Chapter 740: Cat vest is late but it's here. Please vote for itヾ()
Now, there are a group of children watching under the tree, so it is not convenient to communicate with the cat. And it is not known whether this cat can communicate, after all, it is just a cat...
Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, and asked Wu Tiangou to hold the rare cat ghost tightly to prevent it from pretending to be cute and secretly planning to escape. He planned to wait until he had time later, and then follow his usual practice to coax and trick it into signing.
It is indeed inconvenient for him to keep a cat, but it is very convenient for him to keep a ghost.
Although this is the first time I have seen an animal ghost, any ghost that enters my field of vision, let alone a cat, even if it is a cockroach, I would catch it and raise it.
The only problem is that the cat ghost is already so small that even if the cockroach really turns into a ghost, it may not be able to see it at all. But by then, he will definitely have signed the cat, so maybe he can let the cat...
The cat suddenly shuddered instinctively.
Its movement of rubbing against Jiang Xia froze slightly, and it raised its paw suspiciously and placed it on Jiang Xia's finger. It poked its head out from the side of the finger to look at him, observing the medium's expression.
However, I couldn't see any problem.
The cat was a little confused and bewildered for a while, then decided to get the meal ticket first and continue meowing cutely.
Jiang Xia had already shifted his gaze away from it and was looking at the cat's body on the tree.
…
Maybe it was because he stayed in the tree for too long. The children below started to get confused, but three of them didn't dare to ask, and one was afraid to disturb Jiang Xia's thinking.
In the end, Conan couldn't help it and shouted towards the tree: "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"... and decided that if Jiang Xia still didn't speak, he would climb up and take a look himself.
Jiang Xia looked down at the cat's body. The body was stiff, and it had been dead for some time. There was blood in its mouth and nose, and its internal organs were ruptured. There were some pink and yellow clothing fibers on the cat's paws. It looked like it had been beaten by someone, and it managed to climb up a tree to hide, but it didn't make it in the end. Unfortunately, it died... no, it died.
...What a poor cat.
Jiang Xia didn't delay any longer. He picked up the dead cat and returned to the tree.
Huihara Ai looked up and saw the branch move, and then Jiang Xia jumped down with something.
She was startled, some guesses flashed through her mind, and suddenly her whole body tensed up. The moment Jiang Xia landed, Huiyuan Ai raised her hand and covered Yoshida Ayumi's eyes.
A series of "reasonings" quickly flashed through Huiyuan Ai's mind - it seemed that Jiang Xia really found something in the tree. Thinking about what the children said just now, "there is a body nearby", and then thinking about the fact that there is no way a person can hide in a tree... Combining all these factors, Huiyuan Ai felt that she had glimpsed the truth.
—Body parts. There must be body parts hidden in the tree.
...Chopping up a person's body and hanging it on a tree is a really cruel method. It's not just a crime, it's a psychopath. According to experience, it's hard for such a psychopathic killer to stop after just one crime. It seems that they are involved in a big crime.
Huiyuan Ai's expression became serious, and her eyes followed Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia squatted down, as if to put the "body parts" on the ground.
As the height decreased, Huiyuan Ai looked away, then regained her resolve and landed on his hand. At the same time, she couldn't help but frown slightly, ready to see a horrible sight.
However, upon closer inspection, what Jiang Xia held in his hand was not a bloody bone or piece of meat, but a bunch of furry things.
"……?"
What she expected conflicted with reality. Haibara Ai was stunned for a moment.
……cat?
Seems dead...
She blinked slowly. After a moment, Nene let go of her hand.
Although a dead cat is a bit cruel for a child, Ayumi has seen many dead bodies after all, and she is not like other children...
Speaking of which, this cat...
Haibara Ai walked to Jiang Xia, squatted down and looked at the cat on the ground.
The cat's fur was blown by the wind, revealing a nameplate hanging around its neck, on which was engraved the owner's name and contact information.
Huiyuan Ai reached out her hand, gently adjusted the nameplate, and read the words clearly: "Zuowei..."
This surname is not very common.
She thought back for a moment and quickly recalled the previous case at the bank. They had seen this cat before... No wonder Jiang Xia stayed on the tree for so long just now, maybe he recognized it.
Huibara sighed, a hint of anger hidden in her calm voice: "It's too cruel."
The Junior Detectives were also angry when they saw the blood on the cat's face: "Who did this? We have to find him!"
The cat nestled in Kiri Tengu's arms, meowed, and wagged its tail, looking as if it was agreeing with satisfaction.
Jiang Xia: “…”
He glanced at the cat in silence.
The communication between ghosts is actually more like telepathy or something like that, and they can usually only make monosyllabic sounds.
This cat ghost is very convenient. It meows when it is alive, and it can continue to meow after it dies...
Just as I was thinking about it, a faint sound suddenly came from the side.
——After the three children were angry, they seemed to have thought of something and huddled together and whispered:
"Could it be that person?"
"I think so too! He looks like a bad guy in that outfit."
"But the teacher said we shouldn't judge people by appearance..."
A fourth voice suddenly interrupted: "Who is 'that person'?"
Three children: “!!!”
Jiang Xia had somehow joined their conversation.
Next to them, Conan and Haibara Ai also pricked up their ears and listened attentively.
"..." The three children instinctively shrank away from Jiang Xia. But on second thought, although Conan and Xiao Ai were not sure that "Jiang Xia would not hit children", they both said that "Jiang Xia would not hit obedient children"... Now, the three of them should be very obedient.
After a moment of silence, Yoshida Ayumi spoke softly, acting as an information provider:
"It was a man covered very tightly. We saw him when we were fishing. We couldn't see him clearly through the bushes. I only remember that he was wearing a hood, a big mask and scary sunglasses. We were a little scared. We accidentally made eye contact with him and quickly turned our heads back. When we looked back again, the man was gone..."
"With so many things covering his face, it's indeed suspicious." Conan carefully reached out his hand and probed the cat, "But it shouldn't be that person. Even if it is, he didn't kill him during the time you saw him - this cat has been dead for quite some time."
Hood, sunglasses, and a mask...
These key words reminded Jiang Xia of the car he had encountered on the road not long ago, following the murderous aura.
The driver in the car happened to be dressed in the same style.
Judging from the time and the driving direction at the time, the two should be the same person.
(End of this chapter)
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