Chapter 1 Don't Think Too Much
Jiang Xia gently kicked away the dead leaves and looked at a half-dried mud shoe print on the ground.
The owner of the shoe print has a size 43 foot, which is 265 in the commonly used size in the island country. The pattern is anti-slip threads and the edges are worn.
There are other similar footprints ahead.
Jiang Xia knew that this was actually stepped on by a bag snatcher.
Today, Jiang Xia went out fully prepared, intending to take care of his own important business.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, he was suddenly called away by his boss - the bag of an important researcher in the organization was stolen, and Jiang Xia's boss, the model worker code-named "Gin", remembered that Jiang Xia was familiar with the area, so he temporarily transferred him over to look for the bag.
Jiang Xia stopped his motorcycle and continued forward following the muddy shoe prints on the ground.
A woman's cold voice came from the earphone beside her cheek: "The robber was half a head taller than me, the edges of his hair were dyed red, and there was a burn scar on the back of his right hand near the thumb."
Miyano Shiho described the situation in great detail, and her tone was calm and uneventful... She didn't sound like an unlucky person at all, who had just had her bag snatched and was pushed to the ground.
"I understand." Jiang Xia knew everyone in this area. As soon as he heard that dyeing hair red would cause burns, he had already identified a gangster as a candidate.
He estimated the distance and said, "I should be able to get the bag back. It won't take too long. Give me five minutes."
Miyano Shiho said “hmm”.
After hesitating for a moment, she wanted to add, "Be careful."
But when he opened his mouth again, the phone had been hung up. A short "beep" came from the receiver, and then silence returned.
“…”
Miyano Shiho stared at the blackened phone screen in silence.
Whenever Jiang Xia received a call from Gin or other executives, he would always wait for the other party to hang up first. But this time...
Although this can also be explained by "time pressure".
But Miyano Shiho always felt that the truth was that Jiang Xia didn't want to listen to her voice for even a second longer.
…
Jiang Xia didn’t understand other people’s complicated feelings. He just wanted to finish overtime quickly and then do his own thing.
He took off his headphones and put them in his pocket, then turned a few corners along the maze of streets and came to an old three-story apartment building.
The apartment building is painted green, with a low barbed wire fence around it and a shabby locked unit door. The security conditions are pretty good.
However, it can only defend against French citizens.
Jiang Xia glanced at the row of named mailboxes and confirmed Hongmao's room number.
Then he climbed all the way to the top of the thick wire mesh that was very friendly to thieves, stepped on the edge of the mesh and jumped, easily flipping over to the third-floor balcony, intending to launch a righteous raid on the red-haired man.
Jiang Xia is an ordinary time traveler. His name was Jiang Xia in his previous life.
After coming here, the name of the new body is similar to his, "Jiang Xia", but he added another name at the end to adapt to the local customs, making it "Jiang Xia Tongzhi", which has a very island flavor, but upon closer inspection, there seems to be something wrong.
The original owner's mental state was not very healthy. When Jiang Xia came, he cut off half of his wrist and almost died.
In contrast, Jiang Xiatongzhi left behind a well-trained physique, with strength and reaction speed far beyond that of ordinary people.
This gave Jiang Xia some comfort.
…
Although his left hand's movements were a little slow, Jiang Xia had the added skill of Ke Xue, and in less than five seconds, he landed on the balcony of Bao Hongmao's house.
Inside the house, Hongmao was sitting in front of the TV with his back to Jiang Xia. He was laughing like a duck at the funny variety show while counting the money in his hand.
The TV volume was very loud. Jiang Xia gently pushed open the sliding door, walked behind the red-haired man, and chopped him down with a knife.
The cackling laughter stopped abruptly. Red-haired man flopped down.
The PRADA women's wallet on his lap also fell to the ground.
In the world before Jiangxia, chopping people with a knife was a matter of luck - if you were lucky, you could knock the person unconscious; if you were unlucky, you could send the person straight to the crematorium.
However, there are no cases of death by knife-like gestures in the world of science. It seems that everyone has a switch on the side of their neck, which can make them faint with just one click.
Jiang Xia walked around the fainted Red Hair, picked up the money scattered on the ground, gathered it up, put it back into Miyano Shiho's wallet, and then left with the bag.
As he walked out of the apartment door, Jiang Xia glanced at the digital watch on his wrist: 15:49:57.
There are still more than forty seconds left before the "five minutes" agreed upon with Miyano Shiho.
Jiang Xia then petted a passing stray cat to kill time. Five minutes later, his cell phone rang.
——Gin sent the meeting address.
Jiang Xia had just finished reading the email when it was automatically deleted again, just like the call record just now, it appeared and disappeared mysteriously.
“…”
This villain cadre is obviously very strong, but he is overly cautious...
Jiang Xia shook his head, stood up, identified the location, carried Miyano Shiho's bag, and walked towards the place Gin said.
The Black Organization, as the boss-level villain organization in the Conan world, has always left the impression of being mysterious, secretive and cruel to those who know the situation.
Based on Jiang Xia's observations during this period, this impression is indeed pretty close to the truth.
(End of this chapter)
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