Chapter 48 Weird but Useful

Ten years later, Xia Yujie and Huiyuan Xiong are no longer young and immature. As they enter society, they gradually understand Cheng Xiaoyu's past mental state...

"Work really drives people crazy," said Geto. "Nanami once quit her job as a sorcerer to work for a regular company, but she didn't stay long and came back to rant about overtime and work being bullshit. She said she'd rather be a sorcerer instead. She earns more and it's either get off work or death."

They believed that if they worked overtime like ghosts and had so many things to deal with, their mental state would be more dangerous than hers.

What? Ghosting is slacking off? That's not slacking off, that's healing and saving your life! Maintaining your precarious mental health and work quality is crucial, so how can that be considered laziness? Slacking off while still getting the job done isn't laziness; that's skill!

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Congratulations on entering the endless hell of office workers. By the way, I'm still working."

Xia Yujie was amazed: "You haven't had any rest in the past ten years? Where have you been in the past ten years?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "What I did was no less than opening the door of a violent driver on the highway and grabbing the steering wheel. Anyway, I almost fainted. I just caught my breath when I ran into big trouble. It's a good thing I met Huiyuan, otherwise I would have had to call you to rescue me."

Geto Summer Oil: "Save you? What did you do?"

Cheng Xiaoyu sighed: "I was careless and didn't dodge."

Geto Suguru:?

"I was mistaken for the murderer after stumbling upon a murder case," Huiyuan Xiong said, feeling both helpless and amused. "We and another person were questioned by the police for a long time as suspects, and we were just released."

Haibara Yu originally thought that Geto Suguru would tease him, but Geto Suguru just said with his arms slightly opened "Welcome to Beika Town" after a moment of silence.

Obviously, Geto Suguru has deeply understood the unique customs and culture of Beika Town during this year.

Geto Suguru: "Satoru came to visit me a while ago, but he encountered a murder right after getting off the station. He was mistaken for the murderer. The reason was that he was dressed as a blind man, but he didn't look blind at all. He looked suspicious at first glance."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "So how did he explain it in the end? Did he say he was doing performance art?"

The smile at Geto's face was almost unstoppable. "He said he's an albinist with photophobia, and he forgot his sunglasses, so he just covered himself with a bandage to block out the light, but left a gap so he wouldn't lose sight of the road and bump into the wall. After he was cleared of suspicion, the police were worried that he might get into trouble on the road because of his visual impairment, so they called and I went to pick him up."

That day, Gojo Satoru angrily bandaged himself and changed into sunglasses, then called for a good meal in the evening, causing Geto Suguru to bleed profusely...

"Then the two of us were once again implicated as one of the three suspects in a murder case, just like you this time."

Two special sorcerers who can destroy human cities are suspected of having a grudge against each other because of a word the deceased said before his death. They killed someone in anger with a knife. They can only accept the police investigation to clear their suspicion. This kind of thing is more magical than the thousand-year-old devil godmother.

What is even more outrageous than doubting their character is doubting their skills. Why use a knife to kill people?

Although they were in an izakaya now, Haibara Yu couldn't drink because he had to drive, and Cheng Xiaoyu didn't like drinking. When Geto saw that neither of them was drinking, it would be boring for him to drink alone, so he simply didn't order any drinks.

After a long silence, the three of them, feeling a sense of sympathy, raised their glasses and clinked them together, "Welcome to Beika Town."

After chatting for a while, Cheng Xiaoyu noticed Shuichi Akai, whom she had just met... Although he was now wearing the appearance of "Okiya Aokawa", she still decided to call him Shuichi Akai.

This person has too many names, and he has layer upon layer of vests like an onion spirit.

Anyway, Shuichi Akai also entered the izakaya, sat at the bar and ordered a beer and some meals.

Cheng Xiaoyu didn't care. This izakaya was very close to the Mori Office, and according to Geto Suguru, it had a very good reputation in the surrounding area. It was normal for Shuichi Akai to come here for dinner after sending Conan back to the office.

It wasn't until a while later that Cheng Xiaoyu noticed that another disguised person, Toru Amuro, also walked into the izakaya in disguise, sat down near Akai Shuichi, and ordered a drink and a meal.

And the two of them would look over from time to time.

Cheng Xiaoyu:........Yes, these two people suspect that there is an undercover agent among the three people at our table.

It was probably Geto Suguru. After all, he was a sorcerer who had experienced life and death many times. His temperament and style must be slightly different from those of ordinary people. Moreover, the excuse he used to contact Kogoro Mori was the same one that Toru Amuro also used, so it is not surprising that it aroused suspicion.

In fact, Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro were just suspecting Cheng Xiaoyu.

The identities of Geto Suguru and Yu Haibara were quickly secured with the help of Toru Amuro of the Index Neon Public Security. Although the top management did not tell Toru Amuro what the two men did specifically, they made it clear to him that they could not have any connection with the organization, and the gaps in their resumes were because they were there to carry out special missions.

The top brass had clearly ordered that matters related to these two individuals were not the responsibility of the Japanese Public Security Bureau. If Toru Amuro believed that these two individuals had any other suspicious behavior that could be reported, they would be referred to the relevant departments. Even if they witnessed the "crime" of these two individuals, the Japanese Public Security Bureau could not intervene and could only report it to the relevant departments.

Senior management: If something happens to a special-grade sorcerer or a first-grade sorcerer, we ordinary people in the public security department can’t do anything about it. Let the sorcery community handle it.

But there is still no such person as "Umekawa Kuko". Tokyo Jujutsu High School said that there is no such person at all. It is certain that "Umekawa Kuko" is a pseudonym. Amuro Toru can still find this person.

