Conan’s Corpse Picker

So in the end, everyone except Hamura Shuichi and Editor-in-Chief Doi, two regulars, followed Toshiya Tadokoro to Daisuke Tokura's study.

Jiangxia is also among them.

This study has a special shape and location - it is an octagonal room built right on a protruding cliff. The only road leading to it is a four to five meter long corridor connecting the hall.

Toru Amuro was walking in the corridor and glanced at Jiang Xia next to him. An evaluation of the design of the study suddenly popped into his mind - a place that was very suitable for a secret room.

"..."

...There hasn't been a murder yet. It's so unlucky to think like this. It's almost like cursing the owner of the house... Toru Amuro pressed his forehead and shook off the inexplicable thoughts.

——There is no event constitution in the world. Even if it exists, it should only be that the person involved encounters accidents more often than ordinary people. So the main problem is between the murderer and the deceased... And now, the family seems to be quite harmonious, except that the husband is looking for a detective, and the wife seems to be looking for a detective too...

Toru Amuro: "..."

The more I thought about it, the more I realized the novelist couple was in danger.

Let’s keep an eye on them later to prevent them from killing each other...

…………

Daisuke Tokura's study door was not locked.

Tadokoro Toshiya knocked on the door and pushed it open.

The study was dark, and the only light source was an old projector and the movie screen projected on the wall. Daisuke Tokura was not writing at this time, but staying alone in the gloomy study, watching Vampire Movie.

On the mottled yellow screen, half of a woman's neck was twisted off, while the vampire behind her laughed silently, its fangs pulled out of the flesh, and blood dripped continuously.

Suzuki Sonoko was startled by this horrific scene and instinctively shrank behind Jiang Xia. At the same time, she secretly stretched out her hand and touched Jiang Xia's swing stick hidden on her body through the cloth.

...I felt a lot more at ease immediately.

At the same time, a picture of a vampire who attempted a sneak attack and was stepped on and knocked around by Jiang Xia quickly emerged in her mind, and finally turned into a group of little bats and fled in panic. Then after thinking about it, the scene unknowingly changed, and Jiang Xia was bitten by a group of vampires eager for revenge, and transformed into a cold vampire who was more affectionate but more beautiful than Mo, and was later rescued by a passionate and kind-hearted human woman. Unfolding forbidden love...

Just when Suzuki Sonoko began to wonder whether the child of a human and a vampire was a human or a vampire, a deep laughter came from the shadows ahead.

——A man wearing European retro attire and a scarlet cloak walked over with his back to the light of the projector.

"Detective Gunda?"

Tokura Daisuke looked at the detective he had found. At the same time, I discovered that there seemed to be a lot of people coming to the study - in addition to Gunda Ikumi, there were also people from the Suzuki family who were late. In addition, there were actually two strange men following behind.

...No, one of them is not a stranger, he has seen it on TV. It should be Jiang Xia, the detective who is said to solve cases quickly.

——During Daisuke Tokura's search for the detective, of course he had heard of Jiang Xia.

But he looked at the photo and decisively crossed Jiang Xia off the candidate list.

Daisuke Tokura is actually looking for a detective to investigate his wife's cheating.

——There is a twenty-year age difference between him and Tokura Etsuko, and he is very concerned about this age difference, so he does not want the young and handsome detective to step into his home and follow his wife, even for investigation.

...Who would have thought that even if Jiang Xia was not invited, such people would still step into his home, and there would be more than one.

Tokura Daisuke glanced at Jiang Xia, and then took a look at Toru Amuro, who was also smaller than his wife, through the light reflected in the corridor, and his face darkened slightly.

Then he stepped past the group and flipped on the light switch in the study.

Bright light poured down, illuminating a room full of strange decorations.

This octagonal study can be called half a vampire collection room——

Around the room, there are various wooden sculptures with distorted and exaggerated expressions. In addition, there are rivets, silver mirrors, bats that are either specimens or models... Beside one wall, there is even a life-size cross nearly two meters high. Leather chains for imprisonment are hung on the four corners of the cross, close to the heart of the intersection. , also dripping with sticky "blood".

Suzuki Sonoko has encountered many murder cases, and now she is no longer so scared when she sees the realistic fake blood on the cross.

But I’ve seen it all...

She secretly moved next to Jiang Xia and hugged her arms skillfully: "It's a bit scary, like going back to the Middle Ages."

Daisuke Tokura was quite happy with the "scary" comment.

He chuckled and threw off the red and black cloak from behind. As the cloak slowly fell, he said solemnly: "I like to wrap myself in vampire costumes like this, and use a projector to summon vampires to come to the study - it is by immersing myself in this atmosphere that I can write those masterpieces, Let vampires be reborn under my pen."

Suzuki Sonoko nodded in agreement, but then touched her chin again, feeling that the logic didn't make sense: "But haven't you written a vampire novel for several years? I thought you would have some hero models in your study. "

Daisuke Tokura: "..."

His heart felt like he had been stabbed by an arrow, and his face darkened again as he just turned away, not wanting to deal with these annoying guests anymore.

——Ezha and Toru Amuro, the two pretty boys who came from heaven... Not to mention the little black faces, he actually doesn't welcome the three people from the Suzuki family.

After all, according to Daisuke Tokura's idea, a literary figure with a high status like himself should not bow to the wealthy. If he wants to borrow his precious vampire collection, the powerful people of the Suzuki family should come forward. Unexpectedly, in the end, the Suzuki family only sent two juniors who had not yet taken power.

...I simply don’t take him seriously.

... Just let the students take them around and deal with it for a while.

Thinking of this, Daisuke Tokura only left Ikumi Gunada to discuss the commission, and sent the others off politely: "I still have something to discuss with Detective Gunda. Please come back first after visiting my collection. It's getting dark. early."

Tadokoro Toshiya reminded in a low voice: "Teacher, the road is blocked by heavy snow outside, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave."

"..." Daisuke Tokura frowned and changed his words unhappily, "Then help the guests clean up a few guest rooms and come out. Later you can take them to see the collection room - okay, don't get together. Over here, I still have business to attend to."

A group of people vaguely noticed his impatience and did not stay any longer. After thanking him, he turned and left the study.

…

After discussing the commission, we finished our meal.

At around eight o'clock, a group of people gathered in the living room to drink tea.