Corpse collector in Conan

When Jiang Xia received Hui Yuan Ai's email, she had already entered the studio with a group of children.

There is a scaled city model here. At first glance, it looks like a skyscraper standing in the sky, but in fact it only barely reaches Jiang Xia's shoulders.

In the middle of this group of mini-buildings is a roaring monster "Gomera" that keeps knocking over and destroying buildings.

Jiang Xia's eyes stopped on this "monster" who was slightly taller than an adult male, and he took a few more glances.

It resembles a stegosaurus that walks upright, with a dark black skin that is muddy and rough, and a row of triangular stacked bulges on its back along the spine... Ugly is a bit ugly, but given that there is a lot of murderous aura wrapped around it, in Jiang Xia's eyes, This monster can barely be called pretty.

In addition, there was another person with murderous intent in the studio, and it was quite a high-end murderous one...

Jiang Xia's eyes moved slightly and looked at the lighting assistant on the sidelines.

...The silhouette lingering with murderous aura looks delicious.

When the air conditioner blows cold air, there is also a faint smell of apples.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly against the light, he could barely distinguish the familiar short blond hair.

Jiang Xia: "..."

..."Toru Amuro" is really haunting.

…

Director Mikami is a person who loves children.

He kindly and enthusiastically introduced the staff and filming equipment here to Jiang Xia and a group of primary school students.

Just as he was talking, the filming of Gomera came to an end.

Several staff members noticed the movement here and came towards them, wanting to entertain the children.

Among them is "Toru Amuro" who works as a lighting assistant here for some reason.

Disguise is indeed a skill that is difficult to guard against, but psychics are obviously different from ordinary people in many ways - in Jiang Xia's eyes, the murderous aura on Belmod's body is more conspicuous than a searchlight in the dark, and it is easy to distinguish.

...Speaking of which, Bermod is not Toru Amuro. She has no hobby of working part-time, and she will not go to work for a film crew that is about to be disbanded for no reason.

So her presence here should have some clear purpose.

As for what exactly she is planning...

Jiang Xia looked at Conan and then at herself, feeling that she understood.

Belmode probably found out from somewhere that Jiang Xia was going to bring his children to visit the studio today, so they slipped over to play together when they had nothing to do... Except for gin, everyone in the organized group of drinks was at full level.

Belmode came regularly to send him murderous intentions, but he didn't object.

But there are always such sudden "surprises", maybe one time he will bump into Haibara Ai, or bump into Amuro Toru's subordinates, disturbing Jiang Xia's peaceful and stable channels for picking up ghosts...

Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment and felt that she had to at least give Bellmode a warning and let her be more careful and not come over to contact him so directly and blatantly every time.

Thinking this, Jiang Xia's eyes fell on Conan next to him.

——The important task of peeling off a layer of vest is left to you, come on! A special Noble Phantasm for Belmod.

…

"Toru Amuro" had just taken two steps towards Jiang Xia and Conan, when he was suddenly stopped by his colleagues and asked to adjust the equipment.

Belmode was reluctant, but now, after all, she was playing the role of a qualified migrant worker, so she could only walk back the same way with a smile.

The children had already rushed to the building model and looked around "Godzilla".

Jiang Xia took advantage of the fact that there was no one else around and asked Conan in a low voice: "Have you told anyone that we are going to visit here on the weekend?"

Conan was also wondering why Toru Amuro was here.

When Jiang Xia asked, he subconsciously recalled:

"I met Xiaolan after school last Thursday. She asked me why I didn't go to the movie with you and the kids. I told her that the movie was canceled and changed to a tour. After that, she went to buy groceries and I went to the bookstore to buy mystery novels... …”

Halfway through his words, Conan suddenly saw that Jiang Xia's face was a little more solemn than before.

He subconsciously kept his voice quiet so as not to disturb Jiang Xia's thoughts. At the same time, he was vaguely aware of the problem.

Sure enough, Jiang Xia looked at "Amuro Toru" who was busy at the other end of the studio and suddenly said softly: "There was a quiz at school that day. When I came home after the exam, I saw her going to the club for training..."

Jiang Xia didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was very obvious.

——When Conan met "Mao Lilan", the "Mao Lilan" Jiang Xia saw was still training in the club.

...Xiaolan doesn't know the clone technique, so it's impossible to appear in two places at the same time. Speaking of which, this incident suddenly gave Conan a strong sense of déjà vu.

