Chapter 222

When Hoshikawa Kazuaki came to work at the Poirot Café again, he thought that the first person he would face would be Toru Amuro, who knew his identity. However, he did not expect that the first person to be interested in his identity would be Azusa Enomoto, the only ordinary person in the store.

"Is this true? Xingchuan, it turns out that you are the youngest son of the Uemura family who was lost in the early years! Wait, is it the Uemura family of the Uemura Pharmaceutical Company?"

Enomoto Azusa held up the newspaper she had just bought and pointed to the photo of the banquet hall in the most eye-catching position on the front page. Then she looked at Hoshikawa Kazuaki, then looked down at the newspaper, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"Ah, this is indeed true. But I never thought that Kamimura Ka would allow the media to report this."

Hoshikawa Kazuaki took the newspaper and looked at it. The photo was taken at the banquet that day. However, perhaps for the sake of the reputation of the Uemura family, the report did not reveal any information or details related to the murder. Uemura Saichiro, who was once reported by all major media, only got a small section to announce the news of his death. If you don't look carefully, you can't even see it.

In contrast, the news that Kamimura Kazuo had officially confirmed Kamimura Shota as the heir of the family and that Kamimura Kazuo had finally found his youngest son Hoshikawa Kazuaki who had been lost accidentally 18 years ago became the focus of people's attention, and the photos of the scene were directly on the front page. Enomoto Azusa obviously learned the news from this newspaper.

But the way they eat is really ugly. In just one night, the Kamimura family has directly decided on the position of the successor. Not only did they not give any explanation on the cause of death of the previous head of the family, they did not even mention that Hoshikawa and Akira were the original successors. But Hoshikawa and Akira are also happy with it.

"I really didn't expect that your family background is so impressive!" Enomoto Azusa carefully studied the blurry photo in the newspaper for a while, and then suddenly seemed to think of something. She looked up at Hoshikawa Kazuaki as if waking up from a dream, and asked seriously: "By the way, Hoshikawa, since you have found your relatives and have been accepted by the family, do you still plan to continue working in the store?"

Seeing Xingchuan and Ming put down their work and looked at him calmly, Enomoto Azusa suddenly didn't know what to say, and stammered to explain: "Well, I don't want to chase you away, I just want to ask, since your current status is different, if you continue to work here like before, would it be inappropriate? Uh, I mean, after all, you are now the young master of a big family..."

Xingchuan Heming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patiently explained: "But even if they have confirmed that I have a blood relationship with the Kamimura family, it doesn't mean that they will accept a stranger who has never appeared in the family and can now earn money to support himself without any scruples."

Azusa Enomoto's eyes widened in shock, and she retorted, "But you are the youngest son of the Kamimura family? And you are still a minor. Even if the other members of the Kamimura family don't care about you, what about your parents? They have been separated from you for so many years, and this time they are finally reunited. Don't they want to take you home? At least they shouldn't let you continue to work to support yourself, right?"

Xingchuan and Ming were stunned for a moment, then put away their smiles, hesitated for a while and said: "You misunderstood Miss Azusa. In fact, my mother is not the current Mrs. Uemura."

"Ah? Sorry!" Enomoto Azusa immediately realized that she had said something wrong and apologized. Xingchuan and Ming shook their heads and said, "It's okay. In fact, my mother died eighteen years ago, and even the so-called father died in an accident at the banquet."

Hoshikawa Kazuaki pointed his finger at the small section of the newspaper that reported the death of Kamimura Saichiro. Unlike the grand publicity show of the new heir, the former patriarch was simply marginalized and made to look shabby.

"Dead? Ah, I'm so sorry for bringing up such a terrible topic." Enomoto Azusa felt even more guilty now, and quickly said that if Hoshikawa and Ming felt sad, they might as well take a few more days off, and she could help cover for a few more days.

Is there such a good thing?

Hoshikawa and Ming were immediately tempted, but when he thought of the plan he had agreed with the pseudonyms, he quickly calmed down. The manga has now reached the most critical period, and he has no time to slack off. While they were chatting, the doorbell of the cafe rang. Hoshikawa and Ming turned around reflexively to greet the customer, but when he looked closely, it turned out to be Toru Amuro.

Wait, this is too weird. Doesn't this working emperor usually arrive at the store two hours early? Why is he late today?

Hoshikawa and Ming's first reaction was to check the clock. Sure enough, it was already opening time. He glanced around and saw Enomoto Azusa doing the same thing.

"I'm so sorry that I'm late today. As an apology for the delay, I'll be responsible for handling the ingredients from now on." Amuro Toru's voice was full of energy as usual, and there was no sign that he had discussed with Morobushi Kagemitsu all night last night to study how to prevent artificial intelligence from invading the network system.

"Brother Amuro, you don't have to be so polite. It's just a simple job. Why don't we do it together? It should be done quickly." Hoshikawa Kazuaki invited with a smile. His gentle smile didn't seem to have any change in attitude.

However, it was this gentle attitude, which was the same as before, that made Amuro Toru feel indescribable complex emotions.

Toru Amuro had exchanged information with Keimitsu Morofushi last night, and only then did he know that Hoshikawa Kazuaki had another identity besides his identity as a high school mystery cartoonist - it turned out that he was the son of the experimental subject that the organization had suddenly begun to pay attention to recently.

No wonder Gin suddenly ordered himself not to leave Tokyo in the near future and to keep his phone connected at all times after learning that another waiter in the coffee shop where he worked part-time was Hoshikawa Kazuaki. At that time, he thought the organization was interested in Hoshikawa's special status in the field of comics, but he didn't expect that Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who looked like an ordinary high school student, had such a special hidden identity that the organization took the initiative to suspend all other illegal transactions just to ensure that the process of recovering the experimental subjects was absolutely safe and smooth.

More importantly, according to Hiro, the person who was able to come up with a complete plan in the shortest time, taking into account the various reactions of the organization and the police, and playing with many senior members of the organization including Gin, was actually Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who was only fifteen years old at the time!

Is this really something a child could do? Did he already have such an accurate grasp of people's hearts at that time?

When he heard the news, Toru Amuro was really shocked. Now facing Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who smiled without showing any specialness, Toru Amuro finally realized that since he knew everything about the members of the organization three years ago, did he really not recognize that he was Bourbon Whiskey, a member of the organization, when he first saw him? If he recognized him, why did he still talk and laugh with him without any hesitation?

What on earth is going on in this child's mind?