Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 3737-3750 [Hashimoto Maya - Performance Crisis] Requesting monthly votes ()

However, after reviewing his various inventions, Professor Agasa realized there were so many that he couldn't possibly count them all, and the Metropolitan Police Department might accidentally use one of them. Since the ticket wasn't expensive, he gladly accepted it, planning to give Inspector Shiratori a small gift in return later.

"Although this doll is strange, the amusement park is still a lot of fun!" After briefly complaining about the strange orca, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya commented fairly, "Officer Shiratori is such a good person!"

“Yes!” Ayumi Yoshida nodded happily, following behind the orca and Professor Agasa to the cafe next to the water park.

Conan stared at the orca in front of him, then looked around warily, realizing something was wrong: "Why are we at a coffee shop?"

Normally, shouldn't staff members dressed as aquatic mascots be brought directly into the aquarium?
What's the point of coming to the coffee shop? It's not early or late, it's not mealtime, and these kids have just entered the amusement park; they're generally not hungry or thirsty...

There's a problem, a very serious problem!

Conan pushed up his glasses, and a chilling reflection flashed across the lenses.

Beside him, Ai Haibara heard his speculation but remained silent.

—After arriving at the coffee shop, the organizational atmosphere was noticeably stronger than before, and it was clear that it came from more than one person.

Surrounded by these terrifying auras, she dared not utter a single word, trying her best to control herself from trembling, while praying that this nightmare would end soon.

At the same time, recalling the conversation between everyone just now, Ai Haibara's eyes were blank: "..." Giving the doctor a ticket was a bit unusual, so the one who brought about this scene was Officer Shiratori.

That policeman...could he be colluding with the organization?

"what!"

While I was thinking all sorts of random things, suddenly, Ayumi Yoshida screamed from beside me.

Ai Haibara and Conan's hearts skipped a beat, and they both turned to look. Then they realized that it didn't sound like a scream of fear, but rather...

The sounds made when surprised.

Beside him, Officer Horita, dressed in an orca costume, smiled sinisterly.

"Judging from the surprised tone of her voice, this child must have spotted Officer Sato—no wonder she's Officer Sato! Beautiful, kind, and adorable, she's so popular with children too."

Officer Horita, drenched in sweat from the mascot costume, felt a surge of satisfaction. He gazed at the children with kind and encouraging eyes, silently proclaiming:

"Go on, stick to Officer Sato and take up every spot around her! It would be best if you used your venomous tongues to expose that curly-haired man in black's weaknesses—if you can piss him off and make him reveal some of his bad side, that would be fantastic... Hmm? Wait, what are you looking at?"

The orca was halfway through its reverie when it suddenly sensed something was wrong: the direction the children were looking in didn't seem to be Officer Sato and the man in black, but rather...

A big, furry brown bear?

Or perhaps, a "colleague" dressed in a brown bear costume?
"Isn't that the bear that stands at the door handing out balloons?" The orca scratched its plush head, staring at the teddy bear on the other side of the cafe, stunned. "When did it get into a cafe near WaterWorld?"

"What a huge little bear!" Ayumi Yoshida's eyes lit up as she ran over. "It's much cuter than an orca!"

Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya also rushed over in surprise: not entirely because of the teddy bear, but also because the teddy bear had several balloons tied to its arms, as if it were about to be distributed.

"Give me a balloon!" Genta Kojima exclaimed. "I want the biggest one!"

Hearing their voices, the teddy bear hiding next to the green plants turned around.

At the same time, Yoshida Ayumi, who was running in the lead, suddenly saw something, her expression changed drastically, and she came to a screeching halt.

Why is Jiang Xia sitting behind the greenery, taking a nap?!
Ayumi Yoshida suddenly slammed on the brakes, and Genta Kojima nearly hit her.

He narrowly dodged it, and said with dissatisfaction, "Why did you suddenly stop!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya had already followed Ayumi Yoshida's gaze, and the next moment, his face turned pale.

...Brother Jiang Xia!!

What is he doing here?!
"Sorry to bother you."

Before he could figure out this complicated problem, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya had already followed his instincts and made what he felt was the most correct action.

The elementary school student put on a polite and innocent smile, grabbed two classmates with one hand each, and pulled them away in a flash.

Conan was observing the person dressed as an orca when he saw his three classmates running back and forth in a strange manner... their faces turning deathly pale from their earlier excitement.

"What's wrong?" Conan asked, puzzled. "What did you see?"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was about to speak when he suddenly changed his mind and said, "It's nothing, we just felt it was impolite to run around in the store, so we came out again."

—If Conan doesn't tell him about Jiang Xia's existence, will Conan, that little lackey, accidentally reveal his mischievous nature and lose his standing with Jiang Xia?
"Ayumi has always cared a lot about Conan, and even Ai, who is usually so aloof, has something to talk about with him... Perhaps this is the attraction effect brought about by Jiang Xia's sycophantic behavior!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya thought to himself, "If only I could take Conan's place and become Jiang Xia's number one assistant..."

"Cough, it's not that I'm jealous. It's just that if Conan were really the well-behaved kid, that would be one thing, but Brother Jiang Xia doesn't know that he's the most daring and trouble-making among us... This kind of lackey is simply not good enough!"

A cunning elementary school student silently smiled.

Conan looked at him suspiciously: "..." What is Mitsuhiko fantasizing about? He was so scared just now, but now he can actually laugh out loud.

"However, this at least shows that the three children didn't witness anything dangerous, such as Gin silencing them..."

Conan muttered to himself as he peered back in the direction they had come from: "What on earth is that over there?"

……

When several elementary school students were making wild guesses about each other.

In the distance, at a small table on the outermost edge of the open-air café.

The parasol was pulled very low, and Hashimoto Maya hid behind it, holding a coffee cup and pretending to drink it, as if she wanted to bury her whole face in the cup.

"Lord Uzo, wearing a ring, came to the amusement park with the policewoman?"

Hashimoto Maya's mind was racing so fast it was practically burning, and she finally came to a conclusion a few beats late:

"Could the theme of this murder be related to the ring and the marriage proposal?"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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