After Izumi Kaori introduced the location of the apartment, he turned back and looked at the star detective he was chasing.
Although Jiang Xia didn't speak, he was obviously in a good mood when he looked at the building, looking forward to entering the building.
Izumi Kaori felt relieved and said happily: "Let's go, let's go find Naomi - I remember she is in 203."
…
Go up to the second floor and glance around the spacious corridor. The eyes of the group of five people soon fell on the door of 203.
——There are several large bags there, and inside are several large and exquisitely packaged lunch boxes. It seems that they are meals delivered by the "Dolphin Restaurant" that Izumi Kayoli mentioned just now.
"Why didn't you take the takeout in? Did she go out?" Sakurako Yamamoto looked at the takeout at her feet and sighed, "You were clearly urging us to hurry up just now..."
They were all acquaintances, she complained and turned the doorknob.
The next second, Yamamoto Sakurako was suddenly startled: "...the door is not locked."
"Maybe she forgot to lock it, or she was actually at home, but she was busy putting on her makeup and didn't go out to pick up the takeout." Izumi Kayori didn't pay much attention. She called out to Naoko twice, but when she found no one answered, she simply opened the door and left.
go out.
The other two friends also followed the door familiarly.
…
After all, Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan were not familiar with the owner of the house and did not go in immediately. Mao Lilan planned to wait for the owner to come out and say hello before entering the house.
However, they could not wait to welcome the owner of the house.
instead……
"ah--!!!"
Through the door, three screams rang out in unison, piercing through the apartment and echoing around like ghosts.
Mao Lilan was shocked: "?!"
Jiang Xia also immediately showed a vigilant look.
He was about to rush in, fulfill his duties as a detective, and answer the call of the scream.
But at this moment, on the door next door to the side, the peephole suddenly dimmed - someone came behind the door and was peeking out quietly through the door.
Jiang Xia quickly turned her gaze and stared at the cat's eyes in surprise for two seconds.
Then he frowned slightly, showing a thoughtful look.
Being stared at by Jiang Xia through the door, the guy next door obviously realized that he had been discovered.
"..."
A few seconds later, the door clicked and was unlocked.
A tall, scholarly man walked out of the room.
"...Mr. Okiya?" Seeing an acquaintance, the vigilance in Jiang Xia's eyes seemed to diminish a little, "Why are you here?"
"I usually live here." Subaru Okiya pushed up his glasses, hiding all the shouts and tension in his heart in the reflection of the lenses.
He turned to look at the door of the woman next door and asked calmly: "I thought I heard a scream just now... What happened?"
After being reminded like this, Jiang Xia seemed to have come back to her senses: "I don't know. I'll go in and take a look."
When he said the last half of the sentence, he deliberately raised his voice a little.
No one in the room objected, so Jiang Xia opened the door politely and ran into the room.
Mao Lilan also followed closely.
The figures of the two high school students quickly stepped onto the corridor, followed the continuous screams and turned towards the living room before disappearing.
Behind them, the wide open door was being pulled by elastic force and was closing again.
But before it closed, a hand reached out and blocked it.
"..."
Okiya Subaru blocked the door and ensured that he could rush to Jiang Xia for help when necessary. At the same time, he looked around vigilantly, scanning the silent corridors on both sides inch by inch, trying to distinguish the aura of Uzo around him.
.
——A few days ago, Akai Shuichi wore the disguise of "Okiya Subaru" and went to a skyscraper.
The matter of "Okiya Subaru has a secret" was completely exposed in front of Usa.
Subaru Okiya had trouble sleeping and eating.
Up to now, except for an email with "I'll kill you if you dare to resign" written between the lines, Subaru Okiya has not received Usa's final verdict.
The most grueling moment is when the guillotine is about to fall. Coupled with the expectation of "running abroad in two weeks and escaping from Uzo"... Although he doesn't want to admit it, Subaru Okiya always feels like a full-body fucker.
The unlucky cannon fodder with the death flag will die from a sudden murder if he makes one wrong move.
…
Therefore, in the past few days, Subaru Okiya has been following Akai Shuichi's advice, secretly staying at home, minimizing his presence, and resolutely not opening the door to anyone.
He even bought an alloy box that was resistant to strong pressure, impact and high temperature, and slept in it at night to reduce the chance of being blown up by his neighbors for no apparent reason.
...After staying like this for a few days, the quiet and stable home life gradually gave Subaru Okiya a feeling of "quiet time".
He secretly thought that maybe in this matter, Uzo was actually a good boss who respected the secrets of his subordinates, and he had no intention of directly convicting and silencing "Okiya Subaru" because he entered the explosion site without permission that day.
…
However, it wasn’t long before Uzo was given a good person card through the air.
As if someone had read through his mind, the gloomy footsteps of the murder were approaching again.
——Three simultaneous screams pierced the wall, causing Subaru Okiya, who was dozing over his paper, to wake up and stand up.
As we all know, screams often accompany murders.
Murder cases are occasionally accompanied by Uzo.
Subaru Okiya instinctively wanted to figure out the situation. He subconsciously ran to the door and looked out through the peephole... Who would have thought that just this slight change in light and dark would be discovered by Jiang Xia.
…
Okiya Subaru desperately didn't want to leave his safe house.
But he was seen by Jiang Xia just now, and he had no choice.
——Although the nature of the cat's eyes prevents Jiang Xia from seeing clearly who is in the house, if a murder does occur, the police will definitely visit nearby neighbors to collect evidence. Subaru Okiya has seen many murder cases and is not familiar with this process.
Already quite skilled.
Once things develop to this point, Jiang Xia will naturally discover that the person in the room is Okiya Subaru.
"..." If Subaru Okiya was just an ordinary passerby who didn't know Jiang Xia, he could have fooled him with the excuse that "he was scared when he heard the screams, so he didn't dare to go out, so he had to stay indoors and act like a crowd."
But he happened to know Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan, and he always behaved like an enthusiastic and good graduate student. He hid when he heard the screams, which would only make "Okiya Subaru" very suspicious.
——Yes, suspicious.
Fright is fright. This state does not affect Subaru Okiya's thinking, but makes his mind spin faster.
Subaru Okiya has long studied Usa's killing methods. In addition to the direct package of "being killed in a murder case", there are actually some variations.
——For example, Subaru Okiya can rely on his status as a "peripheral member of the organization" to unlock the package "Be considered a major suspect by the police, bring him back to the police station, and be exterminated by a killer sent by the organization on the way" from Uzo.
