Chapter 50 Former Classmate Becomes Bomb Criminal
Pedestrians strolled along the road in twos and threes, some walking their dogs, others commuting to work with briefcases, and still others being couples in the throes of new love...
Along the road are shops with different decorations, places where people shop, and there also stands a beautiful and charming building.
With its oval roof inlaid with cool-toned glass, the Mihana Museum, constructed of metal frames, resembles a large, egg-shaped gemstone from afar—modern yet elegant.
Across from the Mihana Museum is the most famous café on the street—Hana Hana Café, renowned for its artistically designed tables and chairs.
At a certain table, a handsome young man with long silver hair and a young girl with braided pigtails sat facing each other, creating a striking scene.
Kurosawa Jin picked up the iced Americano on the table, took a sip, and turned his gaze to the Beika Museum outside the window.
"You mean, Rei Furuya and Hiromitsu Morofushi made a deal with Baileys because they wanted clues about me."
"Yes." Gu Gu, wearing a pair of black sunglasses, nodded like a rattle-drum.
"Then they stupidly agreed to Baileys's request to steal a gem from the Miho Museum."
"Yes, that's right."
"At the same time, the organization codenamed Animal will also target this gem."
Yes, yes.
Kurosawa Jin: ...
As the saying goes, people can laugh when they're speechless. Kurosawa Jin was in that state at the moment. Although he had a faint smile on his face, he was not happy at all inside.
Early this morning, Baileys messaged him, inviting him to watch a good show at Flower Cafe, saying she wanted to give him a wonderful gift.
Originally, Kurosawa Jin would never have agreed to Bailey's perverted request, but a few minutes ago, Gu Gu suddenly appeared and teleported him here with a snap of his fingers, also informing him that Bailey was going to kill Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu.
"Do you remember? Before you faked your death, when Baileys and some assassin kidnapped you?" Gu Gu gestured wildly as she explained the current critical situation to him.
“Back then, he noticed Rei Furuya and the other three. When Rei Furuya and Hiromitsu Morofushi joined the organization, Bailey recognized them at a glance and planned to offer their deaths as a gift to you.”
As if he'd heard something hilarious, Kurosawa Jin couldn't help but say, "Given as a gift to me? Is he out of his mind?"
When a normal person discovers an undercover agent, they would report it to their superiors immediately. Why would they resort to such tricks?
Just like when Baileys tried to kidnap Kurosawa Jin, all her efforts ended in utter failure. If Kurosawa Jin were to do it, a stick and a sack would be enough.
Kurosawa Jin, who admires such an extravagant style of doing things, has met two people in this world: Bailey's Sweet and Phantom.
"Hey, why are you arguing with BT! What he's doing makes it easier for us to rescue people!"
"Cough cough, you've made me thirsty." Gu Gu snatched the coffee from Kurosawa Jin and drank it all in one gulp.
"In short, it was my oversight that I didn't notice him, but believe me, we still have a chance to make amends!"
"So what do you want me to do?" Kurosawa Jin looked at the empty coffee cup and tilted his head to ask.
"I don't have any weapons on me right now, so completing this mission will be quite difficult..."
Gu Gu looked at Kurosawa Jin's emerald green eyes. His eyes weren't fox-like, but they gave Gu Gu a sense of cunning.
"Speak, what do you want?" Gu Gu knew perfectly well that Kurosawa Jin was negotiating with her. "Let's make it clear first, I won't give you weapons from ultra-high latitudes or those that are highly dangerous."
To prevent a repeat of Gin's tragic death, Gu Gu forcibly confiscated the spatial ring that Zhang Tongri had given to Kurosawa Jin, leading to a cold war between the two of them for several days.
“Okay, I want…” Kurosawa Jin casually listed a few magical gadgets.
Under Kurosawa Jin's watchful gaze, Gu Gu reluctantly took out his spatial ring and handed it to him, saying, "There are only a few things inside, nothing like a laser cannon. Don't ask Zhang Tongri for it anymore."
Having perfectly achieved his goal, Kurosawa Jin saw Gu Gu off with satisfaction and began to plan how to save Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu.
He had previously seen the mission information that Baileys had given to the two of them. The mission to steal the gem was originally Baileys's responsibility, but Baileys pushed it onto Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu through a deal.
The mission is simple: steal a sapphire necklace from the Mika Museum's collection. It is said that this necklace has healing abilities, and some even claim it can prolong life.
Regardless of whether the rumors are true or false, the distillery's boss is very interested in it.
"The tissue codenamed Animal".
Kurosawa Jin didn't know much about this organization, since it was a separate entity. According to Gu Gu's intelligence, this animal organization had also set its sights on the gem.
"I'd venture a guess: without my intervention, Baileys would have encountered a powerful animal organization while on this mission," Kurosawa Jin muttered to himself, tapping the table with one hand.
"After the first year of the Conan Era, Baileys didn't appear, which means that Baileys most likely died in this incident."
Since that's the case, why not let him deliver the Baileys?
The gem exhibition hall inside the Beika Museum is one of the most popular exhibition halls in the Beika Museum. Visitors come and go in a bustling manner. Humans seem to have a special fondness for things that sparkle.
