《The Corpse Collector In Conan》


 CH 1

    Jiang Xia gently removed the dead leaves and stared at a half-dry mud shoe print on the ground.


    The owner of the footprint was around 28 cm, and the number of shoes commonly used in Japan was 26,5 cm. The footprint was a non-slip thread, and the edges were worn.


    There were other similar footprints ahead.


    Jiang Xia knew that a thief actually stepped on this.


    Today, Jiang Xia was ready to go out and wanted to do his own big business.


    Who would have thought that halfway through, he was suddenly called away by his boss - an important researcher''s bag in the organization was robbed. So, Jiang Xia''s boss, the model worker with the code name "Gin" remembered that Jiang Xia was within this area. So he was temporarily assigned to look for the bag.


    Jiang Xia stopped riding the motorcycle and followed the muddy footprints on the ground.


    A woman''s cold voice came from the earphones on the cheek: "The robber is half a head taller than me, the hair on the edge is highlighted red, and there is a burn scar on the back of the right hand near the thumb."


    Shiho Miyano described it in detail and a calm tone. And there was no turbulence. She didn''t sound like someone who had just been robbed of her bag and pushed to the ground.


    "I see." Jiang Xia knew all about the people in this area. As soon as he heard that the thief''s red hair was scalded, he had already identified the rascal.


    He estimated the distance: "I should be able to get the bag back. It won''t take too long. Give me 5 minutes."


    Shiho Miyano said, "um."


    After hesitating, she wanted to add, "pay attention to safety."


    But when she opened her mouth again, the phone had been hung up, and there was a short "beep" sound from the other side, and it was quiet again.


    "..."


    Shiho Miyano silently looked at the darkened mobile phone screen.


    When Jiang Xia answered the phone calls from Gin or other cadres, he always waited for the other party to hang up first, but not this time.


    Although this can also be explained by "time pressure."


    But Shiho Miyano always felt that the truth was because Jiang Xia didn''t want to listen to her voice for a second.


    ...


    Jiang Xia didn''t understand other people''s complicated feelings. He just wanted to hurry up, finish this overtime work, and do his business.


    He took off his earphones, put them in his pockets, turned a few intersections along the street, and came to an old three-story apartment.


    The apartment building was painted green, with a thick barbed wire fence and a worn lockable unit door. Well, the security conditions were not bad.


    Yet, it could only defend against a legal citizen.


    Jiang Xia glanced over a row of mailboxes and confirmed The Red Haired Man''s room number.


    Then he climbed the thick barbed wire that was very friendly to thieves all the way to the top, stepped on the edge of the grid, and flipped lightly into the balcony on the third floor, intending to make a righteous charge on The Red Hair Man.


    Jiang Xia was an ordinary transmigrator who was called Jiang Xia in his previous life.


    After transmigration, he found out the new body had the same name, "Jiang Xia," but the surname was added, making it sound like a Japanese name, "Jiang Xia Tongzi." but it still rang a little strange.


    The original owner''s mental state was not very healthy. So when Jiang Xia came, his wrist was cut in half, and he almost died on the first day.


    In contrast, Jiang Xia Tongzhi left behind a well-trained physique, with strength and reaction speed far exceeding that of ordinary people.


    This gave Jiang Xia some comfort.


    ...


    Although the movement of his left hand was a little slow, Jiang Xia had some skill bonus, and in less than five seconds, he landed on the balcony of Hong Mao''s house.


    Inside the house, Hong Mao was sitting in front of the TV with his back to Jiang Xia. He laughed and cracked at the funny variety show while counting the banknotes in his hand.


    The TV volume was loud. Jiang Xia gently pushed open the sliding door, walked behind Hong Mao, and slashed down with a knife.


    Hong Mao''s laughter stopped abruptly. Red hair flutters.


    The PRADA women''s handbag on his lap also fell to the ground.


    In the world before Jiangxia, it was a matter of luck to chop people with a knife - with good luck, you can stun people, and with bad luck, you can send people directly to the crematorium.


    But in Conan World, there was no case of death with a knife. It seems that everyone has a switch on the side of their neck, and they could faint with one click.


    Jiang Xia bypassed the fainted red hair, picked up the scattered money, gathered it, put it back into Shiho Miyano''s wallet, and left with the bag.


    When walking out of the apartment door, Jiang Xia glanced at the electronic watch on his wrist, 15:49:57.


    There were still more than forty seconds before the "five minutes" promised by Miyano Shi.


    Jiang Xia then rubbed the stray cats passing by for a while to pass the time. Finally, after five minutes, the phone rang.


    ¡ª¡ªGin sent the address of the meeting.


    Jiang Xia had just finished reading the email, which was automatically deleted. And, like the call record just now, it was gone.


    "..."


    This code-name cadre was obviously very strong, but he was too cautious....


    Jiang Xia shook his head, stood up, identified the location, carried Shiho Miyano''s bag, and walked to the place that Gin said.


    The Black Organization, as the boss-level villain organization in the world of Conan, had always left the impression of code-name members as mysterious, hidden, and vicious.


    According to Jiang Xia''s observations during this period, this impression was undoubtedly inseparable from the truth.

 CH 2

    In his previous life, Jiang Xia was a psychic.


    Of course, because this ability followed the soul, strictly speaking, after transmigration, he was still a psychic.


    In this world, Jiang Xia couldn''t pick up ghosts, and a psychic''s ability was entirely useless.


    Jiang Xia also used the little power left when it landed to treat the depression of this body when the original owner committed suicide.


    When nourishing the brain for the new body, Jiang Xia reviewed part of the memory left by Jiang Xia Tongzhi.


    ¡ª¡ªJiang Xia Tongzhi''s parents were members of the black organization.


    A year ago, they died heroically, both crushed to pieces by a heavy rollover truck.


    Hearing the bad news, Jiang Xia Tongzhi rushed to the scene and bumped into the scene where the human flesh was shoveled into the body bag with a shovel.


    Jiang Xia Tongzhi was brought up by a somewhat strict nanny when he was a child, instilling the values ??of truth, goodness, and beauty. When he was a little older, although he received training from the organization, he couldn''t agree with the bloody practices of the organization. Gradually, He became depressed.


    Now that this kind of thing happened suddenly, his parents were gone, and Jiang Xia Tongzhi couldn''t be alone, so he chose to die.


    *****


    After Jiang Xia came through, he watched these memories but didn''t find them unbearable.


    ¡ª¡ªIn the car accident that killed Jiang Xia''s parents, some people survived, and those people were very good to Jiang Xia.


    Especially Shiho Miyano.


    Shiho Miyano looked very cold, but she was conscientious. Over the past year, she has helped Jiang Xia stop some murder tasks secretly as if to repay her kindness.


    Jiang Xia''s moral sense was not as bright as Jiang Xia Tongzhi''s, and he accepted the current situation well.


    And one more thing.


    ¡ª¡ªHe was greedy for the murderous aura of Gin.


    The source of the power of a psychic was mainly the soul left behind after death and the strong negative emotions in people.


    But after coming to this world, Jiang Xia found desperately - no, nothing at all.


    Soul....


    He had never met it once.


    Negative emotions...


    There were so many blood-debt-ridden, murderous ruthless people in the organization, but their bodies were stubbornly clean and they didn''t touch anything.


    If he wouldn''t look for the occasional murderous aura on Gin''s body, Jiang Xia almost thought he had lost the ability to see ghosts.


    For a long time, Gin was his hope to activate Goldfinger.


    There were not many opportunities to see Gin.


    But Jiang Xia was now a peripheral member of the organization. Nevertheless, he was a handy tool to move wherever needed. Moreover, because of his dark family background, he was more likely to be trusted than other members who joined halfway.


    Therefore, the total number of times Jiang Xia saw Gin was still not small.


    Besides, in Jiang Xia''s eyes, Gin was not terrible.


    Because when he was a child, Jiang Xia watched the anime Detective Conan.


    Children who watched anime were usually regarded as not studying hard and not doing their jobs properly.


    But Jiang Xia got the charter.


    ¡ª¡ªHe watched a few episodes of Conan as a child. After watching it, he was so vigilant that he did not dare to wash his face for fear that if he closed his eyes, the terrible scene would come true, and the ghost would jump out of the shadows with a grin and smash the skulls of innocent people.


    After the Master found out, he fell into deep thought¡ªas a psychic, Jiang Xia was even afraid of paper corpses.


    This was not acceptable even for a young psychic!


    So since then, Jiang Xia had one more activity: fighting poison with poison, watching what you are afraid of.


    The strict Master brought back a bunch of high-definition discs and pressed him to watch.


    At first, Jiang Xia was of course still afraid.


    However, only happiness was left after two days of getting used to it.


    But Jiang Xia still lit up the "acting" skills when Master was not around. Sitting in front of the TV, he would shiver and struggle so that he could watch cartoons when other children of the same age were bored studying. This wonderful life had been going on for several months.


    The psychic''s ability to control the mind was inherently strong.


    Jiang Xia could remember any details he had seen; in retrospect, it was like the scene reappearing before his eyes.


    Therefore, he could remember the anime that he had only watched once.


    This led to Jiang Xia''s accidental new discovery. When he transmigrated and found that he had a neighbor named "Professor Agasa or Doctor" his mood was very complicated.


    I really want to praise Master for being far-sighted... But Jiang Xia knew this was just a coincidence because the psychic did not have the magic skill of "predicting the future"


    But according to this posture, it seems that I could have it.


    Although, by cheating.


    *****


    Jiang Xia took Shiho Miyano''s bag and walked down the street against the scorching sun, looking left and right.


    Soon, he found a black Porsche in the shadow of the corner.


    This was Gin''s car, and I had been reluctant to change it for many years.


    It was estimated that people were not driving cars but feelings.


    There were two people beside the car. There seemed to be another sitting in the car, and it was hard to see through the black film window.


    The two people outside were easy to recognize. They were all tall, dressed in black, and wore black top hats with a low brim on their heads.


    One has silver hair up to the waist, and the other has a wide chin and sunglasses. It was Gin and Vodka, the core villain who fights wits and courage with the protagonist, and a touching model worker who works hard for the organization.

 CH 3

    Under Gin''s watchful eye, Jiang Xia walked over to the Porsche and handed over Shiho Miyano''s bag.


    When he retracted his hand, his fingers hooked casually, stealing a bit of the murderous aura hanging from Gin.


    If possible, Jiang Xia would also like to scour more.


    But the murderous aura was not something that could be found by grabbing a lot. If you want to take it all, you must meet certain conditions. Otherwise, only a tiny bit of that aura would be collected.


    In this case, a fingertip hook, and a hand grab, got about the same amount, but the latter might be shot in the head by the vigilant Gin, which was not worthwhile.


    ...


    When Gin received the bag, He caught a glimpse of Jiang Xia''s finger movement but didn''t care.


    When Jiang Xia handed him something and retracted his hand, he would hook it like that.


    A few times before, Gin was also secretly vigilant.


    But later, as the number of times increased, he guessed that it was some uncontrollable physical reaction, just like when a lame walks, he couldn''t help but turn around. Jiang Xia should be the same - after all, he had operated on his left wrist. It is difficult to recover such a deep hole and delicate part of the hand after injury.


    Gin briefly checked the bag, handed it to the car, and asked the bag''s owner to check if there was any problem - when Shiho Miyano saw Jiang Xia just now, she had already rolled down the car window.


    Shiho Miyano was a genius scientist in the organization, codenamed "Shirley."


    In the future, after taking poison and shrinking, she would probably change her name to "Ai Haibara."


    Shirley had always been cold-hearted. But she didn''t mean to hide in the car to play mystery this time. But when the robbers pushed her down, she sprained her ankle, making it difficult to get out of the car.


    The bodyguard was a little away from her at that time, and the reaction speed was slow. When the bodyguard returned to his senses, the passing bag thief had already disappeared.


    It didn''t matter if you lost money, but there were various documents of Shirley in the bag, as well as the access card of the research institute, which must not be leaked.


    The situation was urgent, but fortunately, the organization would lose some information every three or five times. The bodyguards were experienced, so they took out their mobile phones and called Gin.


    If you have some problem, search for the organization''s model worker, and you would be alright.


    After listening to what happened, Gin remembered that Jiang Xia was more familiar with this neighborhood, so he came to Jiang Xia.


    I didn''t expect Jiang Xia to solve the case in seconds. However, this saved a lot of trouble, and the efficiency was much higher than when they squatted to find someone.


    ...


    When Shirley looked at the documents in her bag.


    Jiang Xia secretly squeezed the fresh murderous aura he had just picked to prevent it from returning to the original owner.


    On the surface, he reported very seriously:


    "The bag thief is called Tomo Yamada. He has no fixed job. He makes a living by doing odd jobs and stealing and robbing. Two years ago, he rented a nearby haunted house at a low price, so he often spends his time in Activities in this area - I don''t think he came for information, he should just want to rob money."


    This sounded like an excuse for a bag thief.


    But soon, Jiang Xia made it clear that he didn''t mean this:


    "He''s in 2-chome, 21st, 305th, and he''ll be dizzy for about half an hour. It''s very heavy, and it''s too conspicuous to carry him all the way, so I didn''t bring him here... Don''t worry, when you leave, you can drop by there and take people back for torture."


    Gin nodded both praise and criticism.


    Jiang Xia didn''t kill people immediately, and it was barely considered thoughtful. However, since the bag thief was a habitual offender in this area, maybe some passers-by who witnessed the robbery knew him.


    If today, the bag thief suddenly corpses on the spot, then the "Shirley" he just robbed may be associated with this murder case and cause trouble - after all, Shirley was a beautiful half-breed with a temperament. She had unique characteristics, and you could remember her long after a glance.


    Gin: "..." However, even so, those who robbed the organization''s secrets must die.


    Thinking of this, Gin gave Jiang Xia a task: "You stare at him for the past few days, and he will die unexpectedly within a week..."


    "Cough cough." Shirley in the car suddenly cleared her throat.


    Although the expression was euphemistic, the meaning was obvious: change someone.


    "..." Gin frowned and bit the cigarette butt at the corner of his mouth.


    Jiang Xia always felt that a sentence from Comrade Model Worker lips, "Women are too complicated."


    But in the end, Gin swallowed the words again.


    ... The will of a precious genius scientist like Shirley was worth referring to. Besides, it was not a big deal.


    Gin then found his mobile phone, sent a message, and chose another tool person.


    Then he looked up at Jiang Xia: "It''s alright, you can go back."


    "Okay." Jiang Xia nodded and turned to leave.


    At this moment, Shirley suddenly stopped him and handed out a bag from the car.


    Jiang Xia recognized the contents of the bag at a glance.


    Tonic.


    For headaches, very useful.


    Shirley''s tonic was self-made, the only one in the world. She liked to put some of this stuff in a box and mail it to Jiang Xia alone before, but Jiang Xia refused all of them.


    ¡ª¡ª


    Jiang Xia didn''t actually hate Shiho Miyano.


    Judging from a bit of memory he analyzed, Jiang Xia Tongzhi had no resentment towards her either.


    ¡ª¡ªIn the car accident that Jiang Xia''s parents encountered, the couple and Shirley were in a dangerous state of being crushed into a meat pie when the truck came over.


    At that time, the couple suddenly pushed Shirley out of the rolling range, delaying a little time to escape.


    But in fact, judging from the images of the car accident at the time, even without the action of "pushing Shirley," it was still difficult for them to escape from the back.


    ¡ª¡ªIt was more like a targeted murder than an accident.


    So it was not Shirley''s fault for this incident.


    However, I didn''t blame her, which doesn''t mean I have to post it and maintain a good relationship with her. In my impression, before the car accident, although Shirley and Jiang Xia Tongzhi knew each other, they didn''t know each other well and didn''t have much communication.


    Jiang Xia feels that this relationship was perfect, and there was no need to go further - Shirley was the core member of the organization. However, there were many troubles and troublesome people around her. And Jiang Xia was a hapless psychic without ghosts. So he now wanted to maintain a peaceful life.


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia lowered his head and looked at the beautiful Shirley inside the Porsche and the lovely but not cute supplements in her hand, and did not reach out to pick them up.


    Just politely declined: "No need, you are too polite."


    Shirley''s hand holding the bag stiffened slightly.


    After a short pause, she withdrew her hands expressionlessly, threw the medicine bag back on the seat, put her arms around her chest, and didn''t turn her head away.


    And then turned her gaze uneasy.


    Her gaze stopped on Jiang Xia''s left wristband. She quickly moved away and said in a cold voice,


    "I heard from Dr. Kazuto that you didn''t return to the clinic on time¡ªthe next appointment is on the 23rd, remember that."


    "Dr. Kazuto" was a doctor in the Psychology Department of Tokyo Hospital.


    When Gin, next to her heard this, his eyes turned back and forth between Jiang Xia and Shirley.


    He had never felt that Jiang Xia had a problem before. I suddenly heard "doctor" at this time, and then I realized that this helpful peripheral member had not yet recovered.


    In a deep voice, Gin said, "We don''t need an indefinite time bomb that can die at any time. If one day you can''t perform the task because of your mentality - human experiments are just short of materials."


    "..." Jiang Xia glanced at the increasing murderous aura on him and nodded slightly, "I know."


    Gin didn''t say any more.


    He did feel that Jiang Xia was a useful subordinate, but it was only helpful, not irreplaceable. So it was enough to remind Shirley to "seek medical attention in time."


    ...


    Retrieved Shirley''s bag, Both Gin and Vodka, returned to the car, and the three quickly left.


    Jiang Xia pretended to watch for a while.


    After the black Porsche turned the corner, Jiang Xia turned around and left, heading straight for his motorcycle.


    In the past, he might stay for a while, looking carefully at where Gin had stayed to see if there was any extra murderous aura.


    But since last week, Gin was no longer his only hope of activating his abilities.


    That''s right, now, Jiang Xia had a new goal.


    It was a young idol who had recently become popular, Yoko Okino.


    Jiang Xia went out today and actually planned to find Yoko Okino.


    Only halfway was pulled by Gin to be a tool man.


    Fortunately, things were resolved quickly, so there was no need to delay the business until the next time.


    ...


    The matter of replacing the "Activated Goldfinger" should start from last week.


    When Jiang Xia came home from school and passed by the home appliance store, he casually glanced at the display TV in the window and stopped.


    ¡ª¡ªOn the TV, Yoko Okino''s cooking show was playing.


    Jiang Xia saw that she was holding a translucent crystal bracelet-like thing around her wrist.


    The "bracelet" was wriggling slightly, and a human figure could be vaguely seen.


    Jiang Xia recognized it immediately: this quivering thing turned out to be the "ghost child" he had been looking for for a long time.


    But much smaller than regular ghosts.


    It''s normal. How could two hands be so big together? But this one was extraordinarily small, maybe because it was just an embryo when it died.


    But it was already pretty good.


    Ghost fetuses were the best medium for psychics to exert their power; even in previous lives, they were rare and sought-after. Without it, the psychic would be as miserable as a summoner with 0 summonable.


    After a year, Jiang Xia was relieved and moved when he finally saw the ghost.


    The god of luck did not leave.


    He was still him, that witty and handsome European Emperor.


    ...


    Jiang Xia recalled the ghosts on TV and soon found where he parked his motorcycle.


    At this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly.


    The technological line in this world was chaotic, sometimes advancing and sometimes reversing, without any regularity.


    Jiang Xia was currently using one of the most ordinary 3G mobile phones.


    He stepped on the motorcycle, glanced at the caller ID, and picked up the phone: "I have something to do just now. I will be there soon."


    An excited voice vaguely came from the phone: "Okay, brother!"


    Jiang Xia didn''t speak anymore, hung up the phone, wearing a helmet, and left.

 CH 4

    Before being dragged to work overtime by Gin.


    Jiang Xia was on his way to the "Yoko Okino Studio".


    ¡ª¡ªHe needed to create an opportunity to get close to Yoko Okino.


    Because he had to collect a ghost.


    Judging from his observation of the past few days, the child ghost had always been quietly hugging Yoko Kinoshita''s body.


    If the child ghost was weak or had a soft temperament, Jiang Xia could use the method of "catch it and run" and directly abduct it home.


    But if the ghost child was stronger than he thought. You had to investigate the specific situation first, then make a plan, and slowly work it out.


    *****


    Jiang Xia checked Yoko Okino''s announced itinerary. She had not held a fan meeting recently.


    Suppose they went directly to the company to block people. Their studio''s security was quite strong. If something went wrong and caused an uproar, Jiang Xia was at risk of entering the police station to drink tea.


    As a member of the black organization, "going to police station" was the same as "being silenced by Gin".


    Gin was extraordinarily skilled at killing his teammate. So never give Gin a chance to shoot.


    In short, asking Yoko Okino to "solve it in private" was the best choice.


    *****


    Yamahira Town, next to the old building.


    Yoko Okino and her manager were sitting in the car, planning to wait for the assistant to come back after picking up the things before moving to the next announcement.


    Here was the set of Yoko Okino''s new play, a TV drama about passionate youngsters in universities. The director had chosen a place where ''bad'' students gather realistically.


    In the past, the gangsters and the crew members didn''t make trouble for each other, and they were very peaceful.


    But today, things were different.


    ¡ª¡ªThrough the car window, the manager saw a group of masked gangsters carrying bats and motorcycles, circling aggressively as if they were blocking people.


    When the gangsters scrambled to search around the area.


    The manager saw a suspiciously handsome young man who was highly suspected of being the gangster''s target, avoiding the crowd and sprinting to their car.


    This person was Jiang Xia.


    The manager didn''t know him. She frowned, guessing that this person was probably blocked, so he wanted to rub their car and leave. However, the manager didn''t want to intervene in this matter and planned to refuse.


    Who would have thought that when Jiang Xia approached, he didn''t say "help" or beg? Instead said: "I''m the paparazzi who stared at you recently."


    Yoko Okino and her manager: "....?"


    Under the shocked and puzzled eyes of the two, Jiang Xia looked at Yoko Okino and whispered, "Sister, you have misscariage before."


    After speaking, he held a CD in his hand, giving people the illusion that "this is evidence".


    The manager was startled and looked at Yoko Okino hesitantly.


    At this moment, more than ten meters away, the blond gangster who took the lead in blocking people glanced and saw Jiang Xia beside the car.


    He whistled arrogantly and steppes the accelerator. The motorcycle slammed close, and he let out an excited scream and swung a bat toward Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia dodged sideways. The blond gangster''s motorcycle couldn''t stop and sped out very far.


    Jiang Xia glanced over there, then looked into the car again, speaking faster: "Those are the people hired by the newspaper. If my things fall into their hands, the price will only be higher - now help me If I run away, I will give you a 40% discount on these materials."


    The manager frowned, she didn''t believe it.


    But at this time, Yoko Okino looked at Jiang Xia through the car window, then at the gangster blocking people, and suddenly said, "Let him get in the car."


    The manager paused, and after a while, she turned her head abruptly: "Yoko , you won''t really...?!"


    Yoko Okino repeated softly but firmly: "Let him get in the car."


    ¡ª¡ªFive minutes later.


    Jiang Xia obediently sat in the back row, holding the fake information in his hand.


    Yoko Okino''s car was driving on the road leading to the city.


    The manager held the steering wheel and sneered irritably with a cigarette in her mouth: "Boy, you''re too brave. Let you get in the car, but you really dare to get in¡ªdon''t ask me where I''m taking you?"


    Jiang Xia also knew that he was rude today, so I kindly followed their words and asked, "Where are you going?"


    "Tokyo Bay, and there will be another piece of cement in Tokyo Bay."


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He continued to use the tone of a good student, and said sincerely: "You are all good people, you will not do this."


    The manager sighed and uttered: "Hehe."


    After throwing off the gangsters that were following them.


    The manager glanced at Jiang Xia and asked for the price of the information in his hand.


    Such a big material, whether true or false, first stabilized the person, which was certainly the right step.


    "Fifty thousand." Jiang Xia gave a price for cabbage and then added a request like he was apologetic:


    "Can I talk to Miss Yoko alone? After photographing her for a long time, I found that she has a lot of charming flashes. Now, I actually admire her very much, otherwise I wouldn''t have been holding on to the news and refused to take action."


    The manager was shocked when she realized the meaning of Jiang Xia''s words.


    Paparazzi turned fans?


    And listening to this, did he want to use the idol''s black material for an alone opportunity with the idol?


    The manager peeked at Jiang Xia from the rearview mirror and shook her head.


    The boy thought so beautifully, and he talked with her alone. Did you want to confuse idols with beauty?


    She would refuse him.


    But her teammate, Yoko Okino, thought about it and said, "Okay."


    Manager: "....."


    She almost ran through a red light, slammed on the brakes before passing the line, and looked back from the mirror. She was staring at her artist in the rear.


    Yoko Okino looked back firmly.


    After more than ten seconds of silence, the manager sighed and looked away.


    *****


    After a while, the manager parked the car in a relatively hidden place and got out of the car: "Give you five minutes."


    Then turned to Yoko Okino: "Explain it to me later."


    After speaking, she slammed the door up.


    The soundproofing of this car was good enough.


    Through the car window, Jiang Xia glanced at the manager standing on the side of the street and lit a cigarette in annoyance, then turned to Yoko Okino next to him and admitted, "I''m sorry, but I don''t actually have any information about you."


    Yoko Okino was not angry. Instead, she leaned back in the chair and smiled very Buddhist: "I know."


    She did have a miscarriage. But it was a spontaneous abortion. At that time, with her decadent attitude toward life and death, she never went to the hospital for any checkups.


    So just now, as soon as Jiang Xia took out the "disc with evidence," Yoko Okino knew that this young man had nothing on him.


    But she still let Jiang Xia got into the car.


    On the one hand, it was because this person was young. On the other hand, it would be a pity if the gangsters beat him up, and she wanted to save him.


    And she also wanted to ask him something.


    She looked at Jiang Xia and said hesitantly, "Did you...really follow me during this time?"


    ¡ª¡ª Recently, Yoko Okino encountered an unidentified stalker and suffered a series of insane harassment: not only threatening letters and threatening phone calls, the man even entered her house and moved her furniture without authorization.


    Yoko Okino had planned to hire a detective to investigate.


    But just now, when she met Jiang Xia, she suddenly thought: If the "stalker" was Jiang Xia, then talk to him honestly, and the matter might be resolved.


    *****


    At this time, "the suspect of stalking" was sitting next to her, and Yoko Okino had already formulated her words.


    However, when the words came to her lips, she turned her head to meet Jiang Xia''s transparent eyes at first glance, "Are you the perverted stalker who harassed me?" After that, she was a little speechless.


    Yoko Okino: "..." I heard that the minds of today''s minors were more fragile than glasses.


    In case it wasn''t Jiang Xia''s doing. When she asked that, Jiang Xia gave birth to the second thought "Since you all think I''m bad, then I''ll really be a bad person!"


    She simply harmed others and harmed herself, and her sins were heavy.


    *****


    Jiang Xia sat next to her, watching Yoko Okino want to talk but stop. After a minute, she still didn''t say anything.


    Jiang Xia was inevitably a little puzzled.


    However, he had guessed something from Yoko Okino''s question just now.


    This world''s many details differed from the "Detective Conan" Jiang Xia had seen.


    ¡ª¡ªFor example, this Yoko Okino, and her very attractive female manager.


    But some things remained the same.


    For example, Jiang Xia had a detective classmate named Kudo Shinichi.


    Another example was Kudo Shinichi had a beautiful and cute childhood friend who could punch through steel plates with one punch. She was also Jiang Xia''s classmate named Ran Mouri.


    According to Jiang Xia''s "prophecy," in the future, Kudo Shinichi will be beaten and drugged by Gin, tragically turning into Conan.


    Then Conan would move into Ran Mouri''s detective office, live with Ran, and solve the case together.


    Among those cases, one was "Miss Yoko''s stalker case".


    Although there were some differences details.


    But Jiang Xia still intuitively felt that Yoko Okino in front of him was the "Miss Yoko" who the stalker harassed.


    *****


    The time the manager gave them to talk alone was up.


    After thinking about it, Jiang Xia did not let Yoko Okino continue to struggle. Instead, he took the initiative to say, "You want to ask about the stalker?"


    Yoko Okino was startled.


    "..." Could it be that the stalker was really him?!


    Jiang Xia looked at her frightened expression and waved his hand, "It''s not me."


    Yoko Okino: "Huh?"


    Jiang Xia began talking nonsense: "But when I followed you, I saw suspicious people." Then, he suggested, "Why don''t I help you solve this matter - just take it as a thank you gift for letting me take a ride just now."


    Yoko Okino looked at him and thought: Is this young man planning to change his career from paparazzi to detective?


    After all, Yoko Okino was a resident of the detective world. In her eyes, being a detective was indeed the right path.


    Although Yoko Okino hesitated because Jiang Xia sounded like a novice, she still nodded: "Okay."


    She didn''t want to discourage Jiang Xia from changing careers.


    Initially, she also planned to find a detective to solve it. And now, with the help of Jiang Xia, who had seen the "stalker" with his own eyes, he might be able to handle it faster.


    *****


    After the chat, Yoko Okino left her private phone number and address to Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia took it down carefully and then naturally reached out to her, signaling for a handshake.


    This was his original purpose. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the "bracelet" on Yoko Okino''s wrist, a child ghost that ordinary people couldn''t see.


    Yoko Okino didn''t think much and did the handshake.


    Initially, according to the little ghost''s position, Jiang Xia could touch it with just a handshake.


    Unexpectedly, The little ghost seems to dislike Jiang Xia very much. When Yoko Okino raised her hand, it silently moved back a little.


    Suddenly became untouchable.

 CH 5

    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He froze for a second, then bite the bullet and stretched his hand, poking at the child ghost.


    ...The stinging pain hit instantly, and the fingertips seemed to roll around in the needle pile.


    Jiang Xia was surprised, and he quickly retracted his hand.


    ...more powerful than he thought.


    Plan A: First abduct it forcibly, then take it home, and you can put an "X" later.


    "..." Jiang Xia chose to leave. Anyway, he had Yoko Okino''s contact information just now.


    Yoko Okino was also startled.


    She couldn''t see the ghost, so in her eyes, Jiang Xia''s action was a bit offensive.


    It''s normal to shake hands but not on someone''s wrist.


    However, as an actor who was good at figuring out expressions, she also saw Jiang Xia''s expression of resistance when he withdrew his hands-he didn''t seem to like it either.


