Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 444

  The boy detective team was about to start taking notes.

   A man followed behind the police officer and came to the office.

   It was an elderly-looking man with a broad face, constantly looking at the gold watch on his wrist, paying special attention to the time.

   "Mr Masuo?" Officer Sato was slightly startled when he saw him, "Mrs. Zun didn't say afternoon..."

   "We did agree to come over together." Manager Masuo hurriedly said, "But today the bank has something to deal with, so I made an appointment with my wife to meet directly at the police station—she hasn't arrived yet?"

   "...Not yet." Sato Miwako was a little puzzled.

   She just wanted to say, "Didn't Mrs. Zun mean to come here at 3 pm?" - this was the time Mrs. Masuo had made an appointment with them.

   But now, listening to Mr. Masuo, it seems that he and his wife have an appointment to come together at 2 o'clock.

  Although the words of the two are somewhat contradictory, but thinking of Mrs. Masuo's dazed look before, Police Officer Sato thinks that this may be the frightened wife who has just been taken hostage and remembered it wrong. Or maybe the couple didn't have time to negotiate.

   Officer Sato was just about to remind the store manager Masuo to go to his wife and ask about the situation.

   At this time, Masuo Katsura consciously took out his mobile phone: "I asked her if she went out."

   After saying that, he turned the phone to hands-free, put it on the table, then freed up his hand, found the handkerchief, and wiped his face.

   His movements were very slow, and before he finished wiping, he was able to pass the hands-free and heard the voice of Mrs. Masuo on the other side of the phone:

   "Hello? Husband, what's the matter?"

   Manager Masuo picked up the phone, and the corner of his mouth covered by the handkerchief slowly grinned with a sinister smile, and quickly converged.

He made an excuse to let Sato and Mrs. Masuo speak a few words, and then took over the phone by himself - this way, when his wife was "assassinated to death" next time, others would be at the police station, and there would be a solid absence prove.

  …

   At two o'clock, Jiang Xia closed the door of the detective office, picked up the cat, and prepared to go to the client "Shibada Kayo".

   The address she sent was not far from here. Starting now, twist the accelerator a few more times on the way, just in time to arrive at the appointment at 2:00.

  Although I couldn't think of anything from the name "Shibada Kayo", this special connection made Jiang Xia feel that there was a surprise waiting for him.

   So it's best to do exactly what the client's wife asks - not a second earlier, not a second later, say two ten, just two ten. So as not to disturb others by some self-initiated actions...

  …

   Masuo's house.

  Sao Kayo continued to pedal her exercise bike while carefully talking to her husband.

  's vigilance towards her husband and the gradual pressurization of the exercise bike made her unaware of the increasing resistance under her feet.

  ——In the place where Kayo Moo didn't pay attention, a fishing line was pre-connected to the axle of the wheel.

The other end of the    fishing line extends behind her - behind the exercise bike, there is a bookcase, and the fishing line is connected to the top of the tall bookcase.

   As the exercise bike runs, the fishing line is drawn into the wheels, and the cabinet behind is pulled and tilted.

  In the end, the bookshelf lost its balance and slammed over Kadai on the exercise bike. A cold light flashed - a dagger was secretly placed on the top of the cabinet.

  Suoo Kayo heard the strange movement behind him and turned his head suddenly, just in time to see the scene pressing down on the bookcase shop.

   She let out a terrified scream, was stabbed deep into her back by the dagger, fell to the ground, and gradually died.

   Opposite the phone.

   Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department was startled by the sudden scream.

  Conan stared at the phone that was screaming, a flash of light appeared on his glasses, and his face gradually changed from sleepiness to seriousness.

   Sato Miwako grabbed the phone from the Masuo store manager: "Mrs Masuo? What's the matter?"

   Manager Masuo also tried his best to suppress his happiness, and shouted worriedly: "Kayo!!"

   There was no response on the other side of the phone. Mrs. Masao didn't move at all.

Everyone at the    police station looked at each other and remembered the gangster who was suspected of seeing Mrs. Masuo's face when she kidnapped Mrs. Masuo three days ago. They suspected that Masuo Masao was being targeted.

  …

   Soon, a police car drove towards Masuo's house.

   In addition to the anxious manager Masuo, there were two policemen, Sato and Takagi, and...

  A pupil with glasses who sneaked into the car while others were unprepared.

  …

   2:9:01 PM.

   Jiang Xia took out the car key and walked quickly from the nearest parking lot to the address left to him by "Shibada Kayo".

   and knocked on the door exactly at 2:10.

   After a minute, no one answered the door.

   Jiang Xia was about to go to the other side of the road and wait. At this moment, out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed a white flash passing by.

   looked down and saw a fresh shikigami fluttering out of the door.

   Suddenly found that there was a psychic in front of him, Shikigami briefly froze on the door frame, then moved to the side a little bit, leaned against the wall to bypass Jiang Xia, and continued to drift into the distance.

   Jiang Xia: "..."

All the    shikigami ran out, it seems that someone is gone.

  According to the procedures that detectives should have, try to confirm the scene, meaning to give first aid to the deceased, and then report to the police and start fast-forwarding.

   Of course, it would be best if the murderer hasn't left, just press and tap...

   The resident seems to be paying extra attention to safety, with a rare barbed wire fence on the wall. It's not good to turn directly.

   But outside the courtyard wall, there is a tree.

   Jiang Xia looked around on tiptoe, glanced at the word "Zengwei" on the house plate, thought for a moment, turned and left the main entrance, ready to go in from the side to take a look.

   If "Shibata" is replaced by "Masuo", the name "Masuo Jiadai" can make him think.

   And if it was the case in his mind, then at around 2 o'clock, Mrs. Masuo had already returned to the west.

  Amuroto's detective office has surveillance cameras, and Jiang Xia also passed a camera or two on the way. No matter how you look at it, there is no time to commit the crime. Even if he enters the house now, he will only be an enthusiastic detective who "worries that Mrs. Masuo will come to check the situation safely after he realizes the abnormality", not because such high school detectives often acted as a murderer...

  …

   Jiang Xia's figure turned to the side not long after.

   A car crunched at the door of Masao's house.

   Officer Sato and others jumped out of the car and went straight to the gate.

   Manager Masuo found the key, opened the door, and led people into the house.

   Then he raised his finger to the living room and said to the two police officers, "I'll go over there and have a look, please help me find the second floor."

Seeing that the attention of the two policemen successfully turned upstairs, Masuo Katsura dragged her cumbersome body to the place where Mrs. Masuo was, ready to help up the fallen cabinet, and then hide the top of the bookshelf for fixing the fishing line. Pushpins, disguising everything as a perfect burglary.

   (end of this chapter)