Conan’s Corpse Picker

Recently, Jiangxia has received very few cases.

The newspapers ordered are still delivered every day.

But Jiang Xia rummaged around for a long time, but couldn't find her figure from above. His collection of newspaper clippings has not been updated for several days.

Finally, Jiang Xia closed the newspaper, threw it on the table, sighed, and looked at the front page.

There is a photo printed on it, which shows a blurry figure under the moonlight - judging from the title, this is probably "a precious image of Phantom Thief Kidd escaping after he succeeded".

In this world, Kaitou Kidd is a bug-like figure. His main job is a talented high school student from an island country, and his part-time job is a ghost thief who is like the wind under the moonlight. He is very good at magic and disguise.

Although to the outside world, Kaito Kidd's appearance and age are unknown. But he still attracts countless fans with his superb performance skills.

In addition, before committing a crime, Kidd likes to send a warning letter to the victim that needs to be decrypted. His behavior is also very artistic. So reporters especially like to report on him.

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Jiang Xia had seen Kidd several times in the newspaper before. But because this phantom thief is suspected to have the effect of resolving murder cases - every time Kidd appears, there are not many dead people - so Jiang Xia has a relatively average impression of him, and when he sees it, he pretends that he has not seen it and skips it.

But this time...

Jiang Xia read the contents of the newspaper and always felt that this incident might be related to herself.

——This time the Phantom Thief notice letter was sent to Suzuki Sonoko, the chairman of the Suzuki Foundation, and her father.

Kidd’s goal is the pearl that the Suzuki family regards as the "Suzuki Guardian Saint" - the Dark Star.

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Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Xia felt his phone vibrate.

He answered the phone, and Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from the receiver.

"Have you seen the news?" Suzuki Sonoko sounded very excited, "Kid is coming to steal our things!"

Jiang Xia: "..."

Her tone was as cheerful as the Chinese New Year. Those who didn't know better might have thought she was Kidd's assistant rather than a family member of the victim...

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Suzuki Sonoko came to invite Jiang Xia to help her catch Kidd.

The ostensible reason is to share the pressure of her hard-working old father.

In fact, she was curious about what Kidd, the legendary monster thief, looked like - Jiang Xia was so good at solving crimes, maybe he could easily see through Kidd's theft plan and catch Kidd.

And...as a girl who has just passed the second stage of middle school and has not yet been completely cured of the second stage of middle school disease. Suzuki Sonoko actually wanted to see two handsome guys going head-to-head for her (the family's treasure) - yes, the focus of the battle was on her, not some dark star.

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Jiang Xia actually doesn't have much interest in Phantom Thieves. In his impression, when Kidd appeared on the scene in the early days, it was basically calm and there were no murders at all.

It was not until later that Kidd's aura gradually failed to suppress the growing Conan. When he committed crimes, the number of murders increased slightly.

There is no ghost in the case of "Dark Star" from beginning to end.

However, Jiang Xia thought for a moment and did not refuse Suzuki Sonoko's invitation, and worked hard to create a glorious image of "Jiang Xia does not refuse invitations to go out".

——Only in this way can Suzuki Sonoko feel free to ask him out. There was no need to worry about whether Jiang Xia would accept the invitation before inviting him, and then cross out projects that she felt Jiang Xia didn't like but had murder cases.

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Soon it was the day before the preview.

Jiang Xia found the Rice Krispies Museum according to the address sent to him by Suzuki Sonoko.

Conan and Mao Lilan also came.

However, none of them were in the hall at this time. It was said that they went to observe the surrounding terrain.

Jiang Xia then simply said hello to Chairman Suzuki, and then, with the other person's expectant eyes saying "You will be able to keep it!", he came to the display cabinet and looked at the huge black pearl - the Dark Star.

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According to the theory of psychics, some objects that gather human obsessions contain a certain kind of energy called "energy cores" that can be used to feed ghosts for upgrades.

Typical items carried are usually antique utensils or sparkling gems.

A year ago, Jiang Xia had just entered this world. After landing, in addition to going to the cemetery hospital to look for ghosts and murderous intent, he also visited museums or jewelry exhibitions, trying to find energy cores.

But at that time, it was like failing to find the ghost. Jiang Xia also failed to find precious objects with "energy cores".

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A while ago, as Kudo Shinichi turned into Conan, Jiangxia started seeing ghosts again.

He went around the museum several times in anticipation again, but unfortunately, he still couldn't find the energy core.

Yesterday, after receiving the invitation from Suzuki Sonoko, Jiang Xia suddenly thought:

Is there a possibility that among the treasures Kidd wants to steal, there are energy cores that he can't find anywhere?

After all, in Jiang Xia's impression, if Conan is the protagonist of this world, then Kidd is definitely the number two character with the aura of the protagonist. If one of them is in charge of ghosts and murderous energy, and the other is in charge of the energy core used to ascend the star... it seems very reasonable.

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But now.

Jiang Xia was a little disappointed after seeing the dark stars up close.

- He couldn't feel the energy from above.

Moreover, there is no smell of energy core in the entire museum.

"..." The secret expectation failed to come true, and Jiang Xia's motivation plummeted.

He sighed, and while everyone else was busy doing their own thing and no one was paying attention to him, he planned to find a place to sit down and rest.

After taking a few steps, three people suddenly walked into the door.

Jiang Xia glanced up and saw Mao Lilan, Suzuki Yuanzi and Conan as expected.