Chapter 354 Catching Shelly’s Bait (Complete Chapter)

After Vodka suggested it, he took a peek at Gin and found that Gin didn't answer and didn't seem to be interested in the plan. He sighed inwardly.

However, he quickly thought that since the eldest brother did not directly drop a comment such as "stupid", it means that this plan has not been directly rejected... There is a chance, maybe there is a chance!

Even if their firearms are often sent for maintenance, the probability of misfire is very low, but this can at least add trouble to Uzo - no one likes to be taken hostage suddenly, let alone Uzo when he is disobedient. In the second year, if Gin decides to carry out this plan, but Uzo refuses him...

  Hehehehe.

Remembering that Uzo's rating in the big brother's heart was about to plummet, Vodka felt very good.

 …

 Vodka is a qualified mind-reading machine.

On the way back to Cupido Town, Gin was really thinking about and elaborating his proposal.

From Gin's point of view, vodka is sometimes surprisingly stupid, but occasionally, when a flash of inspiration occurs, it can also come up with valuable solutions.

Gin thought of Uzo's usually cold attitude towards the Miyano sisters and felt that he would definitely cooperate with his plan.

However, having hostages means having corresponding villains.

 But now, apart from Uzo, the only member present at the memorial service is Pisk, and Pisk has other important tasks.

If a few members are temporarily transferred there, with the moral integrity of the subordinates, once their guns go off, they will pretend to kill Uzo for real... Tsk, as expected, it is better to wait for him and Vodka to arrive before implementing this plan carefully. .

Gin assessed the road conditions and realized that there was still some time before arriving at the scene.

So he thought about it and edited an email to Jiang Xia:

　　[Shirley may be present. If she tries to make contact with you, bring her to me if you can, and you should be able to recognize her. If the situation is inconvenient, shoot him on the spot]

 After typing and about to send it out, Gin's fingers suddenly paused and then stopped.

 After a few seconds, he deleted the typed words and address, and entered Pisk's email address in the recipient field.

Uzo has always been very active when dealing with certain killing tasks, and this time the task content just happens to include "killing Shirley".

In other words, even if he asked Uzo to wait quietly for Shirley to contact him, he would probably not listen to the advice and take the initiative to attack, just like how he took the initiative to harm passers-by when he had nothing to do before...

And if Shirley wants to contact Uzo, she will definitely observe carefully in advance. If Uzo happens to be looking for her at that time and she senses something unusual, she will alert him. After all, it is true that Shirley is kind and nosy, and it is true that she is timid and careful. She might be scared away by the slightest sign of trouble.

 So this observation task should be left to Pisk.

 It is clear to onlookers that some places may be blind spots in Uzo's sight, but Pisk can see them standing nearby, and it will not attract too much attention. This additional task of observing only with eyes will not have much impact on Pisk's original task.

With this in mind, Gin sent Pisk an email:

There is a high school detective named Jiang Xia at the memorial service. Shirley may try to contact him or hide nearby to observe him. You can use this to find Shirley.

 After finding her, send me the detailed location. If she is disguised, send her current characteristics as well. ]...Then he forwarded it to Uzo, asking Uzo to rush to arrest the person before Shirley could react. In this way, the two bottles of wine in the venue each do their own thing, with a clear division of labor and will not delay each other.

Although this email may lead to Pisk discovering Uzo's identity.

But keeping the identity of "Uzo" secret is not a hard and fast rule. It is just a suggestion to prevent pig teammates from holding back, which comes from Gin's rich experience.

Now that something happened suddenly, catching Shirley was of course a higher priority than this privately stipulated "confidentiality."

Moreover, Piske is an old man in the organization and has a strict mouth, so it doesn't matter if he finds out. What's more, he may not actually be able to realize that Uzo really looks like a good person...

 …

 Acupo City Hotel.

 In the banquet hall, Pisk was talking in a low voice with the chairman of the Foreign Trade Association.

 Halfway through speaking, I suddenly felt the phone in my pocket vibrate.

 He ended the conversation calmly and walked to the side to check his cell phone.

 The content in the mailbox made him slightly startled. High school detective?

Pisk quickly thought of the young man who was walking around the place just now, handing out business cards.

He glanced towards Jiang Xia out of the corner of his eye, with some doubts hidden in his old eyes. Is this detective secretly colluding with Shirley? Why did Shirley contact him?

