Conan’s Corpse Picker

Since there are acquaintances present, it is customary to find the acquaintances first to understand the situation.

Jiang Xia looked at Professor Iwama and was about to speak, but saw that the professor seemed to have noticed something and suddenly became a little surprised. Soon, he walked straight towards Toru Amuro: "Mr. Amuro, what a coincidence, you are eating here too?"

Amuro Toru came to his senses and responded.

"Is this the kid you want to introduce to me?" Professor Iwama turned to look at Jiang Xia again, extending his hand in a friendly manner, "Hello! I am Nobuo Iwama, just call me Iwama."

Vodka: "..." At this time, you suddenly came over to say hello... Are you dedicated to your job, or do you want to emphasize your status as friends with Bourbon in order to put pressure on "employees of Boss Amuro"? Jiang Xia was more polite to you when he solved the case?

"Then you are thinking wrong." Vodka gloated in his heart, "It's hard to say who is whose employee."

Sure enough, Jiang Xia didn't seem to have received the signal from Professor Iwama. He shook hands with the old professor, and then asked without delay: "Can you tell me about the process of dining here today?"

Next to him, Ireland watched this scene and nodded secretly.

"As expected of Jiang Xia, he insists on justice unwaveringly." Ireland said with satisfaction, "It is best to use such a talent - as long as I show him Uzo's sins, he will naturally become a sharp blade in my hand to stab Uzo. ...But during this process, I must be careful not to expose myself, otherwise my plan will go wrong. "

When the cadres of the black organization were quietly distracted.

Next to him, Professor Iwama saw that Toru Amuro had no intention of speaking, so he had to lower his body and cooperate. He explained: "We are here today to celebrate Kaneda - he has just been successfully promoted to associate professor. At his age, this has already been achieved. It’s a very good achievement, but…”

He looked at the corpse on the table and turned his head away unbearably: "I just didn't expect things to turn out like this."

Jiang Xia nodded thoughtfully.

Police Department Memu was listening with his notepad in hand. While he was taking notes, he quickly identified the next person who needed to be questioned - based on his many years of police experience, in addition to the acquaintances of the deceased, the first person who discovered the body was There is often a lot of suspicion.

"Ms. Anxi." He turned to the pale front desk lady, "How did you find out that something was wrong?"

The front desk took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, still in shock: "I saw Mr. Kaneda enter this box just now, but after waiting for a while, he failed to receive the relevant order... Because the equipment in our store is somewhat different from other places, I I was worried that the guests wouldn’t be able to use it, so I wanted to come in and have a look, but who knew…”

She glanced at the body lying on the table, whined, and raised her hands to cover her eyes.

"Speaking of this." Police Officer Megure scratched his head in confusion. He turned to the two psychology teachers, "Since the deceased Mr. Kaneda came here with you, why did he go to another box alone during the dinner?"

Professor Iwama and Professor Arai looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

The lady at the front desk remembered something, and she whispered to Jiang Xia: "Yesterday, Mr. Kaneda did make a reservation for this box, but when the three guests came in just now, I asked the dead Mr. Kaneda if he had made a reservation. But he denied it - you were there at the time, so you might have had some impression."

Jiang Xia responded and agreed with her statement: "In other words, Mr. Jintian made an appointment yesterday and slipped into this box during the dinner party today, but he was unwilling to admit it in front of his colleagues. "

"It sounds so sneaky..." Although the Memu Police Department couldn't hear anything wrong, he still felt that things seemed a bit strange. After struggling for a moment, he gave up thinking, "Anyway, as long as you find the person who made an appointment with the deceased, The people who meet in this box should be able to solve the case..."

Jiang Xia nodded despite his questioning gaze.

Police Inspector Mumu straightened his back immediately. He cleared his throat and asked the front desk in a majestic voice: "Besides the deceased, who else has entered this box?"

The receptionist thought about it seriously and said firmly: "There is only Mr. deceased himself - the place was empty before he entered. But after he entered, because this gentleman was a little strange, I paid special attention to him. Until I came, No one else went into this box.”

"..." Memu Police Department was in disbelief, "One, not one?"

……how so! Normally, shouldn't three or four people have gone in, and then the wise and martial brother Jiang Xia would pick out the real culprit?

Upon seeing this, Officer Takagi quietly leaned into his boss's ear and reminded him: "Police Department, do you still remember - just now Jiang Xia said that judging from the direction in which the deceased fell, the murderer might have come in by water."

Memu Police Department: "!"

He really forgot.

Officer Takagi took the schematic diagram of the store that he asked the clerk for after listening to Jiang Xia's reasoning: "Look, there is an antique courtyard in the middle of this restaurant, with a total of 8 private rooms surrounding it. The overall shape is square, and beyond that are A whole circle of water - this man-made stream just surrounds all the boxes. As long as you walk along the waterway, you can easily reach Box 8 where the deceased was killed from any box. "

"Well, not bad." The Mumu Police Department was a little pleased. The unreliable subordinate seemed to be growing into a subordinate. He raised his head and glanced at the large number of onlookers around him, "Go and ask the customers in the store to see if there are any People pass by the waterway.”

…

Although there were a large number of onlookers in the store, fortunately there were only seven private rooms excluding the deceased, so inquiries could be conducted in batches.

Unfortunately, Officer Takagi failed to get the answer he wanted.

Person in Box 1: "The waterway food delivery in this store is very interesting, so we always paid attention to the creek outside the window. No one passed by it from beginning to end."

Box 2: "Out the window? Sorry, we didn't pay attention."

Box 3: "People in the water? It sounds really scary... No, I've only seen boats in the water."

"..."

Officer Takagi returned haggardly.

"Jiang...Police Department, I'm sorry, I couldn't ask for any information." He sighed and showed Jiang Xia the results of his inquiry, "Except for your three private rooms, there are more than four guests in each of the other private rooms. , everyone only saw the ship passing by and did not notice anyone sneaking around. "

He glanced at the man-made creeks around him: "The depth of this waterway is only half a meter, and it is crystal clear. In addition, in order to facilitate guests to get meals, the windows here are built very low, almost flush with the water surface - if someone dives by, , it will definitely be discovered immediately.”