After all, the top management was also worried that this person might be an undercover agent of the organization trying to infiltrate the world of curse, or a curse master who intended to persuade Xia Yujie and Haibara Yu to switch jobs.

In fact, it was because Cheng Xiaoyu's performance was so superb at the time that the top leaders of the spell magic world did not take it seriously. Otherwise, if they stared at the photo carefully for three minutes, they would recall the fear of being dominated by the Ghost Queen.

.......But maybe they won't say anything when they think about it. After all, the Ghost Queen has always been doing her own thing and her whereabouts are hard to find. The magic world doesn't know what she is planning or who she is in contact with. Maybe they will just emphasize that this person is not under their control.

Cheng Xiaoyu was unaware of all this. She thought that this was a rare opportunity, so she decided to help Geto Suguru clear some suspicion and prevent the unfortunate child from being suspected of being a spy for an organization and being taken out of Beika Town and attacked by the No. 1 high-dimensional creature.

Cheng Xiaoyu: "By the way, Xiayou, how have you been lately? Have you encountered any difficult customers or colleagues? I can scold them for you."

Geto: "It's okay. It's much easier than my last job. I have a regular work and rest schedule. The work atmosphere is also good. However, there is one colleague who is... a little... weird?"

Huihara Yu was surprised: "Have you encountered any difficulties in the workplace?" Is that person still alive?

Geto: "Not really. He didn't do anything offensive, but it just made me feel weird. For example, I noticed he was always peeking at me, saying strange things to me, and even asking me about the names of sake."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Male or female?"

Geto: "A man."

Cheng Xiaoyu knew that Amuro Toru was listening. After all, there were only two men in Polo Cafe, Suguru Takeru and him. So she tapped the table and made the final decision: "He has a crush on you."

Toru Amuro never expected to hear these words. He accidentally choked on the wine. He was afraid of making a sound and attracting attention, so he could only cover his mouth tightly and cough.

He just found that Geto Suguru's style of doing things was inconsistent with the work experience that this person described himself, and suspected that this person was an undercover sent by the organization to monitor him, so he was just observing him secretly!

Geto Summer Oil's eyes widened: "Huh?"

Haibara Yu: "This...but Senior Gosho probably likes girls."

Geto: "Take out the word 'should'. I don't like men!"

"You don't like men, but that doesn't stop him from liking you." Cheng Xiaoyu counted on her fingers, analyzing. "He said strange things to you to spark conversation, talked to you about drinking because he wanted to share a common language, and peeking at you was a direct confirmation. This male colleague of yours has a crush on you and he's greedy for your body! But because he knows you don't like men, he can only hide his crush deep in his heart, but he can't help but get along with you. Case solved! Xia Yujie, your colleague wants to turn you gay!"

Geto Suguru:!!!

Haiyuanxiong:! ! !

Amuro Toru: I don’t have you, don’t talk nonsense! ! ! !

No. 233: ...Exciting.

Shuichi Akai: ...wonderful.

Geto Xiayou looked like he was about to die. He had never expected that he would meet a gay man in order to save his life. He wanted to struggle: "It shouldn't be... it shouldn't be. He doesn't look like that..."

Amuro Toru: Yes! Because I’m a straight man!

Cheng Xiaoyu snapped her fingers: "It's said that he has a crush on you. If you found out that he is gay and you still like him, you will definitely avoid him."

Toru Amuro: I will avoid him when I go back!

Haibara Yu: "That doesn't necessarily mean it's true... maybe it's just a misunderstanding? Maybe Gouyu-senpai saw it wrong?"

Just as Geto Xiayou opened his mouth to say something, Cheng Xiaoyu said with deep sorrow, "Habara, you can question Geto Xiayou's sexual orientation, even though he took a year off due to illness, but you can't question his ability and professionalism. Even the top executives at Neon don't dare to question that."

"One year of recuperation due to illness", "strength", "professional quality", "high-level Japanese executives"...

Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai noticed these words keenly.

As expected, Geto Suguru and Yu Haibara were from other special operations departments of Neon. After a year of recuperation due to illness, they also figured out why Geto Suguru suddenly ran to Beika Town a year ago.

Geto Suguru himself did not deny it: "...There is no need to question my sexual orientation, thank you. And she is right, I definitely don't feel wrong, he really was secretly observing me."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "That's right. So you see, if the other person is a woman and behaves like this, you will definitely subconsciously think that she has a crush on Geto Suguru. Then it makes no sense that the theory will not hold true if it's a man. In fact, this logic is easy to understand, but you just don't want to believe it."

Toru Amuro: That makes sense. If I weren't also very sure that I was straight and you were discussing me, I would definitely agree with you.

Xia Youjie held his head in his hands and was silent for three full minutes. "Let's take a step back...assuming he's really who you say he is, how can I politely reject him? After all, I really don't like men, and it would be bad to delay someone's feelings."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Sex change? But he might not actually be gay, but bisexual, meaning he likes both men and women. In fact, bisexuality is quite common among humans. Besides, maybe he's attracted to you as a person, regardless of gender?"

Amuro Toru: I didn’t!!

Xia Yujie knew without thinking that this was unreliable: "Next suggestion. What do you think about me changing jobs?"

Cheng Xiaoyu was filled with righteous indignation. "Why? You haven't done anything wrong. Besides, your colleague hasn't made any concrete confession yet. You should just try to distance yourself from him. If you ask me, you should be proud. Your charm transcends gender boundaries."

Toru Amuro: I follow him only because I think he has violated the law!