Chapter 684 Reliable Belmode Asking for monthly tickets ( ` )
Conan had sneaked away many times before, but the naive Ran Mouri didn't suspect anything.
She knew that Suzuki Sonoko was indeed not good at taking care of children, but was quite good at fighting with children... So she said goodbye to Maori Kogoro, Jiang Xia and the others, and quickly returned to the room.
The two righteous lambs who had come in had now left the battlefield. Amuro Toru and Jiang Xia were very satisfied with the current situation.
There is no ghost in Amuro Toru, and he can't eavesdrop on other people's phone calls.
But he took a look at the receding back of Mouri Ran and the phone in her hand, and thought of "Suzuki Sonoko" who had left here at some point, and guessed that this was probably the masterpiece of Vermouth.
This is a bit nosy. But if you think about it, it seems normal. Vermouth has always been a strange cadre. She is ruthless and vicious most of the time, and sometimes she even abandons her moral integrity and uses honey traps on enemies and friends. But sometimes, she will take the initiative to avoid hurting innocent passers-by, especially being more tolerant of children. Maybe she has reached the age where she likes children?
Toru Amuro vaguely felt that perhaps he could dig out more of Vermouth's secrets based on this habit and use them as leverage or bargaining chips.
But now is not the time to think about these things. I have to complete the task given by the organization first.
Amuro Toru turned around and saw that the only person who was not related to them was Maori Kogoro. Fortunately, Maori Kogoro looked easy to fool and was unlikely to cause trouble...
Toru Amuro temporarily shifted his attention away from the innocent passers-by and began to concentrate on this mission.
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Although the police found three suspects, they were just suspects, not criminals.
It was already very late and there was no progress in the case, so Shancuncao asked the three men to go back and rest, and prepared to ask them to go to the police station to take statements the next day.
The other two left quickly. Watanuki Tatsuzo did not leave the hall, but went to the vending machine and bought a can of hot coffee. He opened it and drank it slowly, looking at Jiang Xia out of the corner of his eye.
Just now, the information provided by Watanuki Tatsuzo's assistant was not accurate, only saying that "a detective saw the maple tree with an old handkerchief tied to it." Watanuki Tatsuzo glanced at it and assumed that the "detective" was the more famous Jiang Xia.
And now, Watanuki Tatsuzo discovered that Jiang Xia's demeanor was indeed not right. This young man seemed to understand something, but also seemed to be missing something, very subtle...
But in conclusion, one thing is for sure.
——For the murderer Tatsuzo Watanuki, this expression was enough to make him sound the alarm.
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A few minutes later, Tatsuzo Watanuki felt that his decision to observe Jiang Xia was a very wise one.
——Jiang Xia paced in the lobby of the hotel, turning here and there, pondering for a moment at the evidence he had secretly photographed on his phone, and then suddenly, as if he had confirmed something, he whispered a few words to the blond man next to him who looked like a foreigner.
Then the two men turned and left into the mountains.
"..." Watanuki Tatsuzo took a breath silently, waited for a moment, and followed as if nothing had happened.
You really can't relax at all when dealing with these detectives. What if I went back to rest just now, and Jiang Xia and his team found some important clues during that time, and then brought the police over overnight, things would be troublesome.
Fortunately, now, thanks to his wit, everything is still under control.
Although he was not sure what the two detectives were going to do, as the saying goes, one person's strength can defeat ten people's skills - Watanuki Tatsuzo brought more than 60 subordinates with him. It would be as difficult to make the two people disappear quietly in the mountains as to swat two annoying mosquitoes.
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Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru went out together.
Considering that Tatsuzo Watanuki who was following behind, although he was a lawbreaker, he was an elderly man after all.
So the two of them slowed down their pace out of respect for the elderly and love for the young, chatting in low voices and pretending to discuss important issues, while walking into the mountains with flashlights, not slowly but definitely not quickly, maintaining the pace of a calm adult detective.
At first, Watanuki Tatsuzo was worried that he would not be able to catch up, so he sent a message to his younger brothers in advance, asking them to keep a close eye on them.
However, the detectives' speed from thinking to leaving the house was not fast, but not slow either. After the two detectives left the house and Watanuki Tatsuzo followed them for a long distance, he realized that his subordinates had not arrived yet and had not replied to his messages. Only the assistant who was in the hotel with him followed.
...I don’t know if the others were being lazy, or the signal was bad in the mountains again, or they were concentrating on finding something and didn’t see the message?
Fortunately, it didn't matter. There were more than a dozen of his subordinates around all the possible hiding places. Once there was any movement, other teams would be able to rush over quickly.
Thinking of this, Watanuki Tatsuzo continued to track attentively.
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Ahead, two detectives were walking along the mountain path, searching and whispering, apparently discussing the case.
However, if Tatsuzo Watanuki and his assistant had better hearing, they would have noticed that Jiang Xia and the others were talking about a completely different topic.
"The mission is finally over." Toru Amuro couldn't help but reveal his inner thoughts, and his tone sounded a little relieved.
Jiang Xia nodded. In the darkness of the night, the faint light from the flashlight shone on his face, casting a dark outline on it, making it look inexplicably heavy.
Amuro Toru glanced at him and said casually, "The name of the Mud Society sounds a bit rustic, but it's actually not an honest organization. Their branches have expanded to Southeast Asia and South America. They are involved in all the crimes you can name... Killing and hiding corpses are commonplace, so Watanuki Tatsuzo doesn't care much about the murder of the assistant director. He only cares about whether the body of the Mud Society colleague he killed five years ago will be exposed. In his opinion, only this matter can threaten his current position. In short, we are going to face a group of desperadoes later, so don't take it lightly."
It seemed like he was reminding Jiang Xia of the danger of this mission, but in reality, he wanted to tell Jiang Xia that Watanuki Tatsuzo was not a good guy. After catching his flaws, handing them over to the organization and the mud meeting, this old guy would not live long, but that was his own fault, not the indirect murder by the person who caught him.
However, high school detectives generally seem to value human life, whether it is good or bad.
After hearing his words, Jiang Xia just nodded seriously to show that he would be on high alert, but his expression did not look much relieved.
Toru Amuro sighed inwardly and changed the subject.
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The two of them whispered to each other for a while, matching their deliberately slowed pace.
After more than ten minutes, Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru stopped in front of a maple tree.
An old red handkerchief was tied to the branch, floating quietly in the night, as if calling back the souls.
(End of this chapter)
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