Chapter 651: Undead and Bombs
On the other side, after receiving reports from their informants, several FBI investigators appeared at the Beihua Department Store.
As soon as Gin received the call from Rena Mizunashi, he couldn't wait to ask Vodka to drive the car to a small alley not far from the building.
After waiting for a while, the intercom in the car rang.
Gin kept his eyes fixed on the entrance of the department store and picked up the intercom: "Hello."
"I'm already there, Gin."
The person who sent the call was Chianti. Following Gin's orders, she found an empty room opposite the building and monitored the entrance and exit of the building through a scope.
"Just stand by, Chianti." Gin said coldly, "If you see that man, don't hesitate, just shoot."
"I see." Chianti was a little excited, but she was also a little skeptical. "But is the information reliable? Is Akai Shuichi really still alive and here? Next to the FBI?"
Gin said coldly: "I don't know yet."
"Tsk," Chianti spat, "For a ghost whose existence is unknown..."
"Be patient, Chianti." Gin tried to comfort his men symbolically. "Several FBI agents are in this building and happened to be involved in the incident. If that guy is still alive, he will definitely be here."
"I want to confirm with my own eyes whether he is a ghost or not."
"If it's true..." Gin suddenly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the temple of the person sitting next to him, "Then I'll make you a ghost, Kiel!"
Mizunoshi Reina, who was pointed at the head, was not panicked at all. She glanced at Gin calmly and chuckled: "Whether it is a ghost or not, that person definitely cannot be alive."
"After all, I was the one who executed Akai Shuichi with a gun myself!"
"Didn't you see it too?"
Mizunashi Rena tilted her head and looked at Gin, a cold and cruel expression appeared on her face. She spoke slowly, word by word: "Use those eyes."
Gin remained unmoved and said coldly: "But at that time, you still have a chance to make a move."
"Tampered?" Mizuno Rena seemed to have heard a huge joke and couldn't help laughing, "Then tell me, how did I tamper with it?"
"Whether it was calling Akai Shuichi to Laihayama or shooting him in the head, it was all carried out under your orders."
"From the beginning to the end, all my actions were carried out under the organization's surveillance. You also watched the whole process of shooting Akai Shuichi through the camera. So, tell me..."
"When and how did I do it?"
Gin remained silent, his eyes flickering slightly:
What Kil said was right, all her actions were monitored, and he witnessed the death of Shuichi Akai with his own eyes - he was hit in the middle of the eyebrows by Kil, and then fell in a pool of blood.
Unless the camera has been tampered with, what they see is a pre-recorded video.
But that's impossible. The plan was completely improvised. Even if there was something wrong with Kiel, it would be impossible for him to predict the contents of the action in advance. Should he go find Shuichi Akai to record the video?
Even if it is recorded, how can we guarantee that their conversation is exactly the same as the actual one?
If there is anything wrong, it will not escape Gin's eyes!
Seeing that Gin didn't say anything, Mizunashi Rena continued, "It's harder than climbing to the sky for me to collude with Akai Shuichi in private, and it's even more impossible to do anything about it."
"Unless, someone among us has the ability to predict the future and has a brain comparable to that of a god, and perhaps could have made a plan in advance before I was rescued by you."
"Just like the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes."
"But do you think it's possible? Gin?"
Gin looked at Mizunashi Rena coldly, and suddenly said, "You seem to be talking a lot today, Kiel."
Mizunashi Reina shrugged her shoulders and said, "I finally cleared the organization's suspicion of me. I don't want someone to have a hole in my head like Akai Shuichi for some inexplicable reason."
She looked at Gin and said, "Instead of doubting me here, why not stop your idle speculations and be happy that your natural enemy has disappeared."
"Oh, yes." Perhaps persuaded by Rena Mizunashi, Gin put away his pistol and instead revealed an excited and cruel smile.
"I'm shaking with excitement right now. If that guy is still alive, I can kill that man again!"
