Conan’s Corpse Picker

Finally, the two of them went out together.

When they arrived, Jiang Xia took off his helmet and saw a woman with a sad expression standing at the door of the detective agency.

And next to her stood a boss with a sad expression.

But when he saw Jiang Xia, Amuro Toru was no longer sad. He said "treat her well" and then left decisively.

——This detective agency is close to the Metropolitan Police Department. There are many reporters nearby, and the guest who came this time happened to be a person with his own news points.

In order not to attract attention, Amuro Toru had to pretend to be a serious detective agency boss, patiently accompanying the guest until Jiang Xia came.

And now, the detective who received the guest has arrived, and he is relieved.

Amuro Toru, whose schedule is very full, handed everything over to his nominal employee and left happily.

Beside him, Jiang Xia glanced at the tires of Amuro Toru's car, and then looked at the bus stop not far away. After hesitating for a moment, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

He pushed open the door of the detective agency: "Come in and sit down first."

The young woman was very anxious, so anxious that she couldn't sit down just now, and could only stand at the door of the detective agency and wait for Jiang Xia to arrive.

Now that he had arrived, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded politely, and followed Jiang Xia into the door and sat down.

Jiang Xia put down the commission form and planned to get ready-made juice from the refrigerator to entertain the guests. However, when he turned around, he found a pot of freshly boiled hot water on the induction cooker, and two steaming tea cups next to it.

——It was obvious that Amuro Toru didn't just stand there waiting for someone. The boss, based on the principle of being idle, went into the house and made tea first.

"Much more diligent than Hashimoto Maya." Jiang Xia nodded secretly in his heart, took the brewed black tea, and placed it in front of the guest.

The young woman quickly filled out the form, then took out a business card and handed it over: "My name is Shinname Kaori, I would like you to help me find someone."

"Shiname?" Conan looked at this uncommon surname and was a little surprised, "Sister, do you know a person named Shinname Rentaro?"

Hearing this name, Shinname Kaori smiled bitterly: "Of course. He is my father."

Conan: "???" She is actually the daughter of that great writer? ——I just saw the TV series of "Detective Samonji" series, and I saw the family of its creator in the blink of an eye. This is really a coincidence.

"If Xiaolan was here, she would definitely ask her for an autograph." Thinking of this, Conan decided to help collect stamps.

He looked up and asked, "Sister Niina, after the commission is completed, can you ask your father to sign it?"

"Of course." Niina Kaori said helplessly, "Then again, only after the commission is completed can we get his signature - in fact, he disappeared two months ago."

"Missing?" Conan was stunned, "But didn't your father start serializing the Detective Samonji series in "Bungei Jidai" two months ago? I've read those contents... Well, I mean, brother Jiang Xia told me about the serialized novels. Such a wonderful plot must have been written by Mr. Niina himself."

Niina Kaori has heard such remarks countless times. She couldn't control her emotions for a moment and said excitedly, "But what I said is Really! My father and mother disappeared from home at the same time - just one week before the serialization of "Detective Samonji" resumed! "

Realizing that she was speaking too loudly, she took a deep breath, wiped her tears, and said calmly: "That day my parents left a note saying 'We are going out to relax' and then left home... I thought they were just going to take a walk nearby, but who knew that since then, they never came back.

"I asked all my relatives and friends, and they all said that they had never seen my parents... At first, some people were worried with me, but after a week, "Detective Samonji" resumed serialization, and those relatives and friends were relieved, saying that he must have hidden somewhere to write novels, so I don't need to worry too much."

As Shinname Kaori spoke, she wanted to cry again. She tried her best to hold back, clenched her palms and continued: "I went to the editorial office to inquire, and they said that my father would send the manuscripts by fax every week. Every Saturday, it would be sent on time at midnight."

Jiang Xia said casually: "Fax documents usually have phone numbers and senders. Didn't the editorial department receive it? ”

Hori Shinaka nodded: "The sender set up anonymous transmission. There is no information on the file except the manuscript itself. In addition, my parents have not contacted me for two months... This kind of thing has never happened before. They must have had an accident.

"I went to the police, but because I have never received a blackmail letter, and the manuscripts are sent on time every week, the police said that they can't file a case. Other detective agencies don't accept my commissions... I can only come here, please believe me, my parents are really missing!"

Jiang Xia held his chin, a little regretful that he didn't keep Toru Amuro to solve this commission. But he stood up and said, "Since your father contacts the editorial department every week..."

Hori Shinaka listened to this familiar opening, clenched her hands, and slowly lowered her head.

Then she heard the detective say, "Then go to the editorial department first."

"?!" Hori Shinaka stood up, "Okay!"

She turned her head away and quietly wiped away a tear: Finally... Finally found a reliable detective who is willing to believe her!

...

The editorial office was some distance away from here. Jiang Xia originally wanted to drive his motorcycle all the way there, but there were not enough helmets, and Conan firmly refused to squeeze between the two of them.

So he had to leave the motorcycle nearby, took a taxi, and rushed there.

On the way, Shinname Kaori's head nodded, and soon she fell asleep against the car window: she had been anxiously looking for her parents for so long, and now she finally found her friends. She relaxed her mind and now felt sleepy all over.

Conan glanced at her, took the opportunity to pull Jiang Xia, and whispered: "Why did your boss insist on letting you take this commission? He doesn't look like such an enthusiastic person."

Jiang Xia: "..." Why else, of course it's because he didn't want to take it and it was difficult to refuse, so he picked up an innocent employee to take the blame.

But there's no need to say this to the fake elementary school student. Jiang Xia perfunctorily said: "The boss is actually a good person."

Conan: "......?" Are you sure?

He really wanted to break down and count the doubts about Amuro Toru, but today's taxi driver happened to be wearing black clothes.

Conan looked at the innocent driver with fear, hesitated for a moment, and finally felt that this was not the place to talk, so he swallowed his words back.