Chapter 365 This must be Uzo’s conspiracy (Combined Chapter)
Vermouth and Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia at the same time, thinking about the reasonable way to interrupt.
But before they could open their mouths or take any action, Jiang Xia actually stopped talking on his own initiative.
Then the young member of the organization looked at them without saying a word, as if nothing had happened and he had no intention of continuing the previous topic, as if the person who blurted out "last time" a few seconds ago was not him at all.
That’s just perfect... Toru Amuro nodded secretly and praised his wit in his heart.
The murderous aura that was slightly rising and falling on Vermouth's body calmed down further, and she nodded secretly: Uzo was probably just a little surprised just now, so he blurted out that topic.
Later, Uzo must have thought that if he told Bourbon about what happened last time at school, Bourbon might notice the Junior Detective League and then Shinichi, so he didn't continue.
Jiang Xia looked to the left, then to the right. From their expressions, he felt that both bottles of wine had been finished in his mind.
This time, like a peripheral member who didn't want to get involved in the disputes among the organization's cadres, he asked innocently, "Have you already discussed it? How should I handle this matter?"
When Toru Amuro saw Jiang Xia take the initiative to change the subject, he couldn't help but look at him with admiration again.
If only Feng Jian and his subordinates could learn a little bit of Jiang Xia's caution...
"Let's forget about it today. If you see someone disguised as me again, remember to tell me." After saying this to Jiang Xia, Toru Amuro turned to Vermouth and said with a threatening smile, "You understand, right?"
Vermouth responded with the same sneer.
Then, in front of Toru Amuro, she took out a spare bourbon hood, put it on her face, pressed it against Toru Amuro's face, and turned and left.
After all, she was still working in the studio today, so she had to quit her job first to avoid disappearing and losing her credibility... This was also one of the gift agreements that Bourbon had just reached with her.
Jiang Xia silently watched Vermouth's actions, then looked at Amuro Toru next to him, and took the initiative to pass the blame: "She seems to like pretending to be you."
Toru Amuro also looked at Jiang Xia and nodded without comment.
Although he suspected that Vermouth disguised herself as "Toru Amuro" in order to conduct a sting operation and test the composition of "Bourbon".
But in Amuro Toru's heart, there was actually another guess.
——Perhaps Vermouth did this simply because she wanted to get close to Jiang Xia by appearing as "Toru Amuro".
If she pretended to be someone Jiang Xia knew, it would be very easy to be exposed because of Jiang Xia's insight. So she had to pick someone Jiang Xia didn't know very well, but who wouldn't seem out of place when acting together. And Vermouth had to have a certain understanding of the person she was playing.
In this case, "Bourbon", who is also an organizational cadre, obviously becomes a good candidate.
Toru Amuro: “…” Come to think of it, Vermouth seemed to have tried to contact Jiang Xia not long after arriving in Japan, and even followed her into the hotel... Why was she always staring at Jiang Xia?
Toru Amuro glanced at the high school detective beside him who was gradually getting on the right track, and vaguely felt a sense of crisis that the flowers of the motherland were being targeted by evil people.
Amuro Toru kept a record of the organization's daily affairs, and then temporarily put these questions aside for further observation.
He looked at Jiang Xia who had not left yet and said, "Let's go back to the studio first."
…
The two walked through the corridor together, opened the door to the stairwell, and stepped onto the steps.
Just as I was about to go up to the studio on the top floor, I suddenly heard a muffled scream through the walls.
The two of them were startled at the same time, whether genuinely or fakely. Jiang Xia whispered, "Something happened?"
After looking at each other, they quickly ran upstairs.
I had just climbed two or three steps and could see through the window at the corner of the stairs outside. Suddenly, a burning figure fell.
The shadow was huge, even larger than a normal person. It swept from top to bottom, leaving a fleeting image in the eyes of the two eyewitness detectives.
Amuro Toru's pupils shrank slightly: "That's... Godmera?!"
He ran to the corner of the stairs and opened the window.
As the air inside and outside began to circulate, several panicked screams of children could be faintly heard from above.
Jiang Xia also followed to the window.
He glanced down and whispered, "Empty."
Amuro Toru nodded, apparently making the same judgment.
Judging from the state and trajectory of "Gomera" falling in the air, its mass is relatively light. The thing that fell just now was not a person wearing a monster suit, but just a monster suit.
Amuro Toru: "..." Why did they burn it and throw it away? Isn't this crew short of funds?
"Go up and take a look."
The two men left the corridor window and headed to the top floor studio.
…
Ten minutes later.
Inspector Megure hurried over with a row of police cars.
On the ground in front of Dabao Cinema, there lay a half-burnt shell of a Gomera. Besides, there was a bloody and twisted kitchen knife lying next to it. The blood on the knife had already been charred black. One could only imagine the state of the knife and the Gomera costume when they fell from the building from the faint blood spots on the ground and the small piece of broken concrete road.
The burning costume had already been put out by the fire extinguisher.
At this time, in addition to the police, there was also a circle of staff surrounding it, as well as nearby residents who came to watch the excitement.
Jiang Xia, Amuro Toru and "Amuro Toru" stood in the crowd and listened to the eyewitness Conan describe what he saw to Inspector Megure.
"Mr. Kamei was stabbed to death in the studio on the top floor!" Conan, facing the gazes of the "Amuro Brothers" on him, tried to use a startled tone close to that of a child, and described from the beginning:
"Mr. Matsui was stabbed in the leg by a gangster when he went to the warehouse to get props for us. We chased the gangster in the direction he left, and saw through the window that in the studio, a man in a Gomera monster costume stabbed producer Kamei to death, and then fled from the other side with a knife.
