Chapter 932 Enemies
Looking at the boy standing in front of her, Pu Siqinglan's face flashed with a hint of astonishment.
The people she could meet in President Suzuki's office were all people who were somewhat related to the Suzuki Foundation. Of course, she would not take it lightly. She naturally took note of everyone's appearance, so when she heard him greetings like this, it didn't mean much. Surprised.
What really surprised her was meeting the man himself.
Out of caution, she almost never chooses the type of sniper. In order to prevent people from easily stealing the weapon, she even consciously changes the type she uses regularly. As long as she can get close to the prey, she will definitely find ways to do so. Shoot at close range to avoid missing.
Anyway, as Scobin, the Romanov dynasty plus the damage to the right eye is already a distinctive enough symbol that does not require much additional work to indicate the identity, and she has never had any relationship with these keywords. The connection felt elated.
Therefore, before preparing to snipe a new target, she always has to get materials nearby, do some simple gun modifications or even assemble them from scratch. When she comes to a city, the first thing she looks for is a gun or model shop.
These are places where teenage boys and girls should not like to come.
Muttering in her heart, the expression on her face quickly adjusted to a state of surprise and then a smile: "Hello, it is indeed a coincidence. Are you visiting Osaka Castle?"
"Well, Sonoko and the others went to the shrine. I'm not very interested in this kind of place, so I went out and walked around by myself. Although it's hard to tell, I'm half a military fan." Karasawa nodded, naturally Mentioning Sonoko Suzuki, he once again emphasized that he belongs to the category of people related to the Suzuki Group, and then changed his voice, "You are Chinese, right? This is the first time I have met a Chinese like you."
Pu Siqinglan's hand holding the fisherman's bag tightened slightly.
She knows that she is actually far from the image of a real Chinese. Certain nondescript elements in her body, such as the almost exaggerated Chinese style dress, are all for the purpose of being eye-catching in clothing and leaving people with a "Chinese girl" impression, thus making people ignore her personal physical characteristics.
In addition, although her eye color and hair color are not particularly common, her overall outline is much flatter than that of ordinary Slavs due to the intermarriage of her ancestors. It can barely be explained by mixed race or ethnic minorities, which allows her to maintain such a design. Sure, but as long as you know a little bit about the real Han people, it will be difficult to be easily fooled by her.
However, she was already prepared for this, so she just smoothed her hair on her temples and replied in a gentle tone: "Ah, maybe it doesn't look like it. How should I put it, China is a complicated country. , and there are many ethnic groups living there. I am not Han Chinese, so it looks a little different.”
Although the number is not very large, there are indeed Slavs, that is, Russians, in China.
This is the reason why she knows that she is not actually that "Chinese" and dares to call herself so boldly.
If someone is suspicious, she can throw out this trivial argument. If she still can't win people's trust... Anyway, she thinks she is good at Chinese. If she doesn't get bumped into by a real Chinese, there won't be any problems.
"Oh, I've heard of it!" Tang Ze showed a stunned expression, "That's true. After all, 'the land is vast and the resources are abundant,' right?"
The four words "Tangze" were spoken in the most standard Mandarin, and of course Pu Siqinglan understood it.
Precisely because she understood, her eyebrows couldn't help but jump.
She had almost never heard Japanese people use similar adjectives to praise China.
The vast majority of Japanese people she came into contact with, especially young men, were full of the common shortcomings of island nation citizens, that is, insularity, arrogance and xenophobia. This is a commonality after geopolitical research, and it is also consistent with the differences between continental and maritime civilizations. The difference is related. In short, even if they do not show hostility, compared to being friendly and peaceful, these people also show a state of lack of passion and are too lazy to give feedback...
However, even if she was a little bit surprised, she was a well-informed international thief after all. She immediately calibrated Tangze's personality in her heart and pushed him in the direction of "a niche non-mainstream cup-wearing brother" and a "rare left-wing person" He pushed, then nodded with a smile: "Yes, there are dozens of different races there, and there are many exceptions due to geographical reasons and mixed living... Your pronunciation just now was very standard. Have you learned Chinese?"
