Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 391 The Man in Black on Remote Standby × 2 Asking for a Monthly Pass ()

  Takeda Misa became increasingly depressed, and it was not until she found Cheerful Robert, who was disabled and strong, that she had a new sustenance in her heart.

   Who knew that after Rob recovered and left, he suddenly left her a note asking her to "die".

  Takeda Misa was heartbroken, but thinking of all the previous interactions, he felt that Rob was not like such a heartless person.

She was depressed for a few days, and suddenly remembered that when Rob first came, his father's attitude towards him was very bad. It was not until later that Rob said that he would pay the family, and Takeda Shinichi's attitude improved... Could it be that his father gave Rob a favor? Dissatisfied with the remuneration, he had a conflict with Rob, and even blackmailed Rob directly, causing Rob to think that taking care of his "Meisha" was also a part of extortion?

   This kind of "misunderstanding" is always better than going bad for no reason. Seizing a glimmer of hope, Meisha ran to ask in a daze, because she was too eager to get a certain answer, her tone was sharper than usual, and finally she couldn't help but turn into a question.

   And Takeda Shinichi just finished taking the drug that day, and he was very excited. He was suddenly questioned by the "criminal evidence" that Mrs. Takeda Misa had fooled him, and he was instantly angry. When he came back to his senses, the man had already been strangled to death by him.

After   Takeda Shinichi woke up, he hoisted Takeda Misa into the puppet warehouse in the middle of the night.

   At that time, the puppet warehouse had not been abandoned, so he made an excuse to go on a business trip and took everyone else away. Several days later, when Takeda Yuzo, who was sent by him, went to the puppet warehouse to fetch things, he found the terrifying corpse hanging from the beam of the house. At this time, the corpse was almost rotten, and Takeda Misa had experienced depression before. In the end, this incident ended with "suicide".

   A few days later, Mrs. Kindai felt that her daughter's "suicide" was also her responsibility, and immediately hanged herself in the warehouse.

  …sounds miserable.

   Jiang Xia counted with her fingers, feeling that from Takeda Misa's point of view, besides herself, the cauldron of death could mainly be on Rob and Takeda Shin.

   If Misa's request was to kill Takeda Shinichi, this situation would be easy to handle, after all, Takeda Shinichi is indeed about to take the dog...

   And if it is Rob, then you have to replace the wording and adjust "kill him" to "let him accept a certain punishment", after all, Rob has already killed a person, and it is indeed about to enter the game.

   Jiang Xia thought of this, looked at the new ghost, and asked in a villain-like tone: "Who do you want to punish?"

   Hearing that, Xingui raised her translucent Q-version small hand, silently fiddled with the bucket hat and gauze cap hanging down from the top of her head, her eyes lowered as if thinking.

She really hated Takeda Shinichi in her heart, but when she thought about Takeda Shinichi, she suddenly found out that her child was born by her partner... Although she thought she was innocent, she also felt that Takeda Shinichi's anger was also Not groundless.

Therefore, although Takeda Misa wanted to take revenge, his obsession was not that deep. After thinking about it, he really cared more about Rob's sentence "Go to death" - in addition to the motivation exerted by hatred, this is even more curious, curious about a character A cheerful person who has always been friendly to her, why would she suddenly say such excessive things.

   Xingui pondered for a moment, supported the hat above his head, and solemnly asked Jiang Xia to sell herself.

   - She wondered why Rob wanted her to "die".

   That night, although Takeda Misa suspected that it was Takeda Shinichi's stumbling block. But after asking at the cost of her life, she found that from the reaction of Takeda Shinichi, the greedy father did not make excuses to blackmail Rob as she thought.

   So for Takeda Misa, Rob's transformation is still a mystery that makes her heartbroken.

   Jiang Xia listened silently, but did not expect the conditions to be so simple.

   But thinking about it carefully, for him, these conditions are actually not too different - except for "killing Rob", everything else is equivalent to a gift from Hattori's classmates.

   He then nodded, stretched out his fingers, and touched the Q-version slap raised by Xingui.

A faint streamer flashed where    touched, indicating that the agreement was reached. After fulfilling her wish, Jiang Xia can sign a contract with her and take the ghost back to her home.

After   , Jiang Xia rua took a look at this new ghost who had to be sent away, and was a little curious about the purpose and follow-up of her request:

   "What if I found out that there was no reason for Rob's change in the end, he just wanted to play with you?"

