Chapter 36 People, live, but should not...
Chapter 36
As if to welcome IH, after a week of continuous light rain, a rare sunny day finally arrived.
The sunlight bathed the people, tinting them with a dazzling golden glow. The sun, a color like a salted duck egg yolk, hung high in the azure sky. A gentle breeze swirled between heaven and earth, brushing against them with an indescribable sense of comfort.
In a sun-drenched alley, a man dressed in black was smoking. Calculating the time was almost up, he shook his head, tossed the cigarette to the ground, and crushed it with his shoe. Having done this, the man turned and walked towards the end of the alley.
Parked under the roadside sign is a black vintage sports car - a Porsche 356A.
“Too slow.”
Seeing him get in the driver's seat, Gin snorted coldly from the back seat, his eyes fixed on him. "There are still fifteen minutes until my appointment with that woman. I don't want to be scolded for being late."
It would only take five minutes at most to get from here to their agreed location. Knowing Gin's meticulous approach, Vodka scratched his head, started the engine, and slowly headed towards his destination.
The car radio played a piece of music played by an unknown musician. Gin stared out the window expressionlessly. His voice was flat, but the man, also Vodka, heard his words clearly: "Any results on those two brats I asked you to investigate?"
The "little devils" Gin was referring to were, of course, Kurokawa Kaoru and Miya Yuu, whom he had seen at Dorobigaar Land. He'd only casually asked, but he'd noticed the embarrassment on Vodka's face.
Seeing this, Gin frowned: "What's the problem with these two brats?"
In truth, Vodka didn't know how to respond. The organization's affairs couldn't be known to anyone else. Since Kurokawa Kaoru and Miya Yu had seen them, they couldn't survive. Given the situation at the time, with so many police cars around, they had no choice but to let them go.
Then--
Things got out of control.
He first looked at the surveillance video, hoping to capture the faces of the two people to facilitate his search. However, no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find them in the video. He even hired a technician in this field, but they concluded that their skills were superior to his own.
In desperation, Vodka could only rely on his memory to search.
It was already late when he and the man made the deal. Due to low visibility, he could only vaguely make out that one of them was wearing a uniform resembling a school uniform. After asking around, Vodka confirmed that the man was wearing the uniform of the Inarizaki High School volleyball team, and he immediately drove to Inarizaki.
No matter how bad Vodka's memory is, he can always remember people he met not long ago.
I don’t know if it was because he was lucky, but after squatting at the door for more than ten minutes, he saw the boy.
“…”
"Long time no see, little brat named Gong You."
At that time, he was squatting on the path that the other person had to take to leave the school. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no other students passing by, Vodka walked out and looked at the other person with a sneer: "You should not mind walking with me, right?"
He was just a high school kid, so he'd be terrified if he encountered something like this. He'd anticipated every reaction the other person would have, but Vodka hadn't expected it. After hearing his words, the other person's expression froze, and he looked at him with a confused expression, "Who are you talking about? Gong Yoo? I don't think I know this person."
Don't know this person? Vodka's eyes widened.
How is this possible?
He was sure that he had not made a mistake by looking at the other person's face, but judging from the expression on the boy's face, it seemed that he was not lying. For a moment, Vodka became confused.
At this moment, several students wearing the same uniforms as the boys came out. They looked at them curiously, then smiled and said, "See you tomorrow, Azhi."
"See you tomorrow, Alan."
Hearing the other person's voice, the boy raised the corners of his lips, smiled and waved goodbye.
Those two short sentences were enough for Vodka to grasp a lot of useful information. Thinking of the "Azhi" he had just heard, Vodka's body tensed up, and his eyes narrowed behind his sunglasses: "Azhi...are you really not Gong You?"
"I already said I don't know this person."
The boy named "Azhi" looked at him helplessly, and he clearly heard the words: "I don't want to admit it, but I just have an ordinary face, right?"
“…”
"A common face?"
"That's right."
Vodka sighed. "Afterwards, I thought about it. The kid I saw at Inarizaki High School was indeed different from the one I encountered at Dorobigaar Paradise. So I thought..."
“I was completely deceived.”
"Being, being cheated?"
"When I saw our kid that night, his appearance was definitely not what you'd expect from an average person. I'm surprised you actually believed that excuse."
Seeing the cold sweat on the man's face, Gin lowered his eyes, his mind drifting back to the scene he'd encountered at Dorobigaar Paradise with Kurokawa Kaoru and the others. Thinking of that girl, who exuded a certain strangeness from head to toe, his expression shifted slightly, and he leaned back.
"Let's not talk about the common-looking kid for now. Have you found the other person?"
"About this matter..."
Vodka looked embarrassed. "I asked someone to look into their information before, but for some reason, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find anything."
Couldn't find any information? Gin's expression froze.
