Chapter 74: Playing the cards openly and playing them secretly, then revealing the hidden cards

At this point, Toru Amuro and Conan Edogawa were still unaware of the trauma Geto Suguru had endured in order to send them this information. Their priority now was to minimize Geto Suguru's visits to the staff lounge, creating enough time to obtain information from his phone.

According to the previous plan, Toru Amuro was responsible for observing and reporting Geto Suguru's actions outside the lounge, while Conan Edogawa sneaked into the staff lounge from the back door after Dr. Agasa and others left the restaurant to try to crack Geto Suguru's mobile phone password and find useful information from it.

Geto Suguru's main task is to pretend that he is unaware of the cooperation between Toru Amuro and Conan Edogawa, occasionally giving them heartbeats to ensure authenticity, but also to make sure that when he goes to the lounge to check his phone, Conan Edogawa, who is hiding under the sofa, thinks that he really didn't notice him.

Other customers and employees would never have imagined that this small coffee shop would be home to three acting kings and countless cunning people.

While Geto Suguru and Toru Amuro were acting outside, Conan Edogawa in the lounge used Geto Suguru's birthday to try out the lock screen password, and successfully found the key information from the text message that [Umekawa Kuko] sent last year asking Geto Suguru and Satomi Muso to complete a task together.

Xu Suo is a man with extremely strong disguise skills. He changes his identity every once in a while. Although it cannot be seen under the camera, sometimes some people can see the stitches on his forehead in real life under certain angles and lighting.

[Umekawa Kuko]'s evaluation of the noose is that it is indifferent to human life and has an antisocial personality, so she asked Geto Suguru to avoid him if he saw someone with a similar appearance, and not to communicate too much with him if he couldn't avoid him.

In the information, Li Mei is described as a person with the body of a young woman but the psychological identity of a man. The most noticeable thing is her... or rather her appearance, a white bob with a ring-shaped red highlight on the back of her head.

The result of that mission was not mentioned in the text message, but some time after that, [Umekawa Kuko] sent a text message asking Geto Suguru to hide in Beika Town where Noso and Satomi could not reach him, and told him that if he did not want to be captured and killed for human experiments, he must not leave Beika Town and Ekoda before Noso and Satomi died. As for the "others", she would find a way.

Although we don't know who "others" refers to, the above information can already explain why [Umekawa Kuko] had such a bad attitude towards Rimei before. Obviously, they belong to two different factions and are opposed to each other.

At least since that point a year ago, they have been at odds with each other.

But this cannot be blamed on [Umekawa Kuko]. The confidant he sent on the joint mission was almost forcibly abducted for human experiments. This cannot be called a provocation, it is a naked declaration of war.

Apart from this, there was no other useful information in Geto Suguru's mobile phone.

It's not surprising. After all, Geto Suguru is now on vacation in all senses of the word in both the black and white worlds. He has been on leave for a full year and no information will be told to him.

Even the text messages that [Umekawa Kuko] used to contact me earlier used a virtual number.

......

"It seems that this is all the information that Geto Suguru can provide."

After finishing their work at the Bolo Cafe, Shuichi Akai, Toru Amuro and Conan gathered at the restaurant of Kudo's house to analyze the intelligence they had collected today. After looking at the photos of text messages taken on Conan Edogawa's mobile phone and his description, they were all stunned.

The only useful description is the hairstyle...but it's been a year, so the color must have faded or the hairstyle has changed.

Amuro Toru: "What about you, FBI? What did you find in Geto Suguru's apartment?"

Akai Shuichi pulled out an envelope full of photos from his pocket and pushed it to the center of the table: "I couldn't find anything valuable."

Toru Amuro and Conan Egawa carefully looked through every photo and found regretfully that it was indeed the case. Apart from the fact that the fitness equipment in the house and the use of the kitchen showed that Geto Suguru had a good habit of regular exercise and self-cooking, these on-site photos did not reveal anything.

But this is a normal development. Spying is not like playing a game. As long as you complete the task, a lot of things will definitely be revealed.

......

Cheng Xiaoyu was responsible for delivering the specific intelligence and forging the text messages. Back at the rental house, listening to Cheng Xiaoyu's recap, Xia Yujie realized that after a day and night of hard work, he had only been able to convey so little information. He used silence to mask his contemplation of the extent of technological change in contemporary society and asked, "Can they catch someone with this information?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Of course not. They are detectives, not fortune tellers. But considering the persona you have created in their eyes, you shouldn't know so much information. Otherwise, they won't be arresting Li Mei, but you and me."

