Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 1832 1831 [Poor man under coercion]

  Conan saw Maya Hashimoto recommending himself. He wanted to stop him, but hesitated.

  He thought that Hashimoto Maya was hiding on the island and following his group, probably because of bad intentions.

  However, the unexpected situation just now made Conan feel that he could not understand this guy: he didn't expect that "Mr. George" would subconsciously save people... Could it be that he misunderstood him before?

  Although Maya Hashimoto’s act of saving someone indirectly led to the murder of another person, his shock when he found out that Kurosawa and the horse had been shot, and his sincerity in wanting to save that person, did not seem like a fake.

   Various speculations about microstrip conflicts made Conan a little confused for a while.

  Conan: "..." But Hashimoto Maya did know the most suspicious Mr. "Edward". Could it be that he was coerced by the other party?

  ...Damn it, it would be great if there were more clues about Edward. His intuition told him that he must be able to dig out extremely important information from him.

  …

  The accident happened so suddenly, until now, some rough-natured people just reacted.

  Two belated screams broke the silence around: "... Guihezi!"

  Little black face and Matsuzaki Masahiko rushed to Toda Takawako.

  The arrow just now was aimed at Takawako Toda's head. But just now the female college student felt something flying towards her, and with a flash of instinct, she was lucky to save her life.

   It's just that her face was still pierced by the crossbow arrows, leaving a hideous bloodstain.

   "How...how could this be!"

  Takakazu Toda hadn't recovered, and the little black face had already yelled in pain: "The wicked murderer, how dare to do such a crazy thing!"

  Jiang Xia was hurt by his eardrums, and walked into the restaurant: "What's going on?"

   Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan came back to their senses, and trot to join him.

Feeling the reliable aura that belonged to the detective, the two gathered their minds together, and said anxiously: "It's a crossbow bolt, the crossbow bolt that was hung on the wall as an ornament, was fixed on the table in advance... The murderer actually has a rear hand, even if he dies, his ghost will take the last one away!"

  Jiang Xia sighed: "This is exactly what I wanted to say before entering the door. The murderer must not be dead, but is mixing among us."

  As these words landed, the atmosphere in the chaotic hall suddenly froze.

   After several seconds, someone tremblingly said: "How is this possible?!"

  Jiang Xia looked at Takawako Toda who was still in shock.

  The "new doctor" was squatting beside her, helping her to check the wound. Sensing Jiang Xia's gaze, the female college student who had been in trouble recently froze slightly: "What, what's wrong."

  Jiang Xia: "Why are you sitting in this seat?"

  Little Hei Lian was stunned, and suddenly alerted: "Hey! Don't you want to say that Guihezi is the murderer, and she directed and acted everything just now, it's impossible!"

  The college students are not very cooperative, but fortunately there are two detectives who are good helpers. Suzuki Sonoko: "I remember that Kiwako-senpai came late, and there was only one seat left at the table with the plate on it."

  Jiang Xia asked Toda Takawako again: "So why did you come down so late? Did someone hold you back?"

  Takakazu Toda wrung his hands uneasily, paused for a few seconds before reluctantly said: "No, I was accidentally late."

  Conan: "..." Such a witness is really more troublesome than a cunning criminal.

   But it's not a big problem, the detective has helpers.

This time, Mao Lilan thought of something. After all, she is a brave man who has experienced countless incidents with the detective. She thought about it and said: "If it has something to do with the seat, after you hurriedly finished breakfast and left today, Kariya-san said that he used to call at the restaurant. After work, he took the initiative to take over the burden of the chef. After heating the bread, he distributed breakfast to us, and took us to the table to sit down. So..."

   So he's probably the only one who controls everyone's seating.

   This behavior sounds fine at first glance.

   But it was Jiang Xia who asked the question, and the time of the question happened to be after a "random attack". Immediately, everyone sensed something was wrong from this sentence.

  They turned their heads in unison, and looked at the high school grassroots "Romeo" who was said to have landed on the island to make amends to the girl who had been pranked by him.

  In the silent air, Kariya Hayato slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Xia. He folded his arms and said nothing, nothing to deny, but nothing to admit.

   On the contrary, Masahiko Matsuzaki was stunned: "Wait, isn't the murderer the opera man who lurks on the island? I ran into him in the corridor last night!"

   Still this person seems to be the best communicator.

  Jiang Xia then turned to him: "Did you see the 'Phantom' jumping into the sea yesterday?"

"That's not true." Matsuzaki Masahiko's voice weakened, "Yesterday I heard Takawako's screaming, and I hurried out, just when I arrived at the corner, I ran into the murderer dressed as a 'Phantom'. I thought he was going to Attacked me, but he seemed to be taken aback by me, turned around and ran back the same way.

   "Although I was afraid, but when I thought that he might attack Guihezi again, I picked up a mop and drove away carefully. When I got there, I saw..."

   When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, his voice paused, and he couldn't help but look at Hayato Kariya.

  Conan couldn't stand this kind of hesitant witness: "Brother, what did you see?"

Matsuzaki Masahiko came back to his senses: "I saw that Kariya student standing at the window and looking down. Coupled with the muddy footprints in the corridor, the scene at that time looked like the murderer was surrounded by two sides and had nowhere to jump into the sea from the window... and then Then, Jiang Xia and you both chased after me."

   Sure enough. Conan pushed his glasses: "When the 'Phantom' escaped, he dragged out a bunch of messy things from the utility room, which delayed our pursuit of him. There is only a corridor, and brother Matsuzaki and we are separated in the corridor. At both ends, after chasing to the end, the phantom disappeared, and there was an extra brother Kariya...It's so strange, what is going on here?"

  Although it was a question sentence, but combined with the scene at the time, everyone understood what he meant—"Phantom" was pretended by Kariya Hayato. After being chased by two sides, he threw his coat and mask out of the window, faking the illusion that the murderer fell into the sea.

The short-haired girl who went to the island with Hayato Kariya was a little shocked. She looked at the school girl she had a crush on, and didn't want to believe it: "But, maybe it's just that Kariya was also in the corridor at the time, and the position happened to be between Jiang Xia and Mr. Matsuzaki. It's nothing at all' It's too much', but he is also helping to arrest!"

  (end of this chapter)