Chapter 364: Fake Wine vs. Watered-Down Wine (Combined Chapter)
When mentioning "someone who looks exactly like me", a figure suddenly appeared in Amuro Toru's mind.
——Vermouth. The member of the organization who is good at disguise.
And if it was really her, then Vermouth should be upstairs now. Otherwise, Sakaguchi Tomomi would at most be surprised and wonder why "Amuro Toru" changed his job to deliver food the next day, but she would not show a look of as if her worldview was shattered.
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro walked back to Tomomi Sakaguchi.
Under the actress's stiff and horrified gaze, he took the huge paper bag from her arms back into his own hands.
Then he said in a friendly manner: "It's hard to carry so many things. I'll help you carry them up."
If there are any checkpoints in the middle, you can also try to use takeout as a pass. In my impression, the top floor of this building seems to be the studio of a gradually outdated monster movie.
Security wouldn't be that strict in a place that's already on the verge of closing down.
…
After Conan made up his mind to verify the identity of the disguised version of Anonymous, he secretly opened the cover of his watch.
——If the disguised version of Anonymous is wary of him and his hand is too late to reach the disguised version of Anonymous' face, then he can try an anesthetic needle. After all, the range of the anesthetic needle is longer than his arm.
At this time, "Toru Amuro" had just finished debugging the equipment.
He stood up and walked briskly towards where Jiang Xia and Conan were. There was just an ordinary smile on his face, but it inexplicably gave people the feeling that he was very happy.
Halfway through the walk, the door of the studio was suddenly pushed open and a man came in.
——The genuine Toru Amuro was holding a takeaway paper bag, his eyes swept across the scene, he first saw Jiang Xia, and then his gaze fell on "Truru Amuro".
"Toru Amuro" paused, turned to look at the door, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The two sides looked at each other, and it was unknown what each of them understood in a flash, and their murderous intent increased at the same time.
Jiang Xia looked at the two people with a little surprise, and hesitated for a moment, unable to think of what to say here, so he silently threw away the ghost on his body.
...Anyway, I'll just get some killing energy to supplement my family income.
Vermouth's murderous aura often surges, but Amuro Toru's murderous aura is very rare. Last time, his murderous aura disappeared as soon as it appeared, but this time it lasted much longer than before.
Although these two bottles of wine can barely qualify as French wild men, they are still far from the level of Gin. In a public place like this, they should not immediately pull out their guns and start fighting...
So the people watching in Jiangxia felt quite at ease.
Just as he was thinking about it, the mermaid swam back happily, holding a ball of fluffy murderous aura.
Jiang Xia glanced down and remembered that she had just gone in the direction of Amuro Toru...
So, while everyone was looking at the two "Amuro Toru" in confusion and no one was paying attention to him, Jiang Xia raised his hand when the mermaid passed by and accurately drew away the murderous aura from her arms.
As the mermaid looked at her empty hands in a daze, Jiang Xia took a look at the murderous aura with the smell of coffee and fell into deep thought for a moment.
Could it be that Toru Amuro always goes to work in a coffee shop not only to collect information, but also because it is his personal preference?
...He thought that according to the style of "Bourbon", the murderous smell should be some kind of liquor with the same name, but he didn't expect it to be coffee... Well, think about it on the bright side, at least it's not something weird like a sandwich.
And in a sense, coffee is also quite cool, but the development direction is not quite what Jiang Xia had expected.
…
The genuine Amuro Toru did not try to hide himself when he entered the studio.
So not only Jiang Xia and Vermouth, but also other staff members and several elementary school students immediately noticed the slightly stiff atmosphere here.
Then he was surprised to find that there were two "Toru Amuro" at the scene.
The staff's imaginations are not as wild as Tomomi Sakaguchi's, and are much more normal in comparison.
Soon, Jiang Xia heard someone whisper, "Twins?"
“That’s right.” Vermouth also heard it. She smiled at the staff naturally, turned and walked towards Amuro Toru, and introduced him casually, “This is my twin brother—Amuro Akira.”
Jiang Xia: “……?”
Conan's eyes shifted back and forth between "Toru Amuro" and "Akira Amuro". Because "Toru Amuro"'s reaction was too natural, he couldn't be sure for a moment whether someone was in disguise or whether Boss Amuro really had a twin brother.
When Toru Amuro heard what Vermouth said, the corner of his eye twitched noticeably.