    "..." Yoko Okino has read a lot of literary and artistic scripts recently, and after being stunned, she made up a bunch of strange mental journeys.


    For example: In order to be a good "bad boy", he deliberately molested an idol, but at the same time, he despised this kind of behaviour, so he quickly pulled his hands in disgust...


    In short, he was a misstepped teenager who repeatedly jumped on the edge of sin.


    Seeing that Jiang Xia was about to leave, Yoko Kinoshita didn''t have time to think about it. So instead, she stretched out her hand and dragged him back.


    To successfully catch someone, Yoko Okino stretched out her hand very far.


    Jiang Xia was pulled around by her, and the child ghost had not yet climbed far, touched the back of his hand.


    ...It feels like a pot of boiling water has been poured into his hand. Jiang Xia''s ears buzzed in pain, and he held back his expression.


    Fortunately, the child ghost didn''t like this kind of contact and quickly crawled away angrily.


    Pain lessened.


    Yoko Okino knew nothing about what was happening in front of her.


    She took something from her pocket, grabbed a handful of colourful crystal candies, and put them in Jiang Xia''s palm.


    Then she patted Jiang Xia on the arm as if to coax him, poured a bowl of chicken soup, and said warmly, "Go, don''t force yourself to be a bad boy any more - being a detective is a good job, and you will definitely succeed."


    Jiang Xia: "...?"


    He was stunned for a while, not understanding why Miss Yoko made such a comment.


    In the end, I had to pretend that there was no such thing, took the candies back, left the "evidence" CD, and went away.


    *****


    She waited for Jiang Xia to leave.


    The manager returned to the car, locked the door again, and turned to look at Yoko Okino in the back seat.


    Yoko Okino smiled at her relaxedly and handed over the CD: "He was just in a hurry and found an excuse to rub the car - this CD contains the study materials he engraved." The


    The manager''s blood pressure soared, and she almost crushed the disc.


    But it was just an excuse.


    It means that Yoko never had an abortion, right?


    The manager breathed a sigh of relief.


    No black materials were fine.


    She inserted the car keys, ready to leave, and complained to Yoko Okino about Jiang Xia tiredly: "This kid really likes to cause trouble for others, but the ruffians he has provoked will involve us."


    "The people''s desire to survive is very strong." Yoko Okino''s soothing voice came from the back seat, "It''s like some people say, ''When you are kidnapped, you have to smash passers-by''s things, so that passers-by who have suffered financial losses will not stand by'' - do It''s something that harms the interests of innocent people, but it''s just to survive, so it''s hard to blame."


    "...I''ve only known each other for a few minutes, and you started to excuse him." muttered the manager.


    Yoko Okino listened carefully for a while and vaguely heard the manager scolding "fox spirit".


    She couldn''t hold back a laugh, stopped talking, and picked up the half-read novel beside her.


    The Director gave her the novel: "The Leaving Youth Never Returns", Director''s bloody chicken soup.


    When I first read it, I felt that this book was stupid.


    After watching too much, I was assimilated by it and felt it was a masterpiece.


    At this moment, Yoko Okino was thinking with emotion: Seventeen or eighteen years old was an excellent age to dare and not too late to do anything. Just once in a lifetime.


    If Jiang Xia took the right path in the future, then she could be a witness to this miraculous transformation.


    *****


    On the other side.


    After Jiang Xia got off the car, he walked into an alley.


    It didn''t take long, and he heard footsteps behind - someone followed.


    Jiang Xia walked to the hidden place and turned around.


    I saw that the person following him was the blond gangster who "chased" him before.


    The blonde gangster, holding a baseball bat, approached aggressively.


    Then he hugged Jiang Xia enthusiastically: "How is it, boss. Are you going to sign?"


    - As a top-notch idol, Yoko Okino had fans for both men and women and was suitable for all ages. However, it is especially popular in the male-dominated circle of delinquent teenagers.


    Therefore, a few days ago, Jiang Xia proposed to "make up a reason to ask Miss Yoko to sign", which immediately received a warm response.


    A group of people followed Jiang Xia''s instructions and disguised themselves as gangsters chasing him.


    Although they didn''t quite know the connection between "chasing down the boss" and "seeking Miss Yoko for an autograph, " the boss was always right! Just go as planned.


    Sure enough, it didn''t take long for them to see that Jiang Xia got into Yoko Okino''s car.


    I could only say, worthy of being the boss!


    After the blonde teenager asked for the autograph, he didn''t wait for Jiang Xia to speak, looked around slippery, and couldn''t help staring.


    The blonde said to the boss in a low voice: "When I passed by you just now, I glanced in through the window crack, haha, The real Miss Yoko is even better than the poster... eh?"


    Halfway through his words, he inadvertently lowered his eyes and saw a ferocious cyan colour on the back of Jiang Xia''s right hand and was shocked.


    After a while, a strange light of envy flashed in the blonde teenager''s eyes: "...Miss Yoko hit you? Was it with her own hands?"


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    After two seconds, The blonde boy stared at him faintly. Guiltily cleared his throat: "I mean, that... it''s too much! Even if you don''t sign it, you even beat someone!" The


    Other "people hired by the opposite newspapper" had fallen far from the back of Yoko''s car. Now that Jiang Xia got out of the vehicle, they also came to meet up one after another.


    At this time, when they heard the blonde''s whine from a distance, a group of people gathered around excitedly, with a posture that was ready to move.


    ¡ª¡ªThe boss was beaten by two beautiful women when stuck in the car?


    Could this be tolerated?


    Could not!


    They had to....


    Ahem, no.


    It was necessary to seek justice for the boss!


    Jiang Xia faced their scorching gaze, feeling something was wrong with these little brothers.


    He sighed tiredly: "No one hit me, it was hit a few days ago." He raised his hand and shook it, revealing the trace of being touched by a ghost, "How could this be new? look at its colour."


    Jiang Xia didn''t want to see strange reports like "Shocked! Delinquent teenagers go to the entertainment company to attack the studio" the next day.


    The younger brothers were quite disappointed when they heard his explanation: "Oh, that''s right."


    Their memory was generally not very good, and they didn''t usually have the habit of staring at other people''s hands. They couldn''t remember what Jiang Xia''s hand looked like a few days ago. So, they believed his explanation.


    ...The crisis is over.


    The little brothers happily returned to the topic just now: "Miss Yoko is so cute! ... By the way, boss, what kind of fake material did you use to get on the bus?" They also wanted to learn.


    Jiang Xia said casually: "I posted a copy of her 0-point report card, threatening her to expose her low intelligence if she didn''t sign it for me. Then she called me into the car and told me to be honest all the way."


    After that, Jiang Xia reached into his pocket and took out the candies Yoko Okino gave: "The real person is so cute, I just looked at her and forgot to sign her autograph. She gave me some candy before getting out of the car, you can make do with it."


    "Oh!" The bad boys were delighted. But, rather than the formulaic signature, the sweet candies were more memorable for them.


    A handful of candies was gone in an instant.


    Jiang Xia had only one left in his pocket.


    But he didn''t plan to eat it. This candy smells like Yoko Okino, which could be kept as a souvenir and used to coax that ghost in the future. The principle was probably similar to preparing a cat toy before raising a cat.


    *****


    Today, Jiang Xia''s original target was the child ghost.


    But judging from the contact just now, the child ghost was very obsessed and couldn''t be easily picked up.


    However, it was not without gain.


    ¡ª¡ªAt the moment of touching it, Jiang Xia found that the obsession of the child ghost was quite naive: it wanted to see the biological father and biological mother live together harmoniously.


    Maybe it''s because it had been following Yoko Okino and had read too many silly love-sweet scripts.


    Jiang Xia didn''t know Yoko Okino''s ex-boyfriend and didn''t plan to complete its obsession.


    You must make their obsessions less serious to pick up such stupid ghosts.


    In addition to helping them achieve their wishes, it could be achieved in another way-to let the ghosts accept the beating of reality and realize that what they expected was impossible to achieve.


    Considering this, Jiang Xia turned on his false "precognition ability", recalled the plot, and soon had a rough plan.


    However, he couldn''t go right away. He had to make some preparations first.


    *****


    The next day, when Jiang Xia was washing in front of the mirror, he found that the back of his hand was all blue, but luckily it wasn''t swollen.


    The child ghost couldn''t hurt his spirit but could injure his body. The main thing was this body, which had never been in contact with a real ghost, and was a little allergic to the first touch.


    However, the harm caused by the child ghost could cause to Jiang Xia was at most to this extent.


    Otherwise, he would not have dared to poke at it before.


    Jiang Xia shook his wrist twice and found that it didn''t hurt and didn''t affect his movement, so he ignored it and packed up to go to school.


    *****


    Jiang Xia usually only attended when there were quizzes and took sick leave at other times.


    However, he did well, thanks to his excellent memory and comprehension skills.


    Although there was a Kudo Shinichi in the class, it differs from the anime because of its many details. Jiang Xia couldn''t be sure whether Kudo Shinichi would become Conan, and he didn''t know whether the time in the future would be longer than twenty a year. So the entrance examination to the university was actually in his life plan.


    Anyway, he didn''t need to study hard and remembered the theory at a glance.


    If the time hadn''t been stretched, it would be more comfortable to go to a good university and sneak into the organization''s research laboratory than to be a peripheral member fighting and killing.

 CH 6

    As soon as Jiang Xia entered the classroom, the noisy environment suddenly became quiet.


    Not because of fear of school bullies. The ones who became quiet were mainly female students in the class.


    Most of them were looking at Jiang Xia''s face.


    A few were keen, looking at the back of his hand.


    The silence only lasted for a moment, and the number of people whispering increased, but the conversation topic differed from before.


    Soon, the teacher entered the classroom with a stack of examination papers.


    *****


    Jiang Xia found a seat, sat down, and quietly took the test.


    Between exams, he went out to buy a can of Coke.


    When I returned, I found a lot of wound medicine stuffed in the drawer.


    There were sticky notes with perfume on the few medicine bottles outside, and words of concern or confession were written.


    Some of the bottles didn''t have it, but the bottle had traces of tape being stuck on it.


    Jiang Xia watched silently for a while, suspecting that there were also stickers on them, but they were taken away by the latecomers... tsk tsk tsk, this wicked world of looking at faces.


    Fortunately, he had always been handsome in his past and present life.


    Please continue with this habit.


    *****


    Jiang Xia didn''t touch those medicines and notes.


    It''s not good to take it home, and it''s not good to throw it away.


    Later, he thought about it, and he wouldn''t need the desk drawer anyway, so he might as well put it here.


    This way, the next gift giver may fail because she couldn''t find space inside.


    And if he acted rashly and didn''t handle it properly... According to the characteristics of this world, Jiang Xia was worried that he would find poison in his water glass soon.


    Then Kudo-Kun in the back seat could perform "choose one of the three suspects of poisoning" while showing sadness and using him to improve his skill...


    *****


    Kudo Shinichi was also late today, and only after two exams arrived.


    But he had a legitimate reason - on the way here, he encountered a murder case in the breakfast shop and came over after the explanation was completed.


    The invigilator nodded as usual and let him in.


    Kudo Shinichi''s position was right behind Jiang Xia.


    When passing by Jiang Xia, his eyes inadvertently glanced over Jiang Xia''s pen-holding hand and then sat, staring thoughtfully for a while.


    Just after finishing the exam, Jiang Xia was stabbed by the pen on the back shoulder.


    When he turned around, he saw Shinichi Kudo staring at the back of his hand and asked inquisitively,


    "What caused the injury? The bruised area is too large and evenly distributed. If it wasn''t a hit injury,There might be problem on an important organ. You better..."


    Jiang Xia interrupted him without changing his face: "Yesterday afternoon, the football you kicked hit me."


    Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki happened to pass by, and when they heard this, they were shocked.


    The two turned to Kudo Shinichi simultaneously and condemned: "Can''t you play againts goalkeeper?!"


    "??" Kudo Shinichi was also shocked, "Football is a multiplayer sport that values ??cooperation! At the goal..."


    Huh?


    ... No, wait.


    That doesn''t seem to be the point.


    ... The fact is that he didn''t play Football at all yesterday and had been making up his records at the police station!


    But it was obviously too late to focus on the key points at this time.


    Shinichi Kudo found that Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki looked at him as if they were looking at a "Scumbag who didn''t apologize for kicking someone and came to ask the victim''s feelings the next day as if nothing had happened".


    Kudo Shinichi was sluggish for a moment, struggling to refute: "You can''t just listen to one side of the word - such a bruise, it''s not swollen at all, it can''t be caused by a football at all, you..." Then, finally, he turned to Jiang Xia, wanting to ask for explanations.


    However, the front desk had already fallen asleep on the desk, concentrating on making up for sleep.


    Yesterday, Jiang Xia finally touched the ghost. He was a little excited and couldn''t sleep. So he got up in the middle of the night, rolled the ghost mint all night, and stayed up until the early morning, feeling sleepy.


    "...Hey!" Kudo Shinichi couldn''t accept this behaviour of leaving after throwing the blame and leaned over, trying to wake him up.


    But before he touched Jiang Xia, he was slapped by Ran Maori and was warned in a low voice, "Don''t disturb others'' rest."


    Kudo Shinichi: "..."


    He was about to defend himself, but suddenly, he felt a strong murderous aura.


    Kudo Shinichi raised his head vigilantly, looking around for the source of the murderous aura. But instead, he saw most girls in the class staring at him silently, and a few people from other classes outside stood by the door.


    Kudo Shinichi: "..."


    ...It''s not right.


    This was going very wrong.


    Obviously, Shinichi Kudo was the most popular handsome detective in Didan High School, and many beautiful girls wrote love letters to him a few days ago... Why is the world different when Jiang Xia comes to school?


    Although he was not angry, too many girls were glaring at him...


    Kudo Shinichi measured his force value and silently closed his mouth.


    Forget it, don''t bother with your fragile neighbours.


    Maybe Jiang Xia said that not deliberately touching porcelain but seeing an illusion...


    *****


    After, Kudo Shinichi stop questioning a hundred thousand; why?


    Jiang Xia happily spent a quiet day.


    After school, when he got home, he prepared the tools to help Yoko Okino deal with a stalker.


    Jiang Xia''s house was not small, with several floors and a basement.


    It was similar to the layout of Dr. Agasa''s house next door.


    As his name suggests, Dr. Agasa was an extraordinary inventor. He was also Conan''s golden finger provider - like the voice-changing bows, anesthesia watches, satellite belts, football shoes... all he made.


    At the front door to the doctor''s house was the Shinichi Kudo family.


    Every time Jiang Xia passed by and saw the house number with "Kudo" written on it, he felt that Jiang Xia''s parents'' luck was actually not bad.


    Shinichi Kudo and his father, Yusaku Kudo, were the IQ ceiling of this world.


    And his parents, as the people in the organization, lived next to Kudo''s Family for so many years, but they didn''t reveal their identity.


    *****


    Now, Jiang Xia''s parents had ascended to heaven, and the Kudo couple had already settled in the United States. So Jiang Xia no longer had to worry about this problem.


    However, next to him was Shinichi Kudo, a little expert at picking up the identity.


    Fortunately, at present, Shinichi Kudo didn''t realize that Jiang Xia was from the black organization.


    This may be the same reason - because Shinichi Kudo didn''t have much contact with Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia Tongzhi was one year older than Kudo. When he entered the school, he stayed in the first grade for various reasons and became a classmate in high school.


    Whether it was Jiang Xia or Jiang Xia Tongzhi, they were very skilled in truancy... Considering this, Jiang Xia was determined to keep the fine tradition of truancy.


    *****


    Jiang Xia entered the laboratory at home, found a few useful props, and changed into a night outfit.


    Then he put on a mask, covered his face, ran between Yoko Okino''s studio and her home, secretly embezzled some electricity from the street lights, and installed several surveillance cameras.


    After that, all the conditions of those road sections began to be seamlessly broadcast live at his home 24 hours a day.


    *****


    The evening three days later.


    When Jiangxia pruned potted plants, the monitor emits a beep sound of "di" and "di".


    It detected a specific picture.


    Jiang Xia put down the scissors, replied the playback, and saw a uniquely colored car passing by the surveillance.


    He zoomed in, glanced at the car license plate, and found that this was his goal.


    So Jiang Xia put down the scissors, packed up, and got ready to start work.

 CH 7

    According to Jiang Xia''s previous investigation, the sports car in the surveillance was the car of Stalker No. 1.


    Stalker No. 1 was heading to Yoko Okino''s house.


    So after Jiang Xia brought out the tools, he also got on the motorcycle and was about to go to Yoko Okino''s apartment.


    When He was about to press the motorcycle accelerator to rush out of the yard, Jiang Xia saw Dr. Li walking toward his house holding a strange instrument.


    *****


    Dr. Agasa heard the roar of the motorcycle, looked up to see Jiang Xia, and waved to him happily, wanting to invite Jiang Xia to see his new invention.


    Jiang Xia calculated the time in her heart and struggled for 0.1 seconds between "stop the motorcycle and listen to what the old man has to say" and "ignore him and go out," decisively choosing the latter.


    The doctor''s inventions were weird. Out of 100, 88 would explode or leak...


    Although most of the time, Jiang Xia would choose to see the invention of Dr. Agasa because occasionally, he could pick up a few useful ones. Yes...but today, he was in a hurry.


    Very busy.


    I didn''t want to be bombed.


    As soon as Jiang Xia pressed the accelerator, the motorcycle ruthlessly drove past Dr. A Li.


    The Doctor was enveloped in smoke. He waved and coughed twice, watching Jiang Xia''s disappearing back, and sighed regretfully. There was a feeling of Boya holding the qin to Zhong Ziqi''s house, only to see Zhong Ziqi running away overnight.


    Dr. Li: "..." No, Jiang Xia was not that kind of person.


    It''s like this. It should just be that Jiang Xia simply didn''t see him.


    After all, Jiang Xia was wearing a helmet, which affected his vision...


    Dr. Agasa comforted himself and felt much better.


    He folded the new invention in his hands, decided to forget it today, and showed it to Jiang Xia tomorrow.


    I hope it''s not broken by then.


    Dr. Agasa returned to the road while holding the machine.


    As soon as he arrived at the house''s front door, he suddenly found that his neighbor, Shinichi Kudo, had just arrived home, and Shinichi''s face showed a happy expression.


    Dr. Agasa followed suit and greeted him: "What happy event happened? Come to my house to see my new invention and chat while watching?"


    Shinichi Kudo touched the back of his head embarrassedly and replied. The first half of the sentence: "There''s no such thing as a happy event... It''s just that I lost a bet with Xiao Lan, so I have to invite her to Dorobika Paradise on the weekend."


    Then his expression changed, and he rejected Dr. Agasa''s second half of the invitation: "No."


    Shinichi also knew that the doctor''s invention had many security risks.


    "..." Dr. Agasa let out a long sigh. Alas, child.


    Only Jiang Xia knew how to be considerate of the elderly. Except for his bad eyesight, he had no other shortcomings.


    The doctor, who failed to gain recognition, returned home very lonely and sad with his new invention.


    *****


    Jiang Xia''s house was closer to Yoko Okino''s apartment.


    He quickly rushed downstairs to Yoko''s apartment, parked his motorcycle, and looked up at the building.


    At this time, Stalker No. 1''s car was still on the road.


    *****


    Jiang Xia had seen Yoko Okino''s schedule and knew she had a live broadcast this afternoon and would not go home too early.


    The apartment where Yoko Okino lived had a total of 30 floors, and the unit door at the entrance of the building was locked.


    Jiang Xia had learned to pick locks, but at present, he had not found an energy source enough to repair his wrist. As a result, his hand was unstable, and he couldn''t even raise his hand and twist it, and the lock clicked to the ground... Picking a lock was not efficient, and it was easy to get caught halfway.


    Still, the matter was easy to fix even without picking the lock.


    Jiang Xia lingered briefly nearby.


    When the other resident returned to the apartment, Jiang Xia followed behind the aunt and entered the building together¡ªif asked, he planned to pretend that he had forgotten the key to the unit.


    When the unit door was closed, the innocent aunt who Jiang Xia followed found something wrong and turned her head vigilantly.


    Seeing the boy behind her, her expression softened a little.


    When entering the elevator, she helped Jiang Xia press the door button and nodded at him with a smile.


    *****


    Yoko Okino''s unit was on the 25th floor.


    To be safe, Jiang Xia got off the elevator on the 27th floor and followed the fire escape to the 25th floor.


    After confirming that there was no one in the corridor on the 25th floor, Jiang Xia took out the camera in the dark stairwell, adjusted it, and hid behind the door.


    A few minutes passed.


    The elevator dinged¡ªsomeone came to this floor.


    The sound of high heels stepping on the ground walked out of the elevator, passed by the stairwell door, and went straight to Yoko Okino''s unit.


    Jiang Xia hid behind the stairwell door and peeked out.


    I saw that the person who came was a slender woman with a back similar to Yoko Okino.


    This person was labeled "Stalker No. 1" by Jiang Xia, Yoko Okino''s rival, Yuko Ikezawa.


    Jiang Xia silently aimed the camera lens at her.


    The actual situation of this world currently matches the anime he had watched.


    It''s just that the details were a little different. For example, "Miss Yoko" had a different manager and had a miscarriage...


    Anyway, with spoilers, everything was much simpler.


    *****


    Jiang Xia activated his false "prediction" ability.


    ¡ª¡ªIf he remembered correctly, there were actually two "stalkers" who made "Miss Yoko" suffer.


    One was the young lady who stepped on the unit and came out to do bad things, Yuko Ikezawa.


    The other was the ex-boyfriend of Yoko Okino, who was trying to get back together.


    And Yuko Ikezawa, just jealous of Yoko Kinoshita being more popular than her, wanted to make this beautiful and dedicated colleague unlucky.


    A while ago, Yuko Ikezawa stole the spare key of Yoko''s unit from her manager and started her series of harassment.


    *****


    Jiang Xia quickly sorted out the memory and felt that this matter could be resolved easily.


    After all, Stalker No. 1 and No. 2 were just two scumbags. Both of them were not good people. Just put on a sack and fight. Rather than taking care of the two of them, the more important thing was that in the process, let the child ghosts recognize the reality, gave up his "obsession" to match his parents, and came to a reliable psychic...


    *****


    When she first got off the elevator, Yuko looked around with a guilty conscience.


    After that, she skillfully took the stolen key and opened the door of Yoko Okino''s house.


    People were easily nervous when they were in an unfamiliar environment.


    But Yuko Ikezawa had been here several times.


    Now that she returned to Yoko''s unit, it was as easy as going home, even happier than returning to her own home.


    So she wasn''t too alert.


    She didn''t realize it at all. Instead, a camera lens was quietly aimed at her in the dark.

 CH 8

    After Yuko Ikezawa entered the door, Jian Xia also put on the camera and followed silently.


    *****


    Yuko Ikezawa walked into Yoko''s unit and turned on the light.


    Then she walked straight into the bedroom, raised her hand, and scattered many threatening letters stained with chicken blood on Yoko Okino''s bed.


    After doing the bad thing, Yuko Ikezawa looked at the messy bed with blood letters, remembering Yoko Okino''s current bad state, and felt like a genius.


    She flipped her hair, smiled happily, and planned to leave.


    Unexpectedly, she was confronted with a pitch-black camera when she turned around.


    "..."


    Yuko Ikezawa froze and felt a cold air rush to the top of her head.


    ¡ª¡ªAt the bedroom door, Yuko didn''t know when there was another person. The man was wearing a mask, hood, and gloves, covering his body tightly, his eyes were hidden, and she couldn''t see his face at all.


    He leaned leisurely against the door frame. Then, when Yuko Ikezawa turned around, the young man nodded at her and silently gave a thumbs up where the camera couldn''t see as if he was very satisfied with the woman''s performance just now.


    This was originally a fairly positive move.


    But Yuko Ikezawa stared at the camera, and her heart was cold:


    Illegal entry into someone''s house, harassing and threatening colleagues with blood-stained threatening letters... Once these things that she did were filmed and sent out, let alone her career would be ruined, she might be sent to jail!


    ...but, it was fine.


    Yuko Ikezawa thought; she was wearing a scarf and sunglasses, the scarf was pulled up high, and her face was covered.


    As long as you didn''t get caught on the spot and didn''t get a clear full face, you could completely wash it off afterward, saying that it was someone else who pretended to be her to pose for a photo and that it was framed.


    ¡ª¡ªIn short, you must flee quickly and must not be caught!


    She looked at Jiang Xia, who was blocking the door, and planned to smash something over, knock people down, or frighten them away, and then rushed out the door to escape.


    Thinking of this, she turned her eyes slightly and landed on the step stool beside her.


    Just as she was about to rush over to pick up the stool and slammed it on Jiang Xia''s head.


    However, at this moment, when the line of sight staggered, Yuko Ikezawa''s eyes flashed - Jiang Xia came close and pulled the scarf and sunglasses off her face, instantly removing all her disguise.


    Yuko Ikezawa''s face suddenly appeared in front of the camera without any cover.


    "..."


    Suddenly realizing this, Yuko waved her hand like crazy, trying to smash the camera.


    Of course, she didn''t succeed. Instead, she was grabbed by the neckline and fell onto the room carpet.


    Jiang Xia pressed Yuko''s struggling hands with his knees, held the camera in one hand, the other free hand, pinched her face, and tugged hard.


    ¡ª¡ªDue to the activity of a well-known phantom thief, many people in this world know about the "Disguise Technique."


    If you didn''t record and pinched her face like this, in the future, Yuko Ikezawa might say, "someone has disguised with her face."


    *****


    Jiang Xia originally thought that as long as he pinched Yuko''s face in front of the camera and let people see that she was not disguised because her skin was naturally red after being pinched, he would be able to prove that the person he video was true. It''s Yuko Ikezawa.


    However, Jiang Xia was surprised to discover that the situation was not quite right.


    - There was no disguise.


    But Yuko''s skin didn''t turn red either.


    Jiang Xia retracted his hand in confusion and found that his black gloves were covered with a thick layer of makeup powder.


    "..."


    After silence, Jiang Xia stretched out his hand in disbelief and grabbed it again.


    Ikezawa Yuko''s face was still not red.


    Maybe the powder was too thick.


    "..."


    ...In this case, there was no way to prove that it was her real face.


    Jiang Xia looked at his dirty gloves and Yuko Ikezawa, who was screaming under him, and briefly fell into thought.


    After a while, he remembered that when he passed by the living room, there was a box of wet wipes on the coffee table.


    An illusory light bulb of inspiration appeared above Jiang Xia''s head.


    He picked up Yuko Ikezawa like a sandbag, put her on the sofa in the living room, and pressed her again.


    Then he grabbed a wet towel and wiped it hard against her face.


    This time, it was finally wiped off.


    Yuko Ikezawa''s face was rubbed until red under the camera. This extremely natural change couldn''t be achieved by the current disguise surgery. Therefore, it could be proved that this was the real face.


    *****


    Yuko Ikezawa felt wet on her face.


    She opened her eyes suspiciously. At a glance, she saw Jiang Xia holding a wet wipe covered with her makeup.


    Yuko looked at the wet wipes dully and then at the camera that was still shooting at her.


    Realizing what happened, she burst into a scream of rage.


    The decibel startled Jiang Xia, and he unconsciously dropped a knife to the side of Yuko''s neck.


    The screaming stopped abruptly.


    Yuko Ikezawa''s beautiful eyes rolled, and she fainted with a face full of unwillingness.


    The place became quiet again.


    Jiang Xia withdrew his hand and breathed a long sigh of relief.


    Holding the camera, he looked down at Yuko Ikezawa and hesitated for a moment, feeling that since things had already started, it would be best to end them.


    So he took some more wipes, wiped Yuko Ikezawa''s face thoroughly, and videoed the whole process.


    Then stopped the recording.


    With this proof, whether it was sending Yuko Ikezawa to jail for reform or threatening her to stop harassing Yoko Okino, it was enough.


    However, there was a new problem...


    Jiang Xia recalled the footage he had just shot, played it back, and paused the scene at the end.


    He looked at Yuko Ikezawa''s face without makeup and remembered her usual appearance on the poster, and suddenly he was a little confused.


    The difference in her appearance before and after seems to be a bit big?...In this way, could it really prove that Yuko Ikezawa was not someone else''s disguise?


    "..."


    But after cleansing, it was impossible to repaint her makeup again.


    Jiang Xia recalled the desperate eyes of Yuko Ikezawa just now and realized that she seemed very concerned about the content of this video.


    ...So it shouldn''t be a big problem.


    The plan could still proceed as usual.

 CH 9

    After Jiang Xia checked the video, he put the camera aside and sent a message to Yoko Okino.


    Yoko Okino was a dedicated star who didn''t bring her cell phone to work. So it would probably take a while to see.


    So Jiang Xia looked at Yuko Ikezawa, who was lying beside him while waiting for her.


    Usually, he knew well about hacking people with a knife, and he could even estimate how long the other party would faint.


    But what happened just now was purely a conditioned reflex after being shocked by her. So, Jiang Xia was not sure about his force.


    In other words, Yuko Ikezawa might wake up at any time.


    ...Although her combat power was weak, it was troublesome if she awakened.


    Jiang Xia thought for a while, picked up the scarf dropped by Yuko Ikezawa, and used it to tie her hand.


    After that, he found another napkin and covered Yuko Ikezawa''s face.


    Jiang Xia didn''t want Yuko Ikezawa to see his face, so he was wearing a mask until now.


    But it was stifling to cover the face with a mask all the time indoors.


    Anyway, people were unconscious now. So why didn''t you just put a piece of cloth on Yuko Ikezawa''s face to block her sight?


    Got the job done.


    Jiang Xia created a cozy place for himself, sat on the sofa again, and waited for Yoko Okino to return.


    *****


    She would be home soon.


    After entering the door and saying hello to Jiang Xia, Yoko Okino remembered that Jiang Xia had waited for a long time. So she planned to make a cup of tea, get something to eat for Jiang Xia, and then slowly ask about the situation.


    When passing by the sofa, Yoko Okino moved her eyes and accidentally caught a glimpse of the humanoid creature on the couch.


    She froze. The relieved expression also shattered.


    ¡ª¡ªOn the sofa lay the "captured stalker."


    Unlike the "terrifying idiot" imagined by Yoko Okino, judging from the stalker''s dress and figure, she seemed to be a fashionably dressed woman.


