Chapter 374 Observation of Red and Black (Combined Chapter)

When the food for Gin's table was served, Jiang Xia had already finished his meal.

The topic of conversation with Mao Lilan gradually turned to other topics.

"Come to think of it, it's been a while since we went on a trip together." Mao Lilan scooped the last piece of pudding into her mouth, remembered something, and smiled:

"Do you remember the Suzuki Museum of Art that Sonoko mentioned the last time you came to school? It's opening date is set for the 23rd, and I heard that there will be many treasures from her family's collection on display - if you are free that day, we can go visit together."

"Suzuki Museum?"

Hearing this location, Jiang Xia immediately thought of a green energy core... no, a green art egg, and Kidd's face.

...In his impression, the opening ceremony of the Suzuki Museum of Art will exhibit the 51st Emperor Easter Egg discovered so far - the "Egg of Memory".

And Kidd set his eyes on this egg for a series of reasons.

As long as Kidd steals the egg, he can generate the corresponding energy core.

When the time comes, he will rob Kidd again and get energy cores to upgrade the ghosts... In addition, Jiang Xia remembered that this incident would also involve some murders, and he estimated that he would be able to pick up some ghosts and murderous aura.

...I want to go.

Calculating the time, there are still a few months left, which does not conflict with the current work of silencing witnesses at all.

He agreed with confidence and began to look forward to the pleasant journey ahead.

…

Next table.

Gin also heard the conversations and caught what he thought were the key words.

Suzuki Museum of Art, a treasure house in your home...

Suzuki Zaibatsu?

There was actually a member of the Suzuki family among Usa's classmates, and it sounded like the two sides were getting along pretty well.

…It seems that Uzo is well aware of the organization’s expectations of him and is already preparing to break into high society in the future.

Gin thought that in a few years, when he wanted to kill a big shot again, he would no longer need to collect intelligence and plan for weeks or even months in advance, dispatch a large number of people to take risks in assassination, and then spend energy to clean up and avoid the pursuit of the police and other organizations...

Instead, all you need to do is send Uzo over and let him talk, and the goal can be achieved silently.

——This bright future made Gin cut the steak much more skillfully than before, and a cold light of expectation flashed in his eyes.

Next to him, Conan glanced at Gin's slightly upturned mouth, and was frightened by the inexplicable sneer of the man in black.

...Speaking of which, the last time Gin appeared on a train, he left a bomb that almost blew up the Shinkansen, killing dozens or even hundreds of people on the spot.

And now... he is smiling with such malicious intent, what is he planning? !

Conan's eyes were solemn, and he felt that there was danger all around him in an instant.

…

Gin vaguely sensed some kind of hostile and veiled gaze.

He turned his head and glanced in the direction of his sight, but didn't find anything threatening.

I did see Jiang Xia unconsciously looking in a certain direction, and then quickly looked away.

Gin took in the scene, turned his head silently, picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.

When he put the cup down, he adjusted the position of the black coffee cup.

As the angle changed, the wall of the cup vaguely reflected the image of a person - it was a middle-aged man standing cautiously next to Izumo Keitaro, tall and thin, with a high middle-parted hairline.

Gin looked at the man, thoughtfully.

If memory serves me correctly, this wasn't the first time Uzo looked in his direction.

And the look in Uzo's eyes didn't mean he was observing deliberately. It was more like he was distracted and habitually turned his eyes to something that interested him.

Gin was no stranger to this look - Wu Zo had looked at him like this before, probably because he could always provide Wu Zo with some challenging assassination missions.

But now, the person next to Keitaro Izumo is obviously unlikely to give Usa a task.

But he was able to make Uzo express his appreciation and care quite a bit... He was the key link in the murder drama?

While Gin was secretly observing the target of this assassination and the tall and thin passerby behind the target who was suspected to be Uzo's tool.

Next to him, a pair of eyes fell on him again while Gin and Vodka were not paying attention.

