Chapter 45 I'm Not Suspicious at All
the next day.
Jiang Xia originally wanted to continue with last night's plan - to go to Marudenjiro's house, the house of the unscrupulous creditor who stole and sold the collateral, to check out the situation.
However, the office still had several clients who had appointments, so Jiang Xia had to work another day.
In the afternoon, Jiang Xia returned the two new cats that the gang had found to their owners, then closed the door and left the office.
…
He followed the address on Marudenjiro's business card and finally came to a single-family house with a yard.
——This is the home of the creditor Marudenjiro.
“……”The yard is quite big.
Although Marudenjiro is a wealthy man, like most people in this world, he has no surveillance cameras or security guards in his yard, so breaking in is as easy as taking a walk.
Jiang Xia first went around to a nearby hill and took a bird's-eye view of the layout of the yard.
After memorizing the location, he put on his hat, mask, etc., climbed over the wall easily, and went straight to the warehouse in the side room.
With this level of security force, there is no need to use puppets.
——Now he is a psychic who has to support two ghosts. The recovery of Miyano Akemi's new skills is linked to murderous aura, so it is better to save as much as possible...
…
Jiang Xia entered the warehouse, compared the pottery photos given to him by the client, and successfully found the target on the shelf.
This pottery is a three-layer hollow structure. Jiang Xia opened it from the middle and threw a black-tech transmitter into it.
When the transmitter is fully charged, it can be used for nearly forty hours.
Once the pottery is sold, Jiang Xia will find out immediately and then notify the client as agreed.
After that, he only needs to come here every two days and replace the transmitter so that he can always know the location of the porcelain.
…
A few days passed.
When the signal sent by the receiver starts to be intermittent again due to low battery.
Jiang Xia once again came to Marudenjiro's house, intending to replace the transmitter.
He walked around to the bottom of the wall as if he knew the way there, pulled up his hood, put on a mask and gloves, and jumped up to cling to the wall.
As soon as I stuck my head out, I suddenly saw a man and a woman walking out of the side room of Maru's house - both were familiar police officers, Takagi Shigeru and Sato Miwako.
Among them, Officer Sato happened to glance over the wall and unexpectedly met Jiang Xia's eyes.
However, because of the hood, to be precise, this "eye contact" was one-sided.
——Jiang Xia saw Officer Sato’s eyes.
And Miwako Sato...
She only saw the outline of a pair of eyes shrouded in shadow.
Officer Sato was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "Who's there?!"
As she said this, she rushed over quickly.
As soon as the policewoman spoke, several strong men rushed out of the room. Jiang Xia took a quick look and found that they were all police officers.
Jiang Xia: “…”
It was just like when I was late and climbed over the wall to get into school, but as soon as I climbed over the top of the wall, I saw an impromptu teachers' meeting being held at the bottom of the wall. This...
Jiang Xia was a little embarrassed, and he let go and fell down.
Through the wall, Officer Sato could be heard shouting "Stop!"
Jiang Xia thought about it and stopped.
Breaking in and out of a home is illegal, but in this world, it is rarely prosecuted, especially when the offender is a detective.
In addition, strictly speaking, Jiang Xia has not entered the room today.
He just illegally scratched someone else's wall.
There is really no need to act like a perverted murderer and engage in a sudden passionate chase with the police.
…
However, people sometimes do not think the same way.
Sato Miwako in the yard obviously didn't expect that the suspicious person would not run away just because she shouted "Stop".
So, when Jiang Xia "stopped" at the foot of the wall.
A shadow suddenly passed over his head.
"?"
Jiang Xia was startled and looked up, only to see Officer Sato nimbly climbing over the wall. Then, without looking away, she jumped over Jiang Xia like a hurdle and landed gracefully four or five meters away.
Immediately afterwards, without stopping for even a second, he rushed out along the street.
"That..." Jiang Xia raised his hand towards her, wanting to call her to stop. But before he could open his mouth, the person had already run away.
Jiang Xia looked at the overly agile figure: "..."
