Chapter 381: The Proud Detective (Combined Chapter)
Although Jiang Xia was distracted, he still heard everything he was supposed to hear.
At present, the situation of the Takeda family seems to be the same as he remembered.
——Three people died in total. Misa and her daughter were said to have committed suicide, and the partner named Negishi was said to have committed suicide, but judging by the shikigami on Rob's leg, he was strangled to death by Rob.
Moreover, the shikigami was still clinging to Rob's legs, so the fetus couldn't have been dropped by Negishi. It should have been one of the mother and daughter.
But theoretically speaking, a person who commits suicide can't even drop a shikigami, let alone a ghost fetus. At most, a ball of murderous aura will be left behind. Unless... one of Misa or her mother didn't commit suicide?
...is the smell of a secret.
Jiang Xia was not surprised when he came to this conclusion. He remembered that the relationship in this family was quite chaotic - Takeda Misa was ostensibly Takeda Shinichi's daughter, but in fact Takeda Shinichi was infertile. So more than 20 years ago, Takeda Shinichi's wife asked the second son of the Takeda family to give birth to Misa with her and raise her as Takeda Shinichi's biological daughter.
Later, this matter was known to Shinichi Takeda.
Takeda Shinichi is a drug dealer who has already broken the bottom line of the law. Even if he saw the truth and endured it at the time, if he suddenly had an emotional outburst one day, or got drunk and couldn't think straight... it would not be surprising that he would manually force someone around him to "commit suicide" in such a remote place.
Many speculations flashed through Jiang Xia's mind in an instant, but he quickly gathered his thoughts.
Now, he couldn't even be sure whether the wild ghost fetus was the Takeda mother and daughter. Maybe it was someone else who died nearby... There were too many possibilities, and it was useless to speculate. It would be better to just catch the ghost and ask.
Of course, this was mainly done to save time, and had nothing to do with his desire to see the new ghost as soon as possible...
Speaking of this, the ghosts in my house have already floated away for several minutes, so why are they still running around?
Is this ghost so hard to catch this time?
As he was thinking, Jiang Xia glanced in the direction of the sensing.
The ghosts were blocked by the houses, and he couldn't see them because he didn't have the ability to see through things.
When I looked up, I saw a middle-aged man walking towards me with a smile on his face.
The man had a beard and a bald U-shaped hairline on his head.
He stepped forward and shook hands with Jiang Xia, identifying himself as his client: "Hello, I'm Takeda Shinichi who sent you the letter."
As he spoke, Takeda Nobuichi glanced at the people gathered in the yard, pulled Jiang Xia aside, and said in a low voice:
"You should have heard what Yoko said just now - in fact, what I want you to investigate is the case of Mr. Negishi who 'hanged himself' a few days ago."
Jiang Xia nodded. At the same time, his eyes couldn't help but linger on Takeda Shinichi's dangerous hairline and overlapping forehead wrinkles. He felt slightly relieved - fortunately the ghost fetus was not the target of this person's murder.
No, that can't be said. If there really is a second ghost here, he wouldn't mind. After all, ugly things have their uses...
As Takeda Shinichi was speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on his back and had a vague illusion that he was being stared at by some eyes hidden in the darkness.
He looked back at the trees being blown by the mountain wind and thought it was probably the wind. So he wrapped his coat around him and turned around to continue whispering to Jiang Xia about the commission:
"That's right. I suspect that Negishi didn't commit suicide, but was murdered. And it was probably done by someone in my family.
"So I have a humble request - if you find the murderer, please keep it to yourself and just tell me. I will handle the rest of the matter properly."
Speaking of this, thinking of the man who killed Negishi and stole a batch of drugs from Negishi, Takeda Shinichi couldn't help but feel a little murderous in his heart.
——No outsiders usually come here, but now Negishi has been killed and his puppet has been stolen. All signs indicate that the murderer is quite familiar with the structure of his house, so there must be a traitor.
Takeda Shinichi himself was doing some illegal activities and could not withstand investigation. And this "insider" who knew some of his secrets made him feel a strong sense of crisis.
He was eager to find out who this person was, so he took the risk of hiring a detective who was said to be very sharp.
Jiang Xia's speed in solving cases was very fast. And Takeda felt that what he lacked most was time - the sooner he caught the traitor, the sooner he could start selling drugs with peace of mind. Otherwise, he would lose a lot of money every day he stopped.
