Chapter 1063 1071 [Uzo's Revenge Mode] Ask for monthly ticket (づど)
The opening ceremony began, and as the lights turned off, the banquet hall gradually darkened.
The guests were surrounded by darkness, but they were not alarmed.
They attend various banquets throughout the year and are very familiar with the general process - at these banquets, the organizers often play some very commemorative projections, and at this time, the lights naturally need to be turned off.
…
Sure enough, not long after, the host stood on the stage.
A beam of light fell from above his head, covering him: "Everyone! Next, I will introduce to you the works of today's most important guest, our national treasure painter, Mr. Kisaragi Minemizu!"
As he finished speaking, a screen nearly ten meters long and seven or eight meters wide slowly descended from the side of the stage.
The projection was projected on it, switching between paintings.
Dozens of pictures flashed by slowly. All of them had the same theme - Mount Fuji in various forms, seasons, and angles.
The host's voice came melodiously: "Mr. Kisaragi loves Mount Fuji. He has spent more than 30 years concentrating on depicting the majestic appearance of Mount Fuji. This time, Mr. Kisaragi specially presented a new work of his to celebrate the completion of the twin-tower skyscraper of his student, Chairman Tokiwa!"
The paintings were finished, the projection screen went off, and the guests' attention, guided by the host, returned to the stage.
"Please enjoy - "Spring Snow on Fuji"!"
The curtain slowly opened.
In the darkness, Mao Lilan looked at the huge silhouette on the stage and whispered to two classmates in surprise, "What a huge painting."
Suzuki Sonoko was also a little surprised. Rutsuki Minemizu seemed to be uninterested in commercial activities such as the "opening ceremony", but she didn't expect him to be so attentive.
But then he thought: "After all, he is sending a student. Maybe he is quite satisfied with Chairman Tokiwa's student..."
A row of lights as bright as daylight suddenly shone down, accurately illuminating the painting.
Suzuki Sonoko stared blankly at the stage, and the rest of the words suddenly got stuck in her throat.
Jiang Xia noticed that something was wrong with her, so he moved his eyes away from the business card and looked back in the direction of Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko.
On the stage, in front of a huge painting, there was a slightly swaying figure hanging.
——Chairman Tokiwa, who had just been beaming with joy, was now strangled by the neck and hung in the center of the painting. She lowered her head, motionless, with her hands hanging down, and she looked very peaceful.
“…”
“Aaaaaa——!!”
After a brief silence, screams of terror suddenly broke out.
Toru Amuro: “…” We agreed to set off “fireworks”, so why did they suddenly create a murder case… What on earth does Uzo want to do?
However, it may not be Uzo...
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia was like an enthusiastic detective, completely forgetting the boss of the dark organization standing beside him, and ran quickly to the stage.
Not far away, Kogoro Mori also rushed onto the stage.
…
Jiang Xia turned around and glanced at the corpse hanging in the distance, then quickly came to the control console and looked down at the operating switch.
Then he stared at the various complicated buttons whose purposes were unknown and remained silent for a while.
A second later, he knocked on the table naturally, awakening Sawada Chinami who was stunned beside him, and reminded: "Put the person down first."
"...Okay, okay!" Sawada Chinami was startled and came back to her senses. She reached out her hand in panic and pulled the joystick on the console.
…
As the easel rose again, Chairman Tokiwa's body gradually descended from the air and landed on the ground.
Kogoro Maori felt the pulse of his old acquaintance, rolled her eyes, and shook his head sadly: There's no hope.
Several other acquaintances also subconsciously ran to the stage at this time, even the slightly frightened Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko.
Jiang Xia walked from the operating table to the center of the stage where the corpse was.
The two classmates noticed his approach, and like two competent bodyguards, they suddenly parted ways and watched him expectantly as he approached the body.
"It was hung up by a wire." Toru Amuro looked up at Jiang Xia, then lowered his head again and studied the neck of the corpse.
Mio Tokiwa wore a pearl necklace around her neck. A steel wire extended from the necklace, passed through the top beam, and connected to the bottom of the huge painting. In this way, if the painting fell, Mio Tokiwa would be suddenly suspended.
Calculating the time, she had probably been hanging there for several minutes.
Jiang Xia sighed calmly, showing the qualities that a "good friend of the police" should have:
"Anyway, call the police first."
As he said this, he remembered something and turned to look at Mao Lilan who had taken out her cell phone after hearing the sound. He added, "By the way, you don't need to dial 110, just call Inspector Megure - he's downstairs."
"Okay." Ran Mouri quickly dialed up Inspector Megure's number - she had saved it before.
In addition to Inspector Megure, she also has the numbers of Officer Sato, Officer Takagi, and Officer Shiratori... It's not that she has the habit of deliberately collecting police officers' private cell phone numbers, but she uses them so often that she doesn't know when she suddenly collected them all.
…
While waiting for the police to come upstairs, Jiang Xia glanced at the stage.
Next to him, Toru Amuro looked very serious.
Although I vaguely knew why my boss was in a "heavy mood", it would seem a bit strange if I didn't ask him at this moment.
Jiang Xia then walked over and chatted with him in a tentative tone: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Toru Amuro frowned and said, "I'm just wondering, is this an ordinary accidental murder case, or..." or is it part of Uzo's plan.
——After arriving at the venue, Toru Amuro secretly wandered around as a "waiter" and explored the surroundings.
Originally, he thought he would get nothing just like what he did a few days ago at the Nishitama City Hall.
However, in reality, after walking around like this, he was shocked to find many time bombs hidden in the banquet hall.
Fortunately, there was still some time before the explosion, so Toru Amuro did not start the dismantling immediately. He wanted to find out the purpose of the organization... or Uzo.
Now hearing Jiang Xia's question, Toru Amuro was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should tell him about this.
——If I had Jiang Xia’s brain to help me, I might be able to discover many details that I couldn’t find myself.
But on the other hand, Toru Amuro thought: Uzo seems to never show mercy to those who intend to destroy his "stage" - I heard that the cadre in the organization who most often comes into contact with Uzo had to start a battle of wits and courage with Uzo because he had blown up Uzo's stage... What if he drags Jiang Xia into this struggle with Uzo and implicates the high school student who is determined to follow the right path?
Just as he was thinking, Amuro Toru suddenly heard Jiang Xia say in a firm tone:
"This is definitely not an isolated murder case."
(End of this chapter)
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