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Seeing that Chu Ming had already made arrangements, Gin had no intention of asking Vermouth to go over again. He did dislike Bourbon, but he still recognized his abilities.
——After all, judging from the amount of tasks Bourbon will be assigned, he has the potential to become the second hardworking model of the organization.
But since Chu Ming said he had other missions, Gin didn't say anything else. He just stared at Chu Ming and said, "Since Gil is not here, and Vermouth has to keep an eye on her, then what is the mission this time--"
Before Gin finished speaking, Chu Ming jumped up from the sofa and said, "Then you guys will have to work hard on this mission. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first—"
Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the office, and the next few words were only echoed from afar.
After driving out of the base, no one came to stop him, and Chu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What a joke! He went there to eradicate the cancer for the organization, not to send himself to do the mission. He finally managed to get a few days of vacation. What if he is drafted by Gin and has to run around with them again.
He is not stupid. It is not as fun to follow them to complete the mission as to watch the show with Bourbon.
On the way, Chu Ming picked up Bourbon who was waiting on the roadside and stopped the car near Kudo's house. He glanced at Bourbon in the passenger seat and raised his chin towards the villa area: "Go, Mr. Amuro, the air conditioner repairman."
Chu Ming watched Bourbon walking towards Kudo's house with his bag on his back without any concealment, and pressed the doorbell. After the two chatted for a few words through the door, Okiya Subaru opened the door and let him in.
Chu Ming, on the other hand, used the system to take a photo of Okiya Subaru welcoming Bourbon into the studio at the right time. He also deliberately made the two of them look very close, as if they had known each other for a long time.
Even Bourbon's look around before entering the door was captured clearly.
Chu Ming looked at the photos taken by the system with satisfaction, leaned lazily on the backrest, and stared at Kudo's house from afar.
Inside Kudo's house at this time.
Subaru Okiya looked at Toru Amuro who walked into the room with a fake smile on his face and walked towards the room he was living in without hesitation, and subconsciously stopped him.
"Mr. Amuro, when you inspect the air conditioner, don't you check the living room? Why did you go straight into the room?"
Amuro Toru put on a standard smile and lied with his eyes open: "Excuse me, sir, I am a repairman affiliated with Panasonic Air Conditioning. The air conditioner in your living room does not belong to our company."
Subaru Okiya could hardly hold on to the smile on his face. He stopped Bourbon and said sheepishly, "My room is a bit messy, Mr. Amuro, can you wait in the living room for a while while I clean it up before you go in? Otherwise, it would be too rude."
"It doesn't matter. We are all boys, so no one will laugh at anyone. My room is messy too, I don't mind it. Besides, I have several more houses to check, and it's almost dark. If I delay any longer, it will be too late."
Bourbon's words were polite, but his actions were swift. He pushed and pulled Subaru Okiya in front of him with his hands and easily pushed the man away.
Okiya Subaru was a little passive because his arm was in a sling, and secondly, he was not willing to reveal his identity in front of Amuro Toru, so he could not show his skills and could only let Amuro Toru, who was not hiding himself, rush into his room.
After entering the room, the first thing Toru Amuro looked at was not the air conditioner, but the pile of bourbon on the bedroom shelf.
He gritted his teeth secretly and did not waste any time. While checking the air conditioner, he used the miniature camera on his chest to record everything in Subaru Okiya's room. He also secretly inserted a bug in a very strategic position on the air conditioner.
This is blatantly disgusting.
After all, if Okiya Subaru is Akai Shuichi, he will definitely be able to find the bug; but in this place where ordinary people can't find it, if he doesn't want to reveal his identity, how can he find a way to remove it?
Or should I just hold my nose and stay?
Anyway, no matter what, it's not a loss~
Bourbon felt that he might have learned bad things from Granburch.
Chapter 667 The scapegoat
Not long after, Bourbon walked out of Kudo's house with a polite smile and returned to Chu Ming's car.
"What did you capture?" Chu Ming took out the laptop computer he brought with him in the car and asked Bourbon to plug in the card reader. The two of them looked together frame by frame to see if there were any flaws in Okiya Subaru's room.
Chu Ming and Bourbon were both experts in intelligence investigation, and they were among the best in the organization when it came to this kind of detailed investigation. However, after the two of them had replayed the footage shot by Bourbon several times, they had to admit that there were indeed no flaws.
Except there was a little more bourbon on the shelf.
But this obviously cannot be used as evidence to equate Okiya Subaru and Akai Shuichi.
Chu Ming put on his headphones and listened carefully to the sounds coming from the bug that Bourbon had placed.
