Chapter 1043 1043 [Thank you for sending the gun]

 “Teacher Kamimori went to the beauty salon.”

The assistant lady instinctively answered the guest's question. After speaking, her tone suddenly became a little complicated: "The teacher's newly released book is selling very well. There is a small celebration party tomorrow, so I have to do my hair in advance."

Okiya Subaru: "..."A beauty salon. Fortunately, he almost thought someone was in the oven...

 …

Beside, Aunt Yadai heard the "celebration banquet" and clicked her tongue several times: "It's amazing."

Okiya Subaru was brought back to reality from the horror theater in his mind by her voice, and nodded in agreement.

 As soon as he finished clicking, he heard Yashiro Gie continue to say without pausing:

“You can earn a lot of money by plagiarizing other people’s ideas, but you’re still not ashamed of it. You’re really thick-skinned. I remember that most of the dishes in that ‘best-selling cookbook’ were carefully created by the assistant lady.”

Yashiro Aie looked at his assistant and said with a strange regret:

“The five years you have been working as her assistant have really squeezed out the marrow. No wonder she is always so thin, as if she could be blown over by a gust of wind.”

"Please don't say that." The assistant lady lowered her head in embarrassment and tugged at the hem of her clothes, "Those are not important dishes...and the teacher has improved them himself."

“Ha! Who doesn’t know how to edit? I can do it, too.” Yashiro Aie sneered and pushed up the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose:

“The basics are all yours, and you don’t even have a single complaint... Seriously, is there something wrong with your brain?”

Nishitani Hiroaki couldn’t listen anymore:

"Sister Heeda, stop talking. This is a matter between the teacher and Yuko! We outsiders can't help much if we interrupt."

"Really?" Yashiro Gie glanced at him from behind the glasses and smiled knowingly, "That's right, Uemori has been investing in your store, how dare you interfere with the sponsor's affairs."

"You...!" Nishitani Hiroaki's forehead jumped and he wanted to say something, but he endured it.

　　　…”

Beside him, Okiya Subaru took half a step back silently, trying to draw a clear line between himself and this group of people.

—In the past, when someone around Okiya Subaru died suddenly, he would have some premonition and try to remind his friends to restrain certain behaviors, but it had no effect.

 And this time…

Okiya Subaru glanced at everyone in the room, and for a moment he couldn't tell who was in the most unfavorable situation.

 …

Possibly because his mind was too focused, as he was thinking about it, a picture suddenly appeared in Subaru's mind.

Wearing a funeral-like black suit, Uzo pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose and taught him patiently in a gentle voice:

 “Of course you choose to have them all, sir.”

  “!”

Okiya Subaru suddenly shook his head and shook his head to clear away the horrific images in his mind, breaking into a cold sweat.

He raised his head and glanced at the classroom, with a trace of worry in his eyes: There were so many people in the classroom, but how many people would be able to walk out alive in the room shrouded in the dark cloud of "Uzo".

"..." Could it be that in the end, the people here will have a closed-loop case where B kills A, C kills B, D kills C, and then D dies from A's poisoning, etc., all of them will die... Although the ground here It is located in a bustling municipal building, but the classroom itself is in a remote location, and no one comes up to this floor.

Okiya Subaru’s eyes gradually became serious.

 He couldn't help but tighten his arms and secretly felt the gun hidden in his side, only then did he feel a little safer.

After being torn between "Run away!" and "Just wait and see what happens" for a while, Subaru Okiya slowly calmed down.

 He took out his mobile phone, opened it and glanced at his mailbox.

 As you can see above, there is still no news from the boss "Uzo".

 After hesitating for a moment, Okiya Subaru decided to pretend not to notice the abnormality in the atmosphere and continue to be an ordinary teacher.

Okiya Subaru: "..." If Uzo didn't want to kill a humble subordinate like himself, then of course there would be no problem if he stayed here.

 And if Uzo had already had murderous intentions and ran out on his own, he might have died faster.

In addition, even if Wu Zuo has no murderous intentions, when he sees him running out in a panic, he may feel that he has a "guilty conscience" and can't help but want to test it... In short, before receiving the instructions, it is better to wait Alright here.

 …

 While Subaru Okiya's mind was running wildly, doing completely useless analysis questions.

Diagonally behind him, Jiang Xia glanced at him strangely: "..."

 Why does it feel like the graduate student is very nervous today? Did he realize that Uzo is next to him?

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia simply stepped forward, raised his hand and patted Okiya Subaru on the shoulder: "What's wrong?"

  “!”

Okiya Subaru was agitated and swerved away. His other hand seemed to be instinctively trying to grab something.

However, he quickly came back to his senses, stopped in the face of everyone's surprised eyes, then stood still, showing a natural smile: "...It's nothing. Sorry, I was distracted just now."

 Jiangxia: “…”

He thought of Okiya Subaru's actions just now when he was dodging, and he couldn't help but turn his eyes to the side of his new little brother.

—I remember that when Toru Amuro saw a torn tire in the deep forest, he had a similar reaction, as if he wanted to touch a gun... How dare Subaru Okiya carry a gun with him?

Jiang Xia: "..." Okiya Subaru is not an adult detective, nor does he have other relevant identities. He should not be able to get a pistol license.

—In short, this person is probably illegally holding a gun!

As a member of an organization that should hide its identity at all times, even Uzo didn't risk doing such a thing. How could a subordinate be so disregardful of the overall situation... Next time we meet, I should severely criticize him and confiscate something.

but…

Jiang Xia touched his chin and then thought: In this way, if he takes Subaru Okiya on a mission in the future, he can borrow his gun as a matter of course... Even if this causes trouble in the future, Akai Shuichi will consciously help. In the end, after all, "Okiya Subaru" was the vest he was eyeing, and it's even possible that he got the gun.

After thinking about this, Jiang Xia's slightly gloomy mood suddenly became better again.

 …

Beside him, Subaru Okiya didn't notice Jiang Xia's subtle changes.

 He also realized that he had overreacted. So after briefly explaining a few words and fooling everyone present, Subaru Okiya focused his attention on windows, doors, and corners that might be equipped with surveillance cameras - he was worried that his "traitor embryo" would be Uzo, who was somewhere, saw a flaw.

Hearing the movement, Conan also poked his head out from the table and looked at Subaru Okiya in confusion.

—He wandered to the other side of the classroom just now. His view was blocked by the tall table and he couldn't see what happened before.

So now, I can only slowly look at the graduate student who has returned to normal, and try to get rid of my prejudices and objectively examine whether this person has any problems.

 (End of this chapter)