Chapter 2747-2759 [Peeping into the Abyss of Jiangxia]
Of course, the most impressive are the two figures in black who are always inseparable. One of them has long silver hair and the other has a broad square chin.
Conan: “…” By this calculation, aren’t there a little too many suspicious people?
Moreover, compared to himself, these people seemed to appear next to Jiang Xia more often.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up and glanced worriedly at his popular neighbor next to him. He felt as if a dark vortex was spinning around Jiang Xia, ready to swallow him up at any moment.
Meanwhile, at the table, two high school girls were much more carefree.
Suzuki Sonoko: "If there really was such a person, he would have been arrested by the guards and sent to the police station when he followed me home."
Mao Lilan also said: "I haven't seen anyone like him either."
Judy didn't quite believe it, but she still maintained her teacher's demeanor and said, "Anyway, if you find anything, you must call me immediately - it's an appointment."
"Call you?" The two high school girls were a little confused. "Shouldn't they call the police?"
"No no no." Judy raised a finger and shook it. "If there is no evidence and it's just stalking, your police won't arrest anyone. Why don't you come to me - the teacher will show you how Americans treat those perverts."
Conan looked at her suspiciously: "..." What on earth does this girl want to do? Turn Xiaolan and Sonoko into her informants?
At this moment, his ears suddenly moved and he looked towards a table behind him.
There was a social animal with a high hairline holding a cell phone, nervously talking on the phone: "What, someone suspicious is watching you? Where are you now?"
Department store entrance.
The middle-aged man in the baseball cap pressed down the brim of his hat and sneered, "On the first floor. Don't be nervous. Although he is a suspicious person, you should be familiar with the guy staring at me - he is the problematic person you asked me to investigate."
"Is that so?" The office worker became even more nervous. "Hurry up and go upstairs before he catches up with you."
"It doesn't matter." The man in the peaked cap said meaningfully, "Even if he catches up with me, I guess he won't dare to do it in front of so many people. He will just say to me, 'How much did that guy give you? As long as you keep it a secret for me, I can double it.' Well, if that's the case, it's really confusing."
Upstairs, the office worker clenched his phone in anger. He understood - if he didn't pay more, the unscrupulous detective on the other side would hand over the results of the investigation to the guy being investigated.
He took a deep breath and said, "I understand. I'll give you three times the amount. No, four times the amount. Go upstairs right now and give me his name and the evidence."
On the first floor, the detective in the peaked cap smacked his lips: he originally wanted to get a triple offer, then hang up the phone, ask the guy under investigation if he was willing to pay four times the price, and then call the boss to get a five-fold price... But who knew that the boss would directly increase it to four times.
After a brief moment of consideration, the detective in the peaked cap decided to call it a day: "Okay, 4 times is about right. I'll go upstairs now."
He hung up the phone and looked at the person behind him with a smile: "Did you hear that? Don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame the other party for paying too much."
As he spoke, the detective in the peaked cap put out his cigarette, put the cigarette in his pocket, and walked towards the elevator.
Just as he was about to step onto the escalator, he suddenly realized something and turned back.
——The guy being investigated didn’t leave, but continued to follow him.
"Hey, don't look so pitiful." The detective in the peaked cap laughed, enjoying the feeling of controlling other people's fate. He shook the brown paper bag in his hand, "What's in it are all evidences of your crimes. What if you...?!"
He couldn't finish the rest of his words.
Because the man who was following him suddenly stepped forward and stabbed him in the chest.
The next moment, the entire building was suddenly plunged into darkness.
…
"The power is out?"
In the rest area, Teacher Judy stopped talking and looked up at the lights that had gone dark.
However, the power outage in this kind of building will not last long, and soon the surroundings will become brightly lit again.
The two female high school students who were afraid of the dark breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, a shrill scream of "Ah--!!!" suddenly came from downstairs.
Conan stood up suddenly: Oh no, something happened!
…
Having experienced too many similar things, everyone's ability to identify locations by sound has become quite good.
Not long after, Jiang Xia followed the sound and came to the back of a large group of people.
"Why are there so many people gathered here?" Two high school girls poked their heads out and stood on tiptoe trying to look towards the center of the crowd.
Jiang Xia moved forward along the gap and saw a middle-aged man slumped next to the escalator.
The man was gasping for air as if he couldn't catch his breath, and a blood-stained cap fell beside him. In his arms, he was holding an opened brown paper bag with three symbols drawn on the bag:
O, X, Δ
Jiang Xia glanced at the paper bag and walked over to the middle-aged man: "How are you?"
The middle-aged man opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he could not withstand the injury and died.
…
It was rush hour and this was a busy commercial street. By the time the ambulance and police car finally arrived, the person was already dead.
The medical staff were dismissed from get off work on the spot, and Inspector Megure, with dark circles under his eyes, led his subordinates to take over the place.
He squatted beside the escalator and took a look, then shook his head and said, "He was stabbed in the abdomen by a kitchen knife. He was killed in one blow."
Officer Takagi went back and forth and soon found relevant information: "The deceased's name is Nakajo Katsuzawa, 43 years old. Judging from his business card, he runs a detective agency."
"Detective?" Inspector Megure looked at his dead brother with pity, and quickly moved his eyes to the brown paper bag he was holding in front of his chest, "What do these circles and crosses mean? Is this a dying message left by the deceased?"
"No no no." A familiar voice came from behind, and someone corrected it with standard English pronunciation, "Read after me, 'Dying message'."
Mumu Police Department: "..."
He turned around and saw a familiar face: "Teacher Judy? Why is it you again?"
"What do you mean by 'again'?" Judy pointed at the people behind her. "You should say this to these cute kids."
"Hmm?" Inspector Megure looked behind her, his eyes brightened, "Brother Jiang Xia! Why are you here?"
Compared with the vague disgust just now, the doubts at this moment became full of surprise.
Judy: “…”
Jiang Xia walked over and said, "We were just sitting in the rest area upstairs. After the power went out, we suddenly heard screaming here, so we rushed over to take a look."
Inspector Megure was stunned: "Power outage?"
Officer Gao Mu said quickly: "I asked the person in charge of this building, and they said that they were checking the circuit just now, and an operational error caused a short power outage - it only lasted about 15 seconds."
(End of this chapter)
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