Chapter 538 Vermouth: Jiang Xia is out of contact?
Although a murder occurred, the murderer was not the kind of serial killer who killed people randomly, and a group of people slept relatively soundly in the guest room.
When he woke up the next day, even though there was no one watching, Toshiya Tanosho did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he stayed in the villa, made breakfast for everyone in the room, and then calmly waited for the arrival of the police.
After hearing the news over the phone that "the road has been repaired and the police will arrive soon", everyone in the house breathed a sigh of relief.
Freed from being trapped in the haunted house, they felt a little more relaxed and some of them even became more active.
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Jiang Xia went to the bathroom to sign the shikigami, and on the way back, he was stopped by editor-in-chief Doi.
The middle-aged man with a high hairline wiped the sweat off his face and looked around.
He failed to notice Toru Amuro who was hiding in the corner and eavesdropping suspiciously, and thought there was no one around, so he began to recommend his own publishing house to Jiang Xia.
"Jiang Xia...Mr. Young Master." Doi always felt that it was a bit awkward to call this person Mr. directly at his age. "Well, have you ever considered writing books part-time? For example, based on the cases you have experienced, we could adapt them into unit stories and serialize them in our magazine."
Jiang Xia thought about it and felt that there weren't many events related to novelists, and writing a book would take up a lot of time. If he had the time, he might as well get to know a few more novelists...
So I declined, "I've never written anything like this, and I don't have any creative talent, so forget it."
"It doesn't matter if you can't write." Editor-in-Chief Doi misunderstood and felt there was hope, so he lowered his voice and whispered, "In fact, I know a few suitable ghostwriters. As long as you are willing to publish the novel under your own name and do a little publicity..."
Jiang Xia: “…”
Ghostwriter...
He suspected that the editor-in-chief wanted to murder him, but unfortunately he had no evidence.
Editor-in-Chief Doi would like to say something else.
But halfway through his words, he suddenly felt an extremely strong and chilling presence.
He shuddered, and after a moment of stunned silence, he looked at Jiang Xia, and saw that Jiang Xia was looking at him carefully, as if he wanted to find something from him.
In the few seconds that Editor Doi dared not move, the young detective looked him up and down several times with sharp and expectant eyes.
Then left disappointed.
Editor-in-Chief Doi, who was left behind, said: “……?”
Although I don’t know what happened, but... it seems that persuasion failed?
……well.
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After a while, the police finally arrived in front of the villa along the clear road.
After the body and Toshiya Tanado were taken away by the police, Suzuki Sonoko sighed as she looked at the vehicle driving away.
Then, not wanting to affect other people's mood, he adjusted his state as quickly as possible, turned his head and asked Jiang Xia with a smile: "Xiao Lan and I have an appointment to check in at the red maple leaf scenic spot in a few days. Do you want to join us?"
Jiang Xia was very excited.
But he hesitated for a while between Suzuki Sonoko and Amuro Toru, and then found that compared with the previous way to Dracula's villa, the boss seemed a little more suspicious at this time - Amuro Toru did not seem to intend to end his observation plan. On the contrary, he would extend the journey.
In other words, the boss still has a lot of potential and can continue to exploit it for a while...
Moreover, Jiang Xia always felt that if he chose to follow Toru Amuro, he might be able to have the best of both worlds.
——Amuro Toru's action of secretly throwing dice behind his back was indeed very covert. Even though Jiang Xia was curious and wanted to see it, he had never been able to do so.
But the ghosts, especially Jinpei Matsuda, who was observing Amuro Toru in confusion, paid special attention to the actions of their old classmate.
Therefore, Jiang Xia soon found out about the dice and also understood why they kept changing routes along the way.
Judging from the current results, Toru Amuro's dice is quite magical - it can always guide them to the side of the event physique owner, such as Conan and the Maori father and daughter, such as the Suzuki sisters... and even Rum and Curacao.
According to Suzuki Sonoko, she is going to go out with Mao Lilan soon. When the time comes, Conan will definitely go with them... With these three people together, it may be obvious which way the dice of Amuro Toru will go.
...Of course, if the dice is really unkind, you can try to use puppet clay or ghosts to do some tricks to make it turn in the desired direction.
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Jiang Xia's mind raced with thoughts and he quickly made a decision.
He looked at Suzuki Sonoko and declined the invitation with regret: "We have another urgent commission to deal with."
"Oh..." Suzuki Sonoko was a little disappointed. Coupled with the tragedy of the Tansho siblings last night, she didn't ask any more questions for a while, waved to Jiang Xia listlessly, and got in the car sent by the Suzuki family to pick them up.
Jiang Xia also waved at her and thought to himself: See you at the check-in attraction in a few days.
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Next to him, Toru Amuro had no idea what would happen to him and the dice next.
He declined the request to go to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters to take a statement, and simply took a statement with Jiang Xia in the vampire villa, and then left quickly and quietly.
On the way, Toru Amuro occasionally glanced at Jiang Xia out of the corner of his eye and fell into deep thought.
In Dracula's villa, Jiang Xia's reluctance to solve the case was given a reasonable explanation.
But the associations that Toru Amuro had made before had not completely disappeared from his mind.
——If Jiang Xia is not suspicious, there are too many "coincidences" around Jiang Xia, and they may even be potential motives for committing the crime.
But to say it's suspicious... there is absolutely no evidence.
Moreover, the closer he monitored Jiang Xia, the more he felt that he was innocent. Because Amuro Toru was sure that during this period of time, Jiang Xia did not make any moves, nor did he contact any possible "accomplices". He even had no idea about the route he would take next.
...In any case, the previous decision not to waste manpower and to complete the observation schedule of Jiangxia was still necessary - there are indeed some doubts that have not been sorted out.
Anyway, if I walk further, I probably won't run into any acquaintances. Then, there will be even fewer distractions...
Toru Amuro was secretly looking forward to it.
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That evening.
Tokyo, Shinde Clinic.
After taking a bath, Vermouth processed the information she had collected through disguise over the past few days, then glanced at the mobile phone next to her and frowned.
Whenever she had some free time, she liked to send a few messages to Jiang Xia, trying to get some information about the children she cared about. At the same time, she also hoped that Jiang Xia would dispel her suspicions as soon as possible, give herself to her, and come to her for psychological treatment or something...
However, in the past, when I sent messages to Jiang Xia, especially when I mentioned that I was going out for a party or traveling, Jiang Xia would occasionally reply.
But now, no matter what I say, I only get a cold automatic reply - something like, he's busy, please don't contact me.
“……”I always feel like something is wrong.
(End of this chapter)
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