After listening for a while, he put one of the earphones into Bourbon's ear and said, "This noise is not right."
Bourbon also listened quietly for a while, then nodded in agreement with Chu Ming's point of view: "It's too quiet, and the footsteps are very light."
People like Chu Ming and Bourbon who have been trained usually have light footsteps and land silently. Just now, when Bourbon was dragging Okiya Subaru into the room, Okiya Subaru's personality was that of a weak and ordinary college student with no fighting power. But now -
On the uncarpeted wooden floor, in his leather shoes, he made little noise as he moved.
This is obviously inconsistent with the character he wants to portray.
Of course, it is also possible that Shuichi Akai still regards Bourbon as a member of the red team, and deliberately exposes flaws, making them seem to be there and not there, with malicious intentions to seduce Bourbon Cat to follow him and track him down.
But unfortunately, he was wrong. Today's Bourbon is no longer the original Furuya Rei...
At this time, Bourbon was so excited because he found a flaw that he wanted to request an armed helicopter and bombs to blow up Kudo's house on the spot.
Chu Ming returned the headphones to Bourbon and stopped him: "Don't worry, he didn't die after falling from such a high place, he must have been lucky. Don't alert him, he still thinks you are on his side. Let's close the net slowly, and this time we must make sure that the net can cover him firmly."
You can be lucky once or twice, but you can't be immune to death every time.
Chu Ming sent the photo he just took to Conan. He had to admit that Akai Shuichi was indeed a cheater, but if I took out a protagonist to fight against you, how would you deal with it?
Chu Ming, who didn't feel that he was being framed, raised the corner of his mouth proudly, and turned to discuss with Bourbon: "Remember, this is a good opportunity to contact Maori Kogoro. The FBI people seem to like communicating with him. As long as we keep an eye on him, we won't worry about not being able to catch the FBI."
Now that Bourbon's investigation had yielded results, he no longer argued with Chu Ming about the amount of work and simply agreed.
After Bourbon left, Chu Ming went straight home and took the opportunity to get some more sleep. He planned to go and play with Conan in the next few days.
Whenever I stay with Conan, I have to compromise on eating and sleeping. Either the table next to me crashes when I eat, or I hear screams when I walk around...
In short, if you don’t have some energy, you really can’t keep up with Conan’s pace.
The next day, before Chu Ming woke up, he heard his cell phone buzzing. He yawned, reached out his hand from under the quilt and lazily answered the call.
As soon as the call was connected, before Chu Ming had time to speak, Conan's voice came from the other side: "Brother Chu Ming, are you free today? Do you want to go fishing with us?"
Chu Ming sat up from the bed and was stunned for a moment: "Didn't you see the message I sent you?"
Why is it so peaceful today? After receiving the news, he didn't even clamor to investigate, and even had the mind to ask him to go fishing?
"Got it. It's because of that photo that I wanted to invite you to come out with me." Conan was a little depressed. "The doctor originally said he would take us to the sea breakwater to go fishing, but he had something to do and couldn't leave for the time being, so he asked Mr. Ejiri, who I met in a previous case, to take us. The kids are a little excited. I may not be able to control them if they run around at the beach, but if you can come, it will probably be a lot more peaceful."
Chu Ming lifted the quilt and walked to the window. He pulled open the curtains and complained, "You are using an abacus. The beads are hitting my face. You are conscripting men to help you take care of your children."
"We can also talk about Mr. Okiya." Conan tempted him through the phone, "Come on, Chu Ming brother, if we catch a big fish, we can have a fish feast."
Chu Ming did not refuse, as he had been planning to play with Conan for a few days: "You are all at the doctor's house now? Then I will go over after I finish washing up."
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When Chu Ming drove to the doctor's house, he felt a strong sense of being watched when he got out of the car. Looking up, he could just see the curtains on the second floor of Kudo's house swaying slightly.
Does Shuichi Akai just stare at the doctor's house all day long?
Is he so idle after faking his death?
Withdrawing his gaze, Chu Ming raised his hand and knocked on the doctor's door as if nothing had happened.
Conan, who knew the news, ran over to open the door and let the big devil in.
The children who were originally looking around to see who was coming, after seeing clearly who it was and calling for help, sat up straight, watched their eyes and their hearts, and even breathed lighter.
"Let's go. I drove here." Chu Ming was in a good mood and did not deliberately scare them. He waved his hand and asked the children to get in the car.
Chu Ming drove the car to the dock, and several people took a boat to the breakwater.
After getting off the boat, Chu Ming gave the children some advice like not to get too close to the shore and to be careful, and then let them go fishing on their own.