Of course, for Takeda, the act of "inviting Jiang Xia over" itself also involves certain risks, such as being discovered by Jiang Xia that he is secretly trafficking drugs.
Therefore, before sending the letter of authorization to Jiang Xia, Takeda Shinichi had seriously pondered this issue.
In the end, he concluded that it was not a big problem.
——Shinichi Takeda has read many reports on solved crimes.
He found that when detectives encountered a murder case and a drug dealer at the same time, they would focus on solving the murder case first.
Once the murder case is solved, they will move on to solving other cases, especially high school detectives.
So just keep a close eye on Jiang Xia - if Jiang Xia finds the murderer but doesn't discover his secret of drug trafficking, then pay the balance of the commission, send Jiang Xia away, and everyone will part ways peacefully.
If Jiang Xia discovered it or showed any abnormality, Takeda Shinichi would find out who the "moles" were and secretly get rid of Jiang Xia, the detective who knew too much.
The last thing the wilderness lacks is places to hide corpses. It is very convenient to kill someone here.
Even if other people knew that Jiang Xia had come to Puppet Peak and discovered that Jiang Xia was missing, and called the police and brought the police here to look for him, as long as Takeda Shinichi insisted that the detective had left, the police would have no evidence and would have to give up - they couldn't possibly turn the entire mountain upside down just to find a missing person.
The only problem was that Jiang Xia came, but he even brought two classmates with him...
Thinking of this, Takeda Shinichi glanced at the pair of gifts, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, and felt a little troubled.
But I soon came to my senses.
——At worst, he could let the "insider" take Jiang Xia and his two classmates down the mountain, and then he could tamper with the car to create a car accident, and the four of them would just pack up and hit the road, and be done with it.
Jiang Xia's attention was originally focused on the ghost fetus that was difficult to catch.
But as Takeda Shinichi fell into deep thought, his gaze gradually shifted back to the head of the Takeda family in front of him.
Why did so much murderous intent suddenly appear? It was almost catching up with the foreign friend next to him...
He was confused for a while, then thought about it from Takeda Shinichi's perspective and vaguely understood.
…
After thinking it over, Takeda Shinichi looked at Jiang Xia again, waiting for Jiang Xia's reply, "If you find the traitor, don't tell anyone and only tell him."
Jiang Xia looked at the murderous aura growing from the head of the Takeda family and his mind moved slightly.
He didn't nod.
Instead, he looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, with an indifferent tone, saying:
“I refuse.
"If Mr. Negishi was murdered, then of course I would first choose to call the police. The law is the only justice - if I tell you the situation first, and you erase the evidence for that 'family member', wouldn't I become your accomplice in bending the law for personal gain?"
After saying that, Jiang Xia couldn't help but slightly lower his gaze towards the sky and secretly glanced at Takeda Shinichi out of the corner of his eye.
The murderous aura, which was already strong, expanded further and completely surpassed Robert next to him.
...After all, Rob only wanted to kill one. And Takeda now wants to kill four.
The veins on Takeda Shinichi's forehead jumped, but he managed to keep a smile, and his tone was even more polite than before: "...You think too much, I just want to do some ideological work and persuade him to surrender."
Hearing this, the young detective gave him a scrutinizing look, nodded meaningfully, and said, "You'd better be."
Then he stopped talking, as if he was disdainful of talking to someone like Takeda Shinichi, and walked back to the people who came with him.
Takeda Shinichi stared at the arrogant figure, his temples throbbing.
After staring for a while, he remembered something and gave a sinister sneer.
Oh, this little detective who is used to living in the city probably hasn't discovered that the cell phone signal here is very unstable. If you want to call the police, you have to use the landline at home.
At that time, as long as he kept an eye on the phone, he wouldn't have to worry about Jiang Xia bypassing him and calling the police.
Afterwards, when this guy finds out who the "traitor" is, he will be killed immediately.
Takeda Shinichi thought of Jiang Xia's nasty look just now, secretly snorted, and went to the studio to avoid seeing it.
Before that, he did not forget to hide the telephone lines at home.
…
Although Jiang Xia was some distance away from the others when he was talking to Takeda Shinichi, the careful Takeda Yoko still noticed that the conversation between the head of the family and Jiang Xia seemed not very pleasant.
