Chapter 462 This Detective is Worth Killing
When Conan heard that he had to go to the police station to provide testimony, he remembered that that time period was exactly the time they had agreed to watch a movie with Jiang Xia.
When Conan asked about this matter, the naughty kids said it was not a big problem.
Conan naively thought that the three children had already told Jiang Xia that they were going to stand him up.
Unexpectedly, when the appointed time came, the naughty kid hesitantly asked Conan to let him call Jiang Xia and cancel the movie-watching plan - just like a group of gamblers who postponed their holiday homework until the last night because they didn't want to face it.
Conan had never been able to deal with these kids. He sighed and took out his phone.
Conan is not afraid of Jiang Xia.
But he was not afraid to return. As a representative of pigeon people, he still felt a little guilty for being in cahoots with these naughty kids.
——In Conan's opinion, Jiang Xia's obsession with inviting other children to go out to see movies together may be because Jiang Xia himself did not have the opportunity to experience it when he was a child, so now he is curious and wants to try "everyone sitting in the cinema together to watch the childhood memory series of movies."
In this case...
After Conan stood up the girl, he took the time to mend his conscience during Jiang Xia's silence:
"Speaking of which, I bought a mystery novel yesterday and won a few movie tickets in a lottery. Why don't I ask Xiaolan and the others to go with me tomorrow?"
...Xiao Lan is definitely not afraid of Jiang Xia, and she will not be like this group of ignorant kids who are delayed by events and frequently break their promises.
Moreover, Conan is thoughtful - he thinks the reason why Jiang Xia insisted on taking the children with her, instead of suggesting to friends like Mao Li Ran to watch the Godmera movie together, is probably because she thinks it is too embarrassing for high school students to watch such a children's movie.
The "lottery" excuse can solve this problem smoothly. After all, it is something you have drawn, so it would be a waste not to look at it. Moreover, with this "child" around, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko will not feel too unnatural.
Jiang Xia still didn't say anything on the other side of the phone. Through the receiver, one could faintly hear his breathing - it didn't look like he had thrown the phone away in anger, but rather that he was deep in thought.
Conan paused, glanced at the Detective Boys next to him, and thought about Jiang Xia who might have already left the house and was almost at the cinema, but was innocently left behind. He couldn't help but add in a low voice:
"By the way, Officer Sato seems to have encountered a difficult case. If you don't have other plans, you can take some time to contact her and ask for details."
...As for whether Jiang Xia will come to find Officer Sato after asking for the details, and then meet the children who are following Officer Sato to confirm the scene, that is another matter.
Afterwards, Conan discovered that Jiang Xia was indeed able to "feel the meaning of his own existence from solving cases" just as he said.
——Unlike the silence just now, Jiang Xia responded quickly to the words about "difficult cases" and seemed to be in a good mood: "Okay, I'll go ask. Please pay attention to safety when you investigate."
"Yeah." Conan breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.
Then he ignored the angry looks of the three children that seemed to say "Traitor!", took out his wallet, and glanced bitterly at the few thin banknotes inside.
Just now Conan said that he won a movie ticket... It's impossible to win a prize in a lottery. Maori and his daughter and Jiang Xia are very good at this kind of thing, but he is much inferior to them.
Originally, Conan planned to use his remaining pocket money to buy a hardcover edition of the newly released Detective Samonji.
But now, I have to buy four more tickets. If I calculate it, the remaining money is not enough to buy a whole set of books. But if I buy one or two less, it will not be worth collecting...
Conan hesitated for a moment, and a card that seemed to be emitting golden light slowly emerged in his mind.
——His father’s credit card.
...Well, it's decided.
After all, I can't work in this state, and the money I have will only get less and less. I used to have enough pocket money for a month, but now it's never enough... Before I recover, I'd better hold on to my parents.
…
The planned movie trip was cancelled.
Jiang Xia glanced at his phone a little bored, and remembered what Conan said later. Since he had nothing to do anyway, he called Officer Sato.
The call was connected quickly.
"Jiang Xia?" Sato Miwako was a little confused at first, and then suddenly alerted, "Are you going to call the police? How is the criminal?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
Officer Sato might have a misunderstanding about him...
Jiang Xia decided not to bother about these little things: "No, I didn't encounter any cases. I just heard Conan say that you have a difficult case, so I wanted to ask if you need help."
Miwako Sato breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad I didn't run into the criminal. It turns out Conan was talking to you on the phone just now..."
She was with the Junior Detectives at the time - Officer Sato was responsible for taking Ayumi to where she saw the arson suspect, confirming the location of the witness, and searching the surrounding area for evidence.
When Conan was making the call just now, Sato Miwako also happened to receive a call from Inspector Megure and didn't pay attention to what Conan said.
Now, she thought, this kid with glasses was actually telling Jiang Xia a message. The speed of delivering the message was quite fast... Could it be that Conan's previous abnormal behavior was also related to the close communication between him and Jiang Xia?
Sato Miwako's thoughts wandered a little, but she quickly brought them back to the point that Jiang Xia had just asked her.
"We are tracking down an arsonist." Sato Miwako said, and suddenly remembered that the arsonist had not left any puzzles, so it probably could not be considered a "difficult case" in the eyes of detectives. Conan and Jiang Xia were probably referring to another case that they had just mentioned during their chat.
Taking into account the detective's strong curiosity and Jiang Xia's occasional extraordinary drive, Sato Miwako patiently explained:
"It's not really a difficult case - I brought Ayumi and the others to confirm the scene of the arson. This area is very close to where my father died. So on the way, I stopped by to pay tribute to my father, and then I met some of my father's old classmates and talked a little more about the mystery of the year.
"Little kids don't understand the statute of limitations. Conan may have mistakenly thought that it was a current case, so I wanted you to track down the criminal... But in fact, the case that led to my father's death occurred 18 years ago, and it has been three years since the statute of limitations ended."
Jiang Xia listened to a few key words and gradually formed an impression: "Is it the 'Chou Si Lang incident'?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt something, his eyes paused slightly, and his peripheral vision shifted in a certain direction.
A subway train just happened to enter the station.
After the vehicle stopped, four gray-haired old men got out of the car, talking and laughing.
As they walked towards the exit and passed by Jiang Xia, the four people heard the term "Chou Silang Incident" and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Jiang Xia.
One of the short men was suddenly startled after recognizing Jiang Xia's identity as a detective.
Then a hint of murderous intent emerged from him.
(End of this chapter)
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