Chapter 1972 1980 [New Member of the Firm]
Jiang Xia pointed to the fish tank and said, "If you look closely, you can see tiny red threads entangled on the water plants and in the cracks between the rocks. Those are the fibers that have fallen off the hiking socks."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at the fish tank.
The water in the tank was quite clear, and there was a layer of beautiful landscape stones at the bottom. Two small fish were swimming around in it. The scenery was originally beautiful. The two fish also looked relaxed and leisurely. However, after learning the truth, they looked at the fish again and could see that they had endured humiliation and hardship. Fortunately, these were not those delicate tropical fish, otherwise they might have turned over again.
Maya Hashimoto looked at the fish in the fish tank in front of her, and thought of the tropical fish that were poisoned to death in the clothing design company before, and the canaries that were frightened and flew away, and her eggs were broken. She couldn't help but be distracted.
"Wuzou seems to be particularly fond of persecuting these small animals recently. I'll try to avoid families with pets in the future." After saying this in his mind, he suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly corrected himself:
"No, I will try my best to meet him and increase the chances of encountering Jiang Xia! Anyway, we are all doing unscrupulous work in the organization, so it doesn't matter who we do it with. If Mr. Ireland can do it, why can't that evil... Lord Uzo?"
Hashimoto Maya: "..." The only thing that made him feel guilty was killing Jiang Xia. But he changed his mind and realized that he was only here to make a plan and would not really do it - he could just pretend to be rehearsing. Besides, the matter between Holmes and Moriarty did not need him, the backup Watson, to worry about it.
Next to them, a group of police officers failed to notice that there was an outlaw hiding here who was struggling fiercely inside. They were still listening to Jiang Xia's reasoning.
In just a few minutes, Jiang Xia had pushed the progress bar to the end: "After turning the socks over, the side that is not stained with the deceased's blood will be exposed to the outside, preventing the police from seeing it. But obviously there is a disadvantage - the blood is on the inside, so there is no way to pretend that it was accidentally rubbed on the foot when checking the scene."
“…”
Inspector Megure looked at the sock silently.
He was wearing such thick clothes in the middle of summer and still broke out in a cold sweat. He really didn't like this kind of physical evidence.
But as a policeman, he could only say: "Mind if we check it out?"
The homeowner clenched his fists tightly and finally stopped struggling: "No need, I killed that bastard."
Inspector Megure had escaped the disaster for the time being, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked: "Could the motive be the accident that Mr. Shimizu mentioned?"
The owner of the house nodded angrily: "As I said just now, mountaineering is a dangerous sport, and it is inevitable to die during the challenge. You can't blame your companions for this. I kept reminding myself of this and tried to suppress my anger towards Ikuta.
"But one day when I went to the bar, I accidentally ran into him and Kusaka having dinner inside. The two of them were drunk, and that bastard Ikuta actually laughed and said - that day, because Keiko ignored him, he deliberately broke Keiko's leg, abandoned her and left!
"What happened on the snowy mountain was not a mountaineering accident at all, but a murder! I can't forgive the guy who killed Keiko, nor can I forgive Kusaka who sat next to him and agreed with him and talked about this as a joke... What happened next is what you see now."
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A sad case.
After watching the police car escorting the homeowner go away, Jiang Xia sighed, and suddenly turned his head to look at Hashimoto Maya and Shimizu Hiro who happened to pass by.
The two were startled: "What's wrong?"
"If there were detectives on the snowy mountain at the time, and they found out from the clues that it was a murder, there wouldn't be today's tragedy." Jiang Xia patted their shoulders one by one, "This society needs detectives, you must work hard."
Qingshui Yang: “…” But my major has nothing to do with detective. I’m just better at providing intelligence to my teammates.
However, the recognition and encouragement from the celebrity still made his face flush with excitement. He shook hands with Jiang Xia and decided to try to develop in this industry when he had time.
Soon he left with several other classmates.
Jiang Xia looked at Hashimoto Maya again, his eyes full of expectation, and everything was said without words.
"..." Hashimoto Maya suppressed the strange urge to run away and smiled with enthusiasm. "In fact, I have been thinking about this for a long time these days. For someone like me who always travels back and forth between the two countries, I always have to take leave for a fixed job. I am really not responsible enough to my employers. I will try to develop into a detective industry in the future."
Jiang Xia was so thoughtful. He was just worrying about what excuse he could find to stay with Jiang Xia to complete the task, but he didn't expect Jiang Xia to take the initiative to extend an olive branch to him - maybe this kind detective noticed his intentions and felt his troubles, so he made this decision.
Maya Hashimoto discovered the bad news: Oh no, her conscience hurt even more.
But at the same time, he also has good news: as a qualified member of the organization, there is no such thing as conscience.
Jiang Xia nodded, quite satisfied: "You can come to Jiang Xia more often in the future when you have nothing to do... Ahem, Amuro Detective Agency, the address is on the business card I gave you before.
"You can start by helping me process the letters in my mailbox and select the commissions you think are necessary. If you are nearby when there is a case in the future, I will try to contact you. As for salary, I will pay you at the standard for trainee detectives. In addition, there will be corresponding commissions for completed commissions."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." Jiang Xia is so efficient, isn't he? He has already arranged it? How come it seems like he has already prepared it...
Oh, he understood: Jiang Xia has been trying to recommend the detective profession to people, but the success rate seems to be low - even if it wasn't him today, if it was someone else, they should be treated the same.
...Not only does he have to secretly plot to harm Jiang Xia, but he also has to collect wages from Jiang Xia. Although Jiang Xia is a famous detective and is not short of money, his conscience hurts even more. Is this really a good thing?
Hashimoto Maya was polite for 0.1 second and was about to agree.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted from the side.
Conan: "But I remember that this half-blood uncle seemed to work for Mr. Edward." He stared at Hashimoto Maya, "Where is Mr. Edward? Is it okay for you to switch jobs here?"
Hashimoto Maya was shocked: ...How did this guy know that I changed jobs? ! Was it an accident, or was he too trusted by Uzo, or was Uzo too dissatisfied with his career going so smoothly, so he deliberately leaked this news to add fuel to the already fierce internal competition?
And this first-grade student actually took the opportunity to ridicule him. Was he trying to tell Jiang Xia that people like him who kept jumping from job to job were not loyal enough and not trustworthy?
(End of this chapter)
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