She knew that Takeda Shinichi actually had a very bad temper. Seeing Jiang Xia walking towards her silently, she immediately guessed that Takeda Shinichi might have been in a hurry to investigate the case and said something unpleasant to urge him on.
...This is not fair. The detective came from so far away, but he was looked down upon. The detective looked young, and Brother Xin was too harsh on him. Investigating a case is not something that can be done overnight, it always takes some time.
Thinking of this, Takeda Yoko walked towards Jiang Xia and smiled apologetically:
"Let me show you around the house. Where do you want to start? We'll do our best to help."
"Hmm? Hmm..." Jiang Xia came back to his senses, turned his eyes slightly and looked towards the main house.
He sensed that the ghosts had all gone there, so he pointed to the main house and said, "Let's go there first..."
Before he could finish his words, two little girls who looked exactly the same suddenly ran out from the side room.
The twins were running towards Yoko Takeda to find their mother.
However, halfway through the run, the two of them glanced at Rob, and were both startled when they recognized him.
Afterwards, their faces, which were originally curious about the guests, suddenly became a little hostile.
When Rob saw the familiar child, he came over and greeted him with nostalgia:
"Hi~ Sae, Emi, you've grown up a lot."
The two little girls took a step back in disgust. They glared at Robert for a while, then gathered together and whispered loudly:
"murderer……"
"Here comes another murder."
'It's terrible'
"Horrible, terrible."
After muttering, they looked up and found that Robert was looking at them in confusion. They immediately trotted to the side cautiously, tugged on Jiang Xia's coat, and raised their heads expectantly: "Detective brother, are you here to catch him?"
Yoko Takeda next to her was stunned.
She walked towards her two daughters and gently scolded them, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Wow! Mom is so scary too O(≧口≦)(≧口≦)Ｏ!" The two children huddled together, let go of Jiang Xia, and ran back to the side door, disappearing at a high speed.
Yoko Takeda hesitated between "catching up with the naughty child and educating him" and "continuing to lead the guests".
In the end, I chose the latter.
——Sahui and Emi are usually not so ignorant. They might be a little excited to see the guests this time... And they often watch TV and have seen Jiang Xia on TV. Maybe they suddenly said that Rob was the murderer just to find an excuse to pull Jiang Xia. It's hard to guess what children are thinking. It's better to wait until the guests are served before talking to them.
Thinking of this, Takeda Yoko looked at Robert apologetically, who seemed to be used as a star-chasing prop: "Sorry, I will let them apologize to you later..."
"It's okay." Rob waved his hand.
He glanced again at the direction the two little girls left and became nervous, worrying that he was seen hanging Akiho Negishi a few days ago, so the children called him "murderer."
Fortunately, few people would believe what the kid said, and his alibi was pretty solid... Robert looked at the "witness" he had invited, Hattori Heiji, and felt slightly relieved.
Jiang Xia skillfully restored the coat that was pulled askew by the children - he was often pulled askew by Haibara Ai and Conan.
He glanced at Rob, who looked worried, and realized that the reason why the kids suddenly called him "murderer" had nothing to do with Akiho Negishi, but because the twin girls thought that Rob killed their sister Misa.
——Three years ago, when Rob was recovering from his injuries and leaving, Misa vaguely sensed his feelings and shyly asked her two sisters to help ask.
Rob recalled his impression of Misa and tactfully wrote "shine" on the small piece of paper, indicating that Misa was like the shining light in his life.
However, Misa's English was not good and Rob's Japanese was not good - he could only speak but not write, and his mouth was injured by the earth and rocks.
So during their recovery, the two of them kept communicating using Japanese romanization.
The English word shine, when read in romanization, can be split into two kana: しね
...which is what many anime characters like to shout during a battle, "Nisai!" - let someone die.
A few days after sending the note, Misa really died.
The two twins thought about what had happened and felt that this must be Rob's conspiracy, so they identified him as the murderer.
...Jiang Xia thought with emotion, it can be seen that sometimes, it is very important to learn a foreign language well.
In addition, people should not be too shy.
If Misa hadn't been too shy to ask for his impression in person and only asked someone to pass a note; or if Rob had been more straightforward and written "love" when asked, that would have been a different story...
However, now that there is a ghost fetus, it means that the "suicide" three years ago is still in doubt, and it is hard to say what the details are.
(End of this chapter)
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