No wonder he suddenly stopped himself here. Maybe it wasn't because of admiration, so when he met a rare Chinese, he immediately wanted to get close to him.
Have I ever learned Chinese? That’s too learned.
The smile on Karasawa's face became more sincere: "Well, I have a little talent in language learning, so when I heard President Suzuki's introduction today, I couldn't help but be a little curious about you... I'm sorry, it's rare to meet you like this The foreigner is a little excited, does it not cause you any trouble?”
Saying this, Tangze's actual actions did not mean to apologize at all and retreat to a suitable social distance. Instead, he went a step further and directly lifted the heavy fisherman's bag for her.
Pu Siqinglan is said to be a notorious thief, and he is not ignorant of physical skills, but after all, he mainly relies on firearms to commit crimes. Apart from firearms skills, he has no advantages in pure fighting. He almost has no time to refuse. The bag has been forcefully pulled over by the other party.
As the long package swayed, there was the sound of some metal parts colliding, causing her forehead to sweat immediately.
How to put it, she certainly didn't think that a teenager could judge the contents of the bag just by relying on this little movement, but her most important tool was suddenly caught in the hands of a stranger, should she panic? .
Tang Ze weighed the bag in his hand, raised his eyebrows and looked at her, but he didn't do anything extra. He used more honorifics: "It's quite heavy. You can carry it by yourself." It’s not easy. Is it hard? Let me carry it for you for a while. I also want to know more about life there.”
As he spoke, he changed his hands and moved the heavy bag filled with metal parts for guns to the side away from Pu Si Qinglan
Pu Si Qinglan's eyebrows jumped again.
Her car was parked at a corner on a street away. It was a very low-key black car that was also in line with her habits when hunting targets.
If you don't come and get in the way, I'll put it in the car in two minutes, so there's no need to worry.
She didn't know whether this person did it intentionally or unintentionally, but with such a fatal thing in someone's hand, even if she originally wanted to politely respond to him, she didn't have the attitude to speak now.
We have to get the things back properly without arousing his suspicion...
"Okay, do you want to find a place to sit?" Pu Si Qinglan caught a glimpse of Tang Ze's handsome young face with a smile on his face. His heart moved and he quickly changed his strategy and pointed to the other side of the street. On one side, "There is a cafe over there, and it happens to be tea time..."
"Oh, do you like afternoon tea? Are you from Shanghai or Chengdu?" Tang Ze said coldly at first, but before Pu Si Qinglan could react, he changed the topic and said, "I'll treat you. Since you're wearing a cheongsam, well, Just pretend you’re from Shanghai, right?”
The settings are not written in such detail at all, and I only intend to use some stereotypes or common images to fool Pu Siqinglan: "..."
What's going on with this kid...
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"Where's Daji? He's a good signer. He deserves to be Xiaolan..."
"It seems that you and Kudo are making good progress, right?"
"You two..." Zhang Zhang read the lottery carefully. Mao Lilan quickly rolled up the things and coughed covertly, "I wasn't thinking about him when I drew the lottery."
After all, the guy himself was completely distracted by Kaitou Kid’s puzzle, and he ran away with Hattori Heiji...
"Really?" Suzuki Sonoko tilted her head and glanced at her love-minded bestie with disbelief, "Then what were you thinking just now?"
"I'm thinking about other things..." Knowing that Yuanzi was misunderstanding something, she didn't explain it and just smiled, "As long as it goes smoothly."
This is the career lottery she drew for Yuanzi.
Kaitou Kid's warning letter and the appearance of Goro Akechi have indeed attracted a large number of people's attention to the newly completed art museum, but this also means more surprises and uncertainties.
If possible, she sincerely hopes that her best friend's appearance can be completed successfully.
"Let's not talk about this." After carefully putting the signature into his wallet, Mao Lilan asked, "Have you invited Kitagawa-kun? You were able to complete the work successfully this time, thanks to him. The opening ceremony should indeed be called He came to see.”
In addition to the factors of exhibition design, Suzuki Sonoko's main reputation in the art world is related to Kitagawa Yusuke. In the eyes of most people, their personal connections are bound to each other, which also gave Suzuki Sonoko a chance to borrow Kisaragimine. Water east wind opportunity.