At this time, a few tiny pieces of soil and rocks fell from the wall next to it.
Jiang Xia raised his head silently.
This time, he saw another subordinate of Inspector Megure - Takagi Wataru.
Officer Takagi climbed up the wall with great effort and was about to jump down.
However, when he looked down, he saw that the "suspicious person" who was covering his face did not run away, but was standing at the foot of the wall, looking up and watching him climb over the wall.
Officer Takagi was stunned.
The two men, one above and one below, stared at each other in silence for nearly half a minute.
After a moment, Takagi Wataru asked hesitantly: "…What are you doing standing here?"
The "suspicious person" also hesitated and replied: "Didn't you tell me to 'stop'?"
Officer Takagi: “…” Indeed…
No, he actually wanted to ask why the suspicious people wanted to tear down other people's walls.
However, since the "suspicious person" did not run away and his attitude was quite good, we can wait and see about this.
The most urgent thing is to call back Officer Sato who has rushed to somewhere unknown...
Takagi Wataru sat on the wall, took out his cell phone and dialed his beloved Sato-senpai.
…
Five minutes later.
In the courtyard of Marudenjiro's house.
Jiang Xia and Sato Miwako walked in one after another.
In addition to the police, Jiang Xia was slightly surprised to find that there were several familiar faces here - Maori Ran, Maori Kogoro, and Conan.
…
The reasons why several waves of people appeared here were different.
The commission Jiang Xia received was to help the client's wife keep an eye on Maruden Jiro to prevent this unscrupulous creditor from selling the collateral in advance.
And Kogoro Mouri also received a commission, and the client was Maruden Jiro himself. Maruden Jiro suspected that his wife was cheating on him and asked Kogoro Mouri to find evidence.
The police are here not because of a commission, but because Marudenjiro is dead.
Just this afternoon.
…
Of course, considering his commission included the element of "illegal entry", Jiang Xia did not tell the truth immediately.
He made up an excuse: "I just passed by and heard some noise over here. I saw a police car outside, so I climbed up the wall to take a look out of curiosity."
Sato Miwako was skeptical: "Then why did you cover your face?"
Jiang Xia pulled up his mask and pulled down the brim of his hat, like a vampire burned by the sun, and sighed, "I'm allergic to the sun."
Officer Sato: "...?"
She originally thought Jiang Xia was bluffing her.
But after thinking about it for a while, Sato Miwako suddenly realized that every time she saw Jiang Xia, it was either at night, indoors, or indoors at night... In short, she had never seen Jiang Xia basking in the sun.
…
Next to them, Conan, with a pair of dead fish eyes, watched the conversation between the two people, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
When he went to the doctor's house to play before, when he stood on the balcony looking at Beika Town, he often saw Jiang Xia moving a lounge chair and lying next to him to bask in the sun.
But in the end, Conan still didn't reveal it.
——According to his judgment, Jiang Xia should not be the murderer.
Just now, when Conan was playing in the yard, he actually saw the murderer's feet from under the bushes.
That person was wearing very formal trousers and leather shoes, which was completely different from Jiang Xia's attire.
Moreover, Jiang Xia is a detective, so he would never do such a thing as "going back to the scene after killing someone" and falling into a trap.
…
Officer Sato still has some questions.
But at this time, in the cabin where the crime scene was.
Inspector Megure finally had enough of Kogoro Mouri's jumpy reasoning.
He pushed open the sliding door with a headache and looked over here. Then he waved his chubby little hand towards Jiang Xia, with hidden expectation.
——Inspector Megure also heard about Jiang Xia climbing the wall and knew that he was suspicious.
But no matter how suspicious it is, it does not conflict with Jiang Xia's reasoning.
After all, solving a case is all about evidence, and when detectives were reasoning in the past, no one asked them to prove their complete innocence first.
There are even many cases where major suspects perform reasoning on the spot in order to prove their innocence.
Compared to them, at least Jiang Xia solved the case quickly and professionally...
(End of this chapter)
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