Chapter 754: Monsters and ghosts, leave quickly

 As Jiang Xia clicked the door shut.

 In the corridor outside the door, the three people fell into silence for a short time.

　　…I don’t think it’s him.”

Haihara Ai lowered his voice, spoke half in a rant and half in a speculative way, 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 back to his senses.

Recalling what Haihara Ai said just now, 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 crime characteristics."

Jiang Xia listened to their discussion silently without interrupting.

　　When "Dog Leg" punched the ground just now, a little murderous aura actually came out.

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, and then The cat happily grabbed it and dragged it away with a grunt - this new cat, although he hadn't officially signed the contract yet, 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 for them, while moving his fingers slightly, he caught the murderous aura that had just fallen from the "dog leg".

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 didn’t look so irritable.

 Behind the second door is Rokusuke Shima, who plays the role of "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 to be just 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, 'If I don't do well, I'll leave', and he even started looking for a new 'young master' candidate."

“When I think about how rare it is that I have persisted 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 at this moment he suddenly lay down. In order to fit in with the theme, this private room was of course also 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 "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 solid ground with one punch. Think again about the huge size of the "Porcupine"...

 He couldn't help but adjust the anesthesia watch on his hand to make it more convenient for launching.

Haihara 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.     …" Unfortunately, these are not launchers. If you want to use them, you can only get closer and hit them. For someone of her strength and size, it might not be possible to stab anyone...

Hai 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. He held a round embroidery bag the size of a mirror in one hand and a needle in the other hand, and was doing embroidery seriously.

“…” Haiyuan Ai stuck out half of his head and observed it carefully.

Finding that those beautiful patterns were actually embroidered by "Porcupine" herself, instead of just showing off with a stretcher, she cautiously walked out from behind Jiang Xia.

 A man who loves embroidery should not have such a bad temper...

 …

"I'm celebrating the festival with Laoyang..." "Porcupine" looked a little sad when he heard their questions.

He stopped the needle in his hand: "Actually, it's nothing special. It's just that my mother always told me that as long as a person's desire 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 Laoyang won’t let me play ‘Porcupine’ again.”

 Speaking of this, under the gazes of the three people on the opposite side 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 muscled face. He wiped away his tears aggrievedly: "...I, I just want to play Madonna! I have carefully thought about the role, and I will definitely be able to play it well, but no matter what I say, Lao Yang ignores me, and Madonna has always been played by Yuanshan... How am I inferior to her!"

　　　…”

The room fell into silence.

 After a moment, Jiang Xia slowly bent down and picked up the two petrified children.

 Then the light speed retreats outside the door:

 “Excuse me, farewell.”

 He slammed the sliding door shut.

 …

 It seems to be because there are no onlookers. A second later, the crying in the box suddenly became bold, from whimpering in grievance to crying in sadness.

The cries that penetrated the door made the walls seem to tremble, and also made the three people outside the door tremble.

 They did not 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. Unexpectedly, the person in this room was a spiritual type... Speaking of which, this store What's going on? Why does everyone feel so weird?

Haiyuan Ai could barely remember the business.

She turned around with lingering fear and looked at the three gates that were gradually receding behind her, as if she saw the gates of hell, or something that needed to be firmly suppressed.

She came back to her senses after a moment, 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.

 (End of this chapter)