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At this moment, inside the department store.
Kamal had just finished using the toilet and was washing his hands.
He recalled Judy's abnormal behavior in recent days, which seemed to have started after the bank robbery.
Although Judy asked him not to tell James, Camille was still a little uneasy, especially about the black hat. Why did Judy care so much about who bought it?
While thinking, Kamal looked up at himself in the mirror, and suddenly a man in a hat walked quickly past him from behind.
Oh yeah, it’s this color hat…wait?
Kamal was stunned. Why did that person look so much like...that person?
"Wait a minute!" Kamal hurriedly chased after him, but when he came outside the bathroom, looking at the guests passing by in twos and threes, he couldn't find the man.
"That person just now... Could it be that..."
Although it was too short and I could only see his profile, I couldn't see him clearly, but there was no doubt that person...
It’s Shuichi Akai who should have died!
The premise is that he is not mistaken and it is not an illusion.
At the same time, Judy, who was sitting in the beverage shop waiting for Kamal, stared blankly at the cup in front of her.
The man with burn marks on his face came to buy limited edition products. The clerk must have an impression of him, but she said that there had never been such a customer. Does that mean that such a person never existed from the beginning?
So what about the person she saw?
Illusion? Phantom? Ghost?
A ghost who had a deep hatred for the organization but died halfway and was unwilling to leave?
How is that possible? Judy shook her head in self-mockery. There are no such things as ghosts in this world. If there really are, it's probably just an illusion caused by her missing Akai Shuichi too much.
If so, she would be very willing to meet him.
Judy sighed and reached for the cup, intending to finish the drink and then meet up with Carmel and leave.
Suddenly, Judy's hand holding the cup stopped in mid-air, and she was surprised to find that a corner of the paper pad under the cup was folded up.
She remembered that when she went to the bathroom just now, the paper mat was still fine, right?
Thinking of this, Judy picked up the paper pad and turned it over. The next second, her pupils suddenly shrank.
On the back of the paper pad, it was clearly written in black: It's dangerous here, leave quickly.
Judy's face suddenly changed, and she stood up. She looked around but did not see the expected figure.
Is this... what he left for me?
Unable to find the figure, Judy turned to the waiter and asked if anyone with burns on the face had been here. She also took out a black hat of the same style as Akai Hideo for the waiter to identify.
The waiter said without thinking: "Yes, when you went out to answer the phone just now, there was indeed a guest with burn marks on his face. He seemed to be wearing a hat of this style..."
"What's wrong? Did you lose something?"
Judy quickly shook her head: "No, that could be someone I know..." She made up an excuse and answered perfunctorily.
At this time, Kamal also came back and found Judy.
He asked in a deep voice: "Is the person you are talking about Mr. Akai?"
"Huh?" Judy looked at Carmel in surprise.
Kamal looked at Judy and said slowly: "I saw a man passing by in the bathroom just now. He had burns on his face and looked very similar to Mr. Akai..."
"Really?" Judy's pupils shrank sharply. If Camille also saw it, it meant that the person was not her hallucination, but really existed!
Kamal nodded: "Yes, but he disappeared soon..."
Judy was puzzled: "But why is he here?"
Thinking of Judy's strange behavior, Kamal couldn't help but guess: "Could it be that the person you saw at the bank that day was him?"
Judy knew she couldn't hide it any longer, so she told the truth: "That's right, but I couldn't find him after the incident. Also, I saw this logo on the back of his hat. It's an original design of the Rice Flower Department Store and a limited edition product, so I came here to investigate."
Camille was silent, looking at Judy with deep eyes, as if blaming her for concealing such an important thing.
Judy sighed, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. I just can't believe it myself. He seems to have been shocked by what happened that day and has lost his memory and can't recognize me.
So I wanted to confirm his identity in person... But now that you have seen him, it at least proves that the existence of that person is not my illusion."
Kamal hesitated for a moment, but still said, "But have you ever thought that this is a trap set by those people?"
