Without Jiang Xia's obstruction, Kyosuke Kazato finally managed to stand upright with difficulty.
He was so excited he almost wanted to shed tears, but before he could even raise his hand, a huge force suddenly came from his back—the plainclothes officers quickly arrived, grabbing him with many hands and pressing him to the ground, then skillfully handcuffing him, searching him, and pulling off his hat and mask.
Kyosuke Kazato struggled for a moment.
Then he slowly stopped moving.
He had thought before that if his deeds were exposed and he was caught, he would resist until the last second.
However, at this moment, when Kyosuke Kazato found that the plainclothes officers were only restraining him and not hitting him, he instantly burst into tears, feeling that the police officers had become kind.
...
Beside him, Jiang Xia saw the murderous aura on Kyosuke Kazato loosen, and he was slightly stunned.
"..." He had originally thought that a person as forbearing and obsessive as Kyosuke Kazato would probably only give up killing and hand over the murderous aura to the Spiritual Medium after arriving at the police station, or even the court.
...But he didn't expect him to be so vulnerable to a beating.
He clearly hadn't hit him hard at all.
Of course, it could also be that Kyosuke Kazato, as a respectable person, was kicked and rolled around on the street, and his spirit was severely impacted... So there's also this way to collect ghosts?
Jiang Xia nodded thoughtfully, looking at Kyosuke Kazato, who was being helped into the car by the plainclothes officers, his face etched with serenity, feeling that he had discovered a new path for collecting ghosts.
...
The ambulance quickly arrived and took away the victim who had collapsed in the telephone booth.
Jiang Xia had already lost interest in this case and was counting the ghosts and murderous aura he had 'plucked' from Kyosuke Kazato.
Just then, the light beside him dimmed, and two large plainclothes men walked towards him.
...
Earlier, while the plainclothes officers were chasing the person, they all heard Kyosuke Kazato's heartbreaking cry of "Jiang Xia!"
They immediately realized that this young man, who had passed by and beaten up the culprit, might be a person related to the case.
Of course, the two of them did not think of Jiang Xia as a bad guy or an accomplice of Kyosuke Kazato.
Firstly, because Jiang Xia's actions just now... at first glance looked like an assault, but they should obviously be regarded as acts of bravery.
Secondly, there were the four children next to Jiang Xia.
When the plainclothes officers were chasing the person, they saw very clearly—when the armed culprit ran towards them, the children quickly hid behind Jiang Xia, looking like they trusted him very much.
A person who can be liked and trusted by so many children doesn't seem like a bad person.
...
Thinking of this, the plainclothes officers looked at the unlucky children who were involved in the incident.
After seeing them huddled together like quails, not daring to speak, the plainclothes officers showed sympathy—poor children, they must have been terrified by the armed assailant who fired on the street.
Plainclothes A reached out and patted the children's heads, trying to give them some comfort.
Plainclothes B looked at Jiang Xia: "Do you know that person just now?"
Jiang Xia was silent for a while before he said in a low voice: "His voice sounds a bit familiar, very much like my attending doctor."
The two plainclothes officers exchanged glances and nodded secretly. That's right, Kyosuke Kazato was indeed a doctor.
It seems these two people do know each other.
...
When the plainclothes officers arrested Kyosuke Kazato, they came in a van, which was quite spacious. But it was not good to have ordinary citizens and an armed assailant who injured people squeezed together.
Fortunately, it was not far from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so the plainclothes officers left one person to accompany Jiang Xia and the children to walk to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Along the way, Conan was thoughtful and hesitant to speak:
Jiang Xia's attending doctor turned out to be a murderer... This was something he had not expected.
Conan: "..." No matter what illness, as long as the treatment period is long enough, doctors will gradually build bonds and trust with patients, especially in departments like psychosomatic medicine... Could it be that Jiang Xia gradually discovered something was wrong during that process, which is why he didn't want to go to the Hospital?
However, judging from the situation just now where Jiang Xia immediately stopped when the doctor called out, Jiang Xia doesn't seem to dislike him very much... Otherwise, let alone stopping, he should have taken advantage of the chaos to kick him a few more times.
...
Conan's father, after all, was a mystery novelist. Conan himself was well-read and had a vivid imagination.
As he thought, his mind began to wander, recalling cases in novels and movies where psychologists first gained the precious trust of patients and then induced them to commit crimes.
Could it be...
Conan immediately became alert, feeling the situation was serious, and wanted to say something, but didn't know exactly what to say.
Finally, he looked at Jiang Xia and sighed with a sense of weariness.
—Parents deceased, mental state concerning, and constantly encountering murder cases... Even just going for a regular check-up, he could encounter such an unethical doctor.
Everyone grew up on the same street.
Why is it only Jiang Xia who always encounters scum?
...
Beside him, unlike the silently worried Conan.
Jiang Xia was in a wonderful mood.
—He went out today and came back with a leg-hugging Shikigami, and the rare murderous aura with a mushroom soup base he had coveted for a long time.
When leaving the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Jiang Xia looked at the children beside him and almost wanted to present the Detective Boys with a banner that read "Case Magnet, Friend of the Spiritual Medium."
The three children shivered under his gaze. After recovering, they quietly said they wanted to go play in the Park, promising to be good and not bump into passersby.
Jiang Xia didn't understand at first why they needed to report something like "wanting to play" to him. But he was too lazy to ask and quickly nodded.
The three children pulled Conan and ran off quickly, their backs like three little birds leaving a cage and flying into the sky.
...Hmm, with an old bird pretending to be young sandwiched in the middle, looking back every three steps but failing to resist.