Chapter 468: The feeling of being rejected is so strange

Jiang Xia felt that the truth was not what Hui Yuan Ai said.

—Because there was no murderous intent on the black-clothed couple just now, and there were no ghosts in their house. In Jiang Xia's sense, the murderous aura was still on the higher floors.

Just now he wasted time to go over and talk to him because the couple in black were dressed very suspiciously—sunglasses, black clothes, stand-up collars and gloves, and they lived in Yoneka Town...

Thinking of the density of criminals in Mihua Town, Jiang Xia couldn't help but try to deceive them - if these two people happened to be dangerous criminals and knew him as a local detective, then they were suddenly asked about the topic of "murder", maybe the two of them would Out of guilt and fear, some murderous intent will be triggered...

 However, it is a pity that during the questioning process, murderous intent did not appear throughout.

Those two passers-by were really just two passers-by who happened to dress up like villains...

Jiang Xia shook his head towards Huiyuan Ai, who was still waiting for an answer.

In order to stop wasting time here and go upstairs as soon as possible to find murderous intent, he persuaded:

“Asuka Shima’s figure is very slender, and it doesn’t look like she needs a size 11 ring. And the photo on her driver’s license is from 3 years ago.

“—Judging from the ID photo, her body shape at that time was not much different from now. She was even thinner. She probably wouldn’t have a ring of that size.”

Conan, who has been professionally reading emoticons for 17 years, also nodded: "I don't think so either. Since they know Jiang Xia, if they happen to be doing bad things, they should have some reaction to the famous detective.

"But just now, Miss Asuka's expression was always very natural. There was no fear, only surprise..."

Although strictly speaking, the husband of another man in black, Ms. Asuka, does seem to be a little wary of Jiang Xia, but this probably has nothing to do with a guilty conscience, but other reasons...

Conan collected his thoughts and cleared his throat:

“Anyway, let’s go see a few other households.

“—Some people who live in ‘×05’ did not write their full names on the mailbox, but only their surnames. Among these people, there may be ‘Mr. M’ and Miss ‘A’.”

 …

Walking all the way up the stairs, I got some unexpected rewards.

—There were several households who did not write their full names on the mailboxes, but posted their full names on the door.

 However, I searched all the way and couldn’t find any names of couples that met the requirements.

 Soon we arrived at the sixth floor.

 The residents on the 6th floor are the kind of people who have their full names posted on the mailbox at the door.

 This couple is called "Akihiko Uehara" and "MISATO Uehara Satomi" respectively. Although it matches "A" and "M", it is reversed for men and women.

 So a few children passed by the 6th floor and planned to continue going up.

However, he found that Jiang Xia, who was walking in front, stopped.

Jiang Xia stood on the steps leading to the seventh floor, looked back at the corridor on the sixth floor, hesitated and said, "Go to 605 first."

 It was not easy to determine the position when looking from bottom to top. But now that they are on the same plane, the location of the murderous intention suddenly becomes clear.

 —That’s the 6th floor.

 Conan was startled and blurted out: "Why?" He was now playing a puzzle game and was shocked when he accidentally turned too many pages and accidentally saw the reference answer. What's even more concerning is that the reference answer is different from what he thought...

Jiang Xia glanced at Conan: Because it felt like there was murderous intent inside...

 Of course, you cannot tell the truth.

Jiang Xia walked back to the sixth floor and responded to Conan's question in a serious tone: "Because men and women have turned against each other."

Haihara Ai is also very concerned about this issue: "...reverse?"

Before she could figure it out, she saw Jiang Xia had stepped down the steps and walked towards 605.

So he followed in a hurry. Unexpectedly, just after two steps, Jiang Xia suddenly thought of something and stopped suddenly.

Huiyuan Ai was still distracted and thinking about the problem, and accidentally tripped on Jiang Xia's heel and almost fell on his back.

Jiang Xia grabbed the person with her backhand, gently put her in front of her, and whispered: "Knock on the door. If I knock, that person may not open the door."

“…Oh, okay.” Huihara Ai regained her balance and walked towards 605.

　　When Jiang Xia silently leaned against the wall next to the door, she glanced at Jiang Xia and raised her hand to knock on the door.

Several other children stood sporadically behind her, barely able to see through the peephole.

Jiang Xia listened to the knocking on the door and let Xiaobai squirm through the wall, then assessed the thickness of the door.

—He was standing downstairs with a group of children just now, and he didn’t know if the kidnappers in the room noticed him.

If the kidnapper sees him and is determined not to open the door, he will have to kick the door open...so estimate the force in advance to avoid accidentally knocking out the person standing behind the door.

 In the coma state, murderous aura is not easily dropped. It's best to keep the kidnapper awake...

 …

However, the kidnapper did not pretend to be dead.

Within a few seconds, the door of 605 clicked, followed by the sound of metal clanging - someone hung the door chain and opened the door.

 A stylishly dressed figure emerged from the crack in the door.

 That was a young woman.

 She was wearing a fitted suit, expensive jewelry and light makeup. She looked quite elegant and had nothing to do with a "kidnapper".

The woman cautiously looked through the crack in the door and saw only a few children, so she asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"

Conan was about to say something when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a pair of shoes placed in the entrance hall—a pair of women's round-top leather shoes.

He looked at the pair of shoes and then at the shoes on the woman's feet. His thoughts flashed through his mind and he blurted out: "The shoes are the wrong size - the shoes on your feet are bigger than the pair next to you. You are not the right shoe at all." Residents here!”

The woman's eyes changed several times, and finally she asked sternly: "Huh? I didn't say those were my shoes! Aren't two women allowed to live together? Are you being discriminated against at a young age? Which school are you from, and what are your parents' names? "

 Conan: “…”

 A pot hit him on the head, making him slightly stunned.

However, compared to the first half of the sentence, the following sentences are also more lethal - for children, "find the school" and "find the parents", this should be regarded as a devil's question.

Although Conan is not too afraid of this, he is now used to being a child and has been trained with the Youth Detective Team. When he first heard this sentence, his instinctive reaction was still numb.

Since you can't make a noise, let's do it... Conan silently opened the sight of the anesthesia watch, and pointed the launch hole at the woman's thigh by looking at the watch.

But before he could launch, a hand suddenly reached out from beside him and pressed on the cover of his watch.

Jiang Xia pressed the watch back as it was. In order to prevent the murderous woman in front of him from falling into a coma and affecting his efficient acquisition of certain products...

 After dealing with the hidden danger, he raised his head and looked at the person inside the door whose expression suddenly changed.

Jiang Xia was trying to learn from Conan's habit of reasoning first to see if she could make the kidnapper think of killing him.

However, as soon as he uttered a word, the door slammed shut.

 Following this, there was the sound of metal turning inside.

 —The door is locked.

 (End of this chapter)