Chapter 734: Matsuda's Strange Skills Ask for a monthly ticket (づど)
On the tray distributed by Mrs. Minagawa were some coffee and homemade cakes, and the tempting aroma of food wafted from afar.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko are both sweets lovers, and Conan also likes them. When he was a high school boy, he was too embarrassed to eat them every day, but now that he has grown up, he often follows the Junior Detective League and Jiang Xia to get sweets from Haibara Ai.
The three of them briefly escaped from the depressing atmosphere of the college students, breathed a sigh of relief, dragged over cakes and coffee, and began to pass the time with snacks.
…
Jiang Xia found his motorcycle parked nearby and drove towards the direction that the ghosts vaguely sensed.
After walking out for more than ten meters, the ghosts started muttering again - the murderous aura that was causing them concern was actually approaching them quickly.
Not long after, an ordinary Toyota appeared on the empty road ahead.
As it quickly approached within his field of vision, Jiang Xia also felt the murderous aura - the source of the murderous aura was in the car, with a faint scent of sweet perfume.
"……?"
Jiang Xia glanced at Matsuda Jinpei with a complicated expression, remembering that it was the first one to discover the source of the murderous aura.
Matsuda Jin looked straight at him, and a "?" appeared cautiously above his head. After a moment of confusion, it suddenly understood what Jiang Xia was thinking, and hurriedly waved its hands to deny it - it didn't like this smell, it was just more sensitive to this kind of murderous aura...
It was not urgent to know what kind of murderous aura ghosts liked. Jiang Xia quickly gave up the pastime of "observing the habits of ghosts" - this kind of thing was suitable for doing when he was free. But now, it was obviously not that kind of "free" time period.
He looked back at the car heading this way.
Compared to before, the distance between Toyota and him was once again greatly shortened.
Through the front window, the driver's figure could be vaguely seen. He was wearing a hood that covered his forehead, a mask that tightly covered the lower half of his face, and sunglasses to cover the gap between the upper and lower parts. On the straight road, the driver kept pressing the accelerator and quickly whizzed past Jiang Xia.
As he approached, Jiang Xia looked at the car, his whole body tensed up slightly, then slowly recovered. He gave up the idea of jumping on the car and yanking out the people inside to beat them up when they passed by... He had to find out who was in the car first. What if it was a colleague or boss that he would have to deal with frequently in the future? It would be awkward to see him again.
The two vehicles driving towards each other passed each other, the distance between them was reduced to the extreme, and then they quickly moved away with their backs to each other.
As the vehicle drove away, Jiang Xia turned the car around, adjusted his helmet, and subconsciously followed.
But after driving a distance, the phone vibrated.
He maintained his speed, took out his cell phone and turned it on to check, and found that it was a message from Mao Lilan.
[Something happened here! Mr. Minagawa suddenly fell down and was reportedly dead. Conan said it didn't look like sudden death, but more like poisoning...]
“…”
...something happened so soon?
Jiang Xia was a little surprised. However, thinking of Minagawa Katsuhiko's ability to attract hatred, the messy emotional vortex around him, and the atmosphere at the social gathering, he felt that this didn't seem so strange...
He put away his phone, looked in the direction the vehicle left, and hesitated.
...There was a murder at the party he just attended, and there weren't too many people at the party. When the police arrived and found that he was not there, they would definitely look for him. And now, he didn't know where the car with murderous intent was going. If it was too far away, it might be troublesome to follow it.
In addition, there were few cars on this stretch of road, and even fewer motorcycles. It was easy to be discovered if he was following him... Fortunately, he had learned from Conan and Amuro Toru the fine qualities that a detective should have - carrying a transmitter and a bug with him.
Just when he passed by the vehicle, Jiang Xia threw one at it and saw it stuck to the roof.
He took out his phone, found the tracking app, and clicked on it to check.
The little red dot above moved away towards the city, and the signal was stable.
Jiang Xia nodded secretly, turned the motorcycle around with satisfaction, and returned to the meeting place.
…
A few minutes ago.
Katsuhiko Minagawa didn't like sweets and was in a bad mood. He only drank a cup of coffee from the snacks brought by Mrs. Minagawa, and then pushed the tray in front of him away irritably, intending to go to the yard, smoke a cigarette, look at the scenery, and relieve his mood.
However, when I squeezed the cigarette box, it was empty.
The man with glasses took a quick glance, took out his cigarette and threw it to him.
Katsuhiko Minagawa frowned and shook out one, then he opened the door with it and walked into the yard.
Ten seconds later, Watanabe Yoshimi also stood up, carrying a box of chocolates and chasing after him with a slightly red face.
Once the center of the storm left, the atmosphere in the room eased a little.
Wakamatsu Toshihide moved his butt, put his chin on his hand and moved closer to Mouri Ran, continuing his mission of flirting with girls: "Ran, that..." He put his hands together and gestured shyly.
Mao Lilan was a little confused: "...Huh?"
Wakamatsu Toshihide failed in his hint, so he just said, "Where's my chocolate?"
Mao Lilan: "Ah, this..."
She did make a piece.
But it was obviously not done for Wakamatsu Toshihiko...
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly, then suddenly remembered how Suzuki Sonoko handled her own piece of chocolate just now, and decided to learn from it.
She was about to take out the chocolate, then said, "Why don't we share it?" and cut it into eight pieces.
But at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the yard.
Conan was startled, and quickly shifted his gaze away from Wakamatsu Toshihide, then stood up and ran into the yard.
Someone took the lead, and the others came to their senses and rushed out one after another.
…
When I ran around the corner of the house, I saw Katsuhiko Minagawa lying on the ground in the yard in front of me.
He held a cigarette in one hand, with misty white smoke rising slowly. The other hand was on the ground, with a piece of chocolate that had been bitten a few times lying next to it.
A few meters away, Watanabe Mimi covered her mouth in shock, fell to the ground, and stared blankly at Minagawa Katsuhiko who suddenly fell to the ground - the scream just now was made by her.
"Kazuhiko?" Mrs. Minagawa was stunned. She didn't care about her elegant kimono and rushed to his side, kneeling on the ground. "Kazuhiko, what's wrong with you!?"
When Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko heard the scream, they instinctively picked up their phones.
Since they didn't know whether the person was still breathing, they gave him first aid this time.
Afterwards, after confirming that Katsuhiko Minagawa was dead, Mao Li Ran sighed and silently dialed 110 again.
After calling the police, hang up the phone.
Mao Lilan hesitated for a moment, listened to the noise nearby, and sent the situation to Jiang Xia who was wandering off somewhere.
If this was a murder case, Jiang Xia who was present just now would be considered a witness and would eventually be brought back by the police. Moreover, Mao Lilan recalled the previous chats with Suzuki Sonoko - they found that Jiang Xia seemed to like solving cases, perhaps because this made him feel the value of his existence.
“……” She actually didn’t want Jiang Xia to be involved in the case.
But since it has already happened, why not let Jiang Xia come over and take a look...
(End of this chapter)
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