Chapter 691 Where are the people?

Jiang Xia quickly stopped.

But it was obviously too late.

——He turned his head as if nothing had happened, and saw that Conan's expression next to him had become very complicated.

In Conan's opinion, this subconscious reaction of his childhood friend at least shows one thing - Toru Amuro is indeed the kind of scum who would throw bugs around and even throw them on employees. Only in this way can it explain why when the topic of "bugs" was mentioned just now, Jiang Xia's first reaction was to look for them on his body, instead of "Haha, how is that possible? The boss is not that kind of person."

“…”

Thinking of this, Conan didn't know whether he should be relieved or not.

At least this time, Jiang Xia seemed to have discovered something wrong with Amuro Toru... It seems that he is not completely unable to distinguish scumbags, but he discovered it a little late.

There is no way around it. Of course, the scumbags will try their best to get close to the genius. Although their purpose is not pure, their enthusiastic intention to get close to him is obviously real, because Jiang Xia will be useful to them.

Then, when necessary, the scumbags will reveal their sinister true colors and use Jiang Xia to achieve some unspeakable purpose... When that time comes, Jiang Xia's original intention of "bringing the scumbags to justice" will become as difficult as sacrificing his own relatives for the sake of justice.

Conan hesitated, unable to pretend he knew nothing.

He couldn't help but ask, "What on earth were you doing when you went out this time? For some people, it is the wisest decision to stop before it is too late. Tolerating them to break the law is actually harmful to them."

Jiang Xia: “…” He seemed to have not said anything yet, but the pots flew over one after another and piled on the boss.

...Fortunately, this is not a big deal.

Although Conan is an all-rounder who graduated from the Hawaii special training class, as an elementary school student, he has no right to arrest people. Even if he joins the FBI in the future, this place is still the territory of the island police for the time being.

In short, in the eyes of the red team like Conan, no matter how many faults the boss has, the police can find various reasons not to arrest him, not to mention that Toru Amuro will not leave any evidence to arrest him.

Thinking that his boss was a weight-bearing king who could carry countless heavy pots on his shoulders and would never fall down, Jiang Xia's guilty conscience immediately dissipated a lot.

So when faced with Conan's question, he hesitated for a while and said, "I have a commission."

Then, when Conan's eyes were fixed and he wanted to get to the bottom of it, he sighed and cut off the other person's words: "Don't ask." With a deep pat on the head, like a mature adult who was under a lot of pressure facing a child who was asking questions ignorantly, "I don't want to say."

Conan: “…”

...He really likes to ask questions, and he is good at it. He can always get to the point accurately, until he gets to the truth, or someone interrupts him, or the other party can't stand the entanglement and wants to attack him.

But no matter what the situation was, those who had been asked by him basically answered while sweating profusely, to the point of limit... But now, Jiang Xia suddenly and very clearly asked him not to ask.

Conan fell into deep thought for a moment.

…Few people asked him to “stop asking.” Conan actually wanted to ask, but the moral sense of a famous detective made it difficult for him to refuse.

If you hesitate for a moment, the topic will go off track.

"We should go back soon." Jiang Xia took out his phone, turned on the date, and turned to Conan, "Since you have also finished viewing the maple leaves, do you want to go together?"

As he spoke, Jiang Xia was secretly thinking: Although the mission has ended, the incident should not be over yet. On the way back, not only do we have to cross half of Gunma Prefecture, but we also have to pass through Saitama Prefecture before finally reaching Tokyo. On the way, if the boss has a flat tire once or twice...

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia stood up, temporarily leaving Conan who was full of thoughts, and walked towards Amuro Toru's room expectantly. It was the maple leaf season here, and there were many guests staying overnight. Their rooms were not next to each other, but separated by a distance.

…

Then when we arrived, we found a cart in the corridor and the cleaner was cleaning the room.

Jiang Xia initially thought that this might just be a routine daily cleaning.

But when I looked inside, all the luggage was gone.

"……?"

...Where are the people?

There were so many bags, even if some of them were confidential, it was impossible for Toru Amuro to carry the bags with him while eating breakfast or taking a walk. At most, he would take out the confidential parts and take them with him.

But now...nothing, nothing.

Could it be that...

Jiang Xia gradually began to have a bad feeling.

Conan, who was following behind and watching vigilantly, was also stunned.

Jiang Xia looked at the empty room for a while, then turned to the cleaner who had noticed him.

After staring at each other for a moment, Jiang Xia hesitated and said, "Um, the person who lives here..."

The cleaner recalled the record on the dispatch list: "That gentleman has already checked out."

Jiang Xia: “?”

Conan: “???”

Conan was puzzled for a moment and looked up at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia's surprise was very genuine, as if he was completely unaware of this.

And for some reason, Conan discovered that after his neighbor was stunned, his eyes actually fell on the air next to him, and he seemed to be distracted, but Conan couldn't be sure if it was his illusion - he always felt that Jiang Xia's gaze was not on the potted plants in the corner when he was in a daze, but seemed to be hovering in the air.

“……” Although he didn’t know what happened, this somewhat strange situation still made Conan alert.

He reached out and tugged at the hem of Jiang Xia's clothes: "Are you okay?"

"……fine."

Jiang Xia looked away from the strange spot and looked much more normal. Conan breathed a sigh of relief and looked in that direction again, but saw nothing. In the end, he could only assume that the cleaner had stirred up dust while cleaning and Jiang Xia was looking at them.

When Conan was looking suspiciously into the air.

Next to him, Jiang Xia pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and went downstairs, walked through the corridor and the quaint stairs, and came to the front desk.

…

"You mean the gentleman with a Japanese name who looks like a foreigner?"

It was a bit early and the front desk hadn't changed shifts yet. Among the people currently on duty was the one who was helping Amuro Toru with the paperwork in the middle of the night.

She obviously still had an impression of Amuro Toru: "That gentleman checked out in the early morning and left overnight, saying that he had something urgent to do... By the way, you are Jiang Xia, right?"

The receptionist endured for a long time, but couldn't help but staring at him as she spoke - looking at Jiang Xia up close was a different feeling compared to seeing him on TV... She wanted to reach out and pinch him to see if it was real, but as a hotel employee, that seemed too rude.

(End of this chapter)