Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 643 Destined Encounter

  Toru Amuro nodded, feeling the same way.

  ——This stone statue is not a flat cylindrical shape, but has edges and corners. Regardless of its shape or the inclination of the place where it is located, the Jizo should not be lying face down on the ground just right.

   But when I saw it just now, it was facing straight down.

   This is not like falling down accidentally, but more like being deliberately fixed in that position.

  "..." Thinking of this, Amuro's eyes suddenly swept aside and landed on the half-person-high weeds and bushes on both sides of the road.

   He vaguely had a bad premonition in his heart: "Is this a distress message left by some people, or a message before death?"

   In that case, wouldn't it be necessary to look for a body nearby...

   "It shouldn't be." Jiang Xia's voice came from beside him.

   His expression was not as serious as Amuro Toru.

   Jiang Xia approached and looked at Jizo for a while, then straightened up unconcernedly.

   He continued to walk in the direction of the hotel: "I seem to have seen a similar legend somewhere recently... and the name of the forest you just mentioned is also familiar."

"Yes……"

  Amuro remembered Jiang Xia's sensitivity to crime and criminals, and seeing that he was "not a big problem" at this time, he unconsciously relaxed a little.

   Then Amuro Toru walked to the hotel, and entered "Forest of the Gods", "Jizo on his back" on his mobile phone, and what the staff member said "Ghost Crying Cliff", and pressed search.

   Although there is a signal here, the signal is normal.

The    interface slowly turned in circles, and it took a long time to refresh a few news.

   Amuro Toru glanced at it and remembered.

  ——A while ago, there was really related news.

   At that time, he happened to be working in an izakaya where the mission target occasionally haunted, and he took a look at the TV in the corner. Not long after that, he was called to checkout and did not read it carefully.

   As he thought, he clicked on the details.

   Then I discovered that recently, an unsolved mystery case appeared in this area, and the crime scene happened to be in this forest.

  …

  Some writers have the habit of putting things behind when they write reports. The same is true of this news.

At the beginning of   , it did not mention the mystery case, but first introduced a legend about the location of the crime.

  ——This piece of "Head God Forest" turned out to be a well-known suicide holy place in the local area.

   The source of its name is "head", which refers to a person with a headache. According to legend, once you walk into this forest, you will gradually lose your reason and desire to survive, and eventually commit suicide here and never leave. Therefore, in the Toushen Forest, there is a Jizo lying forward. This is used to suppress evil spirits. If you support it, the person who supports it will be haunted by evil spirits.

  “…”

  Amuro Toru saw this, his footsteps froze, and he remembered the Jizo that he kindly helped up just now.

   Up to now, he and Jiang Xia have walked a long distance, and they have long been invisible to where the ground is hidden.

   After hesitating for a moment, he did not turn back.

  ——The theory of ghosts and gods is not enough to believe. And from the actual situation, the Jizo has been upside down, and this place has not become a "suicide holy place", which shows that it has no effect. On the contrary, if you continue to let it fall on the side of the road, scratch the vehicles of passers-by, or trip over pedestrians, in case any passer-by's mentality has just reached the critical point of impending collapse, and is unlucky to stumble again, the mood may be even worse. Okay, let's go and commit suicide...

   Amuro Toru secretly criticized feudal superstition in his heart.

   Then press the phone button and continue to scroll down.

   After introducing the forest of the gods, Momo Haw's writer finally entered the topic and talked about the mysterious mystery.

  ——A while ago, someone found a skeletonized corpse in the forest of the head god.

   As the body did not carry any documents. At present, the police have released some relevant information, hoping to find people who knew the body through the items on the deceased, and then identify the identity of the deceased.

   It was not too rare to find a dead person in the deep mountains.

   But this corpse looks rather strange.

   - Judging from the published features used to find people, the deceased was a long-haired man in a red coat. The receipts and food he carried showed that he died in the summer, but the body was wearing a heavy sweater.

   In addition, the deceased's belongings included a car key, but no driver's license; there was an unpacked box of cigarettes, but there was no lighter or matches to ignite...

   These subtle senses of disobedience made some detectives who saw the announcement question whether the deceased was "suicide". The police also appear to have launched an investigation into the matter.

   "..." An Shitou couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia after reading the report.

   always felt that, according to Jiang Xia's physique, this unresolved mystery might soon be solved.

  ...Fortunately, I had a good night's sleep yesterday, and now I have lost a lot of thinking ability and judgment. Even if I encounter various emergencies, I still have enough energy to deal with it.

  …

   A few kilometers is not that long.

   The two quickly walked on the mountain road and arrived at the hotel before dark.

  This is a three-storey Japanese-style hotel, built in a zigzag shape, covering a wide area. The old exterior walls have been carefully taken care of, and they don't look sloppy, on the contrary, they are a bit quaint. On the door is a signboard with black characters on a white background - Kwai House Hotel.

   As soon as we arrived at the door, a waiter stepped forward to greet him: "Welcome."

   He said, reaching out to help the guests with their luggage. However, when they came up, the waiter also saw Jiang Xia's face. He was startled suddenly, as if to recognize that this was a famous detective.

   Jiang Xia also felt something and looked back in thought.

After    looked at each other for a second, he saw the waiter, hesitantly, a hint of murderous aura floated up.

   Jiang Xia: "!"

   The two minds moved at the same time.

   However, it is a pity that it is still not dark, and this is just the entrance of the hall, which is not convenient for attacking and killing.

   The two of them sighed at the same time.

   However, they didn't show any clues on their faces - Jiang Xia needless to say, and Shenbao Nobita has been in the service industry for many years, and he has already mastered the stunt of keeping a smile.

  He led Jiang Xia and An Shitou to the front desk with a smile on his face, and then returned to the door, ready to receive other guests.

When    came to the corner, Nobita Shenbao couldn't help but look back.

   At this time, Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru had already filled in their names on the hotel directory.

  The front desk is accepting leave for a cold. Now is the off-season, the inn owner did not hire any additional people, but took the place in person.

   At this moment, the innkeeper took over the register and glanced at it habitually.

   Then facing the words "Jiangxia Tongzhi" above, he was suddenly stunned.

   (end of this chapter)