Chapter 516: No Rum
While parking, Toru Amuro carefully scanned the restaurant's parking lot.
After making sure that he did not see Kogoro Mori's car and receiving a message from his subordinates that "there are no other suspicious acquaintances nearby", he pushed the door and got out of the car.
Jiang Xia also looked around and followed Amuro Toru into the hall.
This is a specialty restaurant where food is cooked to order and there is a lot of communication between the chef and the customers.
Jiang Xia had just entered the door when he suddenly felt that Toru Amuro stopped beside him, and then his whole body tensed up silently.
"?"
Jiang Xia looked at Amuro Toru in confusion, then followed his gaze to a corner of the hall and was also stunned.
——On the other side of the hall, stood a man in a chef's uniform.
The man was a burly man with obvious crow's feet at the corners of his eyes and a bandage covering his left eye. Although he was discussing the menu with the customer with a smile, he gave people an inexplicable gloomy feeling.
After just two glances, the chef suddenly turned around as if he had noticed something, his eyes fell accurately on them, and then he raised his eyebrows subtly.
This subtle change in expression only lasted for a moment. Soon, the chef nodded at them with a smile, like a normal restaurant employee.
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment.
The chef's appearance and Amuro Toru's reaction...
It couldn't be what he thought.
…
A moment later, when the chef and the guest next to him walked to another sign, Jiang Xia saw clearly the nameplate hanging on the chef.
——Wakita.
Jiang Xia: “…”
He briefly fell into deep thought.
I remember that one of the common aliases of the organization's second-in-command "Rum" was "Wakita Kensuke". Wakita Kensuke was indeed a cook. Moreover, being able to work in a restaurant like this meant that his cooking skills were quite good...
Rum's pastime is to cook around?
Or is he also gathering intelligence in this way?
...Well, judging from how busy Gin is, the second-in-command of the organization shouldn't be too idle either, so let's just say it's the latter. Do all of Rum's people have the same habit? Was it Rum who taught Toru Amuro how to work part-time?
...Speaking of which, I don't know if Rum knows that "Jiang Xia = Uzo". From the perspective of authority, Rum will definitely be able to find it; Tokyo suddenly has such a code member, he should also pay attention.
Anyway, whether he knew it or not, Rum would definitely not come over and say "Hi, Uzo."... It was really dangerous for the second-in-command to expose himself to the new code member. And according to Rum's level of caution, he should not have exposed other code members' vests in Bourbon for no reason.
After figuring it out, Jiang Xia quickly lost interest in the non-murderous rum and his eyes fell on the ingredients on the side.
Toru Amuro didn't look at it any more.
He turned to the waiter who came to greet them and prepared to choose dishes: Since Rum is here, don't order too much like before, in order to save some funds for the organization...
…
Next to him was the second-in-command of the organization. Even though Toru Amuro came to his senses and acted as if he didn't know Rum, his attention was still inevitably focused on this boss of the organization.
After observing for a while with his peripheral vision, Toru Amuro suddenly discovered that Rum seemed to glance over here occasionally while the guests were hesitating over the dishes.
Toru Amuro: "...?"
...Rum has looked over here too many times. He seems to be very interested in something.
Calmly rule it out. First of all, this person shouldn't be looking at him, he is also an old subordinate of Rum, there is nothing to look at.
so……
Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia next to him.
Could it be that Rum has taken a fancy to this young detective...
The organization usually doesn't like to contact famous detectives, because detectives are often people with a strong sense of justice and close ties with the police. At the same time, in the eyes of the organization members, this group of people are also very "cunning", and it is easy to overturn if you contact them rashly, and the cost-effectiveness is not high.
But Jiangxia is different.
Jiang Xia's parents are both in the organization, and he himself has always been a peripheral member of the organization. In Rum's eyes, he should be a very useful tool.
Moreover, Jiang Xia has only been a detective for a short time, but he has already become so famous. He has great potential for growth. If he continues like this...
Amuro Toru was secretly alert.
He originally planned to make Jiang Xia a regular member of his team. When Jiang Xia grew to a point where he could no longer be ignored by the organization, he would find a suitable opportunity to introduce Jiang Xia as a codenamed member. In this way, Bourbon would naturally have a partner who liked to slack off. While getting intelligence from his partner for free, he could also provide guidance and help to Jiang Xia to prevent him from being involved in tasks that were too risky.
Or, if Jiang Xia really didn't want to work for the organization, then they would go through the witness protection procedure and send Jiang Xia to a peaceful place far away; or they could let him work in the public security department secretly - according to the talents Jiang Xia showed, after careful training, he would definitely be more reliable than most of his subordinates...
No matter which path we ultimately take, it will undoubtedly take a long time to investigate and prepare.
If Jiang Xia was targeted by Rum so quickly, many things would easily get out of control and it would be difficult to achieve a satisfactory result...
However, if one thinks rationally, even if Rum really likes Jiang Xia's ability, he probably won't immediately assign Jiang Xia to do tasks elsewhere. Instead, he will consider it for a long time and let Jiang Xia develop as he is, cultivate his reputation, and give full play to his potential for growth. So...
Huh? Wait.
Doesn't that mean that if Jiang Xia is really Wu Zuo, it would be difficult for him to see any clues from the organization's tasks and movements, because even if the organization assigns tasks to Jiang Xia, the focus of the tasks will be on accumulating reputation, and he will only be activated at a few critical moments to implicitly complete the goals?
“……”Oh, it’s too difficult.
Amuro Toru sighed inwardly.
Catching mice around you is indeed a tiring task.
Looking at Rum again at this time, Toru Amuro actually had a brief empathy with this second-in-command of the organization whose hands were stained with blood...
…
A dozen meters away, on the other side of the hall.
While Rum was professionally introducing the special menu to the guests, he casually thought about what had just happened.
As the intelligence chief of the organization, he knows everything about every codenamed cadre, let alone Uzo who is active in Tokyo.
Just now, when Rum recognized Jiang Xia who came in, he saw Amuro Toru next to Jiang Xia. He was slightly stunned, wondering how Uzo, who was from Gin's side, got together with his subordinates.
It was only after a second that he suddenly remembered that Uzo seemed to have been working in Bourbon's detective agency. Bourbon was not in the agency all year round, and his identity as a private detective was too low-profile. Rum's busy brain had already put this information in a corner, and now that he suddenly saw it, he successfully activated his memory.
(End of this chapter)
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