Jiang Xia entered the next room, looked at the furnishings here for a while, and then walked to the wall with a clear purpose.
Hung on the wall is an inconspicuous watch.
Jiang Xia raised her hand and turned the hands above. When the minute and second hands turned to a specific angle, the wall in front suddenly opened, revealing a dark passage behind it.
There was a pale shikigami on the ground further inside the passage.
Jiang Xia's eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to it, squatted down and poked it. His spirit shrank in horror, and then he pressed it tighter to the ground, like a firm sticker that had been flattened.
At this time, the wall at the entrance rotated and closed, and the passage fell into darkness again.
Jiang Xia borrowed night vision from his ghost. After he could see his surroundings clearly, he took out a knife, tore off a piece of paper from the note, and folded a small paper bag.
A section of this secret tunnel is connected to the tower that suffered a fire. After the fire that year, the charred corpses of more than a dozen people were scattered everywhere. The fake "old lady" walked through the tunnel all year round, and the soles of her shoes were stained with ashes.
Occasionally, some charred ashes will be carried to other places. This results in the shikigami not always staying in one place, but scattered in the passage.
Jiang Xia took a knife and a paper bag, used the knife to pass through the shikigami on the ground, scraped the bricks under it, then put the scraped dirt into the paper bag, held the paper bag and shook it above the shikigami's head.
The shikigami lying flat on the ground raised one corner hesitantly.
Jiangxia feels like there’s something going on.
He took back the knife, pinched the shikigami, threw it into the paper bag with lightning speed, and forced the house to move.
The shikigami seemed to be frightened, and trembled and squirmed deep into the paper bag, right next to the ashes.
This act of self-protection made Jiang Xia more convenient - he didn't even have to fold it himself, Shikigami had already folded it and put it into the bag.
Jiang Xia successfully dug up a ghost. Although it has not been processed yet and cannot sign a contract for the time being, keeping it in his pocket is definitely much safer than letting it wander in the dark passage.
Jiang Xia put away the paper bag.
He originally planned to leave the passage first, return to the protagonist's team without anyone noticing, and then use the existing shikigami to find out the obsessions of the shikigami. In this way, after solving the obsession, he could sneak into the secret
Say it once and you can pick up all the ghosts.
But before walking back to the entrance, Jiang Xia looked up and accidentally caught a glimpse of someone holding a shikigami just a few meters further in.
Jiang Xia paused in his steps.
…If you think about it carefully, it actually doesn’t take much time to scrape a little bit of soil.
And it’s rare to be so close to wild shikigami now, so you can easily pick them up. If you pick up the ghosts now, you can reduce your workload of picking up ghosts in the future...
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia took out the knife and paper bag again and walked towards the shikigami a little deeper.
Catch another one.
After catching them, leave.
…
ten minutes later.
Conan took out his notebook and carefully drew the layout of the chess pieces in the courtyard.
Toru Amuro looked away from the window and glanced at Conan and his notebook. Since Conan was meditating with a pen in his mouth, looking like he was in a daze, Toru Amuro didn't notice anything unusual about this child yet. He only felt that Conan was bigger than him.
Ordinary children are more organized.
Toru Amuro had a few vague ideas for solving the puzzle at this time, but they were not clear enough, and he always felt that there was a little information missing.
At this time, he suddenly realized that it was very quiet next to him, which was abnormal - according to experience, Jiang Xia should take a quick glance at this moment, immediately decipher the information that the master wanted to express, and then find out the location of the treasure.
But now, Jiang Xia has been silent... Could it be that he is not good at solving puzzles? Or is this not a murder case, and Jiang Xia is a little unmotivated?
Amburo Toru turned around and planned to ask Jiang Xia what he thought.
Unexpectedly, after scanning the whole room, he only saw two female high school students gathered together in front of the window next to them, discussing in a low voice the most beautiful flowers. Jiang Xia was not in the room.
Toru Amuro: ...where are the people?
…
Possibly because of his good luck, every time Jiang Xia finished digging up a ghost and planned to turn back and leave the secret passage, he would always see another one nearby.
It didn’t take long to dig out a shikigami. Jiang Xia couldn’t help but dig more. By the time he recovered from the joy of the harvest, it had already been a long time.
Jiang Xia glanced at her watch, estimated the time it would take since she came in, and fell into deep thought.
…After such a long time, I’m afraid it will be difficult to sneak back into the team without anyone noticing. Once others find out that he left without authorization and found a secret passage, they will most likely follow him out of curiosity.
And Jiang Xia remembered that there was a corpse that had turned into a skeleton hidden in the secret passage. After the protagonist Tuan, Mamiya Mitsuru and others saw the body, they would definitely become alert and pay close attention to the secret passage. The police would also arrive later.
…
When the time comes, if I want to just scrape away dirt and dig up ghosts like no one else is doing now, I will not be in such a good situation.
Jiang Xia looked at the fresh wild shikigami in the paper bag, then at the shikigami waiting to be dug up at his feet, and at the other shikigami waiting to be dug up a few meters away. He hesitated for a moment, then half-crouched down silently.
…It’s too late to go back now anyway, so we might as well wait until we have picked up all the ghosts before going back.
And thinking about it rationally, Jiang Xia found that there was actually no problem at all if he disappeared for a short time.
After all, the only villain in this castle is just an ordinary maid who has been transformed into an old lady and does not even have a decent weapon. And the protagonist has two top thugs, Amuro Toru and Maori Ran.
Conan also has various black technology plug-ins. Suzuki Sonoko is a healthy female high school student. She usually does exercise and fitness, but the fake old lady sits in a wheelchair all year round and cannot get sunlight...
As long as it is not a sneak attack, the fake old lady will not be able to knock down any of them, and she will be killed in counter-attack.
When Jiang Xia thought about this, his conscience suddenly relaxed - his sudden departure from the team would not only not cause harm to the protagonists, but would also make them more vigilant and aware of the possible conspiracy the old lady might take. This could be said to be sacrificing himself for the benefit of the whole team. Today
He also did a good thing.
Jiang Xia nodded secretly, lowered the knife without any burden, and continued to dig out the ghosts under his feet.