But he quickly returned to normal and looked at the others: "It seems like you guys are just taking a break - I have something to ask him, don't you mind?"
As he said that, he put the takeaway into the arms of the staff next to him and put his arm around Vermouth. Vermouth also raised her hand slightly at the same time, and the two of them instantly became the common good brothers.
The only difference is that among these "good brothers", one has a sharp blade hidden between his fingers, while the other one uses his slightly wider cuffs to cover a pocket gun in his palm.
The two identical faces looked at each other up close, and Jiang Xia seemed to see a string of illusory sparks in the air.
Then the two bottles of wine left the venue tacitly, pushed the door open, and their figures quickly disappeared.
Jiang Xia: “…”
Conan stared at the door thoughtfully. Although he did not see the weapons in the hands of Vermouth and Amuro Toru, he at least saw the tense atmosphere beneath the apparent calm.
...It seems like the two Anonymous people don't have a very good relationship... No, judging from this, the probability that Mr. Amuro is the Anonymous person is actually not high.
——That’s right. After taking a glimpse of Toru Amuro’s reaction, Conan felt that rather than the “twins” theory, the lighting assistant was more likely to be an anonymous disguised person, and then accidentally found by the real person.
He looked towards the corridor where the two "Toru Amuro" disappeared, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to follow over to see what was going on.
However, just as he took a step, a voice with a strong presence suddenly came from behind him.
A man in a suit and tie appeared in the studio at some point.
——Producer Kamei looked up at the "Gomera" that was only slightly taller than an adult, then looked at the three children surrounding the Gomera, wondering why there was a human inside it, and said in a sarcastic tone:
"It's disappointing, right? Actually, there is no Gomera in the world - there are only these old and expensive rag sets and the bearded uncles inside, haha. Fortunately, after this year, this old crew can be completely disbanded."
Director Mikami turned around and frowned, saying, "The children are just visitors. Please don't say such things in front of them."
Producer Kamei gave a mocking smile and rejected the director's request. He then continued to criticize the music, performance, special effects props, Godmera's appearance and the age of the resident actors in front of the guests. Then he strolled away comfortably and prepared to have dinner. As time passed, he lost more and more patience with the Godmera series of films, feeling that none of them kept up with the trend of the times.
Because of this incident, the atmosphere in the studio became dull.
Director Mikami cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "By the way, the rough film we shot yesterday has been developed. Let's go to the preview room and take a look."
Other staff members echoed this.
But for several of the visitors, it was not appropriate to see the film in advance.
Actor Matsui Hidehiro, who had just taken off his Gomera special effects costume, wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and said, "I'll take the guests to visit the studio."
As he spoke, his slightly hesitant gaze fell on Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia glanced at the murderous aura on Matsui Hidehiro and patted Conan: "Go and accompany those kids. The equipment here is very precious. Don't let them mess around."
When Conan saw that Jiang Xia seemed to be planning to go find "Amuro Toru" and the others in person, he immediately stopped his steps and nodded.
...Thinking rationally, if Mr. Amuro really had a conflict with Anonymous, Jiang Xia would obviously be more suitable to break up the fight than an elementary school student like him.
The anesthetic needle in his watch could only knock out one person. And if he knocked Mr. Amuro unconscious, no one knew what the weird anonymous person with a history of kidnapping would do.
On the other hand, if Anonymous, who can disguise herself, is paralyzed and Mr. Amuro chooses to hand her over to the police... These mysterious organizations seem to have very high requirements for "secrecy", just like the Black Organization will kill members who reveal their identities - no one knows whether Anonymous has the same rules. If it causes a bloody storm... That is not the scene Conan wants to see.
In comparison, Jiang Xia should be able to mediate the fight in a more normal way.
Moreover, Jiang Xia has some connection with those two people: needless to say, Amuro Toru, they are at least in the same boat.
As for the anonymous person who could change her appearance, her attitude towards Jiang Xia was also very strange.
...Maybe the two of them can end it peacefully for Jiang Xia's sake.
Conan nodded secretly, turned and walked towards the children who were chattering around Matsui Hidehiro, silently praying for world peace in his heart.
…
Toru Amuro and Vermouth walked quickly, but Jiang Xia was delayed for a while because of the sudden appearance of producer Kamei.
When he walked into the corridor from the studio, he could no longer see the transparent brothers.
