Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 549 Bourbon, he paid too much for a monthly pass ()

   After half a minute.

boom-

   With the sound of a tire burst, the body shook suddenly.

   Then, he was quickly stabilized by Amuroto, and he slowly leaned to the side of the road, and finally stopped.

   Jiang Xia, who seemed to be asleep, was suddenly thrown by the shaking vehicle and woke up clutching the seat belt.

   He was stunned for a moment, looked left and right, and then said helplessly: "Did a tire blow out in the woods again?"

   Amuro Toru: "…"

  ...Why do you have such a tone of voice that you should blame him for this, he is clearly just a victim of the incident.

   After a moment of silence, Amuro decided not to bother with those who didn't wake up, and dealt with the business first: "There are not many people passing by in this area, and there are some gravel on the road, which can easily puncture the tire... Put the spare tire on first."

   Jiang Xia nodded and got out of the car with him.

  …

   Before opening the trunk, Toru Amuro circled the car for half a circle and found the blown tire.

   Looking closely, I saw a deep scratch on the oblique side, which looked like it had run over something sharp and was pierced miserably.

   Amuro Toru took a flashlight and observed it. I don't know if it's because of his overthinking, but he always felt that this scratch was too flat. Compared to a stone, it was more like scratched by something else... But maybe there was a stone with very neat sharp parts.

   He stared for a moment, temporarily jotting down the doubt.

   Then stood up and walked to the trunk.

   Remembered all the way, and finally encountered a flat tire at this time. For some reason, compared to the irritability, at this time, Anshi felt a sense of solidity that the huge stone finally fell to the ground.

  ...Although he doesn't want to admit it, in fact, he already had this level of consciousness when he decided to come out with Jiang Xia.

  Speaking of which, compared to the "tire blowout as soon as I arrived in the suburbs" when I took Conan with me, only one tire blows out after walking alone with Jiang Xia for so many days...it's gratifying enough.

   Jiang Xia's physique with a flat tire doesn't seem to be as strong as he thought. Does the problem really lie with those little boys who grew up in a strange direction?

   Toru Amuro thought as he opened the trunk lid.

   Then found that the spare tire was also broken.

   He lowered his eyes and watched this scene calmly, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

   Then, while Jiang Xia was still looking at the broken tire on the side of the car.

   Amuro Toru took the opportunity to glance at the phone.

  —How could he be completely unprepared since he had thought in advance that he might have a puncture.

   In addition to letting his subordinates carry spare tires, ready to pretend to be "passers-by" to provide support, and wait for an opportunity to capture tire destroyers,

  Amuro Toru actually got an infrared night vision camera and hid it in the trunk under the cover of debris.

   It's time to put this preparation to use, let him see what's in the car when the spare tire is broken...

  Amuro opened the mailbox and found that a new email appeared in the mailbox.

   is from the subordinate who is in charge of checking the camera situation.

   He moved his finger and clicked to view it.

   As soon as I saw the "sorry" at the beginning, my heart skipped a little.

  …The bad premonition increased.

   Further down, you can see that this email has a compressed video attachment, which is a key part of the subordinates deliberately intercepted.

  Toru Amuro turned the phone to silent and pressed play.

  On the screen, in the silence, the camera is facing the spare tire in the trunk, quietly shooting.

   This harmonious picture did not last long.

   After a second or two, the camera suddenly wobbled—not a slight shake caused by the driving of the vehicle, but suddenly moved forward a certain distance, as if something was taking up space behind it, pushing the camera forward.

   followed, and after half a second, the screen suddenly went black.

  —The camera was destroyed first.

   Amuro Toru: "…"

   The veins on his forehead jumped, and the mobile phone in his hand made a screeching sound, bouncing on the shattered edge.

  Amuro was silent for a while, remembering that he was in the outskirts now, with an organization member by his side, and even if the subordinates were not far behind, it would be inconvenient to change the phone... Finally, he took a breath and let go of his hand.

  He raised his head and looked at the junk pile beside the spare tire.

   Just now, he felt that there was a slight difference from before, but he thought it was caused by the shaking of the body.

  …But now it seems that some kind of creature destroyed the camera hidden in the junk pile, then broke the tire, and restored the junk pile to its original shape.

  Thinking of this, Toru Amuro reached in and rummaged.

   soon pulled out a shattered camera equipment that looked even more miserable than a punctured tire and a punctured spare tire.

   At this moment, Jiang Xia seemed to be alarmed by the sound of clattering, and left the tires on the side of the car and came to the trunk.

   Before he arrived, Amuro quietly hid the body of the camera.

  Jiang Xia glanced into the trunk with the help of Amuro's flashlight.

   After seeing the spare tire, he was slightly startled and said in surprise, "Claw marks? Boss, in your car..."

   "No mice."

  Amuro retorted reflexively.

   followed closely, remembering that the rat does not have such strong claws, and added: "There is no other thing that may bite the tire."

Beside   , Xiaobai raised his hand, hooked it into a paw, and waved it like a paddle.

  Amuro couldn't see it, but Miyano Akemi and her parents gave it a round of applause.

   Matsuda Zhenping, who is lying on Jiang Xia's shoulders, has a short entry time, and the thickness of his face needs to be strengthened. It looked at Jiang Xia, and then looked at the side with a calm face but slightly flickering eyes. It seemed to be doubting the life of An Shitou, and with a guilty conscience, it moved away from the victim and moved to the other side of Jiang Xia.

  …

  When Jiangxia checked the tires in the trunk.

   Amuro Toru picked up his phone and flipped through his inbox again.

   found that there is no other information in it except for the monitoring just now.

  ...That is to say, the subordinates who followed behind did not see suspicious creatures following them. Otherwise, he must have sent a message to him when he discovered the signs.

   But the fog is so thick today, and the trees are so dense in this mountain forest that even if something really catches up, my subordinates may not be able to find it.

  …

   He thought that his hope of catching the enemy with an infrared camera was in vain. At this time, Amuro still had a hint of disappointment in his heart.

After    calmed down a little, he was alert to the thick fog around him, while looking at the tragically handicapped tire in the trunk.

  —If you take shortcuts and fail to succeed, then try using normal reasoning channels. It’s better than doing nothing at all.

   This time, the strangest thing is that, as Jiang Xia said, the tires are not bite marks, but more like marks from being scratched by something.

  …The claws of beasts?

   However, a tire of this thickness can be scratched with a single blow... The size of this beast is probably so large that it can fill the entire trunk.

   But judging from the short video footage just now, the creature that suddenly appeared was not that big.

   (end of this chapter)