Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia was sitting in the co-pilot, and before she opened her eyes, she heard the whispering voices of the ghosts.

Now there are more ghosts and they are a bit noisy, but I can still tell what they are expressing.

——There is something nearby to pick up.

Jiang Xia looked outside through the car window, and at the same time, he skillfully let Shikigami fly into the trunk, skillfully condensed a little white puppet, and skillfully shattered the tires in the trunk.

Toru Amuro knew nothing about the tragedy that was happening in the trunk.

When he realized that the car had a flat tire, he was slightly taken aback and pulled over to stop.

Toru Amuro used to drive ten times, and the tire probably only blew once. But now, he was on a normal business trip, driving without speeding, and unexpectedly had a flat tire twice...

Amuro glanced at Jiang Xia next to him, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the conclusion he had drawn before—Jiang Xia might not be lucky, but jumping back and forth between extreme good luck and extreme bad luck.

Otherwise, the car would always break down halfway around Jiangxia.

...

Jiang Xia faced Toru Amuro's complicated gaze, and he vaguely guessed Toru Amuro's thoughts in his heart, but he could only maintain innocence and doubt on his face: "?"

Toru Amuro: "...it's okay."

He sighed, opened the door and got out of the car, intending to put on the spare tire.

In fact, Jiang Xia also felt that two tire blowouts in a row were too coincidental.

But when you think about it carefully, it's very reasonable.

——Leaving aside his own luck, Conan is still sitting in the car.

The two are superimposed, and if there is no incident, how can it be passed.

There was a sudden chill behind Conan, he raised his head suddenly, and met Jiang Xia's encouraging eyes.

Conan: "...?"

Under the doubtful gaze of the elementary school students, Jiang Xia withdrew his gaze and got out of the car.

The other three followed. When others want to change tires, it is not good for them to still sit in the car.

After getting out of the car, Mao Lilan looked around and was surprised to find that the trunk lid was open. And Jiang Xia's seemingly reliable boss has been staring at it for a long time.

Maorilan approached suspiciously.

I saw a tire in the trunk with some uneven stubble on it.

...

Amuro stared at the tear on the tire, lost in thought.

The last time the tire was bitten, the trunk was open, which could be explained as some wild animal sneaked in while he was not paying attention.

This time, however, the trunk closed securely. But as soon as he opened the lid of the box just now, he saw that the tire was broken.

...If it weren't for the consideration of the few ignorant citizens next to him, Toru Amuro might have already taken out the gun at this time.

But now, he could only grimace, flipping through the debris piled up in the trunk with his bare hands, trying to find the unknown terrifying creature that bit his tire... Unfortunately, he found nothing.

This made Toru Amuro heaved a sigh of relief, but also made him even more confused.

When he opened the lid of the box, he obviously didn't see anything slipping out. What happened to the tires...

Jiang Xia walked to Amuro Toru, looked down, and said in surprise, "Why is it broken again?"

Toru Amuro always feels that the next sentence of the employee is "I told you a long time ago that there are definitely rats in your car".

Toru Amuro: "...It must have been taken by mistake before. I accidentally put the broken tire on it."

...He actually did not believe that he would make such a mistake.

But now, if I remember correctly, it means that there has been a supernatural event.

Such a comparison... Sure enough, I have been too tired for the past two days and remembered things wrong. After all, he didn't close his eyes almost all night yesterday. It is normal for his memory to be affected due to lack of sleep...

Conan put down his mobile phone and walked to them: "There is no signal here, but I see a building that looks like an old castle over there. We can ask the owner to borrow a landline phone and call a tow truck."

"Indeed." Jiang Xia also put down his phone, he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time.

...

Toru Amuro turned his head following the direction of the two people, and saw an ancient castle standing in the forest through the layers of trees.

"..." I don't know if it's an illusion, but no matter how he looks at it, he feels that this old castle is gloomy and has a strange atmosphere.

...but there are no ghosts in this world.

So it must be an illusion.

Moreover, there are no shops in front of the village, no other cars pass by, and there is no signal. If you want to leave as soon as possible, you really need a landline phone.

Amuro looked back, and closed the trunk with a normal expression: "Let's go."

...

A group of people walked through the woods and came to the castle.

Jiang Xia raised his head and looked at the old building in front of him.

The courtyard of the castle is huge, and he can't detect any abnormalities for the time being.

But judging from the reactions of the other three ghosts, there are many things that can be picked up hidden in this castle.

...

Several people looked into the courtyard through the iron gate.

The yard is very vast, and several huge chess pieces are placed on the lawn. A well-dressed young man was squatting next to the chess pieces, looking at something thoughtfully. Nearby was a gardener, hard at work pruning the bushes.

