Chapter 264: Catching a Lucky Detective as a Puzzle Solver

Conan was stared at by him and gradually fell silent. He began to feel a little guilty. Could it be that this excuse was too perfunctory?

Toru Amuro looked at Conan for a while, then silently looked away.

…He seemed to have found the cause of the flat tire.

But soon, Toru Amuro felt that this was not rigorous enough - the last time they passed by the temple where the foggy Tengu appeared, Conan was clearly not in his car, and only Jiang Xia was present.

On the way back, Conan was indeed there.

…No, why should he think about such a thing seriously? Amuro Toru quickly interrupted his thoughts.

We must believe in science. The world is materialistic. How can there be such a strange physique that "cause tires to burst wherever you go"? It's nonsense.

While correcting his worldview, he got out of the car and planned to change the spare tire.

Walking around to the back of the car and opening the trunk, Toru Amuro paused slightly.

...The spare tire is broken.

Familiar position, familiar teeth marks.

Toru Amuro stared at the gap quietly, thinking he would be surprised.

But in fact, when he saw the brand new broken tire, he actually had a feeling of "as expected". He even thought: the hole was neater than before, and the teeth of the unknown creature that gnawed his tire seemed to be sharper than before...

At this time, Toru Amuro couldn't help but start to miss his metal tire box.

Last time, on the way back with Jiang Xia and the others, Toru Amuro decided to customize a box to protect the spare tire, but later he was delayed by something and forgot about it.

Tsk, this time I have to put it on the agenda. After it's done, I don't have to carry it with me every day - when I think I'll meet Jiang Xia and his friends one day, I can just put the metal box in the car.

Conan saw Toru Amuro standing in front of the trunk for a long time without moving, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xia also got out of the car and walked around to the trunk. He looked inside and was stunned for a moment: "Why did it become like this again? Your car..."

"There are no mice." Amuro Toru answered without any expression, "There are no squirrels, wild cats, woodpeckers or anything like that either."

"Hmm..." You are so skilled.

After he went back last time, Amuro had someone carefully check the car, and even took it apart to look, but no animals were found, and there were no signs of animal activity.

...What on earth is biting his uterus?

But things have come to this point, and Amuro Toru has no other choice but to find someone to tow the truck.

He took out his cell phone and tried to dial.

But when I turned on the screen, well, no signal.

Conan had already jumped out of the car and began to look around.

At this time, he pointed to the villa a few dozen meters away that Jiang Xia had been secretly watching for a long time: "It seems that someone lives there. Let's go and borrow their landline."

Toru Amuro couldn't help but look at him again. He felt that the lines sounded very familiar. He had heard them several times before, and nothing good happened every time he heard them.

Jiang Xia sighed and agreed with Amuro Toru: "This is the only way."

…

The villa in the woods looks quite old, but there is not much dust on the surface, and the bushes and grass at the door are also neatly arranged, as if it has been renovated recently. This is probably not an abandoned villa, but one that is inhabited by people.

The decoration of the villa is somewhat special. There are three steps at the door and handrails are installed along the steps.

At the end of the right handrail, there is a palm-sized tiger sculpture, but the left side is empty with nothing on it, and there are several holes drilled on the edge.

Haibara Ai is about the same height as those holes.

When a group of people went to knock on the door, she passed by the handrail, then stepped back, looked left and right at the small hole on the handrail, and raised her hand to tidy up her hair.

When she looked up and found Jiang Xia looking at her, Huiyuan Ai froze, cleared her throat uncomfortably, and explained in a low voice: "There's a mirror in here." She couldn't help but take a look...

Jiang Xia looked at the tiger on the handrail, then at the lion's head ring on the gate, and his memory was triggered. No wonder there was a murderous aura in the house. He remembered what happened.

Toru Amuro had also reached the door. He held the animal-faced ring and knocked on it a few times in an unskilled manner, obviously not used to this rare decoration style.

There were some trivial and hurried noises coming from the room, and there was someone inside.

After that, another minute or two passed before someone finally came to open the door.

The owner of the house was a fat man with a goatee.

He opened the door a crack, revealing only his head. He frowned and was very alert. He had no intention of inviting anyone in. He just wanted to send them away as quickly as possible.

Just as he was about to speak, Goat Beard saw Jiang Xia.

He suddenly stopped talking about chasing the man away, and his expression changed a lot in an instant - there was fear, murderous intent, and he was also jealous of Jiang Xia's ability to solve the mystery and solve the case.

Because the expressions were too complex, these emotions could not be interpreted at a glance.

But his unusual reaction gradually turned Amuro Toru and Conan's original doubtful attitude into suspicion.

Jiang Xia looked at the young man at the door who had a bad expression control, and then looked at the murderous aura that suddenly increased on him, and his tone became gentle: "Our car passed by here and accidentally had a flat tire. I want to borrow your phone. I wonder if it's convenient now?"

"...Please wait a moment." The man with goatee rolled his eyes and slammed the door shut.

This wait lasted another five minutes.

When he opened the door again, the goateed man's smile was much warmer. Next to him was a man with a middle-parted hair.

The man with the middle part seemed to have an injured right hand, with a cast from the elbow to the fingertips. This man is said to be the younger brother of the man with the goatee.

The two men showed professional fake smiles and invited Jiang Xia and the others into the house, saying, "This house is our grandfather's legacy. We just took it over and haven't had time to buy anything yet. We don't have a landline, but I can lend you my car as long as...

"You could do me a small favor."

At this point, he twisted his thumb and index finger together, indicating that this was just a small request.

Jiang Xia looked at the murderous aura on the two "brothers" and nodded in agreement.

The eyes of the man with goatee and the man with middle-parted hair suddenly became hot, and they began to tell Jiang Xia about their troubles.

While speaking, Toru Amuro's eyes slightly shifted, paused on the middle-parted man's plastered right hand, and quickly slid away.

When they reached the living room and the two brothers went to make tea and get snacks, he whispered to Jiang Xia, "The plaster on that man's hand is in the wrong shape."

Jiang Xia nodded.

The man with the middle-parted hair is actually holding a mini pistol in his right hand, which he is hiding with bandages and plaster.

In Jiang Xia's impression, these two people were not the real owners of the house, but members of a bandit group called "Goblin".

(End of this chapter)