Chapter 373 This must be Wuzuo's conspiracy (joint chapter)
Belmod and Toru Amuro looked at Jiang Xia at the same time, thinking about a reasonable way to interrupt.
But before they could speak or take action, Jiang Xia took the initiative to stop talking.
Then the young organization member looked at them without saying a word, as if nothing had happened and he had no intention of continuing the topic, as if the person who blurted out "last time" a few seconds ago was not him at all.
That's just right... Toru Amuro nodded secretly and praised his wit in his heart.
The slightly undulating murderous aura on Belmod's body further subsided, and he nodded secretly, thinking that Uzo was probably just surprised and blurted out that topic.
Later, Uzo must have thought that if he told what happened last time in school, Bourbon might notice the Young Detective Team and then Shinichi, so he didn't continue.
However, with Bourbon's keenness, he must have realized something was wrong now, but he just didn't ask any more questions. He would not let go of this suspicion afterwards, and Uzo would probably try to make up an excuse to get around it... In this case, it would be inconvenient to collude in the confession.
Under the circumstances, she will have to keep secret about "approaching Uzo and the children in disguise" in the future.
Jiang Xia looked to the left and then to the right. Judging from their expressions, it felt like they had finished thinking about the two bottles of wine.
Just like a peripheral member who didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the organization's cadres, he asked innocently: "You guys just talked about it? How should I handle this matter?"
Seeing Jiang Xia take the initiative to change the topic, Amuro Toru couldn't help but look at him appreciatively again.
It would be great if Feng Jian and his group of subordinates could learn a little bit of Jiang Xia's caution and judgment of the situation...
"Let's forget it for today. If you see someone disguised as me again in the future, remember to tell me." After Toru Amuro told Jiang Xia, he turned to Belmod and said with a threatening smile, "You understand."
Belmod responded with the same sneer.
Then, in front of Toru Amuro, she took out a spare bourbon hood and put it on her face, held it against Toru Amuro's face, turned around and left.
After all, she was still working in the studio today. She had to quit her job first to prevent her from disappearing and losing her credibility... This was also one of the agreements that Bourbon had reached with her just now. Of course, it was just a small agreement that came with a gift.
Jiang Xia silently watched Belmod's actions and vaguely understood why Toru Amuro said "Forget it today."
Then he looked at Toru Amuro next to him and took the initiative to blame him: "She seems to like pretending to be you."
Toru Amuro also looked at Jiang Xia and nodded noncommittally.
Although he suspected that Bermod disguised himself as "Toru Amuro" to fish for law enforcement and test the content of "Bourbon".
But Toru Amuro actually had another guess in his mind.
——Perhaps Bermod didn't think it was that complicated at all. She did this simply because she wanted to approach Jiang Xia using the appearance of "Toru Amuro".
Because if you pretend to be an acquaintance of Jiang Xia, it will be very easy to be exposed based on the insight Jiang Xia showed in solving the case. So you have to choose someone who Jiang Xia doesn’t know very well, but who doesn’t seem to be disobedient when acting together. And there are not many alternatives.
Among them, if Belmode wanted to play the person she was disguising, she had to have a certain understanding of that person.
In this way, "Bourbon", who is also an organizational cadre, obviously became a good candidate.
Toru Amuro always felt that compared to the speculation that "Belmode dressed up as Bourbon to test Bourbon's identity", "Belmode dressed up as Bourbon to get close to Jiang Xia" although the motive seems a bit absurd,
But it can better explain Belmode's behavior these two times.
In addition, he remembered that not long after Belmod arrived in Japan, he very efficiently brought Jiang Xia back to her home... Why are you always staring at Jiang Xia?
Toru Amuro glanced at the high school detective next to him who was gradually getting on the right path, and felt a vague sense of danger that the flowers of his motherland were being targeted by evildoers.
...Did Bellmode realize Jiang Xia's talent and want to win Jiang Xia into the organization beyond him, or was she just like those ladies who always go to the office, she first had a certain preference, and then she wanted to do it for her own benefit?
Jiang Xia develops into her subordinate or partner?
…it’s not easy to judge what the specific truth is.
Just before Jiang Xia came here, when he asked directly, Belmode did not give a clear answer.
And in fact, even if she said it, it would be impossible for Toru Amuro to judge Bermod's true thoughts based on it. This poisonous apple always acts and speaks with falsehoods, and its true motives are impossible to infer... Tsk, what a mystic.