It may be in the deep mountains and wild ridges, and few people visit. The two people in the courtyard did not notice any guests outside the door.

...

At this time, a car came from outside and stopped behind Jiang Xia and the others.

A middle-aged man with a parted hair got out of the car.

As the man went to open the courtyard door, he looked at them suspiciously: "Who are you?"

His gaze passed over the others, and when he stopped on Jiang Xia's face, he paused slightly.

Jiang Xia has seen similar gazes many times in the past few days.

——The uncle in front of him probably recognized him as a detective.

The previous variety show of "Perspective Detective Agency" and the subsequent live broadcast of solving the case did have an effect. Jiang Xia always feels that this time, her popularity is much higher than before.

"..." I don't know when I will receive the invitation letter for the serial murder case from afar...

...

The person who recognized Jiang Xia was Jian Gongman, one of the owners of this castle.

After listening to the request of several people to "borrow the phone", Ma Gongman warmly welcomes them into the castle.

Amuro breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after entering the castle and picking up the phone in the corridor, he pressed the number, but found that the phone could not be dialed.

Toru Amuro was taken aback, uncontrollably recalling the weird tooth marks on the tires again. After a while, he silently looked at Mamiyaman, his eyes darkened.

Mamiya Man originally wanted to make a fool of himself.

But suddenly being stared at like this, his vest suddenly felt cold, and he had the illusion that his life was threatened.

Mamiya Manichi couldn't care less about creating the sense of mystery that detectives love most, so he sped up his speech:

"That's right! The earthquake yesterday affected the telephone line. I asked on the way when I came back, and it will probably be repaired tomorrow-please come in, there is no other meaning, I just want you to have a place to rest, by the way ...cough, by the way, I want to ask you something."

This sentence sounds like a human speech, rather than something else.

Amuro Toru's expression turned pale.

——Since the external line is broken, there is really nothing to do. I can't walk down the mountain with two weak girls and a primary school student.

He looked at Mamiyaman and asked for details.

...

Jiang Xia looked out the window while listening to Jian Gongman's narration.

When Jiang Xia saw the chess sculptures in the courtyard just now, he guessed which case this was.

——This castle has a steeple, and the view from the top of the tower is excellent.

Therefore, Ma Gongman's father-in-law regarded the scenery as a "treasure" and arranged a series of puzzles in the castle, with the answer pointing to the viewing point at the top of the tower.

After the death of this playful old master, the treasure legend became more and more out of shape. In the end, everyone thought that this piece of "treasure" pointed to huge wealth.

Four years ago, a maid had a bad idea. She burned to death all the people who were acquainted with Mrs. Tai, and she had plastic surgery to look like Mrs. Tai, replacing the original old man. I plan to stay in this castle for a long time until the treasure is found.

...

Ma Gongman, who was telling the detectives the details of the "treasure", has not yet discovered that his mother-in-law has changed.

All his attention was on the treasure, and he thought expectantly: I hope these detectives who come to the door in front of him can help him find the treasure.

"It is said that the key to the treasure is this lawn." Ma Gongman led them to a room on the second floor and motioned them to look at the window.

——Looking down from the window here, the yard is like a verdant chessboard, with huge chess pieces placed in an orderly manner.

When Conan heard that there was a puzzle here, his eyes lit up immediately, and he went to the window to take a closer look.

Toru Amuro also became interested. After all, he has the title of "Boss of a Detective Agency" on his body, which has a bit of detective attributes.

Mori Ran and Suzuki Sonoko are not very good at solving puzzles. But the grounds were beautifully manicured, and they soon came to the window, overlooking the "chessboard lawn."

...

Mamiya has just arrived home and still has things to attend to. He leaves for a moment to give the detectives room to think.

Jiang Xia stood in the room, looking at the backs of the people in front of the window, and then at Xiao Bai who just came out of the wall.

Xiaobai was pulling his trouser legs, muttering something, and kept pointing his fingers at the wall, apparently discovering something.

Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, followed it, and walked lightly to the next room.

——According to the preliminary investigation of ghost fetuses, there are indeed many shikigami hidden in this castle.

But they were burned to death in a daze before they were alive, and they didn't know which murderer to pick up. In the end, they had to pick up the burnt ashes on the wall - those places still had a little body breath, which was more effective to pick up. sense of security.

These vain shikigami have a lot of obsession, and they have many souls, Xiaobai and the others couldn't get them out for a long time.

So Jiang Xia planned to go into the secret path in person.

The secret passage here is connected to the opposite tower that was burned down four years ago. Being idle is also idle, he wants to go and see the situation of the Shikigami first.