Chapter 91 Gu Ze VS Fake Kurosawa Formation
"Splash splash splash!"
The icy tap water fell in a straight line onto the sink as Gu Ze stood in front of the bathroom sink washing his hands.
The mirror on the sink reflected Gu Ze's handsome face. Gu Ze looked up and met his reflection in the mirror. Their two identical almond-shaped eyes met.
He sighed deeply, as if saying to himself, "I'm feeling a bit craving a cigarette."
I advise you not to.
Gu Ze turned around and saw Ying Hai Naoto pointing at the no-smoking sign on the wall, looking at him expressionlessly.
"You saw him? Can you tell what he is?" Gu Ze asked, shaking the water off his hands above the pool.
The "he" Gu Ze was referring to was the person the police arrested at the movie celebration party, the one with a face just like Kurosawa Jin's.
At that time, Gu Ze and Conan stayed in the banquet hall and did not go with Inspector Megure and the others to arrest the fake Kurosawa Jin.
Fortunately, the police were very helpful, except for a small accident – “Kurosawa Jin” jumped from the third floor of the hotel to escape and landed in the bushes.
So they are currently in the hospital, and the police plan to question "Kurosawa Jin" thoroughly once he wakes up.
"Yes, although the mastermind made it very realistic, it is certain that it is a puppet made from one person's ashes," Naoto Hideaki stated calmly.
"It was the Alliance that did it, right? The ashes used should be those of Gin himself."
Gu Ze recalled the news he had seen; the headline seemed to be "Shocking! The grave of the former heir of the Kurosawa Group was brutally mutilated!"
The ashes buried in that tomb belonged to Gin, a fact known to very few. Moreover, only members of the Anti-IF Alliance possessed such resurrection technology.
“The last time Negroni’s ambush attempt failed, they’ve done it again. This is really interesting.” Gu Ze’s interest was instantly piqued.
So here's the question: why did Negroni and that Number One bring in a fake Kurosawa Jin? Was it to replace me or to annoy me?
At this moment, Naoto Eikai interrupted Gu Ze's thoughts and reminded him, "The puppet made from the ashes of your counterpart is very likely to have the same DNA as your original body."
"Once the DNA report comes out, the police will believe that this is the real Jin Kurosawa."
"Tsk, this is a bit tricky." Gu Ze frowned. "Fortunately, I had my main body explain the situation to the higher-ups in the Public Security Bureau beforehand, and at the same time, I handed the matter over to the Public Security Bureau."
After all, the higher-ups in the Public Security Bureau knew that Kurosawa Jin hadn't died, but had gone undercover.
Seeing that it was almost time, Gu Ze and Yinghai Naoto left the restroom and headed towards the ward.
Regardless, let's go and meet this "Kurosawa Formation" first.
Before they even reached the ward door, they encountered Haruhiko Ichihara in the corridor, who was holding the DNA report and looked very serious. His eyes seemed a little red.
He was the person sent by the Public Security Bureau to take over this matter.
Noticing that Gu Ze and Ying Hai Naoto were walking in his direction, Ichihara Haruhiko came back to his senses.
“Naoto, and…” He paused slightly, looking at Gu Ze’s face, and said awkwardly, “Mr. Gu Ze.”
"Hmm, the DNA test results are in?" Naoto Eikai stared at the paper in Haruhiko Ichihara's hand.
“Yes.” Haruhiko Ichihara adjusted his glasses and handed the report to Naoto Hideaki.
His voice was low and hoarse, "It's Ah Zhen, that person is Ah Zhen..."
Haruhiko Ichihara rushed over after learning that Inspector Megure had caught someone who looked exactly like Jin Kurosawa.
Meanwhile, the police leadership transferred the case to him, requiring him to suppress it and keep it from the public.
Gu Ze stood next to Ying Hai Naoto, looking at the data on the paper, and thought to himself that it was just as Naoto had said.
He was curious to see what kind of story the puppet would tell to the materialist protagonists about his "death and rebirth".
The afternoon after the celebration banquet, in a private ward of a hospital.
Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda stood at the door of the ward, one on each side, like gatekeepers, having rushed over after receiving the news.
Opposite them were Naoto Hideaki and Haruhiko Ichihara, while not far away, Gu Ze and Conan Edogawa sat on chairs in the corridor, looking in that direction.
After the police took over the case, people like Gu Ze and Conan shouldn't have stayed, but they couldn't resist the two's shamelessness and Yinghai Zhiren's pleas.
"You've seen the DNA test report, and the person sleeping inside is Jin." Haruhiko Ichihara's gaze swept over the two people opposite him.
Kenji Hagiwara had his head down, making it impossible to see his expression, while Jinpei Matsuda leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, his brows furrowed.
"Brother Chunyan, what did the higher-ups in the Public Security Bureau say?" Matsuda Jinpei asked.
Haruhiko Ichihara shook his head. "They didn't say anything, they just told me to slow things down and wait for them to have a meeting to discuss it."
"Tsk, these incompetent guys." Matsuda Jinpei clenched his fists, looking annoyed.
"Baka! Back then, they stopped our investigation, insisting that Kurosawa was dead! But what happened? Kurosawa wasn't dead at all! He was covered in wounds!"
"You've all seen the scars on Kurosawa's body, right? The doctor also said that there are various drug residues in his body, and..."
"Alright, Jinpei, stop talking."
Kenji Hagiwara, who had been keeping his head down, urgently stopped Jinpei Matsuda from speaking, since everyone knew what was going on.
Almost everyone present saw the doctor examining Kurosawa Jin.
Those marks show that the "Kurosawa Formation" has suffered inhuman torture over the past few years!
