Chapter 345: Uzo, take a look at this new job... (two chapters in one)
The more business cards you exchange, the more likely you are to come into contact with potential customers.
Although a considerable number of the bigwigs present at the scene did not like detectives, they were all upper-class people with dignity and would still observe basic etiquette when handed a business card.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to tear up the business card and throw it on the ground in front of Jiang Xia, leaving a message like "Detective, get lost!"
...Of course, as a conscientious ghost collector, Jiang Xia actually looks forward to the latter situation, because this way he can pick up one more ghost - according to his experience, in this world, people who do such things have a very high probability of encountering a murder.
If this kind of person doesn't show up, and everyone just puts away their business cards, then when they encounter a case someday, they will remember this incident and look for Jiang Xia's business card that was thrown in the corner. Or, even if they can't find the business card, they will first think of Jiang Xia who gave them the business card.
As Jiang Xia thought about this, he blended into the crowd in a good mood. At the same time, he carefully memorized everyone's face, making sure to give out his business card to everyone present.
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On the other side, at Dr. Agasa's house.
Haibara Ai was eating while watching TV boredly.
After being reminded by Jiang Xia, she has been staying at home for many days. Although she is a homebody, since she started school, Huihara Ai has been running around with the Junior Detective Team. Now she is suddenly back to her old state, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable. So she enjoys watching boring celebrities live broadcasting on the street.
As she was looking at the shops on both sides of the street through the screen, as the camera moved forward, an old-style car on the side of the road came into her sight.
The car had a long hood and was completely black...to be more specific, it was a black Porsche.
——Gin’s favorite car.
Haibara Ai's expression suddenly changed, and her pupils lost their brightness reflexively.
After a second, she remembered that she was at home, several kilometers away from the live broadcast location, and her expression slowly relaxed.
But at the same time, she suddenly thought of Jiang Xia.
——This live broadcast was held on Kitajuku Street in Haido Town, not far from Haido City Hotel, and Jiang Xia seemed to be going to Haido City Hotel today to attend a memorial service for director Sakamaki.
There shouldn't be any connection between the two...
As I was distracted, a voice suddenly floated over me: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the live broadcast?"
Huihara Ai turned her head and glanced at Conan, and answered casually: "That car is the same model as Gin's car."
As a glorious traitor of the organization, she, like other traitors and double-faced traitors, likes to leak some information about the organization, which of course includes information about Gin.
However, what Haibara Ai did not expect was that after hearing this, Conan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly picked up the skateboard that he had just repaired, took a piece of wire from Dr. Agasa's laboratory table, pushed the door out, and disappeared in an instant, bringing up a gust of wind.
Huiyuan Ai: “?”
She was slightly stunned by this unimaginable dynamism, and then she also stood up - Gin's car was rare, at least she had never seen the same model in Tokyo for so long. This was certainly related to her seldom going out, but it was enough to show that this car was very closely associated with Gin.
What if the car captured in the live broadcast really belongs to Gin, and Conan tracks it down and uncovers Jiang Xia's affair with the organization; or if he comes into contact with Jiang Xia in front of Gin, and is spotted by Gin who has drugged him at close range, and then recognizes him...
The imaginations of patients in the process of becoming paranoid are always difficult to control.
Huihara Ai ran over and pulled up Dr. Agasa who was halfway through his meal, and found the car keys: "Hurry up, stop him!"
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Beihu City Hotel.
Jiang Xia walked around the banquet hall a few times, handed out the business cards he brought with him, and then looked at the various cards in his business card holder with mixed feelings.
What made me happy, of course, was that I received a large number of business cards, among which there were several familiar names.
What worries him is that no one tears up his business card or tramples on his face...the death flag has not appeared.
During this time, when Jiang Xia passed by Pisk, he also exchanged business cards with him.
From Piske's reaction at that time, it can be seen that this member did not seem to be aware of his identity as "Uzo" and only regarded Jiang Xia as an ordinary detective.
Jiang Xia then walked away as if nothing had happened after receiving the business card. It was a good thing that Piske didn't know him, otherwise if the assassination failed, Piske would impulsively try to sell out his teammates and blow himself up, which would only cause him trouble...