He suddenly remembered that some time ago, when the anonymous person who could disguise himself had called him on Jiang Xia's mobile phone in Mao Lilan's voice.

Let’s think about Toru Amuro, who has become more and more strange recently... Strictly speaking, it’s hard to say which one was weirder before or now, but one thing is certain – the “Toru Amuro” I met in the teaching building last time is different from Mr. Amuro in the past. In comparison, there are many subtle differences that are unspeakable.

Although it can be explained by reasons such as "different moods" and "everyone has different personalities", there is actually a more neat and reasonable speculation.

——Maybe the Toru Amuro before and the Toru Amuro who appeared in the teaching building that night are two different people.

Could it be...

Several pieces of information were intertwined and superimposed in his mind, and Conan suddenly had some kind of conjecture.

He turned to look at Jiang Xia, wanting to confirm his guess.

Jiang Xia nodded slightly towards him as if she had read his thoughts, but there was not much surprise in her expression.

Conan was startled, but quickly figured it out on his own: That's right, Jiang Xia must know more about Toru Amuro than he, a primary school student who has only been on the bus a few times.

Coupled with that kind of keen observation that ordinary people can't match... Jiang Xia may have noticed it a long time ago, but there is still no strong evidence and it is impossible to be sure.

Thinking of this, Conan became entangled again.

Should we expose this "Toru Amuro" who may be anonymous in disguise?

In fact, based on the current evidence, it is difficult to determine whether the lighting assistant in front of him is Toru Amuro or "Toru Amuro."

There are many possibilities that need to be verified.

First of all, coincidences are everywhere: maybe Toru Amuro just happened to work here - just like when he traveled with Uncle Maori and Xiaolan, he often ran into Jiang Xia.

Speaking of Xiaolan...

Based on the information Jiang Xia just provided, it is almost certain that the "Xiaolan" I met a few days ago is an impostor.

So there is another possibility - Mr. Amuro is really an anonymous accomplice. And the anonymous person who could disguise himself pretended to be Xiaolan and got the information that Jiang Xia and the Young Detective Team would come to visit the movie theater today, and then told Toru Amuro about this information. Afterwards, Toru Amuro came here to work and met by chance...

No, this possibility needs to be put aside for a while. Because Mr. Amuro is the boss of the detective agency and Jiang Xia's nominal boss, if he wants to see Jiang Xia, he only needs to go to the agency a few more times, and there is no need to go to such a big deal.

Unless what he wants to see is the Young Detective Team, or "Jiang Xia with the Young Detective Team".

...But Conan thought for a while and really didn't understand what value the Young Detective Team could have to a mysterious organization. The three little classmates didn't look like adults who had grown smaller. The last inspection in the teaching building had already stopped. Enough, no need to do it again.

Um wait?

... In this way, as long as it can be confirmed that Toru Amuro in front of him is a fake, and Toru Amuro who took the initiative to approach Jiang Xia at school that day is also a fake, then Mr. Amuro's suspicion level will undoubtedly drop a lot; what he did before The reasoning can also overturn part of it, that is to say, the possibility that Mr. Amuro is not anonymous, but just an ordinary detective agency owner has increased significantly.

On the other hand, if the person in front of me is really Toru Amuro, then he can almost be treated as an anonymous accomplice.

Trying to figure out the camp of the people around you is obviously very interesting... well, very important.

As soon as this idea came to mind, Conan immediately felt itchy.

...Would you like to give it a try?

Among the two possibilities, he was still more inclined to see the fake "Toru Amuro" in front of him.

According to Conan's impression, the Anonymous who can disguise themselves are different from the other Anonymous - every time the other Anonymous appears, they seem to have their own tasks, and in addition to Jiang Xia, they will also save other nearby high school students.

But this disguised anonymous person is different.

Conan recalled him... no, according to experience, it was more likely to be her... and recalled the history of her appearance.

Then it was discovered that, counting the two times of "Amuro Toru" for the time being, Anonymous in disguise had a clear goal to attack Jiangxia from the first time he appeared, and seemed to be extremely interested in Jiangxia. It even gave people the impression that she was not here to do a mission at all, but came specifically to find Jiang Xia.

In addition, this anonymous person who can disguise himself does not seem to have a harmonious relationship with the other anonymous people, and he was once followed by Xiaobai.

...So looking at the bright side, Anonymous in Disguise may not know much about Tokyo, and he doesn't know that "Conan" is actually an adult who was shrunk by APTX4869.

