Chapter 528 Curacao and Kumel
“Well, the first deceased, Nagao Hidetoshi, was the secretary of the township councilor...”
A few people gathered in front of the TV Watch what's playing on the tape.
In the footage, the vehicle, surrounded by reporters and protesting citizens, was struggling to move forward amid the crowd.
Although the windows on all sides were strictly raised, the camera and microphone were still focused on the side of the car, trying to capture all the details of the expression of Sotaro Goji, who was sitting in the back seat with a dark face.
A sweaty man stood beside the car, constantly trying to push away reporters who were rushing towards him, and kept shouting some repeated words amidst the pushing and squeezing of the crowd.
Hattori Heiji thought deeply: "Councilor Goji blamed all the trouble on the secretary... Nagao Hidetoshi should have resigned in this incident and left the political arena."
"If you put it this way, Nagao Hidetoshi can be regarded as having some information about him, which sounds even more suspicious. It seems that it is necessary to ask the local council member for questioning." Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms and said this The prospects of the case are not promising anymore, "This guy is famous for hating the police, and he probably won't cooperate."
"Well, the department has already found a senior senior to go to the township council member There it is." Yusuke Sakata, who was standing behind them, added as he looked at the noisy and chaotic crowd on the screen, as well as Sotaro Goji, who was sitting in the back row with an expressionless face and was indifferent under the light of the flash.
"In that case, let's go over and have a look." Hattori Heiji unzipped his coat and suggested.
"Hey, wouldn't it be better to leave this kind of matter to the police to investigate first?" Mouri Kogoro sniffed the suit that still smelled of barbecue aroma, and sighed, "They said they invited us to travel, but... It's turned into a case investigation again..."
"It's just because we've hosted everyone here that we need to pay special attention to it." Heiji Hattori smiled confidently as he turned his backward baseball cap around. "How could I let it go? Where is the abominable murderer of your happy trip? "
Mouri Kogoro watched him greet Sakata Yusuke and was about to leave. He was hesitating whether he should follow him to have a look, when he saw Karasawa and Conan automatically following him. He went up and couldn't help but said: "It's okay for him to go. His father is the boss of the Osaka police. What are you two doing?"
"Well..." Karasawa glanced sideways and pulled him. Conan, who was wearing a transparent man in his trousers, thought for a moment and said, "This case may be related to my case. I want to go there and have a look."
Moori Kogoro was stunned for a moment and observed Tang carefully. Ze's face was serious, not joking at all, and his expression slowly turned serious.
He turned his head again, glanced at the motionless Sotaro Goji in the video, and slowly understood what Karasawa meant.
"Conan, please lend me for a while." Tangze said, lifting up Conan who was trying to hide behind him, and easily found a suitable reason, "Having a child is a better cover. There are some things that I may not be comfortable asking."
"But is it really okay to take a child to investigate..." Toyama and Ye looked at the stiff-faced Conan in Tangze's hands hesitantly. I just felt that he looked stupid and not very smart, "Otherwise, I'd better..."
"No, no, He Ye, please take them to my house to wait for me. " Hattori Heiji was excited and quickly raised his hands.
That weird dream still lingers in his mind from time to time. He doesn’t want to see Kazuo’s scenes in this kind of scene...
"Okay, have you brought the amulet?"
"Yes, don't worry about me, see you later."
While the childhood sweethearts were flirting with each other, Tang Ze Mentioning Conan, he tiptoed out of the door, followed Yusuke Sakata's footsteps, and walked towards his car.
Sakata Yusuke, who had already driven the car in front of the door, looked at Karasawa's face in surprise and had a brainstorm.
What do you mean, what does this case have to do with his case?
What case, what relationship, who, why didn’t he, the murderer, know about it? !
Is it related to the township secretary? Oh, that guy has done many evil things, maybe it is possible...
Tang Ze met his surprised and incomprehensible gaze, knowing that his inner emotions were ups and downs at the moment, so he smiled implicitly: "Sorry to trouble you. , Officer Sakata. "
Their actions depend on you, come on, big brother who wants to kill six!
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"The road congestion in Shinsaibashi is still getting worse. Have no people been sent to evacuate the scene?"
"Attention, Second Squadron, please investigate the following license plate information..."
"It may be downloaded at any time. Rain, pay attention to the traffic lights..."
The woman sitting outside the cafe stirred her coffee and kept dialing the channel of the receiver in her pocket, quietly listening to these chaotic sounds.
The silver spoon in her hand rotated at a constant speed, giving this otherwise very leisurely and elegant movement a mechanical feel.
The conspicuous silver hair was neatly tied up and covered by a hat. After the exposed bangs were slightly dyed with a few strands of color, her appearance, which was very different from ordinary people, became just an ordinary pursuit of trends and fashion. .
Curaçao took out the spoon and saw his image clearly at the moment through the reflection on it. Curacao blinked.
She has never been in contact with Kumel, so she naturally doesn’t know. She is not the type who likes to make assumptions from other people’s blunt remarks.
