Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Chapter 91 How to Pretend to Be a Hostage

   Nishikawa Suimei didn’t know that she fell because there was a Jiang Xia behind her, she only knew that she stepped on something.

   The rocks that rolled out of thin air gave her some bad associations. If you do too many bad things, it is easy to feel guilty. In addition, people will be more vulnerable after falling and hurt. At that time, Nishikawa Suimei was lying on the ground, only feeling a cold behind her, and there seemed to be ghosts everywhere. She didn’t even think much about it, she wanted to survive. Let her rush out from the nearest passage.

   Outside, Nishikawa Suimei looked at the warm-colored corridor lights and breathed a sigh of relief.

   She looked at her watch and found that she had been going around the secret passage for a long time. However, they couldn’t find where Jiang Xia was at all.

   Nishikawa Suimei slipped back to her room, sat back in her wheelchair, and cautiously went out to inquire about the situation, and learned that Jiang Xia was still missing.

   She breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Jiang Xia hasn’t come out yet, it’s a good thing whether he can’t find the way or stays in the secret passage with great curiosity. This means that there is still only one Jiang Xia to deal with, so don’t worry about Jiang Xia. Has told others about the corpse.

   After Nishikawa Suimei calmed down, she felt that she could not miss the opportunity—Jiang Xia had been in the secret passage for so long, he must have seen the body of Mrs. Tai, and he must not be allowed to come out alive.

   However, if Jiang Xia deliberately avoided her, it would be difficult to gain anything if he searched around like before. In a secret path with such a complicated terrain, it is too difficult to find someone who deliberately hides.

   Must find a way.

   At this time, several guests happened to pass by the other side of the promenade.

   Nishikawa Suimei looked at them with a sudden flash of inspiration.

   It’s better to tie a hostage yourself, take the hostage into the secret passage, and force Jiang Xia out – high school detectives must be very honest, and they value their companions very much.

   After Nishikawa Suimei had an idea, he chose from the remaining four guests, and without any hesitation, he set his target on Conan.

  ——Children are relatively simple and easy to deceive, and after being deceived, they are also easy to carry. And if it were the other three, dragging them around to find Jiang Xia in the secret passage would be too exhausting, and maybe they would get tired before reaching Jiang Xia.

   We have to find an opportunity to lead that child out alone…

   Thinking so, Nishikawa Suimei put on a piece of clothing and re-entered the secret passage.

  …

The helpers sent by   Ma Gongman couldn’t find anyone, and they searched all over the castle, and there was no trace of Jiang Xia at all.

  Conan was thinking about the Go puzzles in the courtyard, and he was distracted to think about where Jiang Xia was. The whole person was a little overloaded.

  He paced around the hallway trying to cool himself off. Halfway through the walk, Conan suddenly heard a slight noise.

   He looked at the corner of the corridor alertly, and found an extra black coat on the ground there.

  Conan’s pupils shrank… It’s not that he thought of the members of the black-clothed organization, but Jiang Xia.

  ——Jiang Xia often wears black from head to toe, and even the scarves, masks, stationery and other odds and ends often choose black. Conan remembered that today, Jiang Xia is still a familiar color.

   At this time, when Jiang Xia disappeared, a jacket of the same color suddenly dropped nearby… Could this be Jiang Xia’s clothes?

   Conan groaned in his heart.

   He walked over quickly and picked up his coat to check it out.

  Nishikawa Suimei saw the hostage approaching from the crack in the wall, and sneered and took out her wooden stick, ready to knock Conan unconscious and drag it into the secret passage.

   However, just as she was about to push the revolving wall away, another voice came.

  Amuro approached and looked at Conan’s hand: “This is…?”

   “…a piece of clothing.” Conan shook off the clothes and looked at it, and immediately found that this coat was different in style and size from the one on Jiang Xia’s body, and it was not his.

  So…why did a piece of clothing suddenly fall out here? Is it the same color as Jiang Xia’s coat?

  Amuro Toru obviously thought of this question as well. He raised his head thoughtfully, carefully examining the surrounding scenery.

Behind the wall, Nishikawa Suimei gradually oozes out a layer of cold sweat – on weekdays, in order to avoid the sight of others, she acts privately, and pays great attention to maintaining the secret passages in the castle. When she opens the secret door on the wall, she will not leave too much behind trace.

   But that’s just “not much left”, it doesn’t mean no trace at all. And Nishikawa Suimei remembered that Toru Amuro, who was separated by a wall, seemed to be a detective too. If he looked carefully, he found the entrance to the secret passage…

   No, the body of the lady in the secret passage must not be discovered by more people, otherwise she will no longer be able to use her current identity!

   Rather than waiting for Toru Amuro to find the secret path, it is better to strike first… Nishikawa Suimei’s mind is full of evil thoughts of “silence”.

   Seeing that Amuro was just looking at the opposite wall, Nishikawa Suimei gritted her teeth, pushed open the secret door, and slammed a stick on the back of his head.

  Conan was startled, he was about to shout “Be careful!”, but Toru Amuro suddenly dodged as if he had eyes behind his back, and at the same time grabbed the fake old lady’s wrist holding the wooden stick.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to push his elbow over, but when he saw the person who attacked, An Shitou made a move – this old grandmother always feels that if she is elbowed down, she may be sent to cremation directly… But, Having said that, this “old lady”‘s wrist doesn’t feel old when she grasps it…

  Amuro hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Nishikawa Suimi’s stick and threw it aside, holding him back: “Why did you attack me? What’s your purpose? Who sent you here, or is it your own idea?”

   he asked, looking at the strange old lady.

   Although the opponent looks weak, it is actually weaker… However, after coming to the castle, this is the first person to show obvious hostility to him.

  … Could it be that Jiang Xia’s disappearance has something to do with this person?

   Amuro Toru was about to test it out, when the old lady struggled and shouted, “Let go of me! Otherwise, you won’t want to see that high school detective again!”

   “…” Anshitou reacted for a while, then hesitantly said, “You want to say that you arrested Jiang Xia?”

   “Of course.” The old woman sneered and continued to bite the bullet, “Let go, or I guarantee he won’t survive today!”

  …Nishikawa Suimei thought to herself, Jiang Xia couldn’t come out of the tunnel anyway, so she might as well take advantage of this first and pretend she was a hostage.

  In this way, as long as Amuro Toru hesitates a little, she can take the opportunity to break free, rush into the secret passage, and then escape from the castle through the path, and go out to avoid the limelight.

   Nishikawa Suimei was thinking about her way out in the future, and after a second or two, she realized that Toru Amuro was holding her hand at all, and the “hostage” didn’t seem to be a threat.

   Nishikawa Suomi raised her head suspiciously, and saw Conan and Amuro Toru looking at her silently, their expressions subtly synchronized. That is a very complicated sight. If you have to visualize it, it can probably be translated as: Just you?

   (end of this chapter)