Chapter 228 Destined Ten
During the reasoning game stage, Jiang Xia secretly slowed down his case-solving speed.
During the short break when there were no cameras pointed at him, Jiang Xia looked at Hijikata Kozaburo from time to time, and quickly looked away before the other party looked back, as if he was worried about being discovered.
After the recording, Jiang Xia looked at Hijikata, who took the initiative to come over to talk to him and left his business card, and smiled a little, which seemed guilty at first glance, but was actually a smile from the heart.
…
According to regulations, you are not allowed to bring your mobile phone when recording this program.
After Jiang Xia finished recording the show and received the invitation letter to hunt ghosts from Hijikata Yukisaburo, he left the studio and took his mobile phone from the staff.
As he walked out of the building, he put away the business card and turned on his cell phone.
I saw a lot of missed calls on my phone.
Mainly from Maori Ran, Maori Kogoro and Conan.
Jiang Xia: "..." Why are so many people looking for him all of a sudden? Is that digital killer finally starting to cause trouble?
Jiang Xia was about to call back to ask about the situation.
However, just as he reached the street corner, a police car came towards him.
The car screeched to a halt on the side of the road, and two policemen who looked familiar and had been seen at some murder scenes before got out of the car, shouting "Found it!" into the phone as they strode closer.
Jiang Xia: “……?”
...for what?
Why do they look like they are searching for someone?
...He was discovered speeding on a motorcycle in the middle of the night?
…
A little earlier in time.
Within a short half day, Inspector Megure, Eri Kisaki, and Dr. Agasa were attacked one after another.
The three people were not seriously injured, but their social circles overlapped significantly. In addition, each time, the attackers would drop a paper prop at the scene.
So this is considered a series of related attacks.
Conan quickly found the common point between the three incidents -
The first person to be attacked was Inspector Megure. His full name is Megure Jusan. After attacking him, the murderer dropped a short dagger made of cardboard, and in the picture of the playing card of the King of Spades, which is the 13 of Spades, the king also holds such a dagger.
The second person to be sent to the hospital was Eri Kisaki. Her name "Kisaki" can be associated with the Queen in the playing card. There was a paper flower attached to the poisoned food sent to her by the murderer. And in the picture of the playing card Q, the queen also holds a similar flower in her hand.
The third person to be attacked was Dr. Agasa, whose Chinese zodiac sign can be divided into "Eleven". After the murderer attacked him, what he threw into the yard was the fried dough stick-shaped sword held by the Spade J Knight.
This reasoning is reasonable and well-founded, so Kogoro Mori and the police feel that the next person to be attacked will be someone with the number "ten" in his name, and that person must have some connection with Kogoro Mori like the previous three people.
Based on this information, Inspector Megure, who was injured, speculated that the murderer might be Murakami Takeshi, who was recently released from prison. Ten years ago, Murakami Takeshi and Mori Kogoro, who was a policeman at the time, had a grudge.
Kogoro Mori suddenly became the center of the case.
"Immediately start searching for Murakami-jo and find him to ask about the situation!" Inspector Megure finished commanding his subordinates with his wounds, then looked at Maori Kogoro and urged him, "Think about it quickly, who around you is related to 'Ten'?"
"Ten, ten..." Maori Kogoro racked his brains for a long time, and suddenly he was stunned, "Ms. Towako! Choose - in a nightclub he often goes to, the proprietress is called 'Towako'."
Mao Lilan looked at him coldly: "...Where do you often go?"
"..." Maori Kogoro said seriously, "Now is the time to talk about business, don't talk about irrelevant things!"
After all, Mao Lilan is a girl with a strong conscience. Being interrupted by her father, she couldn't help but be diverted and suddenly thought of another person.
She stood up nervously. "Jiang Xia's name also has a 'ten' in it! The 'zhi' in 'tongzhi' can be separated, not to mention the 'tong'. The 'ten' is in the wood radical. Also, the content in the 'tong' box is turned sideways - it's the Arabic numeral '10'!"
Mouri Kogoro: "!"
"!" Inspector Megure ordered his subordinates again, "Hurry up, go find that 'Miss Towako' and Jiang Xia, and contact them as soon as possible!"
…
Miss Towako answered the phone quickly. She was still in her own store, where there were many security guards and no suspicious persons were seen.
However, no one answered Jiang Xia's call.
The more Conan watched the police dial the number, the more solemn his expression became - according to Mao Lilan, there are three "tens" in Jiang Xia's name, which are both Chinese characters and Arabic numerals. It really fits the law of killing by numbers, and it feels like no one else can do it but him.
Moreover, Jiang Xia is a detective, in the same profession as Maori Kogoro. Whether it is due to the natural opposition between criminals and detectives, or because of his hatred for Maori Kogoro, Jiang Xia is in a very dangerous situation.
What's more, he didn't answer the phone.
Could it be that he has been murdered?
However, on the bright side, Jiang Xia's skills are much more agile than Inspector Megure and Professor Agasa... It is also possible that Jiang Xia did not answer the phone because when he was attacked by Murakami Takeshi just now, he dodged the attack and pinned down the criminal with his backhand, and now he is busy stepping on Murakami Takeshi and beating him.
But no matter what, this situation of loss of contact is worrying.
Inspector Megure's expression gradually turned ugly. He dispatched many people to look for Jiang Xia, muttering to himself, "I hope we can make it in time."
…I always feel that if I go too late, there will be at least one dead body.
…
Jiang Xia, who was busy recording a variety show and had no time to look at his phone, was just dragged from the entrance of the TV station building and into a police car.
Several paparazzi guarding in front of the TV station heard the police car's sirens and looked over excitedly, clicking the shutter at the same time - a celebrity was taken away by the police as soon as he went out. This kind of information will definitely fetch a good price!
However, after taking the pictures, the paparazzi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"The one who was pulled into the car looks familiar."
“…Isn’t this the famous detective?”
"A detective..."
The paparazzi's mood went from excitement to calm, and finally they put down their cameras in boredom.
“……” Instead of taking pictures of the famous detective being pulled by the police to help solve a case, it would be better to take pictures of the little sparrows on the roadside.
What a waste of film...
…
Jiang Xia never thought that after working so hard to pick up a cat, he would end up using it for nothing.
——There was no need to wait for Asahi Shengyi’s “nine”, the “ten” had already dragged him in.
Although Jiangxia’s current full name is “Jiangxia Tongzhi”, the name “Tongzhi” is rarely used in daily life.
There are usually three ways to pronounce the names of Japanese people: phonetic reading, pun reading, and random reading...
Unfortunately, the name "Tongzhi" is pronounced phonetically, and it sounds similar to the language Jiang Xia is used to, which makes him feel very out of place.
So Jiang Xia used chicken soup excuses like "Just call me by my last name, it feels like I'm carrying my parents' names on my shoulders" as a reason to get people around him who were more familiar with him to just call him by his last name.
As for people you're not familiar with... there's no point in calling them by their names. Of course, you can just call them by their surnames.
For Jiangxia, the surname is the full name, which is very convenient to use.
(End of this chapter)
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