Chapter 3636-3651 [New Project]
"What do you mean by 'this series of picture book bombings' is brilliantly designed, with an exciting plot, and far superior to the last paper flower bomb?!"
Further down the line, words like "stupid," "crude," and "incompetent," which made his blood vessels pound, were successively applied to the bombing he had impulsively devised a while ago, as well as to his own forehead.
The bomber was furious!
"I just wasn't taking it seriously!" He slammed the newspaper on the ground and stomped on it a few times as if he had a grudge. "What does that damned editor know?!"
Don't let him find the person who wrote this!!
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Achoo!
Inside the Amuro Detective Agency.
Amuro Tooru turned his head away and sneezed.
Then he picked up his coffee again and started looking at the newspaper in front of him.
"The headlines are all about Kidd and the Suzuki Group..."
He sighed inwardly; it seemed that the power of the police had failed to defeat the power of capital.
Strictly speaking, however, this time he only used the power that "Bourbon" should have, rather than acting as a police officer—this report was a bait he laid out to lure Uzo, not to reveal his true colors.
"Regardless of what exactly happened in this case, at least in the last bombing, I saw Matsu... that guy who resembled Uzo."
In other words, the case at the clothes hanger hair salon may very well have been orchestrated by Uzo.
As Amuro sipped his coffee, he glanced at the sharp, almost malicious comments in the newspaper, a sinister smile creeping across his face.
"Geniuses are always proud, especially in their areas of expertise."
If scolding him like this could provoke Uzo to come out and seek revenge, that would be wonderful—why not give it a try? After all, even if it doesn't succeed, the only loss would be a little time.
"Given Uzo's methods and what happened yesterday, he should have no trouble guessing that this report is related to me."
This is precisely why Amuro Tooru came to the detective agency today—it's his only fixed respawn point. If he just wanders around like before, and Uzo comes but can't find him, then all his efforts will be wasted.
While seemingly enjoying his coffee and reading the newspaper, Amuro Tooru was simultaneously on high alert, more focused than ever before on his surroundings.
Just as I was hoping my bait would work, a commotion suddenly broke out at the door.
"You're here?"
Amuro Tooru leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, looking incredibly relaxed, but his ears were already perked up, and his peripheral vision was subtly drifting towards the door.
As he listened, he suddenly realized something was wrong: there were so many footsteps and voices outside...
It seems like it wasn't just one person who came, but a group of people!
Just as I was wondering, a group of people suddenly turned the corner and appeared at the entrance of the detective agency.
Amuro Tooru suddenly looked up and saw several familiar faces—Inspector Megure, Officer Takagi, and behind them… a bunch of people who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
Looking at Inspector Megure's smiling face, Amuro Tooru was completely bewildered: "What are you doing here?"
Inspector Megure: "Of course we're here to send you a letter of thanks! — And these two, security guards from Tianquan Security Company, they were the ones driving the armored truck yesterday."
Amuro Tooru looked in the direction he was pointing, full of questions, and saw two middle-aged men with grateful expressions.
The two men, one carrying a fruit basket and the other holding a rather large thank-you letter, came over with great gratitude and put the things down, saying, "Thank you so much for yesterday. We didn't know your good intentions at the time, and thought there had just been a quarrel... Sigh, if it weren't for your help, we would have been in big trouble yesterday."
Amuro Tooru silently watched the two men. After a long while, he raised his head and looked at the several television reporters who had appeared behind them as they walked towards him.
The two groups of reporters exchanged glances, flashed professional smiles, and excitedly rushed over.
Toru Amuro: "...?"
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At Dr. Agasa's house.
Ai Haibara picked up an egg roll, took two bites, and suddenly noticed something.
She turned to look at Jiang Xia and saw that, unlike before, Jiang Xia was not sitting at the table flipping through the newspaper like an adult, but was holding a mobile phone, looking at something and laughing as he looked at it.
Ai Haibara: "..." Is it one of those weird, third-rate idol dramas again?
No, although Jiang Xia often plays these dramas, he just uses them as background noise and doesn't watch them himself... But after listening to them for a long time, he inevitably becomes curious about the plot, and maybe he's started watching them now?
Ai Haibara didn't make a sound to disturb her. While munching on a hot egg roll, she quietly studied Jiang Xia, thoroughly enjoying this unique kind of scientific research.
After studying for a while, Jiang Xia's phone suddenly vibrated and received a call.
The sudden ringing of the phone startled Ai Haibara, but the person receiving the call showed no surprise, as if she had known a call was coming.
"You guys eat first."
Jiang Xia greeted Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa, got up and walked to a place where they couldn't hear him, exited the surveillance footage of the Amuro Detective Agency, and answered the phone.
Amuro Tooru's voice, filled with gritted teeth, came from the other side: "From now on, when you're being modest, don't drag me into it!"
He had just managed to shake off the reporters, police, and security guards, and thankfully avoided making the next news story with the shameful title of "a good citizen who did a good deed."
After seeing everyone else off, Amuro Tooru grabbed Inspector Megure and asked him what had gotten into him that day.
Inspector Megure sighed: "That Tianquan Security Company initially wanted to thank Jiang Xia—they probably saw the news and found out that Jiang Xia solved the case, so they wanted to take the opportunity to build a relationship with Jiang Xia and hire him as a spokesperson to promote their company."
"But as you know, Jiang Xia isn't very interested in these things. He modestly said that he didn't actually do anything, and that yesterday's success was mainly due to you."
"When that security company investigated, they found out that you were Jiangxia's boss, so they turned around and came to you to curry favor, probably hoping that you could help them persuade Jiangxia."
Toru Amuro: "..."
After seeing the police chief off, he immediately called Jiang Xia.
Hearing his voice, tinged with barely suppressed anger, Jiang Xia sighed, adopting the wronged tone of a Mr. Dongguo who had been bitten by a wolf:
"You dropped the bomb and ran away yesterday. Although you could explain it away by saying you were in a hurry to deal with the mastermind, to be honest, it still seems a bit suspicious."
"Especially after that video of Asanaga editing and detonating the bomb was sent over, even Officer Sato started to have some doubts about you. Fortunately, she's just thinking about it casually at this stage and hasn't seriously considered these things—as long as you get a 'good Samaritan' stamp on your record first, she probably won't think about those things anymore."
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