Conan’s Corpse Picker

Conan didn't think too much and nodded. Xiaolan does have this habit...

He watched the new performance and continued to chew without knowing anything.

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the other side.

Nakamura Yusuke held the guitar and took Mao Lilan into the building and came to the elevator entrance.

He looked back and saw that no one was following him. He breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that things went well. It was indeed the right thing to muster up the courage to talk to someone just now.

Nakamura Yusuke pressed the button, and the elevator quickly went up.

The two people entered the elevator one after another and pressed the button for the underground floor.

After the elevator door closes.

Belmode turned silently from the corner. She raised her head and stared at the dancing numbers on the top of the elevator. Finally I watched it stop at position B1.

…

Nakamura Yusuke and Mao Lilan quickly went down from the roof to the basement level where the lounge is.

There is a simple guard post on the first floor, which performs the duties of a security guard and keeps the keys.

Nakamura Yusuke lent the key to the lounge from the guard.

The two came to the door of the lounge.

On both sides of the door, there are some large musical instruments stacked up. The door to the lounge was locked and the lights were off. Before they came, there seemed to be no one inside.

Nakamura Yusuke opened the door with the key, but did not invite Mao Lilan in. He turned around and apologized: "Please wait here for a moment."

Mao Lilan responded obediently.

It was normal for her not to be allowed in the artists' rest room. After all, this place is not only used by Yusuke Nakamura, but also by other band members. The rooftop restaurant knows the importance of publicity when it first opens, and invited the band for several days in a row. So today and in the next few days, Nakamura Yusuke's band will come here to perform every night and will use this rest room. There may still be some personal belongings of the band members.

Not allowing outsiders to enter is to protect the privacy of the artists...

Mao Lilan thought and nodded secretly with understanding.

After watching Yusuke Nakamura enter, she paced back and forth at the door of the lounge, curiously admiring the various musical instruments in the corridor and the paintings on the wall.

Around the corner, Belmode observed this scene secretly.

Seeing that the situation seemed safe, she followed the agreement she had just made with Uzo that she would not interfere and peeped from a distance without moving.

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After a few seconds, a series of noises suddenly came from the rest room.

Mao Lilan was startled, listened carefully, and heard someone tripping and staggering in the rest room.

Immediately afterwards, Nakamura Yusuke said to himself in confusion: "What is it?"

A rustling sound.

"Ah——!!" A scream sounded in the room.

"..." Bellmode, who was eavesdropping at the corner, twitched his eyes and frowned slightly.

But then I thought about it, it was the man who screamed...

She finally held back.

Before something that could threaten Angel's life appeared, she was just a spectator who was curious about Uzo's drama, so she came to watch it up close - this behavior was within the limits of explanation. And if it is too surprising, it will trigger a deeper threat.

...You must remain calm in front of that child.

Belmod took a few deep breaths slowly, calmed down and watched silently.

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On the other side, the entrance to the lounge.

Of course Mao Lilan didn't have so many scruples.

When she heard the screams, she was startled instinctively. She always felt that Jiang Xia or Conan or someone else would rush over next to her.

... After reacting for 0.1 seconds, I remembered that there was no one around.

Mao Lilan had no choice but to muster the courage to step forward and push open the door of the lounge. She soon saw Yusuke Nakamura who made a sound. She asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

There were no lights on in the lounge.

With the light shining in the corridor, Mao Lilan saw Yusuke Nakamura sitting on the ground in the corner of the room.

Nakamura Yusuke raised his hand and pointed tremblingly at the ground in front of him.

Mao Lilan looked along his direction and saw a blanket that had fallen to the ground.

There seemed to be a person covered underneath, with a protrusion. Half of a hand was vaguely exposed from the edge of the blanket. It was pale and slender, wearing purple starlight gloves, slightly stiff... Mao Lilan quickly recognized the gloves on that hand - it was the lead singer Yukiko Watanabe who sang Wear it all the time.

"I, I thought someone accidentally brought the blanket to the ground when they left. I originally wanted to pick it up and put it away. Who knew if I opened it and took a look..."

Nakamura Yusuke's voice was trembling, and his words became confused and full of panic:

"Yukiko, she seems to be dead! Go and ask Mr. Jiangxia to come down!"

"Okay!" Mao Lilan became frightened after him - even if she had seen too many corpses, it did not mean that she would be completely immune to it. At least the moment she saw a new corpse, Mao Lilan would still instinctively feel Fear.

Especially now, the light in the lounge is dark, the body is half-covered, and coupled with the strong fear of Yusuke Nakamura...

Mao Lilan followed his instructions, turned around and ran out, as agile as a frightened rabbit.

——There are covered bodies, which means that a murder is likely to have occurred here. If there is a murder case, you need to find a detective to solve it. And Jiang Xia is undoubtedly an excellent detective... Rounding things off, Nakamura Yusuke asked her to go directly to Jiang Xia. There seemed to be no problem with the logic.

Mao Lilan really didn't think too much and just did it instinctively.

She quickly ran to the elevator, preparing to go to the rooftop restaurant on the top floor to find Jiang Xia.

…

Not long after the two came down, the elevator was not used by anyone else.

As soon as Mao Lilan pressed the button, the door opened.

She ran into the elevator.

When the metal door slowly closed, Mao Lilan remembered something. She looked through the crack in the door with slight doubts and looked at the curtain on one side of the corridor - when she ran over just now, she always felt that there seemed to be a slight shake, as if someone was hiding in it...

As she thought about it, Mao Lilan shuddered, and scary things like "the ghost of Watanabe's lead singer" came to mind.

Fortunately, the elevator door closed quickly and the elevator moved upward.

Mao Lilan looked at the steadily jumping numbers on the screen and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then I thought, maybe the curtain was shaking just because she brought up some wind when she ran...

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As the crime scene got further and further away, the fear and panic gradually faded away from Mao Lilan's heart.

She looked at her reflection in the elevator, was startled for a moment, and suddenly slapped her forehead in regret.

——What are you doing upstairs? You should call Jiang Xia directly! Otherwise, if the murderer is still nearby, wouldn't it be very dangerous for Mr. Nakamura to be left alone?

But now...

Mao Lilan looked up at the numbers and found that the elevator was halfway through.

It's better to take Jiang Xia down with you... Well, as long as you move quickly enough, it won't be a big problem.