Judy was shocked.
Kamal said: "Didn't you say it yourself? Akai Shuichi is dead, and you personally confirmed the fingerprints of the body..."
"No!" Judy suddenly became emotional, "If it was Shuichi, there must be a way to escape death! If it is a trap, then tell me what kind of trap it is?"
"This..." Kamal choked and guessed randomly, "Maybe they want to confuse our sight and do something in secret... For example, they found the whereabouts of that person and want to catch her?"
Judy was stunned and frowned. Although Carmel's guess was a bit far-fetched, it did seem to make sense.
But how did they know the whereabouts of that girl? Even Judy, if it weren't for Vermouth's actions, she would never have known that the quiet girl who listened to her English lessons every day in class was actually...
Just as Judy was lost in thought, there was a sudden commotion outside.
The two turned around and saw a team of mobile police passing by the door in a line.
Judy and Kamal ran out of the door, a little surprised: "Why would the mobile team..."
Kamal suddenly remembered something and said to Judy, "Something seems to have happened upstairs, because the elevator stopped at that floor, the escalator also stopped, and the guests were making a commotion because of it."
"!" Judy was startled and took out the paper pad from her pocket. She said with certainty, "So that person must be Xiuyi! Look, this is the message that the man with the burn on his face left for me."
Kamal glanced at the paper pad and said, "It's dangerous here, let's leave quickly?"
His eyes widened in shock. "So, Mr. Akai already knew what was going to happen in the department store? That's why he left you a message asking us to leave here?"
Judy nodded slightly: "So he may have recovered his memory, but why didn't he come back to find us? What happened, Xiuyi..."
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Meanwhile, on the other side.
Kogoro Mouri, his daughter and Conan asked all the clerks at the sporting goods counter, but no customer who looked like the client had appeared.
Just as they were about to leave, they found a red bag on the chair next to the elevator.
Just when Conan was about to check it out, he was suddenly stopped by a man behind him: "Well, it's best not to touch it, there may be a bomb inside!"
"Bomb, how do you know there is a bomb in here?" asked Kogoro Mouri in confusion and dissatisfaction.
"Because..." The man was sweating profusely, his body trembling slightly with fear. He suddenly opened his coat and said, "Because it's the same with me!"
Conan's pupils suddenly shrank, and Kogoro Mouri was so scared that he took a big step back. He saw that under the man's coat, there was a circle of bombs tied around his body!
Mao Lilan was so scared that her face turned pale and she stared at the man blankly.
Maori Kogoro was sweating profusely, and vaguely seemed to see the god of death waving at him. He asked in a trembling voice: "Why are you tied with these things?!"
The man's face was as pale as paper, and he was sweating profusely. "I don't know either! I was knocked unconscious from behind in the bathroom, and when I woke up, a masked man tied these things to me."
The man swallowed, his pupils slightly dilated because of fear. "He also threatened me that there are the same paper tapes placed at the escalator and staircase of this floor, and they are all bombs! If I don't do as he says, he will detonate the bombs immediately!"
Kogoro Mouri took out his cell phone and wanted to call the police, but was stopped by the man because the masked man said that if he called the police, the bomb would be detonated. At the same time, if anyone on this floor planned to escape, the outcome would be the same.
Maori Kogoro tutted his words and asked through gritted teeth: "So, what does the masked man want you to do?"
The man put down the bag he was carrying with sweat all over his forehead and said tremblingly: "He, he said he wanted to find out the sender of the thirteen red T-shirts in this bag..."
"Red T-shirt?" Maori, Kogoro and the other two were shocked. Isn't this the commission they had accepted?
Why would a bomber suddenly appear and look for that person?
Or are they actually the same person?
The man continued, "That's right, and that person also said that the sender must be on this floor now!"
Conan's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head to glance at the customers and store employees surrounding him, and secretly speculated -
We are so sure that the sender is on this floor. Could it be that...