Corpse collector in Conan

Madonna's original plan was indeed as Jiang Xia had "guessed" before.

——In the insulated box in the corridor, there is an "n"-shaped solid ice cube used to reduce friction. In addition, she also brought a hemp rope with her, planning to knock the store manager unconscious and then hang it on a tree in the courtyard so that he could "hang himself."

This job requires a lot of physical strength, but Madonna, despite her fragile appearance, was an excellent wrestler in the past, so it was not difficult for her.

"Everything is really different from the characters." Haiyuan Ai yawned, and with a pair of not-so-obvious dark circles under his eyes, he couldn't help but mutter, "The person in charge of selecting actors deliberately let them play roles and Do you want to use this role as a completely opposite character to hone yourself?"

"On the other hand, being able to recruit such a team is also a talent." Jiang Xia just drove his vest and followed the previous signal point to find Madonna's car. When no one was around, he took away the transmitter he had put on before. The adhesive material of the transmitter happened to be the same color as the car body, so Madonna ignored it in her panic.

At this time, Jiang Xia recovered from her distracted state and looked at her watch: "Let's go, it's time to go back and rest."

Jiang Xia's insistence on being the store manager's stand-in before was just to get close to the source of murderous aura and find an opportunity to see if he could squeeze out more murderous aura.

And now it seems that Conan has lived up to expectations. The moment he said the sinister "How strange" sentence just now, the murderous aura of the perfume swelled again.

...Now that the murderous intention has arrived, Jiang Xia will not be so enthusiastic about what will happen next.

Miwako Sato is very busy right now - not only did she catch the murderer, she also had to arrange for her subordinates to find the car that transported the body and the remaining clues in the park.

Jiang Xia made an appointment with her to make up the transcript and left quickly.

…

When Jiang Xia got home, she turned on the organization-specific mobile phone and found a new email.

Judging from the sending address, the email was from Subaru Okiya—this new subordinate, who was either busy or guilty, finally responded to the letter after quarreling with his boss for more than a day.

When I opened the email, I saw a long and dense text, and I even turned the page.

Jiang Xia was startled at first, thinking that Subaru Okiya was preparing a eloquent resignation letter.

However, after taking a closer look, I found that after removing the fixed greetings at the beginning and end, and removing the simple self-introduction, apology, and explanation for the late reply...the meaning of this email is very brief.

It can be summed up in two words - "received".

Jiang Xia: "..."

The email contained too much etiquette. His fingertips trembled slightly, and he almost replied politely... But his reason made him deflect his fingers at the last moment, delete the email, turn off the screen, and throw the phone into the mouth. Bag.

...A serious organizational boss certainly does not need to reply with nonsense words like "Okay, thank you for your hard work" after his subordinates reply "Roger."

Jiang Xia recalled the previous tasks specially assigned to new subordinates, and determined where Okiya Subaru would appear next. Then put the matter aside and stop thinking about it.

Although Okiya Subaru’s matter is worth pondering.

But right now, there are obviously higher priorities...

…

Jiang Xia entered the bedroom, closed the door, and closed the curtains.

Then he found the newly picked up cat ghost and put it on the table, looking forward to it.

According to the procedure for collecting ghosts, Jiang Xia took a needle in the tattoo on his heart as usual.

However, when he stretched out the blood-stained needle and prepared to drip blood onto the ghost, he hesitated.

"..." This cat ghost is too small. Perhaps the amount of blood dripping on it should be reduced as appropriate?

He was about to pick out half of the blood and drop half of it on first to try.

However, at this time, the cat seemed to notice his hesitation, raised its ears alertly, jumped up on the spot, and accurately hit the drop of blood.

Jiang Xia: "..."

...so enthusiastic.

Is this really a cat? It always feels like I am facing a dog that was accidentally reincarnated into a cat, and it is the kind that recognizes its owner instantly...

When the drop of blood landed on the cat, it made a small crackling sound like frying and traveled rapidly along its body surface just like it fell on other ghost fetuses.

Jiang Xia pulled up the stool next to her and sat down, holding her chin up and observing the cat on the table.

Like other ghosts in the contract, the noise is scary, but the ghosts don't feel uncomfortable. The only problem is...compared to a mini ghost cat, the blood volume is a little too much, and the way the blood beads swim around makes it look like the effect is hard to describe.

…

The cat was also startled at first by the small crackling sound. However, it observed vigilantly for a moment and found that there seemed to be no big problem. Then it slowly lay down back to its original position, quickly turned its attention away, and gave a flattering "meow~" to the new meal ticket in front of it.

"..."

Jiang Xia stared at it for a second, two seconds...

He touched the cigarette case next to him and lit a ghost mint.

It's not that he felt the cat's sincerity... but that Wutian Dog was very tired after watching the cat all day. Plus, after picking up a new ghost, it makes sense to open a ghost mint to celebrate.

…

A group of ghosts spread out on the table, gathering together to smoke ghost peppermints.

The blood stains on the cat's body gradually slowed down, and finally condensed and formed between the ears, shrinking into a medium-sized "Z" pattern.

After everything was settled, Jiang Xia held the cat with two fingers and looked at it for a moment, feeling mixed with joy and sorrow - fortunately, the mark did not turn into a huge "Z" across the cat, which would have been too funny.

But this Siamese seems to maintain its summer coat color no matter what season we see it.

Where the tattoo is located, the hair is unfortunately light-colored.

...If after being condensed into a puppet, a cat would walk around in crisis-ridden Tokyo with an Anonymous "Z" on its head... Wouldn't those people and organizations who are interested in Anonymous act shamelessly when the cat passes by? Catch the cat, or throw transmitters at the cat.

Speaking of which, mentioning puppets...

Jiang Xia looked at the cat ghost, then at the other ghosts around him, and fell into deep thought for a moment.

When condensing a puppet, the appearance of the puppet is usually based on how the ghosts looked when they were alive, but at the same time, it will also be affected by Jiang Xia's soul.

But no matter what, the ghosts I encountered before all had some human form.

But now, "human + human" has become "human + cat"...

Jiang Xia subconsciously glanced at the mermaid—the most unhuman ghost among all the ghosts.

Then he looked at the cat again, and the images of a person and a cat slowly emerged in his mind. The two slowly approached and were superimposed...

In front of his eyes, the image of a "cat-faced old lady" with a cat's head and a body suddenly appeared.

"..." After a moment's pause, Jiang Xia shook her head, shaking off her bad suspicion.