    However, at this time, the woman''s clothes were full of folds, and it looked like she had been beaten mercilessly and lay motionless.


    In particular, there was a white cloth covering her face.


    "..."


    Yoko Okino''s heart just let go and instantly re-suspended in the air.


    Looking at this, this stalker is probably dead.


    It''s good for young people to be dedicated to their work, but why, how could they still kill people...


    *****


    Jiang Xia saw Yoko Okino turn back, walked to the coffee table, and picked up the camera he was about to hand her for her to watch.


    Who knew that when she turned around, he saw Yoko Okino looking at him with sorrowful eyes and saying: "You go. I will not tell them that I have seen you."


    Jiang Xia: "...?"


    What do you mean, throw him away after using?


    Yoko Okino didn''t notice the change in Jiang Xia''s eyes.


    She quickly took out her purse and pulled out all the cash.


    Seeing the money, perhaps feeling too little, she took out the checkbook and pen.


    Yoko Okino was about to write some "fleeing funds" to Jiang Xia but suddenly stopped thoughtfully and muttered:


    "No, now it is stipulated that you should be 20 years old to be sentenced, and you are just a teenager. And today''s incident it was the stalker who entered the house illegally. Also, I hired you, and you took... a bit extreme measures against her. So rather than running away, it''s better..."


    Yoko Okino frowned, trying to come up with the best reason and sincerely hate herself for not studying literature seriously back then. "Wait." Jiang Xia vaguely understood. After a moment of silence, he pointed to Yuko Ikezawa on the sofa, "She''s not dead yet."


    Yoko Okino: "?!"


    she sat on the sofa and carefully touched the neck of the "corpse."


    ¡­¡­warm, and there was a pulse.


    Alive!


    Yoko Okino heaved a sigh of relief, fell into the sofa with no strength, and startled the "corpse."


    Finding that she did not push the minors into the abyss of murder, Yoko Okino''s conscience no longer hurts, so she had the energy to pay attention to more details.


    For example, if observed closely, she had seen the stalker''s outfit.


    ...seemed to be that fierce-tempered colleague.


    Jiang Xia sat beside her and said, "This person is Yuko Ikezawa; you should know her." Then, he handed the camera, "Look at this. I captured something handy."


    Yoko Okino took it and watched carefully.


    At first, the video was a little scary. Because Yoko Okino looked at Yuko Ikezawa, who was in the video with a hideous expression and blood, and her scalp was numb.


    However, by the end, her eyes had become a little sympathetic.


    ¡ª¡ªIt''s too pitiful; Yuko Ikezawa was too pitiful.


    ...but she must say, well done.


    *****


    After watching the video, Yoko Okino put down the camera, filled out the check at twice the market value of the commission fee, and gave it to Jiang Xia: "Thank you, you are a big help."


    Jiang Xia didn''t refuse, but, to be honest, what he wanted was the other rewards.


    Jiang Xia glanced at Yoko Okino''s wrist.


    The child ghost was hanging there shivered silently, squirming a little closer to Yoko Okino, hugging her arm tightly.


    Jiang Xia tutted in his heart, temporarily withdrawing his eyes from the ghost, took out the videotape, and handed it to Yoko Okino.


    If this thing was sold to Yuko Ikezawa''s company or its opponent, it could get several times the income.


    But this was quite troublesome, and Jiang Xia didn''t want to explore it. And he was not short of money - there was occasional income from the organization; in addition, Jiang Xia Tongzhi''s parents also left a considerable inheritance.


    Yoko Okino looked at the videotape handed over by Jiang Xia and massaged her head. And suddenly realized that although she tried hard to raise the price, she still gave less--the manager had always dealt with this kind of thing, and she was rarely needed.


    Thinking about the possible value of this video, Yoko Okino picked up the checkbook again. She seriously consulted the fake paparazzi in front of her: "I can''t take it for free. What price do you usually sell this kind of news?"


    "You have already paid the commission fee, right? So it''s worth it." Jiang Xia didn''t care much about money; he only wanted ghosts, "Don''t worry, this is the information I got during the process of handling your entrustment, it''s part of the entrustment, and I won''t sell it to a second company. How you use it is up to you."


    Once again, Yoko Okino was moved.


    ¡ª¡ªShe didn''t read the wrong person; he was indeed a good boy who could be saved!


    However, the additional money must still be given.


    Jiang Xia refused to speak further, and Yoko Okino planned to ask her manager.


    By the way, she asked her manager to come over and help deal with the stalker.


    When Yoko Okino was talking on the phone.


    Beside him, Jiang Xia took a tablet-sized self-made screen from his bag, with several surveillance images connected.


    He clicked on one of them, zoomed in, and looked at it, and there was a little expectation in his eyes.


    *****


    After Yoko Okino called her manager, she suddenly remembered it was lunchtime.


    Thinking of how long Jiang Xia had been lingering nearby to catch a stalker, Yoko Okino got up in a hurry: "You haven''t eaten yet; I''ll go make you something to eat."


    Jiang Xia looked at the door: "Don''t rush to eat, There is one more person."


    "More?" Yoko Okino was still smiling.


    After a second, she suddenly realized that "there is one more person" refers to a stalker, and her face turned pale: "There is one more?!"


    Jiang Xia nodded: "Well, yes..."


    He just wanted to say, "It is a fat man," so Yoko Okino could guess it was her ex-boyfriend and prepare herself in advance.


    But then, Jiang Xia''s eyes moved and found: Yuko''s head, very slightly tilted towards him.


    ...It''s like a subconscious action of "listening" when hearing gossip.


    Jiang Xia silently stared at Yuko Ikezawa and the clothes on her face: "..."


    Yuko Ikezawa''s psychological quality was incredible. I still want to pretend to sleep and listen to gossip in this situation.


    He stopped talking, got up, and walked towards Yuko Ikezawa.


    Yuko Ikezawa was still trying to eavesdrop with her ears open.


    At this time, when she heard Jiang Xia''s footsteps, and he suddenly stopped talking, she panicked, suddenly realized that the situation was not good, and tried to shrink back on the sofa.


    However, this level of escape has no effect.


    Jiang Xia went down with the knife in one hand, and Yuko Ikezawa felt pain in her neck. Then faint again.


    Jiang Xia retracted his hand with satisfaction.


    This time, he did it professionally and could estimate how long Yuko Ikezawa would faint.


    Finally, there was no need to guard against her waking up.


    *****


    Yoko Okino watched the whole thing in a daze.


    At first, she was also frightened by the existence of the "second stalker," and her face turned pale.


    But, seeing Jiang Xia''s neat movements, she suddenly felt that the stalkers were nothing.


    ...weird.


    Yoko Okino calmed down and looked at Jiang Xia, wanting to continue to hear his investigation just now.


    However, Jiang Xia stopped speaking.


    He made a "silent" gesture towards Yoko Okino and walked silently to the entrance.


    When he got to the door, Jiang Xia stood behind the door and heard something. Then, suddenly, he opened the door.


    Across the door, a fat man was also lying on the door eavesdropping.


    Because Jiang Xia suddenly opened the door, it made the fat man staggered forward without support.


    Before he could regain his senses, Jiang Xia grabbed the stalker''s neckline again and threw him into the room.


    After Jiang Xia finished throwing, then he turned around, closed the door, and locked it with a click. He was nodding with satisfaction.


    ¡ª¡ªStalker No. 2 was captured successfully.


    *****


    Stalker No. 2 was stunned by that blow. He lay on the ground baring his teeth, looking at the ceiling lamp in the room of Yoko Okino''s house, unable to sit up for a long time.


    Jiang Xia locked the door, turned around, and kicked him as a sign of hurry, but found that Stalker Two had no intention of getting up.


    So Jiang Xia had no choice but to bend over and grab the fat man''s neckline, dragging him to the living room with a little effort. Put him in front of Yoko Okino¡ªmainly The Child Ghost.


    As expected, the child ghost got up and seemed to scold Jiang Xia¡ªprobably because it was very unhappy when it saw his father being dragged.


    After scolding, it held Yoko Okino''s arm tightly and looked at her eagerly, hoping that his mother would condemn the savage paparazzi in front and let him see their deep love.


    However, things were quite different from what the child ghost thought.


    Yoko Okino looked at the man under her feet with fear, disgust, sadness, and an indescribable hatred in her eyes.


    Stalker No. 2 looked at her with a look of "reconciliation" while screaming, "Yoko!" he raised his hand to her.


    Yoko Okino was shocked and subconsciously hid behind Jiang Xia.


    Then she nervously took out her phone and called her Manager to ask when she would be there.


    The Manager had already gone downstairs and brought a few bodyguards over.


    The Manager got the call and went upstairs anxiously.


    After entering the living room, the Manager looked at Jiang Xia and then at the two stalkers who were so miserable. Then, after a moment of hesitation, the bodyguards were left outside the door.


    Now, the fewer people know about these things, the better.


    ...Since Jiang Xia had been involved, why not let him stay and replace the bodyguards?


    After all, this ex-boyfriend on the ground was also quite heavy, around 200 to 300 pounds, heavier than she and Yoko combined.


    If this bastard gave up his life and wanted to drag them to death, he could kill both of them just by weight.


    If Jiang Xia weren''t by her side, the Manager wouldn''t dare to bring Yoko Okino to meet her ex-boyfriend alone.


    A drama with three actors.


    Jiang Xia took two steps back, away from the battlefield, and sat on the sofa silently watching.


    Through the false "prediction," he learned a lot about stalker no. 2 previous situation, and he accepted the current movement.


    But the child ghost couldn''t accept it.


    Under the gaze of the child ghost, a long entanglement disappeared just like that.

 CH 10

    Simply put, it''s a story about a man who suddenly regretted seeing his ex-girlfriend become popular and more attractive after breaking up.


    The agent was well-prepared and even brought a money-receiving agreement from this ex-boyfriend a few years ago, beating all his sophistry.


    When her ex-boyfriend broke up with her, Yoko Okino begged him in every possible way. For a while, the ex-boyfriend always remembered the past, thinking that Yoko must still love him deeply, so he wanted to find her to get back together in private secretly.


    Who knew that a young man destroyed the "reunion" he had waited for for a long time before he even had time to say a word?


    Immediately after that, the manager also came.


    *****


    Although the child ghost was just a child, it also understood the cause and effect.


    It was hit by reality, and its whole being became droopy.


    Although it was a bit miserable, Jiang Xia looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief.


    The child ghost with broken dreams was much easier to tame than before.


    It didn''t matter if it felt disillusioned. After bringing it home, signing the contract, and feeding some ghost mint, it would start to get enthusiastic again.


    *****


    Jiang Xia relaxed because most problems had been resolved


    He leaned against the sofa and stretched.


    Only then did he feel a little hungry.


    The three people next to him were still performing a bloody drama, so it was not good to disturb them.


    Jiang Xia looked at the coffee table, reached out to touch a plate of oranges, and planned to eat something to endure hunger.


    Unexpectedly, Yoko Okino found out what he was gotta do and came over to stop him.


    Yoko Okino, with eyes flushed with tears, found a box of finished bento from the refrigerator, put it in the microwave, dinged it, and brought it to Jiang Xia: "Eat this, oranges on an empty stomach are bad for your stomach."


    She also gave him a pair of chopsticks.


    Then she looked at the table and felt something was missing, so she wiped away her tears and asked, "Do you want a drink?"


    Jiang Xia was a little embarrassed: "No, thank you."


    Yoko Okino heard it but still took a teacup and poured him a cup of oolong tea.


    Only then did she return to her manager with her head down and continue to deal with her affairs.


    Jiang Xia looked at the steaming bento and the tea next to him and sincerely sent a good person card to Yoko Okino.


    *****


    Stalker No. 1 and No. 2 didn''t need Jiang Xia to solve them. The agent had rich experience and could handle it cleanly.


    In the end, the stalkers were dragged away by the bodyguards while covering their mouths.


    When the bodyguards were suppressing the stalkers, Jiang Xia took advantage of the chaos to stand beside Yoko Okino.


    There was still some stinging pain.


    But the feeling of "rolling in the needle pile" like last time was gone.


    Because of the big play just now, The child ghost reconsidered his goal, and its obsessions faded a lot.


    After getting the ghost, Jiang Xia took his tool kit and the child ghost while the manager was still busy and sneaked away quietly.


    If he stayed, he might also be responsible for the aftermath, which was too troublesome.


    In normal times, Jiang Xia would be happy to stay longer.


    But not today.


    He was going back to sign a ghost.


    At this time, Jiang Xia felt he couldn''t wait for several days after placing an order online for the package to arrive.


    He wanted to unpack it sooner.


    *****


    On the way home, the child ghost had been struggling but was brutally suppressed.


    Although its obsession had begun to shake, it seems it had not given up on matching its parents together.


    Jiang Xia was not in haste.


    These few days, while waiting for the stalkers to show up, he made PlanABCD and was ready to kidnap anytime.


    *****


    Jiang Xia returned home, held the child ghost into the basement, and settled it in front of the TV.


    The child ghost got angry but then looked at the dark screen and gradually had a bad premonition.


    It got up vigilantly and saw the human in front of the TV slowly turning his head and showing it a kind smile.


    Then Jiang Xia clicked and turned on the TV.


    The TV started playing.


    Some news, which Jiang Xia especially found: a love murder cases related to the entertainment industry.


    ¡ª¡ªSome celebrities were assassinated by brain-dead fans after the idols announced their relationship.


    There were others, the ordinary man held the hand of the goddess at the meeting, and then other fans were jealous and brutally killed that man.


    There were many cases in this world, and similar topics were easy to find.


    Jiang Xia pressed the play button and left the ghost child behind.


    The next day, Jiang Xia peeled the oranges and leisurely came to the basement.


    Just see the child ghost lying in front of the TV, with a broken look.


    Hmm, PlanA seemed to work.


    Jiang Xia approached and quietly looked down at it: "You want them all to die?"


    The child ghost shook its head vigorously, tears welling up.


    Jiang Xia was satisfied.


    He continued his plan but changed the videotape.


    This time, it was a bunch of pure love dramas.


    The two protagonists were sweet from beginning to end, and because they were female-oriented films, the male protagonists in the movie were all scumbags and gave up on the female protagonist.


    For the child ghost, between its father and mother, would choose Yoko Okino without hesitation.


    Therefore, when thinking about problems, it was also more inclined to stand in the perspective of Yoko Okino.


    The child ghost watched the drama for a few days.


    I''m used to the godlike male protagonist in the play, and then I thought about his father.


    *****


    A few days later.


    The child ghost watched the finale episode with relish, and when the protagonists kissed, he clapped his little hands excitedly, with no idea of ??matching his biological parents.


    Jiang Xia turned off the TV, picked it up and put it on the table, and issued an invitation at the right time: "Young ghost, do you want to sign a contract with me?"


    Of course, this question was just a formality throughout the process.


    As of now, it had to be signed even if the child ghost refused.


    *****


    The little child ghost woke up from the sweet drama, shivered sensitively, and felt threatened.


    But raising his head and looking at the sincere Jiang Xia in front of him, he felt it should not be Jiang Xia''s problem.


    The ghost looked around alertly for a while but found nothing.


    So I felt the environment was dangerous, and I needed to find a protective umbrella to rely on.


    And instinct tells it that if there was no one to support it, it couldn''t live long.


    The child ghost finally nodded in agreement.


    *****


    Jiang Xia gently touched its head.


    Many psychics skills could be used freely after signing a contract with a ghost.


    Jiang Xia thought about his bright future, and suddenly his waist and hands were no longer in pain.


    In addition to strengthening the psychic itself, there was a chance that the ghost would awaken unique skills when signing a contract.


    Such as teleportation, hardening, and mind control.


    Of course, there are also some amazing abilities.


    According to the research of psychic scientists in previous lives, these awakening abilities were often related to the experience and thoughts of ghosts themselves.


    Jiang Xia looked down at the ghost child before him, recalling its obsession.


    I always felt that it couldn''t awaken any serious skills.


    However, now is not the time to be picky.


    For now, it would be nice to have a ghost.


    *****


    Jiang Xia locked the basement door, returned to the ground, and unbuttoned his shirt.


    A black pattern appeared on his chest. It was the word "Z" with a very complex design. In addition, there were many hollow decorative patterns. It was created from nothing, and it looked strange and mysterious.


    When each psychic was awakened, he could choose his unique mark, and once it was determined, it couldn''t be changed.


    When he was a child, Jiang Xia drew three handsome knife marks, two horizontal and one diagonal, influenced by a movie.


    But he didn''t expect that when it was developed into the pattern that was not the bright silver scar but a fancy letter.


    Fortunately, this thing was usually hidden and could not be seen. However, when a ghost was used, it could be seen like a tattoo on the skin.


    *****


    Jiang Xia remembered his dark history, sighed, found a needle, and stabbed it into the tattoo.


    A drop of blood slowly came out.


    It didn''t slide down but hung strangely at the tip of the needle.


    Jiang Xia stretched out his hand and let the blood drip onto the child ghost.


    The blood touched the child ghost, making a sizzling sound like a barbecue. Drops of blood strolled as if alive.


    *****


    After more than ten seconds, the blood gradually stopped on the side of the child ghost''s neck. Then, it turned into a Z-shaped mark that was the same as Jiang Xia''s but with several circles.


    After everything was over, the child ghost raised his hand in confusion and touched his neck.


    It did not feel uncomfortable but instinctively realized that it seemed that it had a long-term meal ticket.


    Jiang Xia threw away the needle, buttoned the clothes, and looked at it with anticipation of a miracle.


    After a while, there was a little more information in his mind; it was about the child ghost''s skills.


    Jiang Xia read it carefully, feeling complicated.


    The good news was that the child ghost had a skill in a good way.


    The other news that I don''t know if it''s good or bad was that this skill...


    As expected, the skill was very outrageous.


    ¡ª¡ªThis skill could force a person to confess to another person.

 CH 11

    If the child ghost targets had a favourable impression with their summoner, a less murderous aura was used when the skill was activated, and the skill could be used in more actions.


    And if it were an enemy or someone hostile to Jiang Xia, it would take a lot of energy, and the skill usually could only be used once.


    The child ghost had also discovered his new skills.


    It was pleased, with a pair of ghost eyes shining brightly, and snorted happily.


    After signing the contract, it could only use skills when Jiang Xia ordered it.


    Fortunately, this is the case; otherwise, Jiang Xia suspected that this child ghost would sneak into Yoko Okino''s life someday and give her a handsome actor to force CP.


    *****


    Jiang Xia was silent for more than ten seconds after looking at the skill description.


    In the end, he decided to choose a name for this skill.


    Let''s call it "forced love."


    This skill seemed useless at first glance.


    However, if enough murderous aura could be found in the future to strengthen the child ghost, its skills will also be upgraded.


    For example, the "forced love" that could only make people move their lips needed double the murderous energy before they could make others confess.


    After upgrading, it might become "forced to hold hands," "forced to hug," "forced to kiss," "forced @*$%;*," etc., with just a little murderous aura...


    It is handy as long as the enemy''s movements could be under control.


    All in all, it was not too wasteful. If the skill could be used smartly, it might have miraculous effects...


    *****


    And with a ghost, you could create a "puppet."


    Although Jiang Xia could only make a child''s body now, it would be handy in any situation.


    Jiang Xia comforted himself briefly and left the basement with the newly signed child ghost.


    After signing the contract, the psychic master''s control over ghosts would be significantly strengthened.


    However, you had to take care of its meals and upgrades...


    You had to take care of everything messed up by the ghost.


    It''s the same as adopting a serf who was obedient but had to eat, cover, and educate.


    Usually, the child ghost could be retained in the tattoo because there was an unscientific space.


    Jiang Xia''s murderous aura was also kept inside.


    It''s just that there were not many ghosts in Jiang Xia''s hands... to be precise, and there is only one.


    So he didn''t bother to keep the child ghost in the tattoo space.


    Anyway, this child ghost is small and easy to carry. It''s more suitable to leave it outside, so Jiang Xia didn''t need trouble getting it when he needed it.


    *****


    After the contract, the ghost''s attitude towards Jiang Xia was much better than before, and it felt close when it saw him.


    It crawled along Jiang Xia''s arm to his shoulder and rubbed its face against his face.


    However, rights and obligations usually go hand in hand.


    Just as Jiang Xia was thinking about it, he saw the child ghost poking his face, then patting his stomach, giving a hint.


    - It''s hungry.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    Raising ghosts is so troublesome.


    But still have to feed.


    The child ghost who had been signed would have a family bond bonus to the psychic master.


    That is to say, even if the psychic were a bit sloppy, they would forgive the master with tears.


    But it is very easy to capsize if the psychic masters were tyrannical, treated too harshly, and had many ghosts simultaneously.


    Once the ghosts were abused and out of control, the psychic end would often be particularly tragic - so miserable that it could be printed on textbooks as teaching materials and circulated forever.


    In short, most psychics were still very cordial to their ghosts.


    This was also a fundamental work ethic for the psychic master.


    *****


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia reluctantly convinced himself. Then, he reluctantly drew out a wispy black line.


    It was one of those murderous auras looted from Gin.


    He had been saving it all the time, and he was not willing to use it - even compared with the previous life with relatively abundant resources, this was considered a high-quality murderous aura.


    Jiang Xia initially only took out a whole strand.


    But after looking at the child ghost''s small physique and thinking about the fact that there was not much stock in hand, he tore the murderous aura from the middle and saved half of it.


    After that, Jiang Xia stared at the remaining half, pondered for a moment, slowly stretched out his hand, tore the remaining half, and saved the other half again.


    The child ghost silently watched the murderous aura that was shortened repeatedly: "..."


    Shouldn''t he nod quickly when Jiang Xia asked if he wanted to sign a contract just now?


    But by now, it''s too late to regret it.


    ¡ª¡ªThere was a contract to fulfill; not only did the ghost not think that Jiang Xia was too much, but the child ghost was very thoughtful of Jiang Xia.


    It patted Jiang Xia''s shoulder with tears in its eyes, indicating that he would work hard to help gather the murderous aura and come back for his master so that Jiang Xia would not need to save so much.


    Jiang Xia was delighted and finally gave it away. Ready to feed the ghosts.


    Of course, he couldn''t feed it directly; Because it''s not easy to digest.


    Jiang Xia returned to the first floor, found his jacket, took out the cigarette case, and made out a "cigarette."


    Although this thing was created into the shape of a cigarette, the filler was not tobacco but dried foam of several kinds of plants.


    This thing had a scientific name called ''ghostnip'' in the psychic world.


    Jiang Xia once suspected that the person who invented it had a cat at home, and he had the evidence on hand.


    However, although the name was very similar to catnip, ghostnip itself had no appeal to ghosts.


    It''s just very good at helping absorb the murderous aura that psychics had caught - such as this murderous aura in Jiang Xia''s hands.


    It was produced by Gin, High Quality.


    Best of all, it actually had a hint of wine flavor¡ªan indication of high quality.


    Jiang Xia brought the murderous aura that was torn off next to ghostnip. It would melt into the smoke quickly.


    Then Jiang Xia lit the cigarette.


    The smoke rose, and the child ghost climbed onto the back of his hand, held the cigarette butt, and took a deep breath in satisfaction.


    Jiang Xia could also eat something like a murderous aura.


    Not to satisfy hunger but to replenish energy.


    However, he worked out regularly, had enough rest, and never used his skills wantonly, So he was very energetic.


    So, although he was a bit greedy, he didn''t grab food from the child ghost.


    *****


    Jiang Xia didn''t know if the child ghost was too hungry or because the murderous aura was too little.


    It took a few seconds to climb close, and the cigarette had already burned out more than half.


    Jiang Xia shook a long piece of ash into the ashtray.


    After that, the last bit of ghostnip mixed with murderous aura was also sucked out.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    This ghost seems to be gluttonous.


    Jiang Xia let go of his hand and threw the extinguished cigarette butt into the ashtray.


    The child ghost touched his belly and seemed to want another one.


    Jiang Xia checked its status and found that it had recovered from the blow of the broken ideal and was now healthy.


    So he resolutely turned his face away, pretended not to understand the hint, and carried the ashtray to the bathroom to rinse.

 CH 12

    Before leaving, the phone rang after washing the ashtray and wiping his hands.


    Jiang Xia took the phone, glanced at the caller ID, and found it was the call from the blond boy before.


    Of course, bad boys wouldn''t do any meaningless things every day.


    They skip classes and hang around, but they also would work part-time to earn pocket money...


    The difference was that the bad boys regularly gathered together to confirm that they were still themselves, that unique and rebellious teenager.


    In fact, Jiang Xia felt that this gathering was somewhat formalistic and useless.


    But the younger brothers were still good people and like to help at critical moments... So, well, they could come in handy.


    So the gathering still had to go.


    For example, today was the weekend.


    As usual, everyone went to the game hall in the afternoon to brush up on the records.


    Have a meal afterward.


    In the end, when it was quiet at night, everyone would ride the motorcycle to the less-populated section of the town and be free birds that came and went like the wind.


    *****


    In the past few days, Jiang Xia''s energy had been focused on "how to make the child ghost give up becoming a matchmaker" and "how to trick the child ghost into signing contracts voluntarily."


    In addition, he skipped classes every day and overlooked the weekend.


    Jiang Xia almost forgot this guy...


    Jiang Xia picked up the phone call from his younger brother.


    At this time, The blond boy and the other little brothers have already settled down in the game hall.


    Jiang Xia said he would be there soon to meet with his ''friends''.


    *****


    He initially thought that this would also be an ordinary day.


    Then, unexpectedly, when he was near the game hall and was about to enter, the child ghost suddenly poked him excitedly.


    Jiang Xia was stunned and followed its direction.


    I saw a black Porsche parked quietly in the shade of the trees across the road.


    Jiang Xia: "..." This car was familiar.


    The pair of fierce eyes in the crack of the window was even more familiar.


    Jiang Xia immediately froze after accidentally seeing the boss in the car.


    With a child ghost, Jiang Xia was no longer care that much about Gin.


    But anyway, Gin was also a boss who paid him a salary.


    In front of the boss who was busy with work, while he goes to the game hall to play games...


    There was always a feeling that a teacher was busy cleaning the classroom, and Jiang Xia sat with his legs crossed and played games.


    ...Troublesome.


    Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment.


    But on second thought, since Gin didn''t take the initiative to look for him, it means that the jobs didn''t need him.


    In relief, Jiang Xia took another step toward the game hall.


    After finishing work, Gin smokes a cigarette, and he raises the car window silently to see the back of Jiang Xia.


    ... I don''t know if "wasting time in the game hall" was worthy of condemnation, and Gin didn''t want to see it at all.


    He still envies Jiang Xia for being able to play on weekends.


    Or simply want to pretend not to know...


    When the car window was closed, the line of sight was cut off by the dark film on the window, with Gin could no longer be seen.


    Jiang Xia felt a lot more at ease.


    He continued walking towards the game hall and, at the same time, secretly left the ghost baby on the ground.


    The ghost baby knew strictly what the master was thinking.


    When it was still outside, struggling to run in the direction of Gin, and went straight to the Porsche.


    *****


    The Porsche driver''s seat was empty.


    Jiang Xia guessed that Vodka was working nearby. So Gin wouldn''t leave until he returned.


    Thinking about it, Jiang Xia couldn''t help but look forward to it.


    I haven''t seen each other for so many days, and Gin must have a new murderous aura...


    Although the effect of taking a murderous aura was minimal, it could be regarded as a relief for the hard-working boss.


    As expected, he is the most reasonable, appropriate, and very conscientious subordinate.


    *****


    While thinking about the harvest, Jiang Xia entered the game hall and sat on a game console by the window.


    Out of the corner of his eye, the child ghost ran across the street, first climbed up the Porsche''s body along the tires, and then clucked its way inside.


    Jiang Xia absentmindedly shook the joystick of the game console, pretending to be playing a game. But actually, play attention outside.


    At this time, the sound of the game over was heard.


    *****


    ¡ª¡ªThe next seat, The blond boy looked at the "Game Over" that covered the screen and sighed unhappily.


    As he returned to the main menu, he glanced at Jiang Xia next to him.


    Then he was shocked to find that the boss was facing the screen with a slight smile.


    The blond boy was stunned and excited: "Break the record? What''s the new record?" After


    saying that, he couldn''t wait to lean over to take a look.


    Then he saw the same "Game Over" on the screen of his boss.


    Unlike him, there is a striking zero score display in the upper right corner.


    The blond boy: "...?"


    He thought for a while and understood.


    ¡ª¡ªIf other people got 0 points, they wouldn''t be able to play normally and will crash directly at the beginning.


    But the boss was different.


    ...this must be the boss'' newfound enjoyment!


    - To control the plane, avoid all the points, get 0 points, and at the same time not fall into the trap, fly to the end.


    Equivalent to twice as many things to hide.


    This was a challenging operation!


    Thinking of this, the blond boy rolled up his cuffs, sat back in his seat, re-injected the coin, and pressed restart.


    This time, instead of manipulating the plane to get those scoring balls, he avoided all the balls along the way while avoiding traps so that the game would not end directly.


    On the interface, scoring balls and traps were flying, and the blond boy was impatient.


    After ten seconds, his plane accidentally hit a golden ball, and the 0 in the upper right corner became a "1".


    The blond boy: "!"


    Guo... It isn''t easy.


    As expected of a game invented by the boss!


    *****


    Jiang Xia was still paying attention to the car outside.


    After a minute or two, he saw the child ghost dragging a streamer-like murderous aura, passing through the car door, and running towards the game hall.


    When the child ghost ran to his feet, Jiang Xia bent down and picked it up, saving away the murderous aura, which was very satisfying.


    Then he withdrew his attention from outside, looked at the game console, took out two game coins, and prepared to restart.


    When I was about to start, I suddenly felt something was wrong.


    Jiang Xia looked back vigilantly.


    Then, he saw his little brothers standing behind at some point, looking at him with admiration, wondering what happened when he was distracted.


    Jiang Xia: "...?"


    Instead, he skillfully grabbed a younger brother closest to him, stood up, and pressed the person to his seat.


    Jiang Xia put on the posture of a coach, stood behind, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Have you learned it? Come play a game, and I''ll see the result."


    Let him first observe what the group of this middle school was thinking....

 CH 13.1

    Jiang Xia Somehow managed to get a record of 0 in the afternoon.