But he did give her some inspiration, such as how to use clothing to disguise identity information to the maximum extent.
She had never learned this in the past, and no one had taught her. It was the information Rum provided her that allowed her to gain some experience from Kumail's mission status.
He is a powerful young man. For his age, he can crawl out of the dark underground little by little and strive for maximum freedom for himself. During the free time when the emotions in his mind are particularly active, she is somewhat impressed and envious. his.
Does she like this kind of life? They just don't have a choice.
Organization, and the real power and control it represents, is something Curacao has lost its sense of.
To this day, thinking about these things cannot change anything. The more you think about it, the more painful it becomes. It is actually very relaxing to be immersed in a highly concentrated task state.
The police officers' occasional jokes and chats on the communication channel did not attract her attention. She only cared about the keywords that might be related to the goal of this mission.
At this moment, a shadow slowly approached.
The afternoon sun penetrated the covering clouds and enveloped her whole body.
Curaçao was startled and reached for the small pistol in his cuff with one hand. He suddenly turned his head and looked over, entering a state of complete alert.
Her alertness has always been extremely high, and the person who can approach her quietly is definitely not a simple person.
Then she saw a somewhat familiar face, a face she had often seen in files recently.
Goro Akechi.
Hoshikawa, who was standing next to her and looking down at her, silently observed this strange woman and made some evaluations of Tangze's evaluation in his heart.
Really, he took advantage of some of the characteristics of his mask and used the shadow of the building to reduce the sense of presence. Sure enough, she was like a frightened cat, her back almost arched.
However, he firmly refused to admit that he was like this when he met Tang Ze for the first time.
Slander, outright slander.
Complaining like this in his heart, Xingchuan Hui quickly adjusted his facial expression, looked at her with golden shimmering eyes, and showed a gentle smile.
He was not wearing the khaki clothes that looked like permanent skin. Instead, he was wearing a dark sweatshirt with the hood pulled down low, covering almost half of his face.
Also covered the earphone in one of his ears.
"Are you looking for 'Numabuchi Kiichiro'?" Hoshikawa Teru skillfully took on the posture of Akechi Goro and said in a gentle tone, "Are you interested in adding me?"
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"Mr. Police! Come and protect me, come and save me!"
The woman's piercing scream was very penetrating, not only Hattori Heiji in the passenger seat, but also Karasawa and Conan in the back seat. I also heard Sakata Yusuke's voice clearly on the phone.
"Someone is trying to kill me, help me, I will die if this continues, I will die!"
"Calm down Ms. Okazaki, stay calm, are you being physically threatened? , Are there any suspicious persons near you?" Sakata Yusuke frowned and asked seriously. "I don't know, I don't know! I'm going crazy, help me, I can tell you everything about the past, I'll tell you everything! Save me!"
The hysterical and out-of-control female voice echoed in the small vehicle space, making the two detectives look serious and alert.
The woman who fled the scene is the most likely clue to find the result. If she is also silenced immediately after the third deceased, it will not be that simple to find the murderer's tail. .
"We will be there soon. Please lock the door and don't let anyone in!" Yusuke Sakata solemnly ordered.
“No, we have already passed the Saito Apartment. Tsk, there are too many one-way streets here...”
“What should I do? There are so many cars here in Midosuji that it’s difficult to get there for a while. Go around over there.”
"Then stop the car now and let's run straight over!"
"Hey! Heiji!"
Sakata Yusuke, who was about to stop him, shouted twice, and saw the passenger door and the rear door. Opening them together, the two figures shot out like arrows, passed over the parked vehicles, and ran towards the Xidu Apartment.
Sakata Yusuke, who breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly remembered something and turned around to look at the back row.
His mood was stable throughout the whole process. Karasawa, who had not participated in their discussion, slowly put down the mobile phone in his hand, raised his head, and looked at Yusuke Sakata in the driver's seat for a few seconds.
Even the elementary school student followed him, why did this guy...?
Trouble, the main way he wants to make a time difference is with vehicles. If this guy doesn't go on, won't he reveal his secret? !
Sakata Yusuke wanted to remind him tactfully, but he felt that he was trying to stop him just now, and now he was trying too hard to persuade him to go and have a look.
Of course Tang Ze knew what he was implying. He blinked twice and still looked at him in confusion, pretending not to know.
Neither of the two people spoke, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.
"Ah, Conan, it's not safe for a kid to follow you there." Seeing Sakata Yusuke's head start to sweat, Karasawa smiled, slowly opened his car door, and got out of the car.
Sakata Yusuke's tense back finally relaxed and he glanced down at the time nervously.
He originally only planned to bring Hattori Heiji alone. Heiji's character is relatively hot-blooded and reckless. Faced with a life-threatening threat alone, Heiji definitely doesn't have time to pay too much attention to other details. His The method will be easier to succeed.
