Conan’s Corpse Picker

If, without being able to grasp Jiang Xia's whereabouts, he rashly replaces Jiang Xia and goes to the Dusk Villa...

Kidd recalled how often Jiang Xia solved crimes when he was away from home, according to his investigation. I always feel like something bad is going to happen.

——This time at the dinner party at the "Twilight Villa", the guests invited were all famous detectives from all over the world.

What if one of them was reading the news on the way to Dusk Villa, and suddenly a report appeared saying "Jiang Xia discovered the murderer's conspiracy in such and such a place". After analyzing the case, the detective went to the Dusk Villa and found that "Jiang Xia", who was supposed to be taking notes, was leisurely attending a dinner...

The news that "Kid can disguise himself" is well known in the detective world.

If that were the case, Kidd felt that he might be forced to take off his vest as soon as he arrived.

...That's why Kidd gave up on Jiang Xia and reluctantly changed to another disguised target.

However, he didn't expect that when he was guarding his target today, he encountered Jiang Xia by chance.

"..." Kidd was moved again.

If you think about it carefully, dressing up as Jiang Xia is actually more appropriate than dressing up as Gunda Ikumi.

...It's not because he has wanted to pretend to be Jiang Xia for a long time but never had the chance.

But this way you don't have to pretend to be short. One of the most difficult parts to deal with when disguising is the height of the disguised person. Normally it doesn't matter, but today with a group of detectives, it might be noticeable. The other detectives also have their own inconveniences: some are too short, some carry pets that recognize their owners, some have just returned home and are difficult to trace, and some need to have skills...

Now, it is rare to meet Jiang Xia outside. This may be fate.

...In short, it’s him!

The Phantom Thief, who valued fun, quickly changed his goals.

…

After deciding to disguise himself as Jiang Xia, Kidd recalled the investigation about this detective.

——Although he has never heard that Jiang Xia has practiced martial arts, it seems that he has never seen any news such as "Jiang Xia was injured while chasing a prisoner".

In other words, the detective's force value seems to be unknown.

...To be on the safe side, it’s better not to attack head-on. It is safer to approach him cautiously and then sneak attack.

With this in mind, Kidd took one last look at Toru Amuro and secretly walked towards the warehouse.

When he was struggling with the disguise target just now, he did not forget to eavesdrop on the conversation between Toru Amuro and the store clerk, and learned that Toru Amuro's car had a flat tire.

Therefore, before going out, Kidd did some tricks on the warehouse door to make it difficult to open, delaying Tohru Amuro's time to leave the gas station.

After that, he used lightweight black technology materials to make a similar fake spare tire. Then he took the spare tire and left secretly.

When they set foot on the mountain road, Kidd had completely changed into Amuro Toru's face. I couldn't find the exact same clothes, so I "borrowed" a piece of clothing with a similar color from the staff room and quickly modified it manually.

…

Jiang Xia was sitting in the car, bored with waiting, but suddenly she felt that all the ghosts around her raised their heads, as if they had noticed something interesting, and began to look out the window.

Jiang Xia was startled, and then she vaguely felt the breath of magic.

He looked through the car window in the direction he sensed and saw "Toru Amuro" coming back with a spare tire.

Wei Dai looked around suspiciously. There was no one else, only Toru Amuro was on the road ahead. However, there was a vague aura of magic coming from that direction. Magic power can be used as an energy core to make the ghosts stronger and strengthen the puppets...

Jiang Xia's eyes finally settled on "Toru Amuro".

"..." Although the boss acts as if he has magical powers when driving and hitting people, in theory, he should be just an ordinary human being without magical powers. Otherwise, after such a long time, he must have collected the energy core long ago.

Moreover, there was no reason for Toru Amuro to buy a spare tire and suddenly awaken the magic power across the crowd.

Jiang Xia looked at "Toru Amuro" who was approaching and had some vague speculations.

When he got closer and could smell the specific smell of magic power, he was even more certain: the "Toru Amuro" in front of him should be Kidd's disguise.

...I haven't seen him for several days, and Kidd's hidden magic power seems to have grown back a lot.

Speaking of magic power... I don't know where Koizumi Anko and her helpers hid later. Compared with the witches who have accumulated over the years, Kidd's background is still a bit thin. He always ends as soon as he starts, which is very unsatisfactory... But later, Jiang Xia secretly went to the witch castle several times, but nothing happened. They can be seen again, and the castle has even begun to become deserted and covered with grass.

Jiang Xia briefly missed the two witches and hoped that they would return with their magic power or new helpers as soon as possible.

When he came back to his senses, "Toru Amuro" had already walked to the side with the tire.

Then he knocked on Jiang Xia's car window naturally: "Come and help."

...The voice is also the same as Toru Amuro's.

Jiang Xia responded, opened the door and got out of the car, guessing Kidd's purpose - probably to pretend to be him or Toru Amuro, find a way to go to the Dusk Annex, sneak into the detectives, and attend the dinner.

I just don’t know whether this phantom thief plans to dress up as Toru Amuro or him...

Next to him, "Toru Amuro" had put the tire aside and asked Jiang Xia to find the jack.

Jiang Xia walked to the trunk and was about to get the tools when he suddenly felt ghosts poking him.

He dodged as he was well prepared, and heard a subtle "sizzling" sound of electricity passing through the place where he was just now and hitting the lid of the box.

Jiang Xia: "..." No need to guess, it seems that Kidd is planning to pretend to be him.

Speaking of which, this phantom thief is quite cautious. He would first approach Toru Amuro instead of approaching directly...

Jiang Xia dodged the sneak attack, raised his head, and saw Kidd decisively giving up the stun device after missing a single hit. Then he reached into his arms with his white-gloved hand and took out a tranquilizer gun.

Jiang Xia: "..."

Facing an unarmed innocent detective, he actually chose to use a gun. It really lacks martial ethics...

When he gets back, he will also ask the doctor to order an anesthesia gun... However, once a person is anesthetized and has no thoughts, he will not be able to unleash his murderous aura. When it comes to practicality, the swing stick is indeed more practical.

While thinking, Jiang Xia reached out and pulled out the swinging stick. Before Kidd pulled the trigger, he flicked the swinging stick away and bullied him into sweeping.

The thin black stick whipped up the wind and hit Kidd's wrist.

Kidd raised his hand slightly and avoided it flexibly. At the same time, he took a sudden step back, narrowly avoiding Jiang Xia's hand that grabbed his collar. At the same time, he did not forget to press his jacket - in case there was an embarrassing scene where someone avoided and the corner of his clothes was grabbed.