The Corpse Collector In Conan Chapter 87: Tire Breakers
Jiang Xia was sitting in the co-pilot, and before he opened his eyes, he heard the murmuring of the ghosts. Now there are more ghosts, and it is a little noisy, but he can still tell what they are saying—nearby There is something to pick up.
Jiang Xia looked outside through the car window. At the same time, he skillfully let the shikigami fly into the trunk, skillfully formed a little white puppet, and skillfully broke the tires in the trunk.
Amuro has no idea what's going on in the trunk.
After realizing that the car had a flat tire, he was slightly startled, and pulled the car to a stop.
Amuro had been on a car ten times before, and the tire would have blown only once, but now, he usually had a errand and drove the car without speeding, and the tire blew back and forth twice...
Anshitou 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 jumped back and forth between extreme good luck and extreme bad luck.
Otherwise, the car would always break down halfway along the Jiangxia area.
Jiang Xia faced An Shitou's complicated gaze. He vaguely guessed An Shitou's thoughts in his heart, but he could only maintain innocence and doubts on his face: "?"
Amuro Toru: "...It's fine." After speaking, he opened the door and got out of the car, intending to put on the spare tire.
Jiang Xia actually felt that it was too coincidental that the tire punctured twice in a row, but after thinking about it carefully, it was very reasonable.
——Let's not talk about his luck, Conan is still sitting in the car. The two are superimposed, and it is justified without encountering some incidents.
Conan's back was frightened, he raised his head sharply, and met Jiang Xia's encouraging gaze.
Conan: "...?"
Jiang Xia withdrew her gaze from the pupils' suspicious glances, and got out of the car, followed by the other three. When other people want to change their tires, they can't sit still in the car.
After getting out of the car, Mao Lilan found that the trunk lid was open, and Jiang Xia's reliable-looking boss had been sluggish in front of the trunk for a long time.
Mao Lilan approached suspiciously. She saw a tire in the trunk with some uneven stubble on it.
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Amuro stared at the laceration in the tire, lost in thought.
The last time the tire was bitten, the trunk was open, which can be explained as some wild animal slipped in without him noticing.
This time, however, the trunk was closed tightly. But as soon as he opened the lid of the box, he saw that the tire was broken.
...If it wasn't for the few ignorant citizens beside him, Amuro might have taken out the gun at this time.
But now, he can only look slightly dark, and open the pile of debris in the trunk with his bare hands, trying to find the unknown horror creature that bit his tire, but unfortunately found nothing.
This made Amuro heave a sigh of relief, and even more confused.
When he opened the lid, he didn't see anything slipping out, why the tires...
Jiang Xia walked to Anshitou's side, looked down and asked, "Why is it broken again?"
Amuro always felt that his next sentence was "I already said that there must be mice in your car".
Amuro Toru: "...Maybe I got it wrong before. I accidentally put the broken tire on it."
He didn't actually believe he would make such a mistake.
But now, if not mistaken, it means that something supernatural has happened.
After such a comparison... as expected, I was too tired for the past two days, and I remembered something wrong. After all, he didn't sleep well all night yesterday, and it was normal for his memory to be affected...
Conan put down his phone and walked over 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 and call a tow truck."
"Indeed." Jiang Xia also put down his phone, he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time.
Amuro Toru turned his head following the direction of the two people, and saw an ancient castle towering in the forest through the layers of trees.
I don't know if it was an illusion. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the old castle was gloomy and had a strange aura.
...but there is no ghost in this world.
So it must be an illusion.
Moreover, there is no store in front of the village or in the back, no other cars pass by, and there is no signal. If you want to leave as soon as possible, you really need a landline.
Amuro took a deep breath and closed the trunk as usual: "Let's go."
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Jiang Xia looked at the old castle in front of her. The courtyard around the castle is very large, and he can't detect anything abnormal for the time being, but judging from the reactions of the other three ghosts, there are a lot of things hidden in this castle that can be picked up.
A group of people walked to the door, and through the towering iron gate, they could see a gardener in the yard pruning crops. The yard is very wide, and there are many sculptures of huge chess pieces on the lawn. A young man is squatting next to the sculptures, looking thoughtfully.
