Conan’s Corpse Picker

Conan: "..." Why did Jiang Xia's physique suddenly become so strong? In my impression, there weren't many murder cases around him before.

After thinking for a moment, an idea suddenly popped into Conan's mind - he remembered what older people like to say, "People who have experienced a near-death state will open the door to 'that world' and be haunted by evil spirits." ” and the like.

The hairs on his back stood up instinctively. But soon, Conan silently hit his head.

...What are you thinking about? You have to believe in science.

And even if there is really a ghost... Jiang Xia was about to die more than a year ago, but he suddenly became involved in cases a while ago, after Kudo Shinichi was tragically brought down by the black organization.

Thinking of this incident, Conan's thoughts, which had just returned to normal, couldn't help but deviate. He thought of those nonsense reports like "Kudo Shinichi died unexpectedly and the ghost possessed his classmates" when Jiang Xia had just started to become famous.

"..." So, superstition is really undesirable. Isn’t Kudo Shinichi still alive and well?

Conan lowered his head, looked at himself and looked at Jiang Xia subconsciously.

Then he was slightly startled and found that Jiang Xia looked a little strange, as if he was surprised about something.

"?" Conan was a little confused and looked around carefully again.

By this time, they had approached the tree.

Conan raised his nose and sniffed. When you get so close, there is indeed a vague smell of a corpse, but it is very light and comes and goes, a bit like an illusion.

"..." In the current weather, whether it is meat or corpses, they will not rot too quickly, and it is normal to have a slight smell. Speaking of which, where is the thing that gives off the smell?

…

Jiang Xia raised her head and looked at the tree above her head.

Hui Yuan Ai noticed his movement and followed Jiang Xia's line of sight and looked up.

There are many branches above the head, with a few scattered dead leaves hanging occasionally, but nothing resembling a "corpse". Haiyuan Ai also sniffed, but maybe because the wind was a little stronger now than before, she didn't smell anything.

While he was watching carefully, the branch suddenly swayed.

Huiyuan Ai was startled for a moment, then moved his eyes to the side, and found that Jiang Xia suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the tree trunk growing out above him when there was no one else around.

After trying to shake it, Jiang Xia found that it was still strong. With a little force, Jiang Xia turned over and stepped on the strong trunk. Then climbed a little higher again.

Soon he stopped, his eyes fell on a clump of branches, and his eyes paused for a moment.

A lighter color appeared in front of my eyes.

——There was a cat lying there.

The cat's body showed no movement and was no longer breathing. It was probably dead.

And judging from the words on the collar and the color of its fur, this seems to be a mature cat... not the "cooked" kind, but the kind that seems to have been seen somewhere before.

Just as he was thinking about it, something vaguely moved between the cat's chin and the rough tree trunk.

It passed by the corner of the eye, and Jiang Xia immediately noticed the clues.

He found the thin gloves in his pocket, put them on, and carefully lifted the cat up a little.

The translucent thing suddenly shrank sharply, swished out from the side far away from Jiang Xia, and jumped off the tree trunk.

The mermaid happened to be floating over there to watch, and when she noticed something falling, she instinctively pounced on it and carried it in her hand.

After looking at it curiously, the mermaid's eyes twitched after seeing it clearly, and she threw it aside in disgust.

Wutian Dog caught it like a pass, also carried it, and looked at it curiously.

Soon, remembering that the master of the psychic seemed to be very interested in this thing that exuded the aura of a ghost, Wutian Dog flapped its wings and flew closer to Jiang Xia.

…

Jiang Xia quickly saw this strange new ghost.

Judging from the nature of the feeling...it does look like a ghost fetus.

A normal ghost fetus is usually as big as two palms put together. Xiaobai is smaller than other ghosts.

However, this time the ghost was actually smaller than Xiao Bai, and seemed to be about the size of a coin. And judging from its appearance, it looks exactly like a cat.

Jiang Xia: "...?"

Can animals also become ghost fetuses?

...This was his first time seeing it.

The new cat ghost was very energetic. After being caught, he was stunned for a while, and then began to struggle bravely.

The dog in the fog suddenly jumped on its back and scratched it. It spun around a few times in the air in a somewhat embarrassed manner. After knocking the cat out, he picked it up again and stretched his hand far away to keep the dangerous cat away from his wings. .

After that, Wutian Gou sighed while holding the cat, and looked at Jiang Xia eagerly, hoping that Jiang Xia would pick up the cat soon.

Jiang Xia observed for a moment, and then, relying on the branches below to cover it, he stretched out his hand towards the foggy dog.

The scratching of ghosts on people is actually not very harmful. If psychics weren't very sensitive in this area, an ordinary person might not be able to feel anything at all - in the past, a mermaid was as big as a mermaid, and the bite of him would only be a little itchy at most. But now, this cat doesn't think it's a big deal. hinder.

Jiang Xia was prepared to be scratched and stretched out her hand.

However, as his hand came closer, the cat was startled, retracted its claws, and looked up at him. It was completely different from his attitude when facing the mermaid and the foggy dog ​​just now.

After a while, it seemed to smell something like "boss scent" or "meal ticket scent". It calmed down very well, and when Jiang Xia's hand came close to it, he stretched out his head and rubbed it flatteringly.

Jiang Xia: "..."

This familiar feeling of dog legs... it must be the Siamese from Mr. Masuo's house.

——In my impression, a while ago, President Masuo and his accomplices cooperated inside and outside to rob their own branch.

Mrs. Masuo, who is nearly twenty years younger than President Masuo, realized something was wrong and planned to go to the bank to identify her husband, but was silenced by President Masuo in advance - and before that, Mrs. Masuo was actually a regular customer who came to Jiangxia to find cats. . Her cat is a Siamese with a weird temper.

The Masuo family has no children. After the case, Mrs. Masuo died and President Masuo was imprisoned. No one had the conditions to raise a cat. At that time, the Siamese didn't know if he smelled the scent of a widow. When Haiyuan Ai suggested to Jiang Xia, "If you like cats, why not try to adopt cats?", he started to act cute towards Jiang Xia in a very silly way, and his expression was very similar to now.

But at that time, Jiang Xia didn't raise it. The cat then punched his leg, meowed several times angrily, and left.

Later, the cat was picked up and adopted by Governor Masao's niece... and then, for some unknown reason, he unfortunately died in this park.

"..." I thought it was quite human before. Maybe it's because its IQ is so high that it has the chance to become a ghost?

Jiang Xia stretched out her hand and wanted to touch the cat's head.

However, the cat ghost is too small. In the end, he could only regretfully poke the whole thing.