Chapter 1039 1047 [Jiang Xia, be careful of Wu Zuo] Ask for monthly ticket (づど)
Toru Amuro: "..."
"Sorry, I have something else to do." He raised his hand to hold Jiang Xia and pushed him forward skillfully. "You can ask him to investigate the case."
"Humph, just a so-called 'threatening letter' and you're already asking for help from a detective. Do I look like the kind of woman who can't keep her cool?"
Okano Rika shook her sleeves and snorted with disdain.
After humming, she glanced arrogantly at the person pushed out by Amuro Toru, her eyes fell on Jiang Xia, and her tone gradually became less firm.
After a moment, Okano Rika thought for a moment and said:
"But, there's still some time before the party starts, so I'll just sit back and do nothing. If you guys want to help, I'll agree with you reluctantly. After this is over, I can give you a set of autographs so you can show off to the people around you."
Suzuki Sonoko: “…”
Conan: “…”
Toru Amuro was used to clients with all kinds of tempers, and he didn't have any special reaction to Rika Okano's attitude.
He whispered to Jiang Xia behind him, "If you encounter anyone suspicious, contact me immediately. Also..." He sighed, "Be careful - there may be other cadres around tonight."
Jiang Xia was stunned, then nodded, his expression becoming a little more serious.
He swept his eyes across the hall, as if instinctively looking for the dangerous "other cadre".
Amuro Toru felt relieved when he saw Jiang Xia was on guard.
He carried the tray and quickly strolled away somewhere else.
…
A few meters away, Conan turned around and caught a glimpse of the scene just now. He originally wanted to get closer to eavesdrop.
However, in order to attract customers, Conan ran to Okano Rika and the others. When he came to his senses and wanted to come over, Amuro Toru had already left.
Conan: “…”
He had no choice but to walk to Jiang Xia, glance at Amuro Toru's back, and asked with a slight vigilance: "What did he just say?"... Sneaky, he always felt that this boss was up to something.
Jiang Xia came back to his senses and looked down at Conan, looking as if he wanted to tell him but couldn't: "It's a confidential matter of the firm. It's related to the client."
"Is that so..." Conan retreated unwillingly - although he was skeptical about the authenticity of the answer, since Jiang Xia said so, he was afraid that he would not get anything out of it even if he asked again.
I'm debating whether or not to secretly follow Toru Amuro.
At this moment, a voice from the side interrupted.
"Um, hello."
Rika Okano's assistant, the woman in a suit, came over.
She looked at the two high school students in front of her, and especially the elementary school student. She seemed a little at a loss as she rarely came into contact with such young work partners. It took her a few seconds to get back to her working state.
"I'm Ozaki Midori, Ms. Okano Rika's assistant." She bowed lightly to the three of them, then stood up and gestured to the corridor behind her, "--please follow me over here."
…
Of course, it is not appropriate to discuss the threatening letter in public.
Ozaki Midori quickly led the three of them and caught up with Okano Rika who was walking in front of her.
The group came to an elegant lounge.
The lounge was filled with the scent of flowers. Ozaki Midori asked them to sit down at the coffee table and poured them a few cups of tea.
After several weeks of courtesy, she carefully took out an envelope and placed it in front of Jiang Xia.
"This is the threatening letter we received this morning. I don't know when it was thrown into the crack of the office door. We checked the surveillance but couldn't find anyone..." She shook her head helplessly, "I'm sorry to bother you."
Jiang Xia nodded, picked up the envelope, checked it briefly, and then opened it to look.
There was only a piece of thick letter paper inside. The paper quality was very good. When I ran my fingers along it, I could even feel the uneven texture on it.
The paper was folded in two. When it was unfolded, there was no written text on it. Instead, it was made up like a traditional kidnapping letter - the sender cut out the required individual words from various places and pieced them together into a letter like this:
[The flower of death will bloom at tonight's party]
The signature in the lower right corner is not words, but a rose, so red that it seems like it will bleed at any time.
"Ozaki just loves to make a mountain out of a molehill."
A few meters away, Rika Okano was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, touching up her makeup with a small brush.
Hearing several people discussing the threatening letter, she leaned closer to the mirror and took a look at her perfect makeup. Then she turned around and said with a cheerful smile:
"If you ask me, this must be a prank deliberately left by someone who is jealous of my achievements. If I am afraid and my performance is affected, that person will be very proud. If I am as cautious as Ozaki and directly terminate the performance, then he will make a fortune - haha, he has a beautiful idea, but unfortunately, I will not do such a loss-making business, I don't have time to waste on them!"
"Is this the avant-garde flower arrangement artist?" Conan whispered to Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko, "I don't know if he is avant-garde in flower arrangement, but compared to traditional artists, his temper is quite avant-garde..."
"The flowers are also very avant-garde." Suzuki Sonoko also whispered to him across Jiangxia:
"I haven't seen the live show, but I heard that her performance is like that of a great magician - the flowers that were closed a second ago seem to hear her command and suddenly bloom the moment the work is completed. It's so beautiful."
Rika Okano's ears are very pointy.
She looked at the few people who were whispering together, frowned and observed for a moment, then suddenly looked at Conan accurately and asked suspiciously: "Kid, what were you whispering about me just now?"
Conan: “?!”
The corner of his eye twitched and he waved his hands, trying to get away with it.
However, before he could think of what to say, the door of the lounge was suddenly knocked from outside.
Okano Rika was startled and was about to respond impatiently.
But before she could say anything, the person who knocked on the door had already pressed the doorknob, pushed the door open, and entered the room.
…
He was a sturdy man wearing a suit. Like all the guests, he had a flower pinned on his chest and walked like the wind.
When Ozaki Midori looked up and saw him, her expression changed slightly.
She stood up suddenly, with a hint of respect in her movements: "Mr. Bai Mu."
When Shiraki Daisuke saw several unfamiliar faces in the room, he frowned, obviously very displeased with the behavior of bringing "outsiders" into the lounge.
However, after a moment, his eyes swept over Suzuki Sonoko's dress, and in the end he said nothing.
——After all, they were guests who came to the banquet. As the host of the banquet, Shiraki Daisuke had to be polite as long as they were called "guests". This was the unspoken rule in the industry.
He then withdrew his gaze, pretending not to notice the three extra guys in the room, and turned to Ozaki Midori.
(End of this chapter)
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