Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia: "..." Unlike the lively three-person alliance on the other side, the introverted Ms. Curacao always seems to like to appear alone.

This leads to the fact that although her aloe vera murderous aura is stable, it rarely explodes, and there are not many tools that can scare her and make her increase production.

"It's not good to be too withdrawn." Jiang Xia is a little worried about her colleague's mental health, "I have to find a way to find her some friends."

Thinking, Jiang Xia returned to the crowd.

For the psychic, this family doesn't have much money. And Curacao, which is in a quiet state in the middle of the night, has recently tended to move closer to Vodka-no murderous intentions, and the aloe vera production has dropped sharply.

After hesitating for a moment, the famous detective who pursues efficiency did not delay any more time: if this matter is solved tonight, he can go to the hospital to visit Vodka tomorrow, which is better than staying here all the time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia said to the Ogatas who were quarreling again: "I roughly know what the figure tonight is about."

"What else could it be, it must be a thief or a ghost." Mr. Ogata sighed, "That guy must have run far away... Fortunately, I don't have anything valuable at home."

Jiang Xia shook his head: "Not only did he not run far, but he was very close - the initiator of tonight's "ghost" is among you."

"What did you say?!" The four people in the Ogata family were shocked at the same time.

Jiang Xia looked at them: "The key to solving these problems is the old music box - the gift that Mr. Qiu Wu gave to Miss Haruna last Christmas."

"Last Christmas? It was the Christmas of the year before last." Brother Ogata corrected him, "My grandfather passed away on December 6 last year - last Christmas, he turned into a box himself, how could he go to give a box to others."

Yuuki Haruna said firmly: "But I received it last Christmas, and I still have the receipt for sending it to the antique shop for inspection!"

"You little girl, you must have been confused after sleeping." Mrs. Ogata also said, "Don't talk about Christmas, since Since the spring of 2011, my father-in-law has been bedridden. It is difficult for him to even turn over, so how can he have the strength to deliver things to you. ”

Yuuki Haruna: “But…”

The two sides were deadlocked, so the fair detective joined the conversation: “Don’t argue, what you said is true. So the situation is actually very clear - after the elderly ‘Mr. Akigo’ was bedridden, another ‘Mr. Akigo’ took over the pager and became Miss Haruna’s second electronic pen pal.

“And after Mr. Akigo passed away, it was this second ‘Mr. Akigo’ who agreed to Miss Haruna’s appointment and placed the music box at her feet.”

As he said, he suddenly looked at his younger brother Ogata: “Is that so?”

Ogata’s younger brother: “!”

The others didn’t believe it at first, but when they saw his shocked look, they immediately realized that what the detective said was true.

“What’s going on?” Ogata’s parents and brother Ogata immediately surrounded him, “Such a big thing, how come we didn’t hear anything about it?! "

Ogata's younger brother sighed helplessly when he saw that he could no longer hide it: "Because grandpa asked me to keep it a secret - in fact, not long after he was hospitalized, when I visited him, he handed me the pager.

"He said that Haruna on the other side of the pager was as lonely as grandma when she was alive, and he was worried. So he asked me to continue this decompression chat as 'Mr. Akigo'."

Yuuki Haruna was stunned for several seconds, and finally sorted out the situation: "In other words... Since last spring, the person on the other side of the pager has been replaced by you?!"... How can you, a young man, speak so much like an old man!

Ogata's younger brother didn't hear her shock, and nodded honestly: "Grandpa told me a lot about you, so I can successfully connect with your chat.

"Last Christmas, I saw you asking me to meet on the pager. I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to go to the appointment and tell you the truth of the matter.

"But when we got to the meeting place, I saw your face full of anticipation, and I couldn't bear to tell you the truth that 'Mr. Qiuwu' had passed away. So in the end, I just quietly placed the music box and 'Mr. Qiuwu's pager' at your feet as a farewell."

Recalling this, I don't know what he thought of, and Ogata's old face blushed, and he hastily changed the subject.

He looked at Jiang Xia: "But how do you know that the 'Mr. Qiuwu' who met Miss Haruna is me? - I have already pretended that I don't know her at all."

Curaçao looked away with his eyes wide open: "..." He, naive, do you think your clumsy acting skills can be hidden from a certain unscrupulous director? In front of him, even some movie queens have nowhere to hide... For example, Vermouth who was a little unlucky some time ago.

By the way, with such a big Vermouth in front of him, why didn't Uzo play? If that woman could better divert Uzo's attention, she wouldn't have to be forced to work overtime next to the police like today...

Just thinking about it, a beam of eyes suddenly fell on him.

Curacao: “!”

She pushed the plain glasses on her nose and retreated away from Jiang Xia as if nothing had happened.

…

The sudden increase in aloe production was just a small episode. Next to her, the dedicated detective seemed to be still concentrating on his reasoning.

Jiang Xia looked at his puzzled brother Ogata: “Although you seem to be acting seriously, unfortunately, you have been exposed in the first scene - do you remember what you said when you greeted guests at the entrance?”

"...What?" Brother Ogata tried to recall and finally remembered his actions at that time: he was worried that his mother, who had gone to meet her first, would make things difficult for Miss Haruna, so he stepped forward to ease the atmosphere... What can this reveal? This can only show that he loves peace and treats guests in a friendly manner.

Jiang Xia waited for a few seconds, and seeing that this person had no intention of remembering, he had to say it himself: "You said at that time, 'It's rare that the legendary Miss Haruna came to visit, and as a host, of course you have to show the attitude that guests should have'-and when you said this, there were clearly three young women of similar age at the door, but you went straight to Miss Haruna."

Brother Ogata: "..." It seems to be true.

"Wait." Brother Ogata next to him suddenly realized something, and he glared at his brother, "You have been chatting privately for more than a year, and you fell in love with her because of this, right-no wonder you hit me with the guqin in the dark, you think I was not nice to her just now, so you are taking revenge for her?"

"It wasn't me who hit her!" Brother Ogata argued, "You have been talking badly since you were a child-I would have hit her a long time ago, why would I wait until today!"