    After dinner, he leave the game hall, turn on the motorcycle, and he was relieved. He felt that his IQ, which had been brought to the bottom, had been reset to normal.


    ... The imagination of the little brothers is too weird. It¡¯s fine to hide from the bomb. Why hide from gold coins?


    Until the motorcycle turned on, Jiang Xia couldn''t stop thinking about gold coins and bombs.


    ***


    The motorcycle is speeding down the street.


    Halfway through, Jiang Xia''s neck itched.


    The ghost baby poked him again.


    "Huh?" Jiang Xia glanced at it.


    The ghost baby pointed doggedly in a certain direction.


    As a ghost, it is much more sensitive than Jiang Xia in terms of "detection".


    ¡ª¡ªIt sensed the murderous aura that could be eaten.


    When Jiang Xia heard "murderous spirit", he thought he had met Gin again. He was suddenly not interested.


    There was always a lot of murderous intent wrapped around Gin''s body.


    But not all can be picked up.


    In the afternoon, he had squeezed once. The remaining murderous aura must still be stubborn, and they won''t be able to take it away even if they meet it.


    But soon, the ghost baby noticed Jiang Xia''s thoughts and gave him some supplementary information.


    ¡ª¡ªThis time it smells different.


    It can be compared to wood and is tasteless.


    In other words, is not Gin.


    Jiang Xia was stunned.


    ***


    A year ago, after coming to this world, he spent a lot of time in "Cemetery", "Hospital", "Police Station" and other places.


    But no matter whether it is a ghost or a murderous intent, it has never appeared.


    Only in the black organization, there is Gin that can barely be counted.


    ***


    However, in the past few days, suddenly Jiang Xia not only picked up a ghost, but the ghost also said that it detected some murderous intent...


    Jiang Xia gradually had a guess when he remembered the plots he had seen when he was a child.


    ¡ª¡ªIf there is any difference recently, it is probably that Kudo Shinichi is about to become Conan.


    If the existence of ghosts is really related to this "matter non-changeable event".


    Then with Conan''s awakening, there may be more and more unscientific ghosts and murderous intent in this world.


    When Jiang Xia thought of the corpses and murderous intent everywhere in the original book, his eyes became bright again.


    ...He can finally get more ghosts?


    ***


    Jiang Xia looked expectantly in the direction of the child ghost and saw a middle school.


    When it comes to murderous aura, usually someone is committing a crime.


    And when it comes to "middle school" and "committing crimes"...it''s hard not to think of Jiang Xia''s back desk-mate, Shinichi Kudo.


    ***


    Facts have proved that Jiang Xia''s speculation is quite accurate.


    ¡ª¡ªTime moves forward a little bit.


    Just this afternoon, Shinichi Kudo went to the amusement park, where he ran into Gin.


    Shinichi Kudo always felt that Gin was not a good person, secretly followed for a while, and then found that Gin and Vodka were blackmailing a chairman.


    Shinichi Kudo was surprised, and immediately began to secretly take pictures to collect evidence. Unfortunately, he was knocked unconscious by Gin from behind, and was given a poison specially made by the black organization.


    Gin''s original intention is to use this poison to kill.


    Unexpectedly, after Gin left, the drug effect on Shinichi Kudo failed to kill this stubborn detective but shrunk him down to a primary school student.


    The shrunken version of Shinichi Kudo woke up and fled home. At the suggestion of Dr. Agasa, he changed his name to "Conan Edogawa" and went to Mouri''s house to stay.


    ...not entirely because he likes to live with Ran Mouri, but mainly because Ran''s father, Kogoro Mouri, opened a detective agency.


    According to Dr. Agasa''s brain circuit, the shrunken version of Shinichi Kudo needs to:


    Use his excellent reasoning ability to help Kogoro Mouri become a famous detective¡ý


    ''Famous Detective'' Kogoro Mouri participates in high-profile cases¡ý


    Through those cases, get in touch with ''the man in black'' organization ¡ý


    Obtained a sample of the drug that made him smaller from the man in black ¡ý


    Dr. Agasa, a leading inventor in black technology, developed the antidote ¡ý


    Conan turned back into Shinichi Kudo ¡ý


    Reported illegal organizations in the name of a detective, and caught them all.


    ***


    Shinichi Kudo, or "Conan". After listening to these suggestions, he reluctantly agree that the doctor had a good point, and obediently moved to Mouri''s house.

 CH 13.2

    Time back to the present.


    At the entrance of the same middle school.


    Jiang Xia also recalled the plot and thought of this kidnapping case.


    He turned the nose of the car to change course. The motorcycle roared all the way, and it came around to the front gate of the "Murderous" Middle School.


    Stopping to take a look, I saw "Futatsubashi Middle School" on the sign hanging at the gate.


    Jiang Xia: "..." Sure enough.


    The kidnapped rich second-generation is hiding in a warehouse at this school.


    The kidnapped little girl looks cute at first glance, but in fact she is surprisingly bearish (super naughty).


    ¡ª¡ªShe thought her father was too addicted to work and would not play with her, so she planned to "kidnap" herself and asked her father to take a holiday for a month.


    However, just as the little girl had arranged everything and was sitting smugly waiting for her father to agree to her conditions.


    A real kidnapper passed by quietly.


    When the kidnapper saw the little girl sitting alone at the table and took her away.


    After the rich man who lost his child called a detective, Conan quickly saw through the whole thing.


    He deduced where the kidnappers and the little girl were, rode the rich man''s dog, and ran all the way to Futatsubashi Middle School, trying to be a hero to save the beauty.


    However, Conan overestimated his force value.


    Not only did he fail to save the little girl, but he was also severely beaten by the kidnappers.


    The innocent dogs were also implicated.


    ***


    At the school gate.


    Jiang Xia parked the motorcycle, looked at the signboard of "Futatsubashi Middle School" in front of him, recalled the things related to Shinichi Kudo, and felt more and more that the murderous aura that the child ghost smelled was emanating from the kidnapper.


    Just now, Jiang Xia suddenly turned a corner while riding. So the younger brothers behind him also clattered and all followed.


    If the skill is good, just follow Jiang Xia directly.


    If you are not very good at it, put safety first - rush out for a while, and turn back as if nothing happened.


    At this time, the younger brothers stopped beside Jiang Xia and looked at the school gate with him, feeling a little puzzled.


    Just about to ask about the situation, suddenly heard Jiang Xia question: "Do you want to play something exciting?"


    The others were stunned and excited: "Okay!"


    They are very confident in the boss''s ability to innovate - the boss can always come up with some new ways to play, such as the 0-point challenge this afternoon.


    The blond boy looked at the closed gate of the school, tied a "root" bandage on his forehead, and asked excitedly: "What are you playing?"


    Jiang Xia buckled his helmet, and smiled faintly: "The dragon saves the princess."


    "...huh?"


    Before other people figured out the meaning of this sentence, Jiang Xia suddenly press the accelerator.


    The motorcycle rushed out with a roar, ran over a stone brick, and in the shocked eyes of the school guard, jumped over the sliding gate, and fell into the schoolyard. Afterwards, Jiang Xia drove away with the motorcycle and disappeared into the night.


    The blond boy and a few others came back to their senses, turned off the accelerator in the same way, and chased after him one after another.


    The rest of the younger brothers hesitated for a moment, felt that the boss''s operation is not easy to copy, if you don''t pay attention, you might fall into a fool.


    ¡ª¡ªIf it was a year before, in order not to lose face, they would definitely bite the bullet.


    But now, they keep in mind the teaching of the boss that "no matter what you do, to pursue accomplishment with an art [without injury]."


    So, after staring at each other for a moment, several of them turned their heads to look at the school guard at the same time and surrounded them quietly.


    The guard on duty is in the security room.


    At this time, through the window, he was looking at the scene like a zombie siege outside, and a drop of cold sweat slowly slipped from the corner of his forehead.


    A second later, the guard stood up and slapped the table heavily...


    and pressed the switch.


    The electronic sliding door of the school creaked and slowly slid open.


    At the school gate, the boys nodded in satisfaction.


    If one road fails, just change to another, the result will be the same, and the efficiency will be higher.


    What the boss said is indeed true!


    ***


    At the same time.


    In the abandoned warehouse of Futatsubashi Middle School.


    Conan rode the dog and arrived at the scene in time.


    The dog rushed up and bit the kidnapper. Conan walked up to the little girl and assured her: "Don''t be afraid, it''s all right."


    Before he finished his sentence, the poor dog was beaten up by the kidnapper with a stick and couldn''t get up again.


    Conan can only fight by himself.


    However, obviously, his fighting power is not as good as a dog''s.


    After hiding a few times, Conan was caught by the kidnappers and was caught and received a combo.


    After the nth time being hit, with the little girl''s anxious cry of "Conan!", Conan was thrown like a small sack and hit the dog.


    The dog with its head full of bumps was already about to wake up.


    After being hit by Conan, it raised its paws "Ouch!" and fell into a coma again.


    Conan got up, squeezed the dog''s paw in grief and anger, and look at his loyal comrade who fell to the ground.


    Then he raised his head again and looked at the approaching kidnapper.


    It wasn''t until this moment that Conan really realized that he was no longer that famous high school student detective whose combat power was about equal to 1.5 passers-by.


    Now, any passer-by can hit him.


    Conan looked desperately at the murderous kidnapper, feeling a little regretful.


    If he hadn''t rushed to come directly but bring a car full of adults...


    ***


    In front of him, the kidnapper approached with a smirk, and the bloody club rubbed the ground with a string of sparks.


    Under Conan''s unreconciled gaze, he raised his club high, intending to give the final blow.


    At this time, a beam of light suddenly shot from outside the window, penetrated the stained glass, and illuminated the abandoned warehouse.


    Startled the kidnapper jerked his head around to look at the light source. Just to see a spot of light zooming in on the window from far to near.


    The window was smashed open with a bang.


    A motorcycle flew in arrogantly, and the tyre was aimed at the kidnapper''s face and ran over.

 CH 14.1

    The kidnapper was startled.


    The motorcycle lights were too bright, his eyes were dazzled, and he couldn''t see who was coming at all, so he could only try to dodge to the side with all his strength.


    The motorcycle fell against his side.


    In a split second, the kidnapper''s forearm was hit hard. His hand shook and the club fell to the ground with a bang and rolled away.


    The motorcycle that landed braked abruptly beside it.


    ***


    Jiang Xia get off the motorbike, took off his helmet, and put it aside.


    The dropped club rolled to his right foot. He stepped on it with his shoe. The club spun and fly with the sound of the wind, and he grabbed it with his hand.


    Jiang Xia weighed the club, looked at the murderous figure in front of him, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.


    Then he casually made up a suitable reason for hitting people: "Is it fun to bully children?"


    The kidnapper looked at Jiang Xia''s inexplicably twisted smile and felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.


    He turned his head sharply and rushed to the door, trying to escape.


    However, just after taking a step, the warehouse door was kicked open by someone.


    ¡ª¡ªOutside the door, at some point, there was a huge crowd of young and strong men, with a row of motorcycles behind them.


    Those people looked at the person behind the kidnapper, looked at Jiang Xia who was holding the club, bowed neatly, and said in unison: "Boss!"


    The kidnapper shivered.


    No matter how stupid he was, he could see that the crowd in front was in the same group as Jiang Xia, and it was impossible for him to escape.


    Just as he was about to turn and run to the window, there was a sharp pain in the back of his shoulder as if his bones was crushing.


    ¡ª¡ªJiang Xia hit him from behind.


    The kidnapper lurched into a pile of debris.


    He let out a belated wail and struggled to stand.


    However, a shadow suddenly appears from behind.


    Jiang Xia walked up to him like a ghost, without saying a word, raised his hand and hit him again.


    With a dull thud, the kidnapper''s head buzzed with pain.


    He hugged his legs tremblingly and looked at Jiang Xia with resentment in his eyes.


    Then he was shocked to find that Jiang Xia was looking back at him with a look of unmistakable eagerness.


    After watching for a while, Jiang Xia whispered at a volume that only both of them could hear: "...it seems to be very fun."


    "...?"


    The kidnapper was stunned for a moment and understood.


    This sentence that popped up out of nowhere is a self-question and self-answer in line with "Is it fun to bully children?"


    However, at this moment, the kidnapper couldn''t care less and almost complained and blurted out "You are the real villain!"


    ... His heart almost stopped beating.


    ...What''s the matter with this young man. What are you doing smiling so happily?


    Did I accidentally activate a perverted murderer...


    ***


    Jiang Xia''s mood improved as he looked at the kidnapper''s growing murderous aura.


    ¡ª¡ªIf you want to take all the murderous aura, you must let the people who produce them voluntarily give up the emotion of "killing intent".


    Before, the kidnapper was full of murderous intentions toward the little girl and Conan.


    But now, the kidnapper was beaten a few times, and his escape route was blocked. a deep awareness of "can''t keep killing" emerge.


    Therefore, the murderous aura wrapped around him is becoming loose like overripe fruit.


    And if on the other hand¡ª¡ªJiang Xia came late, the other rescuers also didn''t arrive, and the kidnappers succeeded in killing both children...


    This can''t be regarded as "voluntarily giving up", it can only be regarded as the fulfillment of a wish from the preparator. The accumulated negative emotions will be digested internally, and Jiang Xia can''t pick them up.

 CH 14.2

    Of course, if there is a dead person, Jiang Xia may be able to pick up the soul of the dead person.


    Generally speaking, the soul is more valuable than the murderous aura.


    But now, Jiang Xia doesn''t want to sit and watch Conan''s soul leave his body.


    As a man, you need to know how to repay a life-debt. Strictly speaking, Shinichi Kudo has helped him before.


    A year ago, the original Jiang Xia hid in the bathroom and cut his wrists silently.


    His soul couldn''t wait to disappear, and this body was picked up by Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia had just finished crossing at that time, and he was very weak, and the new body he picked up was even weaker. Suffering a double blow both mentally and physically, it was difficult to stand up.


    At that time, Jiang Xia touched his body dizzily for a long time, trying to find his mobile phone and call an ambulance, but he couldn''t find it.


    After a closer look, he found that the phone was soaked in the bathtub, and when he picked it up, the screen was black.


    At that time, outside the gate, Dr. Agasa saw Jiang Xia''s courtyard door was wide open, felt strange, and came in to look for him.


    As soon as he entered the door, he heard the sound of water in the bathroom. This big-hearted inventor immediately thought that Jiang Xia was taking a bath.


    The doctor thought very politely that it was not a good time to remind him to lock the door, so he scratched his head, turned around and left.


    ... Fortunately, as soon as he left the house, he met Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri who were coming home from school.


    Among them, Shinichi Kudo, relying on his high sensitivity to human life, felt something was wrong with Dr. Agasa''s explanation. Immediately, relying on his usual style of breaking into other people''s houses, he broke down the door forcibly, and only then did he save Jiang Xia, so that ''Jiang Xia'' didn''t have to drag his exhausted soul at risk before finding another home...


    Although in this world, There are many dying people.


    But there are very few people like Jiang Xia who are young and handsome, whose parents have both died, and doesn''t need to work for life.


    Because of that, with Jiang Xia Kirishi''s excellent physique, and the inheritance left by Jiang Xia''s parents. When Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri are in trouble, Jiang Xia will try to help.


    However, it can only be "as long as he can".


    After all, Conan is really capable of making trouble, and he always runs to the organization cadres every now and then to play suicide track.


    It is impossible for Jiang Xia to follow him as a bodyguard all day long.


    So, if Conan dies suddenly one day...


    then all Jiang Xia can do is retrieve his classmate''s soul after his death.


    Feed more murderous aura, share less work, raise until fat, and that''s all to repay the favour...


    As he thought about some messy thing, Jiang Xia didn''t forget to hit the kidnapper.


    The man in front of him is obviously not a tough guy with a firm will.


    Jiang Xia just lightly hit dozen times, but the murderous aura on his body began to loosen a lot.


    The child ghost blurted out some surprising sound, ran over to hug a wisp of murderous aura, buried his face in it, and took a deep breath on it.


    ¡ª¡ªAlthough it is not as good as the murderous smell from Gin.


    But this thing really can be eaten!

 CH 15.1

    The child ghost caught the murderous aura of the kidnapper and diligently rolled them into a small ball.


    Jiang Xia looked at the progress, and was surprised to find that there was still a small part of murderous intent on the kidnapper''s body¡ªthis seemed to be a new murderous aura aimed at him.


    So Jiang Xia picked up the club and continued to beat the kidnapper.


    The boys at the door of the warehouse were curious about what Jiang Xia meant when he said "the dragon saves the princess".


    At this time, they looked inside the warehouse, and they found that besides their own boss, there was also ¡¾beaten boy with bloody head ¡Á 1¡¿¡¾little girl who was firmly tied up ¡Á 1¡¿¡¾dying dog ¡Á 1¡¿¡¾A man with a mean face which is being beaten by their boss ¡Á 1¡¿


    ... Because everyone is from the world of Ke Xue.


    Looking around, and then thinking about the standard kidnapping location of an "abandoned warehouse", they immediately guessed the real situation.


    The little brothers sneered at the kidnapper who bullied the children, rolled up their sleeves, and also wanted to go over and beat him.


    However, seeing Jiang Xia standing next to the kidnapper who couldn''t get up, happily beating him with a club, they were a little hesitant.


    ...It''s better to not disturb the boss''s interest.


    ***


    The little girl behind was already dumbstruck.


    At first, she was happy looking at the kidnapper who was being beaten and rolled around.


    Later, her eyes turned upward inadvertently, and saw Jiang Xia''s face, she immediately stay frozen.


    ***


    A little further to the side, Conan slowly got up from the floor.


    He was knocked dizzy by the kidnapper just now.


    At this moment, when he came back to his senses, he saw the miserable kidnapper in front of him, as if he was going to be killed in the next second, and he was shocked.


    When he came back to his senses, Conan quickly ran to Jiang Xia''s side, trying to stop him.


    But when he got close, he realized that he was not tall enough to reach Jiang Xia''s arm at all.


    So he had no choice but to desperately hug Jiang Xia''s leg, trying to pull back: "Stop, it''s a crime to hit again!"


    Jiang Xia paused slightly with his raised hand and looked down at him.


    The kidnapper took advantage of the chaos to crawl far away.


    Conan breathed a sigh of relief.


    However, before he was completely relieved, Jiang Xia walked towards the kidnapper who was getting up without any hindrance, looking at him like a target-doll and raising his hand to hit again.


    "@#%*..."


    The kidnapper blurted out a curse and fell back to the ground.


    Throughout the whole process, Conan failed to play any role.


    It was as if the thing hanging on Jiang Xia''s leg was not a person, but a light feather pendant.


    Conan: "..."


    Only when you lose weight can you realize the preciousness of your weight.


    ... He''ll never forgive those two bastards in black who turned him into a primary school student!


    ***


    Jiang Xia is not worried that he will beat someone to death.


    There are many unique laws in the Ke Xue world.


    The Aboriginal people here may not realize it. But Jiang Xia, as a half-bystander, saw it quite clearly.


    For example, in this world, when you do the right thing, you don''t have to worry about killing people, and you won''t be convicted of being over-defensive.


    ¡ª¡ªEven if the head of the gangster is kicked crookedly, and the teeth are also being kicked e. Once the police arrived, he could also come back to life.


    Even if the gangster''s head is kicked off, teeth kicked out of frame. Once the police arrived, he would also come back to life.

 CH 15.2

    However, after being hit for such a long time, there are still some murderous auras that cannot be picked... Maybe, it is really necessary to change the method.


    Jiang Xia thought for a while, then stopped.


    Seeing this, Conan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    But in the middle, he held his breath.


    ¡ª¡ªHe saw Jiang Xia raise his hand.


    Not long after, the younger brothers at the door ran over excitedly, surrounded the kidnapper, and beat him up.


    Conan: "...?"


    That, instigating, will increase the punishment.


    He looked at the youngster who couldn''t be pulled away by him, his eyes went blank. The already painful head suddenly became more painful because of distress.


    Conan: "..."


    Although he had heard that Jiang Xia often hangs out with delinquents, he really didn''t expect it to be this kind of group.


    ...the neighbor has become outgoing in odd places.


    But... If this goes on like this, are you sure no one''s gonna die??


    ***


    Jiang Xia stood idly next to the kidnapper, observing the progress of the murderous intent.


    There is a huge difference between being beaten by one person and being beaten around by a group of people.


    It wasn''t long before the kidnappers lost all will to fight.


    Not to mention murderous intent, now the kidnapper just wants to find a hole to hide.


    The child ghost successfully caught off the last ray of murderous aura, hugged it and ran back to Jiang Xia''s feet, the whole ghost was filled with the joy of harvest.


    Jiang Xia took out the cigarette case with the menthol in it and tore the sealed package.


    The murderous aura was soon absorbed, gradually filling up half of the cigarette.


    The child ghost climbed onto Jiang Xia''s shoulders, rubbed his hands expectantly, and looked at the cigarette case.


    As expected, Jiang Xia lived up to the ghost''s hope and took one out and lit it.


    As the smoke rose, Jiang Xia glanced at the child ghost eating it so deliciously and was about to try it himself.


    Suddenly, a faint sentence was heard from his feet: "The law stipulates that smoking is prohibited if you are under 20."


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He lowered his head and saw Conan.


    If this person didn''t make a sound, Jiang Xia almost forgot that there was still a leg pendant on his body.


    After a moment of silence, Jiang Xia grabbed Conan by the collar, trying to pull him away: "Remove your hand, you are covered in dirt."


    Seeing that Jiang Xia finally noticed him, Conan immediately hugged him even tighter: "You have to stop them first!"


    After thinking about it, he felt that his tone was too blunt, not like begging for help.


    So he dryly added another sentence: "...please."


    Jiang Xia looked thoughtfully and glanced at the kidnapper who was still being beaten on the ground.


    Now that the murderous aura had been obtained, it could indeed be stopped.


    He whistled towards the crowd, and the younger brothers gave him some face, stopped their hands in time, and took a step back in unison...


    The main reason is that the kidnapper was already frightened, and he was like a sandbag throughout the whole process. So, he stood still without any resistance.


    Seeing this, Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief smoothly.


    He stopped touching and sat down on the ground, turned his head to observe the hapless kidnapper.


    It was a little relieving to find that although the kidnapper had a bruised nose and swollen face, he was still conscious and breathing.


    It was good, they didn''t beat him to death on the spot...


    After Jiang Xia settled the ration issue, he suddenly remembered that there was a little girl tied up next to him.


    He went to check the knot and found that it was a dead knot. He was lazy to untie the rope, so he pressed the cigarette butt against it.


    The rope was scalded to create a gap in the knot, Jiang Xia reached out to tear it and threw it away.


    The little girl stared blankly at Jiang Xia through the lingering smoke, feeling that this hero who had fallen from the sky was more handsome than all the posters in her cousin''s house combined.


    The cigarette in his hand is not as choking as Dad''s pipe but has the fragrance of an unknown plant...


    The little girl thought of the TV series she had watched before, and pink bubbles began to pop from the top of her head.


    She hesitated for a while and spoke: "Big brother..."


    "Huh?"


    Jiang Xia turned his head, and saw a tender little face, which kept getting closer in front of his eyes: "..."


    The little girl shyly closed her eyes, moved her lips together, and kissed.


    ...a baseball bat.

 CH 16.1

    "?"


    The little girl licked her mouth.


    It tasted like dirt and blood.


    She felt something was wrong and opened her eyes.


    Jiang Xia stood up, and flicked her forehead: "Don''t take advantage of others because of your young age."


    The little girl was stunned, she retorted while blushing: "I, I just want to thank you!... It''s like that on TV!"


    Jiang Xia was unmoved: "Nonsense, you are obviously greedy for my face."


    The girl felt guilty but said loudly: "I didn''t!"


    Jiang Xia ignored her rebuttal, took the cigarette that had been extinguished, and slowly breathed out a puff of smoke that does not exist:


    "Don''t casually kiss someone. Today, I am a tolerant person. If you change someone who is fussy, they will definitely send you to the police for hooliganism."


    The little girl: "!"


    She hasn''t studied the law, and no one taught her that "children can break the law at will".


    At this time, she was intimidated by Jiang Xia''s serious look and remembered the boss got in prison on the TV series, she was so frightened that she dared not speak nonsense.


    After a while, she apologized in a low voice: "I''m sorry, I didn''t mean it."


    Jiang Xia nodded, and said in a forgiving tone: "Well, pay attention next time."


    she felt that her heart that was hanging in the air fell back into her chest.


    She slowly showed a simple smile "Actually, you don''t want to catch me, right? You are such a good person!"


    Conan, who watched the whole process silently, said, "..."


    Although...


    But...


    Ah... never mind.


    He sat down holding his throbbing veins.


    Just now, seeing the little girl "surprise attack" on Jiang Xia, when Jiang Xia swung the bat swiftly, Conan almost jumped up.


    He was afraid that Jiang Xia would become addicted to beating people, and he couldn''t control it all at once, so he would also hit the little girl with a bat and send the hostage to the hospital.


    Fortunately, Jiang Xia didn''t do anything.


    He just crushed a child''s passion.


    ***


    Jiang Xia threw away the bat, and carefully put away the remaining cigarette.


    Then he looked at the messy warehouse and took out his phone.


    Jiang Xia had Kogoro Maori''s number and also remembered Ran Maori''s number.


    The number was written on a note by Ran Maori before, and forcefully give it to him, saying that everyone was a neighbor and needed to help each other.


    Although Jiang Xia never dialed the number of the Maori''s house, he did remember their number.


    There is no way, he has a good memory...


    However, at present, Jiang Xia should not know that "Conan" is related to Kogoro Maori.


    It''s fun to scare Kudo-san, though. But Jiang Xia didn''t want to reveal his vest.


    After all, he really had a lot of connections with the Black Organization.


    And Conan''s ability to distinguish between red and black had always been strong.


    Now, at this special stage of "Conan looked at everyone as Gin friends", he should be more cautious.

 CH 16.2

    So Jiang Xia turned to the two children and asked for their parents'' phone numbers.


    The little girl was eager to report crimes and do meritorious deeds, she quickly reported a series of numbers, then raised her head, shyly waiting for praise.


    Jiang Xia praised her.


    Then he called her father when the little girl was making illusory pink bubbles, and briefly explained the situation in the warehouse.


    Of course, he didn''t forget to do a little bit of appropriate artistic processing on the part of beating the kidnapper.


    ***


    The parent and Mori Kogoro are not far from the school and arrived soon.


    The police also arrived at the same time - as soon as the delinquents entered the school, the guards secretly called the police, which just saved their time for calling the police.


    Facing the police, Jiang Xia hid his cigarette butts, put on an appearance of a good student, and insisted that when he passed by the school, he heard the cry for help, so he brought everyone in.


    After hearing that they were there to rescue people, the police did not pursue the matter of illegally breaking into the school.


    They also praised a few words, hoping that they would continue to maintain the fine tradition of being helpful. Just don''t beat the murderer so badly in the future, just tie them up.


    When Ran Maori saw Jiang Xia, she approached happily to say hello.


    Because Jiang Xia was standing next to a bunch of delinquent teenagers with colorful hair, this made Ran Maori a little nervous like every good student who abides by the law.


    But when she heard that they were all here to help save people, Ran Maori felt a little guilty and thought to herself that she shouldn''t judge people by their appearances.


    ***


    Ran Mouri didn''t stay at the school for too long and soon took Conan to a nearby clinic - Conan was beaten badly by a club by the kidnapper, which looked really scary.


    Jiang Xia watched them leave, feeling that there was no other problem.


    Kudo Shinichi''s force value is negligible, but he is particularly resistant to a beating, and why is that?  the reason is unknown...


    ***


    inside the school''s abandoned warehouse.


    The little girl''s father hugged his lost daughter excitedly for a while and came over to thank Jiang Xia solemnly.


    Then hand him a check.


    Kogoro Mouri stood beside him, looking at the commission fee that originally belonged to him, feeling a little sad.


    But he was too embarrassed to rob the younger generation. Fortunately, the rich man gave him a huge deposit...


    Jiang Xia looked at the check and did not refuse. He plans to wait for the next day to go to the bank so he could cash it out and give some to the younger brothers.


    ***


    Although the delinquents failed to go for a ride on the road as planned, they participated in rescuing the kidnapped little girl and were satisfied with today''s adventure.


    In front of a group of policemen, it''s not good for them to mention late-night racing.


    So a group of gangsters imitated the boss, pretending to be good students, and left the school.


    Jiang Xia also plans to go home.


    However, just as he got on the motorcycle, he found that the motorcycle was not quite right.


    Jiang Xia stopped it, pushed the motorcycle forward a little, and found that the rear tire had a bulge at some point.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He looked back at the fresh tire marks in the warehouse and realized that the tire was probably damaged when he broke in through the window just now. He sighed.


    ...Being an envoy of justice really costs a lot of money.


    Fortunately, the younger brothers had left.


    No one sees the bitterness behind the hero.


    ***


    The bulging tires have a high chance of blowing out, so it is not safe to ride.


    But fortunately, Jiang Xia''s bike broke down every three days. He was already very experienced and had a very peaceful mind.


    Jiang Xia left the school pushing the motorcycle and walked towards the garage in a very Buddhist manner.

 CH 17.1

    On the way to repair the bike, Jiang Xia recalled what happened during this period.


    So far, he had encountered a child ghost and also a murderous aura that can be completely collected.


    Both things appeared recently, and both were related to the cases Jiang Xia saw in the comics.


    In other words...


    if he wanted to pick up other ghosts, he needed to get in touch with the plotline?


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    When it comes to murder cases, the best tool was probably Conan himself.


    But now, Conan lived in the Maori Detective Agency, so it was not easy to abduct him.


    And Jiang Xia didn''t want to be Kogoro Maori''s apprentice.


    After all, he is a worker of the black organization.


    If he becomes a famous detective, maybe one day, his firm will be used as a tool by the organization, and the people in the firm will definitely be targeted... In short, they are very deceitful.


    Moreover, judging from the matter of Yoko Okino. Even if Conan was not present, Jiang Xia could still pick up a ghost. A grim reaper with the skin of a primary school student was not a necessary condition for picking up ghosts.


    After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia''s mind flashed.


    ¡ª¡ªWhy don¡¯t you start your own detective agency?


    If he remembers correctly, all the "handsome high school detectives" in this world are very good at attracting murder cases.


