Conan’s Corpse Picker

Miwako Sato had already reached the door of the security room and was about to rush in.

But now...

Looking at Jiang Xia in the room for a moment, Sato Miwako said: "...Aren't you a hostage?"

Jiang Xia glanced at her through the window, opened the half-open door of the security room, and let the police into the room: "It was just now, but now I have changed careers."

Officer Sato: "..."

She looked at the people on the ground and sighed: Forget it, the details are not important, as long as the kidnapper is fine.

But: "Why so many? Conan just said that there are only five robbers."

Jiang Xia raised his hand and pointed: "The last three are the security guards who were captured together before. But I'm not sure if there are any insiders among them, so I didn't untie them - the rest are the robbers who have been identified."

The next step is to identify hostages and robbers, which is the job of the police.

Jiang Xia finished her work, returned home, and started packing things for her trip to Mermaid Island.

…

after a few days.

When the date on the travel voucher arrived, Jiang Xia came to the beach and prepared to take a boat.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan also came early.

The boat from the travel agency is scheduled to leave in the evening and arrive tomorrow.

After Jiang Xia had lunch, she took a few classmates for a walk on the beach, intending to see if there was any case that could be solved.

Just as he scanned the passers-by on the beach, trying to find murderous aura in them. Behind the scenes, the travel agency's boat exploded with a "boom".

Jiang Xia: "...?"

The four people were startled and ran closer to take a look at the situation.

It turned out that it was not the entire ship that exploded, but a certain cabin. The accident only caused one death and did not cause a fire.

Judging from the accessories on the charred corpse and the testimonies of the onlookers, the deceased should be the captain.

Jiang Xia had no impression of this incident.

But when he looked up, he saw three people suddenly appeared next to him: the first mate who appeared out of nowhere, the handsome chief engineer, and a very villain-looking sailor.

Jiang Xia understood immediately and whispered to several classmates: "This is not an accident, it should be a murder."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shikigami gradually appeared on the burnt corpse. It squirmed and drifted closer, grabbing the engine's long leg.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko stared blankly at the charred corpse for a moment, then took out their mobile phones tremblingly at the same time.

Mao Lilan started to call the police. Suzuki Sonoko originally wanted to call an ambulance, but after she glanced at the body through her fingers, she fell into deep thought.

After pondering, Suzuki Sonoko silently gave up the idea and called the fire brigade instead.

…

Conan skillfully took out the earmuffs and put them on.

Next to her, Jiang Xia searched in her memory for a moment and realized that this was an incident outside of the spoilers.

So he asked a few ghosts to wander around, looking for clues. At the same time, use these few spare minutes to think about whether Conan's physique has been upgraded after the incident...

Before reaching a conclusion, the ghosts sneaked back to report: They found physical evidence of heavy objects tied to and sunk in the sea on the nearby seabed.

Once you have locked down the murderer and the physical evidence, and then talk to the murderer who has a poor psychological quality, you can almost make up the reasoning in the middle.

Done and call it a day

…

On the other side, Conan wore earmuffs and was immersed in his thoughts about solving the case.

After finally coming to a conclusion, he returned to the crime scene and saw the crying murderer being put into a police car.

Conan: "..."

He touched his earmuffs cherishingly: It's so useful, thank you Dr. Ali for the gift.

…

Because the boat exploded, the person from the travel agency looked sad and bowed and apologized to the tourists: "Everyone, the boat needs maintenance and cannot leave for the time being. We will reconfirm the departure time."

Jiang Xia sighed: If he delays for too long, he may miss the grand ceremony of the "Mermaid Festival" - experience tells him that there are often many things to gather in such lively occasions.

"..." Let's look for other ships.

While he was looking around, Suzuki Sonoko next to him suddenly looked into the distance and said "Huh?" in surprise.

…

Suzuki Sonoko saw a group of people boarding the ship.

When she looked over, someone happened to look over there.

The two sides looked at each other, and the eyes of the long-straight young lady opposite were brightened, and she waved enthusiastically: "Yuanzi!"

Suzuki Sonoko was startled and then became happy: "Sister Xia Jiang!"

Jiang Xia followed the sound and looked at the yacht that could seat many people, and her eyes lit up.

…

The group of people walked towards the Yamoto family's yacht, preparing to board the boat.

"It's really rare for the Yumoto family to travel together." Suzuki Sonoko whispered in surprise, "I remember that his family was not harmonious, and many people were eyeing the old man's inheritance. Xia Jiang also didn't like to go out with his family. , but today...is there any special day?"

She guessed correctly.

"Haha, actually I'm getting married soon."

On the deck, Natsue Tsutomoto held Suzuki Sonoko's hand, her cheeks stained with a hint of red:

“According to family tradition, our weddings from generation to generation will be held on the island.

"Also, I heard that the 'Mermaid Festival' is about to start. The two islands are not far away. I plan to wait for the wedding to end and then go to the Mermaid Festival to see if I can ask for the 'Dugong Arrow' - it is said that dugongs The arrow has divine power attached to it, and whoever gets it can stay young forever."

Next to him, an old man wearing a kimono passed by. He is the patriarch of the Yuan family.

The leader of the clan, Luo Ben, had been in the cabin just now. When he came out to breathe fresh air, he suddenly found that there were a few strangers on the boat, and he suddenly looked unhappy - when would it be the turn of some unscrupulous people to come on their private yacht? .

Xiaben Xiajiang's sister, Xiaben Qiujiang, accompanied him.

At this time, she saw something was wrong, raised her chin, pointed at Suzuki Sonoko in the air, and stopped her in a low voice: "Grandpa, that is the youngest daughter of the chairman of the Suzuki Consortium."

"..."

Patriarch Luoben's expression changed several times, and he suppressed the curse he was about to say.

However, he had just reluctantly accepted the matter of "letting strangers board the boat". At this moment, someone under the boat suddenly made a surprised voice: "Jiang Xia! Why are you here?"