Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 569 The customary way of gin

   Jiang Xia asked the ghosts to follow him out to check the situation.

   After confirming that Toru Amuro had left, he turned over, pushed aside the quilt and sat up, and began to count the murderous aura he had just picked up from the boss and vodka.

  ...I didn't lie on the ground for a while today.

  The effort is worth it.

  …

   It was after one o'clock in the middle of the night.

  Jiang Xia counted the murderous aura, and slept for a while after washing up.

   I didn't sleep long when I suddenly heard a knock on the door.

   He was stunned for a moment. It was customary for the ghosts to take a look through the door, and then walked over and opened the door.

   Standing outside the door was a young woman in a simple dress, short hair with slightly long bangs, and glasses.

  There are only two women in this mansion.

   One of them is Utako Akiko, who is dressed stylishly and has cute spiral curls, an idol who is about to debut.

  The other one is Maho Izumi, who is handsome but has an inexplicably low presence.

   Izumi Maho seems to be very bad at socializing.

   At this time, she saw that Jiang Xia had really opened the door, and after a while, she whispered the reason why she came to knock on the detective's door in the middle of the night:

   "That... Miss Akiko is gone.

   "This mansion is usually not cleaned, and there are not many rooms cleaned. I live in the same room as Ms. Akiko. Before going to the restaurant tonight, she said that she had a fever and did not come to dinner.

   "After I went back to the room, I wanted to find her the painkiller I had with me, but I found that she was not in the room. After that, I waited until now, and she didn't come back. The phone couldn't get through either..."

   Having said this, Maho Izumi glanced at his phone worriedly.

   Almost at the same time, her phone buzzed—a new text message came.

   Izumi Maho was stunned for a moment, opened the phone cover, and pressed the bright screen to check.

   Jiang Xia also took a look around.

   On the screen, a short text message was being opened, with black characters on a white background, and the cold system text inexplicably had a terrifying aura.

It says--

  [I have been resurrected here

  ——Kira]

   Izumi Maho saw the signature on it clearly, his already pale face became even paler, his hand shook, and the phone fell straight to the ground.

  ...then he was intercepted by Jiang Xia.

  Jiang Xia picked up her mobile phone and glanced at it, showing a thoughtful look:

   "'Here' should refer to the meditation room. It is the place where the seance is held. If a person pretending to be a ghost wants to choose a resurrection place for Kira, he may choose that place first - let's go and have a look."

   As soon as he finished speaking, the door next to him slammed open.

   Hiroshi Hachikawa grabbed the phone with one hand and tangled his sleepy hair with the other hand, and rushed out of the room in a hurry.

   Then he saw Jiang Xia in the corridor at a glance.

   His eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran to the detective anxiously, while shaking the mobile phone in his hand, he said half excitedly and half terrified: "Kira is resurrected!"

  Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, raised his hand to grab his wrist that couldn't stop swinging, and glanced intently at the screen that finally stopped.

   I saw Hiroshi Yagawa's mobile phone, which was also on the text message interface at this time.

The text displayed on    is exactly the same as the message Izumi Maho received——[I have been resurrected here——Kira]

   "The sending time is also the same... It should be sent in a group." Jiang Xia casually invited him, "We are planning to go to the meditation room to have a look, come together."

   Hiroshi Yagawa nodded nervously.

  Then the two of them walked along the dark corridor all the way to the meditation room.

   Izumi Maho originally bit his finger and did not dare to go.

   But as the two people in front walked away, a faint cloudy wind blew through the corridor, and Izumi Maho raised his hand and hugged his arm, looking at the dim yellow lights around him, he shuddered suddenly.

   After being sluggish for a moment, she whispered "Wait!" and quickly chased after her.

  …

   The hall is just across the hall between the guest room and the meditation room.

   Jiang Xia was halfway there when Miss Spider, who was sitting on his shoulder, was startled.

   Then she raised the spider legs and tapped Jiang Xia on the head politely.

   Jiang Xia was also startled, and turned his head in confusion.

   In the dimly lit hall, near the gate, there was a black-robed man with a briefcase standing there, his figure dissolved in the night, and he gestured to reach out to open the door.

   As Jiang Xia and Yachuan Hiroji suddenly passed by, the tall man in black robe stopped temporarily in order not to make a sound.

   Jiang Xia stopped, looked at the familiar figure, and recognized it.

   and then decisively shouted: "Mr. Yamada?"... He remembered that this was a pseudonym used by Vodka Star Chaser.

   The black shadow at the door heard Jiang Xia's voice, and visibly froze: "..."

   After a while, Vodka turned around, tucked the briefcase behind the broad back, and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

   The lights were not turned on in the hall, and it was pitch black at this time.

  The vodka was originally dressed in black, with black robes and briefcases, and even sunglasses, which made it difficult to see clearly in the night.

   Hiroshi Hachikawa didn't have the night vision ability that Jiangxia borrowed from ghosts. He didn't find Vodka's escape attempt, and he didn't have time to think about it.

   just explained excitedly: "We just received a strange text message saying that Kira is now resurrected!"

After   , the two of them ran to the meditation room without stopping, followed by a young woman who was trying to catch up.

  The vodka who was left looked at the corridor where they left, then glanced at the door behind them, tangled for a moment, and followed silently.

  ...It's better not to run away in front of Uzo.

   I always felt that since this guy left with confidence and didn’t stop him, maybe Uzo made a move in the car or on the only way to get out of here.

  Thinking of this, Vodka can't help but think of the method his gin brother loves:

   For example, when the target opens the door, it explodes with a bang; when a seat belt is inserted, it explodes with a bang; when the car key is twisted, it explodes with a bang...

  Think about it. Sometimes, Uzo seems to have some common habits with his elder brother, such as that gloomy gin-smelling sneer, and slapping people with a swinging stick, and doing things when they disagree.

  If Uzzo even learned about the bomb in the car...

   "..." Vodka thought of those charred corpses, and then thought about his body that was not strong enough to not be afraid of explosions, and shivered silently.

  ...As expected, stay in this mansion and act together with others.

   Think calmly, no matter what, he is also a physically qualified member of the organization. As long as you are vigilant enough not to be attacked, it is actually not that easy to die...

  Thinking like this, Vodka hid his briefcase and followed the crowd carefully to the meditation room.

  …

   The entrance to the meditation room does not have a keyhole. Usually locked by a heavy padlock.

   After they left the meditation room just now, Hirasaka Reiki also locked the door himself.

  ...But now, the four people gathered at the entrance of the meditation room found that the lock was missing.

   But when he reached out and pushed the door, the door was still firmly closed, unable to open it at all... It was as if it was blocked from the inside by some mysterious force.

   (end of this chapter)