Geto Suguru sincerely felt that this job, which had more tricks than a bunch of spaghetti, was far more tiring than being a sorcerer. Exhausted both physically and mentally, he just wanted to get it done quickly. "So what should we do? How about you just send me some more information, and I'll go find them with my phone and try to scam them into handing it over. And then [Umekawa Kuko] can disappear too, so they can't find me?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Then they will most likely focus their search on [Umekawa Kuzi], who they can't find. You don't have to worry about what happens next, because your role-playing mission is over. Next, they will probably contact me directly and try to get information directly from [Umekawa Kuzi] himself."

Geto Suguru: "So you're going to show up and take a walk around Beika Town next?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Don't bother with that, because the FBI already tried to scam me in Tokyo a few days ago. Although they hit the bus reported by Ijichi and driven by Gojo Satoru, and left Gojo Satoru's contact information, they can definitely contact me if they want. I've already made arrangements there. I'll just walk up and down the stairs at the gate of Tokyo Jujutsu High School more often these days and hide nearby so they won't be able to get through to me."

"......" Xia Yujie said, "First of all, I have no ill intentions, I'm just curious. How did you develop so many clever tricks and acting skills?"

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled with relief: "At work."

......

In fact, Judy's action against [Umekawa Kuko] was earlier than the time when Edogawa Conan and others took action against Geto Suguru in Beika Town.

Just to avoid alerting the enemy, Judy did not approach [Umekawa Kuko] directly, but instead waited near the Tokyo Jujutsu High School for a few days, wanting to see whether [Umekawa Kuko] would appear near the Tokyo Jujutsu High School as speculated. If so, she could arrange a suitable time to contact him based on [Umekawa Kuko's] behavior pattern.

So on the day of the final battle between Ryomen Sukuna and the crematorium, Judy saw [Umekawa Kuko] and the four children she met last time get on a black car, but she did not see them come back on the car.

However, those kids would still often go out or come back in other black cars. It was not until today that Judy saw [Umekawa Kuko] appear at the entrance of Tokyo Jujutsu High School.

But [Umekawa Kuko] did not go in, and seemed to be just passing by. She then strolled around the surrounding commercial streets and snack streets for a long time, bought a bunch of small accessories, went to a newly opened sushi restaurant for dinner, and then disappeared in the surging crowds of the weekend.

Based on the familiarity between [Umekawa Kuko] and some of her shop owners and clerks, Judy speculated that she probably had a currently operating base near Tokyo Jujutsu High School.

After receiving the news from Shuichi Akai that it was impossible to quickly extract useful information from Geto Suguru, Judy realized that she might be the only hope to save Shibuya Station.

So she made up her mind, and the next day she successfully "ran into" Umekawa Kuko, who was queuing for takoyaki on the commercial street: "Ah, we meet again, Ms. Umekawa, what a wonderful fate!"

Cheng Xiaoyu, who had first used her shadow to locate Judy, then deliberately wandered over here, said with surprise, "Yes! Miss Judy, did you buy the snacks you wanted this time?"

"Not yet. I plan to go check it out after dinner," Judy said. "By the way, Ms. Umekawa, do you have any restaurant recommendations nearby?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "I know a very good sushi restaurant. I'm going there soon. Miss Judy, would you like to join us?"

Judy naturally agreed.

So Cheng Xiaoyu and Judy naturally walked into the sushi restaurant where Rum's fake identity [Wakita Daishi] worked.

Rum knew Judy's FBI identity. When he saw [Umekawa Kuko] and Judy walking into the store while chatting and laughing, he naturally thought that "Umekawa Kuko might be an FBI agent" and locked [Umekawa Kuko]'s identity as a red team member in his mind.

Cheng Xiaoyu chose this store on purpose. After knowing that Judy was deliberately trying to scam people to get close to her, she naturally became suspicious of [Wakita Daishi] who had used the same method to scam people that day. She easily discovered that he was actually Rum.

She specifically met Judy at this sushi restaurant in order to deepen Rum's suspicion of her [Red Team identity]. At the same time, she would come to this sushi restaurant from time to time to check in with her face.

If something goes wrong in her plan and arouses the suspicion of the Red Team, the FBI and Edogawa Conan will definitely check the sushi restaurant where she often appears, and they can follow the clues to discover Rum's suspicious identity, and then confirm Cheng Xiaoyu's [Black Team identity] in the eyes of the Red Team.

Even if Rum hides well, it will be useless. Cheng Xiaoyu will use special means to make the Red Team notice it according to the situation.

Play the obvious cards secretly, and show the hidden cards openly.

In this way, at first glance, it seems that it is a power struggle between the red side, the black side and Cheng Xiaoyu, but in fact most of the suspicion and doubt are digested by the red and black sides, and the main thing is the transfer of suspicion and hatred values ​​from left hand to right hand.

Unless the red and black parties sit down and drink and open their hearts, they will never discover that there is a two-faced third party like Cheng Xiaoyu mixed in their pure love.