    He also happened to be a high school student.


    Maybe as long as one more detective buff is stacked, ghosts and murderous aura will come rolling in by themselves?


    ***


    Let''s do it.


    The second day after repairing the bike and returning home, Jiang Xia went to the Mihua Library.


    Then he successfully found a popular science magazine related to detectives on the bookshelf in the professional area.


    In his impression, the island country currently stipulates that 20 years old is an adult, but in fact, many things can be done from the age of 18.


    For example, taking various statutory license exams, signing some purchase contracts alone, and of course, watching some specific movies and games.


    ***


    Jiang Xia flipped through the detective handbook, and found that it was exactly as he thought: at the age of 18, he could already work as a detective.


    However, looking further down, Jiang Xia saw another rule.


    ¡ª¡ªTo open a detective agency, you need to submit an application for opening to the Public Safety bureau.


    For those under 20, an additional letter of consent from the legal guardian must be submitted.


    Legal guardian?


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He thought for a while about the two monuments of Jiang Xia Kirishi''s parents, as well as a guardian just in name who eluded him and gradually lost contact. The hand holding the book loosened slightly, and the detective handbook closed with a clatter.


    The serious and old-fashioned cover book reappeared in front of his eyes as if mocking his innocence.


    ...An 18-year-old minor is indeed still a minor.


    Could it be that he can only find an adult to become an apprentice?


    Speaking of adults...


    Jiang Xia suddenly remembered something.


    He picked up the detective handbook thoughtfully and turned back to the front page.


    ¡ª¡ªJust now, when the pages of the book were closed, he saw an impressive name.

 CH 17.2

    All walks of life would always have some advertisements.


    For example, on the colored pages of this detective handbook, there were advertisements for several local detective agencies.


    Jiang Xia flipped through the pages, and his eyes quickly stopped on one of the pages.


    The photo shows a small but beautifully decorated shop.


    On the signboard of the store, "Amuro Detective Agency" was impressively written.


    Jiang Xia stared at the word "Amuro" in the advertisement and was lost in thought.


    The surname Amuro is not common.


    Put it together with "detective", it was easy to think of a person.


    ¡ª¡ªToru Amuro.


    Toru Amuro is also a member of the Black Organization and a cadre with a code name.


    His code-named is "Bourbon", good at gathering intelligence.


    However, in fact, Toru Amuro is an undercover agent sent by the National Police Agency. His real name is Rei Furuya, and he is dedicated to the country.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    If you can find a way to sneak into Toru Amuro''s detective agency, he doesn''t have to worry that after becoming a "famous detective", the organization will covet himself and the agency, and then implicate the innocent boss¡ªbecause "Bourbon" itself was considered a member of the organization.


    And if he thinks about it carefully, if he can sneak into Toru Amuro, there will be other help.


    ¡ª¡ªThe identities of the peripheral members of the organization didn''t have much secrecy at all, and they would be easily punished by law in the future.


    But if he becomes Amuro Toru''s teammate... Maybe he can become a fake red party in the future.


    The success rate was not high.


    But people had to be brave enough to try, and there was no loss in trying.


    And the risk of this attempt was actually very low.


    ¡ª¡ªToru Amuro


    is a policeman in the Kexue world, and even if he thinks Jiang Xia is suspicious, he is unlikely to shoot him to death without any evidence.


    In addition, even in order not to expose the undercover identity, Toru Amuro would not let the police arrest an ordinary peripheral member who had come to him.


    Coupled with the affinity of the psychic teacher making others easily got a good impression, and Jiang Xia''s luck had also always been good...


    The more Jiang Xia thought about it, the brighter the future becomes.


    He borrowed the detective handbook.


    ***


    That afternoon, Jiang Xia followed the address on the advertisement and found Amuro Detective Agency.


    As a result, when he got closer, there was a "Closed" sign on the door.


    ...well, it was understandable.


    Generally, shops had a "regular holiday", one or two days off every week. Maybe Amuro Detective Agency''s regular holiday, unfortunately, was today.


    It didn''t matter if he couldn''t see anyone, just went back another day.


    Jiang Xia returned home calmly.


    He went again the next day.


    The "Closed" sign was still there, unchanged.


    ... two consecutive days off?


    Jiang Xia stood silently for a moment in the swishing cold wind, condemning this unprofessional work attitude in his heart.


    After some reprimanded from a passer-by, he waited nearby for a while, but no one came to work.


    Jiang Xia could only go home first.


    ***


    Just like this, a week passed, and it was "closed" every time.


    Looking at the prime location here, Jiang Xia felt sorry for the agency.


    But after thinking about it, he didn''t think it was a problem - Toru Amuro alone received N shares of salary alone, and he has two reliable employers who could reimburse all expenses. The rent of this office was probably calculated on the organization''s head...


    A week later.


    Jiang Xia habitually drove to the door of "Amuro Detective Agency", glanced at the signboard habitually, and turned the motorcycle to leave habitually.


    After turning his head, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.


    "?"


    Jiang Xia turned his head back abruptly.


    He saw that the lock on the gate was gone, and the "Closed" sign was gone.


    "..."


    Jiang Xia looked at the open office and was a little moved for a moment.


    There was a feeling of visiting the thatched cottage three times and finally seeing Zhuge Liang at home.


    ***


    Ten minutes later.


    Jiang Xia sat on the sofa inside the office.


    Amuro Toru, like other serious detectives, brought a cup of tea, put a registration form in front of him, and then sat across from him with a polite smile:


    "Our office is quite busy, so we may not be able to accept your commission. But according to your needs, I will recommend other suitable firms for you - the detectives there are all experts in solving related problems."


    Jiang Xia: "..." Busy? Your firm was clearly out of business 99% of the time.


    He silently picked up the pen and filled in his name, mobile phone number, and email address on the form.


    The rest of the entrusted content was left blank.


    Then let''s come to reality.


    Amuro looked at the large blank column and stretched out his hand to see it.


    Before he could open his mouth, he heard the person on the opposite side say, "I''m not here to entrust¡ª¡ªI want to work part-time."


    Toru Amuro was taken aback.


    After a moment, he picked up the registration form and threw it into the shredder next to it.


    Then he turned to see off the guests: "Sorry, we don''t recruit people."


    As he spoke, Toru Amuro made a gesture towards the door that seemed to be "this way please", but was actually read as "Hurry up and get out".


    Jiang Xia sat on the sofa without moving:


    "But I feel that your store is very short of manpower - the door is closed several times when passing by. But you still insist on advertising in various places, don''t you think it''s a waste."


    Jiang Xia said at the same time, put the borrowed detective handbook on the coffee table, and began to promote himself:


    "My reasoning ability is very strong, and I don''t have any requirements for salary, you can pay it at the minimum hourly wage."


    Toru Amuro looked at him silently for a while, suddenly walked to the door, and clicked the door to lock it.


    When he turned around again, he had a gun in his hand.


    His expression also became dangerous, like Gin smelling a traitor.


    Instinctively, Jiang Xia sat up straighter than before and glanced at Toru Amuro.


    Then he was disappointed to find that although the expressions of these two people were similar, there was no murderous intent on Toru Amuro.


    "..." Oh, a fake wine.


    The child ghost on the shoulder also sighed.


    Toru Amuro didn''t have the ability to read minds, so he didn''t know that Jiang Xia secretly dislikes him.


    Seeing Jiang Xia''s reaction, he only thought that his deterrence had worked.


    So he continued: "About the waste you mentioned just now..." Toru Amuro said in a cold, imposing voice, "If I can catch a thief with ulterior motives like you, it''s actually worth it."

 CH 18.1

    Toru Amuro actually had met Jiang Xia and knows that he was from the organization.


    ¡ª¡ªAs a busy full-time member, he occasionally used peripheral members.


    About a year ago, the two had brief contact during a mission.


    Amuro felt that he could remember Jiang Xia from a group of peripheral members, so it was impossible for Jiang Xia to not remember a regular member with blond hair and black skin with a very distinctive appearance.


    Therefore, Toru Amuro felt that Jiang Xia had a big suspicion.


    Most peripheral members were afraid of the cadres. How could it be possible to come to him to find a part-time job, and even after he made it clear that he would see off the guests, he refused to leave?


    ... Suspicious, it was too suspicious.


    In any case, you couldn''t let people go without asking.


    Thinking of this, Amuro revealed a gloomy sneer unique to the villain. Holding the gun, he approached with a sense of oppression: "Who sent you here? Are you the lackey from the police?"


    Remnant souls were born with resentment, and this resentment was very specific - it would point to the murderer who killed them.


    Coupled with the characteristics of the psychic teacher itself. After death, they were able to maximize the advantages of their spirit bodies.


    In other words, whoever dares to kill the psychic in person, the success rate of the psychic in snatching the murderer''s body would be ridiculously high.


    It''s just that changing the body was very damaging to the soul. And the ghosts would also slip away because they were over-squeezed and the contract became void.


    So psychics tried their best to avoid death.


    ***


    Jiang Xia: "..." There are a few words, but he couldn''t spit them out.


    But Jiang Xia understood, what Toru Amuro said was equivalent to a warning.


    ¡ª¡ªA peripheral member trespassed on Bourbon''s territory without authorization, this behaviour was suspicious enough.


    If Jiang Xia couldn''t give a reasonable explanation, even if Toru Amuro treated him as a "running dog sent by the enemy to spy on intelligence" and killed him on the spot, no one would be able to hold him accountable.


    Peripheral members without a code name were so easy to lead, and they were only a cannon fodder among cannon fodder.


    But it was alright.


    The one in front was a bottle of fake wine.


    There was little chance of a shot being fired.


    Moreover, with a ghost in hand, Jiang Xia was actually not very afraid of death.


    Or, strictly speaking, as a serious psychic who had passed the professional level, he was not afraid of "being killed by people".


    But now, Jiang Xia only had one ghost. Even if he was killed, he would not lose much.


    In addition, every time he met Gin, he would be pointed with a gun by Gin for a while... To be honest, he was used to it.


    Facing a loaded gun, Jiang Xia was in a good mood:


    "No one assigned me, I found it myself. I want to find a relatively stable source of income.


    "In the past, I offended some nearby people because of the organisation''s tasks. They don''t dare to look for me head-on, they just keep playing dirty - no matter where I go to work, it won''t be long before they smashed it down. If the number of times is too high, no boss will dare to hire me. "


    Jiang Xia said with a sigh: "I can only go to work in faraway places now, after deducting travel expenses, the salary is very small, and not enough for living expenses. "


    ***


    Toru Amuro was also a person who often worked part-time.


    Of course, the purpose was different from Jiang Xia: Toru Amuro had no demand for salary, mainly to collect information.


    But the difficulties encountered in finding a job were actually similar.


    After hearing Jiang Xia''s story, he didn''t know why, it was very substituting.


    As he listened, Amuro unknowingly loosened his hand holding the gun... This peripheral member was too miserable.


    But when Jiang Xia¡¯s voice stopped, he suddenly felt something was wrong: "Organization..."


    "The organization gave me very few tasks." Jiang Xia shook his head lightly, lowering his head, "A member with a code name thinks that I have mental problems and cannot be stimulated, so he rarely arranges work for me. If I can''t find a stable part-time job, I had no choice but to sell my parent''s house. But that was the last thing they left..."


    Toru Amuro: "..." Was it really, really that difficult?


    However, when it came to psychological problems and not being given a job...


    Toru Amuro suddenly thought, this "code-name member" must be referring to Shirley.

 CH 18.2

    Because of some things in his childhood, Toru Amuro had a good impression of Shirley''s mother.


    Therefore, it was inevitable for him to pay more attention to Shirley''s situation.


    Toru Amuro had indeed heard that in the past year, Shirley had taken good care of a peripheral member.


    If that person happened to be Jiang Xia...


    Then Jiang Xia should not have lied.


    Shirley was a researcher, not in charge of the action team.


    But her status was important after all, if she was willing to speak, it would indeed cause Jiang Xia not to receive the task.


    Toru Amuro knew that Shirley''s intention should be good.


    But judging from Jiang Xia''s current situation...she obviously didn''t bring any help.


    It might be that Shirley had never been short of money since she was a child, and forgot to consider this.


    ***


    Toru Amuro felt a little helpless when he thought of the daughter of his first crush.


    He looked at Jiang Xia, and followed what Jiang Xia said just now: "That cadre only asked you to take fewer tasks, but didn''t give you a subsidy?"


    He was euphemistically reminding Jiang Xia to mention this matter to Shirley¡ª¡ª Once she knew the truth, she would definitely not be indifferent.


    However, after Jiang Xia listened to his words, he showed a strange look: "She gave me money, but I am a man, how can I let a woman support me."


    After finishing speaking, he looked at Toru Amuro, hesitant to say: " Shouldn''t you..."


    Toru Amuro: "..."


    He felt that a pot with the name "Ruanfan King" was born out of nothing and gradually approached.


    The blood vessels in Toru Amuro''s forehead twitched a few times: "I just asked casually just now."


    Of course, he wasn''t trying to persuade people to eat soft food.


    He just felt that it was only right and proper for an adult to give some living expenses to the children she takes care of, and there was nothing wrong with it.


    But now, thinking about it...


    Shirley seemed to be a minor too.


    Being raised by a girl of the same age, it''s no wonder Jiang Xia would firmly refuse.


    It was really troublesome to be a minor...but I still meet two of them at once.


    ***


    Suddenly a Shirley was inserted in the middle of the matter, and Toru Amuro''s attitude softened a little.


    But before agreeing, there was one thing that he still felt strange about: "But what you said, what does it have to do with you coming to me to find a part-time job?"


    Jiang Xia heard the looseness in Amuro Toru''s tone, and he explained:


    "I accidentally saved a little girl who was kidnapped, and her father gave me a reward. Through that incident, I found that private detective seems to be a very suitable industry for me."


    "But I can''t open my own office, I can only be an apprentice to others.


    "At that time, I happened to see your advertisement in the detective manual..."


    Speaking of this, Jiang Xia pointed to the detective manual on the coffee table:


    "Among all the detective agencies, yours is the closest to the Metropolitan Police Department.


    "It''s not easy to be smashed this way, even if someone really comes to smash the store because of me, the police will arrive soon, so I want to try my luck. "


    Speaking, Jiang Xia looked up at Toru Amuro again: "After entering the door, I realized that I had seen you before. Your skin color and hair color are very distinctive... and the cadres of the organization should not be afraid of those hooligans. "


    Jiang Xia looked at him expectantly "you can help me"


    Toru Amuro: "..."


    After a pause, he put away his gun, picked up the detective manual on the table and flipped through it.


    There were indeed advertisements for the office.


    He himself forgot when it was published.

 CH 18.3

    Toru Amuro actually didn''t need to solicit customers, and he didn''t have to worry about the firm''s turnover¡ªeven if he lose money, he could still apply for funds from the organization.


    He advertised from time to time, just to keep "Amuro Detective Agency" a certain amount of popularity.


    After all, as an incognito undercover agent, Toru Amuro couldn''t label himself as a famous detective. He could only use the banner of the firm to find some useful cases.


    It''s just that Toru Amuro didn''t expect that this measure would attract an apprentice who was looking for a part-time job.


    ***


    In normal times, Toru Amuro would not care about such things.


    But now... Jiang Xia sounded really miserable.


    In particular, it seemed that a considerable part of this misery was caused by Shirley.


    Toru Amuro was taken care of by Shirley''s mother when she was a child.


    Now that Shirley''s parents were both dead, although he rationally knew that he shouldn''t intervene, but now that this matter had come to his hands, and it was still a matter of little effort...


    I felt sorry if I don''t help.


    Moreover, as a member of the organization, Jiang Xia''s life was so difficult that he still choose to work honestly instead of robbing and stealing. It was also said that a little girl was rescued.


    This child... unexpectedly very helpful.


    Toru Amuro struggled for a long time, but in the end he still lost to the conscience of the people on the red side.


    He sighed and looked at Jiang Xia:


    "You can come for an internship first, and I will pay you the normal hourly salary in the industry, but if there are any mistakes that will cause losses to the organization...you should already understand the consequences."


    Jiang Xia was startled.


    He actually had several sets of follow-up persuasion speeches.


    But he didn''t expect that things would go so smoothly.


    Could it be that the red side of this world had more conscience than he thought?


    Anyway, it was good to be able to achieve the goal...


    Jiang Xia nodded, indicating that he understood.

 CH 19.1

    The part-time job was settled like this.


    Toru Amuro asked a few more questions about the situation.


    After learning that Jiang Xia used to work part-time and was familiar with some common part-time jobs, Toru Amuro realized that this new apprentice who was forced to accept might be easy to use.


    ¡ª¡ªToru Amuro often goes to various places to work.


    But many shops that recruit people to need part-time staff with stable time.


    As for Toru Amuro himself, he held several jobs, was busy with work, and often complained by his boss.


    Therefore, although he was very capable and did a good job, it is inevitable that he will be fired by some stores.


    Toru Amuro worked part-time to collect intelligence. This situation would interfere with his work.


    But with Jiang Xia here, everything would be different.


    ¡ª¡ªWhen he was not free, Jiang Xia could be on call.


    In this way, as long as there was no serious problem of "lack of manpower when busy", the risk of Toru Amuro being dismissed by the store would be much lower.


    ***


    Although according to what Jiang Xia said, the store he was in was at risk of being smashed by hooligans.


    But Jiang Xia also said that those people obviously couldn''t beat him, so if they were beaten, they probably don''t dare to follow Jiang Xia all the time.


    Only when Jiang Xia stayed in a certain store for a long time and they accidentally saw it, would they find it to play tricks.


    And if he found Jiang Xia to replace the part-time job, let him stay for half a day and leave, there wouldn''t be any accidents.


    If the person who smashed the store was really difficult to deal with, he could secretly arrange for a few police officers to patrol the road nearby and arrest them by the way


    ***


    Amuro Toru lists Jiang Xia''s advantages in his heart, which made him feel much more comfortable.


    He rummaged in the drawer, took out a bunch of spare keys, and handed it to Jiang Xia: "Do you know the process of receiving customers?"


    Jiang Xia glanced at the teacup on the table: "Just like you received me just now."


    "Yes." Toru Amuro nodded, and then pointed to the bookcase next to him, "The entrustment form is over there, the tea is in the upper cabinet, and there are cold drinks in the refrigerator... If you find it troublesome, you can just serve them water, anyway, There is no need to brush up on performance."


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    Those who received the organization''s funding were arrogant.


    ***


    Toru Amuro found another book:


    "If you are not sure about the entrustment you received, just say that our appointments are full, and introduce them to other firms-the list is here, and there are other detectives who are good at many different fields. You can compare it yourself."


    After explaining everything, Toru Amuro began to chase people away: "Okay, you go back today first. Starting tomorrow, you can come and stay at the store when you are free."


    He planned to wait for Jiang Xia to leave, clean up the office, so as not to leave some items that will reveal his identity.


    By the way, add a little more camera and bug.


    No matter how hopeful Jiang Xia seemed to be, what should be guarded still need to be guarded.


    ***


    It was still early when Jiang Xia left the office.


    He took a look at the nearby buildings and found that if he wanted to attract more customers, he might need to order a billboard.


    ¡ª¡ªFrom the Amuro Detective Agency, about ten meters and you would find the main road.


    Diagonally opposite the main road, it happens to be the Metropolitan Police Department.


    The police were not omnipotent, and many people, after leaving the police station disappointed, would go to the detectives.


    This was probably one of the reasons why Toru Amuro dared to choose the office near the Metropolitan Police Department - there were legitimate reasons, and it was more convenient to attract customers.


    So Jiang Xia thought, if there was an eye-catching billboard when the customers come out of the police station, they will see the sign of "Amuro Detective Agency" at a glance... Maybe they would come by the way.

 CH 19.2

    A week later.


    Amuro made a mistake.


    After he came back, he wanted to go home first and sort out the information he had collected.


    But when he passed the Metropolitan Police Department, he suddenly noticed that there were some people surrounding the street, looking up at something on the telegraph pole.


    Toru Amuro raised his head suspiciously and followed them to look up.


    It had a black and silver background, an aggressive shape, and is extremely impactful, with a few large characters on it - Amuro''s Detective Agency.


    Toru Amuro: "..."


    ...What is this?


    ...


    Originally, Toru Amuro should go home at this time.


    But after he looked at the billboard and froze for a few seconds at the intersection, he turned around into the alley and headed to the detective agency.


    He remembered that he told Jiang Xia that the firm did not need performance.


    Moreover, the funds he allocated to Jiang Xia were ostensible "the firm''s operating expenses." But in fact, Toru Amuro thought that the two of them should know it well - this was considered a subsidy for Jiang Xia.


    But now it seemed...


    This "knowledge" was unilaterally known only to him?


    Unexpectedly, Jiang Xia was an honest person and didn''t understand his hint, so he really used the money to buy billboards and advertising space?


    "..."


    Toru Amuro walked into the office with a complicated mood.


    At a glance, I saw Jiang Xia sitting on the sofa in the store, holding a bottle of Coke, eagerly waiting for the business.


    Seeing that it was he who entered the door, he seemed a little disappointed.


    Toru Amuro looked at the employee''s eyes "Why are you here?", and his mood became more complicated: "What''s the matter with that billboard at the intersection?"


    Jiang Xia got up first and brought Amuroto a glass of cold water, and reviewed the things he had done.


    Then he said: "I put it up a few days ago- it just happened that the massage shop next door closed down, and its advertising space was sold at a low price. I asked about the price and felt that it could attract customers, so I bought it."


    Toru Amuro nodded, "Is that so..."


    After finishing speaking, he was a bit at a loss for words.


    The main reason was that I couldn''t think of how to say "you don''t need to advertise, it is fine to corrupt the organization''s funds" to say it euphemistically and decently.


    However, it seemed that the newly recruited apprentice was very dedicated to the firm.


    And if you think about it carefully, a dedication was actually a virtue.


    This is a good thing, a good thing...


    Toru Amuro reluctantly swallowed the topic of "corruption of public funds".


    And, let''s not talk about funding. Now it seemed that the effect of hanging billboards was real.


    ¡ª¡ªToru Amuro saw a pile of photos spread out on the desk, which should have been brought by the client.


    He took a closer look: "Have you received a commission?"


    ...


    This was actually not Jiang Xia''s commission, but a commission received by the detective next door a while ago.


    This commission was related to a murder case in Gunma County.


    ¡ª¡ªSomeone paid a lot of money to entrust the detective next door to track a person. The detective next door followed for three days and got the commission fee. As a result, on the fourth day, the person being followed was burned to death in the bonfire.


    Now, many doubts point to the commissioned person, but the police and the detective next door had no evidence.

 CH 19.3

    This matter had nothing to do with Jiang Xia.


    But this morning, when the detective next door and the suspect, the former client, came out of the police station together.


    Jiang Xia passed by nearby, turned his head inadvertently, and saw a very flat, paper-like soul on the suspect''s leg.


    Jiang Xia looked at it and slowly stopped.


    ¡ª¡ªThis kind of soul had a common name, it''s called Shikigami.


    The ghost and the shikigami were both formed after death.


    The strength and IQ of shikigami were far inferior to ghost, but they had many uses- such as being used as raw materials to form and strengthen some unscientific puppets.


    In short...


    He wanted it.


    ***


    So at that time, after the detective next door broke up with the suspect, Jiang Xia walked into the detective agency next door and spent some time borrowing photos related to the case from him.


    ¡ª¡ªAlthough the shikigami was a little silly, it was also because of this that he would not follow anyone around and he was extremely persistent.


    To collect it, the murderer must be punished to a certain extent.


    And if the murderer was still living at ease, even if the shikigami was torn off by force, it would only be broken and become useless.


    ***


    A mature psychic, of course, would not do such a thing that harms the soul and did not benefit oneself.


    Jiang Xia then planned to try to find evidence and send the murderer to prison, so that Shikigami''s wish could be fulfilled.


    This was Plan A.


    And if plan A didn''t work, Jiang Xia had a plan B.


    ¡ª¡ªWrap the suspect in a sack and beat the suspect until Shikigami felt relieved and voluntarily wanted to follow him.


    ***


    Originally, Jiang Xia was struggling with which plan to implement.


    But now, I don''t know if it was God''s will, but Toru Amuro unexpectedly appeared in the office on a rare occasion.


    Moreover, before Jiang Xia hinted, Amuro himself noticed the photos related to the case that Jiang Xia put on desk.


    ***


    Toru Amuro was looking at the photo.


    Jiang Xia was watching Toru Amuro.


    A few large characters faintly reflected in his eyes - Plan C.

 CH 20.1

    The public security in japan was different from the law-abiding criminal police.


    They often spread their wings on the edge of the law, and it was normal to slip through doors without locks.


    That was to say, Jiang Xia thought, if Toru Amuro really wanted to investigate, he would have gained something in the face of an ordinary murder case.


    ***


    Although Amuro Toru was a policeman at heart, he was a ruthless organization cadre on the surface, and he shouldn''t show any interest to help in ordinary murder cases.


    But at the same time, he did have the title of "detective".


    And Jiang Xia felt that in this world, anyone with a bit of detective buff just needed to kick them a little toward the edge of the case...


    Then they would get involved and investigate the case by themselves and find the truth without complaint...it''s a worry-free tool.


    ***


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia gave the photo and told Amuro Toru''s case in detail.


    He began to hint: "If you know that a person has committed a murder, and even guessed the general process of his murder, but there is no physical evidence, what should you do?"


    Amuro Toru picked up a photo and looked at it: "Well, It is difficult to completely erase the traces. Now that the modus operandi can be deduced, follow the suspect¡¯s action trajectory at that time, try to figure out his thoughts, simulate his behavior, and replay his actions... You can grasp the evidence of that incident from it "


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    It seemed that Toru Amuro had no intention of getting involved.


    Jiang Xia patiently continued to hint: "What if I still can''t find it?"


    "Then I won''t look for it." Toru Amuro threw the photo on the table and said indifferently, "Not all cases can be solved."


    He, Rei Furuya, was a professional undercover agent.


    Each identity had a personality corresponding to each identity.


    ¡ª¡ªRei Furuya was Rei Furuya, Toru Amuro was Toru Amuro, and Bourbon was Bourbon.


    Each of them was different.


    Facing Jiang Xia, a member of the organization, Toru Amuro spent a fraction of a second choosing the vest. Then he felt that the identity of "Bourbon" was the most suitable.


    However, after finishing speaking, Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia in surprise.


    He didn''t expect Jiang Xia to be so persistent in solving the case.


    ***


    After agreeing to Jiang Xia''s part-time job, Amuro Toru searched for Jiang Xia''s relevant information from various red and black channels.


    Then he discovered that Jiang Xia''s experience was indeed not much different from what he said.


    Psychological problems did exist, and there were medical records to prove it, which was the base of Shirley''s fuss.


    There was another surprising point - a year ago, after returning to school after being discharged from the hospital, Jiang Xia''s grades began to climb.


    Finally climbed to the top and didn''t come down. Regardless of the quiz or the end of the mid-term, all get full marks.


    Toru Amuro fell silent facing the pile of bug-like transcripts.


    At that time, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have picked up a talent.

 CH 20.2

    Although compared to those geniuses who graduated with a Ph.D. in their teens, such as Shirley, they were still slightly inferior.


    But according to this posture, it was logical for Jiang Xia to enter a top university to benefit society.


    And talents should belong to the country.


    Why should he give the talented seed he got to the black organization?


    Thinking of this, Toru Amuro fell into deep thought for a while:


    Shirley had too many defensive forces around her, so it was not easy to kidnap her.


    But Jiang Xia''s parents died, and no one cares about him at all.


    Besides, it seemed that Jiang Xia didn''t have much sense of belonging to the organization. He just had no other place to go for the time being, so he had been staying in the organization, acting as a task machine without emotion.


    Thinking of this, Toru Amuro pointed at the photo with his fingertips, and said disdainfully:


    "Why do you think about this case so much? There is no commission fee anyway, why don''t you throw the clues you already have to the police and let them find the evidence by themselves¡ªthey stole so much taxpayer money, they should do some work.¡±


    He euphemistically expressed¡ª if you had difficulty you need to find the police.


    Amuro felt that at Jiang Xia''s age, his ideas would be easily influenced.


    As long as the police were successful this time, Jiang Xia had tasted the sweetness, and in the future, he would remember to "call the police if there is something wrong", so if similar things were repeated a lot, he would get close to the police in no time, right?


    Jiang Xia glanced at Toru Amuro in surprise and made a note in his heart: scolding himself 1/1 every day.


    At the same time, he thought about Toru Amuro''s intentions from the perspective of God, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he vaguely understood Toru Amuro''s purpose.


    Think about it.


    Jiang Xia changed the subject and put on the same disdainful face as Toru Amuro:


    "That''s right, although the police will definitely not be able to find out the truth, at least it can add to their troubles and let them feel about the bad guys are right in front of them, but they can''t be caught."


    Amuro Toru''s eyes twitched indistinctly.


    ...How dare you to underestimate the police.


    However, Jiang Xia couldn''t be blamed entirely.


    These concepts must have been instilled by the organization.


    The evil organization did not do any good things all day long and poisoned the next generation.


    Sooner or later, this pile of scourges that endanger the future of the country must be eradicated...


    However, no matter what Toru Amuro thinks in his heart, on the surface when others scold the police, he could only keep smiling.


    Under his half-smiling gaze, Jiang Xia walked to the table, gathered up the photos on the table, put them away, and took them out. Ready to take Toru Amuro''s advice - told the police.


    ***


    After confirming that Jiang Xia had left, Toru Amuro walked to the door and locked it behind him with a click.


    After that, he took out his mobile phone and sent the case Jiang Xia mentioned to his subordinates so that the subordinates could coordinate the police forces in Gunma County after receiving the clues submitted by Jiang Xia to investigate the case, where the victim''s body was found, without exposing themselves.


    ...It was time to improve the credibility of the police in front of the next generation. So that young people would abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.


    ***


    The email was sent quickly and successfully.


    The subordinate also quickly replied, "received".


    Toru Amuro put away his phone in satisfaction.


    But soon, Jiang Xia''s disdain when he mentioned the police flashed across his mind, and he paused a little on his way home.


    In fact, although he didn''t like others to scold the police, Toru Amuro also knew in his heart that his colleagues were sometimes quite unreliable...