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After getting the business cards, it was almost time for the memorial service to officially begin.
Jiang Xia held the juice cup in his hand and glanced across the slightly noisy conference hall where countless celebrities were talking in low voices. Looking at the unfamiliar faces, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.
In the original world line, a total of two people died at the memorial service: one was the organization's assassination target, Congressman Tunkou, and the other was Pisco, who exposed his whereabouts during the assassination and was silenced by Gin.
The background for achieving this ending was: Conan, Haibara Ai, and Vermouth were present at the scene.
...But now, none of the three carriers of event physique have come.
Jiang Xia remembered that in the original world line, Haibara Ai and Conan came because they ran into Gin's empty car on the street. When Conan was installing a bug in the car, Haibara Ai accidentally dropped a hair. After that, the two left, and after Gin got in the car, he saw the hair of special color and instantly determined that Shirley had been there, so he planned to hunt Shirley... Haibara Ai was indeed attracted, and Conan came with her.
But the actual situation now is that Huiyuan Ai is staying at home, and no one shows Conan the car, so it is certainly difficult for Conan to find this place...
Jiang Xia stood in the corner of the banquet hall, looking at Pisco from afar, who was holding a wine glass elegantly and had a look of "reliability" on his face. After thinking about it, he felt a little regretful.
I should have thought of a way to trick Conan over a few days ago... After all, in the original world line, Pisco's exposure was very coincidental - when he aimed at the chandelier in the dark and pulled the trigger, a reporter in the distance secretly took a photo of a couple. In the background of the photo taken by the reporter, there happened to be Pisco holding a gun and shooting.
...On the other hand, if the reporter who took the secret photo failed to find the gossip material in the dim environment and pressed the shutter; or if he pressed the shutter but was at an angle where he couldn't take the photo of Piske; or if he took the photo a few seconds earlier or later...it would be difficult to silence Piske.
If he hadn't been silenced, he naturally wouldn't have had a chance to reveal his identity. In addition, if Pisker hadn't been shot dead by Gin, his descendant named Ireland would have had a hard time dying in the future... This isn't a blind box, it's a set of two blind boxes.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia's gaze paused for a moment as he passed by a few people carrying cameras.
We can't put all our hopes on journalists.
He decided to wait for a while, and when the lights in the banquet hall were turned off, he would set up the anonymous puppet and go to borrow a camera in the dark.
——If no reporter took the picture of Pisk holding the gun, then let the righteous anonymous person do it.
Although once the matter is exposed, the Anonymous people may attract the hatred of the Black Organization.
But it wasn't the first time that Miyano Akemi's puppet had done harm to the organization - last time Gin failed to kill someone on the Shinkansen, he should have had an impression of Anonymous. Now that there was another grudge, it wouldn't be a big problem.
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While Jiang Xia was choosing a camera, on the other side of the crowd.
The door of the banquet hall was pushed open a narrow gap, and two children, not even as tall as an adult's legs, slipped in quietly, hid in the corner, and observed secretly.
Half an hour ago, when Conan was heading straight for Gin's car, although Haibara Ai immediately called on the professor to chase him, Professor Agasa had to obey traffic rules when driving, and he couldn't ride the car stuck in front at a red light to chase Conan.
Therefore, when Conan caught up with him, he had already been there for a while. He saw him prying open the door of the black Porsche and was busy doing something inside.
Huibara's soul was almost scared to death, and with his arm strength bursting out, he ran over and dragged the person out.
Just at this moment, Gin and Vodka appeared across the street, seemingly preparing to cross the street and return to the car.
Conan and Haibara Ai held their violently beating hearts and left in a panic, without having time to do more checks.
So Haibara Ai accidentally left a hair behind.
Then, she heard from the bug that the organization was going to use the medicine she made to kill people, and she couldn't help but follow them.
This was one of the reasons why she was in the banquet hall.
Another reason was that she couldn't find a legitimate reason to stop Conan.
Under this premise, Haibara Ai thought for a moment and felt that she might be able to act as a buffer zone.
——Conan always has no clue about himself, but when it comes to other people’s situations, he will think more.
