Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 264 Catch a lucky detective as a puzzle solving tool

  Conan was stared at by him, gradually silenced, and began to feel a little guilty. Could it be that this excuse is too perfunctory?

  Amuro looked at Conan for a while, then silently retracted his gaze.

  …He seems to have found the cause of the puncture.

   But soon, Toru Amuro felt that this was not rigorous enough - last time, when passing by that foggy temple, Conan was not in his car, only Jiang Xia was present.

   On the way back, Conan was indeed there.

  …No, why did he think about this kind of thing seriously. Amuro quickly interrupted his thoughts.

  Believe in science, the world is materialistic, how can there be such a strange constitution of "where the tire blows out", nonsense.

   While correcting his worldview, he got out of the car and planned to change the spare tire.

After    went around the car, he opened the trunk lid, and Toru Amuro's movements paused slightly.

  …The spare tire broke.

   Familiar location, familiar tooth marks.

   Amuro Toru stared faintly at the opening, thinking he would be surprised.

   But in fact, when he saw this brand-new broken tire at this time, he actually had a feeling of "as expected". I even had a dream: the cracks are neater than before, the unknown creature that gnawed on his tires, the teeth seem to be sharper than before...

   At this time, Amuro couldn't help but start to miss his metal tire box.

   Last time, on the way back with Jiang Xia and the others, Anshitou made up his mind to order a box to protect the spare tire, but it was delayed and forgotten.

  Tsk, this time it must be put on the agenda. After it's done, you don't have to take it with you every day - when you think you will meet Jiang Xia and his friends, just put the metal box in the car.

  Conan saw Toru Amuro standing in front of the trunk, not moving for a long time, and he wondered: "What's wrong?"

  Jiang Xia also got out of the car and went around to the trunk. He looked inside and was stunned: "Why did it become like this again, in your car..."

   "No mice." Amuro replied with a blank expression, "No squirrels, wild cats, woodpeckers, or anything like that."

   "Um..." You are so skilled.

   After the last time he went back, Amuro asked someone to carefully inspect the car, and even took it apart to look at it, but he couldn't find any animals, and there was no trace of animals moving.

  …what is biting his tire.

   But things have come to this point. Apart from finding someone to tow the truck, Toru Amuro has no other way.

   He took out his cell phone and tried to dial.

   But press the bright screen to see. Well, no signal.

  Conan had already jumped out of the car and started looking around.

   At this time, he pointed to the villa that Jiang Xia had been staring at for a long time, a few dozen meters away: "There seems to be someone living there, let's borrow their landline and use it."

  Amuro couldn't help but glanced at him again, and felt that this line was also very familiar. He had heard it several times before, and every time he heard it, it was not good.

   Jiang Xia sighed beside him, and agreed for An Shitou: "That's the only way."

  …

  The villa in the woods looks a few years old, but there is not much dust on the outside, and the shrubs and grasses at the entrance are also neat. It seems that it has been repaired recently. This is probably not an abandoned villa, but inhabited.

  The decoration of the villa is somewhat special. There are three steps at the entrance, and there are handrails along the steps.

   At the end of the handrail on the right, there is a tiger sculpture the size of a slap, but the left side is empty, nothing is placed, and a few holes are drilled at the edge.

  Haihara Ai is about as high as those holes.

  When a group of people went to knock on the door, she passed the handrail, then backed back, took a picture of the small hole in the handrail, and raised her hand to straighten her hair.

   When he looked up and saw Jiang Xia was looking at her, Huiyuan froze, cleared his throat uncomfortably, and explained in a low voice, "There is a mirror inside." He couldn't help but took a look...

   Jiang Xia looked at the tiger on the armrest, and then at the lion title ring on the gate, and the memory was touched. No wonder there was murder in the house. He remembered what happened.

   Amuro Toru has also arrived at the door. Holding the animal-faced ring, he tapped it a few times unskillfully, obviously not suitable for this rare decoration style.

   There were some trivial and panicked noises in the room, and there were people inside.

After   , it took another minute or two before someone finally came to open the door.

  The owner is a fat man with a goatee.

   He opened the door a crack, revealing only one head, frowning, very vigilant, he didn't mean to invite everyone in, he just wanted to send people away as soon as possible.

   was about to speak when the goatee saw Jiang Xia.

   His words of chasing people stopped suddenly, and his expression flashed many changes in an instant - he was jealous, murderous, and he was also jealous of Jiang Xia's ability to solve puzzles and solve cases.

  Because the expressions are too complicated, these emotions cannot be interpreted at a glance.

   But his unusual reaction made Toru Amuro and Conan's original doubtful attitude gradually turned into suspicion.

Jiang Xia looked at the little old man at the door who was not very good at management, and then looked at the murderous aura that suddenly increased in him, and his tone became gentle: "Our car passed by here, and we accidentally punctured the tire. I want to borrow a phone from you. Don't you know it's convenient now?"

   "...You wait." The goatee rolled his eyes and slammed the door shut.

   Wait, wait another five minutes.

When    opened the door again, the goatee's smile became much warmer. Next to him was a mid-point man.

  The man in the middle appears to be injured in his right hand and is in a cast from elbow to fingertips. This man is said to be the younger brother of the goatee.

The two of them smirked professionally, and invited Jiang Xia and the others to enter the house, while saying, "This house is our grandfather's relic, I just took over, I haven't had time to buy anything, I don't have a landline, but I can lend you my car, as long as …

   "You guys can do me a little favor."

   Speaking of this, he twisted his thumb and forefinger to indicate that it was just a small request.

   Jiang Xia looked at the murderous aura of the pair of "brothers", spoke well, and nodded in agreement.

  The goatee and the middle-pointed man's eyes immediately heated up, and they began to tell Jiang Xia their troubles.

   In the process of talking, Amuro turned his eyes slightly, and slapped the right hand of the plastered man in the middle, and quickly slid away.

   When the brothers went to make tea and get refreshments in the living room, he whispered to Jiang Xia, "The plaster on that man's hand is not in the right shape."

   Jiang Xia nodded.

   The man in the middle is actually holding a mini pistol in his right hand, which is covered with bandages and plaster.

   In Jiang Xia's impression, these two were not the real owners, but members of a robber group named "Goblin".

   (end of this chapter)