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She's dead. I killed her.
[But if you put down your gun, how can you kill her? ]
[But if it wasn't me, then who killed her? ]
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Noel rubbed his temples. He didn't expect that he fell asleep while drawing comics. He also had a strange dream, but unfortunately he couldn't remember some of it clearly.
After stretching, Noel threw the finished manuscript into the fax machine. These were enough to support the updates for another three months. He hoped that the editor would not suddenly call him to complain.
Thinking of this, Noel turned on his phone and saw the missed call, his expression instantly turned disgusted.
"Grappa, what have you been doing lately?"
As soon as the call was answered, the other party asked an angry question, which made Noel curl his lips and said in a sinister tone:
"Hey, Gin, why do you suddenly care about me so much after not seeing me for a few days?"
"And I remember I don't have any tasks recently, right? Is there anything?"
"The mission has been sent to your phone." Obviously, Gin didn't want to say anything more. After making sure Grappa was still alive, he immediately hung up the phone. This gave Noel a bad feeling.
The message on the mobile phone rang out, and a bunch of tasks were densely packed on it, vying to fill the screen.
Noel was quiet for a moment, then immediately called Gin again. As soon as the call was connected, the other party asked:
"Has the organization also begun to force employees to work overtime?"
"You don't like it?" Gin sneered.
Noel paused and looked carefully. They were all murder missions. No wonder they were looking for him... After all, several members in Japan, whether it was Chianti Calvados or Tequila, were busy in police station. These missions naturally fell on him. I'm afraid Gin won't have much free time during this period.
Is this a pitfall? But at least there is gin involved, and...
"With Bourbon?"
“Yes.”
"Is he an intelligence agent, holding us back?" Noel asked tentatively.
"Bourbon is still quite capable." It must be said that for an intelligence officer to be evaluated like this by Gin, it is obvious that he is very recognized.
Noel understood instantly that the action team was insufficient in number, and even the intelligence personnel had to be brought in to make up the numbers, not to mention that Bourbon had decent combat power. It seemed that he had really been screwed this time.
After all, for an undercover agent, it would be very painful to kill someone with his own hands.
Thinking of this, Noel perked up, knowing that he had to actively get kills in this mission. After all, it was more appropriate for him to do the killing himself. He could also appreciate Toru's unhappy expression, which he tried hard to perform.
"Got it. I'll go there now."
Noel stood up, packed up his painting supplies, put on his clothes, and walked out of the basement.
Xiaoguang was not at home at this time, after all, he was a junior high school student. Noel left a note and took out the food that Xiaoguang had prepared from the refrigerator, two sandwiches and some potato crackers. He was too lazy to heat them up so he just chewed a few bites and swallowed them. Then he washed the lunch box and put it back in the refrigerator, put on his coat and left.
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"You came pretty quickly." The blond man did not hide the sarcasm in his tone at all. He looked at the newcomer's appearance at this moment, with dark gray eyes and mature features. It was obvious that the other party had chosen the image of Grappa that he had disguised himself before, rather than his original real appearance.
"Does this mission require disguise?"
"Just in case." Ever since he revealed his identity as Xia Chuankong, Noel simply said, "After all, I have other identities now."
"You are quite cautious." Amuro Toru commented expressionlessly. Since that day he went back, he asked Ikaros to help investigate the whole matter. Although he was not able to dig out the whole story, based on the traces found by Ikaros, what the other party said was very likely true. Thinking of this, he almost couldn't pretend to be friendly anymore.
But at the same time, the current situation is not suitable for any rash actions. After all, the opponents, as people known to Xia Chuankong, are like hostages in a sense. I am afraid that as long as there is any unusual movement in the public security, Grappa will discover it and use it as a threat, and he will also discover his undercover identity.
Is that already so tricky, Grappa?
The blond man regretted all the time that he should have paid more attention to catching Grappa as soon as possible, otherwise it would not have come to this.
"Do you mind if I take a call?"
Noel probably guessed what Amuro Toru was thinking. Before he could feel guilty, he saw a new call marked as a detective's contact.
"You answer it."
"OK."
Noel pressed the answer button, and a childish voice full of worry and anxiety suddenly came from the phone:
"Hey, Kong, are you home now?"
"Conan? Sorry, I've been a bit busy these past two days." Noel answered skillfully, not forgetting to look at Toru Amuro's expression, but unfortunately he couldn't tell anything.
"Then where are you?" Conan couldn't help but ask, then realized that he was a little too impatient, and explained: "I haven't seen you for a few days, I thought you were sick and was a little worried."
The blond man at the side obviously reacted when he heard the word "sick". He raised his head and looked at Noel. As he looked at the man who was taller than him, his gray-purple eyes clearly showed a trace of sarcasm.