I don’t know what he was thinking about, his breathing became rapid and his eyes fell on Vodka.
"Don't worry about those two little brats."
"But big brother..."
"Didn't you hear?"
Gin's Beau-Retta M92F was already pressed against Vodka's forehead: "I said, forget it."
"I understand...Brother."
Gin put the gun back with a cold snort, looked at the ever-changing scenery outside the window, closed his eyes, and his brain was working rapidly.
The organization's technical staff, while not omnipotent, were still able to investigate a person's information. Those they couldn't find were either closely connected to the police's top brass, or, like them, came from the "darkness."
Thinking back to the joke the other person said at that time... Now that I think about it, it might not really be a joke.
This is really——
As if he thought of something interesting, the corners of Gin's lips curled up, and his words contained some emotions that only he could understand.
"interesting."
After all, he had agreed to help Kurokawa Kaoru attend Mrs. Kurokawa's tea party. So, Kuroba Kaito got up early on Saturday morning, sat in front of the mirror, and studied carefully for a long time. When the butler came over, what he saw was a "girl" who looked exactly like Kurokawa Kaoru in women's clothing.
"Master Kaito, today you are going to..."
"Make some cunning fellow owe me more favors."
After confirming that there was no problem with his makeup, Kuroba Kaito took a deep breath and then went out holding an umbrella.
According to the address sent by Kurokawa Kaoru, Kuroba Kaito came to a coffee shop.
Seeing "Kurokawa Kaoru" outside the coffee shop through the glass, Mrs. Kurokawa stood up and waved at him with a smile. Seeing this, Kuroba Kaito tensed up and walked in with his head held high.
To ensure the tea party went smoothly, the coffee shop had been reserved by Mrs. Kurokawa. Seeing someone slowly approaching her, Mrs. Kurokawa frowned, then suddenly smiled and pushed the menu in front of the person. "Xiaoxun, do you want cake or coffee? Omurice is also fine. Mom will ask them to make it."
She is such a willful and endearing lady.
After all, it was his first time meeting Kurokawa Kaoru's mother, and he had expected her to be the serious type. However, upon hearing her voice, Kuroba Kaito instantly relaxed. Picking up the menu and briefly flipping through a few pages, Kuroba Kaito lowered his eyes and said, imitating Kurokawa Kaoru's tone, "Thank you, Mom, but no need for the omurice. I'll just have the cake."
"Then order two cakes."
He waved for the waiter to come over, and after telling him what he wanted, Mrs. Kurokawa looked at him with a smile. The content of her words successfully froze Kuroba Kaito in his place: "Is there something that Xiaoxun can't come, so he asked you to take his place?"
"Mother……"
"Xiaoxun has never called her mom since she was little, and...Xiaoxun likes omurice more than cake."
Seeing the silence on everyone's face, Mrs. Kurokawa chuckled and huddled into the sofa behind her: "Since I haven't even told you about the address, it means Xiaoxun knows that you will reveal your flaws the moment I see you, and I will definitely not be angry."
Kuroba Kaito: ...
Since you already knew this would happen, you should have told him earlier, you bastard Kurokawa! Speaking of which, what's going on with Kurokawa's mother? As expected, she's the wife of the current leader of the Kurokawa family. I shouldn't have underestimated her.
Thinking of this, Kuroba Kaito sighed and raised his hands resignedly: "Kurokawa has something important to do today, I'll attend the tea party in his place."
"Even if it's not something important, with a friend like you who has great disguise skills, he will find a way to get you to take his place."
Not surprisingly, seeing the astonishment on Kuroba Kaito's face, Mrs. Kurokawa's shoulders trembled, and a smile filled her eyes. "Xiaoxun has always been like this when it comes to things she doesn't like. Yesterday, he told me on LINE that he would be there on time, and I felt something was wrong. Now it seems I was right."
Kuroba Kaito scratched his head awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Kurokawa."
"What's there to apologize for?"
Taking the cake from the waiter and pushing one of them in front of Kuroba Kaito, Mrs. Kurokawa raised the corners of her lips and fixed her eyes on Kuroba Kaito: "Originally, today's tea party was just a pretext. Although I can't see Xiaoxun acting like a spoiled child, fortunately you are here, and it can satisfy some of my wishes."
She clapped her hands and asked the maids hiding in the dark to come forward. She pointed at the various skirts in their hands. Seeing the fear on Kuroba Kaito's face, Mrs. Kurokawa's eyebrows arched and her face flushed beautifully. "I told the other ladies that I wanted to include Xiaoxun's women's clothing collection. Since you are Xiaoxun's friend and even came here on her behalf, you shouldn't refuse me, right?"
It was not until this moment that he understood what Kurokawa Kaoru's words "basically like that" meant. Kuroba Kaito closed his eyes, and before being pulled away by the maid, he couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.
TBC.
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