Chapter 460: The feeling of being rejected is so strange
Jiang Xia felt that the truth was not what Haibara Ai said.
——Because there was no murderous aura on the couple in black just now, and there was no ghost in their house. In Jiang Xia's perception, the murderous aura was on the upper floors.
He wasted his time just now to talk to the couple because their attire was suspicious—sunglasses, black clothes, stand-up collars and gloves, and they lived in Beika Town...
Thinking of the density of criminals in Beika Town, Jiang Xia couldn't help but try to trick them - if these two people happened to be dangerous criminals and knew him as a local detective, then if they were suddenly asked about the topic of "murder", they might be a little murderous out of guilt and fear...
Unfortunately, however, no murderous intent appeared during the questioning process.
Those two passersby were really just two passersby who happened to dress like villains...
Jiang Xia shook his head at Huibara Ai who was still waiting for an answer.
In order to stop wasting time here and go upstairs to find the murderous intention as soon as possible, he persuaded:
“Shima Asuka’s figure is very slim, it doesn’t look like she would need a size 11 ring. And the photo on her driver’s license is from three years ago.
"——From the ID photo, her body shape back then wasn't much different from now. She was even thinner. She probably wouldn't have owned a ring of that size."
Conan, who has been a professional at reading facial expressions for 17 years, also nodded: "I don't think so either. Since they know Jiang Xia, if they are doing something bad, they should have some reaction to the famous detective.
"But just now, Ms. Asuka's expression was very natural. There was no fear, only surprise..."
Although strictly speaking, the other man in black, Miss Asuka's husband, does seem to be a little afraid of Jiang Xia, but this is probably not due to guilt, but other reasons...
Conan gathered his thoughts and cleared his throat:
“Anyway, let’s go check out some other households.
"——Some people who live in '×05' did not write their full names on the mailbox, but only their last names. Among these people, there may be 'Mr. M' and Miss 'A'."
…
Walking up the stairs, I found some unexpected gains.
——There are a few households that did not write their full names on their mailboxes, but they posted their full names on their doors.
However, after searching all the way, I didn't see any couples that met the requirements.
Soon we reached the sixth floor.
The residents on the 6th floor are the kind of people who have their full names posted on the mailbox at the door.
The couple's names are "AKIHIKO Uehara" and "MISATO Uehara". Although they fit the "A" and "M" characters, the genders are reversed.
So a few kids passed by the 6th floor and planned to continue going up.
But he found that Jiang Xia, who was walking in front, stopped.
Jiang Xia stood on the stairs leading to the seventh floor, turned his head and looked at the corridor on the sixth floor, hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go to 605 first."
Before, it was difficult to determine the location when looking from below. But now that we were on the same plane, the location of the murderous aura suddenly became clear.
——It’s the 6th floor.
Conan was startled and blurted out, "Why?" He felt like he was playing a puzzle game, but accidentally turned the page too far and saw the reference answer. What was even more worrying was that the reference answer was not quite what he expected...
Jiang Xia glanced at Conan: Because I feel there is murderous intent inside...
Of course, I can't tell the truth.
Jiang Xia walked back to the sixth floor and answered Conan's question seriously, "Because the genders are reversed."
Huiyuan Ai was also concerned about this question: "...the opposite?"
Before she could figure it out, she saw Jiang Xia had already stepped down the stairs and walked towards Room 605.
So he hurriedly followed.
Unexpectedly, after following for just two steps, Jiang Xia suddenly thought of something and stopped abruptly.
Haibara Ai was still distractedly thinking about something, and accidentally tripped over Jiang Xia's heel and almost fell on his back.
Jiang Xia grabbed the person with his backhand, gently put her in front of him, and whispered: "You come and knock on the door. If I knock, the person may not open it."
“…Oh, okay.” Haibara Ai stood firm again and walked towards 605.
When Jiang Xia leaned silently against the wall beside the door, she glanced at Jiang Xia and raised her hand to knock on the door.
A few other children were standing behind her, barely visible through the peephole.
Jiang Xia listened to the knocks on the door, and let Xiaobai crawl through the wall to estimate the thickness of the door.
——He was standing downstairs with a group of children just now, and he didn’t know whether the kidnappers in the house noticed him.
If the kidnapper sees him and is determined not to open the door, he will have to kick it open...so he has to estimate the force in advance to avoid accidentally knocking out the person behind the door.
In a coma, the murderous aura is not easy to drop. It is best to keep the kidnapper awake...
…
However, the kidnapper did not pretend to be dead.
After a few seconds, the door of room 605 clicked, followed by a clattering sound of metal - someone hung the door chain and opened the door.
A fashionably dressed figure appeared from the crack in the door.
It was a young woman.
She was wearing a well-fitting suit, expensive jewelry and light makeup. She looked quite elegant and had nothing to do with a "kidnapper".
The woman peeked cautiously through the crack in the door, only to see a few children, so she asked impatiently, "What's going on?"
Conan was about to ask a question when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a pair of shoes placed in the entrance - a pair of women's round-toed leather shoes.
He looked at the shoes, then at the shoes on the woman's feet, and a thought flashed through his mind, and he blurted out: "The shoes are the wrong size - the shoes on your feet are bigger than the pair next to them. You are not a resident here at all!"
The woman's eyes changed several times, and finally she asked sternly: "Huh? I didn't say those were my shoes! Are two women not allowed to live together? Are you discriminating at such a young age? Which school are you from? What's your parent's name?"
Conan: “…”
A pot hit him on the head, making him slightly dazed.
However, compared with the first half of the sentence, the following sentences are also quite lethal - for children, "find the school" and "find the parents" can be regarded as devilish questions.
Although Conan was not too afraid of this, he was now used to being a child and had been scolded many times by the Junior Detective League. When he heard this for the first time, his instinctive reaction was still a tingling scalp.
Since we can't win the argument, let's just take action... Conan silently opened the sight of the anesthesia watch, and while looking at the watch, he aimed the firing hole at the woman's thigh.
But before he could fire, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and pressed on the cover of his watch.
Jiang Xia put the watch back to its original position, in order to prevent the murderous woman in front of him from falling into a coma and affecting his efficient acquisition of certain products...
After dealing with the hidden danger, he raised his head and looked at the person inside the door whose expression suddenly changed.
Jiang Xia was just about to follow Conan's example and do some reasoning to see if he could make the kidnapper think of silencing him.
However, just as he uttered a word, the door slammed shut.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of metal turning was heard from inside.
——The door was locked.
(End of this chapter)
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