Chapter 371: Business Trip Invitation from Gin (Combined Chapter)
When it comes to "Uzo's mentality", Gin inevitably thinks of Vermouth, whom he once had high hopes for.
However, judging from Vermouth's attitude after landing in Japan, she was not friendly to Uzo, and even had an inexplicable hostility.
And with the rate at which Vermouth normally consumes members of her organization, if she pretends to help Uzo with his psychological counseling but is actually leading him towards destruction... it would be impossible to guard against.
Although recently, Vermouth's attitude towards Uzo has improved significantly.
But it was precisely because the change in attitude was too obvious that Gin instinctively felt alert to this abnormality and felt that Vermouth might have some ulterior motives - after all, it had not been long since she first met Uzo. This abrupt change in attitude was very suspicious.
And the last time they met at the old factory, when Vermouth mentioned Uzo, she seemed calm on the surface, but she seemed to have an inexplicable persistence inside. This woman must have another purpose... And she and Uzo are both precious assets of the organization. No matter which side is damaged, it is a result that Gin does not want to see.
In the end, Gin decided to temporarily separate her from Uzo and avoid any trouble until he could figure out the reason behind Vermouth's strange attitude.
Vermouth is useless, but Uzo's eagerness to chase prey cannot be ignored...
Gin took a sip of coffee, thought for a moment, and gradually came up with an idea.
Based on the comparison of the previous and subsequent situations, he felt that recently, Uzo might have killed too few people, and the number of people who died in his scripts could not satisfy the criminal desire in his heart, so he behaved abnormally.
And if that's the case, then this question isn't really a problem at all.
——The organization’s assassination list is always long. Traitors, undercover agents, and members who need to be silenced after being exposed are like waves of locusts, and it is difficult to kill them all.
If they could really eliminate Uzo's overly strong murderous intent by "providing him with criminal materials", they could not only solve the hidden danger of this criminal genius, but also save valuable manpower for the organization.
In fact, in the various processes of silencing people in the past, it is inevitable that some executors will expose themselves and then become new targets of assassination. The organization will have to assign more people to silence this wave of people...and it will be difficult to end this cycle over and over again.
In comparison, the possibility of Uzo revealing his identity is extremely low. If he is really allowed to participate in the mission of silencing people to a limited extent, it is equivalent to saving at least twice the manpower.
Just as he was thinking about it, Gin noticed that Uzo was looking at the information in his hand with great interest through the rearview mirror.
Then the young member asked casually, "You guys are going to do a mission? Do you need help?"
When Gin heard this, it automatically became: You guys are going to kill someone? Give me some.
“…”
Gin went through the recent mission list in his mind and found that those people were not assassination targets with a high level of confidentiality.
Moreover, most of the targets were in remote locations. If Wu Zuo was given the task, any problems would be easily dealt with in a timely manner, and it would be a good opportunity to observe Wu Zuo's current true state.
With this in mind, Gin opened his mailbox and sent an email to Jiang Xia: "This is the goal I need to deal with recently. Read it and remember it."
Jiang Xia was slightly startled, then quickly opened his phone and switched back and forth between several tasks in the email, first looking through all the names.
Then he was slightly surprised to find that there were quite a few names that left a deep impression on him - this meant that all these familiar people on the list had the potential to become murderous beings or ghosts.
…I had only asked casually, but I had never expected to actually get so many useful tasks. How many surprises were there in Gin's task mailbox that he didn't know about…
Jiang Xia glanced at Gin's phone with burning eyes, then retracted his gaze and continued to check the task details.
The locations of several mission targets are quite scattered, but they can be vaguely arranged in a line.
And they have one very obvious thing in common - they are all drug dealers.
“…”The organization is cracking down on drug trafficking?
Why would they want to compete with the police from the island country for their jobs? Jiang Xia was lost in thought.
As he read on, he gradually understood.
This was not because the organization had any py deal with the island police. It was just a wave of ordinary missions to silence witnesses.
——The “partner” that the organization uses to raise funds has recently run into some problems.