It may be that few people visit in the deep mountains and forests, and the two people in the courtyard did not notice that there were guests at the door.
At this time, a car came from outside and stopped behind Jiang Xia and others.
A middle-aged man with a mid-parted head came down from the car. The man opened the courtyard door and looked at them suspiciously: "Who are you?"
He glanced over at the others, and paused slightly when he stopped on Jiang Xia's face.
Jiang Xia has seen similar eyes many times in the past few days.
He quickly realized that the man in front of him probably recognized himself as a detective.
The previous variety show of "Perspective Detective Agency" and the follow-up live broadcast of the crime solving did seem to have some effects. Jiang Xia always felt that his popularity was much higher than before.
I don't know when I will receive the invitation letter for the serial murder case sent from afar...
The person who recognized Jiang Xia was Ma Gongman, and he was one of the owners of this castle.
After listening to the request of several people to borrow the phone, Mamiya Man welcomed them into the castle enthusiastically.
Amuro Toru breathed a sigh of relief, but he picked up the phone in the corridor and pressed the number, but found that he couldn't dial it out.
He was stunned for a moment, and the strange tooth marks on the tires appeared uncontrollably again in his heart. After a while, Amuro Toru silently looked at Mamiya Man, his eyes darkening slightly.
Mamiya was thinking of selling out.
But suddenly being stared at like this, his vest suddenly became cold, giving birth to an illusion that his life was threatened.
Mamiya couldn't care about creating a sense of mystery that the detectives liked for a while, so he speeded up his speech: "That's it! The earthquake yesterday affected the telephone line. When I came back, I asked by the way and learned that It won't be repaired until tomorrow - there is no other reason for you to come in, I just want you to have a place to rest, by the way... ahem, I want to ask you something."
It sounds more like a human word than something else.
Toru Amuro's expression changed slightly. Since the external line is broken, there is really nothing to do. You can't walk down the mountain with two weak girls and a primary school student.
He looked at Mamiya Mitsuru and asked for details.
Jiang Xia looked out the window while listening to Mamiya Mitsuru's story.
Just now, when he saw the chess sculptures in the yard outside, Jiang Xia knew exactly which case this was.
This castle has a minaret from which the view is excellent. So Mamiya's father-in-law regarded it as a "treasure~IndoMTL.com~ and set up a series of puzzles in the castle, with the answers pointing to the top of the spire.
After the death of this very playful grandfather, the treasure legend became more and more outrageous, and everyone thought it represented a lot of wealth.
Four years ago, a maid finally had a crooked mind. She burned all the people who knew Mrs. Tai to death, and changed herself into the appearance of Mrs. Tai, replacing the original old man. She planned to stay in this castle for a long time until the treasure was found.
Mamiya Man did not notice that his mother-in-law had secretly changed someone. He was also concentrating on finding treasures, and suddenly wisely thought that he could use an external force—such as the detective who sent him to the door in front of him.
When Conan heard that there was a puzzle here, he was immediately excited. Amuro Toru was also a little interested, after all, he also had a little detective spirit flowing in him.
Maurilan and Suzuki Sonoko are not very good at solving puzzles, but the courtyard here is beautifully manicured, and they quickly gathered by the window, overlooking the "chessboard lawn" that is said to contain a lot of information.
Jiang Xia looked at the backs of several people, and then looked at Xiao Bai who had just come out of the wall and tugged at the bottom of his trousers to complain, and walked gently to the next room.
According to the preliminary investigation of the ghosts, there are indeed many shikigami in this castle.
But they were stupefied and burned to death by a fire. They didn't know which murderer to pick up, so they had to pick up the scorched ashes of their corpses. There was still a little body breath there. It feels more secure to pick up.
These shikigami who died in vain were obsessed, and they had so many souls that Xiaobai couldn't get them down for a long time.
Therefore, Jiang Xia plans to enter the secret passage. The secret passage here is connected to the tower on the opposite side that was burnt down four years ago, and he intends to see the situation of the shikigami.