"When the criminal committed the crime, he accidentally kicked over the paint bucket next to him and stepped on the paint, leaving footprints. We followed the footprints and first met Sister Youmei who was knocked down by the criminal 'Gomela', and then chased him all the way to the rooftop.
"But there was no Godmera on the rooftop. We heard a strange noise and ran to the edge of the rooftop. Looking down, we saw Godmera on fire, falling downstairs... I thought the criminal had committed suicide by jumping off the building, but when I ran downstairs, I found that the prop costume was empty..."
The childish voice of a child always lacks a bit of credibility, but the cause and effect are clear, and two adults other than the deceased are involved in the process.
Inspector Megure nodded, and while waiting for the Forensic Department to find evidence, he prepared to question other witnesses and screen suspects according to the procedure.
Before going upstairs, he subconsciously glanced at the staff of the Gomera crew.
Then he saw two "Toru Amuro" at a glance, and immediately stopped, stunned for a moment, and rubbed his eyes with his hands.
After discovering that the double vision was not caused by excessive overtime, Inspector Megure subconsciously looked at Jiang Xia between the two "Amuro Toru".
The little eyes seem to speak:
Brother Jiang Xia, what’s going on?
Inspector Megure vaguely remembered that this blond mixed-race man who suddenly appeared more frequently was the boss of the detective agency where Jiang Xia worked.
Jiang Xia glanced at Toru Amuro and found that he didn't seem to have any intention of catching Vermouth on the spot, so he didn't expose it.
He pointed to the confused Inspector Megure, who was wearing the uniform of a takeaway employee, and briefly introduced him, "This guy seems to be the boss's younger brother."
——Vermouth showed up in the studio much earlier than the food delivery guy, Toru Amuro. The staff here have already accepted that she is the "Toru Amuro".
So now, the late-coming genuine Toru Amuro can only temporarily become "Akira Amuro".
...Fortunately, Inspector Megure probably won't remember to check the identification for the time being. If Inspector Megure suddenly comes to his senses, Vermouth with the Bourbon face will definitely be in trouble.
However, Jiang Xia looked at the police car next to him that was still running and saw that this was a very suitable road for a car-racing escape, so he felt that there was no big problem.
Of course, if Vermouth really ran away, he and Amuro Toru would definitely be questioned about the relevant matters afterwards, but this would still not be a big problem - at that time they would just have to put all the blame on the escaped disguiser and say that the two of them were threatened.
After listening to Jiang Xia's explanation, Inspector Megure looked even more confused: When did Boss Amuro suddenly have a younger brother, and twins? I've never heard of it before...
Vermouth noticed Inspector Megure's mood, came closer, and smiled innocently at Amuro Toru's face: "My brother has been living in the countryside before. Recently, he heard me say that life in the city is more interesting, so he wanted to come and see it."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Megure nodded in realization.
Since the twins didn't live in the same place, it was no wonder that he had only seen one of them in all the time he had been in Tokyo.
Having said that, with such an international face, talking about the topic of "going to the city to experience a different life" always feels a bit strange... But after all, this is the family affair of the citizens...
Inspector Megure nodded to "Akira Amuro" and said "Welcome to Tokyo, have fun", then continued to go upstairs to question the other two witnesses who had seen the gangster "Gomera".
Vermouth turned around and looked at the position of several police cars on the street, then looked up to confirm the layout of the outside of the building, and followed Inspector Megure into the building.
Behind the two of them, Jiang Xia glanced at the genuine Toru Amuro, who was smiling but had veins bulging out on the back of his hands, and patted his boss' shoulder sympathetically.
It is definitely not a pleasant experience to have a strange personality added to the person who disguises himself as you...
Toru Amuro's face was gloomy, and he kept keeping account of Vermouth in his mind.
But soon, he had another association:
Although Vermouth is disgusting, the identity of twins she proposed is quite interesting.
It would be better to ask a colleague to make a fake certificate like "Amuro Akira" someday - there are no liability disputes between adult brothers, and if there really is such a "brother", it may come in handy in many situations where it is necessary to pass the buck.
Toru Amuro thought about it and walked into Dabao Cinema.
Jiang Xia looked at his back and always felt that this boss seemed to have awakened some strange idea, but he had no evidence.
I could only follow him into the building and return to the crime scene on the top floor.
Those who appeared nearby before and after the incident have not yet been cleared of suspicion, so it is not easy for them to leave just like that.
…
In the studio, forensic personnel were busy around the body of producer Kamei.
Next to them, several police officers were asking staff about the circumstances before and after the incident.
Jiang Xia was also questioned soon after, and it happened to be Officer Sato who asked him.
He thought about it and told Sato that he saw the burning "Gomera" falling from the building, and he was with "Amuro Akira" at the time.
Vermouth, who was a few meters away, heard these words and suddenly became alert.
Just now when she was downstairs, she discovered: combined with Conan's description, from the time Kamei was attacked to the time the criminals escaped, the "Amuro Toru" she disguised as had just left Jiang Xia and the real Amuro Toru, and of course left all the staff, and was walking alone in the corridor.
…In other words, she “just happened” to lack eyewitnesses.
Originally, Vermouth just felt that she was a bit unlucky.
But at this moment, after accidentally hearing Jiang Xia's voice, her thoughts unconsciously turned to Jiang Xia.
(End of this chapter)
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