Chapter 35



Dinner was more casual. Jiang Lai fried a plate of tomatoes and eggs and ate less.

After dinner, he did some housework. While mopping the floor, he chatted with Zhufu Jingguang casually: "By the way, Jingguang, why did you say that the mission target was difficult to deal with?" He sounded a little curious.

To be praised like this by Morofu Jingguang, he must not be a small fry.

"He..." Zhu Fujingguang thought for a moment and searched for the memories in his mind, "Samuster is a scientist."

"Scientist?" Jiang Lai's impression of people with this identity in the scientific world is roughly Dr. Agasa, who is able to develop all kinds of magical gadgets.

"Yes, on the surface this guy has a high-profile job, but it is said that he also does some... experiments in private that are not recognized by the public." Zhu Fu Jingguang nodded and spoke more subtly.

No wonder they are connected to the organization, Jiang Lai thought. They are all involved in some abnormal experiments.

"So this time the cooperation between the organization and him broke down, so he planned to take the intelligence and leave, and kill people to silence them?" Jiang Lai asked. This should be the organization's consistent operation.

Too bad for this person.

"Possibly." Zhu Fujingguang nodded. "However, this guy has had many clashes with the organization before. I know about him because I heard that the organization sent other members to assassinate him, but they all failed."

“Wow—”

It is incredible that someone could survive under the control of the organization. Jiang Lai was in awe. He is a capable character.

"In fact, I also think that they can't complete the task of assassinating Samuster this time. At most, they can obtain intelligence." Zhu Fu Jingguang shook his head and said, "But the organization also knows the difficulties of that guy. If the assassination fails, they may not pursue it too much."

Jiang Lai was stunned when he heard this.

For the organization to be so "lenient" with assassination missions, it seems that this guy is really difficult to deal with.

"This Samust...is he using some weird self-developed scientific equipment to protect himself?" Jiang Lai tilted his head. Based on the British and American movies he watched every day, he had already imagined an image of a fully armed scientist in his mind.

"Is that so..." Morobushi Kagemitsu pondered, "My knowledge of him is limited to hearing about the results of a mission against him when I was in the organization. I don't know much about how Samuster did it."

"But there is one thing that left a deep impression on me." Morobushi Jingguang's expression became a little complicated and strange, "This guy... has a kind of fanatical pursuit of collecting human eyes."

"Ah?" Human organ collector?

Is this legal?

"He has a high status and probably has connections in various fields, so his collection is displayed without hesitation, and no one cares or asks about the source."

Jiang Lai: "..." I always feel that some of the collections in there may not have died of natural causes...

"It is said that Samuster's home is surrounded by a circle of jars filled with eyeballs of various colors, which are his unique decorations."

"The result of that mission that I know of is that the body of the assassin was found at a garbage recycling station, with his eye sockets empty." Zhu Fujingguang paused, "The former partner of the deceased later recognized the deceased's eyes in the collection that the gang was exhibiting."

"...Can you still recognize me?" Jiang Lai Mao Mao was shocked.

"Because the person whose eyes were gouged out had golden eyes, a very rare color, so it was easy to identify him."

"..." Jiang Lai continued to look shocked.

"Anyway, I hope everything goes well for Zero and the others." Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed and frowned slightly, "...Rum really arranged a difficult task. Logically speaking, two people should not be enough."

Digging out someone's eyes is really horrible. Fortunately, my eyes are brown, which is common among Asians. There shouldn't be anything special about them that would arouse a collector's obsession, right? Jiang Lai thought silently in his heart.

Matsuda's eye color isn't considered rare, so it probably won't be a big problem?

However, Amuro Toru's purple-gray eyes might be a little rare...but he should be fine, right?

After finally digesting all the information in his mind, Jiang Lai also just finished mopping the floor. After putting away the toilet tools, he sat on the sofa and opened his phone to search for information about the person named Samuster.

Samuel, a mixed-race American and Japanese scientist, became famous at a young age. His parents died early, and he was raised by his grandmother. However, his grandmother has passed away now.

The man in the photo has half-long blond hair tied behind his head. He faces the camera with a polite and gentlemanly smile, and his gray-green eyes look forward through gold-rimmed glasses, giving people the feeling of a well-mannered nobleman.

——At least from the outside, you can’t tell that this guy has that kind of perverted collecting habit.

Jiang Lai sighed in his heart.

He looked at the introduction above. This person is only 26 years old this year. How can he be so young?

At this age, he is able to achieve such a status and identity, and can openly display his collection of human eyes. He is indeed not a good person.

Jiang Lai thought secretly in his heart.

He exited the search page and opened the comic. A new issue of the comic had been updated, and it was about the plot of this dinner party.

To enter the hotel where the dinner is held, you need to show an invitation letter. The invitation letter is a special kind of paper that can be used to check the authenticity. At the same time, each invitation letter also has a special corresponding number for verification. The surrounding area is closed, and only the main gate guarded by security personnel can enter.

