Chapter 18401848 [Jiro's Battle of Wisdom and Courage]
After some preparation, the grand banquet was finally held.
"Welcome everyone to participate in the fashion competition between Putuo and Liutiao." The host held up the microphone, setting the mood. "The competition will be held tomorrow night. Today is the rehearsal. Please enjoy today's banquet."
The first step of the banquet is to taste red wine. I heard that the organizer prepared Romanee-Conti from the Bordeaux winery in France.
Jiang Xia was sitting in the guest seats, and saw the lobby manager and several waiters holding red wine bottles, pouring wine for the guests one by one. However, when they arrived at their table, several waiters seemed to have received instructions in advance and took a detour to leave.
Jiang Xia: “…”
On the other side, Jiro Izuka, who was dressed in formal attire, looked over from a distance. Seeing Jiang Xia's glass filled with juice, he sneered silently in his heart: "..." Providing cigarettes and alcohol to minors would be investigated by the police if reported. With so many people here, he would not be fooled by this cunning high school student.
The guy under guard was really evil-minded. He actually wanted to secretly guide the police to join in rescuing him. Fortunately, I was smart and didn't fall for it.
Izuka Jiro: “…” In addition, this point must be written down. Once you have caught solid evidence against Hashimoto Maya in the future, report it to your superiors.
He believed that this act, which was tantamount to betrayal, was enough to cover up his minor mistake of changing the place of detention on his own initiative - anyway, according to his observation, those cadres were top action-oriented and would not care too much about the process as long as they achieved their goals smoothly in the end.
Jiang Xia was playing with the juice cup when he suddenly felt a ball of murderous aura in front of him that was getting bigger and bigger as if it was inflated.
Jiang Xia couldn't help but glance over there, and saw that the guy distributing benefits in public was indeed Taro Izuka's younger brother.
Jiang Xia: "..." Vodka should learn from these two brothers. Look at how frankly they are when it comes to killing, and then look at how stingy he is with ice cream. Tsk, even though they are all members of the same organization, they are really different from each other.
…
Of course, you can't just drink a sip of such expensive wine like tea whenever you think of it.
So a toast ceremony was also prepared for the banquet.
The host raised his hand and gestured in the direction of Jiro Izuka: "Next, please let President Izuka lead the toast!"
Izuka Jiro held up the wine glass with his sturdy fingers and stood up gracefully. He said a few polite words: "Thank you all for your support! I wish the two major brands of Putuo and Liujiao will have more long-term development in the future."
After saying that, he took the lead in raising his glass and drinking it all.
Masumi Takamori sat next to several classmates, holding her own juice, staring at Naoko Torimaru and the wine glass in her hand - the poison was in that glass, she poured it with her own hands.
Seeing Naoko Torimaru raising her glass with others, Takamori Masumi felt panic in his heart and lowered his eyes, not daring to look directly at them.
However, after a few seconds, the venue was still bustling with activity, and the imagined scene of "corpses falling to the ground and guests running and screaming" did not appear at all.
"?" Takamori Masumi was a little confused and quietly opened his eyes again.
Then I saw Naoko Torimaru smell the red wine in front of her, frowned, and put the wine glass back on the table.
Takamori Masumi was stunned: "..." She didn't drink?
A faint voice floated over: "What are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking..." Is the poison smell very strong? She clearly didn't smell it before.
Takamori Masumi suddenly came to his senses halfway through his words and looked at the person asking the question: "I, I was wondering why you look so good even when drinking juice."
"Pfft! Cough cough cough..." Suzuki Sonoko was choked. She grabbed a handkerchief to wipe her mouth and looked at Takamori Masumi with a complicated expression: Although Masumi's cheerful personality is better than before, why does it feel a bit too much and too extreme?
Is it true that being cheerful necessarily comes with being a flower maniac?
Conan was amused to see his love-crazy classmate looking so frustrated, and he used a child's voice: "It seems like I saw another Sonoko-san! Hey, Sonoko-san, why did you choke? Is it because you heard the voice in your heart being spoken out by someone else?"
Boom!
Suzuki Sonoko blushed and punched him on the forehead: "Children, don't meddle in adult affairs."
Conan touched his head and was forced to remain silent: "..."Is it not possible to tell the truth?
As one of the focal points of the topic, at this moment, Takamori Masumi's mind was not at all on the conversation between the high school students.
She was still secretly glancing at Naoko Torimaru out of the corner of her eye.
At Naoko Torimaru's table, after the guests sat down, President Rokujo, who was sitting next to her, put down his glass and saw that she hadn't touched the glass. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you allergic to alcohol?"
Torimaru Naoko shook her head: "I can drink white wine and beer, but I always feel uncomfortable after drinking wine..." As she said that, she looked at the glass and sighed, "What a pity, such an expensive wine."
President Rokujo laughed heartily. Facing the employee he wanted to poach, he showed great gentlemanliness and patience: "Then let me do it for you."
As he said this, he picked up Naoko's wine glass and took a gulp.
Before he could take the second sip, President Rokujo shuddered and covered his mouth. The wine glass in his hand fell and shattered on the ground, spilling red wine all over the floor.
The people at the same table were startled and stood up. Naoko Torimaru saw that he looked strange and reached out to help him up: "Mr. Rokujo? What's wrong with you?"
But before he could touch anyone, President Rokujo had already fallen to the ground, apparently dead.
“…”
"ah--!!"
Screams rang out in the hall, guests ran around screaming, and after a moment of shock, the detectives stood up and rushed to President Rokujo... Everything finally became what Masumi Takamori had imagined.
At the same time, in the guest room on the wing.
Hashimoto Maya was lying on the window, listening to the commotion here. She was silent for a long time, and slowly exhaled tiredly: "..." I wonder if it was Jiro Izuka who died this time?
…
After a while.
The police car arrived with a roar.
Inspector Megure had just finished dealing with a big case involving the congressman, and before he could even catch his breath, he ran into Jiang Xia again.
Inspector Megure sighed: "Brother Jiang Xia, when will you go to England to play for a few days again?" I am getting older and want to rest more...
"I just got back. I'll consider going out after I see my friends." Jiang Xia was still thinking about his new ghost and new brothers, so he certainly wouldn't leave Tokyo easily. "How is the situation? You should have done a preliminary investigation."
Once they accepted their fate, the process immediately became the one that Tokyo police were accustomed to.
Hearing Jiang Xia's question, Sato Miwako came over with the information in her arms: "The victim is Rokujo Mitsuhiko, 33 years old, the president of Rokujo Fashion Design Company."
(End of this chapter)
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