Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 537 Shuichi’s survival instinct. Please vote for me (▽`)

After hearing Toru Amuro's words, the student Toshiya Tadokoro was startled. He looked down at his mobile phone and found the relevant emergency news: "...it seems that several other guests will have to stay today. I will go and give them to you later." Everyone, please clean up your room and come in first."

…

Although the process was a little tortuous, in the end, Jiang Xia successfully moved into the villa.

After opening the door, the medieval European-style decoration is revealed in the hall. Combined with the gloomy sky outside, the bottomless cliff behind the villa, and the howling snowstorm... the environment is reassuring.

After entering the hall, after walking a few steps, the door on the right was suddenly pushed open.

Etsuko Tokura came out wearing her coat.

Amuro glanced at her and found that, as expected, this was the mystery novelist they met when they were hiking together a few days ago, and she was also the hostess of this villa.

...Fortunately, Tokura Etsuko seems to only know Jiang Xia from one side, and is not close to Jiang Xia, so it should not have much impact on the observation.

Speaking of which, I always feel that in addition to the incident physique, Jiang Xia's physique of meeting acquaintances when going out is even more troublesome and difficult to guard against...

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Etsuko Tokura had wanted to find Jiang Xia before, but was interrupted by a sudden murder and a landslide.

At this time, she found that the person she was looking for dropped from the sky and walked to the door. Etsuko Tokura was so surprised that she subconsciously ran out. Then it suddenly occurred to me that it was not convenient for others to hear my "commission".

...So I had to stop again and smiled awkwardly at the guests, pretending that I was just a hostess who came out to welcome guests.

After a few polite words, she returned to the room with a few steps and turns.

Tadokoro Toshiya looked at Etsuko Tokura in confusion, and then at Jiang Xia, not wanting to interfere with the teacher's family affairs. So in the end, he didn't say anything, pretended not to notice, and led the guests to the living room on the other side.

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Before Jiang Xia and the others entered, there were already three people in the living room, two men and one woman.

Among them, a middle-aged man and a young man sat opposite each other at the same table, chatting quietly, and seemed to know each other.

The other woman wearing a cheongsam was sitting alone on one side.

Amuro Toru glanced over, his eyes stopped on the cheongsam woman, and he thought numbly: Jiang Xia has met more acquaintances...

In my impression, this is a private detective named "Ikumi Gunda".

"Gunda Detective Agency" is located not far from "Amuro Detective Agency".

After Jiang Xia arrived, Gunda Yumi's customer flow gradually decreased. But she already had a lot of savings, so she simply passed all the customers who came looking for cats and dogs to Jiang Xia, and she only took large orders. As a result, her income was not reduced, but she also freed up a lot of time for entertainment and travel. Not only did she not become haggard, she also looked much more nourished than before.

At this time, seeing Jiang Xia and Amuro coming in, Gunda Ikumi did not stand up, but just nodded as a greeting.

——A few days ago, she received an invitation from Daisuke Tokura, saying that he had an important commission for her to discuss. Today, she arrived a little earlier than scheduled. Daisuke Tokura was still soaking in his beloved study room and had not come out, so she had to wait here for the time being.

Compared with the slightly aloof Gunda Ikumi, the middle-aged man beside him seemed much more enthusiastic.

Doi Wenli looked at Jiang Xia in surprise and quickly recognized the detective.

He stood up and approached, introducing himself: "I am the editor-in-chief of "Terror Times Monthly", and my surname is Doi."

As he said that, he handed out a few business cards to the people who came.

In Editor Doi's impression, the young detective in front of him always encounters cases that contain thriller or horror elements. Moreover, Jiangxia is also very famous. If we can find an opportunity to cooperate...

Seeing Editor Doi acting like this, the young man on the side followed suit even though he didn't know Jiang Xia.

He pressed the simple pince-nez on his face and handed out business cards to everyone who came:

"My surname is Hamura. I work in the Folklore Research Laboratory of Dongcheng University. I am mainly engaged in vampire-related research. If you have any questions in this regard, you can come to me at any time to communicate."

Jiang Xia took the business card and looked at it politely.

Then, facing the full name of "Hamura Shuichi", he fell into silence for a short time.

Almost at the same time, the tip of Matsuda Jinhira's nose, which was resting on his shoulder, suddenly jerked up and bounced up.

But earlier than that, the mermaid had swam to Toru Amuro's side gracefully, opened her arms with no grace at all, hugged the coffee-smelling murderous aura that emerged, and shook her tail happily.

"..." Hamura Shuichi vaguely felt that the atmosphere was not right. His hair stood up slightly. He instinctively stared at Amuro Toru and took a step back: "...What's wrong?"

"...Huh? No, I just think the subject matter you are studying is interesting."

Toru Amuro's tragic memories evoked by the keyword "Shuichi" were interrupted by Shuichi Hamura's conversation.

He put away the business card with a smile, and the murderous aura in his body also subsided at the same time.

The mermaid and Matsuda Jinpei let out disappointed sighs at the same time.

The other ghosts were a little more reserved, but although they didn't sigh, they all looked a little disappointed - the high-end rations came too quickly, and the supply was cut off too quickly.

Across from him, Shuichi Hamura knew nothing about the reason for the strange atmosphere, so he could only temporarily regard the sense of crisis as his own illusion.

He hesitated for a moment, moved a little further away from the group of guests, and returned to his seat.

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Suzuki Ayako has not encountered many cases, and her sense of murderous intent is slightly dull.

After seeing several people exchanging business cards peacefully, and barely getting to know each other, she looked at Toshiya Tadokoro, who was like a butler: "I'm sorry, something happened on the way, and we arrived much later than the scheduled time. Is it convenient now, Mr. Tokura?"

When a guest comes, he should say hello to the host, and the host should also come out to receive the guest...or drive away the uninvited guest.

This is the process as it should be.

But Tokura Daisuke is an eccentric writer who is not bound by secular rules.

Tadokoro Toshiya hesitated: "At this time, the teacher is writing in the study, so he may not be able to receive guests..."

"It doesn't matter." A mature female voice cut in from the side.

Gunda Ikumi turned over her wrist, looked at her watch, and stood up from the table at the same time: "There are still three minutes until the meeting time that Mr. Tokura and I have arranged - you can go over and say hello now, it will not affect him. writing ideas.”

After providing this information, she looked at Jiang Xia, and the second half of her sentence was addressed to her fellow detective. Compared to just now, the tone is quite gentle:

"Mr. Tokura is looking for a detective recently, and I don't know what kind of difficult cases he wants to investigate... Maybe he will be happier to see you."