The Museum of Modern Art, in addition to the abundant collections from the Suzuki family treasure house, still needs many modern and contemporary works of art to fill the collection inventory.
In the entire construction process of the exhibition hall, it seems that he has nothing to do with Kitagawa Yusuke, but his actual contribution is quite significant.
"Of course I'm invited! Thanks to him, I also borrowed an autumn view of Fuji from Mr. Kisaragi's inventory." Suzuki Sonoko put her hands on her hips, a little proudly, "He said that he has been busy with new works recently. , I don’t have much time, but I will make time to show up.”
"That's great..." Mao Lilan sighed.
This is what it means to accept her love, even if you are busy, you still have to take time to stand up for her and express your attitude. Suzuki Sonoko's funding is indeed a step up for him, but in fact everyone - including Kitagawa Yusuke himself - should know that Sonoko does not really fancy his ability, but just casually because of his eyesight. Throwing away some resources that were nothing to her.
Kitagawa Yusuke, who was well aware of this, never felt offended because of this reason. Instead, he sincerely thanked Suzuki Sonoko in various public occasions, saying that without her recommendation, he might not be able to participate in the Grand Prize. Therefore, I lost an important opportunity, so I am very grateful to her for taking a fancy to Yunyun.
Kitagawa Yusuke seems to be a weirdo who is ignorant and sophisticated to a certain extent, but he never disappoints people on such important matters.
"Hehe, I'm just lucky and met a good guy." Suzuki Sonoko raised her head, "I can indeed meet a kind-hearted handsome guy, right?"
Toyama and Ye touched their chins: "You are talking as if Tang Ze is not a handsome guy..."
"That's different..." Suzuki Sonoko waved her hand, "He is a classmate and a very good friend. Well, I always look at my friends very well."
"Then the way you look at handsome guys can't help you?"
"What are you talking about? Ah Zhen is still very good..."
Just as Mao Lilan was about to say something joking, he suddenly noticed a familiar shadow from the corner of his eye and couldn't help but turn his head to look over.
Under the sun umbrella across the street, they saw Tang Ze, whom they just mentioned, sitting with a woman, with a usual smile on his face, drinking tea and talking about something.
As soon as she turned her head, her companions Suzuki Sonoko and Toyama Kazuha also turned their heads to observe, and then frowned.
"This is the woman I met in the morning. Oh, she said she was a researcher from China or something..." Yuan Shan and Ye pinched their chins, their expressions were a little weird, "By the way, why would a Chinese study Roman? Nov dynasty?”
She had wanted to ask about this when she heard Pu Siqinglan's name in the morning, but she was too embarrassed to ask because of the atmosphere.
Tsarist Russia, how should I put it, anyone who knows a little bit about world history should know a little bit about it.
A person with high emotional intelligence is said to be very charming and has a unique historical flavor. If you have low emotional intelligence, then...
In short, it is difficult to imagine who would be interested in studying this kind of thing all day long except for the related descendants themselves.
"Well, I can't say, maybe because I'm interested..." Mao Lilan smiled without embarrassment, embarrassed to answer.
Suzuki Sonoko narrowed her eyes warily and rolled up her sleeves: "She can't be the one who couldn't buy the egg of memories from my dad. Now she has her mind set on someone else and plans to try another route, right?"
"Change the route? Do you want to work hard from Karaze's side? Then this route is a bit too tortuous." Toyama and Ye frowned strangely.
"Of course it's impossible for Karasawa to intercede for her. But if she gets some information from Karasawa, for example, related to Akechi's work or cooperation with the police, then she might be able to find some breakthrough points. . My dad actually doesn’t plan to sell it. After all, the historical value of this thing is still there. Yes, it would be a good idea to put it in the exhibition hall here. I heard him say that among these people, the one who is most obsessed with it is this woman with the weird name..." Suzuki Sonoko became more and more interested as he spoke. He couldn't go on anymore, "No, we can't let her cause trouble to Tangze."
