Chapter 490 Event Physical Condition Owner
After settling down temporarily, Jiang Xia walked over and closed the door.
He glanced back at the many murderous creatures trapped in the room, and felt that this simple little house had become very livable.
Mao Lilan was still thinking about calling the police.
There was no signal on her cell phone, so she walked towards the landline in the cabin.
However, soon, Mao Lilan's anxious voice sounded: "The call can't be connected."
"It's always like this during thunderstorms." The manager snorted, "You shouldn't go hiking during thunderstorms."
Sitting at the table, looking out the window at the thunderstorm, Torakura Etsuko said vaguely, "After dark, the mountain will be very dangerous, plus the slippery rain, lightning that may strike at any time, and there are no other rest stops nearby... This is the Blizzard Mountain Resort mode. When I get back, I may be able to write a new book quickly."
The man in the couple twisted his wet hat anxiously:
"You still have time to read? There's a murderer hiding in the mountains who forces people to jump off cliffs. Who knows if the murderer will suddenly break in in the middle of the night and leave another dead person here!"
Jiang Xia leaned against the door with his arms folded. Hearing this, he corrected strictly: "The college student is not dead. The word 'again' cannot be used."
The couple was stunned for a moment and then angrily said, "This is not the point! The point is the prisoner who is still active!"
"Okay, let's eat first." The administrator brought a pot of hot water with a few packets of instant curry in it. "Don't be fooled by the shabby house. The doors and windows are actually very solid."
“…”
It suddenly rained while we were hiking, and a murder almost occurred. The group of soaked rats had no mood to eat.
But I'm really hungry...
So in the end, everyone sat down around the dining table.
Jiang Xia washed his hands, poured the slightly hot curry over the rice, and scooped a spoonful.
Just as I took off my mask, a voice suddenly came from the side: "I have seen you before."
"?"
Jiang Xia turned around and saw the smiling face of Etsuko Torakura.
"You are Jiang Xia, right? The young detective who solves cases quickly." Torakura Etsuko stirred the curry on her plate. "Not long ago, I wanted to go to Tokyo to find you, but I didn't expect to meet you..."
Mao Lilan's ears twitched, and words like "abandoned by lover and chasing husband for thousands of miles" instantly emerged in her mind. She was shocked - she had recently been dragged by Suzuki Sonoko to watch a lot of bloody soap operas together.
However, when she turned around and saw Jiang Xia's puzzled expression, Mao Lilan suppressed the thought with a little guilt.
...Compared to this, she felt that a more suitable term would be something like "fangirl chasing a star"...Ms. Torakura's choice of words was too intimate. Shouldn't she have said something more precise like "I want to go to Tokyo to find you to issue a commission"?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a clang next to me - a metal spoon fell to the ground.
The others were startled and looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a frightened-looking Kyoko Saegusa - the woman in the couple.
She stared at Jiang Xia for a moment, and found that a group of people were looking at her. Then she came to her senses, hurriedly picked up the spoon, and ran to the sink to rinse it.
The man in the couple also froze a little. After a second or two, he lowered his head to conceal his feelings and took a big mouthful of curry.
“……”Such a big reaction to Jiang Xia’s name?
Conan and Toru Amuro glanced at the couple and once again remembered their two bags with strange smells, and became secretly alert.
Etsuko Torakura also looked over here and paused the previous topic.
The manager ignored this group of strange guests. He turned on the radio and ate while listening to the news like most elderly people.
The local weather program was playing on the radio, mentioning the sudden heavy rain.
In the middle of the conversation, a local news was urgently interrupted:
"This morning, a home invasion and murder occurred in Danyuan Village. Mr. Yan Tanaka, 60, was unfortunately killed. The suspect may have fled to the direction of Danyuan Mountain. The police are currently searching for him. Please close the doors and windows and pay attention to safety."
"Danyuan Mountain?"
Toru Amuro was stunned. Isn't that this mountain?
...Except for some Buddhist tourists who were just taking a walk at the foot of the mountain, all the people who came to climb the mountain today were in this small hut at the rest point.
The Silver Fox, the suspect in the home invasion... at least two people.
If they were all disguised as tourists, then there was also the suspicious client, and Torakura Etsuko who seemed to be looking for Jiang Xia, and the two members of the Black Organization...
Isn't the concentration of criminals in this cabin a bit too high?
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia and remembered the term "event constitution".
Then he remembered something and looked at Conan.
I remember that many times when they encountered a case, this child was actually present. It was just that because his presence was so low, few people paid attention to him.
I often unconsciously shift my attention away from him.
...It seems that I need to pay more attention to this aspect in the future.
…
Although on the bright side, the silver fox and the robber may not be disguised as tourists, they may be hiding in the mountains.
But in such a dangerous place, one still needs to take precautions - before going to bed, Toru Amuro discussed with Jiang Xia in a low voice, and the two of them took turns to keep watch.
Toru Amuro was in charge of guarding the first half of the night.
Maybe when he got serious, some indescribable temperament in him had a strong suppressive effect on the criminals, and nothing happened in the first half of the night.
In the early morning, Jiang Xia got up and exchanged positions with his nominal boss.
He sat down against the wall, his eyes scanning the blankets that exuded murderous aura one by one.
“…”
So tempting.
…
After Toru Amuro fell asleep, Jiang Xia yawned, his eyelids gradually became heavy, and the time he kept his eyes open became shorter and shorter.
Finally he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
When Jiang Xia was awake just now, he would occasionally turn his head to check or press his cell phone, and his clothes would often rustle.
Now those sporadic noises gradually stopped. Soon, those who were paying attention realized that something was wrong.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes opened slowly and looked towards where Jiang Xia was.
After waiting patiently for more than ten minutes, he found that there was still no movement from Jiang Xia, as if he had really fallen asleep. His eyes pondered for a moment, and suddenly a fierce light flashed.
Jiang Xia's speed in solving cases was really frightening to those who knew him. Moreover, on the road just now, this detective had been observing the people around him. If he continued like this, his crime would be exposed sooner or later.
Why not now, while Jiang Xia is asleep...
The dark figure climbed out from under the quilt holding his breath.
He pulled out the knife from his boot, turned on the screen of his mobile phone, and illuminated it with a weak light. Then, in sync with the sound of the whistling mountain wind, he approached Jiangxia silently.
Four steps, three steps, two steps...
As the distance got closer, the dark figure looked at the young man sleeping in front of him, and his breathing gradually became heavy.
He raised the knife in his hand, took a deep breath, and smiled cruelly.
Everything went smoothly.
But for some reason, when he took the last step and victory came, he always felt that something was wrong.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning passed by the window.
The light, far brighter than that from a cellphone screen, seeped into the room, making the surrounding scene briefly clear.
The light flashed and disappeared, but the image left on the retina made the dark figure realize that something was wrong in an instant, and cold sweat silently soaked his back.
——The detective who had just been "sleeping" with his eyes closed, now had his eyes open and was staring at him.
Jiang Xia raised his head, his eyes accurately locked onto the figure that was retreating in panic. There was no trace of confusion from just waking up in his eyes, but instead he was extremely clear, and even had a little hidden...
happy?
"??!"
(End of this chapter)
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