    After struggling for a while, Toru Amuro decided to take a trip in person, since Gunma County is not far away anyway.


    This was very important.


    Judging from Jiang Xia''s attitude just now, he didn''t trust the police''s ability very much.


    If this report fails, Jiang Xia would definitely not make a second attempt in the future.


    Anyway, I don''t have any other important things these days,


    So I would just treat it as a pastime... Thinking of this, Toru Amuro get out of the office and went straight to the parking lot.

 CH 20.3

    Not long after Jiang Xia saw the Metropolitan Police Department on the opposite.


    After submitting relevant materials, Jiang Xia did not return to the office immediately.


    He was afraid of disturbing Amuro Toru''s plans.


    So Jiang Xia went for a walk around the neighbourhood, planning to leave enough time for Toru Amuro to make several phone calls.


    ***


    Somewhere on the way, the child ghost who had been lying on his shoulder suddenly sat up straight and poked at him excitedly.


    Jiang Xia was startled, followed its pointing, and saw an old building that was quite old.


    Take a closer look, and the painted sign at the door reads - Medieval Art Exhibition Hall.


    ... a museum?


    Jiang Xia: "..." This kind of place was indeed a place with a high rate of cases in the anime.


    And judging from the child ghost''s reaction, the case in the exhibition hall was probably still in progress. There must be a murderous aura or ghosts inside, so it was worth a visit.


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia rubbed the head of the child ghost who reported the information and was a little moved.


    After putting on the detective buff, life really became easier.


    It was not in vain for him to run around for so long.


    Soon, Jiang Xia turned his feet and walked towards the museum as if nothing had happened, like an ordinary tourist who wanted to increase his literary knowledge on a whim.


    ***


    The museum was on the verge of closing down, and there were very few tourists.


    Jiang Xia knocked on the window of the ticket office, awakening the conductor who was secretly looking in the mirror, bought a ticket, and entered through the door.


    He stopped on the first floor and looked at the layout of the exhibition hall.


    Then followed the direction provided by the child ghost and walked to the place where the target was.


    ***


    The first floor of the exhibition hall was divided into several large areas - the sky exhibition hall, the ocean exhibition hall, the land exhibition hall...


    There was also a "hell exhibition hall".


    Jiang Xia recalled the layout plan, walked through the empty corridor, and came to the gate of the "Hell Exhibition Hall".


    ***


    Unlike several other exhibition halls, in the hell exhibition hall, the lights were not turned on.


    Near the door, you could barely see through the lights in the corridor. Further inside, it became pitch black.


    Jiang Xia: "..." No matter how "hell" was used as the theme, it shouldn''t be so dark that the lights won''t even be turned on¡ªsuspicious, very suspicious.


    ...In other words, there really were ghosts here.


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia''s eyes lit up indistinctly, and he walked into the exhibition hall expectantly.


    ***


    It was very dark in the exhibition hall of Hell, and Jiang Xia didn''t bring a flashlight. But that''s not necessary either.


    ¡ª¡ªHe let the child ghost float in front of his eyes, and lightly touched his eyes.


    In the next second, in Jiang Xia''s eyes, the dark exhibition hall suddenly became clear.


    ¡ª¡ªHe borrowed the night vision ability of the child ghost.


    ***


    In the world of psychics, the child ghost was considered the most precious treasure. After signing the contract, they could help the psychic in many ways.


    For example, borrowing eyesight just now.


    In addition to transferring the night vision ability of the child ghost to himself.


    In fact, Jiang Xia could also do the opposite - transfer his vision to the ghost.


    Then he could drive a ghost that is good at stealth, drift to various dangerous places, and spy on the information.


    Similarly, hearing, smell, taste, power... could all be handed over.


    However, the latter needed to be used with caution.


    Because in the early stage, this type of skill had an obvious flaw.


    ¡ª¡ªAfter transferring the vision and hearing of the psychic to the ghost. The main body would lose the corresponding ability.


    In the later stage, the ghosts in possession would gradually upgrade, and these problems won''t bother him anymore.


    ***


    For Jiang Xia at present, the most important thing was to solve the problem of food and clothing for him and the ghost.


    There was still a long way to go to upgrade the child ghost.


    But fortunately, as a psychic who hadn''t touched a ghost for more than a year, Jiang Xia''s mentality was very peaceful at this time.


    ¡ª¡ªHe already had a ghost.


    Was it still that far from giving ghosts a chance to upgrade?


    Moreover, this world was relatively peaceful, even if there were only the most basic level ghosts, it was barely enough.


    The situation was much better than when I first came here a year ago.


    A qualified psychic must learn to be content. Then grow up quietly, picking up all the ghosts out there...

 CH 21.1

    Jiang Xia stepped into the dark exhibition hall, walked through a group of strange sculptures, and walked to the deepest part.


    The smell of blood was getting heavier.


    At the end of the room, look to the left and there was a huge oil painting hanging on the wall. In the painting, a demon was nailed to death on a cliff by a knight with a sword.


    Looking to the right, there was a fat middle-aged man hanging on the wall. He was nailed to the wall in a "devil-like posture". Blood was splashed all over the wall. The blood flowed down the wall, and underneath already gathered a pool of blood.


    Jiang Xia glanced at the middle-aged man''s body and quickly saw something on his calf.


    There was a fresh soul up there. Palm-sized, like a Shikigami, cut out of a piece of white paper.


    Jiang Xia just saw a similar one in the morning, but he didn''t expect to go out for a walk in the afternoon and then saw another one.


    ***


    In the classification of psychics, some souls would dissipate immediately after death, and some with extraordinary talents could become ghosts.


    There was another case, somewhere in between.


    ¡ª¡ªThis kind of paper Shikigami-like thing.


    Ghosts usually had relatively strong self-awareness, and they also remember some of the things they did before they were alive. They were the most difficult to abduct, but they were also the most useful.


    And this kind of Shikigami in front of him... didn''t have much consciousness, only their obsession was particularly heavy.


    Most of them were acting on instinct.


    After being generated, some would grab their own corpse nearby, while others will float toward the murderer and grab the murderer''s leg.


    Although the child ghost''s eyesight had been borrowed, other senses were still there.


    It sensed the murderous aura, couldn''t hold back, and stretched out its small hand, trying to pull it off and bring it to Jiang Xia.


    ***


    After a few steps, Jiang Xia waited and watched.


    Then he saw the Shikigami, although trembling because of the child ghost''s approach, he still hugged the corpse tightly.


    As soon as it exerted force, the Shikigami accidentally made a little wrinkle on the clothes.


    It stayed there, let go of its hand, and secretly ironed the wrinkled place.


    Looking at this scene, Jiang Xia sighed inwardly.


    ...Sure enough, it couldn''t be torn off violently.


    Still had to go through the process, send the murderer away first, let the soul get rid of its obsession, and fall off the murderer''s lap by itself.


    ***


    As a "prophet", Jiang Xia certainly remembered this case in the exhibition hall.


    ¡ª¡ªThe reason was that the owner of the exhibition hall went bankrupt, so he packaged and sold the exhibition hall to the owner Zhenzhong.


    And the real boss was the unlucky uncle nailed to the wall in front of Jiang Xia.


    ¡ª¡ªHe died after buying the exhibition hall, thinking that art was scrap metal, and wanted to convert the exhibition hall into a restaurant.


    The curator Ochiai, who was in charge of managing this pavilion, had worked here for decades. After he learned of the situation, he was very angry and became murderous toward his new boss.


    So this afternoon, curator Ochiai wore a faceless knight armour and waited in this hell exhibition hall.


    He invited the boss over, and then nailed him to the wall.

 CH 21.2

    Jiang Xia looked at the bloodstains all over the hall while recalling the past, feeling that this case was not difficult to solve.


    Of course, the first step was to call the police first.


    Jiang Xia took out his mobile phone and was about to dial 110.


    But suddenly heard some movement in the corridor.


    ¡ª¡ªA few people walked towards this exhibition hall while chatting.


    Jiang Xia listened carefully, and found that the voice was quite familiar¡ªit turned out to be two of his classmates, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki.


    "..." Jiang Xia paused for a moment as he pressed the phone, silently glancing at the horrible corpse next to him, and the sword on the corpse.


    Then realized that if he didn''t want to hear the screaming duet, he''d better not let them in...


    ***


    The other side.


    In the hallway outside the exhibition hall of hell.


    Ran Mouri stopped hesitantly.


    She looked at the passage leading to the "Hell Exhibition Hall", and tilted her head in doubt: "I remember just now, there was a sign of ''No Entry'' here?"


    Suzuki Sonoko approached her, thinking for a moment: "Maybe some exhibits were being repaired just now, and now they are repaired?"


    The two looked at the dark exhibition hall curiously, looked at each other, and remembered the purpose of coming here today.


    Recently, there was a terrible rumour in the neighbourhood.


    ¡ª¡ªIn the middle of the night, the knight in armour in this "Mihua Medieval Exhibition Hall" will come alive and walk around along the exhibition hall.


    So the two of them came here with the idea of ??"visiting a haunted house".


    She also brought a Conan by the way to strengthen her courage.


    ***


    It was just that after shopping all afternoon, they still hadn''t encountered a "ghost knight".


    Now, they have visited the whole museum, only this "Hell Exhibition Hall", which they had not entered yet.


    At this time, seeing the "No Entry" sign disappear, Sonoko Suzuki suddenly moved:


    "It''s all here, let''s go in and have a look. Maybe that mysterious knight in armour is hidden in this exhibition hall!"


    On the side, Conan said tiredly with a pair of dead fish eyes: "Forget it, it''s been shopping for a long time, aren''t you tired?"


    His weak protest was completely ignored.


    The two girls looked at each other, nodded to each other, took courage, and dragged him into the exhibition hall.


    Conan sighed vicissitudes of life, struggling to stand up straight.


    However, at this moment, the force holding him suddenly disappeared.


    ¡ª¡ªRan Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki stopped at their feet. Not only did they not move forward, but they even took a step back, tending to huddle together and tremble.


    Conan was taken aback, raised his head vigilantly, and looked forward.


    In the dim exhibition hall, there was a gloomy figure walking out of the darkness step by step.


    Conan was startled: "!"


    ... But soon, he discovered that the so-called "gloomy" was just an illusion caused by dim light.


    In fact, the person who came out of the exhibition hall walked well, and his posture and pace were normal, even a little familiar.


    Conan: "..." Huh?


    ¡­¡­look familiar?

 CH 21.3

    Jiang Xia walked out of the exhibition hall from the darkness, leaned against the door, looked at Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki who was trembling and hugging each other, and was a little puzzled: "...Are you cold?"


    "No, no." Ran Mouri saw Jiang Xia let out a sigh of relief, both disappointed and thankful.


    Disappointed not to encounter a ghost.


    Fortunately... well, they didn''t meet any ghosts.


    Next to her, Sonoko Suzuki''s mental journey was completely different from hers.


    "Jiang Xia?" She skipped the stage of disappointment, doubled her joy directly, and greeted the handsome young man in front of her enthusiastically, "You also want to see that knight in armour?"


    As she spoke, she pointed to the darkness behind Jiang Xia: "Is it in this exhibition hall?"


    Although, Suzuki Sonoko had basically determined that in order to get Jiang Xia, she needed an SSS-level strategy after various previous attempts.


    But this did not prevent her from liking to look at his handsome face.


    For a senior Yan dog, as long as Jiang Xia appeared in front of her, Sonoko Suzuki''s mood would soar like a steroid.


    And it was very practical to look at it a few more times and it also help her from being scared...


    She also wanted to show Ran Mouri the exhibition hall.


    With Jiang Xia right there, the effect of emboldening her courage must be much better than that of Conan.


    ***


    However, the two girls only took a step, but they were blocked by Conan in front of their legs.


    The two lowered their heads in doubt and found that the child''s eyes were somewhat complicated.


    Conan looked at Jiang Xia with a solemn expression: "...Why is there blood on your shoes?"


    The others were startled, and all looked down at Jiang Xia''s shoes.


    Including Jiang Xia himself.


    Jiang Xia was wearing a pair of black sneakers today. The uppers were clean, with only a little dust on the edges.


    Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri breathed a sigh of relief, suspecting that this was a prank by the bear kid.


    However, at this time, seeing the opposite, Jiang Xia lowered his head and glanced at the ground, suddenly, as if remembering something, he took a half step back.


    As soon as he took his foot away, there was a bloody shoeprint on the place he stepped on just now.


    "Ah." Jiang Xia was a little embarrassed, he simply took another step back, returned to the carpeted exhibition hall, and said slightly apologetically, "I didn''t notice, I stepped on it."


    Then, he took out a handkerchief and squatted down, It seemed that he wanted to wipe off the bloodstains on the ground.


    Conan: "..."


    He rushed over to stop Jiang Xia, and stopped what looked like "destruction of evidence":


    "Where did this blood come from?!"


    Conan had strong observation skills and was short in stature.


    As soon as Jiang Xia approached just now, he found that the carpet Jiang Xia stepped on had a subtle difference in color.


    After confirming that it was blood because he had seen similar things before, at first, Conan suspected that the neighbour was hiding and cutting himself again.


    However, after a closer look, he found that Jiang Xia looked good and moved normally, and there were no strange wet marks on the black wristband on his left hand.


    ***


    However, judging from Jiang Xia''s stepping on the carpet all the way here, there was still a little blood on the shoes...


    The blood he stepped on just now was definitely a lot...It was very likely that someone died here!


    ***


    Unlike Conan, Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki were not so observant, and it was a blessing in disguise, but they were not scared.


    They just thought that Jiang Xia accidentally stepped on the red paint left by the staff - after all, this exhibition hall had a "No Entry" sign before, and it was suspected to be under repair.


    At this time, seeing Jiang Xia rubbing the "paint", he was stopped by Xiongzi.


    They also took out their handkerchiefs and approached, intending to wipe off Jiang Xia''s footprints.


    When they got closer, they realized that the colour of the footprints really looked like blood.


    The two nodded their heads inwardly: Well, as expected of the Hell Exhibition Hall, the paint used was so unique...


    Sonoko Suzuki asked curiously while rubbing: "What did you step on? Paint? Pigment?"


    Jiang Xia apologized: " A pool of blood."


    "Oh, blood..." Sonoko Suzuki paused, and suddenly raised her voice, "A pool of blood?!!"


    She raised her head in shock.


    They saw Jiang Xia squatting on the edge of the scarlet carpet, while watching him wipe his shoes on the floor carpet, he raised his hand and pointed into the exhibition hall: "Someone died and was nailed to the wall, you..."


    Jiang Xia just wanted to say, "You better Don''t go in, it''s kind of scary."


    Before he finished speaking, Conan rushed into the exhibition hall from beside him.


    At the same time, Conan pressed on his wrist and turned on the flashlight attached to his watch.


    ¡ª¡ªThe first batch of equipment the Doctor made for him had arrived.

 CH 22

    Jiang Xia turned around and unsurprisingly found that Conan had accurately found the body in the exhibition hall, and shone his flashlight on it.


    The two girls standing outside the exhibition hall looked at the suddenly illuminated body and were stunned.


    After a second, their screams intertwined, piercing the corridor with high-pitched vibrations that were more ear-piercing than police sirens.


    Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko huddled together, looked at Jiang Xia, and remembered the blood on his shoes.


    They spoke incoherently, "You, you, you..."


    Jiang Xia said calmly, "I didn''t do it."


    The two girls on the opposite side covered their hearts and sighed in relief at the same time, "Oh, we also thought..."


    Before they could fully relax, they suddenly saw Jiang Xia looking at them thoughtfully and said, "Do you believe everything I say?"


    Mouri Ran: "...."


    Suzuki Sonoko: "..."


    This really sounded like the line from someone who''s trying to defend themselves.


    The two pairs of terrified eyes looked back at Jiang Xia again: "!"


    "It wasn''t me," Jiang Xia said patiently again.


    ***


    However, this time, Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko still looked horrified, with a hint of suspicion.


    Jiang Xia looked at them and felt that these two classmates had quite an interesting reaction.


    Indeed, if people are fooled too much, their guard will also be correspondingly increased...


    ***


    Jiang Xia had played enough and softened his tone, "When I said ''Do you believe me when I speak?'', it was just a simple question..."


    Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko: "..."


    The two innocent and kind female classmates saw Jiang Xia''s "innocent" expression and couldn''t help but reflect silently.


    "..." Indeed.


    Upon careful reflection, Jiang Xia''s earlier remark of "Do you believe me when I speak?" should not be interpreted as "Do you really trust me? It''s touching" or something similar!


    Thinking of this, Suzuki Sonoko cleared her throat to cover up her mistake, walked back to her original spot, grabbed Jiang Xia''s hand, shook it firmly, and said firmly:


    "We were just joking earlier! Of course, we trust you."


    ...Ah, this hand is really good to touch.


    And it''s not as cold as she had thought before.


    When she held it, it was actually quite warm, and perhaps it could be used as a hand warmer in winter.


    ***


    At the entrance of the exhibition hall, Suzuki Sonoko was lost in thought when holding Jiang Xia''s hands.


    Conan came back from beside the body.


    He first reminded Mouri Ran to call the police, then looked at Jiang Xia:


    "We don''t think you killed the person, but you were the first to discover the body, so the police will naturally suspect you - you should carefully recall your itinerary today and try to find an alibi, and also consider if you saw any suspicious individuals on your way here."


    Conan wasn''t blindly trusting Jiang Xia''s character.


    It''s just that the body in the exhibition hall was too gruesome, and the blood was splattered everywhere.


    In other words, if Jiang Xia had killed the person just now, he couldn''t have remained so clean.


    Furthermore, Conan had seen Jiang Xia beating someone before - hitting him with a stick like playing Whack-a-Mole in the arcade.


    However, the act of nailing someone to the wall, imitating an oil painting, had a strong sense of ritual and was quite complicated.


    No matter how he looked at it, it wasn''t Jiang Xia''s style.


    ***


    Therefore, Conan believes that the truth is probably that Jiangxia passed by here, for some reason, walked into the exhibition hall and took a glance, and then accidentally stepped on the blood.


    As for why Jiangxia didn''t turn on the lights, scream, or call the police...


    ...maybe it''s related to his personality.


    Everyone reacts differently when they see a corpse.


    Conan really can''t imagine the scene where Jiangxia screams and runs away.


    "..." Thinking about it, Jiang Xia calmly walked out of the exhibition hall just now, which seemed quite reasonable.


    Moreover, theoretically, Jiangxia''s state is... not very stable. Anyway, some abnormal behavior on him is actually quite reasonable.


    Conan: "..." Speaking of this, I don''t know if Jiangxia has been honest and gone to the psychiatric department to see a doctor for more than ten days of sick leave and more than ten days of absence from class every month.


    Thinking of this, Conan couldn''t help but review what he had observed about Jiangxia''s daily life: it seemed to be all about racing, fighting, and visiting exhibition halls...


    Conan felt tired in his heart, and the answer was probably negative.


    ***


    The exhibition hall is not far from the police station.


    The high school students stood at the door of the Hell Exhibition Hall, waiting for the police.


    The four of them from afraid to reasoning, and to wanted to catch the culprit...


    Soon, the police arrived.


    ***


    Inside the Hell Exhibition Hall.


    The ceiling light was turned on, and the room was instantly bright.


    Inspector Megure and the forensic police officers entered the hall together to search for clues and sent a few subordinates to inquire about the situation with witnesses.


    Officer Sato came out and glanced at the four people. Her gaze stopped at Jiang Xia''s back.


    According to her experience, the probability of the culprit appearing among the first discoverers is not low.


    Compared with the two high school girls who were pale and couldn''t look at the body, and the elementary school student who was not as tall as Sato''s legs, Jiangxia''s suspicion suddenly skyrocketed.


    However, after approaching, Jiangxia turned around, and Officer Sato saw his front face and was suddenly stunned.


    ...She had just seen this person in the office not long ago.


    Although Sato is not a forensic police officer, she has dealt with so many homicide cases and has some experience.


    -She can roughly estimate how long the body has been dead.


    At this time, based on her rough judgment... when Mr. Manaka died, Jiang Xia was reporting a case in their office.


    "..." It seems that this time, the culprit is not among the first group of people who discovered the body?


    ***


    The police quickly completed their questioning.


    However, unfortunately, the witnesses couldn''t provide much information.


    But soon, Inspector Megure was pleasantly surprised to discover that there was a surveillance camera in the Hell Exhibition Hall that was facing the crime scene.


    Inspector Megure waved his hand excitedly and said, "Quick, check the surveillance footage!"


    ***


    Five minutes later.


    After watching the surveillance footage, Inspector Megure was no longer happy.


    The footage did capture the murder process.


    But it didn''t capture the face of the killer - the killer was wearing a suit of Western knight armor with an iron mask covering the face tightly.


    ***


    As the police looked at the surveillance footage with sighs, Jiang Xia quietly fiddled with his phone.


    There was a video recording inside, which he had just secretly taken.


    ***


    While the police were contemplating in front of the surveillance cameras, Jiang Xia skipped all the reasoning steps and walked over to the old curator.


    The curator, Ochiai, stood with his hands behind his back, gazing deeply at the oil painting on the wall - the painting of a knight killing a demon, but being splattered with dirty blood all over his body in the process.


    In the curator''s eyes, the new owner, Mr. Manaka, was untrustworthy - he had promised to keep the museum open after buying it, but now he suddenly wanted to demolish it and build a restaurant.


    That''s why Ochiai didn''t regret killing him - he was punishing the man who defiled art.


    Therefore, the curator felt that the bloodied knight in the painting was very similar to his own situation - handsome, tragic, sacrificing everything, just to eliminate evil.


    While he was lost in thought, someone suddenly spoke next to him, "The righteous knight subdued the demon, but at the same time, he was also contaminated by the evil blood... Is that what you think?"


    Ochiai was startled and turned his head to see the young man who had first discovered the body standing next to him.


    He remembered Jiang Xia''s words and felt that the young man might be hinting at something, so he hesitated for a few seconds.


    ***


    After a moment, he stroked his waist-long beard and forced himself to calm down.


    He thought that he was overthinking things - this perfect murder plan couldn''t be easily unraveled by a little kid.


    But then Jiang Xia suddenly brought up a topic that had nothing to do with the painting.


    He whispered, "You should know that when signing a land sale contract, the seller can impose restrictions on the future use of the land - such as writing ''continue to operate the exhibition hall and not change it to other uses'' into the contract."


    Ochiai was taken aback.


    Jiang Xia continued, "However, such restrictions will discourage many buyers. In other words, once you add a restriction clause to the contract, it will be difficult to sell the land."


    "From the looks of it, your predecessor didn''t include the agreement to restrict the land use in the contract. Promises that aren''t written in the contract are not reliable, even a novice who has just started working for a few months knows that, let alone your predecessor who has been in this industry for decades..."


    Jiang Xia paused and glanced at Ochiai, as if wanting to say something else but then held back.


    Conan, who had been listening in the background "...."


    Although he didn''t understand the context very well but from Jiang Xia''s words, it seemed like he was suspecting the curator is the murderer.


    Although he didn''t quite understand the cause, from what Jiang Xia said, it seemed like he was suspecting that the curator was the murderer.


    Why?


    Also, how did Jiang Xia know so much about the exhibition hall?


    Could it be that the lady at the ticket office told him?

 CH 23

    Curator Ochiai is not actually the owner of the exhibition hall.


    The museum is owned by another man.


    And the old curator is just a worker who developed personal feelings for his job.


    It''s like a security guard who falls in love with the gold in the vault - it''s a love that is doomed to be heavy and unfulfilled.


    If you have to see "demolishing the museum and converting it into a hotel" as a pot, at least half of that pot should be on the back of the former owner who sold the museum.


    However, Curator Ochiai''s anger was focused solely on Mr. Manaka, the current owner.


    ...At times like this, you can see how dangerous it is to carry a poisonous tongue buff in this world.


    ***


    When Jiang Xia spoke, the old curator beside him trembled slightly while stroking his beard with his hand.


    It was unclear whether he was angry or just nervous that Jiang Xia was considering him a suspect.


    After a moment of silence, Curator Ochiai took a deep breath, planning to deny the accusations fiercely, just like a knight fighting to the bitter end.


    However, at that moment, the young man in front of him suddenly raised his phone and shook it at him.


    On the low-resolution screen was the scene where the curator picked up the pen.


    This was a fatal flaw in his plan.


    Jiang Xia looked at the curator''s pale face and silently nodded.


    He quickly pushed forward the case''s progress bar, hoping to solve the case as soon as possible and catch the culprit.


    Jiang Xia said seriously, "Turn yourself in. Don''t harbor any illusions. The people have seen through your actions and methods."


    The curator stared at the screen on the phone, and the last shred of his confidence disappeared.


    It had only been ten minutes since he had meticulously planned and rehearsed his murder plan.


    How could it have been exposed so quickly?


    Meanwhile, Conan, who was eavesdropping on the conversation, was also shocked.


    During detective reasoning, evidence was presented step by step to perfect the logic.


    But how did Jiang Xia jump straight to the conclusion in the end?


    He wanted to ask, but his pride as a young man made it difficult for him to speak up.


    However, he soon realized that he was just an elementary schooler asking a high schooler a question.


    After coming to this realization, Conan confidently approached Jiang Xia and asked, "Um, Jiang Xia gege, can I see your phone?"


    Jiang Xia was speechless.


    Kudo, why are you suddenly speaking in this cringy tone?


    Jiang Xia gave him an indescribable look, replayed the video, and silently handed the phone over.


    There is nothing shady stored on this phone.


    Jiang Xia uses another phone to contact the organization.


    It''s crystal clear.


    No need to worry that Conan will suddenly see Gin''s email on the phone halfway through.


    ***


    The video played quickly.


    Conan rapidly integrated the information in his mind while facing at the dark screen.


    After a moment, he rubbed his chin and suddenly realized: "So that''s it. The note with ''Kubota'' that the police found earlier was written by the director beforehand and placed there. The pen the victim picked up was probably one that couldn''t write, so the ''death message'' left behind was actually written in advance by the culprit to frame someone else."


    "... " The director stared at Conan with a look of doubt.


    ''At least Jiang Xia is a seemingly smart high school student,'' he thought.


    But now... how could even an elementary school student easily see through his crucial plan?!


    Curator Ochiai: "..."


    His revenge, his art, his clever scheme... turned out to be just a childish farce.


    ***


    Conan understood the situation and returned the phone to Jiang Xia.


    He was about to say "thank you" when suddenly he heard a weary and complex sigh beside him.


    Both Jiang Xia and Conan were startled and turned their heads in confusion.


    They were surprised to see that in just a few seconds, the curator looked as if he had aged ten years.


    The curator looked at them deeply and shook his head in despair, "Thank you for helping me realize who I really am."


    Then, under the gaze of the two, he walked towards Inspector Megure with a tired gait and turned himself in.


    ***


    Inspector Megure had originally thought that the culprit behind the death message must be the employee here - Kubota.


    But he didn''t expect that the curator would turn himself in halfway.


    ***


    The curator briefly explained the process of the murder.


    At the end, he said in a weary voice, "Since the method is so easy that even a child can see through it, the police will find out sooner or later... It''s better to come forward and confess."


    Inspector Megure felt a little guilty when he was praised by the curator and didn''t want to ask any more questions.


    He cleared his throat and looked in the direction where the curator had come from, where he saw Jiang Xia and a bespectacled first-grade boy standing there.


    Inspector Megure immediately ruled out the possibility of a primary school student and understood the "talented child" mentioned by the curator to be Jiang Xia.


    He was impressed and thought to himself, "It seems that I have encountered another excellent high school detective after Kudo."


    ***


    Several police officers quickly took the curator away.


    The police gradually left as well.


    Jiang Xia looked at the police team and consciously followed the lead of Inspector Megure.


    When they turned around and looked at him in confusion, he took the initiative to say, "I''ll go make a statement."


    Inspector Megure was taken aback.


    All the detectives he had encountered before were always eager to solve the case and moved quickly.


    But as soon as the statement was mentioned, they disappeared.


    Accustomed to that way of working, encountering Jiang Xia now...


    Inspector Megure was inexplicably moved.


    Jiang Xia was very cooperative with his work.


    He suggested that all detectives in the country should learn from him!


    ****


    Of course, Jiang Xia didn''t actually like making statements.


    It was just that after the on-site evidence collection, the body had been put in a body bag and sent to the police station.


    In other words, the leg-grabbing spirit was now in the police station...


    Once the obsession was lifted, these kinds of things would not continue to hold onto the leg and would easily wander off to other places.


    Jiang Xia was worried that if he went too late, he would not be able to find it.


    So, Jiang Xia successfully mingled with the police''s overtime team.


    *****


    As soon as they walked out of the museum, a bright flash of light greeted them.


    -There was a group of reporters gathered at the entrance.


    Murder cases in this world were very popular.


    Jiang Xia dealt with the media and a few bystanders who were adding fuel to the fire in an unskilled manner.


    Ten minutes later, he finally arrived at the police station.


    *****


    As Jiang Xia made his statement, the child ghost looked around.


    Then, under Jiang Xia''s signal, it sneakily floated away, hiding and slipping towards the morgue.


    Jiang Xia silently glanced at its back and wanted to remind it that it didn''t need to be so theatrical-even if the child ghost swaggered past while banging a gong, the police would not see it.


    ... Sigh, maybe he shouldn''t have shown it so many dramas before

 CH 24

    When Jiang Xia left the police station, the child ghost dragged a leg-scratching shikigami that was about the same size as itself and ran over to him.


    "Ochiai has been arrested, and the shikigami''s grudge has dissipated a lot, so it can now be fully pulled off the leg," said Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia walked out of the police station and turned into a small street.


    When there was no one around, he bent down and picked up the child ghost and shikigami.


    With Ochiai going to jail, the shikigami''s obsession dissipated.


    Now, it was just a paper shikigami without emotion.


    Collecting shikigami was not as troublesome as collecting ghosts.


    Jiang Xia pricked his fingertip, and casually pressed the blood bead onto the shikigami.


    A blood-red mark was imprinted on the shikigami, which quickly turned black and finally solidified into the shape of a flower and the letter "Z".


    Jiang Xia picked up the new shikigami and looked at it for a while before putting it into the empty space of the tattoo on his chest.


    Now he had the child ghost, enough murderous aura, and a shikigami, although they were all rare.


