Conan’s Corpse Picker

Half a bridge and a few words later, by the time he caught up, the dark figure had rushed into the relatively bustling restaurant street next door, blended into the crowd, and disappeared.

Jiang Xia stopped and glanced across the street, his eyes gradually falling on the various snack shops.

He wandered along the street for a while, not very keen on looking for someone: the mysterious man who was scared away just now didn't have murderous intent on him, and he didn't have a shikigami hanging on his leg, so it was really difficult to get interested in chasing him.

So he looked for it, and then returned to the bridge without finding anything.

…

As soon as I got closer, I saw that a lot of people had gathered on the bridge.

Those people were surrounding the place where Huo Ren jumped into the river before. When they noticed Jiang Xia approaching, someone said warily: "Who is there?!"

At the same time, several flashlight lights came over.

Jiang Xia raised her hand to block the light and walked over. I saw that the detectives and police who were at the castle tower had all moved here.

The Otaki Police Department breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was him. He seemed to have heard from several girls that "Jiang Xia chased a suspicious figure" and looked behind Jiang Xia: "That person ran away?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "He sneaked into the pedestrian street over there. There are too many people and it's hard to distinguish."

The Otaki Police Department made a sound. He looked like he was thinking, but in fact he didn't care much about it - he just heard Toyama and Ye describe the scene. It sounded like a suicide. The person Jiang Xia chased was probably just a passerby who was scared by the burning man.

…

But even if it is suicide, the body cannot be left in the river.

The police, who worked overtime, quickly fished out the people inside.

A group of people gathered around to check, and then they were startled to find that this person was actually an acquaintance.

Suzuki Sonoko blurted out: "Isn't this the 'Ning Ning' in the tour group?!"

When "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" died, she accidentally caught a glimpse of "Ning Ning"'s sinister expression. At that time, she thought that this woman who smiled so sinisterly might be the mastermind behind the scenes, or an accomplice of the murderer...

Did he die so suddenly?

Just when I was a little confused, a man walked along the bridge.

——Toyama Ginshiro seemed to have taken care of the scene over there, and rushed over with the police officers from the forensics department.

After hearing what had just happened, especially the scene on the bridge where he "lit himself on fire and jumped into the river", he obviously felt that the behavior of the dark figure who set himself on fire and jumped into the river was very contradictory. He confirmed to Jiang Xia: "Is that so?"

Jiang Xia seemed to be thinking about something. After a moment, he nodded hesitantly: "Maybe."

"Maybe?" Toyama Ginshiro felt more and more that there was something hidden.

He was about to let Jiang Xia elaborate, but at this moment, the police officer next to him briefly inspected the body and said in surprise:

"The deceased was not burned to death or drowned, but more likely to have died from a fatal injury to the back of her head - she was hit hard on the back of the head, and the wound was still fresh. It may have been that when she fell, the back of her head hit a stone pier, and then Just fell into the water."

"So this is also suicide?" Otaki Police Department nodded thoughtfully.

After ordering, he suddenly remembered that Toyama Ginshiro was standing next to him, and he quickly changed his words rigorously: "Uh, I mean, suspected suicide?"

…

As the police examined the body and the scene, the two detectives took a general look around.

Then they looked at each other and walked next to Jiang Xia.

The scene described by the three girls is very incredible - how could "Ning Ning", who was full of treasures an hour ago, suddenly commit suicide by "lighting herself on fire"? Even if it was true suicide, why would you jump into the river again after committing suicide?

Rather than accepting this inconsistent action, Conan and Hattori Heiji felt that the murderer was someone else.

Therefore, they couldn't help but think: the three girls were not very courageous, maybe they were frightened and did not see the situation clearly.

But Jiang Xia is different - this person's insight is like a microscope, and he may be able to find some very useful clues.

Just when he was about to knock out some clues, Jiang Xia saw them approaching, but came back to his senses, and naturally asked: "How was the investigation of the case of a fire and falling from a building just now? You didn't care at all. There must have been important clues found over there.”

Hattori Heiji:"……"

The clues he wanted were not found yet, but Jiang Xia was the first to ask questions.

But then I thought about it. Anyway, they had roughly solved the method of the case just now, but they had not been able to find the murderer yet. After enjoying the process of solving the puzzle, it is useless to keep the clues. It is better to use them to get new clues.

So Hattori Heiji said quite cheerfully: "We found a dry battery with scorch marks in the grass near the castle tower."

"That's right." Jiang Xia nodded.

There was no surprise on his face, it was as if he already knew the method of the case, but still needed evidence to confirm it.

Hattori Heiji looked at his expression and couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eyes: Could it be that this guy had cracked the trick just now, but he just couldn't figure out who the murderer was, so he simply gave up on the case and went to dinner with a few girls? ?

"..." Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji, who was so hungry that his stomach growled, remembered his actions just now, and couldn't help but think about life: He, why did he brave the cold wind and rain to follow He in Jiangxia? Ye and the others went to look for physical evidence while they were sitting comfortably in the restaurant eating!

If he had known that he would not be able to crack the crack before Jiang Xia, he would have set out a range and asked the Otaki Police Department to find him...

Conan saw his companion's slightly distorted expression, raised his elbow and pushed his knees, reminding Hattori Heiji not to forget the business - there is a new case now, and it seems that Jiangxia doesn't know who the murderer is yet, and they still have Opportunity for reasoning.

"What about you?" Conan stayed with Jiang Xia all year round. When faced with an answer machine that accidentally revealed spoilers, his mentality was obviously not comparable to that of Hattori Heiji who was far away in Osaka.

With the simple mentality of solving a case as a whole, he quickly threw himself into this new case: "Did you discover anything just now?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "The scene at that time was indeed the same as Yuanzi and the others said. But I don't think the deceased committed suicide. When she jumped into the river..." He paused briefly, as if looking for the right words, "There is a sense of violation. Very strong. And at that time, there was another person coming to the bridge."

"Is he the one you lost in pursuit?" Conan and Hattori Heiji also heard about the scene at that time. This new mystery made them think deeply. "Jumping from the bridge, at that angle, it is almost impossible to hit the bridge pier. , the deceased should have been dead before jumping into the river... From such a distance, how did the murderer manage to fall into the river after making the body ignite and struggle?"