Corpse collector in Conan

After a moment, Hashimoto Maya hesitated and said, "There is no elevator switch hidden outside the window, and there is no seam on the ceiling - the body should not have been transported from this room to the second floor during the power outage, so the murderer is probably not Mr. Iida."

As he was talking, suddenly, Officer Takagi trotted to the window: "Jiang Xia, look there! When we searched that flowerbed just now, we found that some branches were broken there, and there were some strange traces around, as if they were left to cover up footprints."

"Where is it? Let me see too." Inspector Megure squeezed to the window, he looked out and suddenly found something, "This... Isn't this right below the study just now? Did the murderer really jump out of the window and escape?"

This discovery made Inspector Megure happy and worried: he was worried that if the murderer ran away like this, it would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack to find him again. And the happy one is...

"Brother Hashimoto, you are right!"

Inspector Megure patted the new brother on the shoulder, his face full of satisfaction: he is indeed a talent that Jiang Xia values, and he has shown signs of success so soon - if he continues to grow like this, won't he have another brother to rely on in the future?

And unlike other fledgling detectives, Hashimoto Maya has brother Jiang Xia behind him. If he can't solve the problem, then he can call brother Jiang Xia over...

Just thinking about it, he suddenly heard Jiang Xia sigh.

Inspector Megure: "!"

Hashimoto Maya: "?!"

-Although it was just a fake boss attached to the task, for some reason, Hashimoto Maya still instinctively shuddered when he suddenly heard such a voice, as if he really disappointed his boss.

Hashimoto Maya: "..."Wait, I'm too into the play. To put it another way, even if you really regard Jiang Xia as the boss of the detective agency, you don't have to be afraid - this kind and sensible detective is completely different from that adult.

"It must be that Uzo left a trauma in my heart, which made me have a shadow on the word 'boss' from then on."

Hashimoto Maya comforted herself in her heart, adjusted her mentality, and took the initiative to communicate with Jiang Xia: "What's wrong, is there anything wrong?"

"To some extent, it is right." Jiang Xia said tactfully, "This is part of the whole reasoning, because what you said is exactly the 'truth' that the murderer wants us to know."

Inspector Megure understood, and his eyes lit up: "In other words, the murderer did not escape from the window at all, but someone else?!"

Jiang Xia nodded.

Outside the window, Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba, who were eavesdropping on the case, looked at each other, and there was joy in their eyes: If it was an internal staff member handling the case, there would be no need to look for someone outside like looking for a needle in a haystack!

Just thinking about it, the light suddenly dimmed.

The two raised their heads in confusion, and saw Jiang Xia leaning against the window, leaning over to look at them.

"Just right." Jiang Xia nodded slightly at them and said very smoothly, "Come and help."

...

After a few minutes, Jiang Xia looked at his watch and said to the others, "It's almost time to go upstairs."

Inspector Megure went upstairs expectantly, but halfway up the stairs, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I remember Mrs. Zhengying said that 5 years ago someone came to the house and scolded Mr. Zhengying... Could it be that the person who committed the crime this time was not him?"

Jiang Xia looked at Mrs. Zhengying and said casually as if chatting: "Does the person you are talking about have any quirks?"

"Quirks?" Mrs. Zhengying turned her head away and avoided his sight. "This... This was 5 years ago, I really can't remember it clearly."

"Think about it carefully, does he have the habit of adjusting his sunglasses?" Jiang Xia raised one hand and pushed the non-existent glasses frame on his nose with his little finger in the air, "Just like this."

"Ah, yes!" Mrs. Zhengying said quickly, "He has this kind of..."

Mrs. Zhengying: "..."

She suddenly thought of something and kept silent.

Hashimoto Maya looked left and right, and soon, his sight was fixed on Iida Riki - pushing up his sunglasses with his pinky finger... Isn't that this guy's habit! He wanted to say it when he first saw it, but he didn't say it out loud because he was worried about offending people. Could it be that the guy who cursed 5 years ago was actually...

This obvious little action was not only noticed by Hashimoto Maya, but also by others.

Suzuki Sonoko was surprised. She looked up and down at Iida Tsuyoshi: "I can't believe that you look like you miss this place, but you disguised yourself and ran back to curse your mentor 5 years ago."

Iida Tsuyoshi: "I, I didn't, I didn't!"

Jiang Xia: "Just now in those photo albums, I saw a group photo of Mr. Iida and the other three 10 years ago. Mr. Iida in the photo was wearing a peaked cap, a beard, and dark glasses..."

"Just look at the group photo." Conan took out a photo from his arms and held it up to show everyone, "How about it, does it look familiar? - That's right, the 'suspicious person who came here 5 years ago' described by Mrs. Masae is exactly the same as Mr. Iida when he was young."

Hashimoto Maya: "?" When did you take the photo away? Rounding it off, this is considered theft! ... Unfortunately, Conan is only 7 years old now, and the law cannot punish him for the time being.

"Hmm? Wait, if this guy continues like this, and it becomes a habit, then sooner or later... he will be arrested by the police for this illegal behavior!" Thinking of this, Hashimoto Maya was happy, feeling the pleasure of the terrifying opponent disappearing on his own without her doing anything.

However, there was a problem.

"First..." Hashimoto Maya withered again, "If I want to see this gratifying scene, I have to find a way to live until this guy grows up."

When a passive-type curler secretly cursed his future colleague in his heart.

Next to him, everyone was looking at the photo.

"It's exactly the same, but..." As expected, someone noticed the incongruity. Mao Lilan asked in confusion, "But isn't Mrs. Masakage very familiar with Mr. Iida? Why didn't she recognize him five years ago?"

Jiang Xia: "Because five years ago, there was actually no such person. When people make up lies, in order to make their words seem true, they often instinctively look for close materials from reality - Mr. Iida five years ago was the template of the 'suspicious person' that Mrs. Masakage found in a hurry."

Iida Riki couldn't help but push his sunglasses with his little finger: "Master's wife, I am actually this image in your eyes..."

The onlookers were stunned when they heard it. After a while, they finally came to their senses: "That is to say... Mrs. Masakage is deliberately lying?!"

Inspector Megure looked at this honest middle-aged woman and couldn't hide his surprise: "You can't judge a person by appearance... Are you the murderer this time?"