Chapter 563 Let’s chat with a colleague

 After discovering the abnormality, Toru Amuro temporarily shifted his attention away from the collapse point several kilometers away.

 He found the guest room assigned to Jiang Xia by Hirasaka Reiki, walked over and knocked on the door.

Although Feng Jian cannot ignore it, Jiang Xia should also keep an eye on it... Well, before going to Feng Jian, let's secretly install a camera or something like this in Jiang Xia and leave a loudspeaker. If Vodka comes into the room in the middle of the night and wants to threaten or cause trouble when he is not around, he can intimidate him from the air...

 …

However, after thinking about where to hide the camera and loudspeaker, Jiang Xia’s room door was still closed, and no one came to open the door.

　　　…?”

Toru Amuro knocked a few more times, paused for a moment, and said tentatively: "I'm in."

Then hold the door handle and push it.

 The door opened silently.

The room was not locked. After the door was opened, the mysteriously decorated guest room appeared in front of Toru Amuro.

 The bed in the room was neat and tidy, and there were no people on the chairs or sofa.

Jiang Xia is not inside.

　　　…”

What about people?

 …

a few minutes ago.

While Toru Amuro was lingering in the restaurant, communicating remotely with several subordinates, and thinking about the next plan.

Jiang Xia, while listening to the ghosts' real-time broadcast on Toru Amuro's cell phone screen, vaguely guessed the action her boss was about to take.

At the same time, he glanced around in boredom, suddenly paused, and stopped at the vodka in front of him.

Vodka’s intuition turns out to be quite sensitive.

While Jiang Xia was paying attention to him, he suddenly felt something and looked back covertly.

 The two people looked at each other briefly.

The air seemed to freeze for a second.

 A second later, Vodka turned back as if nothing had happened and continued walking towards his room.

However, if you look closely, you can see that his pace seems to be a little faster than before.

Jiang Xia: "..." I was surprised, it was quite fun...

 He stared at Vodka's back, thoughtfully.

Speaking of which, I haven’t used my mobile phone for a few days, and I haven’t read those weird commission letters from the office. It’s really boring.

Moreover, although Vodka and Gin often act separately, it is not easy for ordinary citizens like Jiang Xia, who can see them only once in a few days or even more than a month, to specifically squat down to see Vodka act alone.

 …If you want to squeeze out the murderous energy from vodka, this seems like a good opportunity. -Although Gin will kill a few people every now and then, he does not believe in random killings, because that will attract the attention of the police. This is a problem for an organization that pursues low-key and mysterious...well, at least for an organization that pursues low-key and mysterious in its philosophy. , is undoubtedly not a good thing.

 So, Jiang Xia thought, maybe the reason why vodka doesn't show murderous intent is because there is gin next to it. Gin needs to decide whether to kill or not, so Vodka will not have murderous intentions until it receives the order.

 …But now, without Gin, Vodka can only rely on its own efforts and judgment.

In this way, when he feels threatened, his desire for survival may burst out, and he will instinctively show a little murderous intent... After all, Vodka is also a serious member of the organization, and even received a code name. He must have murderous intent, but he is just hiding it secretly...

Except for the murderous aura of Curious Vodka, of course. Currently, there is another vodka-related matter that concerns Jiang Xia.

—The last time he met Vodka was in Tottori Prefecture.

 Compared with that time, tonight, Vodka's attitude has obviously changed a lot.

To put it simply, after seeing him, Vodka was still shocked, but he seemed to have some support... Obviously Gin was not with him now.

Jiang Xia suspected that there was something worth being vigilant about, and secretly happened behind his back.

 …It is necessary to chat with Vodka as soon as possible to find out the situation.

and…

Jiang Xia looked back at the empty corridor and thought of Toru Amuro, who was busy because of Kazami Yuya's disappearance. He felt that it would be a waste not to do something with this opportunity.

—When he was looking for Vodka to have a friendly exchange, if Toru Amuro just ran to Kazami directly, of course there would be no problem.

And if the boss is dragging his feet and plans to come to him first to take a look, and then suddenly discovers that he and Vodka are together... then there is Vodka, a ready-made scapegoat, to take the blame.

—Although Vodka is surprisingly good in some aspects, he is still a formal member with considerable authority and has absolute command over peripheral members.

So, theoretically speaking, if Vodka wants to talk to Jiang Xia in a deserted place, Jiang Xia has to give him some face...

Moreover, Jiang Xia remembered that half an hour ago, when a group of people were looking for seats in the dark in the meditation room, Vodka had been distracted and sat next to him. He seemed to be interested in him, a peripheral member of the famous detective... It was rare for Vodka to make a mistake. I accidentally got a divine assist. If I didn't use it, wouldn't I be living up to the efforts of this good colleague?

Finally, even after putting the blame on vodka, Toru Amuro still became suspicious because of this, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.

 After all, this is not the first time that the boss has become suspicious after this trip - according to Jiang Xia's observation, Toru Amuro is always on the edge of suspicion. Now, if you jump more often, it’s just like exercising...

Jiang Xia just felt that since seeing the vodka, Toru Amuro's suspicion of him had dropped visibly. Compared to the past when Jiang Xia had to keep an eye on everything he did, Toru Amuro now even started to actively slow down his pace and get out of Jiang Xia's field of vision in order to check his mobile phone...

At this rate, this journey full of surprises will probably come to an end soon.

 …And if the boss has doubts again, they might be able to play outside for a while longer.

No matter how long it takes, Toru Amuro will never be able to find strong evidence of the "case planned by Jiang Xia".

  After all, Jiang Xia is really just an ordinary detective who is busy solving cases, and rarely does what the organization cadres regard as "Uzuo" likes to do.

  As for Vodka, don't worry too much. He is also Gin's assistant after all, and he still has a very strict mouth. Even if you may occasionally show "frightened" uncontrollably later on, this source of fright can also explain the "bourbon" that is not friendly to vodka.

In addition, considering that there is a signal here, Vodka may have told Gin that he met Bourbon. It took Toru Amuro several years to break into the black organization, and there is still room for improvement. He probably won't risk exposing his identity just to catch a piece of vodka.

As long as Vodka is not caught, there will be no exchange of information between "Vodka" and "Bourbon", two bottles of wine that have no superior-subordinate relationship. Naturally, the news of "Jiangxia=Uzuo" will not leak out from Vodka.

 (End of this chapter)