Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 1071 1071 [Uzo’s Revenge Mode] Please vote for me (づど)

The opening ceremony started, and as the lights were turned off, the banquet hall gradually darkened.

The guests were surrounded by darkness but remained unfazed.

They attend various banquets all year round and know the general process very well - at these banquets, the organizers often play some very commemorative projections. At such times, it is natural to turn off the lights.

…

Sure enough, not long after, the host stood on the stage.

A beam of light fell from above his head and enveloped him: "Everyone! What I want to introduce to you next is the work of today's most important guest, our national treasure painter-Mr. Kisaragi Fengshui!"

As his voice fell, a screen nearly ten meters long and seven or eight meters wide slowly landed on the side of the stage.

The projection is projected on it, switching between paintings.

Dozens of paintings flashed by slowly. All the paintings have the same theme - Mount Fuji in various colors, seasons and angles.

The host's voice was melodious: "Mr. Kisaragi loves Mount Fuji. He has spent more than 30 years focusing on depicting the majesty of Mount Fuji. This time, in order to celebrate the completion of the twin-tower skyscraper built by his student, Chairman Tokiwa, Mr. Kisaragi, As a special gift, I received a piece of his new work!”

After the painting was displayed, the projection screen went out. The guests' attention, guided by the host, returned to the stage.

"Please enjoy - "Spring Snow of Fuji"!"

The curtain slowly opened.

In the darkness, Mao Lilan looked at the huge silhouette on the stage, and whispered to two classmates in surprise: "What a big painting."

Suzuki Sonoko was also a little surprised. Kisaragi Hosui seemed to be very uninterested in commercial activities such as the "opening ceremony", but he didn't expect to be so attentive.

But then I thought: "After all, it's for students. Maybe he is more satisfied with Chairman Tokiwa as a student..."

A row of lights as bright as daylight suddenly came down, illuminating the painting accurately.

Suzuki Sonoko stared at the stage blankly, and the rest of her words suddenly got stuck in her throat.

Jiang Xia noticed something strange about her, looked away from the business card, and looked back following the gazes of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.

On the stage, in front of the huge painting, there was a slightly swaying figure hanging.

——Chairman Tokiwa, whose face was glowing just now, was strangled by the neck and hung in the center of the painting. She lowered her head and remained motionless, her hands hanging down, and she looked very peaceful.

"..."

“Ahhhhh——!!”

After a brief silence, frightened screams suddenly broke out.

Toru Amuro: "..." We agreed to blow up "fireworks", why did a murder suddenly happen... What on earth did Uzo want to do?

However, it may not be Uzo...

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia.

Seeing that Jiang Xia had already acted like an enthusiastic detective, completely forgetting about the boss of the dark organization standing aside, and quickly ran to the stage.

Not far away, Mouri Kogoro also rushed onto the stage at the same time.

…

Jiang Xia turned around and glanced at the corpse hanging in the distance. He quickly came to the console and looked down at the operating switch.

Then he stared at the various complicated buttons with unknown purposes and remained silent for a while.

A second later, he knocked on the table naturally, waking up the stunned Sawada Qianami next to him, and reminded: "Put the person down first."

"...Okay, okay!" Sawada Qianami was shocked, and then she came back to her senses. She stretched out her hand in panic to pull the joystick on the console.

…

As the easel was raised again, Chairman Tokiwa's body gradually descended from the air and landed on the ground.

Mouri Kogoro checked the pulse of his old acquaintance, rolled her eyes again, and shook his head sadly: It's hopeless.

Several other acquaintances also subconsciously ran to the stage at this time, including Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko who were a little scared.

Jiang Xia walked from the console to the center of the stage where the body was.

The two classmates noticed his approach, and like two competent bodyguards, they quickly parted ways and watched him approach the body expectantly.

"It was hung up by a wire." Toru Amuro raised his head and glanced at Jiang Xia, then lowered his head again and studied the neck of the corpse.

Mio Tokiwa wore a shiny pearl necklace around her neck. A length of steel wire extends from the necklace, wraps around the top beam, and connects to the bottom of the giant portrait. In this way, once the Chinese painting falls, Mio Tokiwa will be suddenly lifted up.

Counting the time, she might have been hanging there for several minutes.

Jiang Xia sighed calmly and showed the qualities that a "good friend of the police" should have:

"Anyway, let's call the police first."

As he was thinking of something, he turned to look at Mao Lilan who heard the sound and took out his cell phone, and added: "By the way, you don't need to dial 110, just call the Mu Mu police department - he's downstairs."

"Okay." Mao Lilan quickly called up the number of the Memu Police Department - she had saved it before.

In addition to the Megure Police Department, she also has the numbers of Officer Sato, Officer Takagi, and Officer Shiratori... It’s not that she has the habit of deliberately collecting police private mobile phone numbers. She can use them often, and she doesn’t know when she suddenly got them all. .

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While waiting for the police to go upstairs, Jiang Xia glanced across the stage.

Next to him, Toru Amuro had a heavy expression on his face.

Although I vaguely knew the reason for the boss's "heavy heart", it seemed a bit strange not to ask at this moment.

Jiang Xia then walked over and chatted in a probing tone: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Toru Amuro frowned and said, "I was just wondering whether this was an ordinary incidental murder case, or..." It was still part of Uzo's plan.

——After arriving at the venue, Toru Amuro secretly wandered around as a "waiter" and explored the surroundings.

Originally, he thought he would find nothing like he did at the Nishitama City Municipal Building a few days ago.

However, in fact, after walking around, he was shocked to find many time bombs hidden in the banquet hall.

Fortunately, at this time, there was still some time before the explosion, so Toru Amuro did not immediately start to dismantle it. He wanted to find out the purpose of the organization...or Uzo.

Now that he heard Jiang Xia's inquiry, Toru Amuro was a little hesitant, wondering whether to tell him about it.

——If Jiang Xia's brain helps, he may be able to discover many details that he failed to discover.

But on the other hand, Toru Amuro thought: Uzo seems to be never soft on those who intend to destroy his "stage" - I heard that the cadre in the organization who has the most contact with Uzo is because he blew up Uzo's On the stage, I have to start a battle of wits and courage with Wu Zuo... What if I involve Jiang Xia in this fight with Wu Zuo, and implicate the high school students who want to take the right path?

Just as he was thinking about it, Toru Amuro suddenly heard Jiang Xia say in a determined tone:

"This is indeed not a random homicide."