——Conan held the cup, covering most of his face, and looked at Gin vigilantly with his exposed eyes.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Gin's eyes would occasionally turn to his table, as if he was observing Jiang Xia... What did this scary man in black want to do? ?

Conan remembered how Gin had hit him with a club near the amusement park, and he felt a dull pain in the back of his head again.

Many bad thoughts also came to my mind.

——Gin might have behaved like this because he recognized Jiang Xia as a famous high school detective, and was worried that Jiang Xia would hinder the Black Organization's evil plan, so he was secretly vigilant and ready to silence him at any time.

After all, Gin should have had experience with this kind of thing, because there was another well-known high school detective, Kudo Shinichi, who secretly filmed the transaction scene of Vodka. If Gin had not discovered it in time, he would have lost Vodka, his capable partner.

If this is the case, then it is normal for Gin to be wary and concerned when he meets the high school detective again...

Conan nodded secretly, feeling that his above inference was quite reasonable.

At the same time, he turned and looked at Jiang Xia.

The neighbor was concentrating on chatting with Xiaolan, and he didn't know if he noticed the suspicious gin and vodka... No, it would be better if he didn't notice - Conan thought that his optimistic, cheerful and positive personality was almost forced into paranoia after the unpleasant dealings with the Black Organization.

Jiang Xia's mentality was not very healthy to begin with, and he had only recently become a little interested in life. If he was told about the existence of the Dark Organization at this time...

Conan was so lost in thought that he forgot to conceal his gaze.

Perhaps it was because this look was too strong, Gin at the next table suddenly turned his head and looked over here.

The two of them suddenly looked at each other.

In an instant, Conan's hands and feet stiffened, his heartbeat accelerated, and his pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip. He felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake that had killed countless people. The air around him seemed to become cold and slippery, and he even stopped thinking for a brief moment.

However, this situation did not last long.

——Gin looked at the child next to Jiang Xia who was holding a cup and staring at him, then quickly looked away, not paying much attention.

He is usually very busy, so after silencing someone, he often consciously ignores information about the dead person and shifts his attention to things that need to be remembered more.

So Gin didn't have a deep impression of the "dead" Kudo Shinichi.

Plus, it’s hard to imagine an adult suddenly turning into a child, so Conan added a pair of glasses to his face to confuse the view…

In short, Gin did not recognize that this was Kudo Shinichi, who had been hit hard by him and had also drunk APTX4869. He just thought Conan was an ordinary child.

And speaking of kids...

In fact, because Gin looks very different from Asians, there are often some impolite children staring at him in public, and then they burst into tears when they are stared back.

On the other hand, there have been a few brave kids who have tried to pull his hair as they passed by...

Compared with these two extremes, Conan's presence is much lower.

But this did give Gin a little reminder.

——He knew that his aura was usually quite oppressive. It could scare some children to tears, and perhaps it could also have an impact on adults.

When he entered the dining car before, the tall and thin middle-aged man who was being stared at by Wu Zo had stared at him for a while, and his expression vaguely revealed his fear of his high-ranking counterpart.

If I continue to stay in the dining car, I don’t know if it will affect Uzo’s clever guidance...

Anyway, the meal was over. Gin put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth, and left without staying any longer.

Vodka came to his senses and quickly stood up, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

Just now, he was sitting at the table next to Wu Zuo, and he could look over the head of the high school girl and make eye contact with Jiang Xia without noticing.

Therefore, Vodka had to keep his head down and stare at the plate, pretending to be in deep thought, in order to avoid staring at each other for too long, or Uzo would accuse him of affecting his exquisite layout.

Fortunately, we can leave soon... Vodka strides to catch up with Gin, and for a moment he feels that the narrow box without Uzo is so beautiful.

Just as I was thinking about it and walked to the door of the dining car, I suddenly heard an angry shout from behind:

"I told you to book the Royal Suite, look at what you booked! - That small, shaky room is for people to stay in? It's too small even for a pig!"

Hearing this, Gin paused slightly as he was pulling open the sliding door and glanced back coldly.

