Conan’s Corpse Picker

They took out a slightly old business card that looked like it had been exposed to weather and weather, and carefully placed it on the coffee table.

"Our daughter Eri got married a few days ago and planned to go on a honeymoon trip, so we asked us to take some time to go to her house to take care of the cat. There is a feeding and watering device at home, and it only needs to be done once a few days.

"Unexpectedly, when we went over to take a look today, her suitcase was still open in the bedroom, and her luggage was not packed in at all - but she hasn't contacted us for several days. We originally thought she was addicted to traveling, but now... … Something must have happened to her!

"After discovering what was going on in the house, we called the police and wanted to ask the neighbors if they had seen anything. But when we got to the door, we suddenly found a dusty box next to the door. It was brown and black and looked like... It’s like a coffin! When you look closer, you can see there is a putrid smell inside..."

The police officers were startled, and their expressions gradually became serious.

As usual, the coffin-like box probably contains parts such as severed limbs used to intimidate... This, this is a major case!

...But what does it have to do with Jiang Xia?

They looked at the business card with slight curiosity, pricking their ears to hear what was going on.

Jiang Xia was silent for a while. These elements sound a bit familiar...

The couple paused briefly, as if suppressing their panic.

After a while, he continued: "We opened the box and found that it contained the body of a cat that had been dead for many days - the cat my daughter had raised. In addition, there was a piece of paper pinned to the lid of the box. This is the business card... this must be a threat!"

Sato Miwako: "..."

Why did she seem to have heard similar things, although from another angle... She looked at Jiang Xia silently.

Others are still struggling with the bizarre kidnapping case itself.

When they were reasoning, they inadvertently excluded Jiang Xia, who did not look like a criminal, as a kidnapper, and began to reason along the box:

"Speaking of which, didn't the kidnappers make any demands on you? For example, ask for ransom, or make some specific demands that only you can fulfill, or even go as low as, 'Don't call the police' or something like that..."

"No." The two couples, who were slightly out of touch with modern society, were silent for a moment. Based on the simple principle of "call the police when you encounter criminals," when they found out that something had happened, they went straight to the police station. If the kidnappers mentioned "Don't call the police" on the way, they might wake up a little and do it, but they wouldn't...

"This is strange." The policemen were deep in thought. Judging from the situation, the "Miss Eri" has been missing for several days. According to common sense, after such a long time, if the kidnappers had any demands, they should have contacted the family members long ago.

Also, about that “kidnapper’s business card”…

Several police officers who were watching took a closer look and discovered the problem.

This business card seemed very familiar to them. It was Jiang Xia's own business card - this young detective seemed to like his profession very much and always gave these to people everywhere. They all also had one, and they had met Jiang Xia many times. Yes, I have even saved a small stack.

The good old man Gao Mushe thought for a while and explained to the couple:

"Although it is indeed Jiang Xia's business card, it does not mean that he is the kidnapper - Jiang Xia has sent these to many people due to work reasons. It may also be that the suspect put it there to deliberately confuse the public."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xia's hesitant voice came from the side: "...I put it myself."

Takagi Wataru: "..."? ? ?

Several police officers also looked at Jiang Xia in shock, thinking about a tragic trend such as "the high school detective has seen too many dark sides of society, and his mind has been polluted and twisted."

Jiang Xia waved his hand and ruthlessly cut off their thoughts:

"But I'm not the one who kidnapped Miss Eri - a few days ago, a few children and I picked up a dead cat in a park on the outskirts of the city." And a cat ghost... But there is no need to talk to the police about this. said.

Jiang Xia glanced at his new ghost with satisfaction and continued: "The cat tag has the corresponding contact number and address. We couldn't get through the phone, so we thought the cat owner was busy, so we sent the cat back according to the address.

"Not long after that, I met the police who were handling the case at the Young Master Pavilion Hotel. Later I gradually learned that the murderer in that case was too panicked when he silenced the victim, and also silenced a passing cat - this cat was The murdered cat in that case.

"When I sent the cat back, I was worried that the owner would be frightened if she saw the dead cat and didn't know the situation, so I left a business card so that she could contact me in the future..."

Sato Miwako also remembered this incident and cleared her throat a little embarrassedly: "It was my mistake. In that case, the murderer was caught on the spot during the second attack and later confessed to the crime. Plus the physical evidence I have extracted traces of the real scene in the park, so I didn’t bother that cat anymore..."

After all, there seem to be more cases than before in the past few days. The police really didn't pay attention to these details. They have found a lot of irrefutable evidence...

The couple listened to the conversation between the detective and the police and were confused: "If that's the case...then what happened to Eri?"

"It's not clear yet." Jiang Xia was quite interested in their case. Anyway, there were still several days left for the mission, so why not do something else first, "But for now, the 'dead cat' and the 'missing painting' Miss Li', these should be two unrelated things. Now that the former has been solved, the latter can be treated as an independent incident for the time being - can you take me to your house to have a look? Maybe I can find out something about Clues about her disappearance. In addition, since you are about to go on your honeymoon, you'd better contact the new husband as soon as possible. You may gain something very useful."

The couple looked at each other for a moment and nodded worriedly. Got up and planned to take the police and detectives home.

Also, about the son-in-law…

“After we called the police, we kept contacting him on the way to the police station, but we never got in touch.

"At that time, we thought that he might have been kidnapped by Jiang Xia together with Eri..."

The old couple who were in urgent need of treatment became alert and had a new target of suspicion: "Could it be that he kidnapped our daughter?!"

"..." Sato Miwako sighed, "Let's go to the disappearance scene first."

…

Masao Eri's financial situation seems to be good, and she had a house before she got married. Now that she is married, she is gradually moving her things to her new home. She doesn't have many things at home now.

When Jiang Xia came to the hospital, she first took a look at the box with the cat corpse beside the door. When the old couple went to call the police, they only brought their business cards, not the whole box. After all, it was a corpse that represented death and bad luck. They didn't dare to carry this thing around.