Chapter 129 Twenty-three Cats
Akae Nazuki is a book-made man who is different from ordinary people. This is also the fundamental reason why he became Karasuma Renya's favorite experimental subject. Even if he uses his own body in this world instead of the body molded by the book, his physical qualities cannot be erased.
This means that the criminal's stick did not actually cause him any harm. Relying on the fact that the other party would not touch the back of his head to confirm the situation, Akajang Nayue successfully pretended to be fainted and deceived the public with the superb acting skills he had learned from Sharon for many years.
Therefore, the moment the prisoner left the room, the black-haired young man who was handcuffed to the window and unable to move immediately opened his eyes, and the pretended confusion on his face disappeared like a tide.
The criminal seemed to know that the police would find the hotel by now, so he left in a hurry without diverting Chijiang Nayue's attention. He just locked the guy who disrupted his plan in the room with handcuffs he got from somewhere, and placed a bomb in the room again.
Chijiang Nayue looked up at the black box firmly fixed on the wall, and casually moved her handcuffed wrists.
To be honest, he had never encountered handcuffs that could trap him.
The well-informed former police inspector Akae saw at a glance that the criminal's goal was to make him watch himself being blown up without being able to do anything, so that he could take revenge on him for his previous bomb disposal.
In the normal main world, Chijiang Nayue might politely respect the prisoner's creativity at this time, which is reflected in dragging the prisoner who did so back to experience the other party's own ideas. There is respect, but not much.
But now that he was pretending to be defeated and knocked unconscious, he was obviously trying to lure Fūya who was on the other end of the phone over. So we could only regretfully let the lucky criminal go for once.
Chijiang Nayue smacked her lips and lowered her head regretfully, too lazy to give the bomb one more second of her attention.
Don't get me wrong, this was not his deliberate plan. Chijiang Nayue himself didn't know that the criminal would want to come here to see the bomb he had installed at this time, and then met him, a bomb defuseer, so this was just a coincidence that could be used to his advantage.
[Shu], who was watching the show secretly, took a look at the [Title: Unknown Detective] worn on the player's panel and was speechless.
[Unknown Detective] is a very suitable title for fishing. Akajinazuki once used this to happily catch fish and walk around. The general effect is that the probability of his actions being successful becomes 100% during the wearing period, but at the same time it will also attract the attention of the opposing camp 100%.
The special ability only magnified the desires that already existed in the criminal's heart, turning Akajiang Nayue himself into the brightest and most dazzling light source that could not be ignored in the eyes of the other party. If the other party did not intend to knock him out and leave him to die, [Unknown Detective] would not be effective on him.
[Do I really look easier to bully than Zero? ] Akajinazuki complained to [Shu] in her heart, [Why is it that every time I encounter this kind of situation, I am always the one who is bullied by the opponent? ]
He didn't want to do that either. Who could let the prisoners have such unique vision? Even if he didn't give any titles and stood in a row with Jiangu to choose a target, nine of them would probably choose Akajiang Nayue, and the remaining one would want both.
This kind of situation has never happened again since Chijiang Nayue's face was remembered by the entire underground world in the main world. As a result, once the criminals arrived in the new world where they had not been ravaged by Officer Chijiang, everything returned to the way it was at the beginning.
In this regard, [the book] has only one comment: [Isn’t it good to be alive? ]
He was referring to the criminals.
The savior pretended not to understand what He meant and made a meaningless sound in his mind, trying to get away with it. He adjusted himself into a comfortable position and began to close his eyes and rest.
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The guests attending the banquet followed the commander and evacuated to a safer floor, waiting for the rescue workers outside to remove the blockage. During this time, Mr. Suzuki and others also worked to stabilize everyone's emotions so that everyone would not fall into chaos and get trampled.
At the same time, no one noticed that the blonde female star in the corner was using her coat to cover her expression, lowering her head and communicating with the person on the other end of the headset.
"Bourbon is with Kalua right now, so nothing should happen to them in the short term." Vermouth whispered, "Although I don't know how he knows Kalua... GIN, this doesn't clear him of suspicion, right?"
On the street near the hotel building, two men in black were sitting in a black Porsche. The co-driver had long light blond hair and was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed.
Hearing this, his expression did not change at all. He just said indifferently, "This is your mission, Bermode. It has nothing to do with me."
"My mission is only to sober you up and clear your mind if any of you have betrayed the organization."
Gin then pulled the corner of his mouth, his expression gradually becoming impatient: "I don't care what conflicts there are between you and Bourbon. Kaluuya was specifically designated by the boss to be fully protected. If he loses a hair, it will be counted on you. Do I need to remind you?"
If it weren't for the fact that the boss attached great importance to this mission, Gin would never have said something so uncharacteristic to Vermouth.