Vodka subconsciously looked back and after a second, he realized he was being scolded.

He glared angrily and saw that the person who was shouting and cursing everyone present as pigs was their target this time - Izumo Keitaro.

The person who bore the wrath of Mr. Izumo was the jewelry store manager he hired, Toshinori Kagoshi.

The tall and thin Jia Yueli pushed his glasses and explained carefully:

"The number of royal suites is limited. When you decided to take this train a few days ago, they were already sold out. Only some ordinary compartments were left. In fact, if you took a plane, you should be able to book a first-class cabin..."

"Shut up!" Izumo Keitaro slammed the table angrily. The topic of "flying or taking the Beidouxing" seemed to remind him of something bad, and he became even more angry, "I want to take this train!"

Jiang Xia took a sip of the juice on the table and ate melon and watched the show with other guests, feeling quite relieved.

In this world, people who display this kind of attitude are generally already shrouded in the aura of death.

It seems that I can successfully complete the mission this time. I don't have to worry about Gin killing people in advance and robbing his ghost... Thinking of this, Jiang Xia happily picked up the juice can and refilled the glass of Conan who was flattered beside him.

Jiang Xia could understand why Izumo Keitaro didn't want to submit the transportation tools.

Because as far as he knew, Izumo Keitaro did not take this train voluntarily, but was caught by someone for drug trafficking - someone anonymously asked him to take this train today to make a deal, and threatened him that if he did not come, the evidence of his drug trafficking would be made public.

This anonymous threat actor is actually the store manager hired by Mr. Izumo - the timid Toshinori Kagoshi.

Jia Yueli is not an ordinary worker.

He was once a member of a small gang of robbers.

The gang was a very common pattern of two men and one woman, and the female robber happened to be Kagoshi Toshinori's girlfriend. The other was the leader of the small gang - Asama Yasuji, the only one of the three who was on the wanted list.

A few years ago, this three-man gang set their sights on Mr. Izumo's jewelry store.

Jia Yueli then sneaked into the store as an undercover agent, intending to work together with his two accomplices to rob the store after finding out the situation.

However, after being undercover for a while, before the robbery began, Gayuelize's girlfriend suddenly died of a drug overdose.

Jia Yueli suspected that his girlfriend became addicted to drugs because she was seduced by Asama Yasuji, and in anger he parted ways with the robber leader.

Since he had nowhere to go for the time being and was not in the mood to continue his robbery career, Jia Yueli stayed in the jewelry store where the salary was not low and continued to be a diligent worker.

Year after year...before I knew it, I became the store manager.

After climbing to the position of store manager, Jiayue Li gradually discovered that boss Izumo was trafficking drugs.

At the same time, he was shocked to find that his current situation was very similar to an out-of-print novel manuscript that he had accidentally snatched.

——It was an unpublished novel that he stole from the editor of the famous mystery novelist Yusaku Kudo when he robbed a bank ten years ago. Only the first half.

After the novel was stolen, Kudo Yusaku never continued writing it, and few people have read it.

Kagetsu is a fan of Kudo Yusaku. After becoming a jewelry store manager and finding himself in a very similar situation to the murderer in the novel, he decided to follow the plot in the novel and kill the robber leader Asama Yasuji who caused his girlfriend to become addicted to drugs.

The drug dealer Boss Izumo was a prop in the entire murder plan. Kagetsu planned to invite Asama Yasuji and Boss Izumo to the car at the same time, disguise himself as Asama Yasuji, kill Boss Izumo in public, and then create the illusion that Asama Yasuji "committed suicide out of fear of crime", killing two birds with one stone.

——In other words, after exposing Kagetsu Risuke’s plan, we can pick up two shikigami at once…

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia looked at Jiayue Li Ze with a little appreciation.

At this time, the guests were all attracted by the loudly swearing boss Izumo.

Except for Gin, who was standing far away with a wide field of vision, and Vodka, who was paying close attention to Jiang Xia, no one noticed Jiang Xia's strange gaze.

(End of this chapter)