Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia continued: "The murderer put the rope over a thick branch at a high place in advance, and tied a stone slightly heavier than the deceased at the top of the slope behind the tree. After the rope successfully wrapped around the deceased's neck, he only had to pry open the top of the window Then let go of the fixed point, the deceased will be dragged out with the rope around his neck, and while fighting against the stones, he will be dragged to the tree, and finally hung on the tree. After that, the murderer only needs to take away the excess rope, Just cover the top of the slope with grass and soil to disguise a 'suicide' scene."

Maya Hashimoto suddenly realized: No wonder Jiang Xia paid attention to the slope at that time. It turned out that it was a clue to the murder. And according to the detective's keenness for clues, even if there was no accident like "the sudden death of Inozuka Taro", Kurosawa and Mana's little murder trick would have been impossible to succeed.

After thinking about it, he looked down and saw that this unlucky organization colleague looked disheveled. Maya Hashimoto was silent for a moment, took the napkin, pinched two rolls, and silently blocked his ears: It's better not to listen, just concentrate on surviving.

Although there was one less audience, Jiang Xia's progress in solving the case was not affected.

"And because the Phantom jumped into the sea and died last night, everyone will inevitably relax their vigilance. So early this morning, the murderer stole the crossbow used for decoration on the wall and hid it on the cabinet with a timer device to fix it. , aiming the arrow tip at a specific location. Then he transformed into an enthusiastic makeshift cook, guiding his target to sit in the position where he would be shot."

At the mention of the enthusiastic temporary cook this morning, everyone turned their heads and looked at Kariya Yuuto, who had always been silent.

Maybe it was because the series of reasoning went too fast, and everything that needed to be said was said, and Kariya Yuto didn't know what to say for a moment.

In the end, he had no choice but to sneer, take out a knife from nowhere, hold it in his hand, and look at Toda Kiwako.

However, under the vigilant gaze of everyone, Kariya Yuuto did not immediately pounce on her and stab her a few times. Instead, he was concentrating on recalling something: "My parents were busy with their own affairs since I was a child, and they were too lazy to care about me. During my middle school years, I used to be a five poisonous person. A well-rounded little gangster who smokes, drives cars, gets into gang fights, and does everything...huh? What do you think that detective is doing?"

In the middle of Kariya Yuuto's recollection, he suddenly noticed that the gazes of several guys from Teidan High School were looking at something strange. He suddenly became alert and was forced to stop recalling and looked over.

"..." Jiang Xia kept a pure smile, "We just suddenly thought of a friend whose experience is somewhat similar to yours. It's nothing, let's continue."

Kariya Yuuto still felt that something was strange.

But the atmosphere had reached this point, and it was difficult to stop. After hesitating for a moment, he finally continued: "But then there was a fight, and I almost beat one of the other party's people to death. Looking at the dying face full of blood, For the first time, I felt scared. So I stopped and decided to study hard and stay away from these messy things.

"But it's not that simple to wash my hands of me in a golden basin. Not only the people who had issues with me in the past, but also my former companions turned against me because of this. During that time, they came to cause trouble every day, and I was always beaten black and blue."

Conan sympathized and touched his chin thoughtfully: "..." No wonder Jiang Xia found a part-time job as a cat hunter for his group of boys before he took the right path. Every day, he could see those guys chasing him around. Cats chasing dogs, busy running around.

It seems that if you want to wash your hands in a golden basin, you have to find things to kill time for the people around you in advance, so that they are so tired that they have no energy to pursue anything else... huh? Speaking of which, has Jiang Xia really washed his hands in a golden basin?

Kudo, a classmate who had never been a bad guy, thought of the racing figure that could still be caught at night, and the cigarette case Jiang Xia always carried, feeling that he had touched a completely unknown territory, and fell into deep thought for a moment.

Next to him, Yuuto Kariya didn’t notice the children’s complicated eyes. He was still immersed in his sweet and sour memories: “Just when I was about to give up, Fuyuko appeared. Next to the river beach at sunset, she suddenly She sat behind me and said that she had been paying attention to me for a long time and asked me not to worry alone anymore, she would be my companion."

"We got to know each other like that. Although we didn't have many interactions on the surface, we relied on each other in our hearts. After a few months, the group of people who harassed me finally gradually forgot about my existence. I shaved off those I changed my hair that blocks my eyes, changed the words I use to describe gangsters, started to wear normal hairstyles, wear normal clothes, and do things that normal students would do... Before I knew it, many people confessed their love to me, but the heroine in my heart was always the only one. one."

"But... those women actually dared to do that to her!" Yuuto Kariya's tone suddenly turned gloomy: "Fuyuko was depressed in the hospital for a long time, and finally decided to forgive them, but they were completely ungrateful!

"When they came to the hospital to visit Dongzi that day, they burst into tears and seemed to be sincerely repenting.

"But after they left, while I was helping Dongzi to recuperate and move around in the hospital, I heard two people chatting happily together in the corridor, saying something..."

——I can’t believe that Tsukishima-san actually promised not to report us.

——Fortunately, she has the kind of character that likes to swallow her anger, otherwise we would be in trouble this time.

——It’s really a big profit. Did you see her face just now? That face is so scary. I definitely can’t play Christine again. Then the heroine will be mine. When sulfuric acid was accidentally sprinkled on her face before, I was shocked. I didn't expect... She was so lucky. Is this the legendary blessing that was a blessing in disguise?

"The day after that, Dongzi jumped off the building."

Kariya Yuto clenched his fists: "'Sadness, pain, burned by the raging fire of hell'... What she said before jumping off the building made me determined to avenge her. I first sent an anonymous letter, ordering those women to withdraw from the play. During the performance, they were not allowed to get involved in Dongzi's role. Unexpectedly, they had a guilty conscience and actually quit the company directly.

"After that, they gradually stopped interacting with each other, and two of them graduated soon. I could never find a chance to deal with them all at once, so I had to forcefully calm down, day after day.

"Originally, I thought I would be able to endure it for a long time, but who would have thought that not long ago, I actually received a confession letter from one of them! Eimi Koda, she actually dared to treat me as her 'Romeo' without permission!"

Suzuki Sonoko thought of this incident and couldn't help but said: "So you pretended to agree to her, then let her go, and bet with others how long she will wait for you as revenge?"

"Revenge?" Kariya Yuto laughed, "I did intend to take revenge on her, but not in this childish way. I should have killed her that night, but..."

He suddenly turned his head and his eyes fell on Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia: "...?"