And once in her mind, "Conan" is just a cute child, then Conan can easily get close to the disguised version of Anonymous, observe her flaws, and even pretend to be young and ignorant, reach out and pull her face, and tear apart the possible disguise. a little.

After thinking of this verification method, Conan vaguely understood the reason why Jiang Xia was alert but did not expose "Amuro Toru".

——If a mistake is made, and Mr. Amuro happens to be a person who hates being dragged in the face and is very vindictive, it will be difficult for Jiang Xia to get along in the office in the future.

Jiang Xia also likes the work of the detective agency. So if he judges that the anonymous person who disguises himself does not have any malicious intentions, he may indeed pretend that the matter does not exist...

In this case, let him, a primary school student, do this job that may offend people.

Conan pushed up his glasses, and the lenses flashed with a reflection. When Toru Amuro finished handling the tools and came to talk to them, he took the opportunity to reach out and tug on his face.

…

When Jiang Xia was secretly fighting, Conan was seriously thinking about the steps to make trouble.

Actress Sakaguchi Tomomi, who played the role of "Emela", was entertaining the children when she received a call from the delivery man - the drinks and desserts she ordered earlier had been delivered.

Although actors need to manage their figures, the Gomera series of movies that Sakaguchi has participated in for ten years is about to end, and she is not in the mood to take on roles for the time being.

In addition, I heard from the director in the morning that children would come to visit today, so Sakaguchi Tomomi simply ordered a lot of snacks that children like and planned to eat them with them.

After receiving the call that the takeaway had arrived, she temporarily left the children in the care of her colleagues while she trotted downstairs.

Soon we arrived at the lobby on the first floor.

Standing in the hall was a man wearing a delivery boy's uniform and holding a large paper bag in his hand.

Inside the paper bag were the drinks and desserts Sakaguchi Tomomi wanted. From a distance, you could feel the sweet aroma of the food inside.

"Thank you!" Sakaguchi Tomomi's eyes were glued to the fragrant paper bag.

She paid and was about to take the food upstairs, but when she turned around, she was suddenly startled and turned back suddenly, looking at the delivery man who was about to leave in shock.

Just now I was just looking at the food, but now I think about it carefully, this face, this skin color and hair color...

Looks familiar.

Isn't this the lighting assistant who was helping in their studio recently? !

——A few days ago, the lighting assistant was unfortunately involved in a car accident and injured his hand. He was unable to recover for ten and a half days. After that, the director hired the current lighting assistant to temporarily fill in for emergencies.

But now...why did the lighting assistant suddenly become a delivery person? ?

Moreover, Sakaguchi Tomomi remembered that when she came down just now, she clearly passed by the mixed-race assistant. Why, why now...

Sakaguchi Tomomi hugged the warm paper bag and shivered solidly in the hot air coming from the gate.

Then she saw with horror that the delivery boy who was about to leave seemed to be keenly aware of something.

He stopped leaving, turned around, looked at Sakaguchi Tomomi with a slightly scrutinizing look, and asked with a smile: "Do you know me?"

"..."...the voice is actually the same! ! It's haunted! ! !

Sakaguchi Tomomi closed her mouth tightly, and there was a feeling that if she opened it slightly, her frightened soul would float out of her mouth.

The receptionist a few meters away noticed the stiff atmosphere here and looked over suspiciously.

The front desk operates in shifts.

Therefore, the current receptionist has met "Toru Amuro" who helped at the Gomera Theater several times. But she was obviously not as clear as Tomomi Sakaguchi about the time when "Toru Amuro" appeared in the studio. She only thought that "Toru Amuro", a temporary worker, had resigned and started to switch to food delivery.

Toru Amuro immediately caught sight of the front desk.

He looked at Tomomi Sakaguchi, who turned pale and was speechless for a short time. He decisively turned around and walked to the front desk, and asked speculatively: "Has anyone similar to me been here recently?"

"?" The receptionist was confused, but when asked, she subconsciously revealed the information she knew, "You mean the lighting assistant who works in the studio on the top floor?"

Toru Amuro nodded thoughtfully.

Combined with Sakaguchi Tomomi's violent reaction and the words at the front desk, he had a vague suspicion.

——There might be someone who looks like him in the "rooftop studio" mentioned at the front desk.

No, judging from Sakaguchi Tomomi's level of panic, it's not just a "resemblance", maybe it's exactly the same...