The fact is just as Akae Nayue had thought before, the mission that made Vermouth and Bourbon appear at the banquet was to "protect Kalua". However, Vermouth, who knew what Kalua looked like, did not provide Bourbon with a photo of the mission target, but only told him this code name.
This is not to make things difficult for Bourbon, but due to the influence of Scotland's previous betrayal, Bourbon was also included in the list of people to be observed. Bermode naturally would not tell him everything, and the protection mission only required Bourbon's cooperation - at least that was originally the case.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened in the middle of the journey. When Kidd appeared and caused chaos, Vermouth subconsciously looked for Kaluya, and found Bourbon chatting with Kaluya on the terrace.
Bourbon is not the kind of person who would do unnecessary things during a mission. He must know that he has not been cleared of suspicion, so this can only mean one thing: Bourbon knows that that is their mission target Kaluuya, so he is not afraid of being discovered by her!
Vermouth had seen Kaluuya as a child sleeping in that room twenty years ago. She was the only person in the organization besides the caregivers and the boss who knew of Kaluuya's existence. In addition, the boss was impressed by the "helper bird" feature of her prototype, so she was sent by the boss to look after many children for a period of time over the years.
Vermouth was simply speechless but had no way to refuse... The prototype was a helper bird that was good at taking care of other people's young. What did it have to do with her, who had never raised a child!
In short, it can be said that she watched the sleeping child grow up from a small child. This completely unreasonable reality was much more acceptable to them, a group of people who were already unscientific enough. Bermode had never thought about this problem carefully.
It was not until more than two months ago that she learned from her boss that Kaluya had woken up.
Without knowing Bourbon's credibility, Vermouth felt hostile towards Bourbon, who approached Kaluuya with unclear intentions. This is understandable, right? She told herself.
Thinking of this, even though her mind told her that Belmo de Bourbon was a smart man and would protect Kaluya who was with him, she still couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.
In response to Gin's cold words, Vermouth took a deep breath and raised his head lightly. "Of course I know what I should and shouldn't do. After all, I'm not like someone..." The female star said with a half-smile, "Oh my, is it because you failed once with the child of the Miyano family that you want to get back at him, Gin?"
As soon as Miyano Akemi was mentioned, Gin's expression in the car suddenly became gloomy.
At this time, in the hotel.
This room was a little far from the location where Furuya was searching for the bomb. It was a long time after the criminal left that Akae Nayue heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from far away and then getting closer outside the door.
He didn't need to guess how Fūya would break in, because the answer surfaced when Akae Nayue heard the other party tightly block the broken key in the keyhole before the criminal left.
The footsteps stopped outside the door, followed by the muffled sound of a fist hitting the door panel to vent the emotions, and then the outside fell into a brief silence.
The next sound was the slight knocking sound of the cat hole's sliding door being pushed open. The cat's paw pads made almost no movement on the floor tiles. The intruder walked silently to a position very close to him and stopped.
As Jōtani was concentrating and nervously checking whether the store manager was injured, his nose suddenly itched. He shook his face and held back the urge to sneeze.
Strange, could it be that Bermode was thinking something bad about him?
After entering the room, Kouya felt heavy-hearted. The reason was that the store manager was still handcuffed and unconscious in the room, and on the wall far away from the store manager there was a bomb with a countdown. Kouya only observed the store manager's condition for a while and immediately understood the criminal's intention.
It’s not good. It’s very bad.
Fūya thought solemnly: Right now, the best option for him is not to change back into human form, but to wake up the store manager in the form of a cat and let the store manager defuse the bomb, because he cannot predict when the store manager will wake up, and he cannot explain to the store manager why 'Toru Amuro' was able to enter here without breaking the door lock.
Only in this way, he would not take the initiative to expose the secret to the store manager and would not bring danger to himself - Furuya trusted that the store manager would not do anything to him even if he knew he was a cat, but he could not be sure whether there were any illegal "toys" left in this room by the criminal.
But if he did this, firstly, he couldn't use cat claws to open the handcuffs, and the bomb was too far away to be moved. Even if the store manager was awakened by him, he would be completely unable to defuse the bomb. Secondly, if he did this, the person who would bear the pressure would become the store manager.
Jōgiya closed his eyes. When faced with this multiple-choice question, he suddenly realized that he did not hesitate for a few seconds. His body made the choice faster than his brain.
He transformed from a cat back into a human.
Before Jōgōu could open his eyes, his sleeves felt heavy and a crisp sound was heard. He looked in the direction of the sound in astonishment.
A pair of handcuffs fell to the ground.
"Look here, Zero." The store manager called out his cat's name and gave a sly smile to the blond-haired, dark-skinned young man in front of him, saying cheerfully, "I got you."