Chapter 87 Tire Destroyer
Jiang Xia was sitting in the passenger seat. Before he even opened his eyes, he heard the ghosts whispering to each other.
There are more ghosts now, and it's a little noisy, but you can still make out what they are saying.
——There is something to pick up nearby.
Jiang Xia looked outside through the car window. At the same time, he skillfully let the Shikigami fly into the trunk, skillfully condensed a little white puppet, and skillfully punctured the tire in the trunk.
Toru Amuro had no idea of the tragedy happening in the trunk.
When he realized that his car had a flat tire, he was slightly startled and pulled the car over to the side of the road.
In the past, Amuro Toru would only have one flat tire out of every ten times he drove. But now, he was just going on a normal business trip, not speeding, and he had two flat tires...
Toru Amuro glanced at Jiang Xia next to him, and suddenly felt that his previous conclusion was wrong - Jiang Xia might not be lucky, but was jumping back and forth between extreme good luck and extreme bad luck.
Otherwise, why would the car always break down along the way to Jiangxia?
…
Jiang Xia faced Amuro Toru's complicated gaze. He vaguely guessed what Amuro Toru was thinking, but he could only keep an innocent and questioning expression on his face: "?"
Amuro Toru: “…It’s okay.”
He sighed, opened the door and got out of the car, intending to change the spare tire.
Jiang Xia actually felt that having two tire blowouts in a row was too coincidental.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes perfect sense.
——Let’s not talk about his luck for now, Conan is still sitting in the car.
When these two things overlap, it is hard to explain why no incidents occur.
Conan suddenly felt a chill on his back. He raised his head quickly and met Jiang Xia's encouraging gaze.
Conan: “……?”
Seeing the elementary school student looking back at him in confusion, Jiang Xia withdrew his gaze and got out of the car.
The other three followed him. It was not convenient for them to stay in the car while others were changing tires.
After getting out of the car, Mao Lilan looked around and was surprised to find that the trunk lid was open. And the seemingly reliable boss of Jiang Xia had been staring at it for a long time.
Mao Lilan approached with confusion.
I saw a tire in the trunk with some jagged broken parts on it.
…
Toru Amuro stared at the hole in the tire and fell into deep thought.
The last time his tire was bitten, the trunk was open, which could be explained by some wild animal sneaking in when he wasn't paying attention.
This time, however, the trunk was securely closed. But as soon as he opened the lid, he saw that the tire was punctured.
...If he hadn't taken into consideration the few ignorant citizens next to him, Toru Amuro might have taken out his gun by now.
But now, he could only look gloomy and turn over the sundries in the trunk with his bare hands, trying to find the unknown horrible creature that bit his tire... but unfortunately he found nothing.
This made Toru Amuro feel relieved, but also more confused.
When he opened the lid, he clearly didn't see anything slipping out. What on earth had the tire been...
Jiang Xia walked to Amuro Toru's side, looked down, and said in surprise: "Why is it broken again?"
Toru Amuro always felt that the next thing his employees would say would be "I told you there was definitely a rat in your car."
Amuro Toru: "...I think I took it by mistake. I accidentally put the broken tire up."
...He actually didn't believe that he would make such a mistake.
But now, if I am not mistaken, it means that a supernatural event has occurred.
By comparison...it turned out that he was too tired these past two days and remembered things wrongly. After all, he barely slept the entire night yesterday, and it was normal for his memory to be affected by lack of sleep...
Conan put down his phone and walked over to them. "There's no signal here, but I saw a building over there that looks like an old castle. We can borrow the landline from the owner and call a tow truck over."
"Indeed." Jiang Xia also put down his phone. He had been waiting for this sentence.
…
Toru Amuro turned his head in the direction the two people pointed, and through the layers of trees, he saw an ancient castle standing in the woods.
“…” He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this castle was gloomy and eerie, with a strange atmosphere.
…But there are no ghosts in this world.
So it must be an illusion.
Moreover, there is no village or shop nearby, no other cars passing by, and no signal. If I want to leave as soon as possible, I really need a landline phone.
Amuro Toru retracted his gaze and closed the trunk with a normal expression: "Let's go."
…
The group walked through the woods and arrived in front of the castle.
Jiang Xia raised his head and looked at the old building in front of him.
The courtyard of the castle was very large, and he could not detect anything unusual for the time being.
But judging from the reactions of the other three ghosts, there are many things worth picking up hidden in this castle.
…
Several people looked into the yard through the iron gate.
The yard was very large, with several huge chess pieces placed on the lawn. A well-dressed young man was squatting next to the chess pieces, looking at something thoughtfully. There was also a gardener nearby, diligently trimming the bushes.