He lacked a beating from the police.
Toru Amuro kept an account for the organization on a daily basis. Then he temporarily put these questions aside for further observation.
He looked at Jiang Xia who had not left yet: "Go back to the studio first."
…
Toru Amuro just asked Bermod to quit his part-time job as a lighting assistant, leave here immediately, and stop disguising Bourbon from now on.
Although Belmod just agreed, members of such a cunning organization really don't have much credibility. Toru Amuro planned to go over and keep an eye on the process. After Belmod left, he would leave here and continue his work.
Jiangxia and Toru Amuro walked through the corridor together, pushed open the door to the stairwell, and stepped onto the steps.
Just as he was about to go up to the studio on the top floor, he suddenly heard a vague scream through the thick walls.
The two of them were either really or not startled at the same time, and quickly ran upstairs - for detectives, screams with similar emotions are not unfamiliar, this may mean that a murder has occurred nearby!
However, I didn’t wait to rush to the top floor.
Just as he climbed two or three steps, he saw a burning figure suddenly fall out of the window at the corner of the stairs.
The shadow was huge, even larger than a normal person. It passed from top to bottom, leaving a fleeting image in the eyes of the two witnessing detectives.
Amuro's pupils narrowed slightly and she recognized that it was actually the burning "Gomera".
He ran to the corner of the stairs and opened the window. As the air inside and outside began to circulate, several children's panicked screams could be faintly heard from above.
Jiang Xia also followed to the window.
He glanced down and whispered: "It's empty."
Toru Amuro nodded, apparently making the same judgment.
Judging from the state and trajectory of "Gomera" falling in the air, its mass seems to be lighter than when it is equipped with people, so it should not be people who fall, but the monster suit.
...Why should you light it and throw it away? Isn’t this crew very short of funds? Toru Amuro frowned slightly.
"Go up and have a look."
The two people left the corridor window and headed to the rooftop studio.
…
Ten minutes later.
The Mu Mu Police Department led a group of police cars and hurriedly arrived.
On the ground in front of the Dabao Cinema building, there lay an empty Gomera shell with half of its burnt side. In addition, a blood-stained and twisted kitchen knife fell next to it. The blood on the knife was already scorched black. It could only be picked from the surrounding ground.
The faintly spattered blood spots and a small piece of the cement pavement were smashed, imagining the situation when it fell from the building together with the Gomera props and costumes.
The burning props and costumes had already been extinguished by fire extinguishers.
At this time, in addition to the police, there were also a circle of staff and nearby residents who came to watch the excitement.
Jiang Xia stood in the crowd with Toru Amuro and "Toru Amuro" and listened to the eyewitness Conan Asamegure Police Department describe what he saw.
"Mr. Kamei was stabbed to death in the studio on the top floor!" Conan resisted the sight of "Brothers Amuro" falling on him, and tried to describe it from the beginning in a child-like tone of surprise:
"Mr. Matsui was stabbed in the leg by a gangster when he helped us get props from the warehouse. We chased him in the direction where the gangster left, and saw through the window in the studio a man wearing a Gomera monster suit who stabbed him to death.
He killed Producer Kamei and then fled from the other side with a knife.
"When the gangster committed the crime, he accidentally kicked over the paint bucket next to him, stepped on the paint, and left footprints. We followed the footprints and chased out. First we met Sister Youmei who was knocked down by the gangster 'Gomera', and then we
Chase all the way to the rooftop.
"But there was no Gomera on the rooftop. We heard a strange noise, ran to the edge of the rooftop, looked down, and saw 'Gomera' was on fire and fell downstairs... I originally thought the gangster committed suicide by jumping off the building.
But when I ran downstairs, I found that the props and costumes were empty..."
The immature voice of a child always lacks some credibility, but the cause and effect are quite clear, and two adults besides the deceased were involved in the process.
The Mumu Police Department nodded, and while waiting for the forensics department to find evidence, they were preparing to follow the procedure to question other witnesses and investigate suspects.
Before going upstairs, his eyes subconsciously turned around among the staff of the Gomera crew.
Then he saw the two "Amuro Toru" at a glance. He stopped immediately, froze for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.
After discovering that the ghosting was not caused by excessive overtime, the Megure Police Department subconsciously looked at Jiang Xia between the two "Amuro Toru".
