Conan’s Corpse Picker

At the same time, on the second floor of the castle.

Jiang Xia disappeared without warning.

In the room, Toru Amuro, Ran Maori, Sonoko Suzuki and Conan looked at each other, and they all fell silent.

——Not one of them can even accurately tell the time when they last saw Jiang Xia.

There are exactly two windows in this room, and a clothes hanger is placed in the middle to block the view.

Suzuki Yuanzi and Mao Lilan did not see Jiang Xia and thought Jiang Xia was with Toru Amuro.

Toru Amuro felt that with the enthusiasm Jiang Xia expressed towards his two classmates, Jiang Xia must be on the side of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.

As for Conan... As soon as he arrived at the window, he fell into deep thought as soon as he saw the huge chessboard full of puzzles. He never considered the question "Which window Jiang Xia is next to?"

Now that Conan was aware of the situation, he silently lowered his head and reflected - his observation skills were so poor that he didn't even notice that there was a living person missing next to him... It shouldn't be, this really shouldn't be the case.

…

There is no signal here, so there is no way to use the mobile phone to ask where Jiang Xia is.

"Maybe... you went to the bathroom?" Suzuki Sonoko whispered a guess.

The four of them then went to the bathroom to look around.

No one at all.

Considering that the terrain of this castle is relatively complicated, several people walked around the same floor again, but still could not find Jiang Xia.

Finally, the four of them stared at the end of the corridor and fell into silence.

This is a bit strange. Even if you get lost, you won't end up on other floors.

Conan frowned, thinking of Jiang Xia's reasoning speed, and suddenly thought: "Jiang Xia...did brother solve the puzzle and go to the place indicated by the chess piece?"

After having this idea, Conan remembered how Jiang Xia carefully answered the questions when he was dragged by Kudo Yukiko to participate in a puzzle game when he was a child. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the truth should be like this - Jiang Xia must not know whether he solved it correctly, so he I didn’t tell others, but went to verify it myself first.

Toru Amuro didn't have as much imagination material as Conan, so he was confused: "You want to say that Jiang Xia went to find the treasure by himself?"

This kind of sneaking away without saying a word can easily make people think of "snatching the treasure".

But Toru Amuro thought of all the organizational funds that were not embezzled by Jiang Xia, but were instead used to advertise stores. As well as Jiang Xia's refusal to sell Feng Shui pills, I feel that employees should not be like this.

Of course, Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan didn't think about the bad things.

Suzuki Sonoko smashed her palm with her little fist and felt that she understood: "He must be obsessed with solving puzzles and too focused. When he left, he forgot to tell us - that so-and-so, Kudo. Didn't he often suddenly think of clues? Run away?"

Mao Lilan nodded with deep understanding: "Indeed."

After such inferences, although the mental journeys of the four people were completely different, they managed to reach similar conclusions.

"This castle is very big. If you want to confirm the location of the treasure, it will indeed take a lot of time." Toru Amuro said, turning around, "Let's go back to the original room and wait. Maybe after a while, Jiang Xia will be on his own came back."

…

However, it turned out that it didn't.

Until dinner time, Jiang Xia did not show up.

However, Mamiya Mitsuru sent someone to find them - he prepared a feast for the guests and wanted to ask about the progress of solving the puzzle.

The four of them arrived at the restaurant, and Mamiya Mitsuru greeted them while rubbing their hands.

Then he was surprised to learn that the detective he had placed his greatest hopes on was missing.

…

After such a long time, Jiang Xia's teammates finally realized that things seemed to be beyond expectations.

——No matter why Jiang Xia left, she still hasn't come back so late. Maybe it's because of some accident.

Toru Amuro's face was particularly ugly.

He looked out the dark window and couldn't help but think of the weird tooth marks on his tires and the inexplicable puncture.

If the tire blowout was not an accident at all, but caused by something else, such as a monster...

Toru Amuro: "..."

What are you thinking! The world is scientific.

He quickly shook his head and shook the unreliable thoughts out of his mind.

Then he focused his attention on "finding the missing Jiang Xia".

Mamiya Mitsuru also summoned the servants at home to help search.

…

at the same time.

There is another person in the gloomy secret passage, desperately trying to find Jiang Xia.

Nishikawa Suimi, the maid who had been transformed into a fake old lady, was walking silently in the long passage carrying a wooden stick.

She usually pretends to be a demented old man, but in fact, she has always paid close attention to matters at home.

Today, as soon as several guests came, Xi Chuan Suimei noticed them immediately.

She pretended to be crazy and went over to chat with the customer for a few words.

She was immediately horrified when she discovered that there were actually two detectives among the guests.

First, she was worried that these people would covet her treasure;

Second, she had killed so many people before, so she naturally felt guilty when facing police detectives and the like.

…

Nishikawa Suimei originally planned to find excuses to drive away the guests later in the evening.

But before that, she suddenly heard that the young famous detective had disappeared.

"..." Others couldn't figure out why a living person disappeared out of thin air.

But Xichuan Suimei knew it very well.

——She knows there is a secret passage in the castle.

Moreover, after these few years of boring exploration, she knew the distribution of the secret passages very well.

In Xichuan Suimei's impression, there happened to be a secret passage entrance near where Jiang Xia and the others were observing the chessboard.

Nishikawa Suimi: "..." The detective must have discovered the secret passage and walked in.