  The new ghost stayed for a while.

   seems to have been substituted in along this possibility, and soon, the whole ghost trembled slightly. In an instant, the eye sockets that were supposed to be colorless flashed bright red, and quickly condensed into several eye-like blood spots. The clothes behind her also wriggled and cracked, and eight spider legs with sharp tips popped out.

The slender and sharp spider legs waved in the air, and Miss Spider let out a hoarse and angry roar, and then the spider legs swooped down, clasped the edge of the sink, and assumed a bouncing posture before taking off, which looked like It was to kill Rob immediately and catch him to ask for an explanation.

   Jiang Xia: "..."

   He responded quickly and raised his hand, and at the moment when the spider ghost bounced, he patted it back and held it down.

   Then he silently looked at the angry spider legs that were clasping his wrists and scratching, and the humanoid body that had not changed much from the new ghost, and fell into contemplation.

  ...how to say it. A little surprised, but better than he thought.

   At least a humanoid plus a few spider legs, which looks better than a simple spider.

  ...and this also explains why she moves gracefully and slowly, but when she flees, it takes a long time to catch a mermaid and a foggy tengu.

   Jiang Xia pinched one of the spider legs and shook it like a handshake: "Don't get excited, you put your claws away - I just said 'if' just now."

   After nearly a minute, the spider ghost's legs let go of his hand and slowly retracted from behind.

   In the blink of an eye, the alien creature with eight legs on its back changed back to its elegant appearance in a kimono and a white gauze hat.

   Now that a temporary contract has been signed, even if the spider ghost runs again, it will be easy to catch next time.

   Thinking of this, Jiang Xia let go of his hand and stopped pressing it.

  Miss Spider didn't run anymore, she got up silently and turned 180° silently.

   Then turned his back to Jiang Xia and raised his hand, as if secretly wiping away tears.

  ... It really looks like a ghost who is often depressed, occasionally a little manic, and autistic, not very easy to care for.

   However, in any case, it is better than the big spider.

  …

   After solving the ghost hunt, Jiang Xia touched Xingui's head and turned back to the restaurant.

  Although the spider ghost wanted to find out the truth, he actually already knew it.

   But this ghost has stayed in Takeda's house for so long. After learning the truth, it is inevitable that he will be touched by the situation. It is very likely that he has to keep babbling, or maintain the appearance of an angry spider with many legs.

   At present, the incident of Takeda Shinichi is not over yet, Jiang Xia is not good to leave immediately. He decided to wait until everything was resolved, and when he was about to leave Puppet Peak, he would tell the ghost the truth, and then leave this sad place immediately. This is good for the ghost and good for him...

  …

   When Jiang Xia returned to the restaurant, Takeda Shinichi raised his head from the table and glanced at him.

  Takeda Shinichi felt that the detective had been away for a long time, so the thief suspected that Jiang Xia had found something, just made an excuse to leave, and ran to confirm it alone.

but……

  Takeda Shinichi felt through his pocket and touched the telephone line he was hiding there.

  ——There is only one telephone and one car at home, and communication and traffic are restricted. Even if Jiang Xia discovered something, it was impossible to pass him to the police.

  Thinking of this, Takeda Shinichi felt at ease again.

   He nodded towards Jiang Xia, showed a hypocritical smile, lowered his head and continued to eat.

  …

   After eating for a while, Takeda Shinichi left the table first.

   "It's getting late, I still have a puppet that is in a hurry to deliver work, so I have to go to work first." After speaking, he looked at Jiang Xia again, "I will trouble you with the investigation."

   Jiang Xia nodded. Together with Miss Spider, who was sitting on his small table, he watched Takeda Shinichi go out.

  Rob was also full of food.

   He deliberately did not look at Takeda Shinichi who was leaving, but turned to Takeda Yuzo, who was drinking happily beside him:

   "Can I borrow the car keys? I want to go to the grave to worship Misa."

   Takeda's family has only one car, and Rob came by taxi, so he didn't have his own vehicle.

   "Okay." Takeda took out the key from three places, handed it to him, and immediately remembered the current sky, "But it's getting late now, if you're not in a hurry, why don't you go tomorrow?"

  Rob shook his head and raised his camera naturally. He was a photographer: "The sky here is clear, the moon and stars are very beautiful, this time is just right."

   "Moon and stars?"

   Yuanshan and Ye have not been able to connect to the Internet or play with their mobile phones since they came here. Feeling bored right now.

   Hearing this, she suddenly became energetic: "Can I go together?"

  Robo wished she would come to alibi: "Of course."