Just after Karasawa, who was walking leisurely, passed the two cars and stepped onto the sidewalk, the traffic light changed and the congested lane finally began to move slowly.
After typing out the direction, Sakata Yusuke glanced in that direction with his peripheral vision, only to see that after a van drove by, Karasawa's back was no longer visible on the sidewalk. Unless I finally remembered, there was no way I could catch up with those two boys without running.
Why is this guy so stunned? He doesn't look very smart...
The weird confusion was quickly forgotten by Sakata. He nervously accelerated his driving and dialed the phone again in his hand. .
"Hey, is this Ms. Okazaki? I just contacted you, Sakata from the Higashijiri Department..."
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Disliked by Sakata Yusuke Tang Ze, who was slow to react, slowly set off towards the direction of Xidu Apartment, pulled up his collar, and whispered into the microphone on the inside: "Don't be silent. You didn't really go to be her driver." , chat with her for a few clichés? You have also been trained in the wise riddler tone, so you ask her, "Do you miss life in the organization?" or "What do you think of existences like us?" Kind of like, hint to her about the organization’s experimental issues.”
Xingchuan Hui's hand on the steering wheel tightened suddenly and he took a breath.
Why do you always have to be responsible for those parts of Akechi’s identity that he is least good at? It’s really a headache.
Wouldn’t it be better for Karasawa to let him handle the tasks in the organization? That was the content he was most familiar with, and it could also reduce some of Tang Ze's burden.
After all, his marksmanship is very good now.
With constant slander in his heart, Teru Hoshikawa still followed Tang Ze's instructions naturally and glanced at Curacao, who was silent, with his peripheral vision.
"Life in the organization is not easy, isn't it? Senior Curacao." Pretending to be casual, he asked, "Especially for people like us."
Keeping looking straight at the front windshield Curacao heard what he said and slowly turned half of his face.
She has a very delicate face, and her raised cheekbones make her look very different from Asians. If her eyes were not so lifeless, her appearance would be very eye-catching.
"We are no longer the same people, Kumel." Curaçao replied in a calm tone, "You have taken the antidote for long enough, and you are completely yourself."
Bingo!
Xingchuan Hui, who had no expression on his face, snapped his fingers in his heart.
Sure enough, Curacao is similar to him, a low-level member who has been controlled by the organization for a long time and is like a dead soldier.
Just like he was fished out from the vast number of ordinary members by Karasawa's magic stroke, she also became a different one because of her special ability.
"'Complete self' or something like that... Just lie to yourself." Without using any skills, he sneered completely sincerely. Xingchuan Hui shook his head, "Collar Would it be better to change from one thing to another? "
If he hadn't encountered so many unexpected situations, then he might be able to understand some of Curaçao's mentality.
They were all products that had long been thrown into the furnace of the organization and beaten into another shape. They had no hope of escaping from their current situation.
A person of the same kind who seems to be freer than himself will be enviable at this time.
Because of this, he really wanted to laugh, not at Curacao, but at himself.
Curaçao heard his sarcastic laughter, but he was still not aroused and replied calmly: "At least you can still work hard for yourself and try your best to climb up. Climb. "
The moment she met Goro Akechi, she knew that this guy was a little different from her. The fire burning in his heart had never been extinguished.
Her whereabouts, the purpose of her mission, and the target's movements are not what Kumail should or has the right to know now.
The fact that he can hide the organization and figure out so many things fully illustrates his attitude.
——He should not be a liqueur, but a whiskey.
It was this that made her relax and accept the other party's proposal.
He did not really become the rabid dog of the organization, but pointed his fangs at the organization's poisonous snake at any time, and that was enough.
"Prisoners who can be released are still prisoners. Those privileges and preferential treatment are just an anesthetic." Xingchuan Hui said with the sneer at the corner of his mouth unchanged.
What he says now is the truth from his heart, and he feels it is easier than asking him to play the public side of Akechi Goro.
He is no longer the humble self. Now he is working hard for himself and trying his best to climb up.
Toward the miraculous light that I had never dared to imagine.
"That's much better than before. I envy you and admire you very much. Your boss is much stricter than mine." Curacao did not suffer from his ridicule. The tingling feeling, on the contrary, the yearning and admiration became stronger.
It's a very negative attitude, and it sounds like a bit knowledgeable.
After listening to their conversation, Tangze rolled his eyes and suggested: "Bring a little more information on the conditions of the awakening mask. Awakening itself requires extremely strong spiritual power and state. A completely passive and numb person. It is impossible for a person to become a mask user. I suspect that she might know this."
After listening to Tang Ze's request on the other side of the earphone, Xingchuan Hui quickly organized his words and said: "I want to. There are always many difficulties in climbing up. I am one of the lucky ones. I will never deny it, but you also know it, Senior Curacao. My specialness is not innate."
After saying this, he turned his head to observe Curacao's reaction for a few seconds, hesitated, and then carefully repeated Karasawa's words.
“Otherwise, why do you and Gin-senpai both have silver hair?”
(End of this chapter)