"It's okay, I'm with my friends." Noel said while deliberately looking at Amuro Toru. The other party obviously didn't want to acknowledge him, turned his head and closed his eyes to rest.
"Nothing else, I'm hanging up now. I'm still busy." Noel briefly explained and quickly hung up the phone, looking at Amuro Toru helplessly:
"Let's carry out the mission as soon as possible."
"Are you busy going back?" Toru Amuro also returned to his previous gentle and harmless appearance, but he said, "You acted well."
"Should I say thank you for the compliment?" Noel put away his phone and said:
"After all, when you were in America, Toru, you often disguised yourself while gathering intelligence. I even saw you at a restaurant in a shopping mall."
"It was for gathering intelligence."
"But it's fun, isn't it?" The black-haired killer said so, and then he put away the smile on his face and said softly: "Now, it's time to carry out the mission."
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"Kong is not at home. He said he was with his friends." Conan said to the two police officers after listening to the beep after the phone was hung up.
"I heard it. How can this guy have any friends?" Hagiwara Kenji said bluntly, "He is lying."
"That's not the case. Kong has such a gentle personality. Everyone in the Junior Detective Team likes him!" Conan defended Natsukawa Kong.
"That guy likes kids," Hagiwara Kenji thought of his behavior in front of the group of kids and said with his forehead raised, "You haven't seen his aloof look before. He was particularly sharp-tongued and called me uncle. In short, he was not lovable at all."
"That doesn't mean he has no friends."
"Intuition." Kenji Hagiwara answered with his eyes half-closed, looking mysterious.
Conan was stunned for a moment, but then he understood the real reason why Hagiwara said that. If their speculation was correct, then in order not to implicate others, Kong Ge would definitely not have many friends, and the children of the Junior Detective Team would mostly take the initiative to get in.
Conan felt guilty for a second when he recalled how he and the detective team kids went to Natsukawa's house on time, and then he realized the worst possibility.
Since they are not friends, with Kong Ge's simple social relationships, it is self-evident who he will be with at this time... Wait...
"Is it a girlfriend?"
"What?" Hagiwara Kenji widened his eyes.
"There was one time before, a few days ago, when Kong Ge was not at home, Xiao Guang said that Kong Ge was on a date with his girlfriend."
"It sounds like an excuse." Hagiwara Kenji stroked his chin and commented, "The last time I heard such a lame excuse was when we were in the police academy and went out to socialize. Xiao Zhenping really couldn't stand the enthusiasm of girls, so he said he was going on a date with his girlfriend."
"Though it's not a lie," Hagiwara Kenji dodged Matsuda Jinpei's punch accurately this time. He remembered that when the other party was questioned, he could only use the appearance of that blond bastard as an excuse. He couldn't help laughing, but he was worried that he really annoyed Jinpei, so he could only cough quickly, looking a little weird.
Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help but roll his eyes, and then continued to ask: "So who is this so-called girlfriend?"
"Xiao Guang only said that she had blond hair and dark skin..."
"Pfft——hahahaha" Hagiwara Kenji finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. Under Conan's confused eyes, he laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward and even put one hand on Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder. The latter didn't even shake it off in disgust. He seemed to be frozen in place, with visible shock on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"Ahem," Hagiwara Kenji forced himself to stop laughing and waved his hands, "I just didn't expect it to be the same color scheme."
"That's what Xiao Zhenping said back then, hahaha." He couldn't help laughing again, like a psychotic twitch, and even made Conan doubt whether it was a bit hasty to cooperate with Officer Hagiwara? He was so serious and even scary when he asked about the physical condition of Kong just now, but now he is like this again in just a moment.
"Do you think there's something wrong with Natsukawa Sora's girlfriend?" Matsuda Jinpei finally spoke up to bring the topic back to normal. However, there was something a little strange about the word "girlfriend" he pronounced. Conan didn't care about it and directly stated his guess.
"Generally speaking, when a person wants to describe a person's appearance out of thin air, there will always be loopholes, so they tend to use real people as references," Conan subconsciously glanced at Matsuda Jinpei. Obviously, this may also apply to his "girlfriend", but unfortunately, there was no change on the face of the iceberg, so Conan had to continue:
"I know someone who knows Kong Ge. He also has blond hair and dark skin, but he's a man."
The vampire who appeared on the ghost ship and was known to Kong Ge, after Conan talked to Sonoko, finally confirmed his more specific appearance:
"He has gray-purple eyes and should be only in his twenties. Although it's just a guess, I think he may be related to the organization." After saying this in one breath, Conan met the solemn expressions of the two police officers.
"Do you...know each other?"
The feelings of Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei at this time were so complicated that they were comparable to the social problems in the United States. For a moment, they didn't know which one to study first. Was it the first time they heard about a colleague who had not been heard from for many years as a "suspected criminal"? Or was it that this guy looked only in his twenties? ?
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