Chapter 782 Case closed, please vote for meヾ()
On the way, Conan whispered: "...I always feel that this man is a little strange. Although it seems that all his actions have reasonable explanations, when combined, it is really coincidental - it's as if he deliberately led us to discover this murder.
"Also, I don't know if it's my illusion, but there's a patch of soil where the bodies are buried that has a slightly different color. It's a pity that Mr. Koda rushed over too quickly, and I didn't have time to figure out if it was an illusion or if there really was something wrong..."
However, Haibara Ai has a different opinion.
She has always been instinctively wary of strangers who appear around her.
——In the eyes of the organization, "Sherry" must have escaped far away long ago, so the organization relaxed its search efforts in this area. In addition, Anonymous always provided information to Haibara Ai in advance and even helped her escape personally... But even so, Haibara Ai had not escaped for too long after all, and her instinctive fear of the organization had not completely dissipated.
Under this premise, she naturally observed Okiya Subaru carefully.
In Haibara Ai's opinion, Okiya Subaru... doesn't seem to have much organizational aura.
Even though she had been with Jiang Xia for too long and her sensitivity in this regard was a little dull, but even if we put this aside and only looked at the simple good and bad, Okiya Subaru did not give her the feeling of being a "bad guy".
"Since it seems like a coincidence, it may really be just a coincidence - people who are under a lot of pressure will do anything. And the closer they are to the deadline, the more they like to escape and take time out, such as being obsessed with the case instead of writing the paper."
Huihara Ai recalled how Okiya Subaru sat beside them and clacked on the keyboard while they were playing baseball, and a little sympathy flashed in her eyes:
“Also, it is possible that he had accidentally discovered the body buried at the construction site before, but for some reason he did not dare to solve the case, so he used roundabout ways to push the case forward.
"——Anyway, I don't think we need to worry too much, he doesn't seem to have much malicious intent.
"And no matter what the reason is, his goal is to solve this case, which at least shows that he is not a bad person. Shouldn't you detectives and police officers appreciate such enthusiastic citizens? Although his enthusiasm is a little too cautious..."
“That makes sense…”
Conan said this, but he still felt something was not right.
After thinking for a moment, he remembered that there was a reference book on solving crimes next to him, and he couldn't help but look up and ask Jiang Xia: "What do you think?"
...This wasn't a request for an answer. He had thought about it before, and now he was just looking for a companion to confirm his guess...
"I don't know. It's possible that there are both." Jiang Xia finished speaking, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He frowned and whispered, "'Hope the case is solved' doesn't necessarily mean that one is a good person. After all, when the case is solved, the ones who benefit are not just the police and the victim..."
Haibara Ai was startled and became nervous. Jiang Xia actually said that... Is there really something wrong with Okiya Subaru?
"Why do you think so?" Conan's eyes lit up, "Have you found anything suspicious about him?"
"...No, I have no contact with Okiya Subaru. I just thought of something else." Jiang Xia sighed softly, interrupted the conversation skillfully, and acted as a riddler.
He also sold out Wu Zuo, and resolutely drew a line with this cunning and sinister organization cadre - anyway, the current "Wu Zuo" is just a puppet that appears and disappears. To put it another way, even if one day in the future, the "Jiang Xia = Wu Zuo" incident is exposed, Conan and his friends will only suspect that Wu Zuo has a change of heart and wants to reveal some information to the red team, rather than thinking that Jiang Xia is using a vest to overturn the car...
"Anything else?" Conan pricked up his ears and began to ask.
However, the essence of the riddler lies in the fact that after finishing a sentence, he cuts off the topic in various ways and refuses to give the next step.
Jiang Xia was very interested in riddles and did not answer.
He glanced at his cell phone, then raised his hand and waved at a passing taxi on the side of the road.
This time, even Haibara Ai was stunned.
In her impression, when Jiang Xia is not riding a motorcycle, he obviously prefers other spacious public transportation such as subways, trains, buses, etc. rather than cars.
But this time...
Huiyuan Ai asked cautiously with doubt: "Are you in a hurry?"
...If the organization suddenly issued a mission, then next, she could help Jiang Xia take Conan, the troublesome problem spirit, away, so that he would have time to act alone.
However, Jiang Xia just raised his hand and pressed his forehead, then sighed: "Maybe the temperature difference is big these days, I have a cold, I don't feel well... Let's go back early."
"……Um."
The taxi stopped by the roadside and three people got in.
Conan thought of the topic that had just come to an abrupt end and wanted to ask further questions.
But in the front row, Jiang Xia had already leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed, looking like he was in Do Not Disturb mode.
Conan hesitated for a moment, but finally retreated under the increasingly fierce gaze of Haibara Ai. He silently closed his mouth that wanted to ask questions, looked at the scenery passing by quickly outside the window, and thought to himself.
...Jiang Xia and Okiya Subaru did not have much contact, and many suspicious points were not observed.
So compared to Okiya Subaru, it should be the later topic that brought back some memories for him, and then he suddenly started to feel "uncomfortable" and refused to answer questions - when he went to Koda Sanae's company before, Jiang Xia was obviously still looking normal.
"..."So what was that "other thing" that Jiang Xia remembered?
Conan began to go through all the cases that Jiang Xia had solved in his mind like flipping through a book, trying to find parts that were similar to today's case.
…
Jiang Xia did not directly answer Huibara Ai's question just now.
But the mini scientist actually had the right question - he was in a hurry.
...After the main body "returns home", he will sneak away again to follow Okiya Subaru and try to find Akai Shuichi. Although Ganfan Cat has been wandering around Okiya Subaru with his puppet, Jiang Xia always feels that this cat is not very reliable.
In short, in the past two days, Jiang Xia would occasionally wear a cat vest and hang around Okiya Subaru, and place transmitters, eavesdropping devices and other things along the way.
Judging from the signal, Okiya Subaru has not left the scene too far - he seems to have returned to the coffee shop near Watanuki Yoshi's family, and it is unknown what he is doing. This obviously leaves a good opportunity for Jiang Xia to follow him under a pseudonym.
Of course, relying solely on transmitters and bugs would not provide a good tracking effect - Subaru Okiya had never lived an undercover life with bugs flying around, nor did he often interact with detectives, so he lacked vigilance in this regard.
But if he ever comes into contact with Shuichi Akai, Shuichi Akai is likely to discover the problem.
(End of this chapter)
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