   Jiang Xia glanced at the two of them, then turned to look at Hattori Heiji: "You go too."

   Hattori Heiji was suddenly alert.

  Jiang Xia solved the case so much faster than him, and now he has to leave him alone to investigate the case... Could it be that there are some important secrets hidden here that Jiang Xia can't solve for a while, so it takes time?

   What is the secret? It's too tempting...

   Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji's eyes brightened slightly, and he firmly refused: "I don't."

  “…”

   Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, then stood up, patted the hem of his clothes, and caught up with Rob and Yuan Shan and Ye who were about to go out:

   "Wait, I'm going too."

  ... Now the mental quality of the murderer is getting worse and worse, and just now he felt that Rob was a little bit wary of him. Although it is unlikely, Jiang Xia is really worried that if Rob leaves like this, he will abscond with the two shikigami on his legs and never come back.

And although Yuanshan and Ye are well trained in Aikido, she doesn't have much defense against Rob, and Rob has an electric shock on him. If he really wants to run, he will make a surprise attack, Yuanshan and Ye will be one of them. People are not easy to stop.

   Originally, I thought that if Heiji Hattori went too, I would be able to see people. But since he doesn't go... that's fine.

   Jiang Xia remembered that according to Rob's plan, the moment they drove out the truck was the time of Takeda Shinichi's death.

   Next, the people who stayed will have to help clear the table, stay in a daze, find dead bodies, break open sealed doors, search for clues, and so on.

  Since Hattori Heiji wants to take the initiative to take over these troubles, then leave it to him.

   And the case can also be solved by Hattori Heiji.

Jiang Xia finally received a long-awaited invitation letter from afar. He always felt that if he came to the door, the sender of the letter died suddenly, and the incident was reported, and the impact was not very good. It would be easy to dispel some superstitious people and give it to him. positivity in sending letters.

   Although the case this time was fancy and exciting, and it was very famous, but now, he really doesn't need too much fame.

  …

   Hattori Heiji sat in front of the dining table, looked at the backs of the three people disappearing outside the door one after another, and was slightly startled.

  ...I always feel that something is not right. Moreover, Jiang Xia walked too decisively.

   After a little thought, Hattori Heiji felt that he understood.

  ——According to what Yoko Takeda said at the table just now, the fish for dinner tonight was bought by the head count.

   But there were only two fish missing, and three people suddenly visited today: he, He Ye, and Rob Taylor.

   The quantity does not match.

   This means that today, the Takeda family actually has another scheduled guest.

Although it is impossible to determine that that person is Rob, Rob is indeed suspicious... If so, it would be dangerous to let He Ye go to the stars with Rob alone. No wonder Jiang Xia felt that someone needed to go with He Ye. .

   Then again, look at the stars...

  What's so beautiful about the stars.

   Hattori Heiji angrily poked at the rice in the bowl, and then began to rethink the case of the Takeda family, hoping to come up with some ideas.

   It is rare that Jiang Xia is not here. He must find out the murderer who killed Akihiro Negishi and break the case before Jiang Xia comes back to watch the stars.

   Hattori Heiji was arranging the clues he just discovered in his head, and he was full of energy.

  …

   Yuanshan and Ye Wen asked about the place to watch the stars, and they learned that the drive was nearly an hour away, so they ran to the bathroom first.

   When she left, Jiang Xia stood under the eaves, looking up at the starry sky at a 45° angle, pretending to enjoy the scenery in the mountains.

   Seeing this, Rob breathed a sigh of relief.

   He walked quickly to the side of the truck, pretending to be proficient in this truck, but in fact sorting out his killing equipment.

  ——A few days ago, Rob hanged Negishi Akio in the storage room, took a puppet containing drugs, and arranged a mobile hanging device on the second floor of the puppet warehouse.

   Takeda Shinichi left just now, actually because Rob called him anonymously in advance, using the stolen drug puppet, and asked to meet in the warehouse on the second floor tonight.

  Rob stood beside the truck and looked up in the direction of the warehouse by the dim light in the courtyard.

   Takeda Shinichi was inside at this time.

   In addition, a sturdy fishing line that was thin and invisible in the darkness extended from the window of the warehouse on the second floor and was attached to the truck.

  Everything is ready, just a kick of the gas.

  Rob took a deep breath, and when Jiang Xia, Yuan Shan and Ye walked towards the car, he took out the hidden air gun across the truck and fired a few BB rounds at the warehouse window.

   (end of this chapter)