Of course, Gu Ze and Naoto Hideaki don't think so...
Oh ho! Is this some kind of self-inflicted injury ploy?
Gu Ze thought to himself, then turned to look at Conan, who was frantically gathering information.
"Ahem, everyone, why don't we wait until Mr. Kurosawa Jin inside wakes up before asking him properly?"
As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. Gu Ze, who appeared to be an outsider, stepped forward to speak at this moment.
"However, I think Mr. Kurosawa Jin must have amnesia, because he avoids Hagiwara, Matsuda, and Inspector Megure whenever he sees them."
Conan followed up on Gu Ze's words and analyzed the situation.
“Yes.” Haruhiko Ichihara nodded in agreement.
They all seemed to have gotten used to Conan's exceptional intelligence, and some even had vague suspicions.
"Clanging and banging!" A sound came from inside the ward.
The person inside has woken up!
Matsuda Jinpei, who was next to the doorknob, was the first to react and opened the door with a twist.
Kurosawa Jin stood by the window, looking at the group of people who came in with hostility. He reached for the window with one hand and held a fruit knife in the other. There was an overturned fruit plate on the ground in front of him.
The window was opened, and "Kurosawa Jin" looked out. The height of the sixth floor made him hesitate. If he jumped, he would be crippled even if he didn't die.
After hesitating for a while, "Kurosawa Jin" looked warily at the other side and said, "Who are you! Why are you arresting me!"
As he spoke, he didn't put down the fruit knife in his hand.
"Kurosawa-nii, calm down. We won't hurt you. We used to be neighbors!" Kenji Hagiwara tried to reassure "Kurosawa Jin".
“We’re still friends!” Matsuda Jinpei added.
Haruhiko Ichihara chimed in, nudging Naoto Hideaki, who had been slacking off, with his elbow, signaling him to speak up as well.
"Ahem." Naoto Hideaki rolled his eyes inwardly and said in a slightly robotic tone, "I am your... younger brother."
Faced with the sincere words of the group, "Kurosawa Jin" gradually relaxed, muttering to himself.
"Neighbors, friends, younger brother..."
"Why? Why? I can't remember anything!"
He looked bewildered and pained, his eyes darting around as if trying to recall something.
Kenji Hagiwara said with concern, "Why don't you put down the knife and we sit down to talk?"
A minute later, "Kurosawa Jin" sat on the hospital bed, and everyone surrounded him.
After the "Kurosawa Formation" calmed down, they introduced themselves.
“You are my younger brother, you two are my neighbors and friends, and you are my classmate at police academy…” His gaze swept over each face, finally settling on Gu Ze and Conan.
"And who are you?"
"Haha, Kurosawa-nii, my name is Edogawa Conan. This is our first time meeting," Conan replied awkwardly.
Gu Ze raised an eyebrow and said casually, "I am Gu Ze, a detective."
"Mr. Kurosawa, I am very interested in your experiences over the past few years. Would you be willing to share them?"
Before Gu Ze could finish his question, he received a glare from Matsuda Jinpei, who scolded him for being too direct.
"These past few years..." The person sitting on the hospital bed gripped the sheets tightly, a hint of fear on their face.
"One day I woke up with amnesia. I was surrounded by a white room, a white bed, and white people. They gave me injections, drew blood, and gave me medicine..."
His voice grew softer and softer, as if he were resisting fear. His body trembled slightly as he shrank back, his eyebrows lowered, and his eyes vacant.
Just as he was about to fall into a nightmare, Kenji Hagiwara went up and patted "Kurosawa Jin's" hand, comforting him, "Kurosawa-nii, it's alright now."
Kenji Hagiwara thought to himself, "I need to arrange a psychologist for Kurosawa-san." When he saw the needle marks all over the back of Kurosawa's hands, his throat tightened.
Everyone present was intelligent and could guess that "Kurosawa Jin" was described as a laboratory, so all they could feel now was heartache.
Besides Gu Ze and Yinghai Naoto...
So this is the pitiful script? Tsk! What is he pretending for! Gu Ze was extremely annoyed.
Don't make that face with my face, hey!!!
"Then how did you escape?" Gu Ze asked.
"Later, someone attacked the place, and everyone was running away. I took advantage of the chaos to find a window and climbed out."
“I kept running away and running away… In the countryside, there was an old lady who lived alone. She took me in for a month. After a month, I felt safe outside, so I came out.”
"I found a street by instinct; it felt so familiar..."
Next, he described in fits and starts his life these past few days, exposed to the wind and sun, and how he was led to the victory celebration banquet.
“Mr. Kurosawa, I’m curious, who would be so kind as to take in someone of unknown origin?” Gu Ze seized on the loophole in the other person’s words.
Kurosawa Jin paused and said, "Because the old lady had some mental problems, she mistook me for her son, so I just went along with it."
After explaining, he innocently retorted, "You don't believe me? Everything I said is true. You can check it out if you don't believe me!"
"Oh, it was just out of a detective's curiosity, after all, what you said has a lot of implications..."
Before Gu Ze could finish speaking, Conan elbowed Gu Ze's leg forcefully, "Brother Gu Ze, stop talking!"
Tsk, this imposter! Gu Ze was forced to mute himself, which made him even more annoyed.
At this moment, Haruhiko Ichihara, who was taking notes, pressed on, "Anything else? What else do you remember?"
“They… those people called it Base Fourteen, and my code name was… C208.” Kurosawa Jin recalled painfully, his whole body trembling.
“Base Fourteen!” Upon hearing this name, Haruhiko Ichihara looked up abruptly.
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