 Speaking of which, the age of the two people is not much different. The defected organization members and righteous detectives have exactly the opposite stance...

These two characteristics reminded Pisk of a novel he accidentally read in Vodka: What about a male high school student who went out to pick up a beautiful villain who fell from the sky, and then the two began to live together in a noisy way. of.

 …Such a thing actually exists in reality?

71-year-old Pisk took a sip of wine, shaking his head and cursing in his mind. Shameless young people really dare to pick up anything.

 Speaking of which, since Jiang Xia has contact with Shirley, she must not let them go easily.

Gin was so careless that he forgot to arrange the treatment of this person... Was he too excited to finally catch the escaped Shirley, or did he give the task of dealing with Jiang Xia to other members? Pisk remembered that Gin had said that there were people on the field who would look at the situation and respond.

However, after thinking about it, he still felt that it would be safer to ask more about such a crucial question.

Pisk replied: [How does the detective deal with it]

Half a minute later, a new email from Gin came into the mailbox:

 [Don’t provoke him, just pay more attention to Shirley]

 Piske: “…?”

 The word "provoke" always seems a bit subtle. It's like in Gin's eyes, he, a senior member of the organization, is the weak one compared to that high school student who doesn't even have hair... Is this detective really that powerful?

 …

Jiang Xia was still looking at Pisk, admiring the murderous aura in him.

But soon, he found that Pisk began to observe him covertly in turn - after checking his cell phone once.

Jiang Xia didn't look over there anymore, feeling a little confused.

Pisk shouldn't have suddenly noticed this mediocre detective - even when he accepted the business card just now, there was a vague dislike for the detective, and he didn't want to look at him again, but now his attitude suddenly changed... Pisk accepted it What news has arrived?

Just as he was thinking about it, the murderous mermaid floating next to Pisk swam back to Jiang Xia, poked him, and secretly told Jiang Xia the content of the email she had just snooped on.

Jiang Xia was thoughtful.

Catch Shirley?

Haihara Ai sneaked into the venue?

Jiang Xia was a little surprised for a moment—a timid person like Haiyuan Ai came running over. Can Conan still be far away?

 Blind boxes are expected.

Speaking of which, Haibara Ai arrived, but Miyano Akemi was completely unaware of it just now. She was still staring at Pisk's murderous aura... The ability to sense her sister is much lower than the ability to sense murderous aura. Jiang Xia secretly condemned the sisterhood that was not strong enough.

 After reprimanding him, he asked the foggy dog ​​to fly a little higher, looking for any children who had sneaked in without permission. Not long after, he used the foggy dog’s perspective to see the two children seeking death on the other side of the crowd.

Although I don’t know what happened, judging from the presence of the two of them and the fact that Gin knew that Shirley would be there, things probably developed like in the original world line...

Even if Huiyuan Ai stays at home every day, he will still run to the scene at such a critical moment. This is actually a path Jiang Xia never imagined.

 But speaking honestly, for him, this kind of scene is actually quite good.

—Gin heard that Shirley was present and must have been filled with murderous intent. When he arrived with a gun, running around in the cold wind and frosty snow, he found that Shirley had run away, and his murderous intent probably increased sharply... Jiang Xia thought about it, and couldn't help but touch the ghost mint in his pocket.

This can indeed pick up a lot more murderous energy, but since the plan has changed, he has to make some other preparations.

Thinking like this, Jiang Xia found a dimly lit corner and leaned against the wall.

Shikigami and ghosts squirmed through the wall, and in the deserted corridor, they piled up and became slender puppets.

 A minute later, Anonymous straightened his skirt, lowered the brim of his hat, and left quickly.

 …

Jiang Xia hung up for a while.

After everything was taken care of and his consciousness returned to the main body, and he looked around the hall again, he saw the door of the banquet hall opened again, and several police officers silently walked into the hall and blended into the crowd.

Ten minutes ago, the Megure Police Department received a call from Kudo Shinichi.

Brother Kudo told him that someone wanted to assassinate Senator Tunkou at the memorial service. When Gin called Pisk for the first time, he had not yet discovered the existence of the bug. His words revealed some information. It was through this that Conan The organization's assassination target was deduced.

 …

Jiang Xia observed silently.

