Chapter 1342 1350 [Invitation from the organization] Ask for monthly votes ヾ(●｀●)～
The shrine where the murder just took place is not too far from the Suzuki Art Museum.
The few of them quickly took a ride to the entrance of the art museum.
After getting off the car, Suzuki Sonoko breathed in the air filled with excessive concentration of police smoke, stretched, and turned to look at several classmates: "I remember there is a small bar in the reception room. Let's go have a drink to refresh ourselves." - After all, she had to stay up late tonight to watch Jiang Xia and Kidd fight for her... home's treasure, so how could she not be alert?
Several high school girls walked towards the reception room, chatting and laughing.
Jiang Xia followed him. After taking a few steps, he suddenly heard a noise at the door.
He was startled and turned around, then saw Conan and Hattori Heiji walking into the yard while chatting about something.
Jiang Xia thought about it, stopped and waited in the corridor.
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Conan and Hattori Heiji returned to the exhibition hall and saw a police car leaving.
Although there were many police cars coming in and out, Hattori Heiji still keenly noticed something was wrong: "The driver of that police car just now looked a little familiar? Why did he look so much like Inspector Otaki?"
Conan looked back in the direction where the police car was going away and was silent for a moment.
He actually didn't see anything just now because he was not tall enough.
Fortunately, we can still guess: "Could it be that Jiang Xia and his team encountered another case, so they took the police car back after solving the case?"
"Impossible!" Hattori Heiji didn't want to admit that he had made a wasted trip and failed to catch Kid, and even missed the case. "They must have been tired from wandering around outside, and happened to run into a familiar inspector, so he asked him to send them back - tsk, this guy He Ye always abuses police power like this."
Conan: "..." It seems like you have given orders to the police and police cars many times.
As they were talking, someone suddenly approached and stopped in front of them.
The two were startled, raised their heads, and saw who it was: "Jiang Xia?"
Jiang Xia looked at them and asked, "How's it going over there? Did you manage to capture Kidd?"
Hattori Heiji's eyes twitched. He felt a little embarrassed and didn't want to bring up this topic.
Conan, as always, was very communicative and shook his head: "No."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "On our way back, I suddenly had an inspiration - I guessed that the 'twelfth character' mentioned in the second sentence of the preview letter refers to the twelfth character 'へ' in the first line, which means 'seven twenty' on the dial.
"Also, the third sentence of the notice said that he 'will appear in the shining tower.' Hattori said that it should not refer to the castle tower, but to Tsutenkaku."
Tsutenkaku is a landmark building in Osaka. It looks like a very tall tower. At night, the main building on top of it lights up, and the lights have different colors every month. In addition, it sometimes temporarily changes the color of the lights to remind citizens of some urgent matters. For example, red is used when alert is needed, yellow is used when reminders are needed, and green is used when normal is restored.
In addition to the main lights, the lights on the top column of Tsutenkaku will also change colors to predict the weather of the next day - white represents sunny days, red represents cloudy days, and blue represents rain. If two different colors are combined together, such as the blue above + the red below, it means rain will turn to cloudy.
"There is a clock-like dial on the top of the Tsutenkaku Tower, which corresponds to the 'clock' in the previous sentence. In addition, the lights that change every day are more in line with the 'flash' in the sentence 'I will appear from the flashing tower'. That should be the place where he will appear soon."
Jiang Xia nodded politely: "It's a very reasonable guess."
Conan touched his chin, frowned and thought: "Unfortunately, when we went there, there was no one on the Tsutenkaku, and then we were driven down by the staff - Kidd couldn't be late, there must be something wrong with this reasoning."
Jiang Xia: “…” Actually, nothing went wrong, it’s just that Kidd delayed for a while based on some people’s advice.
"I see." However, it was not easy to tell this to the person who was stood up, so Jiang Xia changed the topic and talked about other happy things. "We were not idle here either. We just solved a complicated and interesting case, and I also met my former assistant."
Hattori Heiji: "...?"
...While they were making a wasted trip, Jiang Xia was actually happily solving the case. Damn it, how could this guy have such good luck!
“…” No, it seems that I shouldn’t use the word “lucky” to describe myself when I encounter a case.
Hattori Heiji silently changed the words in his mind: - How come this guy's physical condition is so strong!
Conan also felt sad for a while, and gradually felt that something was wrong.
He blurted out: "Former assistant?!"
As he spoke, a huge silhouette flashed through Conan's mind: "Could this assistant you are talking about be..."
Soon, he heard the answer he least wanted to hear:
Jiang Xia said casually, "By the way, you've seen him before, that Mr. Yamada—we saw him near the crime scene.
"It was a false alarm. It was pitch black around the shrine, and we almost thought he was the murderer because he had just escaped from the crime scene when we arrived, and Yamada was nearby. Fortunately, it turned out that he was just passing by."
Conan: "..." No, no, no, he might really be the murderer! !
Although Jiang Xia would not make mistakes in his reasoning, if the organization behind Vodka threatened the murderer, or used some other means to lead to the occurrence of the case, it would be difficult for the detective to find out what was behind the scenes - and it would probably not be difficult for that terrible organization to make secret moves.
Conan can't relax when it comes to the Black Organization.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant: What is Vodka's purpose? ! He suddenly came to Osaka during this period of time. Could it be that he also set his sights on the Egg of Memories?
Conan: “…” But what’s the use of an exquisite golden egg for the organization?
And why did he appear next to Jiang Xia in the identity of the so-called "assistant"?
A series of questions flashed through his mind. Conan looked at Jiang Xia, hesitant to speak: "Um, has anyone invited you to join any strange organization recently?"
Jiang Xia was stunned, as if he remembered something because of this question.
"Really?!" Conan was shocked and grabbed his... He wanted to grab his collar to show the importance and urgency of the matter, but he couldn't reach it.
So he had no choice but to grab Jiang Xia's arm and said, "Don't go!"
"No, I've already rejected those clients who invited me." Jiang Xia seemed a little embarrassed and sighed, "Organizations like 'Afternoon Tea for Ladies' don't seem to be suitable for me in any way. And there's also the 'Beige Cat Group'. Although I often help them find cats, I don't have a cat at home," at least I don't have a living cat, "it's not easy to get involved..."
(End of this chapter)
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