Chapter 2639-2651 [Undercurrent]
"Green... Bridge... Uh, who is this?" Conan squinted in the dim light and carefully observed the position diagonally in front of the aisle - the person sitting there looked very familiar to him, but he couldn't see clearly at the moment.
After a moment, looking at the glasses on the other person's nose, Conan finally confirmed: Hashimoto Maya, this is the weird guy who once took a plane with them and later joined the Jiangxia Detective Agency!
"I remember there was no news from him for a while... Wasn't this guy busy building an island? Why did he suddenly come to watch magic?"
Conan touched his chin in confusion: "Although we can't rule out that he came out to have fun, this kind of dark and noisy place is very suitable for conducting some shady transactions..."
Thinking of this, Conan's eyes moved and he looked around Hashimoto Maya.
Unfortunately, he was too short and the backrest was too high. If Hashimoto Maya had not suddenly leaned outward, Conan might not have been able to see him.
"Come to think of it, what did Hashimoto Maya do just now?" Conan couldn't see the potential trading partner, so he had to look away and think from another angle, "It was as if he was instinctively avoiding the person sitting next to him... Thinking in a more serious direction, could it be that the deal didn't go through, and the guy sitting next to him pulled out a gun and threatened him?"
This made Conan even more curious. He was about to say "I'm going to the bathroom" to the students next to him, and then quietly go around to see the more suspicious person next to the suspicious person, but before he opened his mouth, Conan remembered something and suddenly stopped.
"The show has just begun, isn't it a bit too conspicuous to run around now?" Conan thought carefully, "According to my experience, when illegal transactions are going on, there are often people nearby keeping watch - just like when I was concentrating on spying on the vodka being traded, but was attacked from behind by Gin with a baton... You must not step on the same trap twice. I must be patient this time, otherwise I will really die."
Thinking of this, Conan paid close attention to what was happening on Maya Hashimoto's side to prevent the two from escaping, while pretending to watch the show.
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After Conan, who was about to move, finally stopped moving and stayed in his seat obediently.
Beside him, Jiang Xia turned his head and glanced over here silently.
Jiang Xia: "..." Iced Tea's little brother actually came to this magic show, what a coincidence. Speaking of which, he was quite good at picking seats, and he actually picked the seat next to the FBI chief.
In addition, if I'm not mistaken, there's a cloud of alcohol and murderous aura moving back and forth backstage here - Gin wouldn't be so idle as to hang out backstage at a magic venue, so from this point of view, the person there should be Shuichi Akai.
"He is clearly tracking down 'Uzo', but he doesn't emit the corresponding colorless murderous aura, but still emits the same murderous aura as Gin..." Jiang Xia stirred the ice cola in his hand and said dissatisfiedly, "I really don't know whether to praise him for not forgetting his original intention, or to blame him for not grasping the key point."
He wanted to drive Matsuda Jinpei's puppet to the backstage to say hello to the FBI ace who didn't give him face. However, not far away, his most diligent subordinate seemed to be concentrating on his work...
The good boss with a conscience finally decided to sit back and wait and see how the situation develops before making any further decisions.
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on stage.
Xinghe Tongwu was performing a flying magic, but for some reason he felt a chill on his back. He couldn't help but look down at the audience. However, the area below was the same as usual, with only a dark mass of heads overhead, and nothing unusual could be seen.
"I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling." Xinghe Tongwu muttered to himself, and quietly checked the equipment behind him worriedly, "There's no problem. I checked it repeatedly before going on stage. Am I worrying too much..."
The magician landed smoothly in a state of slight doubt. He did not think too much and quickly got back to the next magic show.
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As the content of the performance changes, the light on the stage keeps switching.
In the chaotic beam of light, James looked at the guy next to him who was not Akai Shuichi at all. His eyelids twitched wildly: "..." He actually recognized the wrong person and called out Akai's name by mistake!
"If I remember correctly, this person who looks like Akai is also related to Uzo... If he is a member of that organization, he must know what the surname 'Akai' represents." Thinking of this, James regretted it so much that he wanted to crawl into the ground, "I actually exposed my identity so quickly??"
"…No, calm down. You can't just give up like this. You have to try to save the situation anyway."
A series of thoughts flashed through his mind, and James tried to stay calm and put on a kind smile. He said to the person next to him: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person - you are very similar to an enthusiastic young man I met a while ago."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." Stop pretending! The surname Akai is so rare, and you have a European and American look. You are actually a member of the FBI! And you are on the front line at such an old age. Maybe you are a small leader coordinating FBI agents!
After realizing this, for a moment, Hashimoto Maya wanted to jump up and run away, away from the dispute between her boss and the FBI.
But suddenly, he realized something.
"What did this old man just say?" Hashimoto Maya quickly recalled, "He mistook me for Akai and said, 'Didn't I tell you to wait outside?'... In other words, Akai Shuichi is outside the venue?!"
This thought flashed through her mind, and after a moment of stiffness, Hashimoto Maya sat back in her original position firmly.
——Now that the show has begun, there are few people around the venue. Even if there are gunshots, people who hear them from a distance will just think they are the noises of a magic show.
...That is to say, if he really escapes now, what awaits him is likely to be the capture of the FBI outside, and those people will not be afraid to open fire.
"I was just watching a magic show and just wanted to poach someone... How did it turn out like this?"
Hashimoto Maya was indignant for a moment, but soon found the answer to this question in his mind: What else could it be? Of course it was Uzo who asked him to poach players not long ago!
"What on earth does that gentleman want to do?"
As the code name "Uzo" flashed through my mind, all the strange current situations seemed to make sense.
Hashimoto Maya took a deep breath and tried to figure out the other party's intention: "Could it be that the purpose of digging magicians to the island is fake, and the purpose of attacking the FBI is real? ... But then again, why did this group of FBI appear at the venue of the magic show?"
(End of this chapter)
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