Chapter 555 Let’s Chat with Colleagues
After discovering the abnormality, Toru Amuro temporarily shifted his attention away from the collapse point several thousand meters away.
He found the guest room that Hirasaka Reiki assigned to Jiangxia, walked over and knocked on the door.
Although he couldn't ignore Kazami, he also had to keep an eye on Jiang Xia... Well, before going to find Kazami, he should secretly install a camera or something like that at Jiang Xia's place, and leave a loudspeaker. If Vodka sneaks into the room in the middle of the night while he's away and wants to intimidate or cause trouble, he can use his intimidation from a distance...
…
However, after thinking about the location to hide the camera and the loudspeaker, Jiang Xia's room door was still closed and no one came to open it.
"……?"
Amuro knocked a few more times, paused for a moment, and said tentatively: "I'm going in."
Then hold the door handle, press and push.
The door opened silently.
...The room was not locked. After the door opened, a mysteriously decorated guest room appeared in front of Toru Amuro.
The bed was made and the chairs and sofas were empty.
Jiang Xia is not inside.
“…”
...Where are the people?
…
A few minutes ago.
While Toru Amuro was lingering in the restaurant, communicating remotely with several subordinates and thinking about his next plan.
While listening to the ghosts' real-time reports on Amuro Toru's mobile phone screen, Jiang Xia vaguely guessed what his boss was about to do.
At the same time, he glanced around boredly, then suddenly stopped at Vodka in front of him.
Vodka's intuition is surprisingly sharp.
While Jiang Xia was staring at him, he suddenly seemed to sense something and looked back secretly.
The two looked at each other briefly.
The air seemed to freeze for a second.
A second later, Vodka turned around as if nothing had happened and continued walking towards his room.
However, if you look closely, you can find that his pace seems to be a little faster than before.
Jiang Xia: "..." It's quite funny to be startled...
He stared at Vodka's back, thoughtfully.
...Speaking of which, I haven’t played with my mobile phone for several days, and I haven’t read those weird letters of authorization from the law firm. It’s really boring.
Moreover, although Vodka and Gin often acted separately, it was not easy for an ordinary citizen like Jiang Xia who could only see them once every few days or even more than a month to specifically wait for Vodka to act alone.
...If you want to squeeze out the murderous intent from vodka, this seems like a good opportunity.
——Although Gin kills a few people every now and then, he does not advocate random killings because that will attract the attention of the police, which is undoubtedly not a good thing for an organization that pursues a low-key and mysterious organization... well, at least for an organization that pursues a low-key and mysterious organization in theory.
Therefore, Jiang Xia thought, maybe Vodka didn't have murderous intent because Gin was by his side. Gin was the one who decided whether to kill or not, so Vodka wouldn't have the intention to kill before receiving the order.
...And now, with Gin gone, Vodka can only rely on his own efforts and his own judgment.
In this way, maybe when he feels threatened, his desire to survive will burst out, and he will instinctively reveal a little murderous intent... After all, Vodka is also a member of a serious organization, and he even got a code name. He must have murderous intent, but he just hid it secretly...
Of course, in addition to being curious about the murderous intent of vodka, there is another thing related to vodka that Jiang Xia is quite concerned about.
——The last time he and Vodka met was in Tottori Prefecture.
Compared to that time, Vodka's attitude tonight has obviously changed a lot.
To put it simply, after seeing him, although Vodka was still startled, he seemed to have something to rely on...even though Gin was not by his side.
Jiang Xia suspected that something alarming was happening secretly behind his back.
...It is necessary to talk to Vodka as soon as possible and figure out the situation.
and……
Jiang Xia looked back at the empty corridor and thought of Toru Amuro who was busy dealing with the disappearance of Yuya Kazami. He felt that it would be a waste if he didn't take this opportunity to do something.
——If Toru Amuro had just gone straight to find Kazami while he was having a friendly conversation with Vodka, there would certainly not have been any problem.
And if the boss was taking his time leaving and planned to come to his place to take a look first, and then suddenly found him and Vodka together... then there would be Vodka as a ready-made scapegoat.
——Although Vodka is shockingly bad in some aspects, he is still an official member with considerable authority and has absolute command over peripheral members.
So, theoretically speaking, if Vodka wanted to go to a deserted place with Jiang Xia to chat for a while, Jiang Xia had to give him some face...
Jiang Xia also remembered that half an hour ago, when a group of people were groping for seats in the meditation room in the dark, Vodka had absent-mindedly sat down next to him. It seemed that he had some interest in him, a peripheral member of the famous detective... It was a rare opportunity for Vodka to get a great assist by accident, and if he didn't take advantage of it, wouldn't he be letting down this good colleague's efforts.
In the end, even if Toru Amuro still had doubts after putting the blame on Vodka, it shouldn't be a big deal.
After all, this trip wasn't the first time the boss had become suspicious - according to Jiang Xia's observation, Amuro Toru was always on the edge of suspicion. Now if he jumped one more time, he could just treat it as exercise...
Jiang Xia felt that since seeing Vodka, Amuro Toru's suspicion of him had dropped noticeably. Compared to the past when Jiang Xia would always keep an eye on him, now Amuro Toru even began to slow down his pace to check his phone and get out of Jiang Xia's field of vision...
If this continues, this journey full of surprises will probably come to an end soon.
...And if the boss becomes suspicious again, they might be able to play outside for a while longer.
No matter how long it takes, Toru Amuro will never be able to find strong evidence of "the case planned by Jiang Xia".
After all, Jiang Xia is really just an ordinary detective who is busy solving cases, and he rarely does the things that "Uzo" likes to do in the eyes of organizational cadres.
As for Vodka, there is no need to worry too much. He is Gin's assistant after all, so he is very tight-lipped. Even if he may occasionally show an uncontrollable "frightened" look, this source of shock can also explain the "Bourbon" that is not very friendly to Vodka.
In addition, considering that there is a signal here, Vodka may have already told Gin that he met Bourbon. It took Amuro Toru several years to get into the Black Organization, and there is still room for advancement. He probably won't risk exposing his identity just to catch Vodka.
As long as Vodka is not arrested, the two bottles of wine, "Vodka" and "Bourbon", which have no superior-subordinate relationship, will not exchange information. Naturally, the news that "Jiangxia = Uzo" will not leak out from Vodka.
(End of this chapter)
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