If she didn't go, Conan might sneak to the party to talk to Jiang Xia, ask for clues indirectly, and then be noticed by Gin, who is also a member of the organization. But if she goes, Conan will worry that she will be recognized by Gin, and instinctively approach her as a "source of danger" alone, trying to exclude others... In short, after some psychological preparation, Huihara Ai finally came to the scene.
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The guests in the banquet hall were all dressed in black formal attire, forming a huge crowd.
While Haibara Ai was struggling to look through the gaps between the adults' legs to find Jiang Xia, she felt a little conflicted.
Although she didn't hold out much hope this time, she did want to stop the organization's killings, and she also wanted to get APTX4869 to analyze its ingredients, because when she was eavesdropping, Gin said on the phone "That medicine can be used when necessary."
But since Jiang Xia is here, this assassination may really be related to Jiang Xia, and may delay his mission.
But soon, Huiyuan Ai thought again that the target of the assassination today seemed to be a big shot. As a peripheral member of Jiang Xia, he should not be able to take on this assassination, unless he was suddenly promoted...
But when I think of Jiang Xia's busy daily cat-hunting routine and the endless cases, I feel that a formal member shouldn't be so idle.
And according to the phone call of Gin that was just intercepted, the person responsible for the assassination this time is a member code-named "Pisk".
Haibara Ai had some impression of this code name. She seemed to have heard of it many years ago. Calculating the time, Jiang Xia was just a child at that time. This "Pisk" could not possibly be Jiang Xia.
In other words, even if this assassination is related to Jiang Xia, he will not be the main executor. In this case, he will not be punished by the organization for delaying the mission... Then again, can she really successfully stop the assassination?
Haibara Ai pressed down the brim of her hat and shrank deeper into the shadows.
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suburbs.
After Gin finished talking to Pisco and discovered a strand of brown hair in the car, he immediately thought of the traitor Shirley.
He reached into the car and, as expected, found a bug.
After destroying the bug, Gin did not continue to the assassination site, but changed his route temporarily, planning to find a place to thoroughly check his car first. After making sure that it had not been tampered with, he would go to the scene to find Piske.
After a thorough search, no other eavesdropping devices were found.
However, among the several long silver strands of hair, a short brown-red hair was found.
The weather is cold, and it is the season for humans to shed their hair.
Gin stared at the hair that Huibara Ai had left behind and slowly sneered: "Today is the day she dies."
Vodka skillfully took out a sticky roller from the storage box and picked up all the hair in the car. At the same time, in order to prevent his brother's words from falling on the ground without anyone responding, he did not forget to make fun of him in his busy schedule: "Will that woman really come?"
"Of course, she is not the type to sit back and do nothing about this." Gin lit a cigarette, his voice low and with a hint of pleasure:
"Even if she didn't come, we know that she is hiding near Beihua Town, and the search area can be further narrowed."
Vodka heard Gin's tone and knew that he had asked the right question - it was one of the responsibilities of the top brother to bring up more relevant topics when the leader made a wise decision, so that the leader would have the opportunity to explain his excellent thinking clearly. Oh, Uzo certainly didn't have this awareness. No matter how appreciated he was, he was still just an inexperienced little brother. If he wanted to be a driver, he still had a long way to go.
Thinking of Ouzo, Vodka was suddenly stunned and his thoughts wandered.
"Brother, come to think of it, Shirley has been taking good care of Uzo because of the car accident a year ago." He suddenly had an idea:
"Since she is the type who likes to save people, if we use Wuzo as a hostage, wouldn't it be possible to lure her out directly?" - Put the gun to Wuzo's head and shout to the people around, "Shirley, if you don't come out, we will kill him." Well, it would be best if the gun could go off after Shirley comes out...
Gin frowned subconsciously, feeling that this was too simple and crude.
But then, I felt that it seemed to make some sense.
Although Shirley appears to be indifferent, she is actually kind and indecisive. She often has a disgusting simplicity and does not seem like someone from the organization at all.
Others would sneer at this obvious trap, but she might actually fall into it.
However, with Shirley's limited experience in tailing, as long as she dared to go to the scene, she would be discovered in no time. This trap was not necessary... Let's just treat it as a backup plan in case the arrest failed.
(End of this chapter)
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