Then before the police saw him, he picked up the wine glass at hand, drank two sips of wine quickly and silently, and secretly sprinkled some on his clothes to make himself smell of wine.

—Judging from the police department's ability to randomly grab people with crime-solving tools, sooner or later he will find Jiang Xia at the scene, and then come over and ask, "What do you think?"

It would seem a little abnormal if Jiang Xia delayed in solving the case and did not provide any clues.

 But if the case is solved... After all, Pisk is also a veteran member. He can be silenced by the organization due to mistakes, but he should not die to pave the way for new members to gain performance. Since the salary of the organization and the murderous intention are mixed, it is still necessary to have some superficial colleagues.

 So I have to find an excuse not to solve the case.

There are no car accidents, explosions, or fires here, which is inconsistent with the false "weakening buff" that Jiang Xia released before.

 But fortunately, there is wine here.

 …just pretend to be drunk and get through.

 …

As expected, after the Mumu Police Department assigned inspection areas to the subordinates who had sneaked into the venue, they turned around and took just two steps when their eyes fell on Jiang Xia.

There was a bit of surprise on his face, and he moved his slightly bulky body through the crowd towards Jiang Xia.

The place where Jiang Xia stood was very inconspicuous. Fortunately, there were occasionally glamorous rich ladies around him who would glance in his direction. The police department instinctively felt that there might be something wrong with the people noticed by several people, but they did not expect to follow their lead. When he looked around, he found Jiang Xia.

With Jiang Xia here, after explaining the situation to him, with his observation skills, he might be able to find the potential criminal soon.

As the Mumu Police Department approached, they found Jiang Xia staring at the table, seemingly distracted.

It wasn’t until he leaned over and patted his shoulder that Jiang Xia raised his head belatedly.

"Police department?" Jiang Xia was startled when he saw the person coming, and then asked in a low voice with slight surprise, "Are you coming to the memorial service too? You don't have to work overtime today?"

“…” The Mumu Police Department was suddenly mentioned about the sad thing of working overtime, and paused sadly for a second.

After he recovered, he was about to explain, but suddenly he said "huh?" and felt something was wrong: "Why do you smell like alcohol? You are not old enough to drink."

Jiang Xia paused in an inconspicuous manner.

 After a while, he slowly put the wine glass on the table behind him, moved his steps to block it, and explained in a subtle way: "I didn't know it was wine just now."

 Mumu Police Department: “…”

It seems that not only was he drinking illegally, but he was also drinking a lot. The lie was so unskilled, no wonder when he came here just now, he felt that Jiang Xia's reaction was slower than usual, and he didn't even notice anyone approaching.

 Can the case be solved in this state... The Mumu Police Department was in a dilemma, hesitating between telling Jiang Xia the details of the case and giving him an ideological education first.

Before the entanglement could come to a conclusion, the host’s voice sounded faintly in the background from the other end of the hall: “…Next we will show the slides collected by Director Shigemaki during his lifetime, please enjoy—”

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff who had been prepared turned off the switch.

The lamp went out suddenly.

 The hall fell into darkness, with only a glimmer of light coming from the slide projector at the front of the banquet hall. Light that does not exist for the purpose of lighting cannot penetrate the banquet hall, and most of the place is dark and invisible to the human eye.

 At the bottom of the round table in the banquet hall, as Jiang Xia's consciousness possessed him, the anonymous puppet that had been waiting for a short while opened its eyes, lifted the tablecloth, and came out silently.

 Puppet has inherited the night vision ability of the ghost fetus, and can see its surroundings clearly even in the dark.

It was holding up the hem of her skirt, her eyes moved slightly, and her eyes quickly fell on a few cameras. Before turning off the lights, Jiang Xia had already set her sights on several cameras that could be easily "borrowed".

However, perhaps because Conan and Haibara Ai arrived, things went much smoother than Jiang Xia expected.

Before Anonymous could choose a lucky reporter to borrow the camera, he saw a man and a woman hugging each other in the dark and kissing passionately slightly in front.

Beside them, a smart reporter heard something wrong, his ears twitched, and he raised the camera in his hand.

At this time, Councilor Tunkou had already followed the instructions in a daze and arrived under the chandelier.

 In the background of the two cheaters, Pisk pointed at the chandelier and raised the gun equipped with a silencer.

 (End of this chapter)