Fishing here is relatively safe as long as you don't commit suicide.
Chu Ming took a fishing rod, found a place to sit down, and threw the baited hook far into the water.
Conan also picked up a bucket and squeezed next to Chu Ming: "I looked at the photo carefully. Bourbon was carrying a toolbox. Is it possible that the organization was investigating me, so after discovering that someone was living in the Kudo residence, they asked Bourbon to disguise himself as a repairman and sneak in to investigate?"
Chu Ming tilted his head to look at Conan who was squeezed next to him, raised an eyebrow at his sharpness, and then said nonchalantly: "I took that photo accidentally last night. Later, when I got home, I observed with a telescope from the third floor and found that they finally went to the bedroom and drew the curtains. If Bourbon was investigating unilaterally, why did he draw the curtains?"
Before Conan could speak, Chu Ming asked the question he had always wanted to ask: "You knew that the organization was investigating you, why did you let Okiya Subaru live in your house?"
You can't be looking for a scapegoat, right?
Chapter 668 I’m the Best at Taking Secret Photos
Conan glanced at Huibara Ai who was following the children and scratched his head: "Huibara said before that she felt the breath of that organization on Mr. Okiya. Although I intuitively feel that Mr. Okiya is not a bad person, there is one thing I can be sure of, he must have approached us with a purpose..."
"I thought you didn't realize it." Ripples spread out on the water. Chu Ming raised his hand and pulled the fishing rod, throwing a palm-sized fish out of the water. "When I came here just now, I found that he was hiding behind the curtains and peeping. Did you bring the devils into the village?"
Conan picked up the fish and put it into the bucket. He was a little confused about what Chu Ming said: "What devils?"
"What I mean is that you are inviting a wolf into the house." Chu Ming re-hooked the fishing rod, stuck it into the ground, and turned to look at Conan, "If he is really a member of that organization, and he is here to investigate you and Huibara, then aren't you just bringing the thief into the house with your own hands?"
"Even if I don't let him live here, he will still investigate us in secret, right?" Conan frowned. "Besides, since Granburch has plans for me, he probably won't just watch the organization investigate me. The current situation is too passive for me. I want to test his bottom line."
It is indeed very passive. Because of Chu Ming's intervention, Conan is still alone. Except for Haibara Ai who may be able to create the antidote, he currently has no support from any party, especially in terms of combat power.
He was unable to establish connections with the police and the FBI. Although he was familiar with the police, the only person who could really help a child was the honest man Takagi.
But Conan couldn't possibly call on Takagi to fight the organization, as that would be tantamount to sending him to his death.
Chu Ming freed a hand and patted his head, comforting him halfheartedly: "Don't worry, I'm still here. No matter what unusual movements Mr. Okiya makes, I will help you keep an eye on him."
After thinking about it, Chu Ming suggested to him: "Then you can take a photo of Mr. Okiya and give it to Granburch. In this way, if he is also a member of the organization, they can deal with it internally first."
Conan was a little distressed: "But Mr. Okiya is a bit vigilant. Every time I sneak around with my phone ready to take a picture, he always notices it..."
"Let me do it. I'm the best at taking secret photos." After all, he was the one who took secret photos of Gin.
When Haibara Ai saw the two people whispering while fishing, she knew that there must be other reasons why Conan asked Chu Ming to go fishing with him this time. In addition, he was hiding things from her, so it was most likely related to the organization.
Thinking of this, she quietly approached the two of them and happened to hear Chu Ming discussing with Conan. After they finished fishing, Conan would visit Okiya Subaru in the name of delivering fish, and then Chu Ming would take the opportunity to secretly take a few photos and send them to Granburch.
When did Conan become involved with Granburch?
How did he have Granburch's contact information?
"No, you are courting disaster. Granburch and Gin are both cold-blooded and heartless. What can you get in return by trading with them?! You even want to bring Brother Chu Ming with you. Are you crazy?!"
Haibara Ai ran out from the corner in a hurry and almost fell because she walked too hastily.
She was excited and grabbed Chu Ming's arm: "Brother Chu Ming, no, that Okiya Subaru must be a member of the organization. I can feel the dark aura on him. You can't go!"
Conan didn't know. How could she not know that Chu Ming was still a member of the organization? What if Subaru Okiya saw through the clues and discovered that Conan and himself beside Chu Ming were the Kudo Shinichi and Shirley that the organization had been pursuing.
As a member of the organization, Brother Chu Ming not only did not report it, but also colluded with them to fight against the organization. Brother Chu Ming would definitely not survive.
She knew very well that Gin had zero tolerance for traitors and would show no mercy once he knew the truth.