When parking, Toru Amuro scanned the parking lot of the restaurant carefully.
After confirming that he had not seen Mouri Kogoro's car and receiving the message from his subordinates that "no other suspicious acquaintances were nearby", he opened the door and got out of the car.
Jiang Xia also looked around and followed Amuro into the hall.
This is the kind of specialty store where the food is cooked to order and the chef has a lot of communication with the customers.
As soon as Jiang Xia entered the door, he suddenly felt that Toru Amuro stopped next to him, and then his whole body tensed up silently.
"?"
Jiang Xia looked at Toru Amuro in confusion, then followed his line of sight to the corner of the hall, and was equally startled.
——On the other side of the hall, stood a man wearing a chef's uniform.
The man was tall and tall, with very obvious crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and a bandage covering his left eye. Although he was smiling and discussing recipes with customers, he gave people an inexplicable gloomy feeling.
After just two glances, the chef suddenly turned around with awareness, his eyes fell on them precisely, and then he raised his eyebrows inconspicuously.
This subtle change in expression only happened for a moment. Soon, the chef nodded towards them with a smile like a normal hotel employee.
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment.
The chef's appearance, and Toru Amuro's reaction...
It couldn't be what he thought.
…
After a while, when the chef and the guest next to him walked to another signboard, Jiang Xia saw clearly the nameplate hanging on the chef's body.
——Wakida.
Jiang Xia: "..."
He fell into deep thought for a moment——
In my impression, one of the common aliases of "Rum", the second-in-command of the organization, is "Wakida Kanori". Wakada Kaneori is indeed a cook. Moreover, being able to work in such a restaurant shows that he is a good cook.
The art is even very good...
Rum's pastime is working as a cook?
Or is he also collecting intelligence this way?
...Hmm, judging from how busy Gin is, the second-in-command of the organization probably won’t have much time to spare, so let’s call it the latter. Do Rum’s faction have the same habit? Amuro Toru’s part-time job was taught by Rum?
...Speaking of which, I don’t know if Rum knows about “Jiang Xia = Wu Zuo”. Judging from his authority, Rum can definitely find out; there is suddenly a member with such a code name in Tokyo, so he should also pay attention to it.
In short, whether he knows it or not, Rum will definitely not come directly to him and say "Hi, Uzo."... It is really dangerous for the second-in-command to expose himself to the new code members. And according to Rum
Given his level of caution, he probably wouldn't pick up the vests of other Codename members at Bourbon's place for no reason.
After thinking about it, Jiang Xia quickly lost interest in the rum that did not risk murder, and turned his eyes to the ingredients aside.
Toru Amuro didn't look any further.
He turned to the waiter who came to receive them and was about to choose dishes: Since the rum is here, don't order too much like before. This means saving some money for the organization...
…
Next to him stood the second-in-command of the organization. Even if Toru Amuro came to his senses and acted as if he didn't know Rum, his attention would still inevitably be on the boss of the organization.
After observing for a moment with his peripheral vision, Toru Amuro suddenly discovered that Rum seemed to occasionally look at this side in a vague way when the guests were struggling with the dishes.
Toru Amuro: "...?"
... Rum has looked over too many times, and he seems to be very interested in something.
Let’s rule it out calmly. First of all, this shouldn’t be looking at him. He is considered to be Rum’s old subordinate, so there is nothing to look at.
so……
Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia next to him.
Maybe Rum has fallen in love with this famous detective seedling...
The organization usually does not like to contact famous detectives, because detectives are often people with a strong sense of justice and close ties with the police. At the same time, in the eyes of the organization members, this group of people are also very "cunning". If you contact them rashly, you will easily overturn, and the price-performance ratio is very low.
not tall.
But Jiangxia is different.
Jiang Xia's parents are both in the organization, and he himself has always been a peripheral member of the organization. In Rum's eyes, he should be a very useful tool.
Moreover, not long after Jiang Xia became a detective, he is already so famous and has a strong ability to grow. If this continues...
Toru Amuro was secretly alert.
He originally planned to take Jiang Xia under his command first and serve as a fixed peripheral tool member. When Jiang Xia grows to the point where he cannot be ignored by the organization, he will find a suitable opportunity to introduce Jiang Xia as a code member. In this way, Bourbon
It would be logical to have a partner who loves paddling. While prostituted for information about his partner, he can also provide guidance and help to Jiang Xia to prevent him from getting involved in missions that are too risky.
Or, if Jiang Xia really doesn't want to work for the organization, then go through the witness protection procedures and send Jiang Xia to a peaceful place; or let him work in the police department to shine in secret - according to Jiang Xia's talents, after careful training, he will definitely
More reliable than most of his subordinates...
No matter which path you ultimately take, it will undoubtedly take a long time to investigate and prepare.
If Jiang Xia is targeted by Rum so soon, many things will easily get out of control and it will be difficult to achieve a satisfactory result...
However, if you think about it rationally, even if Rum really takes a fancy to Jiang Xia's abilities, he probably won't immediately transfer Jiang Xia to other tasks. Instead, he will consider it for a long time and let Jiang Xia maintain his original development, cultivate his reputation, and give full play to his growth.
potential. So...
Huh? Wait.
Doesn't that mean that if Jiang Xia is really Wu Zuo, it will be difficult for him to figure out the tasks and trends of the organization, because even if the organization assigns tasks to Jiang Xia, the focus of the tasks will be on accumulating reputation, and he will only
Use him at a few critical moments to accomplish the goal in a subtle way?
"..." Alas, it's too difficult.
Amuro Toru sighed inwardly.
Catching the mice around you is indeed a laborious task.
Looking at Rum at this time, Toru Amuro actually had a brief empathy with the second-in-command of the organization whose hands were stained with blood...
…
Ten meters away, on the other side of the hall.
While Rum was introducing the special recipes to the guests diligently, he thought about what had happened just now.
As the intelligence chief of the organization, he knows every code-name cadre, let alone Usa, who is active in Tokyo.
Just now, when Rum recognized Jiang Xia who entered the door, he saw Toru Amuro next to Jiang Xia, and was slightly startled, wondering how Usa, a person from Gin's side, got together with his subordinates.
It took a second before he suddenly remembered that Uzo seemed to have been working in Bourbon's detective agency - Bourbon was not in the agency all year round, and the identity of a private detective was too low. Rum's busy brain had already processed this information
It was piled in the corner, and now that I suddenly saw it, my memory was successfully activated.
