Chapter 494: Wu Zuosu takes the blame
Now it seems that the bag must have contained something very heavy, which would hinder the escape if all of it was carried, otherwise the man would not have carried only one and left the other behind.
As for what's inside...
Combining the news he heard last night, Conan had a vague guess.
As a child who looked only 7 years old, Conan took it upon himself to commit the crime - he walked over and opened the bag of the deceased.
When he saw what was exposed inside, he was slightly startled.
——The bag was full of stacks of 10,000 yen bills. The corners were stained with black blood, and some of the stacks were soaked through. As soon as the waterproof backpack was opened, a rotten smell hit Conan in the face, covering his nose and stepping back a little.
Jiang Xia looked past him and took a look at the money inside:
"I remember the news just now saying that the victim of the home robbery was the leader of a gang, and that he was robbed of 100 million yen in cash... I guess that's it."
One hundred million yen is enough for Gin to do a job himself. I don’t know if he can get a task list in return if he hands it over to the organization.
Unfortunately, Amuro Toru is right next to me now. I can only hand over the money to the police, and then return it to the heir of the gang leader depending on the situation. It always feels a bit wasteful...
Huh? Wait.
Strictly speaking, "Uzo" is also on the mountain now.
Jiang Xia, who was serious about being a detective and planning to leave the organization and become a good person, certainly couldn't do such a thing as following criminals and picking up money.
…but Uzo can.
Speaking of which, if he wants the "fake Usa" to act on his behalf and use the organization's resources in the future, he must first introduce the puppet constructed by Jinpei Matsuda - the virtual person called "Nitu" to the organization, or more precisely, to Gin.
Although in Jiang Xia's opinion, the puppet would never leak the secret.
But for the organization, especially for Gin who attaches great importance to confidentiality, Jiang Xia's behavior of suddenly finding an outsider to replace "Uzo" to act in the organization and even share some of "Uzo's" authority is undoubtedly leaking the organization's intelligence to irrelevant people.
If Gin was too rigid about the rules and shot Situ, the tool man, to death as soon as they met, and then arranged for an "elite" trusted by the organization to come and help Jiang Xia... then the new vest that Jiang Xia had obtained with great difficulty would not be put to good use.
In addition, there may be another undercover insider who knows his identity and is forced to reveal his identity - Jiang Xia really does not trust the organization and Gin's vision in selecting "elites".
So it’s better to bring some gift when you meet them.
——Last time in Tottori Prefecture, after his puppet sank the organization’s ship, Gin’s murderous aura obviously increased a lot, which shows that Gin still cares a lot about the organization’s funds.
People's behavior is inevitably affected by their mood.
If he brings 100 million yen with him when introducing "Saito", Gin might not only accept the tool he found, but also send him a long-lost assassination list, asking him to see which cases he can get involved in...
For Jiang Xia, 100 million yen is not a lot.
Not to mention the little money he earned from being a detective, working part-time, and recording shows; the hundreds of millions he got from the Maple Leaf Gold Coin incident had not been spent at all. Recently, Jiang Xia had dug up several truckloads of gold from his boss's hometown, the Twilight Villa, and he was worried about the money.
...But the origin of this money cannot be told to the organization.
For the former, Anonymous once came forward.
The latter...things like poaching from the boss's family should be covered up if possible.
Not like the cash in front of me.
With the money in front of you, you can immediately hand it over to the organization as soon as you get it. You can explain the source of the money in just a sentence or two. It is safe and worry-free.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia looked at the bag full of cash in front of him, his eyes changed slightly, and he felt like he saw a list of tasks sent by Gin.
Toru Amuro and Conan didn't know what Jiang Xia was thinking.
The two serious detectives' attention was still focused on the case in front of them.
"This money is not enough for 100 million, but 50 million is enough... The other 50 million should be on the man who escaped after killing someone." Amuro Toru looked at the blood-stained cash in the bag, and then looked at the woman who died next to him with a knife in the back:
"This couple was probably the robbers who broke into the house. But later they had a quarrel - when the deceased heard Jiang Xia's name last night, she dropped the spoon in her hand in shock. Maybe she wanted to surrender or escape, but her accomplice disagreed... There are indeed many such cases."
Conan glanced at Amuro Toru warily: Boss Amuro seemed to be very familiar with this kind of money packed together, and he said it was not enough after a quick glance. Detectives don't usually receive commissions of this amount. Did Amuro Toru often encounter kidnapping cases in the past, and the kidnappers demanded a large ransom, or... the other way around?
When two detectives are suspicious of each other.
The door slammed and the client walked in.
Chao Wenzao had just gone out to look for someone, but couldn't find him, so he returned to the rest stop.
Seeing the body on the ground, he was startled: "What happened?!"
Jiang Xia came back to his senses from the money, turned around to look at the murderous client, and explained in a friendly manner:
"Do you remember the news you heard last night? The burglars and murderers were probably the couple we met on the road. They seemed to have had an argument afterwards... and then it became like this."
Chao Wenzao frowned and whispered, "So they are not silver foxes either..."
...Even if Silver Fox robbed someone on impulse when passing by a nearby village, after that, he, or they, would not run up the mountain to carry such a heavy and dirty load to carry out an assassination mission.
Remove the couple, remove the male college student who was ambushed by the Silver Fox and unfortunately fell off the cliff, remove the hired detective and the detective's classmates, and of course the seven-year-old child. The only ones left are Torakura Etsuko, and... that administrator?
Shio Bunzo pondered for a moment, then suddenly walked to the corner, grabbed Torakura Etsuko's bag, and shook it upside down.
The contents of the bag fell to the ground with a bang.
Drinking water, a change of clothes, a few books, a notebook and a pen...
There are no iconic throwing knives, crossbows, or other weird stuff. This doesn't look like Silver Fox's luggage.
Chao Wenzao glanced at the things inside, dropped the empty bag, pushed the door open, and chased into the forest.
——Etsuko Torakura is also ruled out, the only one left is the administrator!
“…”
Torakura Etsuko looked at the door slamming shut in surprise, frowned as she walked to the luggage scattered on the ground, put back her belongings one by one, and said angrily: "How rude..."
After a pause, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Jiang Xia and his group in confusion: "The 'Silver Fox' you just mentioned is..."
Before he finished speaking, a group of detectives pushed the door open half a beat slower and chased in the direction the client left.
(End of this chapter)
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