Corpse collector in Conan

Two hours later, in the ceramics classroom.

Mino Muneyuki looked at his watch anxiously.

A while ago, he formulated an elaborate murder plan and planned to implement it today.

Now, the victim is here, the target of the crime is here, and there are witnesses... However, it's almost time to get off work, but he still can't find an opportunity to kill him.

In fact, when he first saw this group of "reserve witnesses", Mino Soyuki's heart sank a little, because he discovered that there seemed to be a young famous detective among these people.

However, as soon as Jiang Xia entered the door, he sat quietly next to him and began to doze off. At that time, Mino Zongzhi looked at the sleeping Jiang Xia, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this was God's will - otherwise, why would he deliberately let the detective fall asleep.

Mino Muneyuki breathed a sigh of relief and decided to continue with his plan.

Unexpectedly, just when his son-in-law came back and he was thinking about taking action against him, the young detective suddenly woke up and showed great interest in pottery. He began to ask him various questions. Wherever I get entangled, I won't leave even an inch.

Mino Zongzhi looked at Jiang Xia, who was always within his field of vision, and fell into deep thought.

He did have the idea of ​​challenging the detective, but that "challenge" meant using his own highly technical murders to challenge the detective's insight.

Instead of strangling his son-in-law openly and openly in front of a detective, challenging the detective's force level and the speed of calling the police.

Jiang Xia followed closely and couldn't get rid of him no matter what. As time passed, Meinong Zongzhi couldn't help but start to despair... Why are there such annoying apprentices in the world.

Soon, when it was time to get off work, the son-in-law left the ceramics classroom and returned to the yard of Kikuemon's house.

This means that today, Mino Zongzhi has no chance to implement the murder plan.

Mino Muneyuki sighed in frustration and had to reschedule the plan. Now, he just wanted to get rid of this group of guests - especially the too annoying detective.

However, even such a humble wish could not be realized.

——When the guests were about to leave with their handmade pottery, a middle-aged mature woman walked in from the back door and said that Kikuemon invited the guests to sit at home.

When she said this, the middle-aged woman's eyes always fell on Jiang Xia, with a little curiosity and scrutiny.

Meinong Zongzhi's eyes twitched twice, and he quickly left without seeing anything. He had already guessed Kikuemon's thoughts.

…

Everyone has some unique hobbies, and of course Kikuemon, the national treasure-level ceramic master, is the same - he is very interested in all kinds of bizarre cases, has been paying attention to relevant reports, and knows the famous detectives very well.

A while ago, Kikuemon noticed Jiang Xia, a rising star in the industry.

He read the few cases that Jiang Xia had solved many times. The more he read, the more he felt that this was really a talent. He also believed that Jiang Xia was a potential stock and would definitely solve more bizarre cases in the future.

This afternoon, Kikuemon was immediately excited when he discovered that Jiang Xia had come to their ceramics classroom, so he asked his daughter-in-law to invite someone over to chase stars up close.

To Jiang Xia's ears, this invitation was an invitation to come into the house to pick up ghosts, and he readily agreed.

Since I invited him, of course he couldn't just invite Jiang Xia, and the others also followed.

…

After arriving in the living room and viewing some exquisite works, a few people sat down at the table.

Opposite the coffee table, Kikuemon stroked his beard, and with a straight face, he gave Jiang Xia a lot of opinions in a serious manner. The theme was that he felt that he solved the case too quickly, resulting in not enough suspense and expectation.

However, Kikuemon was soon exposed by his daughter-in-law as a star-struck fan: "Dad, it is popular nowadays to encourage education - you might as well just say that you are very optimistic about him." As she said this, she took out a collection of newspaper clippings and opened it to Jiang Xia , "Look, it's full of cases you've solved."

The old man's face stiffened.

Jiang Xia took a look at it and nodded, but secretly felt that it was not as good as the one he had written.

Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan said "Wow--" and showed proud expressions, although they didn't know what they were proud of.