If it were someone else, such as Mouri Kogoro or something, Suzuki Sonoko would probably not pay attention.
Even if Ushi Qinglan used a honey trap to get some important information from Mouri Kogoro, as long as it would not interfere with the police's arrangements, no one would care about Moori Kogoro's reputation and relationship with the police.
But Tang Ze is different. Tang Ze's identity is the most sensitive among their group, and the one who can least leave any doubts.
Tang Ze is indeed still a minor, so when facing criminal punishment, he still has the opportunity for protective observation, but he is 18 years old, not 13 years old. This probation period is not so frivolous. Once he gets into trouble, the case may really turn to actual punishment. Possibility...
"Let's go and have a look."
Pu Si Qinglan, who was sitting across from Tang Ze with a smile on her face, didn't notice the girls who had changed directions and sneakily approached.
All her attention now was on the bag at their feet.
In addition to the firearms, there were also things very important for this operation, such as the map marked by her steps, the prepared retreat route, etc.
Before leaving Zhanri, it was also two or three days before Kaitou Kidd announced that he would steal the Memory Egg. She would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to be fully prepared.
Osaka is not a city she is familiar with. Even though she has been to Japan a few times, most of the time she only moves around Tokyo. All these preparations are necessary.
Although she is not exactly a solo thief, overall, she is still a lone ranger, and no one will do this kind of work for her.
And this guy who inexplicably stopped me from talking would waste another afternoon...
Thinking of this, she became more and more anxious.
She was in this state, and her expression didn't show it, but her subtle body language certainly couldn't fool a professional like Karasawa.
He lightly glanced at the other person's index finger, which was tapping the rim of the cup unconsciously, and spoke even slower: "... Speaking of which, you just said that you were born in southern China, that's why you like cheongsam, and you have always liked it. Wearing it when traveling abroad is because you want to make people aware of your nationality immediately and avoid any impolite misunderstandings. So your accent is quite rare, is it because you didn’t speak Mandarin enough before? ”
This sentence is somewhat yin and yang, and it is a bit ironic to her.
You speak Chinese so that Chinese people don't think you are Chinese. You say that you dress like this because you hope foreigners will find out that you are Chinese at the first time... It's a bit funny, ladies.
Why do I feel this sentence is so vague and strange?
Pu Siqinglan frowned and glanced at Tang Ze uncertainly. Not seeing any other meaning from his smiling face, he looked back suspiciously.
She didn't realize that she was attacked by the double buffs of Kyoto and China. She quickly adjusted her expression and lowered her head with a smile: "I didn't expect that you are quite knowledgeable about these things. You are right, I speak more dialects. Because of my living environment when I was young, I didn’t learn Mandarin until later. What’s the matter? Does it sound bad?”
"Dialect..." Tang Ze nodded slowly, "Then I can understand. The teacher I learned Chinese from is from Sichuan and Chongqing, so I do know a little bit of dialect. However, if you are Russian , you should speak more Russian, right?”
Pu Siqinglan's brows jumped sharply again.
In order not to make people suspicious, she would fabricate the identity of such an expert and scholar, just to avoid contact with Russia as much as possible, so as to be alerted in advance.
Now when it comes to the Russian language thing...
"Oh, they can speak a little, but I don't speak much." Pu Siqinglan's smile was really a little stiff this time, "The accent may have been affected by it."
"No wonder, you sound like you like to curl your tongue." Karasawa's face was full of satisfaction after his curiosity was satisfied. "If I didn't know better, I would really think that you are Russian."
Pu Siqinglan spent some effort to prevent her eyes from darting.
You are the only one who knows Chinese, and you are the only one who understands China, right? What are you showing off here, this boy...
It's really unpleasant to talk so much.
After thinking about it, she decided to come up with the ultimate solution.
"Your Chinese seems to be pretty good. Why don't you say a few words to listen? If your pronunciation is wrong, I can help you correct it. It's rare to see a foreigner who understands us as well as you do."
Tang Ze raised an eyebrow: "Shall I tell you? Don't make me laugh."
Pu Si Qinglan's expression was truly confused.
(End of chapter)