Chapter 833: It's not about holding a grudge, it's about having a good memory
Vermouth rubbed her chin with her fingertips and keenly noticed that the woman next to Mouri Kogoro seemed a little absent-minded - although she seemed to be chatting with Mouri Kogoro, most of the time it was Mouri Kogoro who was talking, while the woman was very careful about time and her eyes were wandering, obviously not concentrating on enjoying the scenery.
Considering this point, Uzo's purpose of parking the car here is very obvious.
——He definitely didn’t come to see the Dongdu Beach Bridge.
Instead, you can appreciate the cases that may happen around Kogoro Mori.
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At this time, Vermouth, as a spectator who took the initiative to come to Uzo, did not hide her scrutiny of Mouri Kogoro at all.
She observed him for a while, then looked at Jiang Xia and spoke out, "It's that little mustache guy again - you seem to care about him a lot?"
"I just thought that his arrival was a coincidence, and it's a pleasant surprise in this case, so I brought you here to see it." Jiang Xia sat in the car, leaning his elbow on the window frame, leisurely watching the two people talking outside the car.
Suddenly he turned to Vermouth:
"You were right just now - it's just that watching a play is really boring."
"So why not place a bet?"
"——Let's bet on whether he can survive tonight."
He raised his chin and pointed in the direction of Maori Kogoro.
Vermouth's eyes moved, and her heart rose silently.
She didn't answer immediately, but took out a long, thin lady's cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it and took a slow puff, adding a touch of indifference to her tone: "Oh? What's the bet?"
Come to think of it, Vermouth thought a little slowly, when did she ever say "watching a play is boring"?
After thinking for a moment, she remembered that just now, in order to trick Uzo into revealing the spoilers of the new case, she seemed to have complained about the tricks he loved to use.
Although at the time, Uzo looked unfazed and politely echoed her words.
But now it seems...
Vermouth looked around at the riverside area which was extremely suitable for dumping corpses, and then looked at Kogoro Mouri in front of him, who was so drunk that his eyelids were fighting each other and looked like he could fall asleep at any time.
Her expression was calm, but she felt a surge of regret in her heart.
...shooting oneself in the foot is a true reflection of her current predicament.
If he hadn't said that before, Usa's interest in this "accident" Maori Kogoro might not be as strong as it is now. And being noticed by Usa is obviously not a good thing...
However, Vermouth thought, since it was a "gamble", then as long as she operated properly, maybe she could try to get Maori Kogoro out of Usa's clutches.
After all, in Usa's eyes, Kogoro Mori should not be a target that must be killed. He just brought a little unknown "surprise" to his murder drama.
...No, it can't be considered "unknown". I'm afraid that the moment this unstable factor was added to the script, Uzo had already guessed what would happen next.
Otherwise, they would not have met Kogoro Mori here so accurately.
——Vermouth remembered that Uzo had not done anything like "checking the location" just now. The few times he took out his phone, he just checked the time. In other words, they met Maori Kogoro here only because of Uzo's insight and grasp of people's hearts that ordinary people could not match.
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Countless thoughts flashed through Vermouth's mind as she tried to find a way for Kogoro Mori to survive from the complex spider-web of clues.
While thinking about this, he had to have a normal conversation with Uzo in order not to expose his abnormality.
Vermouth knocked off the ash, as if she suddenly realized something was wrong, and said with a smile:
"Speaking of which, this bet is not fair. I know nothing, but you know everything - it's like the director and the audience are betting on the next plot development. How can I win this way?"
"Director, this description is not appropriate. I just happened to meet a neighbor uncle who was targeted by bad guys when I was out for a ride with you." After a pause, Jiang Xia changed his words under Vermouth's "..." gaze, "Okay, if you really mind, you can choose first."
After saying that, he thought quietly: "He showed up here at this time, and met Miss Shimamura. Uncle Maori really fell asleep on the train before... He stopped his neighbor from drinking, but he got drunk and sleepy, and finally fell into a long sleep. It sounds quite warning... But it's too didactic, which makes it boring."
"..." Vermouth's fingertips holding the cigarette were slightly numb. Uzo called Uncle Maori very affectionately, as if he was quite close to him, but the malice hidden in his words was so strong.
She slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and became increasingly aware of one thing: the situation did not seem good. Angel might indeed be a light worth protecting for Uzo.
...But the same cannot be said for Kogoro Mori.
The key point seems to be whether Usa can understand the meaning of Kogoro Mori to Angel, and whether he can understand the "deep feelings between parents and children."
According to Vermouth's investigation, it now seems that the relationship between Uzo and his deceased parents seems a little strange.
On the one hand, Jiang Xia and his wife were very busy during their lifetime and often had no time to take care of their son. Jiang Xia was not a clingy child. Both sides did their own things and their relationship seemed to be very weak.
But on the other hand, the couple had just died in a car accident, and that night, Jiang Xia actually sharpened his knife and pointed it at him, and quickly prepared for a family reunion...
Vermouth once sneaked into the hospital that admitted Jiang Xia a year ago and obtained relevant files from there.
Judging from the information at that time, the fatal wound on Jiang Xia's wrist was very deep, and the attack was decisive. Although he was found by a neighbor and sent to the hospital before bleeding to death, the probability of saving him was actually very low according to the amount of blood loss at that time. Even the doctor was a little puzzled as to how this person survived... It can be seen that at that time, Jiang Xia was not bored and entered the script for a cameo, but really did not want to stay in this world.
Based on this incident, at first glance, it seems that Uzo is not completely without feelings for his parents.
...But this only represents his attitude a year ago.
For someone like Uzo, whose ideas are so different from those of ordinary people, after going through all this...can he really understand a normal father-daughter relationship?
What if from then on, Uzo felt that the importance of parents was "nothing special", that they would become "a potential danger to self-sabotage", and then he was eager to help his friends eliminate this hidden danger in advance...
Cool guy's parents are now in the United States, and Uzo can't reach them for a while.
Angel's mother, Hibiki Eri, doesn't live with them and is usually very busy, so they don't see her very often either...
By this calculation, among the four people, Kogoro Mori, who is very close, is obviously the most convenient for Usa to "do something for him".
(End of this chapter)
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