The gem exhibition hall is very large and built in the style of Western Greek architecture. One marble column after another stands there, as if guarding the gems.
Various dazzling gemstones and rare minerals are displayed in tempered glass domes. People dressed in different styles stop to admire them in front of the domes, occasionally letting out a gasp of amazement.
On the north side of the hall are a series of marble steps, and at the top of the steps, the coveted top-quality sapphire sits obediently. There is a warning line in front of the steps to prevent tourists from stepping on them.
Rei Furuya had a camera hanging around his neck. He wore a casual brown jacket over a white short-sleeved shirt, looking as youthful and energetic as a college student.
He picked up his camera, seemingly taking pictures casually, but in reality he was observing the surrounding crowd and the patrolling security guards.
For this mission, they decided on a plan where Rei Furuya would steal the jewels, while Kagemitsu Morofushi would provide backup outside.
After several days of investigation and stakeout by Furuya Rei, he had already figured out the basic structure of the gem exhibition hall and the security shift change times.
He glanced at his watch; it was 11:30. The number of tourists was gradually decreasing at this time. In thirty minutes, the security guards would change shifts, which would be the best opportunity to steal the sapphire.
"Zero! Something's wrong!" At that moment, Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was on lookout outside, said through his earpiece, "There are several police cars parked at the entrance of the museum!"
On a side street near the Beika Museum, Morofushi Kagemitsu sat in his car, his eyes fixed on the police car parked at the museum's entrance, which he could see clearly from his angle.
Two men got out of the police car, one tall and thin with slightly long hair, and the other with curly hair and a thuggish air.
A ridiculous thought flashed through Morofushi Kagemitsu's mind: "Could it be Kenji and Jinpei?!"
"What?" Rei Furuya's incredulous voice came through the headset. "Them?"
On the other side, Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji showed their police IDs to the staff inside the museum.
“We have received a report that a criminal is carrying a bomb in the gem hall of the museum. We hope you can cooperate with us to evacuate the crowd.”
A month ago, after being suspended for seven days, they returned to the Metropolitan Police Department and were transferred to the First Investigation Division. Today, they received an unknown emergency call claiming that a criminal carrying a bomb had been seen in the gem exhibition hall of a museum, so they came to investigate.
Upon hearing Matsuda Jinpei's explanation, the staff member was shocked and began to cooperate with the two.
“Kijinpei, the bomber should still be in the exhibition hall. He has a bomb on him, so we can’t alert him,” Kenji Hagiwara analyzed.
"Okay, evacuate the crowds in the other exhibition halls first." After saying that, Matsuda Jinpei instructed the remaining police officers and staff to work together.
They led a small team, with several junior police officers guarding the two entrances to the gem exhibition hall, while Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda, who were in charge, quietly sneaked into the gem exhibition hall.
"According to the informant's description, the bomber has blond hair, is wearing a brown jacket, and is holding a camera," Kenji Hagiwara whispered to Jinpei Matsuda, blending into the crowd.
"Pay close attention to people like this."
"Um!"
Although there were fewer people in the exhibition hall than at other times, there were still dozens of people. Fortunately, the clues provided by the complainant were quite identifiable, and most of the people could be eliminated by focusing on the "blonde hair".
A minute later, Matsuda Jinpei spotted a suspect loitering in the exhibition hall.
Golden hair, brown coat—it all matches! But why does it feel so familiar? Matsuda Jinpei stared at Furuya Rei's back as he slowly approached him.
"Hey, sir, you seem to have dropped a pen." Matsuda Jinpei, holding a pen (which was actually his own), pretended to be an innocent tourist and patted Furuya Rei on the shoulder.
From the moment he heard Matsuda Jinpei's voice, within a few short seconds, Furuya Rei's thoughts raced. He had once fantasized that one day he would see his classmates again, but he never expected it to happen so soon.
"Haha, this isn't my pen." Furuya Rei pretended to be very calm and turned to look at Matsuda Jinpei.
The face of the blond, dark-skinned, handsome man came into full view of Matsuda Jinpei. Matsuda Jinpei's eyes widened, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Shocking! A former classmate who disappeared a year ago has become a vicious bomber!
"You, you, you..." Matsuda Jinpei pointed at Furuya Rei, momentarily at a loss for words.
"Sir, do we know each other?" Furuya Rei feigned ignorance, blinking his eyes in an attempt to deceive him.
In his view, his plan to steal the jewelry with Morofushi Hiromitsu had no flaws, and no one else could have known about it except Baileys. Meeting Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji here was probably a coincidence.
As a well-trained police officer, Furuya Rei believed that Matsuda Jinpei would understand his hints.
A few minutes later, Matsuda Jinpei understood. He knew that Furuya Rei might be on some dangerous mission, and he couldn't reveal the other's identity.
"I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else."
Matsuda Jinpei first apologized loudly, then leaned close to Furuya Rei and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Someone called the police saying that a bomber had infiltrated the exhibition hall, characterized by blond hair and a brown coat."
Huh? A bomber! Shouldn't he be a thief? How can he be a bomber?! Furuya Rei was a little confused.
Wait a minute! It seems he was betrayed by Baileys!
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