Chapter 3617, Page 3629: [What happened to the other cadres?]
When Amuro Tooru heard the word "coincidence," his eye twitched slightly, and he briefly had an urge to walk away.
He had only stopped by the detective agency to pick something up, planning to leave after Jiang Xia woke up. But as soon as Jiang Xia opened her eyes, a strange picture book arrived, vaguely related to the explosive news on TV.
Based on current news reports, it seems there were no casualties in this explosion. Under normal circumstances, Amuro Tooru probably wouldn't have bothered with it at all.
But not long ago, his Public Security subordinates were trapped under a bridge by an explosion, followed by a strange invitation letter, and even a suspicious man who looked a lot like Matsuda appeared... With these examples in mind, Amuro Tooru became alert as soon as he saw the word "explosion".
"And thinking about it carefully, that invitation last time was actually sent to Jiang Xia... Could it be that the reason it ended with paper ribbons was simply because I got involved?"
"And as a continuation of what was left unfinished last time, that guy has sent over another picture book?"
Amuro Tooru's steps, which were about to leave, seemed to be stuck to the ground for a brief moment—he wanted to leave, but his reason told him he couldn't.
Just as I was struggling with this, my phone, which was on the coffee table, suddenly vibrated.
Amuro Tooru initially thought it was Jiang Xia's phone ringing, but quickly realized it wasn't.
He looked down at the phone on the table: this was the item that had been sent along with the sample picture book on the table.
Jiang Xia didn't seem to feel any sense of crisis. He reached out and picked up the phone, then casually pressed a couple of buttons.
A text message popped up on the screen. The sender was "Grandpa Didi Dada," and the message content was somewhat puzzling:
[Tick-tock, tick-tock, boom—!]
Amuro Tooru also leaned over to take a look: "What is that?"
Before I could even understand what was happening, another text message popped up, followed by a series of messages refreshing the screen:
[60 minutes until the next match against Sand Castle.]
[In 8 towns? ]
[Or the 3rd town? ]
Come on! Guess where the bomb is.
Detective, can you answer this correctly?
Amuro Tooru understood: "An explosion warning?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "It is quite similar, and much more upscale than the one you received last time, boss."
Toru Amuro: "..."
Keep your voice down so Uzo doesn't hear you. What if that guy holds a grudge and comes after you behind your back?
If you're looking for someone, you should come to me.
Thinking of this, Amuro Tooru had a flash of inspiration and raised his voice slightly, trying to attract any potential hatred: "The last notice was indeed crude and shoddy; it must have been a stupid move by someone who wasn't very bright."
While trying to fish, Amuro Tooru pondered: It's a pity that the guy who looks like Matsuda is actually Uzo. Perhaps it's because he looks too much like his old friend, but he always feels that the fake Matsuda doesn't have the feeling that "Uzo" should have.
...But now is not the time to think about these things.
Amuro Tooru remembered the 60 minutes in the trailer and quickly came to his senses. Without saying a word, he reached out and picked up the picture book on the table.
The fact that they specifically sent this stack of things along with the cell phone, and then suddenly sent them a text message asking them to do some multiple-choice questions, suggests that the clues to the next explosion location are hidden in this picture book.
Jiangxia was also looking at the picture book.
Turning the page to the sandcastle, the next image is a picture of a bus stop, with a speech bubble in the upper right corner that reads:
Tick-tock, tick-tock
To find out the delivery location of the second clock, you need to solve a brain teaser.
Amuro Tooru scoffed disdainfully, "Why not just write the riddle directly? Why all this unnecessary preamble?"
Jiang Xia raised his hand, casually grabbed some coffee, and calmly turned another page of the picture book.
On the following pages, the sender finally mentioned the "brain teasers":
Five passengers are waiting for a bus at the bus stop.
A bus carrying three passengers arrived.
At the next stop, two people get off and one person gets on.
The next stop was the final stop, and the bus stopped.
Come on, tell me how many people are on the bus right now.
What are you looking at?
A head suddenly popped out from the side.
Amuro Tooru, who was focused on solving the puzzle, was startled and almost punched it. Fortunately, he came to his senses as soon as he moved his hand and stopped in time. The head also dodged quickly, retracting in a flash and straightening up again.
Sato Miwako touched her head, relieved to have escaped unscathed, glanced at Amuro Tooru, and said to Jiang Xia in a complicated tone, "Your boss has a rather bad temper."
Why is my first reaction to seeing someone nearby to punch them? That doesn't seem right, does it?
"Officer Sato." Jiang Xia seemed quite welcoming of her appearance, casually handing her the coffee he had just brewed. "What are you doing here?"
Sato Miwako waved the notebook in her hand and pointed to Officer Takagi, who had just followed her in, looking bewildered: "There's a witness who lives on the street behind. He didn't want to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to testify, so we went over there to find him."
Jiang Xia's ears perked up: "A witness in what case? A murderer?"
Officer Sato: "A bag snatching case."
Jiang Xia: "..."
He stopped asking questions, losing interest.
Miwako Sato, however, was very interested in what she and Tooru Amuro were doing: "What is this?... Wait, why does this phone say 'explosion' on it??"
Jiang Xia seemed to want to answer, but before she could speak, she remembered that there was a shady Bourbon standing next to her, so she turned her head and glanced at the person in charge of the wine.
Amuro Tooru originally intended to brush off the police and send Exia away so he could handle the bombing case himself.
But just as he was about to speak, he remembered something and paused.
“Theoretically speaking, members of the organization should try to avoid the police as much as possible,” Amuro thought to himself. “But from what I’ve observed, my colleagues seem to like to wander around crime scenes every now and then, often appearing as suspects or witnesses.”
For example, lawyer Shirai, "Dr. Araide," Mr. George, Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Yamada...
The latter few were particularly outrageous, having already earned titles like "helpful citizen" from the police. Every time Amuro Tooru saw the reports Kazama handed him, he couldn't help but twitch at the corners of his eyes as he looked at these acquaintances using aliases, marveling at their cunning.
"Could it be that, without my knowledge, the organization's cadres changed their tactics and started using the police to seek cooperation with them?"
As a well-known lone wolf in the organization, "Bourbon" never had a close relationship with other executives, and he never paid attention to when others changed their behavior patterns.
"But if that's the case, shouldn't I also follow the trend and make more connections with the police?"
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