    But going from nothing to something was a qualitative change, a breakthrough.


    Jiang Xia exhaled a breath of mist, raised the collar of his windbreaker, and walked expressionlessly on the cold street, feeling that the future was bright.


    "After so long in this world, I finally look like a psychic," he thought.


    *****


    Jiang Xia had originally thought that it would take some time to find evidence for the other leg-scratching shikigami, which also lacked evidence.


    But the next day, when he was wondering whether to go to class or to the office, the police called and told him that the murder case he had received from the detective next door had a result - the police had found evidence.


    Jiang Xia hung up the phone and felt relieved.


    "Boss Amuro is really useful."


    *****


    With this matter settled, Jiang Xia no longer had to worry about his schedule for today.


    He went straight to the police station to deal with the follow-up of the case.


    At the police department, as usual, Jiang Xia released his ghost baby to wander around and see if there were any excess murderous aura or shikigami.


    He then found a long bench to sit down and looked to the side.


    There sat a familiar face.


    The detective next door who provided clues to the murder case had also come.


    After both of them finished writing their reports, while the police officer was organizing the signing materials, the detective next door looked at Jiang Xia and shook the newspaper in his hand, laughing as the paper rustled, "It looks like I''m going to have a famous detective neighbor soon."


    Jiang Xia asked, "Famous detective?"


    He turned his head and saw a huge photo of himself on the newspaper.


    The background was the medieval exhibition hall from yesterday.


    Last night, when Jiang Xia was blocked by reporters at the entrance of the exhibition hall, he was not very skilled in handling the situation, so he did not say much.


    However, the museum curator next to him was very talkative.


    The police did not stop the curator, as in this world, cases were not very confidential.


    The curator looked at the camera, pondered for a moment, and then began to shower Jiang Xia with high praise.


    Perhaps he suddenly realized that the stronger his opponent, the less he would lose face if he lost.


    In addition, besides the curator, the little girl involved in the kidnapping case happened to be playing nearby with her father last night.


    After the father and daughter happened to witness Jiang Xia''s heroic rescue of the hostage, they excitedly shared the story with many reporters who quickly gathered around them, eager for more details.


    Furthermore, some media with inside information found out that Jiang Xia was actually a classmate of Kudo Shinichi, who had recently been in the news frequently due to his disappearance and rumored murder.


    Thus, the media made a big deal out of it.


    - Two high school detectives, one in front and one in back, appearing together and also being classmates.


    This coincidence was enough for the media to concoct several stories out of thin air.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He took the newspaper from the enthusiastic detective next door and read it with a bit of annoyance.


    He felt that the media in this world had really wild imaginations.


    However, even though the media had fabricated stories about him, Jiang Xia knew that if he wanted to quickly increase his reputation, receive more commissions, and come into contact with more potentially ghostly people after death, he needed to be talked about.


    Jiang Xia was different from other high school detectives.


    He didn''t have hundreds of cases piled up under his belt.


    However, stunts like being possessed by "Kudo Shinichi''s ghost" could make Jiang Xia famous just like a detective who suddenly falls asleep and solves a crime scene because of his uniqueness.


    "...Anyway, I feel complicated," Jiang Xia thought silently to himself.


    After finishing the investigation report, before leaving, the police officer handed them two envelopes with a special bonus.


    It was said that this was due to the case next door where the victim''s body was thrown away during a festival, burned in public, and witnessed by many people, causing a huge impact.


    Therefore, successfully solving the case was commendable.


    Jiang Xia listened to this reason and fell silent for a moment.


    When he received the envelope, he felt the rough texture of the parchment.


    *****


    After a week, as expected, the case of burning the bodies at the festival made it to the newspapers.


    Jiang Xia looked at his own photo in the newspaper and decided to buy several copies and a notebook.


    When he got home, he cut out all the articles that mentioned him and pasted them into the notebook.


    He had heard that in this world, many celebrities have the habit of hiring detectives to listen to stories of solving cases.


    So Jiang Xia planned to make such a collection first.


    If someone asked in the future, he could just hand it over and let them read it themselves.


    In addition, the group of reporters had good photography skills and took pretty good photos.


    *****


    The next day, after Jiang Xia got up, he checked the schedule of the school.


    There was no exam today.


    So Jiang Xia skipped class comfortably.


    He carried a water bottle and pruning shears to take care of the potted plants at home and the plants growing in the yard, all of which could be used in ghost mint.


    While pruning, Jiang Xia picked the ripe fruits and leaves, cut them into appropriately sized pieces, and spread them out in the basement to dry.


    The ones that had already dried were collected and taken to the living room, rolled into homemade cigarettes, sealed in a box, and the whole process was very skilful.


    After finishing, Jiang Xia looked at the time and found that it was not yet noon.


    So he took a cage of cats and planned to go to the detective agency to wait for clients to come.

 CH 25

    One of the most common tasks that detective agencies receive is "finding lost pets."


    These cats are all caught after receiving the commission.


    Since Jiang Xia came, there have indeed been more guests at the Amuro Detective Agency.


    However, the work he received was still finding cats and dogs, as well as keeping an eye on mistresses.


    *****


    Jiang Xia did not hand over the case as he told Amuro.


    He wanted to keep building his reputation and network.


    Therefore, the commission to find pets was transferred to his group of shady friends.


    At first glance, these delinquents looked cool and busy.


    But in reality, they often felt bored.


    Racing cars and playing video games every day can get tiresome.


    So many of their gatherings were just a group of people getting together, looking fierce for a while, and then going their separate ways when the time was up.


    But with the new and exciting task of finding cats and dogs, their otherwise boring walks around the streets suddenly became interesting.


    Not to mention the generous pay.


    No one would refuse money, and delinquents also have to make a living.


    If their motorcycles break down, they need repairs. If their hairstyles are messy, they need to get them done.


    The owner of the game arcade won''t let them play for free either... In short, they worked extra hard.


    *****


    However, Jiang Xia did not set the delivery point for the pets at the detective agency.


    Because he still remembered the background he had made up when he came to apply for a job with Amuro.


    What kind of hooligan would come to the store where he worked to vandalize it...


    If one day, innocent delinquents came to deliver a cat but were misunderstood by Amuro as intending to vandalize the store... that would be a big problem.


    *****


    So the cats and dogs that were found will be directly sent to Jiangxia''s home, and then he will take them to the office.


    It''s easy to handle the commission for pets.


    But for the case of monitoring the mistress, it involves customer privacy, so Jiangxia cannot outsource it and can only do it himself.


    Luckily, he has been very idle lately.


    Moreover, if he goes out more often, he may come across a murder case.


    *****


    Jiangxia carried the cat and entered the office, then called the client to come and pick it up.


    After sending off several cats, Jiangxia waited for the clients to bring him murder cases.


    Unfortunately, he received only commissions for finding lost pets.


    Jiangxia sighed as he stared at the stack of cat and dog photos he had just received.


    Perhaps the efficiency of the underworld in finding pets was too high, and word of mouth had begun to spread among the clients.


    *****


    Unable to receive any good cases, Jiangxia looked at the commission list and planned to go out in the afternoon to secretly take photos of the mistress.


    However, before he had a chance to go out, Amuro Tooru suddenly sent him a message.


    Jiangxia opened it and found that it was from the part-time job emperor who had some urgent business to attend to.


    So he asked Jiangxia to take over his part-time job for today - delivering packages.


    One must accept the work given by the boss.


    Only by giving and taking can a harmonious and stable relationship be established.


    *****


    Jiangxia got up and went out.


    As he closed the door of the office, he hung a reservation book on the door and looked forward to it:


    "You are already a mature book. You need to learn how to attract clients with murderous intentions."


    A gust of wind blew by, and the book opened and then closed again.


    Jiangxia took it as a nod.


    *****


    Following the address given by Amuro Tooru, Jiangxia found the logistics company, picked up the map and cargo list, and a car.


    With a car full of goods, he delivered them for several hours.


    This part-time job was not difficult.


    But during the process, Jiangxia''s mood continued to decline.


    Every customer who signed for the package was very ordinary: there was no murderous intent, no ghosts, and they did not seem to be threatened with their lives.


    In the evening, after delivering the last package, Jiangxia returned to the car, feeling down.


    He was about to return to the company to report his work.


    However, at this moment, the child ghost sleeping on his shoulder suddenly woke up and poked him excitedly.


    Jiangxia was stunned.


    He listened to the muttering of the child ghost and got off the car, following the direction pointed out by the child ghost and turning a few corners.


    After passing through a dark and gloomy alley, he stopped and saw a gloomy western-style building on his right.


    The building had several floors and a large courtyard, but it had not been well maintained.


    The whole house was gloomy, and the courtyard was full of weeds, with ivy growing wildly on the walls.


    Combined with today''s gloomy weather, at first glance, only one word could accurately describe it.


    ¡ªHaunted house.


    *****


    Jiang Xia walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked inside through the rusty iron fence.


    Then he was surprised to find two people lying in the messy grass in the yard.


    They were two children, about six or seven years old.


    Both of them had their eyes closed, but their chests were slightly moving, indicating that they were not dead but just passed out.


    These two children had somewhat strange body shapes: one was as fat as a triangular rice ball, and the other was as thin as a pole.


    This gave Jiang Xia a strong sense of d¨¦j¨¤ vu.


    He quickly thought of two people: Conan''s classmates, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima.


    These two, along with Ayumi Yoshida, a little girl, and the strategist Conan, formed the "Detective Boys" of Teitan Elementary School.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    Since Mitsuhiko and Genta were lying here, today was probably the first collective activity of the Detective Boys:


    Exploring the haunted house.


    *****


    Jiang Xia shifted his gaze away from the two children and looked up at the Western-style building, which had been vacant for several years.


    It was said that a brutal murder had occurred here, and since then, wild beast-like roars could often be heard from the house, making it very famous in the area.


    *****


    But in fact, Jiang Xia''s false "predictive ability" told him that there were no ghosts here, only a mother and son hiding here.


    Five years ago, the male owner of this western-style building was angrily scolding his son, but was beaten to death by his son with a headshot.


    After discovering this, the mother disguised the crime scene as a "robbery and murder" and then hid in an underground secret room with her son, planning to wait out the prosecution period before returning to society.


    Later, the son gradually could not stand the life of a mouse and wanted to surrender, but the mother did not agree.


    She locked her son in the dungeon and insisted on waiting for the end of the prosecution period.


    The "roaring wind" heard by the nearby people was actually the son''s sad roar from underground.


    *****


    Today, the four first-graders of elementary school from the "Junior Detective Club" broke in without permission, ready to conduct a "haunted house adventure", unaware of the situation.


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia looked at the two children in the courtyard from behind the gate.


    At present, it seems that the Junior Detective Club''s adventure is coming to an end.


    Genta and Matsuhiko were knocked out and thrown into the yard.


    Conan and Ayumi were probably still in the haunted house, struggling to survive.


    Jiang Xia thought for a moment, took out his phone, and skillfully called the police.


    Then he easily climbed over the fence and quickly made his way to the side door of the villa.


    Jiang Xia remembered that the Junior Detective Club had sneaked into the haunted house from here.


    However, at this time, he tried to turn the doorknob, but the door was locked.


    It seemed that the hostess had taken some defensive measures after throwing out the two little troublemakers who broke into the haunted house.


    As a member of the organization, Jiang Xia felt that he should take out his tools and quickly pick the lock.


    However, picking locks was not his specialty, and he needed to look like a psychic.


    Jiang Xia withdrew his hand and stepped back.


    Two paper shikigami flew out from under his feet, slid through the door crack, and silently entered the house.


    Soon, behind the door, the two shikigami overlapped and gradually expanded, forming a puppet like a "white clay man".


    This kind of puppet had no thoughts and was completely controlled by the psychic.


    If the child ghost was thrown into the puppet, it could shape into a human-like exquisite puppet.


    But for now, there was no need to be so precise, just to open the door.


    Jiang Xia felt the location of the clay puppet behind the door.


    After a moment, the "little white" inside the house stood up slowly, groped for the doorknob behind the door, and opened the lock with a click.


    The task was completed, and the little puppet collapsed silently and turned back into a paper shikigami that ordinary people couldn''t see.


    The paper shikigami instantly returned to the space of the tattoo on Jiang Xia''s chest.


    Jiang Xia reached out again, and this time he successfully opened the door.

 CH 26

    Jiang Xia entered the "Haunted House".


    Outside, dark clouds were piled up, and inside the house was also very dark.


    Without a flashlight, he could hardly see anything.


    Jiang Xia borrowed the night vision ability of the child ghost and silently walked along the pitch-black corridor.


    *****


    Soon, he found a floor that had been lifted up at the end of the corridor.


    This seemed to be the entrance to a dark passage.


    There were some steps leading downwards.


    Jiang Xia approached curiously, observed for a moment, and faintly smelled the scent of murderous aura from the passage.


    "..." He nodded with satisfaction and walked in.


    *****


    He went down the steps all the way.


    At the end of the tunnel, there was a brightly lit basement.


    Jiang Xia remembered that this was the place where the son killed his own father and wanted to surrender himself because of filial piety but couldn''t, and was imprisoned by his mother.


    At this time, the door of the basement was open.


    The voice of Conan''s reasoning could be faintly heard from inside.


    *****


    Jiang Xia tiptoed to the door, and took a look inside.


    In the middle of the room, a row of iron railings separated a prison cell.


    The owner''s son, at this moment, was sitting unkempt in the cell, with an old-fashioned figurine on his leg, which was probably his late father.


    And outside the railing, there were three people in total.


    - Conan and his female classmate, Yoshida Ayumi. And an old woman with white hair and a very thin figure.


    *****


    Jiang Xia scanned his surrounding and quickly settled on the woman''s back: "..."


    Her waist-length silver-white hair made Jiang Xia''s fingers twitch, reflexively wanting to grab onto something.


    However, upon closer inspection, he noticed that the woman''s murderous aura was very weak.


    It could only barely be categorized as "barely satisfying," even less so than the fresh murderous aura of the last kidnapper.


    The child ghost also looked at the white-haired woman in front of him, with a slightly disappointed look after a moment of surprise.


    However, it wasn''t as picky as Jiang Xia and was satisfied as long as there was a strand of murderous aura to eat.


    So it jumped down with enthusiasm, ready to pick a fight.


    *****


    A few meters away, in the basement.


    The white-haired woman held a knife and glared at Conan and Ayumi, who were trapped in the corner by her, her emotions abnormally agitated.


    She had her back to the door and didn''t notice that Jiang Xia had arrived.


    Conan did notice.


    His voice paused slightly during his deduction but quickly continued as if nothing had happened.


    However, this fake elementary school student was clearly not in control of his emotions.


    When speaking, he had more strength in his voice than before.


    Fortunately, the white-haired old woman was mentally unstable and didn''t notice Conan''s abnormality.


    Ayumi was hiding next to Conan, looking at Jiang Xia timidly, also not making a sound.


    It''s unclear whether she had become quick-witted in the face of danger or was too frightened to speak.


    Of course, it''s also possible that she had fallen into the illusion that is common among "face-connoisseurs" - the big brother at the door didn''t seem like a bad person.


    *****


    Conan is obviously the type of detective who, once caught up in reasoning, will even risk his life to finish his deductions before he dies.


    Actually, in the beginning, the white-haired old lady didn''t intend to kill anyone.


    Genta and Mitsuhiko lying in the courtyard were only knocked out by her.


    Because she thought even if these first-grade kids went to report the case, the police wouldn''t bother.


    But now, Conan is different.


    ¡ª¡ªConan not only saw the person in the dungeon, but he even guessed that the murderer back then was her son.


    "The haunted house hides a vagrant" and "The haunted house hides a roaming killer" are completely different.


    If it''s the latter, even if a child reports the case, the police may come.


    So at this moment, the white-haired woman listened to Conan''s deductions, and a real murderous aura emerged from her body.


    When Conan said, "The one who killed your husband was actually your son," the old woman finally exploded.


    "Shut up!" She grabbed Conan''s neck, and her face twisted fiercely while raising a kitchen knife.


    Ayumi exclaimed in fear and covered her eyes.


    Conan was also stunned: "..." Wait a minute?


    Why was the script different from what he had expected?


    ¡ª¡ªDidn''t he clearly see Jiang Xia just now!


    Shouldn''t it be the norm for him to deduce the truth, Jiang Xia simultaneously controls the old woman, and finally, the two smile at each other in tacit agreement while taking out their phones to call the police?


    ... But now, where is Jiang Xia?


    Conan struggled to look back, but the old woman blocked his entire field of vision.


    The angry white-haired woman let out a roar and swung the knife down heavily.


    When the tip of the knife was only a few inches away from Conan, someone finally grabbed her wrist from behind.


    Jiang Xia took away the kitchen knife from the old woman and pressed it hard on her shoulder.


    The woman screamed in pain and half of her body went numb, collapsing on the ground.


    Along with her scream, there was also the faint sound of police sirens coming from outside.


    ¡ª¡ªJiang Xia had called the police before he came in.


    "..." Jiang Xia glanced outside and said to himself, "As expected of the police in this world."


    He threw the snatched kitchen knife into the corner and suddenly found a mop at his feet, so he picked it up casually.


    Although the door is open, the police will definitely need some time to find the entrance.


    Take advantage of the police not having arrived yet and quickly loosen the murderous aura.


    Conan''s ability to incite hatred is really not to be underestimated.


    The more this fake child deduces the more murderous aura the white-haired woman emits...


    The current amount of murderous aura has far exceeded that when Jiang Xia first entered.


    Jiang Xia looked at the woman covered in a murderous aura and raised his stick expectantly.


    At this moment, the white-haired woman sitting on the ground covered her shoulder, turned her head, and looked at Jiang Xia with a face full of unwillingness.


    The two of them stared at each other.


    In the next second, the murderous aura wrapped around the old lady''s body obediently fell to the ground with a snap.


    ...Perhaps after weighing each other''s power levels, she quickly realized that she could no longer continue to kill.


    So she could only give up the idea of killing.


    The child ghost, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, couldn''t help but let out a surprised cry.


    It ran over, rolled up the fallen murderous aura like cotton candy, and brought it back to Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia squatted down, took out a cigarette case containing ghost peppermint, tore open the sealed packaging, and let the killing intent seep in.

 CH 27

    The child ghost was busy.


    After delivering the murderous aura, it turned its head and floated into the cell, wanting to try and pull the shikigami off the leg of the imprisoned son.


    *****


    Jiang Xia was organizing the cigarette case filled with the absorbed murderous aura, looking at the two first-grade kids beside him.


    Conan was still coughing while holding his neck¡ªthe pinch from the white-haired old lady was not light.


    Ayumi patted his back to help him, then turned her head and secretly glanced at Jiang Xia.


    Jiang Xia met her gaze and casually asked, "Are you okay?"


    "I-I''m fine!" Ayumi replied loudly.


    After speaking, she hesitated and glanced at Jiang Xia, feeling that according to the customary way of expressing gratitude in TV dramas, she should give him a peck¡ªlook, this big brother even half squatted down. The person who saved her life gave such an obvious hint...


    So Ayumi leaned closer expectantly, thinking about whether to kiss his left cheek or right cheek and blushing, she whispered, "Th-thank y..."


    Before she could finish, a hand suddenly rested on her shoulder from behind, stopping her.


    Conan, with a sense of world-weariness, advised, "Don''t kiss him."


    ...Considering the previous experience, if she went for the kiss, she would probably end up kissing the mop.


    Then she would be blamed for something strange afterward.


    And Ayumi had already experienced quite a few scares today. If she were to suddenly face a blow from a friendly ally, she might just burst into tears.


    Jiang Xia definitely wouldn''t care if a little kid started crying.


    Then, he would have to comfort her...


    *****


    Ayumi was unaware of the situation.


    She looked at Conan with excitement, guessing that Conan was feeling jealous and seriously struggling with whether to choose the life-saving person who descended from the sky or the classmate she had known for a longer time.


    At this moment, a series of footsteps could be heard from the corridor.


    The police had found the dungeon.


    *****


    Inspector Megure, accompanied by a few subordinates, walked in and stopped in astonishment at the scene inside.


    ...In a society governed by the rule of law, someone had secretly built a prison right under their noses.


    It was beyond imagination, truly unimaginable.


    Inspector Megure looked at the dishevelled and miserable citizens inside the cell, feeling somewhat guilty. He walked over with concern, wanting to offer some consolation.


    But to his surprise, when the "victim" inside saw the police, he suddenly pounced like a fierce tiger towards the railing and tearfully shouted, "Let me out! I want to surrender!"


    Inspector Megure: "...Surrender?"


    *****


    As soon as those words were spoken, the shikigami clinging to his son''s leg suddenly let go.


    The child ghost was in the midst of tugging on the shikigami''s leg when it loosened its grip.


    These two instantly tumbled into a bundle and fell to the ground with a thud.


    The child ghost was slightly taken aback.


    After a moment, it regained its senses, happily dragged the shikigami back to Jiang Xia''s side, and handed over the retrieved thing.


    At the same time, it looked eagerly at the cigarette case in Jiang Xia''s hand.


    Jiang Xia because of the unexpected windfall and was in a good mood.


    He opened the cigarette case and tapped out a ghost mint from it, preparing to ignite the murderous aura and celebrate a bit.


    Just as he was about to light it, a hand suddenly reached out from the side, heading straight for his cigarette.


    Instinctively, Jiang Xia raised his hand to dodge and looked towards the side.


    To his surprise, the one attempting to snatch the cigarette was a police officer.


    Officer Satou furrowed her brow slightly and said, "Smoking in high school, what will you do with your lungs when you grow up? Where did you get this cigarette?"


    According to the regulations, it was prohibited to sell tobacco and alcohol to minors anywhere.


    If he had stolen it from home... then it would be necessary to have a talk with his parents.


    Facing her sharp gaze, Jiang Xia let out a silent sigh.


    For a long time, in Jiang Xia''s impression, 18 years old was already considered an adult.


    But who knew that in a different place, suddenly he was two years short.


    With the police blocking him, Jiang Xia could only put the cigarette into his sleeve under the watchful gaze of the child ghost and explain, "I don''t smoke. I just like the scent of the cigarette when it''s just lit. It helps me think."


    Beside him, Conan''s eye twitched.


    He remembered the last time when he saved that kidnapped little girl, Jiang Xia not only lit a cigarette but also finished it quickly.


    Moreover, now that the person had already been captured, there was no need for it to "help with thinking" at all.


    The police wouldn''t believe Jiang Xia''s nonsense.


    Just as Conan was thinking this, he saw Officer Satou nodding and saying, "So that''s how it is."


    Conan: "...?"


    *****


    Officer Satou didn''t solely judge people based on appearances.


    Her main belief was that there were significant differences between people who smoked long-term and those who didn''t smoke.


    And Jiang Xia, whether it was the color of his teeth, the appearance of his fingers, or the scent on his body, lacked the typical characteristics of a smoker.


    Moreover... moreover, Jiang Xia genuinely seemed very sincere and inexplicably likable, making people want to trust him.


    *****


    After seeing off the police, Jiang Xia took care of the new shikigami and went to the logistics company for his shift.


    *****


    The next day, after waking up, he sat there in a daze for a while, savouring the grand scene in his dream where he raised his arm and countless ghosts responded.


    Then he pressed the tattoo on his chest, releasing all the ghosts and shikigami sealed inside.


    All lined up on the bed. One child ghost and three shikigami.


    The shikigami were relatively obedient, lying on the bed motionless like real sheets of paper.


    The child ghost looked around in confusion and instinctively wanted to lean against Jiang Xia.


    But it was mercilessly pushed back onto the bed and forced to line up.


    Jiang Xia arranged the ghosts in their places, pointing at each of them one by one, 1, 2, 3, 4.


    ...Only four.


    He counted again, 1, 2, 3, 4.


    Still only that few.


    ...The dream was better.


    Resting his cheek on his hand, Jiang Xia sighed softly:


    Who knows if lying down now for a quick nap would allow him to continue the dream he just had.


    *****


    On the bed, the child ghost stared at Jiang Xia''s fingertips, seemingly lost in thought.


    At this moment, Jiang Xia, bored, started counting for the third time: 1, 2, 3, 4...


    This time, after the ghost baby was counted, it quickly rolled a few times and moved to the back of the line.


    Jiang Xia''s counting finger stopped on its head: "...5."


    They barely managed to make it a whole number.


    Both the person and the ghost felt at ease.


    The child ghost obediently rubbed its hands and then looked at the cigarette case by Jiang Xia''s pillow with longing eyes.


    Jiang Xia tapped out a cigarette, held it between his fingers, but didn''t light it:


    "Constantly calling you ''you you you'' is not very convenient. How about I give you a name?"


    The child ghost: "..."


    Remembering the names Jiang Xia gave to his cherished potted plants, the child ghost not only wanted to shake its head but also wanted to run away.


    ...But Jiang Xia was holding its food in his hand.


    The child ghost bit its finger, struggled for a long time, and reluctantly nodded.


    Jiang Xia was very satisfied with its cooperation: "Let''s call you Xiao Bai."


    The child ghost let out a subtle sigh of relief.


    Although it was a bit simplistic, it was still good. At least it wasn''t some name like Mao Dan, Gou Dan, Erdou, or Jiguan.


    *****


    So when Jiang Xia called it "Xiao Bai," it obediently responded.


    Jiang Xia satisfiedly patted its head, got out of bed, and walked to the table to light a ghost mint.


    While Xiao Bai happily sucked on the ghost mint.


    Jiang Xia put away the several shikigami on the bed into the tattoo, prepared to tidy up and go to the office.


    At that moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.


    Jiang Xia was taken aback, walked over and opened the door, only to find a delivery person.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He hadn''t ordered anything online recently, and no one usually sent him packages.


    Only Sherry and her sister occasionally sent him some homemade health supplements.


    With that in mind, Jiang Xia reached out to take the delivery.


    As before, the sender''s name had an "S," the initial of Sherry''s English name.

 CH 28

    Jiang Xia looked at the package sent by Sherry and took a moment to express gratitude in his mind.


    Then he skillfully returned the package.


    The delivery guy came with the package and left it as it was.


    *****


    After dismissing the person, Jiang Xia picked up his jacket. He had initially planned to continue going to the detective agency.


    However, after contemplating, he put the jacket back down.


    Jiang Xia instead entered the study and walked to the bookshelf, searching for a medical record.


    Whenever Sherry was mentioned, he couldn''t help but think of health supplements.


    And when he thought of the supplements, he thought of the hospital.


    And when he thought of the hospital...


    He couldn''t help but think of his attending physician¡ª Kazato Kyosuke.


    When Jiang Xia arrived here and was lying in the hospital, he recognized him immediately¡ªthis polite and well-mannered doctor.


    Once, Kazato Kyosuke was a surgical genius.


    However, during one operation, a colleague intentionally injured his hand, rendering him unable to hold a scalpel. He was forced to switch to the cardiology department.


    A year ago, Kazato Kyosuke learned that that colleague had deliberately injured his hand.


    In anger, he killed the colleague and staged the scene to look like a suicide, successfully fooling the police.


    *****


    When Jiang Xia was hospitalized a year ago, he heard that his attending physician was Kazato Kyosuke. So he cooperated fully with the treatment, hoping to take advantage of the situation and rid himself of the ghost.


    However, like the other people he encountered in this world, Kazato Kyosuke had no ghost or murderous aura.


    Jiang Xia was immediately disappointed.


    So, after being discharged, he never went for a follow-up visit.


    But now...


    *****


    Jiang Xia flipped through the old medical record, recalling what had happened yesterday.


    After the world turned corrupt, even people who died five years ago could transform into shikigami.


    So, perhaps there would be much to gain from Kazato Kyosuke?


    Jiang Xia contemplated for a moment, feeling somewhat intrigued. Since he had nothing better to do, why not go to the hospital and give it a try?


    *****


    Soon, he opened his computer and logged into a rarely used email account.


    Although Jiang Xia had been avoiding medical consultations.


    But it is Sherry, on the other hand, trying hard to improve his condition.


    A year ago, when Jiang Xia''s parents sacrificed their lives to save her.


    Later, when Jiang Xia was hospitalized, she knew it was directly related to that incident. Therefore, she persistently helped Jiang Xia with his appointments.


    The hospital where Kazato Kyosuke worked would send patients the appointment date and important instructions a week in advance.


    Jiang Xia opened his inbox, scanning through several advertisements until his gaze stopped at an email with the subject line "Beika Central Hospital."


    With a glance, he noticed that the scheduled date for the appointment was today.


    ...A magical and convenient coincidence.


    He always felt that after being able to see spirits, his luck attribute was quietly increased.


    Jiang Xia stood up in a cheerful mood, grabbed his jacket, and quickly headed out.


    *****


    On the way, Jiang Xia''s phone rang.


    He checked the notification and saw that Amuro Tooru had sent him another part-time job offer.


    This time, it was to work as a general helper at an izakaya.


    Jiang Xia sympathized with his boss''s busy life.


    Then he decisively requested time off and ignored the offer.


    Kazato Kyosuke was a renowned doctor, and appointments were hard to come by.


    Missing this opportunity might mean waiting for a month to get another chance.


    Although he could follow Dr. Kazato after he finished work and had a conversation in disguise...


    But capturing spirits wasn''t just about that.


    Sometimes, the right method could yield twice the result with half the effort.


    Having a rare opportunity to communicate peacefully with the target, he certainly couldn''t let it slip away.


    *****


    Upon arriving at Beika Central Hospital and entering the consultation room, Jiang Xia''s gaze briefly stopped on Dr. Kazato''s lower leg.


    Then, with a hint of surprise, he discovered that there was indeed a shikigami clinging to it.


    What was even more gratifying was that there was a high-quality murderous aura lingering around Kazato Kyosuke.


    ¡ªIt smelled completely like a hotpot.


    And it was Jiang Xia''s favorite mushroom soup base.


    Jiang Xia''s eyes brightened, he took a gentle breath, managed his expression, and respectfully took a seat.


    *****


    A year ago, after Kazato Kyosuke killed his colleague and successfully staged it as a suicide, he evaded the law.


    But the good times didn''t last. Due to the persistence of the deceased''s family, the case was about to be reinvestigated.


    Coincidentally, one of the investigators in the team happened to be Kazato Kyosuke''s patient.


    While receiving treatment, Kazato Kyosuke learned about this matter. Worried that his murder would be exposed, he decided to take preemptive action by killing all the officers in the investigation team and framing someone else.


