Chapter 1645 1653 [I also like the new little brother]
"That's right." Jiang Xia nodded, as if he admired Hashimoto Maya's reasoning very much.
When Hashimoto Maya saw his encouraging look, she suddenly felt a little guilty: "..." If this detective knew that he was actually an outlaw and was conspiring with his superiors to kill him, he would never say that now.
It seems that I have been a little too active in trying to exonerate myself... This shouldn't happen.
Hashimoto Maya planned to quietly retreat behind everyone.
However, the detective ruthlessly crushed his idea of keeping a low profile.
"You have some talent in reasoning. Have you ever considered becoming a detective?" Jiang Xia seemed to have determined that this was a good name with detective potential because of what Hashimoto Maya said just now, so he said gently like a senior, "Since you already know these clues, you should have some ideas of your own about this murder case."
Hashimoto Maya: “…” Please stop asking questions. I just want to be a low-key background board.
...By the way, if I answer too many questions, I will be taken to the police to take a statement after I get off the plane. Then, on the way to take the statement, some of my colleagues will mistakenly think that I was "exposed and arrested", and then shoot through the window of the police car and use it as an achievement.
A smooth picture of the future unfolded in his mind in the blink of an eye. Hashimoto Maya was about to break out in a cold sweat again, so he had to play dumb and try to show a dull and blank expression.
He did not answer, but a mini detective next to him heard someone asking the question and his strong desire to reason could not be suppressed.
Jiang Xia had just laid some groundwork, and Conan felt that as long as he could strike the tone of an elementary school student, the possibility of exposing his identity would be low:
"Pinching your nose and blowing air is not a very elegant gesture. Even when we kids touch our noses, we are reminded by adults to be hygienic. So a famous person like Aunt Mu Shuli would definitely not do this in front of others. Especially since there was someone sitting next to me at the time, uh..."
Conan was not as slow in emotions as his Osaka counterpart. By now, he had some guesses about Makiri's feelings for Jiang Xia.
But the person is dead, so let's save some face for him. Conan finally blurred this unimportant detail: "Auntie Makiri was sitting next to Brother Jiang Xia. To her, this was a stranger, and she couldn't touch her nose in front of him, so she had to go to the bathroom and do the inflating action. Because of this, the time she stayed in the bathroom was unusually short."
A clear, somewhat artificial childish voice echoed in the cabin.
Ireland glanced at Conan: "..." Why did this guy suddenly speak so coquettishly? It gave me goose bumps.
He didn't seem to have this tone before. Why did he have to mention Maki Shuri... Tsk, could it be that the high school girl with the headband was right, that this first grader was secretly in love with Maki Shuri?
The weird and twisted relationship made Ireland snort coldly with disdain.
Although his attention was distracted by some strange points, Ireland soon realized that something was wrong.
——This kid is so quick-witted. Can a first-grade student really speak a long string of words so fluently and make it sound logical?
Ireland silently noted this doubt, but did not take it as a big deal: with the explanations of Jiang Xia and Hashimoto Maya, and the reasonings Conan just said, it only takes a little thought to figure it out, and it is not something that is completely out of reach for elementary school students.
Ireland: "..." Moreover, Jiang Xia couldn't help asking persuasive questions to Hashimoto Maya, whom he met for the first time. It seemed like he was trying to train her to be a detective. Then Jiang Xia would not let go of Conan, a smart kid who lived around him.
Children's wisdom sometimes exceeds adults' imagination. In addition, there are many cases around Jiang Xia, and if Jiang Xia follows the questioning training mode just now and practices day by day, it is not too surprising that he has such performance today.
"The scope of investigation should indeed be expanded. When I have time, I will start from the area around Jiangxia." Ireland thought casually, "As for now, the top priority is of course ouzo, followed by gin, and of course, vodka, which is inseparable from gin. If ouzo doesn't reveal any flaws, I can only try to start with gin.
"These three cadres are the top priority, and then there are the people who radiate out from them, such as Jiang Xia, Kidd, and the people involved in the falling case. Tsk, now we have to add this crew, there are too many people in the crew...
"Also, although I believe in Hashimoto's loyalty, as a cadre who is always on the edge of danger, I cannot have any flaws or omissions around me. Now that Hashimoto has been targeted by Uzo, I can no longer trust him with everything. This will easily lead to too many Uzo factors. Some key points must be verified by myself, or by finding some people who have not been noticed by Uzo yet, to achieve a surprise victory."
There were so many things going on and they were so busy that the queue in Ireland's mind was getting longer and longer, and Conan was unfortunately pushed to the back.
Jiang Xia harvested a few more waves, then continued Conan's words and slowly started to do his business:
“When doing the ventilation action, Makuri’s index finger and thumb inevitably touched the wings of his nose.
"She then used these two fingers to pick up a chocolate and ate it. This chocolate was covered with a lot of cocoa powder, and it was inevitable that some of it would get on her hands when she ate the chocolate. So after eating the chocolate, the deceased licked her two fingers clean."
When Ireland heard this, he knew that he and Hashimoto Maya were completely safe: whether it was the ventilation method when the eardrum was uncomfortable or the habit of the deceased licking his fingers after eating, these were information that only acquaintances could grasp. This murder method even had clear requirements for the timing of handing over the chocolate.
In other words, the murderer was either the assistant or the makeup artist next to the assistant. Only the two of them could deliberately buy such snacks that would cause the girl to lose powder and control the time to deliver the snacks.
Thinking of this, Ireland couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia, and his thoughts briefly synchronized with his confidant: Only when he was involved in a murder case, he felt how useful Jiang Xia was - with this detective present, as long as he made sure he didn't kill anyone, he wouldn't be taken to the police station as a suspect, and would not be targeted by the organization on the way to the police station.
What's even more amazing is that Jiang Xia often solves the case on the spot, very quickly, and does not even lead to a follow-up investigation by the police - if this detective was not so righteous, it would be impossible for him to cooperate with him. Ireland simply wanted to recruit Jiang Xia as his own and use him specifically to fight against Uzo.
(End of this chapter)
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