The little eyes seem to be able to speak:
Brother Jiangxia, what’s going on?
The Mumu Police Department vaguely remembered that this blond mixed-race man who suddenly appeared more numerous was the boss of the detective agency where Jiang Xia worked.
Jiang Xia glanced at Toru Amuro and found that he didn't seem to have any intention of catching Belmode on the spot, so he didn't expose it either.
He pointed out the genuine Toru Amuro who was wearing a delivery employee uniform to the confused Megure Police Department, and briefly introduced: "This seems to be the boss's younger brother."
——Belmod appeared in the studio much earlier than Toru Amuro, who delivered the food. The staff here had already acquiesced that she was "Toru Amuro".
So now, the late-arriving genuine Amuro Toru can only be called "Amuro Akira" for the time being.
...Fortunately, the Megu Police Department probably won't remember to check the identity certificate for a while. If the Megu Police Department suddenly becomes smart, the bourbon-faced Bermod will definitely be in some trouble.
However, Jiang Xia looked at the police car next to him that had not turned off, and the section of the road that was very suitable for speeding and escaping, and felt that it was not a big problem.
Of course, if Belmode really ran away, he and Toru Amuro would definitely be asked about the relevant matters afterwards, but this is still not a big problem - at that time, the blame will only be placed on the escaped disguiser, and the two of them will
It's fine if you're being threatened.
After listening to Jiang Xia's explanation, the Memu Police Department looked even more confused: When did Boss Amuro suddenly have a younger brother, or a twin? I've never heard of it...
Bermod noticed the mood of the Megure Police Department, came closer, and said with a simple smile on Amuro Toru's face: "My brother has been in the country before, and recently he heard me say that life in the city is more interesting, so he wanted to come over and have a look.
"
"Oh, so that's it." Mu Mu nodded suddenly.
Since the twins did not live in the same place, it was no wonder that he had only seen one of them in Tokyo for so long.
Having said that, with such an international face, it always feels weird to talk about "going to the city to experience a different kind of life"... But after all, this is a family matter for citizens...
The Megure Police Department nodded to "Aki Amuro" and left a message, "Welcome to Tokyo, I wish you a good time." Then they continued upstairs to question the other two witnesses who had seen the gangster "Gomera"
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Belmode turned around and looked at the positions of several police cars on the street, then raised his head to confirm the layout of the outside of the building, followed closely next to the Memu Police Department, and entered the building.
Behind the two of them, Jiang Xia glanced at the genuine Toru Amuro, who was smiling but with veins on the back of his hand, and patted his boss's shoulder sympathetically.
It is indeed not a pleasant experience to have someone disguised as yourself and add a strange personality...
Amuro Toru's face was gloomy, and she kept writing down accounts for Belmode in her mind.
But soon, he thought again:
Although Belmod is disgusting, the identity she proposed as twins is quite interesting.
It would be better to ask a colleague to get a fake certificate like "Aki Akira Anshi" some other time - there is no dispute over responsibilities between adult brothers. If there is such a "brother", it may come in handy in many situations where the blame needs to be pushed.
Toru Amuro entered Dabao Cinema thoughtfully.
Jiang Xia looked at his back and felt that the boss seemed to have some strange thoughts, but there was no evidence.
We can only follow the building first and return to the crime scene on the top floor.
Those who appeared nearby before and after the incident have not yet been ruled out as suspects, so they cannot leave directly.
…
In the studio, the staff of the forensics department were busy around the body of the Kamei producer.
Next to it, several police officers were asking staff about the situation before and after the incident.
Jiang Xia was also asked soon. The person who came to ask him happened to be Officer Sato.
He thought for a while and told Sato that he saw the burning "Gomera" falling from the building. He was with "Aki Amuro" at the time.
Belmode, who was a few meters away, suddenly became alert when he heard these words.
When she was downstairs just now, she discovered: based on Conan's description, from the time when Kamei was attacked to the time when the gangsters escaped, the "Amuro Toru" she dressed up just happened to leave Eka and Makoto Amuro. Of course
He also left all the staff and was walking alone in the corridor.
...In other words, she "happened" to lack witnesses.
Originally, Belmod only felt that he was a little unlucky.
But at this time, after accidentally hearing Jiang Xia's voice, her thoughts unconsciously turned to Jiang Xia.