Conan’s Corpse Picker

"Huh?...Oh, thank you very much."

The secretary reached out to take the business card in surprise, and her eyes fell on the place where Jiang Xia's signature was. She subconsciously ignored the meaning of the "business card" itself and defaulted this thing to a "signature board". She admired it for a moment and happily put it in her pocket. .

Jiang Xia waited for a while, but before the person opposite handed over her business card, she couldn't help but look at her twice and issued a silent urging: "...?"

The secretary really wasn't here to ask for an autograph. She obviously misunderstood the purpose of Jiang Xia's urging: "Well, I'll make a long story short, the thing is actually like this -"

She put away the unexpected gift from Jiang Xia, looked around cautiously, then approached the detective and whispered:

"The banquet performance is about to start, but my boss has not gone out. I went to his lounge and knocked on the door, but no one responded, so I want to invite you to come and have a look."

Conan stretched out his ears to eavesdrop: "..." That's it?

...Who would go out of their way to find a detective just because the boss didn't open the door?

Jiang Xia glanced at Conan's complicated expression and showed a similar expression. He looked at the secretary opposite: "Is it possible that he left temporarily or was on the phone and didn't hear you?"

The secretary shook his head: "The boss's lounge is a suite with a bathroom inside. According to his habit, if he hears a knock on the door, even if he doesn't want to make a sound, he will definitely respond in the email, but he didn't.

"I knocked on the door for a while, and I remembered that there were similar things in the documentary reports of many cases-some people suddenly had no response to the door, and then they opened the door and went in, and saw that someone had been in trouble, etc. …

"Actually, I tried to call the police just now, but the police refused to come. I was wondering what to do, and I saw you unexpectedly - the detective must be very good at handling these things!"

Conan: "..."

The way he looked at his secretary suddenly became more complicated: Has this guy read too many detective novels? He looks mature and steady on the outside, but he doesn’t expect that on the inside...

Jiang Xia looked at the secretary, then at Conan, and was silent for a moment:

This secretary who came from nowhere sees things quite clearly, which is very different from some high school students who have become younger... Maybe detectives are so blindly optimistic before encountering a case?

It's right to think about it. Based on the frequency with which high school detectives encounter cases, if there is the slightest sign of trouble, they will immediately be on guard. Then they may each have to see a psychiatrist regularly.

…

However, perhaps this matter should be taken care of at the moment.

Jiang Xia faced the secretary's expectant gaze, sighed, and said, "Although I think you are making trouble unreasonably, since you insist, I will go with you to take a look." "Where is your boss's rest room? "

"Please go this way!" The secretary's eyes lit up and he bowed to lead the way.

Conan and Suzuki Sonoko also sighed, having a new understanding of how easy Jiang Xia was to talk.

But idleness is idleness, and they haven't found the threat person yet anyway. Then follow the secretary to the employee area, and maybe they can find something else.

The two people quickly followed Jiang Xia and the secretary and entered the employee passage next to them.

…

at the same time.

Ten meters away, in the direction of the elevator.

Toru Amuro walked out of the aisle carrying a tray.

Just now, after separating from Jiang Xia and the others.

Toru Amuro went all the way to the floor where the cooking classroom was located, trying to find out what was going on with Subaru Okiya and get a feel for this suspicious person.

The door of the classroom is very well soundproofed, and I couldn't hear much movement through the door. I could only vaguely hear a sharp female voice, which kept cursing.

After listening to it for a long time, the voice gradually became familiar. Toru Amuro relied on his strong memory to slowly find the source of the familiarity in his mind - it was the voice of Michi Uemori, the French cuisine master.

Yoshitomo Uemori has appeared on food-related variety shows before, and when Toru Amuro was working in an izakaya, the owner of the izakaya seemed to be a fan of Yoshitomo Uemori, and her scenes were often played on the small TV in the corner.

Toru Amuro: "..." Since Mr. Kamimori is still in the mood to curse, nothing major has happened yet.

Originally, Toru Amuro wanted to wait until Mori Michi felt better, so he pretended to be in the wrong place, opened the door and went in to see the situation, and exchange a few words with him.

However, after waiting for a long time, the curses continued.

"..."

After more than ten minutes, Amuro Toru's forehead twitched and he finally decided not to waste any more time.

He held the doorknob and quietly opened the door. His eyes swept across the cooking classroom and immediately focused on Okiya Subaru.

I saw Okiya Subaru and other students who were serious about cooking, acting in completely different ways.

——Everyone else was paying attention to the ingredients on the table, or pricking their ears, trying to hear some useful knowledge from Teacher Uemori's scolding.

But Subaru Okiya's attention was obviously not on things related to "cooking". Instead, he was staring at a handful of iron picks on the small table next to him, thoughtfully.

In addition, Subaru Okiya obviously has a vigilance that ordinary people don't have.

——As soon as Toru Amuro silently pushed the door open a crack, Subaru Okiya suddenly raised his eyes and looked over. His level of vigilance was completely different from that of an ordinary "graduate student who came to learn cooking during his break."

Without waiting for any further observation, Mr. Uemori had already followed Subaru Okiya's gaze and discovered Toru Amuro, who was secretly observing.

The corridor was a little dark, and she didn't see Toru Amuro's face, but she could clearly see the waiter's clothes. So he walked over and slammed the door, and cursed: "Go back to where you belong!"

Toru Amuro looked at the closed door in front of him: "..."

...In my impression, when I was eavesdropping just now, Okiya Subaru seemed to have been scolded a lot.

If this person is really "Uzo", then he has a really good temper.

However, Toru Amuro thought about it: sometimes, some people are always more tolerant to people who are about to die. Although there is no evidence, Toru Amuro always feels that Michi Uemori's situation at this time may not be very good.

…

Toru Amuro had the intention to stop him, but soon, his reason told him that even if he ran over to remind Michi Kamimori to "be more careful", she probably wouldn't listen. Instead, she would become even more irritable, and it would be easy for some people to take advantage of her. .

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro sighed secretly, and decided not to talk about it, but to try to find out what Subaru Okiya wanted to do from his actions, and then stop him in a targeted manner.

——Although in front of this person suspected of being "Usa", Toru Amuro must be a ruthless organizational cadre who treats ordinary citizens as dust. But fortunately, Uzo had previously provoked him with that "invitation letter".

Now, even if Toru Amuro saves people, it can be interpreted as "deliberately causing trouble for Usa" - in the organization, "Bourbon" has never been a good-tempered person.