In summary, it is almost impossible to enter this dinner without a designated invitation.

...I don't know how the organization got the two invitations. Did they kill the original owner of the invitations? Jiang Lai twitched his lips. Or did Samust already know that the organization would send someone?

The comic still takes Conan as the main perspective. He follows Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri into this grand banquet. From Conan's perspective, Jiang Lai tries hard to find the figure of Toru Amuro or Jinpei Matsuda from the individual figures.

Soon, the guests arrived. Samuel, wearing a low ponytail, stood on the highest podium and delivered the opening speech of the banquet. He had a generous and appropriate smile on his face, and he did not show any sign of stage fright even when standing in front of so many celebrities.

Then he showed everyone a foldable electronic screen that he had recently invented. When unfolded, it was as big as a laptop screen, and when folded, it could be retracted to the size of a palm. At the same time, it had a very large storage capacity, and Samuster's recent experimental data were all stored in it.

Seeing this, Jiang Lai probably guessed that this thing was what the organization wanted. The experimental data stored in it might not be the content of the electronic technology house, but the unknown underground experimental data of this guy.

But not long after the banquet began, a bearded man who had drunk suddenly fell to the ground, accompanied by screams, and a new murder case occurred.

Jiang Lai: ...Not surprising at all. _(:з)∠)_

If you think about it this way, it's actually not easy for Conan. Under the influence of the halo of death cast on him by the will of the world, it is very difficult for him to have a peaceful and happy holiday.

Then, the scene suddenly changed, and Summerst appeared in the lobby on the top floor of the hotel, looking out at the night through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. There was an inexplicable smile on the corners of his lips. He lowered his head to look at the photo of the blond bourbon on his mobile phone. The purple-gray eyes in the enlarged photo were particularly eye-catching.

On the other side, Toru Amuro exchanged glances with Jinpei Matsuda, and then he took advantage of the chaos to escape from the crowd, and nimbly and stealthily slipped into the restroom on the side. When he came out, Toru Amuro had already changed into a waiter's uniform.

He naturally took the tray from a waiter, put on his signature smile, and walked towards the elevator.

This is the end of this talk.

Although we don't know the current status and attitude of Toru Amuro and Jinpei Matsuda towards each other, we can see that they are still focusing on the mission for the time being, and the two are cooperating with each other tacitly.

But...that Samuster seemed to have guessed the situation of the organization's visitor, and he also knew Amuro Toru! Jiang Lai felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Samuster must have been prepared and would not be easily subdued. Even running to the top floor of the hotel by himself might have been planned! This guy looked so carefree...

And those purple-gray eyes that were specially enlarged——

Jiang Lai's phone went off. He was silent for a few seconds, then walked to Zhu Fu Jingguang in front of the window and said, "...Is it possible that the organization would deliberately let members sacrifice their lives in order to reach certain deals - even members with code names." His voice was low.

"Hmm?" Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was standing by the window, heard Jiang Lai's words and regained his composure. "...Ah, it stands to reason that members with code names are all relatively capable cadres who have gone through certain tests. Normally, the organization will not let code members die in vain."

Zhu Fu Jingguang paused for a second, and then continued in a deep voice: "But if it can be exchanged for a greater reward, the organization will do so."

"..." Jiang Lai didn't reply for a while.

"What's wrong, Jiang Lai?" Zhu Fujing was sensitive to Jiang Lai's emotional changes. He glanced at him and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with this mission?"

"I just hacked into the hotel surveillance," Jiang Lai explained using hacker techniques, "and after zooming in, I saw the photo that Samuster was staring at on his phone screen."

"—it's Bourbon."

“……!” Zhu Fu Jingguang’s pupils shrank.

"His purple-gray eyes were specially magnified above."

Zhu Fu Jingguang's eyes froze, and he quickly understood what Jiang Lai meant: "Do you think the organization and Samustetra had reached a deal and secretly sold out Zero?"

Jiang Lai looked at the person in front of him, took a deep breath, and said his guess:

"Samuster has had many encounters with the organization, but he managed to survive. It's impossible for the organization not to know how difficult he is to deal with, yet they still announced the task of obtaining intelligence and assassinating him at the same time, leaving it to just the two of them."

"According to my investigation, it is very difficult to enter this banquet, but the organization was able to easily obtain two invitations."

"However, it is an organization after all. If it is understandable that they can achieve the above two points, then..."

"One last point." Jiang Lai raised his eyes with a serious look, "The photo in Samuster's hand, the deliberately enlarged eye image, and the candidate arranged by the organization this time, overlap so coincidentally-"

A chill ran up his spine, and Zhu Fu Jingguang clenched his drooping hands: "...using the eyes that Samuster liked in exchange for precious intelligence, a deal that was discussed in secret?"


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