Maybe it was because it was in the deep mountains and few people came to visit. The two people in the courtyard didn't notice that there was a guest outside the door.
…
At this time, a car drove in and stopped behind Jiang Xia and others.
A middle-aged man with a middle-parted hair got out of the car.
The man went to open the gate and looked at them in confusion: "Who are you?"
His eyes swept across the others and paused slightly when they stopped on Jiang Xia's face.
Jiang Xia has seen similar looks many times in the past few days.
——The uncle in front of me probably recognized him as a detective.
The previous variety show "Perspective Detective Agency" and the subsequent live broadcast of solving cases did have an effect. Jiang Xia always felt that his popularity was much higher than before.
"..." I don't know when I will receive the invitation letter from far away to join the serial murder case...
…
The person who recognized Jiangxia was named Mamiya Mitsuru, one of the owners of this castle.
After hearing the few people's request to "borrow the phone", Mamiya Mitsuru warmly welcomed them into the castle.
Amuro Toru breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after entering the castle and picking up the phone in the corridor, he pressed the number, but found that the call could not be dialed out.
Amuro Toru was startled, and his mind once again recalled the strange teeth marks on the tire. After a moment, he looked at Mamiya Mitsuru silently, his eyes slightly gloomy.
Mamiya Mitsuru originally wanted to keep the secret.
But when he was suddenly stared at like that, he suddenly felt a chill on his back and had the illusion that his life was threatened.
Mamiya Mitsuru was too busy creating the sense of mystery that detectives loved so much. He spoke faster:
"It's like this! Yesterday's earthquake affected the telephone lines. I asked on my way back, and they said it would take tomorrow to repair them. I'm asking you to come in. I don't have any other intentions. I just want you to have a place to rest. By the way... ahem, by the way, I have something to ask you."
This sentence sounds like human words, not something else.
Amuro Toru's expression eased a little.
——Since the external line is broken, there is really no other way. I can't carry two weak girls and a primary school student down the mountain.
He looked at Mamiya Mitsuru and asked for details.
…
Jiang Xia looked out the window while listening to Mamiya Mitsuru's story.
Just now, when Jiang Xia saw the chess sculptures in the yard, he guessed which case this was.
——This castle has a spire, and the view from the top of the spire is magnificent.
So Mamiya Mitsuru's father-in-law regarded the scenery as a "treasure" and set up a series of puzzles in the castle, the answers of which pointed to the viewing point at the top of the tower.
After the death of this playful old man, the legend of the treasure became more and more distorted. In the end, everyone thought that this "treasure" pointed to a huge fortune.
Four years ago, a maid had evil intentions. She burned to death all the people who were familiar with the old lady, and had plastic surgery to look like the old lady, replacing the original old lady. She planned to stay in the castle for a long time until the treasure was found.
…
Mamiya Mitsuru, who is telling the detectives the details of the "treasure", has not yet realized that his mother-in-law has been replaced.
His attention was all on the treasure, and he thought expectantly: I hope these detectives who came to his doorstep can help him find the treasure.
"It is said that the key to the treasure lies in this lawn." Mamiya Mitsuru took them to a room on the second floor and motioned them to look at the window.
——Looking down from the window here, the yard is like a green chessboard with huge chess pieces placed in an orderly manner.
When Conan heard that there was a puzzle here, his eyes suddenly lit up and he went to the window to take a closer look.
Toru Amuro also became interested. After all, he was the "boss of a detective agency" and had some detective attributes.
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were not very good at solving puzzles. But the garden was beautifully manicured, and they soon came to the window and overlooked the "chessboard lawn".
…
Mamiya Mitsuru had just arrived home and had some things to deal with, so he left for a while, giving the detectives some time to think.
Jiang Xia stood in the room, looking at the backs of several people in front of the window, and then looked at Xiaobai who had just come out of the wall.
Xiaobai was pulling at his trouser legs, muttering something, and pointing at the wall, apparently discovering something.
Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, then followed it and tiptoed towards the next room.
——According to the initial investigation of the ghosts, there are indeed many Shikigami hidden in this castle.
But they were burned to death in a fire while they were still in a daze, and they didn't know which murderer to pick up. In the end, they had to pick up the burnt ashes on the nearby wall - there was still a little body scent left in those places, so they felt safer to pick them up.
These shikigami who died in vain had deep obsessions, and their souls were numerous and powerful, so Xiaobai and the others were unable to pull their souls off for a long time.
So Jiang Xia planned to enter the secret passage in person.
The secret passage here connected to the tower opposite that was burned down four years ago. He was free anyway, so he wanted to go check on the Shikigami first.
(End of this chapter)
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