The Corpse Collector In Conan Chapter 88: Take another one and go

Jiang Xia entered the next room, looked at the furnishings, and walked to the wall with a clear goal.

An inconspicuous watch hangs on the wall.

Jiang Xia raised his hand and moved the pointer above. When the minute and second hands turned to a certain angle, the wall in front suddenly unscrewed, revealing a dark passage behind.

On the ground a little further in the passage, there was a pale shikigami.

Jiang Xia walked over to it, crouched down and poked it, Shikigami shrank in horror, and then pressed closer to the ground, like a firm sticker that was flattened.

At this moment, the wall at the entrance swivels shut, and the passage is plunged into darkness again.

Jiang Xia borrowed his night vision ability from his ghost. After he could see the surroundings clearly, he took out a knife, tore a piece of paper from the note, and folded a small paper bag.

There is a section of this secret passage that connects to the tower that had been on fire. After the fire that year, the charred corpses of more than a dozen people were scattered everywhere. The fake "old lady" walked through the tunnel all the year round, the soles of her shoes were stained with ash, and occasionally some charred ashes were taken elsewhere. As a result, the shikigami did not stay in one place all the time, but scattered in the passage.

Jiang Xia took the knife and the paper bag, used the knife to pass through the shikigami on the ground, scratched the bricks under it, then put the scraped dirt into the paper bag, holding the paper bag and shaking it above the shikigami's head shake.

The shikigami, who was lying flat on the ground, hesitated to raise a corner.

Jiang Xia felt that there was drama.

He retracted the knife, pinched the shikigami, and threw it into the paper bag with lightning speed, forcibly moving.

Shikigami seemed to be frightened, shivering and squirming into the depths of the paper bag, close to the ashes.

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

Jiang Xia dug up a ghost so smoothly. Although it has not been dealt with now and cannot sign a contract for the time being, it is definitely much safer to keep them in your own pockets than to leave them in the gloomy passage.

Jiang Xia put away the paper bag.

He originally planned to leave the passage first, return to the protagonist team without knowing it, and then use this existing shikigami to inquire about the obsessions of the shikigami. In this way, after solving the obsession, slip into the secret passage again, and you can pick up all the ghosts.

But before walking back to the entrance, Jiang Xia raised his head and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a shikigami just a few meters further in.

Jiang Xia paused.

...Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't take much time to scrape a little dirt.

And it's rare now that I'm so close to the wild shikigami, I can pick it up easily. Picking up ghosts now can reduce my workload of picking ghosts in the future...

Thinking so, Jiang Xia took out the knife and paper bag again, and walked towards the shikigami that was a little deeper.

Grab another one.

Grab it and leave.

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Ten minutes later.

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

Amuro looked away from the window and glanced at Conan and his notebook. Since Conan is meditating with a pen in his mouth, it looks like he is in a daze, so Toru Amuro has not found anything unusual about this child, but feels that Conan is more organized than ordinary children.

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

At this time, he suddenly realized that no one had spoken to him for a long time, which was very abnormal-according to experience, Jiang Xia should not have glanced at this time, immediately deciphered the information that Tai Lao wanted to express, and then found out the location of the treasure. what.

But now, Jiang Xia has been silent... Could it be that he is not good at solving puzzles? Or is it not a murder case this time, Jiang Xia is a little tired?

An Shitou turned around and planned to ask Jiang Xia what she thought.

Unexpectedly, he glanced at the whole room. He only saw two high school girls gathered together in front of the window next to him and whispered about the most beautiful high school girl. Jiang Xia was not in the room.

Amuro Toru: ... people?

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It may be that luck is too good. Every time Jiang Xia has dug a ghost and intends to turn back and leave the secret passage, he can always see another ghost nearby.

It doesn't take long to poach a shikigami. Jiang Xia couldn't help digging more. By the time he recovered from the joy of the harvest, it had been a long time.

Jiang Xia glanced at his watch, then estimated the time he would spend after coming in, and fell into deep thought.

...... After so long, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sneak back into the team without knowing it. Once someone finds out that they have left ~IndoMTL.com~ without permission and find a secret passage, they will probably follow curiously.

And Jiang Xia remembered that there was a corpse that had turned into a skeleton hidden in the secret passage. When the protagonist group, Ma Gongman and others saw the corpse, they would definitely be alert, and attached great importance to the secret passage and paid close attention to it. Later, the police also will arrive at...

At that time, if I imagine myself digging up ghosts like I am now, it will not be such a good and bad 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 another shikigami waiting to be dug a few meters away.

...Anyway, it's too late to go back now, so let's just wait until all the ghosts are collected before going back.

Moreover, taking a sensible measure, Jiang Xia found that there was no problem at all when he disappeared for a while.

After all, the only villain in this ancient castle is just an ordinary maid who has undergone plastic surgery to become an old lady and doesn't even have a decent weapon. On the protagonist's side, there are two top thugs, Amuro Toru and Mao Lilan.

Conan also has a variety of black technology plug-ins. And Suzuki Sonoko, anyway, is a healthy female high school student. She often exercises for fitness, but the fake old lady sits in a wheelchair all the year round and can't get sunlight...

As long as it's not a sneak attack, the fake old lady can't be put down, and she will be killed.

Jiang Xia's conscience suddenly relaxed when she thought about it - his sudden departure from the team would not only prevent the protagonists from being harmed, but instead would allow them to be more vigilant, and then realize that the old lady might take a plot. team. Did a good thing today.

Jiang Xia nodded secretly, cut down the knife without any burden, and continued to dig the ghost under his feet.

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Updated: 8:30 a.m.