Toru Amuro was speechless and took a sip of tea. He felt that his vigilance was in vain - as soon as he entered the door, he noticed that Kikuemon looked at Jiang Xia in a strange way. Originally, he was still thinking whether Jiang Xia had exposed some flaws. As a result, I was targeted by this shrewd old man. Who knew it was for this reason...

…

Kikuemon is the center of this sect, and of course the guests he invites and other people in the family have to come out to see him.

There are actually not many people in the family - Kikuemon and one of his junior brothers, Mino Munou, have lost a son and a daughter.

So apart from the two old men, there were only three male apprentices in the family and Kikuemon's daughter-in-law. Among the disciples, one was the son-in-law of Mino Muneyuki.

The apprentices came to the living room, saw Jiang Xia, and couldn't wait to ask: "Which one did you choose?"

——In the afternoon, after Kikuemon decided to invite Eka over as a guest, the family made a bet: use the most precious pottery cup in the house as a tea cup for Eka, and then let the detective choose a collection in the exhibition hall as a gift. Betting on whether Jiang Xia can find the treasure is in his own hands.

"Don't worry, I haven't told him yet." Kikuemon waved his apprentice away, looked at Jiang Xia, and raised his hand to gesture in the direction of the display cabinet, "These are my collections, you can pick one from them and treat it as my A meeting gift for you."

The daughter-in-law smiled and added to the outsiders: "Every piece is a fine product with a market price of more than one million."

"!" Mao Lilan and Conan were shocked. They didn't expect someone to give such an expensive thing casually.

Suzuki Sonoko's reaction to the price was muted. Many toys worth hundreds of millions in her home were piled up in the warehouse and gathering dust.

However, this kind of souvenir still gives people a different feeling. Suzuki Sonoko leaned into Jiang Xia's ear and excitedly secretly came up with an idea: "Choose something good-looking!"

Several young potters next to him looked at Jiang Xia with a bit of a good show in their eyes - there are specialties in the art, and although Jiang Xia's detective skills are very much appreciated by Kikuemon, when it comes to appreciating pottery products, this detective will probably catch someone blind. .

They couldn't help but think about Jiang Xia's surprised expression when he was finally told that the one he was holding was No. 1 after picking it for a long time.

Just as he was thinking happily, he saw Jiang Xia lowering her head and silently staring at the cup in her hand.

Disciples: "..."

Wait, wait a minute...where are you looking? !

Jiang Xia is indeed not good at appreciating pottery, but he can "predict".

He remembered that the most expensive pottery in the whole room was a certain tea cup. And now, since the old man specially asked him to guess, according to the theory of darkness under the lamp that people like to use, the teacup is probably in his hand.

Toru Amuro quickly looked at the cup in Jiang Xia's hand.

Of course he has not read the spoilers, but as a dedicated intelligence agent, Toru Amuro collected a lot of information on Kikuemon during this mission, and this teacup was featured in relevant magazines - it was Kikuemon Emon's favorite work, with a price tag of nearly ten million, is very easy to recognize.

Jiang Xia rubbed her tea cup under the sweaty gazes of several apprentices, feeling a little confused.

He was not short of money, and he didn't like to drink tea. To be honest, although the tea cup in his hand was recognized as a high-quality product, the color was too plain and did not suit his aesthetic taste.

He actually prefers a clay pot with a unique pattern on the cabinet - it's very big and has a wide opening. It's a good seedling for potted plants. It's much more practical than the teacup in his hand that can only grow a few garlic sprouts.

Jiang Xia struggled for a long time.

Mao Lilan and the others were still looking at the display cabinet at first, but later they found that Jiang Xia and his mysterious detective agency boss were looking at the teacups, so they returned to the coffee table without knowing why and followed suit.

The Kikuemon family originally wanted to see "precious images of laymen identifying treasures intuitively," but they didn't expect that the situation would turn out like this.

The daughter-in-law in charge of the finances even lost her smile - that tea cup was a treasure worth tens of millions! Before, when she was watching Eka making pottery, she had one question after another, like a layman, it was impossible to recognize the tea cup, so she didn't stop Kikuemon when he proposed the plan, but now...