Chapter 10411049 [Good-tempered Cadre]
"Hmm? ...Oh, thank you very much."
The secretary reached out to take the business card with surprise, her eyes fell on the place where Jiang Xia's signature was. She subconsciously ignored the meaning of "business card" itself, and assumed it was a "signature board". She admired it for a moment, and happily put it in her pocket.
Jiang Xia waited for a while, but the person on the other side didn't hand over his business card. He couldn't help but look at her twice more and urged her silently: "......?"
The secretary really wasn't here to ask for an autograph. She obviously misunderstood the purpose of Jiang Xia's urging: "Well, let me make it short. The fact is that -"
She put away the surprise Jiang Xia had just given her, looked around warily, then approached the detective and whispered:
"The banquet performance is about to begin, but my boss hasn't left the house yet. I went to his lounge and knocked on the door, but no one responded, so I wanted to ask you to go over and take a look."
Conan, who was eavesdropping, said: “…” That’s it?
...Who would come here specifically to find a detective just because the boss won’t open the door?
Jiang Xia glanced at Conan's complicated expression and showed a similar expression. He looked at the secretary opposite him and said, "Is it possible that he left temporarily or was on the phone and didn't hear it?"
The secretary shook her head. "The boss's lounge is a suite with a restroom. According to his habit, if he heard a knock on the door, he would definitely respond in the email even if he didn't want to make a sound, but he didn't.
"I knocked on the door for a while, and I remembered that in many case reports, there were similar things - someone's door suddenly had no one to answer, and then when you broke the door open and looked inside, you saw that the person had been in trouble...
"Actually, I tried to call the police just now, but they refused to come. I was wondering what to do, and then I saw you - detectives must be very good at handling these things!"
Conan: “…”
He looked at the secretary with a more complicated look: Has this person read too many detective novels? He looks mature and steady on the outside, but he is actually...
Jiang Xia looked at the secretary, then looked at Conan, and was silent for a moment:
This secretary who came out of nowhere has a very clear view of things, which is very different from some high school students who have shrunk... Perhaps detectives will be so blindly optimistic before encountering a case?
Come to think of it, with the frequency with which high school detectives encounter cases, if they were to be on high alert at the slightest sign of trouble, they would probably all have to see a psychologist regularly.
…
However, perhaps we should take care of this matter right now.
Jiang Xia met the secretary's expectant gaze, sighed, and showed an expression that said, "Although I think you are being unreasonable, since you insist, I will accompany you to take a look." "Where is your boss's rest room?"
"Please go this way!" The secretary's eyes lit up and he bowed to lead the way.
Conan and Suzuki Sonoko also sighed and had a new understanding of how easy it was to talk to Jiang Xia.
But since they have nothing to do anyway and they haven't found the threat maker yet, they might as well follow the secretary to the employee area and maybe they can make some other discoveries.
The two men quickly caught up with Jiang Xia and the secretary and entered the employee passage nearby.
…
At the same time.
About ten meters away, in the direction of the elevator.
Toru Amuro walked out from the aisle carrying a tray.
Just now, after separating from Jiang Xia and the others.
Toru Amuro went all the way to the floor where the cooking classroom was located, trying to find out what was going on with Subaru Okiya and find out the background of this suspicious person.
The door of the classroom was very soundproof, so I couldn't hear much noise through the door. I could only vaguely hear a sharp female voice, which was cursing.
After listening for a long time, the voice gradually became familiar. Relying on his strong memory, Toru Amuro slowly found the source of the familiarity in his mind - this was the voice of Michi Kamimori, the French cooking master.
Mitoko Uemori had appeared on food-related variety shows before, and when Toru Amuro was working part-time at an izakaya, the owner of the izakaya seemed to be a fan of Mitoko Uemori, and her images were often played on the small TV in the corner.
Toru Amuro: “…” Since Mr. Kamimori is still in the mood to curse, nothing serious should have happened yet.
Originally, Toru Amuro wanted to wait until Michiko Mori was in a better mood, then pretend to be in the wrong place, push the door open to see what was going on, and chat with her for a few minutes.
However, after waiting for a long time, the scolding continued.
“…”
After more than ten minutes, Toru Amuro's forehead jumped and he finally decided not to waste any more time.
He grasped the door handle and quietly pushed the door open. His eyes swept across the cooking classroom and his first focus was on Okiya Subaru.
It can be seen that Okiya Subaru's actions are completely different from those of the other students who are seriously cooking.
——Everyone else was paying attention to the ingredients on the table, or pricked up their ears, trying to hear some useful knowledge from Mr. Kamimori's scolding.
However, Subaru Okiya's attention was obviously not on things related to "cooking", but he was staring at a skewer on the small table next to him, as if thinking about something.
In addition, Okiya Subaru clearly has a level of alertness that ordinary people don't have.
——Just as Toru Amuro silently pushed the door open a crack, Subaru Okiya suddenly raised his eyes and looked over. His level of vigilance was completely unlike that of an ordinary "graduate student who came to learn cooking during his break."
Before he could observe further, Mr. Kamimori had already followed Okiya Subaru's gaze and discovered Amuro Toru who was observing secretly.
The corridor was a little dark, so she didn't see Toru Amuro's face, but she could see clearly that he was dressed as a waiter. So she walked over and slammed the door, cursing, "Go back to where you belong!"
Amuro Toru looked at the closed door in front of him: "..."
...From what I remember, Okiya Subaru seemed to have been scolded quite a lot when I was eavesdropping just now.
If this guy is really "Uzo", then he has a really good temper.
However, Toru Amuro thought again: Sometimes, some people will always be more tolerant towards those who are about to die - although there is no evidence, Toru Amuro always feels that Michi Kamimori's current situation may not be very good.
…
Toru Amuro wanted to stop it, but soon his reason told him that even if he ran over to remind Michi Kamimori to "be more careful", she probably wouldn't listen. Instead, she would become even more irritable and would be easily taken advantage of by someone.
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro sighed secretly and decided not to talk nonsense, but to try to start from the behavior, find out what Okiya Subaru wanted to do, and then stop him in a targeted manner.
——Although in front of this person who is suspected to be "Uzo", Amuro Toru must be a ruthless organization cadre who regards ordinary citizens as dust. But fortunately, Uzo had previously provoked him with that "invitation letter".
Even if Toru Amuro saves people now, it can be interpreted as "deliberately sabotaging Uzo" - in the organization, "Bourbon" has never been a good-tempered person.
(End of this chapter)
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