Due to the large size of the organization and the large number of staff, the organization's supervision is inevitably insufficient in the corners. And because it attaches too much importance to confidentiality, there are always some bold and honest partners who don't know the details of the organization. They just naively regard it as a good backer or even a fat sheep, and use the organization's network of relationships and interpersonal networks to do things to enrich themselves.
Generally speaking, as long as it does not delay the organization's business, the organization will not hold you accountable.
Once those people are on the verge of being exposed, or are too bold and cross the line, a new list of names will be added to the organization's assassination list.
For example, now.
This time, the "line" of targets for silencing has similar problems:
When a certain talent was engaged in a small-scale physical business war, he secretly used the drugs in his hands to control some business partners, including a cadre sent by the organization to conduct a private visit.
A careless organizational cadre inhaled the spiked cigarette handed to him by the other party and unfortunately suffered an allergic reaction. He was carried into the ICU by his colleagues on the same day. These things thus came into the organization's attention.
After investigation, the organization found that the other party's small actions had been going on for quite some time. Even some peripheral members had had unclear interactions with them.
Considering that the line has become less and less valuable recently, the organization simply put all the key figures in the entire line on the list of people to be killed, and purged them in batches - they are very skilled at this kind of thing.
"We'll leave next week, first to Tottori Prefecture, and then take a boat to Tsukikage Island." Gin briefly summarized the itinerary of the business trip, "If you want to go, remember to set aside about a week."
"No problem." Jiang Xia answered neatly.
Although I have to travel a long way this time, if there are any more cases in Tokyo, it will be difficult to manage my time properly across such a long distance. However, being able to encounter so many cases in three or four days is already very efficient, and there is no reason not to go.
...Wait, come to that, if Conan wasn't there, would he still be able to pick up the ghost successfully?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia fell into deep thought for a short while.
He decided that after returning home, he would find an opportunity to investigate Conan's schedule for next week, and try to get the Halo of the Grim Reaper without exposing himself.
But, to be honest, no matter whether Conan goes or not, Jiang Xia will definitely go on this mission.
——Occasionally, there would be some discrepancies between this world and the spoilers he knew, so he couldn't trust his memory completely.
For example, now that Gin has received the mission to silence people, no matter whether the targets have been irradiated by Conan or not, they will all die when Gin passes by them one by one next week.
...So Jiang Xia must go along, so that at the very least he can pick up some of Gin's murderous aura.
As for how to maintain Uzo’s image…those targets for silencing themselves attracted a lot of hatred and were hated by many people.
Try to instigate it, maybe even if Conan is not there, the murder will still happen as scheduled.
If worst comes to worst, there’s still Xiaobai.
——With the help of the energy core produced by Kidd, Xiaobai's "forced confession" skill has been slightly improved compared to before.
If there is no murderer passing by and killing the target, Jiang Xia plans to use Xiaobai's skills to force the target to make a passionate confession to Gin.
Given Gin's temper, in this situation, facing someone who was already on the list of people to be killed, the probability of him shooting him in the head is very high. In this way, once the person is dead, there is naturally no need for "Uzo" to appear.
…
After entering the city and waiting for Vodka and Gin to leave, Jiang Xia drove the vest to return the car first.
Then he reviewed today's assassination list and returned home in a good mood.
The next day, Jiang Xia first went to the detective agency to receive several ladies who had been waiting for a long time and returned a few cats.
Then he checked the mailbox.
It was just a routine flipping through, but I didn't expect that this time, a good thing would fall out from the pile of colorful flyers.
——A letter with quite some weight.
After seeing the guests off, Jiang Xia opened the letter and found a thick, smaller envelope inside.
In addition, there is a piece of folded paper. On the back of the paper, you can see some soaked and wrinkled scars, which look like traces left by glue.
I took out the letter and unfolded it. I saw a few sentences made up of single words. The words were cut from various places:
[On the next full moon night, the shadows on Moon Shadow Island will begin to disappear. Please come and investigate.]
The signature is also a collage of single words: "Aso Keiji"
Moon Shadow Island...
Jiang Xia stroked the envelope and was deeply impressed by this case.
——He remembered that many people had died on Moon Shadow Island, and there were grudges from generation to generation. It was truly a rare Feng Shui treasure land.
