Chapter 2234 2246 [Bus Journey] Asking for a monthly ticket (`)

The more Judy thought about it, the more she couldn't help but frown: "..." It rained so heavily before, which not only blocked the sight but also the sound. The gurgling river seemed to be suitable for dumping the body... Wait, when those two cars passed by the river during the day, were they really just two empty cars, with no bodies hidden inside?

Judy's heart suddenly skipped a beat as she recalled a case she had seen in the past: If "Uzo" managed to kill Shuichi Akai and stuffed the body into the trunk of her car and dumped it downstream, then when the vehicle was intercepted by the police, she, the owner of the car, would undoubtedly be the first person to be investigated... This way, she could kill two birds with one stone and restrict both of them at the same time!

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the case.

And the figure wearing sunglasses instantly became a terrifying symbol of death in her eyes.

"No, that shouldn't be the case. Shuichi is a very strong FBI agent, he wouldn't die so quietly... No, he wouldn't die at all!"

Judy took a deep breath and forced herself to stop imagining this horrible scene.

Then she took out her cell phone, avoided a group of people who were about to get on a police car to return to Tokyo, and contacted another person instead.

——James Blake, the real boss of this small group of FBI.

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Tokyo.

James, with white hair and beard, was busy and overwhelmed when he received a phone call out of the blue.

He glanced at the caller ID and picked up the phone. Before he could say a word, the other party couldn't help but say, "I suspect that Xiuyi was murdered... No, I suspect that he was in danger!"

"We did encounter a little... uh, not dangerous danger." James sighed, "It's not a big deal, leave it to me, you don't have to show up."

Judy was stunned for two full seconds before she understood what he meant: "Do you know where he is? Can you contact him?"

"Well..." James said helplessly, "Let's talk about the details when you come back."

…

Last night.

After all, it was a field operation, and Shuichi Akai did not come alone, but made some arrangements in advance.

After Judy and the others met the tennis coach at an outdoor tennis court, Shuichi Akai sent people to follow the coach and quickly found out the location and condition of his home.

Although he didn't know the specific details, when he heard the key words "deceased wife three years ago", Shuichi Akai immediately realized that this villa in the woods might be the stage chosen by Uzo for today.

Although for some reason the high school team and the tennis coach missed each other just now, Shuichi Akai strongly suspected that this was just a cover and those people would eventually come back here.

So he immediately arranged his troops and had them secretly surround the villa so that they could catch any suspicious people entering or leaving the villa at any time.

…But then what?

Then...the best outcome is to capture the suspicious person when he appears and catch him on the spot.

But considering that person's past style of behavior, Shuichi Akai didn't hold much hope for this outcome.

"Although we always take the initiative, we always feel like we are being led by the nose by the other side."

Akai Shuichi pressed his forehead and thought: "Perhaps this is because the other party chooses the stage every time, and we are forced to follow. Judy clearly said that she chose the place randomly... Alas, even she can't escape the influence of that person, fortunately I didn't tell her about the arrangement this time."

The right time to capture him should be when the other party doesn't have much control over the environment. But now...

Shuichi Akai smelled a strong trace of "coincidence" from the previous encounter, as well as a little bit of human manipulation brought by Suzuki Sonoko. He always felt that the venue arranged by the FBI this time was actually under the control of the other party.

If this is true, then let alone arresting Wuzo, it would probably not be easy to get any real and useful clues.

This won't work. If we continue at this pace, not only Judy, but the entire FBI will become the other party's toy.

So after hesitating for a moment and confirming the location of his colleagues via radio, Shuichi Akai drove back to Tokyo while keeping the arrangements here.

Rather than waiting here for a fruitless result, he might as well take advantage of the chaos to investigate the bus he had been paying attention to for a long time - that bus once deviated from its route because of two thieves, and during the journey, the driver asked the owner of a sports car to move his car, which was the opportunity for the sports car owner to be killed.

Among the countless "coincidences", this seems more like a clue that can be grasped.

In addition, according to Shuichi Akai's investigation, this bus is also one of the buses that Subaru Okiya occasionally takes - if you are lucky, you might run into him.

So soon, after returning to Tokyo, Shuichi Akai followed the timetable he had checked long ago and boarded the selected bus.

He did not rush to contact the driver, but chose a seat not too far from the driver's seat. In this way, if the driver was disturbed by someone after he got in the car and decided to crash the car into the wall to kill him, Shuichi Akai could rush up to stop his action and take over the steering wheel.

It started raining in Tokyo without us noticing.

On the swaying bus, Shuichi Akai occasionally observed the driver from the reflections in the mirrors and glass.

However, after driving to many stops, the driver did not show any abnormality, as if he did not know him at all.

Shuichi Akai was not in a hurry. He continued to wait for possible situations and observed the other passengers in the car.

Just then, the bus stopped at one of the stations and a slightly plump old man holding a long-handled umbrella got on the bus.

The old man glanced around, then walked over and sat down next to Akai Shuichi.

Shuichi Akai's posture did not change, but his mind instantly returned to its most alert state.

However, he did not react too much - there were not too many passengers on the bus, and many of the passengers who had just boarded the bus seemed to dislike his fierce temperament and did not sit next to him, so the seat next to him was one of the few empty seats on the bus.

The old man was obviously a little absent-minded, and his attention was more focused on what was behind him. Only after he sat down next to Akai Shuichi did he see the appearance of the man next to him.

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His movements suddenly became a little stiff, and he looked like he wanted to get up and change seats immediately, but he thought that would be too deliberate, so he just froze there.

This reaction caught Akai Shuichi's attention immediately.

He looked at the old man quickly and obscurely, and whispered, "Are you also a client of Jiang Xia?"

——When the old man bent down and sat down, a corner of the business card in his pocket appeared.

The business card had obviously been in his pocket for a long time, and he took it out and put it back again and again, so it was worn out and a little old.

However, with Shuichi Akai's observation skills, he immediately recognized its source - this was the fifth edition of the business card that Jiang Xia had been using a while ago.

This high school detective loves to give people his business card whenever he has nothing to do, and the style of his business card can be easily found out.

(End of this chapter)