Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 427 Steps to take off the Uzo vest

The wheels of the Big Dipper train could not be inflated, but the trip was delayed for another reason. This is similar to the previous vehicles with flat tires... Toru Amuro's thinking unconsciously shifted a little in certain directions. , but quickly got back on track and continued to look back.

   The second spider mansion incident, Jiang Xia and the impolite Osaka high school detective were present. When two high school detectives got together, it's no wonder that something happened... boom.

   Toru Amuro tapped his forehead with his fingers, stopping this judgment based purely on experience and intuition.

  ... Compared with the high school detective, what is more noteworthy in this incident is the list of lost puppets and clients. According to the reasoning given by Hattori Heiji, the slain Takeda Patriarch may be engaged in drug trafficking.

  ...So, the murderer in the first case also said that the store manager he killed was secretly selling drugs.

   And Jiang Xia did not solve the case in the incident at the Spider Mansion, but just left the Takeda house...

   Combining these elements, Amuro Toru vaguely felt that this case in the Spider Mansion might have something to do with the organization. I just don't know what role Jiang Xia played in it. Did you participate in the mission; or did you find a clue, or was warned, so you actively avoided the conflict like when you were on Moon Shadow Island?

   Looking further down, the third case—the Star Murder case that happened almost at the same time as the spider mansion case—makes Toru Amuro's expression a little calmer.

   This time, the deceased and the murderer have nothing to do with drugs, and are no longer related like the previous two incidents.

   And the fuse of this murder was a murder that happened a year ago. Regardless of the time or the nature of the case, it has little to do with the organization, and should be just an ordinary murder case.

   In addition, there is one more thing that people are concerned about - apart from Jiang Xia, the witnesses in this case include Jiang Xia's neighbors and several children... Why does Jiang Xia always meet acquaintances when he goes out?

   In this way, when I was on a business trip, it seemed that I ran into Jiang Xia a lot, and usually met Jiang Xia's classmates or neighbors together before and after that. There are so many coincidences around Jiang Xia, and his luck is indeed a bit strange...

   Amuro Toru continued to look down while thinking.

  The fourth case was the electrocution murder case that occurred on the Haiyuan.

   Amuro looked very carefully.

  Because of Jiangxia's previous narration, this "Haiyuan" seems to be highly valued by Uzuo, and even gin and vodka were arranged to board the boat. There may be some important secrets hidden on it.

   But after reading it several times, this case also has nothing to do with drug trafficking. The boat seems to be just an ordinary boat.

   The only thing that is more suspicious is that the deceased President Yamazaki in the case is not very clean, but this level of wealth and crime is not enough for the organization to regard him as the target of the mission.

  Amuro looked through the ready-made information obtained from the police, and became more and more puzzled about the arrangement of Uzo and Gin. He couldn't figure out what the ship had for plotting. Is this actually part of another larger plan?

   After the limelight has passed, I have to ask my subordinates to check it carefully. Now I can only stare at a distance, so as not to expose myself...

   Amuro thoughtfully went through the several points of the dossier, and then his eyes fell on the last document.

   - The explosion at the Moon Shadow Island Community Center.

   Jiang Xia was also present in this incident. But very marginal.

   Before and after the explosion, Jiang Xia had an alibi for a long time—from the time the ship docked, Jiang Xia had been surrounded by police and reporters. When the explosion happened, Jiang Xia was even at the gate of the police station. The back is indeed the same as what he just said: he went to the island with the police, and then left in a low-key manner.

After    was all over, Amuro had a general idea in his heart.

   - He still prefers Jiangxia not Wuzuo.

  When you are in a dream, it is difficult to think rationally, and you just connect a few points simply and rudely, so you dream that Wu Zuo is Jiang Xia.

   Now after waking up, after a little scrutiny, you will know that the conclusion of "Jiangxia = Wuzuo" lacks sufficient support.

   Uzo's level of secrecy and Gin's attitude have already explained his position in the organization. And this point is completely incompatible with Jiang Xia's identity.

  ——Toru Amuro has a general idea of ​​the cadres in Tokyo who can get in on the mission with Gin.

   Therefore, in his opinion, Uzo, the "new face" he has never heard of, is unlikely to be a member who used to frequent Tokyo. And it is more likely to be a resident cadre from Tottori, or airborne to Tokyo from other places.

   Jiang Xia has lived in Tokyo since he was a child.

   In addition, there is another possibility - Uzo is not a foreigner, but was discovered locally in Tokyo, and was quickly promoted because of his outstanding ability.

  ... But no matter how "fast", one or two years should be used for precipitation and investigation, and in that case, Uzo should have already emerged as a peripheral member.

On the other hand, a few months ago, Jiang Xia was a cannon fodder who was implicated by the Miyano sisters and was almost disposed of by Jinjiu. If Jiang Xia was really Wuzuo, he should have already had a code name at that point in time. , Gin couldn't possibly have wanted to kill an official member so rashly at the time.

  …Unless Jiang Xia is some genius who is very suitable for the organization, has shown his own ability to the organization, has been recognized, and continues to serve the organization.

   But in fact, according to Amuro Toru's observation, Jiang Xia is at home, office, crime scene, and N point and one line on the road in the middle of the night every day. Occasional business trips are mostly invited by classmates, neighbors, or some kind of lottery ticket... In short, he has no time to do organizational tasks, and there is no sign of doing tasks.

Also, regarding the vodka's response and the question of "the organization's means of restraining Uzo"... Amuro thinks, as he thought before - according to the organization's usual prudence, if you want to restrain a member of Uzo's level, Organizations are bound to adopt a more long-term, stable and effective approach.

   Instead of using a necklace that may fail at any time due to distance, signal blocking, etc.

also……

   Amuro Toru flipped through the emails again, and his eyes stopped on two of the cases.

  ——The Star Murder Case,

   And a day later, the electrocution on the cruise ship.

  In the previous case, when the reporter was interviewing, Jiang Xia was still wearing normal clothes, with his neck exposed and nothing on it.

However, in the interview after the electric shock incident on the ship, Jiang Xia had a cute furry scarf around his neck. Although the scarf was carefully arranged by him, the shape of the scarf was barely harmonious, but the overall pattern and style of the scarf did not match the clothes. It should be borrowed from someone temporarily to cover up the "necklace".

In this way, the "necklace" and "the way the organization restricts Uzo" are even less likely to be equated - even if the "necklace" is a very stable black technology, its restrictions should start from the very beginning of the task. progress, rather than rushing into this patch halfway through.

   As for the excessive overlap between Jiangxia and Jinjiu's itinerary... Certain elements on Moon Shadow Island attract organizations and detectives. As long as the destination is the same and the conflict erupted at the same time, then Jiangxia and Jinjiu also set off from Tokyo, and it is normal for their trajectories to overlap.

   In addition, Amuro can't imagine that if Jiang Xia is Wu Zuo, why would Wu Zuo, a cadre, go to work in his office incognito.

Moreover, as a "loyal" member of the organization, Uzzo doesn't need to do everything possible to hide his identity from "Bourbon"... Unless the organization has doubts about Bourbon and sent Uzo over to obtain some practical evidence .

  Thinking of this, Amuro thought for a while.

  Although this possibility is very small, if it is true...the loss will undoubtedly be very heavy.

  ...Although he thinks that Wu Zuo is not Jiangxia, it is necessary to verify it again to be on the safe side.

   (end of this chapter)