Jiang Xia could barely detect a hint of ruddy color on his face after being pulled - a characteristic that the disguise did not have - and then he opened the door and caught a ride that was much faster than taking the subway.
…
Before the traffic policeman turned into this street, Toru Amuro stepped on the accelerator and drove away. At the same time, he asked: "What's going on?"
Although he has roughly pieced together what happened, he still wants to hear Jiang Xia's perspective.
Jiang Xia sighed: "I just met Teacher Ogata - the English teacher of our class. She usually has an unconventional personality, but she is very nice. She dragged me to have a few drinks with her, who knows...
…”
Amuro Toru nodded thoughtfully: "Did she ask you anything?"
"This..." Jiang Xia pressed her forehead and thought hard:
"I asked some detective-related things... The person pretending to be Mr. Ogata said that Gin had used APTX4869 on Kudo Shinichi - my classmate, the high school detective who disappeared a while ago.
"But this drug seems to be still in the experimental stage and cannot be 100% fatal. Kudo Shinichi's death was confirmed by Shirley, who has defected. The authenticity cannot be guaranteed, so she suspected that the detective was not actually dead and wanted to find out from me.
Some clues.”
Toru Amuro listened carefully and did not immediately connect the missing Kudo Shinichi with the witty elementary school student with glasses.
After all, it is really difficult for a person like him who believes in science to think of "adults becoming smaller" at the first time.
Toru Amuro's thoughts quickly turned elsewhere - the situation was somewhat different from what he expected. He thought that Belmode was here for Shirley, but he didn't expect that it was not the case.
Toru Amuro: "..." So why would Belmode pay attention to a high school detective?
Theoretically speaking, if Kudo Shinichi is really not dead, this is definitely a major mistake of Gin's work. Is that woman trying to catch Gin's mistakes?
Belmod is also a mysterious guy, and it was difficult for Toru Amuro to understand her brain circuits for a while.
After thinking about it, Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia beside him and suddenly asked: "I heard that you are not only Kudo Shinichi's classmate, but also his neighbor... What do you think? Is he really dead?"
Jiang Xia, who was still pretending to be drunk, was startled.
...Is it so direct?
However, even if he faces Toru Amuro, he can't tell the truth now - the boss is still "Bourbon".
After thinking carefully for a long time, Jiang Xia closed her eyes and whispered as if she had made up her mind: "She should be dead."
Toru Amuro nodded thoughtfully, but did not say whether he believed it or not.
He turned to talk about something else:
"That woman's codename is 'Bellmode'. If you have paid attention to the entertainment industry, you should be able to recognize her. Her usual identity is Chrissie Wynyard - that international female star with outstanding acting skills."
As he spoke, Toru Amuro remembered Jiang Xia's mercy on Belmod just now, and added:
"Belmod is good at disguise and voice change, and has a very bad character. Many people who partner with her will lose their lives without knowing it, but she is very valued by the boss and will not be held accountable for this. So even if she is a member of Codename
, there were also many people who died in vain while performing missions with her, and she has not yet been held accountable... In short, don't be fooled by her confusing appearance."
Jiang Xia nodded, not wanting the Red Party cadres to discover her murderous covetousness towards Belmode, so she defended herself: "I thought she was Ogata-sensei at first."
