In the corridor outside the door, the three people fell into silence for a short time.
"...I don't think it's him."
Haibara Ai lowered her voice, spoke half in a complaint and half in a speculative manner, and said quietly: "Officer Sato said that the deceased was stabbed to death with a sharp instrument. And the man just now... I don't think he had any need to carry a knife."
Conan thought of Mao Lilan an hour ago and the innocent iron rod that she had knocked straight and bent.
He raised his hand pretending to be calm and pushed up his glasses in shock. It took two seconds before he really came to his senses.
Thinking of what Haihara Ai had just said, he added belatedly: "Not necessarily. If he is really the murderer, it cannot be ruled out that he deliberately brought a knife to cover up his characteristics of committing crimes."
Jiang Xia listened to their discussion silently without interrupting.
When "Dog Leg" punched the ground just now, he actually felt a little murderous intent.
But very quickly, maybe it was because Yoshikawa Gozo immediately became a Buddha as soon as he picked up the butcher knife, or maybe he remembered that Lao Yang was dead... In short, those murderous auras that suddenly appeared quickly fell away,
Then he was happily picked up by the cat and dragged away with a groan - this new cat, although he had not officially signed a contract, already looked like a very good working ghost.
"Write down the doubts first and tell Officer Sato later."
After the two children finished their discussion, Jiang Xia made a summary summary for them while moving his fingers slightly to capture the murderous aura that the "dog leg" had just dropped.
Then he walked to the next door in a good mood: "Let's look at the next one."
…
It's a pity that the remaining two people don't look so grumpy.
Behind the second door is Rokusuke Shima, who plays the "young master".
The "young master" in the book has a strong sense of justice and is impulsive and stubborn.
But after the drama, Shima Rokusuke seemed like an ordinary young man.
"My mother passed away last year." "Young Master" sighed, "Before she left, she kept complaining that I was impatient and couldn't do anything for a long time. So I wanted to do this job well and let her see my ability.
... However, Lao Yang was very dissatisfied with me and would always say things like 'leave if I don't do well', and even started looking for a new 'young master' candidate."
“When I think about how rare it is for me to persist in a job, only to be fired by someone else, I get very angry.
"But I am a person..."
Shima Rokusuke was originally sitting, but suddenly he lay down on his back. In order to fit the theme, this private room was of course a traditional private room covered with tatami mats.
The young master spread out on the tatami in a "big" shape, looked at the ceiling and continued to sigh: "Angry is just anger. I really never thought about killing him. Although I have no alibi, I am not the murderer. You must solve the case seriously.
, don’t accuse good people wrongly.”
…
After jotting down some seemingly useless points, the three of them returned to the corridor and came to the sliding door of the last box.
Inside is a "porcupine" with a rough beard and dressed like a slutty warrior.
——In the book "The Young Master", the straightforward porcupine finally becomes the protagonist's partner and helps the protagonist punish the two villains.
Before Conan entered the door, he thought of the "dog leg" who looked weak but could actually punch through the solid ground with one punch. Then he thought about the burly body of the "porcupine"...
He couldn't help but adjust the anesthesia watch on his hand to make it more convenient for launching.
Haiyuan Ai glanced at him, obviously inspired, so he also took a look at himself.
Then she discovered that the only weapons she could use as weapons were the two tubes of anesthetic in her pocket.
"..." It's a pity that these are not projectile type. If you want to use them, you can only get closer and stab them. For a person with her strength and size, it may not be able to stab people at all...
Hui Yuan Ai thought rationally for a moment, and finally did not take out the anesthetic, but silently shrank behind Jiang Xia.
In the sight of two people facing a formidable enemy.
Jiang Xia stretched out her hand and pushed the door open.
Behind the slowly opened door, the stout old man sat in the room with his knees together, holding a round embroidery bag the size of a mirror in one hand, holding a needle in the other hand, and was doing embroidery seriously.
"..." Hui Yuan Ai stuck out half of his head and observed it carefully.
After discovering that those beautiful patterns were actually embroidered by "Porcupine" herself, instead of just showing off, she cautiously walked out from behind Jiang Xia.
A man who loves embroidery shouldn't have such a bad temper... right?
…
"I'm celebrating the festival with Laoyang..." "Porcupine" heard their questions, and his expression became a little sad.
He stopped the needle in his hand: "Actually, there is nothing special about it. It's just that my mother always told me that as long as a person's wish is strong enough, it will come true sooner or later.
"So after I came here, I prayed devoutly in my heart every day - I hope Lao Yang won't let me play the role of 'Porcupine' again."
At this point, under the gazes of the three people across from him as if they were seeing ghosts, a drop of fierce man's tears slipped silently and disappeared into the wild beard of "Porcupine".
Possibly because he mentioned something sad, "Porcupine"'s tears quickly welled up and quickly gathered into a river on his muscular face. He wiped away his tears aggrievedly: "...I, I just want to play Madonna! I thought about it carefully.
I must be able to play the role well, but no matter what I say, Lao Yang ignores me, and Madonna is always played by Yuan Shan... How on earth am I inferior to her!"
"..."
The room fell into silence.
After a while, Jiang Xia slowly bent down and picked up the two petrified children.
Then he retreated out the door at the speed of light:
"Excuse me, farewell."
He slammed the sliding door shut.
…
It seemed that it was because there were no onlookers. A second later, the crying in the box suddenly became bold, from whimpering in grievance to wailing in sadness.
The cry that penetrated the door made the walls seem to tremble, and also made the three people outside the door tremble.
They didn't dare to stay longer and left quickly.
Conan followed Jiang Xia and fled the scene, while arranging the watch on his hand in a slightly embarrassed manner: It was a mistake, he only guarded against physical attacks, but he didn't expect that the person in this room was a spiritual type... Speaking of which, this family
What is going on in the store? Why does everyone feel so weird?
Hui Yuan Ai still managed to remember the real thing.
She turned around with lingering fear and looked at the three gates gradually receding behind her, as if she saw the gates of hell, or something that needed to be firmly suppressed.
After a moment, she came back to her senses, silently covered her face, and then said seriously: "...Except for the 'young master', I always feel that the other two people are not mentally stable."...In other words, they may offend innocent cats.
