Chapter 746: Monsters, please leave

As Jiang Xia closed the door with a click.

In the corridor outside the door, the three people fell into silence for a short time.

“…I don’t think it’s him.”

Huihara Ai lowered her voice, half complaining and half speculating, and said faintly: "Officer Sato said that the deceased was stabbed to death by a sharp weapon. And the man just now... I don't think he had any need to carry a knife."

Conan thought of Ran Mouri an hour ago, and the innocent iron rod that she had knocked straight and then bent.

He raised his hand pretending to be calm and pushed his glasses up in shock. It took him two seconds to come back to his senses.

Thinking of what Huiyuan Ai had just said, he added belatedly: "Not necessarily. If he is really the murderer, we cannot rule out the possibility that he deliberately brought a knife to cover up his crime characteristics."

Jiang Xia listened to their discussion silently without interrupting.

Just now, when "Dogleg" swung his fist to the ground, a bit of murderous intent actually emerged from him.

But very quickly, perhaps it was because Yoshikawa Goszo suddenly realized something as soon as he picked up the butcher knife, or it could be because he remembered that Lao Yang was already dead... In any case, the murderous aura that suddenly appeared quickly fell off, and was happily caught by the cat and dragged away with a grunt - although this new cat has not yet officially signed the contract, it looks like a very capable working ghost.

"Write down the suspicious points first and tell Officer Sato later."

After the two children finished their discussion, Jiang Xia made a perfunctory summary for them while moving his fingers slightly to suppress the murderous aura that "Dog Leg" had just dropped.

Then he walked to the next door in a good mood: "Let's take a look at the next one."

…

It's a pity that the remaining two people didn't look that aggressive.

Behind the second door is Shima Rokusuke who plays the "young master".

The "young master" in the book has a strong sense of justice and an impulsive and stubborn personality.

But after leaving the play, Shima Rokusuke looked like just an ordinary young man.

"My mother passed away last year." The "young master" sighed, "Before she passed away, she kept complaining that I had no patience and couldn't do anything for long. So I wanted to do this job well and let her see my ability... But Lao Yang was very dissatisfied with me and kept saying things like 'If you don't do a good job, you can leave'. She even started looking for a new candidate for the 'young master'."

“I was very angry when I thought that I had managed to stick to a job, but was fired by someone else.

"But I am a person..."

Shima Rokusuke was originally sitting, but at this moment he suddenly lay down - in order to fit the theme, this private room was of course a traditional one with tatami mats.

The young master lay down on the tatami, looking at the ceiling and sighing, "I'm just angry, I really didn't think of killing him. Although I don't have an alibi, I'm not the murderer. You must solve the case seriously and don't wrongly accuse a good person."

…

After jotting down some seemingly useless points, the three returned to the corridor and came to the sliding door of the last private room.

Inside is the "Porcupine" with a rough beard and dressed like a rogue warrior.

——In the book "Young Master", the straightforward porcupine eventually became the protagonist's partner and helped the protagonist punish the two villains.

Before Conan entered the room, he thought of the "dog leg" who looked weak but could punch through the solid ground. Then he thought of the burly figure of the "porcupine"...

He couldn't help but adjust the anesthesia watch on his hand to make it more convenient to fire.

Haibara Ai glanced at him, obviously inspired, and then she examined herself.

Then she realized that the only things she could use as weapons were the two tubes of anesthetic in her pocket.

"..." Unfortunately, these are not the launch type. If you want to use them, you can only get close and stab them. For someone with her strength and size, it may not be able to stab anyone at all...

Haibara Ai thought rationally for a moment, and ultimately did not take out the anesthetic, but just silently shrank behind Jiang Xia.

Under the gaze of two people who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Jiang Xia stretched out his hand and pushed open the door.

Behind the slowly opened door, the burly old man was sitting in the room with his knees together, holding a round embroidery frame the size of a mirror in one hand and a needle in the other, embroidering seriously.

"..." Huibara Ai stuck out half of her head and observed vigilantly.

After discovering that those beautiful patterns were actually embroidered by "Porcupine" herself and not just used as a model, she carefully walked out from behind Jiang Xia.

A man who loves embroidery shouldn’t have such a bad temper...right?

…

"My holiday with Lao Yang..." When "Porcupine" heard their questions, his expression became a little sad.

He stopped sewing and said, "It's not a big deal. My mother always told me that if a person's wish is strong enough, it will come true sooner or later.

"So after I came here, I prayed devoutly in my heart every day - I hope Lao Yang will not let me play 'Porcupine' again."

At this point, under the gazes of the three people opposite who were staring at him as if they had seen a ghost, a tear of the tough man silently slid down and sank into the wild beard of the "Porcupine".

Perhaps because of the sad story, the tears of the "porcupine" quickly flowed out, and soon gathered into a river on his muscular face. He wiped his tears aggrievedly: "...I, I just want to play Madonna! I have carefully studied the role and I will definitely play it well, but no matter what I say, Lao Yang ignores me, and Madonna has always been played by Yuanshan... Why am I not as good as her!"

“…”

The room fell silent.

After a moment, Jiang Xia slowly bent down and slowly picked up the two petrified children.

Then the speed of light retreated out of the door:

"Excuse me, goodbye."

He slammed the sliding door shut.

…

It seemed that there were no onlookers. A second later, the crying in the box suddenly became heroic, from aggrieved sobbing to sad wailing.

The crying sound penetrated the door, making the walls seem to tremble, and also made the three people outside the door shudder in unison.

They didn't dare to stay any longer and left quickly.

While Conan followed Jiang Xia to escape from the scene, he was adjusting the watch on his hand in a somewhat embarrassed manner: it was a mistake, he only guarded against physical attacks, but he didn't expect that the person in this room was a mental type... Speaking of which, what's going on in this store, why does it feel like everyone is weird.

Haibara Ai still managed to remember the important things.

She turned back with lingering fear and looked at the three doors that were gradually moving away behind her, as if she saw the gates to hell, or something that needed to be firmly suppressed.

After a moment, she came back to her senses, silently covered her face, and then said seriously: "...Except for that 'young master', I always feel that the mental states of the other two are not very stable."...In other words, they may all vent their anger on the innocent cat.

(End of this chapter)