Fortunately, his ghost is still hanging on the two people, so he can find them wherever he goes...
Jiang Xia sensed the location and quickly walked through the corridor and entered the stairwell.
After going down a few floors, he walked towards an empty office with a clear purpose.
When he arrived at the door, Jiang Xia did not look out immediately, but first used the ghost's perspective to check the situation of the two people in the office.
Items in the house were scattered in a mess, a table had been knocked over, and Vermouth's disguise was gone, revealing her true face - there seemed to be a brief conflict between the two bottles of wine, but it was quickly resolved.
...From the current situation, it seems that fake liquor and watered-down liquor have reached some kind of consensus in a short period of time.
According to Jiang Xia's observation, the murderous aura on Amuro Toru has almost completely disappeared. On the contrary, Vermouth's murderous aura has increased a lot... Judging from this result, it seems that the fake one suffered the loss.
A group of ghosts were immersed in the aroma of murderous aura and couldn't extricate themselves.
Sensing Jiang Xia approaching, Mist Tengu temporarily stopped gathering the murderous aura, floated back, handed the ball of murderous aura in his hand to Jiang Xia, and briefly told him what had just happened.
Jiang Xia had actually anticipated this before coming here.
Now listening to Mist Tengu's retelling again, I discovered that it was indeed Vermouth who was caught by Bourbon.
——Amuro Toru actually found out about her relationship with the boss of the organization, and threatened Vermouth with this, saying that if she continued to pretend to be him and wander around, he would make the secret public. In addition, if Vermouth tried to silence Bourbon, the secret would be automatically sent.
Even if the secret is exposed, it will not be fatal in the short term, but it will eventually have a lot of impact on Vermouth.
Vermouth weighed the importance of "killing Bourbon" and "exposing the secret" very unhappily, and then thought that Bourbon was not that easy to kill. She finally put down the gun and decided to live in peace with Amuro Toru temporarily.
No wonder Vermouth was so murderous. ...Jiang Xia couldn't help but look at her again from the perspective of a ghost.
Then he thought with relief that although his boss seemed to be idle, he actually managed to get a lot of useful information from him.
After observing the corridor near the door for a while and feeling that there was nothing to note, Jiang Xia continued to move forward.
——Suddenly two Amuro Toru appeared, so he’d better follow them to see what’s going on.
Jiang Xia's footsteps were very light, and before the two people in the room noticed the movement, he had already appeared silently at the door.
Then he took a look at Vermouth, whose disguise had been torn off, revealing her true face, and said with a slightly frowned face, "It turned out to be you. I felt something was wrong last time."
"...Last time?"
Toru Amuro's gaze, which had already relaxed, became sharp again.
...It seems that Vermouth has pretended to be him more than once. Is this because she is interested in Jiang Xia and is trying to get close to him, or is there some other purpose behind this?
For example, Vermouth may have pretended to be "Amuro Toru" and wandered around Tokyo many times, waiting for Bourbon's acquaintances to come to her, but she happened to run into Jiang Xia twice...
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but think of his group of subordinates who sometimes seemed not very smart.
What if Vermouth ever encountered them...
Toru Amuro was startled and thought that he had to investigate and confirm this matter as soon as possible.
Before reaching a conclusion, they had to avoid direct contact with the same organization to prevent them from discovering that Bourbon was an undercover agent and setting a targeted trap for him, in turn extracting public security intelligence from him.
In addition, when Vermouth is not present, I have to find Jiang Xia again to ask him for detailed information about his two contacts with Vermouth.
As for now, of course it is not possible - if while asking questions, Vermouth, who is listening, finds out some incredible information, it will be too troublesome.
At the same time, Vermouth's heart also tightened when she heard this topic.
——Last time, she appeared in the guise of Amuro Toru and contacted Jiang Xia and the Junior Detective Team;
This time, the people he came into contact with were Jiang Xia and the Junior Detective Team.
...For an intelligence officer of Bourbon's level, it is impossible for him to ignore the children who appeared twice. Among those children is Conan of unknown origin, who is Shinichi Kudo who was shrunk by APTX4869.
A series of thoughts flashed through her mind like sparks, and Vermouth's eyes narrowed slightly, her thoughts subtly overlapping with Amuro Toru's.
——Jiang Xia’s narration must be interrupted and he must not be allowed to reveal the details of “last time”!
(End of this chapter)
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