    Jiang Xia recalled this twist and secretly counted the number of police officers that had attracted Kazato Kyosuke''s attention.


    ...There were quite a few.


    No wonder there was so much murderous aura and such a unique taste.


    *****


    Inside the consultation room.


    Kazato Kyosuke maintained a gentle expression and conversed with Jiang Xia, who seemed equally gentle at first glance.


    However, the more they talked, the more he felt a chilling sensation behind him.


    As a wise psychiatrist, Kazato Kyosuke instinctively felt that the problem lay with Jiang Xia.


    Of course, he didn''t think in terms of the supernatural.


    Instead, he recalled some cases where patients suddenly became violent.


    "...," pretending to reach for a water cup, Dr. Kazato discreetly moved closer to the desk.


    At the same time, he glanced at the drawer.


    Thinking about the stun gun, tranquilizer gun, and police-grade pepper spray inside... he felt more at ease.


    Moreover, Kazato Kyosuke even had a real gun hidden in his bag.


    ¡ªAfter being a renowned doctor with a wide network for many years, obtaining these items was not difficult for him.


    *****


    After confirming the weapons were there, he felt more assured.


    When Kazato Kyosuke looked at Jiang Xia again, he resumed his kind doctor appearance and began the consultation.


    Sitting next to him, Jiang Xia couldn''t help but feel like there was a steaming hotpot with Kazato Kyosuke, he contemplated.


    ¡ªTo obtain this delicious and fragrant murderous aura, Kazato Kyosuke must not succeed in killing. Otherwise, once he succeeds, the murderous aura will be internally consumed.


    However, if Kazato Kyosuke succeeds, the number of shikigami on his leg will increase.


    ...murderous aura or shikigami, it''s always a troublesome issue for a psychic. And there isn''t an option to "have them all."


    *****


    On the other side, Kazato Kyosuke noticed that the patient seemed absent-minded.


    After chatting for a while and not achieving the desired effect, he wrote a prescription and asked Jiang Xia for a medical examination.


    *****


    Carrying the medical examination form, Jiang Xia walked out of the treatment room door with no intention of returning.


    He had already figured out Kazato Kyosuke''s situation.


    Next would be the time for free choice. There was no need to look back at the question.


    *****


    His thoughts gradually became clear as Jiang Xia walked along the hospital corridor.


    In this world, there were frequent homicides, and deaths were not uncommon.


    Currently, there weren''t too many cases, but that might be because Conan had just transformed into Conan and hadn''t fully awakened.


    After a while, there would be serial murders everywhere, and Shikigami wouldn''t be hard to come by.


    In comparison, the rare taste of a murderous aura couldn''t be encountered every time.


    Jiang Xia felt that he should take a more long-term perspective as a mature psychic.


    ...It had nothing to do with hotpot or not. The main thing was to consider the overall situation.


    So this time, he would go for the murderous aura.


    *****


    After seeing Dr. Kazato, Jiang Xia felt much more at ease.


    He descended the hospital stairs, unintentionally glanced downward, and saw a few familiar people coming up.


    ¡ªMouri Ran, Mouri Kogoro, and a stranger doctor holding a pot of morning glories... Of course, Conan, who never missed a beat, was there too.


    Jiang Xia''s steps paused, and his gaze focused on them, faintly gleaming.


    In his impression, whenever Conan and the Mouri father and daughter got together, there would easily be a case.


    *****


    The four people who were going upstairs walked past the corner and stopped when they saw Jiang Xia.


    Conan looked at Jiang Xia and then at the signboard near the staircase.


    He discovered that the floor Jiang Xia was coming down from had a Pediatrics department, Pediatric Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, and...


    Psychiatry.


    Conan was taken aback.


    He didn''t expect to see Jiang Xia in the hospital, especially in this situation where Jiang Xia was walking alone and voluntarily seeking medical treatment.


    "..." The neighbor who never went to the hospital agreed to receive treatment alone?


    Conan''s finger moved instinctively, wanting to take out his phone and share this good news with Dr. Agasa.


    As far as he knew, the doctor had been worried about this for a long time, and he was one step away from creating a psychiatry robot and throwing it into Jiang Xia''s yard in the middle of the night.


    However, before Conan could share the good news, his gaze unintentionally shifted, and he suddenly realized that something wasn''t right.


    *****


    However, unfortunately, Mouri Ran and Mouri Kogoro were clearly not as observant as Conan.


    Neither of them received the distress signal from Conan.


    Just as Conan took a deep breath, intending to exclaim, "How strange! Is Jiang Xia going for a medical examination?" Jiang Xia, who was ahead on the stairs, spoke first.


    He casually put the medical examination form into his pocket and looked at the doctor accompanying the group, asking, "What are you holding...?"


    *****


    He was holding a vibrant pot of morning glories in the doctor''s hands.


    Jiang Xia, of course, recognized this flower.


    His question was to find something to say.


    ¡ªEncountering Conan and Mouri Kogoro basically meant the possibility of stumbling upon a case.


    And further, it meant the chance to obtain a murderous aura or shikigami.


    For a psychic, it was hard not to be tempted.


    Jiang Xia: "..." I need to come up with a way to join them...

 CH 29

    Holding a bouquet of morning glories, the doctor had already felt familiar with Jiang Xia.


    When Jiang Xia started talking, he finally remembered¡ªthe young man had appeared in the newspaper a few days ago, successfully solving several cases.


    The doctor thought, "Could I get aid from this detective?" With that thought, Dr. Ogawa immediately became enthusiastic.


    He explained in detail:


    "This flowerpot was sent to the front desk by a person who called himself ''Mr. Tanaka.'' Every year on August 3rd, he sends one."


    ¡ªAnd it''s not just the flowers.


    Starting about two years ago, every month, Dr. Ogawa would receive old toys and 1 million yen sent by "Mr. Tanaka."


    Up until now, he has received a total of 25 million yen.


    Previously, Dr. Ogawa had always considered these gifts as expressions of gratitude from an anonymous patient¡ªhaving a 5-year-old son, it seemed normal to receive toys along with the money.


    Who would have known that this month, along with the money, a letter signed "Tanaka Taro" was sent?


    The letter said: "The 25 million has been paid in full, and I''m here to take what belongs to me."


    ...The vaguely malicious tone in the letter made him feel uneasy.


    Dr. Ogawa immediately panicked and sought the help of a detective. Just a little over ten minutes ago, he had found the detective agency of Mouri Kogoro.


    Upon Mouri Kogoro''s reminder, Dr. Ogawa remembered that there was a painting worth over 20 million yen hanging in his office. It is possible that "Mr. Tanaka" had set his eyes on that painting when he mentioned "taking what belongs to him."


    So now, this group of people rushed to the hospital.


    *****


    Mouri Kogoro stood on the hospital''s steps, gazing at Dr. Ogawa as he explained the situation to Jiang Xia. He sensed a competitive atmosphere, driven by the thought of not wanting to lose to the younger generation.


    With a calm expression, Kogoro Mori cleared his throat and interjected into the conversation between the doctor and Jiang Xia, "Sending the same flower every year should not be merely out of interest; it likely has some specific meaning."


    Jiang Xia nodded approvingly, "Morning glories do indeed have some special floral meanings. ''Ending,'' ''bound by love,'' and..."


    Suddenly, he lowered his voice, his tone becoming eerie, " ''I am entangled with you.'' "


    Listening nearby, Mouri Ran exclaimed, "!"


    Could it be that this flower was sent by a patient who died on Dr. Ogawa''s operating table...


    Kogoro Mori didn''t believe in ghosts but rubbed his chin in confusion, "The first two meanings are common, but the last one, ''entangled with you''... Did you make that up?"


    "No, I have received morning glories before," Jiang Xia said as he unwound the twined vines and found a hidden card, looking at the words on it.


    "At that time, there was also a note like this among the flowers, but it wasn''t signed, and it said, ''I am entangled with you.'' And I was indeed entangled for a while, so it left a deep impression."


    Conan thought, "Why do you always have such unusual experiences?"


    And also, he was entangled before but not anymore...


    Shall we go to Tokyo Bay and dig up some concrete that has Jiang Xia''s fingerprints on it?


    *****


    Mouri Kogoro''s thought process wasn''t as whimsical as Conan and Ran''s.


    After listening to Jiang Xia''s words, Mouri Kogoro methodically began his deductions: "Sending the same flowers every year, it''s unlikely to mean ''ending.'' As for the remaining two meanings, whether it''s ''bound by love'' or ''I am entangled with you,'' they both carry a sense of ambiguity, so... "


    Being an expert in catching cheaters, Kogoro Mori couldn''t help but throw a soul-probing question at Dr. Ogawa, "Are you being threatened by someone because of an affair?"


    Dr. Ogawa shook his head desperately, "I have never cheated!"


    "Sending flowers generally signifies gratitude or love," Jiang Xia said, "If it''s meant as a thank-you gesture, it''s indeed strange for the sender not to reveal themselves. We can temporarily exclude that possibility. As for love..."


    He looked at Dr. Ogawa.


    Dr. Ogawa was startled, and he shook his head even more vigorously.


    Jiang Xia withdrew his gaze, "Alright, let''s exclude that too."


    "If it''s not either of those," he raised three fingers, then put down two of them in order, "there''s actually another purpose for flowers¡ªmemorial."


    "Flowers offered on the anniversary of someone''s passing are generally chrysanthemums or lilies. However, in recent years, many people have chosen the deceased''s favorite flowers or seasonal blooms."


    Jiang Xia calmly revealed, "Morning glories bloom mainly in the summer months, July, August, and September, among which August 3rd falls."


    *****


    As Dr. Ogawa listened, his face turned pale.


    Receiving memorial flowers while being very much alive was truly spine-chilling. Could this person using the alias "Mr. Tanaka" be trying to harm him??


    With that thought, Dr. Ogawa''s hair stood on end, and he looked to Jiang Xia for help:


    "As expected of a detective who makes it to the newspapers. After just a brief conversation, you''ve already analyzed so much. If we keep talking for another hour, maybe you can directly expose the true identity of ''Mr. Tanaka''?"


    Under his hopeful gaze...


    Jiang Xia pondered and suggested, "Since ''Mr. Tanaka'' is still sending you toys, perhaps his intentions are related to a child. Why don''t you think back and see if there''s any connection between you and him near a child?"


    "A child..." Dr. Ogawa murmured to himself, suddenly realizing something, his face changed drastically. He dropped the bouquet and rushed towards the archive room.


    As he ran, Conan and the Mouri father-daughter duo were taken aback and instinctively followed.


    The stairs were suddenly left empty.


    *****


    Jiang Xia glanced at their disappearing figures and leisurely adjusted his collar as he walked down the stairs.


    Successful escape from the hospital¡Ì


    And, if he was correct, this trip would yield more than just Dr. Kazato''s clues.


    *****


    Upon leaving the hospital gates, Jiang Xia didn''t go home but went to a park.


    As he entered the park, Bai (the child ghost), who was still reminiscing about the murderous aura, suddenly froze. It seemed to have sensed something and quickly sat upright, fixing its gaze on a certain direction.


    Following Bai''s gaze, Jiang Xia walked a short distance and saw a kindergarten.


    The kindergarten had not yet finished for the day. Sitting on a bench, a middle-aged man was outside the gate emitting a strong murderous aura.


    Seeing him, Jiang Xia was certain.


    ... It''s indeed a person related to this case.

 CH 30

    Jiang Xia remembered that the cause of the "25 million yen gift incident" was a surgery performed by Dr. Ogawa three years ago on August 3rd.


    The patient was a 5-year-old child named "Ogino Tomoya," who was diagnosed with appendicitis. He was brought to the hospital too late, and the rescue efforts were in vain¡ªhe didn''t make it.


    After his death, Ogino''s father received 25 million yen in insurance money.


    However, Ogino''s father didn''t want the money; he wanted the doctor to experience the pain of losing a child too.


    Coincidentally, Dr. Ogawa also had a young son.


    Ogino''s father then sent 25 million yen in installments to Dr. Ogawa and decided that he would kill the child when the doctor''s son turned five.


    Now, two years have passed, and Dr. Ogawa''s son has just turned five¡ªhe is attending the kindergarten right in front of them.


    *****


    Ogino''s father sat on the bench, observing the kindergarten.


    Jiang Xia stood about ten meters away, watching him.


    Looking at the dense killing intent emanating from Ogino''s father, Jiang Xia''s mood increased by +1, +1, +1...


    This time, the choice between murderous aura and shikigami wasn''t difficult to make.


    ¡ªChildren in this world seem to be surrounded by a peculiar aura, and their mortality rate is very low.


    Moreover, innocent children who the culprit inadvertently kills don''t generate enough grudges to become shikigami.


    ... It''s better to be cautious and just focus on dispersing Ogino''s father''s murderous aura.


    Jiang Xia eagerly grasped the concealed baton on his body but hesitated for a moment, deciding not to take it out immediately.


    ¡ªThis case is different from ordinary murder cases.


    Ogino''s father holds a deep grudge, as he casually sent away 25 million yen. Moreover, it involves his son...


    It feels like simply beating him up won''t be enough to disperse the murderous aura.


    It''s better to wait for a timely moment.


    *****


    At the same time, at Beika Hospital.


    In the data room, files were piled up like mountains.


    After a moment of deduction, Conan finally used an old game console to identify "Ogino Tomoya" among the numerous patients handled by Dr. Ogawa. Tomoya was the child who passed away due to appendicitis.


    And he also guessed Ogino''s father''s "an eye for an eye" plan.


    Upon hearing this, Dr. Ogawa panicked immediately.


    He hurriedly called the kindergarten, only to be told that his son had just been picked up by "dad."


    A chilling sensation washed over the doctor, and he fell to his knees.


    "Calm down! Since they were just picked up, they shouldn''t have gone far," Kogoro Mori pulled him up forcefully and said sternly, "Take us to the kindergarten right away! There''s still a chance to find them."


    "...Alright!" Dr. Ogawa wiped his face vigorously, determined, and dashed out of the hospital, converting his grief and anger into running speed.


    The four of them rushed to the kindergarten.


    *****


    Possibly due to the spiritual connection between father and son, when they reached a section of the elevated bridge, Dr. Ogawa inadvertently glanced down to the lower right side.


    ...And there, in the park below, he saw his son holding a remote-controlled airplane, laughing happily.


    Behind his son, a middle-aged man stood with a dark expression, holding a sharp knife and gesturing as if he wanted to strike.


    Dr. Ogawa''s soul flew out of his body, and he let out a useless cry from afar, "Yuta¡ª!!!"


    Kogoro and the others turned their heads and their hearts sank.


    Conan crouched down with a serious expression and twisted a switch on his sneakers.


    ¡ªThis was a new device made by Dr. Agasa. It greatly enhanced footwork and compensated for his low combat capabilities.


    As lightning crackled from his sneakers, Conan snatched a nearby innocent child''s soccer ball, intending to kick Ogino''s father away.


    However, before he could do so.


    A person suddenly emerged from behind a tree next to the assailant.


    The four on the bridge were slightly taken aback.


    "..." Jiang Xia?!


    Jiang Xia maintained his usual style¡ªhe swiftly snatched the knife from behind Ogino''s father and simultaneously kicked his leg.


    Ogino''s father didn''t even have time to react before he fell to his knees with a thud, startling the child playing with the airplane in front of him.


    *****


    The four people on the bridge saw the assailant being subdued and breathed a sigh of relief.


    They were about to happily run down the bridge to join Jiang Xia when they suddenly saw him raise his hand and reveal a retractable baton with a swish.


    The next moment, this young man lifted his hand without warning and brought the baton down heavily on Ogino''s father''s shoulder.


    Ogino''s father was sent flying, and he hit a nearby tree trunk before dazedly collapsing to the ground.


    Dr. Ogawa, the Mori family: "..."


    Conan on the bridge: "................"


    ...He knew it would end up like this!


    Conan, holding the soccer ball while wearing the lightning-emitting power sneakers, fell into contemplation.


    ...A few days ago, when he used this set of equipment and kicked the soccer ball, it broke the tree.


    The force was too much, and he felt uneasy about using it against Jiang Xia.


    But if he didn''t use it, wouldn''t that dad, Ogino, be beaten to death... After all, it''s still a human life, and Jiang Xia might also face legal consequences.


    The four on the bridge fell into simultaneous silence.


    In just a few seconds, under the bridge, Ogino''s father was already knocked out and unable to get up.


    In the end, it was Ran Mouri who snapped out of it first. She anxiously shouted, "Stop hitting him!"


    As soon as her voice sounded, Jiang Xia struck another casual blow with a focused and joyous expression, not even bothering to look up.


    The four on the bridge: "..."


    This elevated bridge was particularly long. When they went around to get down, Ogino''s father might be gone.


    After a moment of concern, Ran Mouri suddenly thought of something.


    She bent down and leaned outside the bridge, observing the structure on the side of the elevated bridge.


    After a moment, Ran Mori''s eyes lit up. She straightened up and ran quickly towards the nearest support beam.


    *****


    In the park.


    Jiang Xia didn''t actually use his full strength; he was just testing with a few strikes.


    However, the murderous aura on Ogino''s father remained unmoved, firm and resolute.


    Jiang Xia suddenly felt disheartened.


    So, in the following strikes, he became even more perfunctory.


    More than hitting the person, he was trying to create a suitable opportunity for the nearby child, Dr. Ogawa''s son, to become the "hero who saves his uncle" ¨C thereby touching Ogino''s father''s heart and making him give up on his murderous intent.


    *****


    As Ogino''s father was beaten, even someone could see stars in his eyes.


    Jiang Xia secretly raised his eyes, eagerly looking at the child next to him.


    - According to his script, at this moment, a kind-hearted little friend should rush over, bravely embrace Jiang Xia''s leg, and plead, "Don''t hit my uncle anymore! My uncle is a good person!"


    Then, this goodwill from the child would awaken Ogino''s father''s fatherly heart.


    And once he gave up on murder, his murderous aura would naturally dissipate...


    *****


    However, the script was too perfect.


    After waiting for a while, the child didn''t rush over.


    Instead, after exchanging a glance with Jiang Xia, the child suddenly shivered, took several steps back with his toy airplane, and tears welled up in his eyes from being scared.


    Jiang Xia: "?"


    ...Perhaps he was frightened by Ogino''s kitchen knife?


    Thinking of this, Jiang Xia casually threw the kitchen knife he had snatched to the side. He also knocked Ogino''s father, struggling to raise his head back to prevent him from shaking the child''s courage.


    Then he tentatively smiled friendly at the child.


    The child shuddered fiercely this time, quickly darted far away, and hid behind a tree, refusing to peek out again.


    Jiang Xia looked at the rough tree trunk: "..."


    ... this doesn''t seem right.


    The script was not supposed to be like this!

 CH 31

    Mouri Ran climbed down from the bridge and landed on the ground, showing her acrobatic skills.


    However, by the time she arrived at the scene, Jiang Xia had already stopped.


    At this moment, from Mouri Ran''s perspective, Jiang Xia was standing beside the still-breathing culprit. He gazed at the child behind the tree, his expression fairly calm, though he seemed somewhat displeased.


    Mouri Ran recalled the child who had swiftly hidden behind the tree and guessed that the child''s evasive behavior wounded Jiang Xia''s spirit.


    ...The child was really too much.


    Mouri Ran walked up to Jiang Xia''s side and thanked him on behalf of the child, "Thank you for saving that child."


    After a moment, she couldn''t help but add, "Um... next time you intervene heroically, try not to be too harsh. Just subdue them and let the law take care of them."


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    He remembered scenes of Mouri Ran smashing an electric pole with a punch, kicking a wall apart with a foot, and criminals spiraling into the sky with a punch...


    ...Don''t you feel guilty?


    Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at Mouri Ran''s angelic and delicate face.


    Then he looked at her seemingly delicate fist.


    He silently swallowed the words he wanted to say, nodded, and said, "I understand."


    *****


    The other three people hadn''t climbed the bridge; they had obediently taken the longer path to come down.


    There happened to be a police station nearby.


    When the three of them arrived, the police were already there.


    Ogino, lying on the ground, wasn''t granted redemption. Seeing his plan fail, he let out an unwilling roar.


    Dr. Ogawa held his son tightly, looking at Ogino being led into a police car with mixed emotions. After settling his son, he decided to immediately transfer 25 million yen to Ogino''s account at the bank, not wanting to be associated with that blood money any longer.


    *****


    The next day, Jiang Xia went to the police station again.


    To provide additional information.


    And also to see if Ogino''s father''s murderous aura had lessened.


    After finishing his business and leaving the police station,


    Jiang Xia checked his watch and realized it was just past noon, and he had plenty of time.


    There were no exams today, so no need to attend classes.


    The ingredients for the Ghost Mint had just been planted for the next harvest, and the new ones hadn''t sprouted yet, so there was no rush to go home.


    *****


    Jiang Xia, out of habit, turned towards the Amuro Detective Agency.


    However, at present, there are few cases from the agency.


    But reputation needs accumulation. Perhaps one day, a guest with a murderous aura might be recommended by the agency''s old customers who have already been found.


    And in the agency, apart from the homicide cases, there''s also a certain chance of encountering the randomly refreshed Amuro Tooru, an undercover agent sent by the public security bureau.


    Jiang Xia is still yearning for the aroma of Dr. Kazami''s hotpot-style murderous aura.


    Moreover, Dr. Kazami''s victims are, after all, police officers, so it''s possible for Amuro Tooru to get involved.


    If the police proactively arrest him, then after Dr. Kazami is caught, Jiang Xia just needs to stroll around the police station to have Shiro retrieve the murderous aura.


    In a legal society, especially in this world, collecting murderous aura is not difficult.


    *****


    Jiang Xia arrived at the entrance of the detective agency and took out the key to the front door.


    However, as he got closer, he realized that the door wasn''t locked¡ªthere was someone inside.


    With a puzzled expression, Jiang Xia entered and looked inside.


    He saw Amuro Tooru, an unusual sight in the Amuro Detective Agency.


    Moreover, he had brought a client along. At this moment, he sat across from the client, listening attentively, looking ready to take on the task.


    Jiang Xia: "..."


    ... Something is fishy.


    ... Amuro Tooru personally receiving them meant that the client likely had an interesting story, potentially leading to cases involving ghosts and murderous auras...


    Thinking about this, Jiang Xia approached stealthily, wanting to hear about the task.


    However, he was noticed by Amuro Tooru''s sharp gaze, who intercepted him: "Wait outside for now."


    "... Okay," Jiang Xia nodded.


    He retreated to the outer area and thoughtfully closed the door.


    The doors and walls here have been soundproofed; he can''t hear the conversation inside once the door is closed.


    ... However, can this slight soundproofing material really block a medium with a ghost?


    *****


    Jiang Xia sat on the waiting bench and summoned the ghost baby.


    Shiro obediently climbed onto Jiang Xia''s shoulder, pressing against his ear.


    Jiang Xia''s hearing was instantly shifted to Shiro.


    Afterward, Shiro darted towards the soundproof door and swiftly slipped through it.


    In Jiang Xia''s ears, the voices inside suddenly became clear.


    *****


    Jiang Xia drove the ghost and eavesdropped, gradually understanding the situation.


    ¡ª A few days ago, the client''s house was burglarized. Although money and jewelry were untouched, a precious pottery piece was missing.


    Initially, it was thought to be the work of a sophisticated thief, stealing only artworks.


    But the next day, the client found deliberately shattered pottery fragments near their home.


    "...," Not for wealth, not for art, and violently smashing a just-acquired pottery piece as if venting... This unclear motive made the client feel uneasy.


    They reported it to the police, but the investigation yielded no results.


    Later, while the client complained about the incident with a friend at a cafe, a passing waitress suggested they consult a detective.


    So, they ended up at the Amuro Detective Agency ¡ª the enthusiastic waitress, of course, was Amuro Tooru, "coincidentally" working at the cafe.


    *****


    As Jiang Xia eavesdropped on the case, he recalled various plots he had seen before but couldn''t recall encountering a similar case.


    While there were a few items related to pottery, the details didn''t quite match up.


    Jiang Xia: "...," It may be an irrelevant case and just an assignment from the organization. Of course, it could also be related to the public security bureau.


    *****


    Not long after, Amuro Tooru got the client''s contact information and saw the client off.


    Jiang Xia recalled the ghost baby, retracting his enhanced hearing ability. He got up and helped Amuro Tooru see the client out while trying to find an opportunity to strike up a conversation.


    After seeing the client off, Amuro Tooru turned back and noticed someone following behind, recalling the incident from yesterday when Jiang Xia took a leave to visit the hospital.


    So, he casually inquired, "How are you? Is everything okay with your health?"


    Jiang Xia hesitated.


    Amuro Tooru was taken aback.


    He had asked casually since Jiang Xia appeared fine. Going to the hospital should''ve been just a regular check-up.


    But now, why does he have this expression...


    Amuro Tooru felt something was amiss and focused his attention a bit: "What happened?"


    Could it be that a terminal illness was detected during the health check?


    Jiang Xia shook his head, "Nothing really. It''s just... that doctor at the hospital... I have a feeling he has killed someone before."


    Amuro Tooru: "?"


    Jiang Xia continued, "And my intuition tells me that everything isn''t over yet ¡ª in the future, something similar might happen."


    Amuro Tooru: "..."


    He instinctively adjusted his sleeves and his gaze became sharper.


    In any case, there are two possibilities at the moment.


    One is that Jiang Xia is a genius at reading people''s emotions: from a short conversation, he concluded that the doctor is a dangerous serial killer.


    The other possibility is that Jiang Xia isn''t as normal as he seems and might be harboring something like a delusional disorder.


    Amuro Tooru: "...," Regardless of its possibility, it''s worth being cautious and must be addressed promptly.


    In the former case, the doctor should be dealt with. In the latter case, send the staff member to the hospital and, incidentally, get the organization to cover the treatment costs.


    After Jiang Xia finished speaking, he felt that Amuro Tooru''s expression was somewhat strange.


    He cautiously took a step back and with emphasis, added, "Moreover, the doctor had a gun in his bag. I will not mistaken."


    ... The gun was actually something Shiro saw. Ghosts have a unique advantage in searching ¡ª they can penetrate anything to investigate what hasn''t been seen yet.


    Amuro Tooru: "Is that so..."


    Amuro Tooru finally reacted to this specific information about the "gun," gradually leaning towards the possibility that the "doctor has a problem."


    During psychological treatment, even if a doctor intends to control things, it''s hard to completely hide some of their habits and attitudes.


    He heard that some people are extremely sensitive to this. And Jiang Xia isn''t an ordinary patient with depression ¡ª on the contrary, he''s connected to the black organization and has had contact with many murderers.


    Amuro Tooru: "...," In his impression, Beika Hospital''s psychiatric department is quite famous.


    According to what he knows, several police officers also go there for consultations. As long as the doctor wants, it wouldn''t be difficult for him to gather some information from the police or even exert an influence on those police officers.


    A doctor like that, if he really has an issue...


    Amuro Tooru gradually realized the seriousness of the problem.


    *****


    However, regardless of what he thought in his heart, he definitely couldn''t say it out loud.


    ¡ª After all, he''s not a policeman now; he''s an undercover agent for the organization. The police are in trouble, so he should be happy.


    "You''re overthinking." Amuro Tooru lowered the cuffs he had rolled up, sounding indifferent, "But if that doctor made you think that way, it means he''s not suitable for you. You should try a different hospital next time."


    Jiang Xia nodded and didn''t say much.


    If he kept talking, his intentions would become too obvious. In that case, the undercover comrades would avoid touching Dr. Kazama to protect their cover. Jiang Xia would have to take action himself.


    *****


    Amuro Tooru remained busy today, and after a few words with Jiang Xia, he had another task added to his heavy workload.


    He didn''t linger and quickly left.


    On the way, Amuro Tooru sent Dr. Kazama''s information to his subordinates to investigate.


    Of course, he emphasized the need for secrecy in their actions. Even if they found a problem, they should make sure Dr. Kazama exposed himself "accidentally." It was crucial not to let anyone know that this investigation was purposeful.


    Otherwise, if Jiang Xia pointed out the problem, the police would arrest Dr. Kazama... considering Jiang Xia''s sharpness, he might notice something.


    *****


    At Detective Agency.


    Jiang Xia was about to lock up and leave when he inadvertently glanced at the magazine rack at the entrance, pausing momentarily.


    ¡ª On the rack, there was a familiar book.


    Jiang Xia pulled it out, realizing it was the detective manual he had borrowed from the library.


    He had brought it with him when he applied.


    Later, when he truly joined the agency, Jiang Xia forgot to take the book back.


    The borrowing period from the Rice Flower Library was relatively short; regular citizens could only borrow books for 14 days.


    Jiang Xia checked the date and realized it had yet to expire. Rather than waiting for the chance to randomly get these 14 days again, he decided to return the book now...


    Thinking this way, he glanced at his watch and realized it wasn''t time to leave work.


    So, he mounted his motorcycle and headed for the library.


    *****


    Jiang Xia rode his motorcycle quickly and arrived at the library.


    At this point, there was still more than half an hour until closing time.


    However, upon approaching, he saw that the front door was locked. They had already closed.


    Jiang Xia was taken aback. He walked to the bulletin board near the door and discovered that today was a holiday; the library closed two hours early.


    "..."


    Holding the book he was about to return, Jiang Xia looked at the darkness inside with a hint of disappointment.


    He was about to turn and leave.


    But at that moment, Shiro suddenly perked up, raised its paw, and poked Jiang Xia, murmuring something.


    ¡ª"There''s something in the library."


    Not only was there a sense of murderous aura, but it also seemed there was a newly dead shikagami around.


    Jiang Xia: "!"


    *****


    This library didn''t have security windows installed.


    Jiang Xia walked around the library, circling it halfway until he found a window in a secluded corner that was locked from the inside.


    He stopped in front of the window and raised his hand.


    Several shikigami floated lightly out, slipped through the gaps in the window, and landed on the library floor. Gradually, they merged into white clay-like puppets.


    The puppets clumsily crawled onto the window, and with some effort, they extended their small hands to twist open the locked window.


    Wearing gloves, Jiang Xia swiftly opened the window from the outside with a rustling sound and then leaped into the library.


    The moment he touched the ground, the puppets collapsed back into paper-like shikigami, fading into the tattoo on his chest.