Chapter 3173 3185 [Picking Techniques]
What kind of people would gather together on a deserted island, not swim or surf the waves, but just go into a shabby villa and sit around smoking?
No matter how I thought about it, all that came to my mind was a group of lawless lunatics who were quietly plotting something.
Coupled with the topic just being discussed, many people had the same guess in their minds.
The second captain walked to the door and opened it a crack. He looked out and said vaguely, "In my opinion, the so-called 'messengers from the underworld' are those guys who killed a woman and then hid on this island to avoid being hunted down."
The long-haired man's expression changed with fear: "Are those criminals really here?"
The deputy captain glanced at him and said, "I'm just saying there's a possibility... You're too timid."
The long-haired man blushed, "What are you talking about being cowardly? Aren't you afraid? They are a group of brutal demons who have killed one, no, two people!"
The deputy captain stroked his chin and said, "That's right. Maybe now they have discovered us and are planning to take us to the underworld as well."
Mao Lilan: "!!!"
Suzuki Sonoko had an even scarier idea: "When we were looking for Miss Taira not long ago, didn't we go around the coast? There was no one on the island at that time, and then we rested outside the villa, and then went into the villa after dark..."
The others understood and shuddered in unison: "That means, that group of people are probably still in this villa, and when they saw us coming in, they hid temporarily?!"
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely solemn, and everyone's ears perked up, as if they heard someone walking around in the villa, ready to pounce and take their lives at any time.
"This, this is impossible." The yellow-haired man's voice broke the silence. He forced a smile and said, "When we entered this room just now, didn't we check the other rooms as well? There was no one in those rooms."
Conan shook his head: "Just because there wasn't any just now doesn't mean there isn't any now. The windows of this villa are broken. They could have hidden in the woods first, and then sneaked into the house through the broken window while we were resting."
The program director couldn't sit still. "But that's not right. We visited the island several times before choosing this place as the filming location. After we confirmed it, we came here more often. If there really were people, they would have run away long ago. I think you are overthinking it. Why don't we split up and check each house. Once we are sure there is no one, we can rest assured."
Jiang Xia stood up and said, "Let's take a walk. It's boring to stay here all the time."
Hattori Heiji obviously agreed. He pointed at the two young crew members, the deputy captain, the program director and Curacao and said, "You guys take charge of the second floor. We will search the first floor."
Curacao: “?”
She pushed up her glasses and said, "I'm afraid of heights, so let's go to the first floor."
Conan: "..." This excuse is too blunt. You might as well say that you just want to follow Jiang Xia.
However, Hattori Heiji proposed this only to test the intention of this suspicious woman. He did not really mean to put her out of sight and let her move freely. So when Curacao said this, he did not object and acquiesced to it.
The program director looked left and right, and finally looked at Jiang Xia: "I'll go with you too. Although you have more people, there are only two boys, and these girls also need protection."
Conan: "?" What do you mean there are only two boys? Then who am I? You are so rude!
As for protection...
He looked at Mao Lilan, then at the suspicious "Ms. Shirai", and finally at the middle-aged director with flabby muscles and a small beer belly: "..." Who is protecting whom?
…
Anyway, it's a good thing to have a Kyushu native in the team.
Soon, the crowd split into two groups. Several local boatmen went upstairs, while the others took candlesticks and started searching on the first floor.
Jiang Xia looked around the spacious but old corridor, pushed open the old and rusty doors, and searched for possible gangs.
However, just like when they came in just now, all the houses were empty, with few pieces of furniture, and there was no small group of outlaws as imagined.
Finally, when they arrived in front of the last house, the two high school girls stopped and held their breath.
"There's none in front. If that group of people are really hiding on the first floor, they must be in this room."
Mao Lilan whispered to Suzuki Sonoko, and all the muscles in her body tensed up - although it was not visible from the outside.
However, Curacao vaguely felt something. She glanced at Mao Li Ran and quietly stepped back a few steps: one was to guard against the gangsters who might rush out of the house when the door was opened, and the other was to prevent her clothes or hair from being accidentally blown onto Mao Li Ran by the wind and attracting an attack from this high school girl.
——Although she was not afraid of this girl who had not yet fully matured, as a weak lawyer, it seemed that she should not be able to easily dodge the attack of the karate champion... Well, this point must be engraved in her mind. This was probably a trap prepared by Uzo for her.
Everyone was on guard against their own things, and no matter who the target of their vigilance was, they were all emotionally consistent.
Jiang Xia smelled the lingering scent of aloe vera, lowered his voice, and whispered in a tone that fit the mood very well: "Then I'll open it."
Curacao, who didn't think there was a big problem in the house, said: "?"
Why the tone of voice! Could it be that there are really criminals hiding inside, and they are armed criminals with guns in their hands?
Her expression became solemn, and her mind began to deduce the dangerous scenarios that might arise next, as well as how to deal with various situations.
Just as I was thinking about it, with a click, Jiang Xia opened the door without hesitation and pushed it as far as it could go.
Curacao: “!!!”
Hattori Heiji: "!!!"
Detective Kansai never thought that there might be someone hiding inside, but given the atmosphere just now, he couldn't help but become suspicious.
Now Jiang Xia suddenly made such a big noise, he was caught off guard and startled: "Why are you pushing so fast!"
Jiang Xia held up the candlestick to illuminate the room. The room was quiet and empty.
He retracted his hand and looked at the pile of fluffy fragrant murderous aura on the ground with an innocent face: "On the way here just now, didn't Mr. Taketomi say that the gang of criminals didn't carry guns when they went to rob the mayor of Jincheng Town's house - since they don't have guns, there's no need to be too cautious. If they are inside, we can just find them and catch them."
(End of this chapter)
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