

And the excuse of "lottery draw" can solve this problem smoothly.After all, it was something that was drawn, so if you don't look at it for nothing, and with him as a "child", Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko will not feel too unnatural.

On the other side of the phone, Jiang Xia still didn't speak.Through the earpiece, he could faintly hear his breathing—it didn't seem like he threw the phone away in a fit of anger, but he was in deep thought.

Conan paused, glanced at the young detective team next to him, and then thought about Jiang Xia who might have gone out and was about to go to the movie theater, but was dove innocently, couldn't help but added in a low voice:

"By the way, Officer Sato seems to have encountered a difficult case. If you have no other arrangements, you can contact her some time and ask for details."

... As for whether Jiang Xia will come to Police Officer Sato after asking the details, and then meet the children who are following Officer Sato to confirm the scene of the sighting, that is another matter.

Afterwards, Conan discovered that Jiang Xia was able to "feel the meaning of his own existence from solving the case" as he himself said.

——Different from the silence just now, as soon as the words about "difficult cases" came out, Jiang Xia responded quickly, and seemed to be in a good mood: "Okay, I'll ask, and you should pay more attention to safety when investigating."

"Yeah." Conan breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.

Then he ignored the angry eyes of the three children who seemed to be saying "traitor!", took out his wallet, and glanced bitterly at the few thin banknotes inside.

Just now Conan said that he won a movie ticket... It is impossible to win a prize in a lottery. Mao Li and his daughter and Jiang Xia are very good at this kind of thing, but he is much inferior.

Originally, Conan planned to use the remaining pocket money to buy a newly released hardcover edition of Detective Zuowen.

But now, there are four more tickets to buy.Calculated, the remaining money is not enough to buy a whole set of books.But if you buy one or two fewer copies, there is no point in collecting...

Conan struggled for a moment, and a card that seemed to be emitting golden light slowly emerged in his mind.

— His dad's credit card.

...Well, that's the decision.

After all, this body can't work, and the money will only get less and less.I used to be able to use a month's pocket money, but now it is always not enough... Before recovering, let's hug my parents' thighs.

……

A scheduled movie trip was cancelled.

Jiang Xia glanced at the phone a little bored, remembering what Conan said later, he was idle anyway, so he called Officer Sato.

The call was quickly connected.

"Jiangxia?" Miwako Sato was a little puzzled at first, and then suddenly alerted, "You want to call the police? How is the prisoner?"

Jiang Xia: "..."

Did Officer Sato misunderstand him a bit...

Jiang Xia decided not to worry about these trivial things: "No, I haven't encountered a case. It's just that I heard from Conan just now that you have a difficult case here, so I want to ask if I can help you."

Miwako Sato breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I didn't meet the prisoner. It turns out that Conan was calling you just now..."

She was with the Boys Detectives at this time—Officer Sato was responsible for taking Ayumi to the place where she saw the arson suspect, confirming the sighting location, and looking for evidence around.

When Conan called just now, Miwako Sato also received a call from the Megure Police Department, so she didn't pay attention to what Conan said.

But now, she thought, this kid with glasses was reporting to Jiang Xia.The speed of delivering the news is really fast... Could it be that the abnormal words and deeds that Conan showed before are also related to the close communication between him and Jiang Xia?

Miwako Sato's thinking went astray a little, and she quickly retracted, turning to Jiang Xia's business question that she had just asked her.

"We are chasing an arsonist." After Miwako Sato finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that the arsonist had left no mystery so far, so it probably couldn't be considered a "difficult case" in the eyes of detectives.What Conan and Jiang Xia were referring to should be another case that was mentioned during the chat just now.

Considering the detective's strong curiosity and Jiang Xia's occasional extraordinary action, Miwako Sato patiently explained:

"Actually, it's not a difficult case - I took Ayumi and the others to confirm the scene of the arsonist. This area happened to be very close to the place where my father died. So on the way, I stopped by to pay homage to my father, and then I met a few old classmates of my father, and chatted a little more about the mystery of the year.

"Children don't understand the statute of limitations. Conan may have mistakenly thought that this is the current case, so he wants to invite you to track down the criminal... But in fact, my father died 18 years ago, and it has been three years since the end of the prosecution period."

Jiang Xia listened to a few key words, and gradually got an impression: "Which one is the 'Chou Si Lang Incident'?"

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly felt something, his eyes paused slightly, and his peripheral vision turned to a certain direction.

There just happened to be a train coming into the station.

After the vehicle stopped, four gray-haired old people got out of the car talking and laughing.

Walking towards the exit and passing Jiang Xia, the four of them heard the word "Chou Si Lang Incident" and subconsciously glanced in Jiang Xia's direction.

One of the short men was startled suddenly after recognizing Jiang Xia's identity as a detective.

Then there was a clear murderous look on him.

Chapter 471 Are You a Prophet?

Jiang Xia was keenly aware of that trace of murderous intent.

He didn't look directly there, but continued to observe from the corner of his eye.

I saw the murderous old man greeted the other companions.

Afterwards, the three companions continued to chat and walked outside the station to a restaurant for dinner.

The murderous old man abducted to the vending machine alone.He looked up at the colorful drinks in the machine, on the surface he was choosing, but in fact he was nervously pricking up his ears, eavesdropping on Jiang Xia's words.

Jiang Xia didn't expect to go out casually and get the consolation prize after missing the movie.