Yesterday, the assassination list that Gin gave actually also included the residents of the Shadow Island. Calculating the time, the next full moon night is almost the time for him and Gin to go to the island... It can be seen that this island has a connection with him.
The same goes for the ghosts and murderous aura above.
In addition, for Jiang Xia, the significance of this letter is certainly not just the so-called "fate".
——It is also a good excuse to go to Moonshadow Island.
Yueying Island is not close to any tourist resort, the economy on the island is not very developed, and its presence is very low.
Originally Jiang Xia thought that his sudden appearance on the island would sound strange and abrupt, so he planned to conceal his whereabouts as much as possible and even prepared a mask and sunglasses.
Unexpectedly, the reason for the visit would be delivered to him now.
As long as there is a reason to go to Tsukikage Island, it would of course make sense to pass by Spider Mansion in Tottori Prefecture on the way.
...Today is also the day to clear suspicion in advance, and everything will go smoothly.
Jiang Xia sorted out his thoughts and carefully put away this precious letter.
At the same time, he gradually remembered one thing.
——He remembered that in the original world line, when Kogoro Mori received the commission from Tsukikage Island, there was no cash enclosed in the letter, but it was transferred later.
But now...
As he thought about it, he picked up the thick little envelope next to him.
When I unfolded it, I saw a stack of 10,000 yen bills inside. A quick glance showed there were about 50 of them.
He actually sent the cash directly with the letter... Could it be that the client this time had also heard of Hattori Heiji's deeds and was quite familiar with high school student detectives, and knew that they would be summoned by cash that could not be returned?
- Don't write a specific mailing address on the commission letter. Then after receiving the money, the detective has to go there to check, whether it is to avoid "taking money but not doing the job" or to repay the money.
Other high school detectives might feel troubled or even curse if they encounter this situation.
But for Jiang Xia, he had more reasons to go out.
This is truly a very thoughtful client.
Jiang Xia repacked the money and finally threw the other flyers and advertisements into the trash bag.
…
While waiting for the last customer to arrive, Jiang Xia walked to the door of the detective agency, breathed in the not-so-fresh air, browsed his phone for a while, and saw a piece of news.
The news was released early this morning.
Someone noticed the broken guardrail on a mountain road in the suburbs. Later, a charred sports car and a charred body in the car were found one after another at the foot of the mountain.
By the time of this news release, the car and the bodies inside had been fished out from the bottom of the cliff.
In this world, it is not taboo to include photos of the crime scene in crime reports.
For example, in this report, there are close-ups of the vehicle and the charred corpse inside.
Jiang Xia glanced at the crooked half of the license plate in the photo and zoomed in on the corpse to take a look.
Then I discovered that even though Kitagawa Tsunefumi was dead, his stubborn cheekbones and triangular chin were still so sharp and prominent... Although the client's paintings are ugly, she is actually quite good at capturing the essence.
That way, if she was still following the news on the subject, she should be able to see and recognize the enemy she wanted to kill.
After looking at the photo, Jiang Xia looked at the text content again.
As mentioned above, there were traces of gunfire at the scene, which was the direct cause of death. In addition, there are not many clues for the time being, so at present, the police suspect that the deceased was being sought for revenge or was targeted by an illegal organization, and are investigating in this direction.
After reading it, Jiang Xia returned to the interface with confidence, deleted the browsing history, and returned to the detective agency.
——The body was shot to death first and then fell off the cliff.
All this obviously had nothing to do with him being a legitimate detective without a gun.
…
In the evening, after closing his business, Jiang Xia locked the door of his office and followed the address on the commission registration form to the neighborhood where the client of Plant Pulp Flavor, Noriko Okatani, lived.
Noriko Okatani was probably worried that the detective would not be able to find her after getting clues about her enemy, so she did not deliberately conceal her address, but instead gave the exact house number.
Jiang Xia soon arrived near Noriko Okatani's house.
But he did not enter the building. Instead, he let the ghost float over to check the situation.
The foggy dog clung to the window sill and peeked out quietly.
I saw Noriko Okatani lying on the table, crying while holding a photo frame.
Judging from the number of toilet paper balls thrown nearby, this process has been going on for quite some time.
(End of this chapter)
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