Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia entered the next room and took a look at the furnishings here.

Then walk to the wall with clear purpose.

On the wall, there is an inconspicuous watch hanging.

Jiang Xia raised his hand and turned the pointer above.

When the minute and second hands turned to a certain angle, there was a click, and the wall in front suddenly opened, revealing a dark and deep passage.

There was a pale shikigami lying on the ground further inside the passage.

Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment and couldn't help walking to it, squatting down and poking it.

The shikigami shrank in horror, and then clung to the ground tighter, like a firm sticker that had been flattened.

At this time, the wall at the entrance rotated and closed, and the passage fell into darkness again.

Jiang Xia didn't panic at all and borrowed night vision ability from the ghost.

After he could see his surroundings clearly, he took out a knife, tore off a piece of paper from the note, and folded it into a small, square paper bag.

…

This secret passage is connected to the tower that lost fire. After the extinguishing fire that year, the charred corpses of more than a dozen people were scattered everywhere. The fake "old lady" walked through the tunnel all year round, getting ash on her soles, and occasionally taking some charred ash to other places.

Therefore, the shikigami do not always stay in one place, but are scattered throughout the passage.

Jiang Xia took a knife and a paper bag, used the knife to pass through the shikigami on the ground, scraped the bricks under it, and put the scraped dirt into the paper bag.

Then he held the paper bag and shook it above Shikigami's head.

The shikigami lying flat on the ground raised a corner hesitantly.

"!" Jiang Xia felt interesting.

He put away the knife, pinched the shikigami, threw it into the paper bag with lightning speed, and forced the move.

Shikigami seemed to be frightened, trembling and squirming deep into the paper bag, right next to the ashes.

This act of self-protection made Jiang Xia more convenient - he didn't even have to fold it himself, the shikigami had already folded it and put it in the bag.

…

Jiang Xia successfully dug up a ghost.

Although it has not been processed yet, the contract cannot be signed for the time being.

But keeping them in your pocket is much safer than letting them run around in the dark passages.

Jiang Xia put away the paper bag.

He originally planned to leave the passage first, return to the protagonist's team without anyone noticing, and then use the existing shikigami to find out about the obsessions of the shikigami.

In this way, after solving the obsession, sneak into the secret passage again and pick up all the ghosts.

But before getting up, Jiang Xia looked up and accidentally discovered that just a few steps further in, he was also holding a shikigami.

Jiang Xia paused: "..."

...If you think about it carefully, it actually doesn’t take much time to scrape a little soil.

Moreover, we have to pick up ghosts sooner or later. There is actually no difference between picking them up now and picking them up later...

Thinking this, Jiang Xia took out the knife and paper bag again and walked towards the shikigami slightly deeper.

Catch another one.

After catching them, leave.

…

ten minutes later.

Conan took out his notebook and carefully drew the layout of the chess pieces in the courtyard.

Toru Amuro looked away from the window and glanced at Conan and his notebook.

Because Conan was holding a pen in his mouth and thinking deeply, looking like he was in a daze, so Toru Amuro has not noticed anything unusual about this child at present. He only feels that Conan is more organized than ordinary children in doing things.

At this time, Toru Amuro had some vague ideas for solving the puzzle, but they were not clear enough, and he always felt that there was a little information missing.

At this moment, he suddenly realized: no one had spoken to him for a long time.

"..." This is abnormal - according to experience, shouldn't Jiang Xia take a quick glance at this moment, immediately decipher the information that the master wants to express, and then find out the location of the treasure?

Amuro Toru turned back slightly confused, wanting to see Jiang Xia's cracking progress.

Unexpectedly, his eyes swept across the room, and he only saw two female high school students huddled together in front of the window next to them, discussing in a low voice which flower bush was the most beautiful.

Jiang Xia was not in the room at all.

Toru Amuro: ...where are the people?

…

Maybe it was because of his good luck. Every time Jiang Xia finished digging up a ghost and planned to turn back and leave the secret passage, he would always see another one nearby.

It doesn't take long to poach a shikigami.

Jiang Xia couldn't help but dig more.

It had been a while since he recovered from the joy of the harvest.

Jiang Xia glanced at her watch, estimated the time it would take since she came in, and fell into deep thought.

"..." After so long, it has become difficult to "pretend that nothing happened" and sneak back into the team because of fear of trouble.

And once you tell others, "There is a secret passage here," they will most likely follow you out of curiosity to watch.

But Jiang Xia remembered that there was an old lady's skeleton hidden in the secret passage. If teammates call the police immediately and the police block the secret passage...

Jiang Xia: "..." When the time comes, if I want to dig ghosts as if no one else is around me now, it won't be such a good situation.

Jiang Xia looked at the fresh wild shikigami in the paper bag, then looked at the shikigami waiting to be dug at his feet, and the other shikigami waiting to be dug up a few meters away. He hesitated for a moment and silently squatted down.

...Anyway, it's too late to go back now, so let's just pick up all the ghosts before going back.

Moreover, thinking about it rationally, Jiang Xia discovered that it was actually no problem at all if she disappeared for a short time.

After all, the only villain in this castle is just a maid who had plastic surgery and became an old lady.

As for the protagonist, there are two top thugs, Amuro Toru and Maori Ran.

Conan also has various black technology plug-ins. As for Suzuki Sonoko, she is a healthy female high school student. She usually exercises and works out, but the fake old lady sits in a wheelchair all year round and cannot get any sunlight...

As long as it wasn't a sneak attack, the fake old lady wouldn't be able to knock down any of them, and she would be killed in return.

When Jiang Xia thought about it, his conscience suddenly relaxed - his sudden departure from the team would not only not cause harm to his teammates, but would also make them more vigilant and aware of the sneak attacks that the old lady might take. This could be said to be sacrificing himself for the benefit of the whole team. I also did a good thing today.

Jiang Xia nodded secretly, took off the knife without any burden, and continued to dig at the shikigami under his feet.