Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 21 Confrontation
"Ah~~! I'm so happy! Shi Jun!"

Just when Ishino was lost in thought and couldn't figure it out, Xia Mei's excited shout came from beside him, which made his brain shake suddenly, and he caught the aura.

Could it be that the other party saw Xia Mei? !
Although Ishino didn't want to think about this possibility, but the moment Vodka's eyes widened just now, the direction of his gaze was indeed not his own.

Although the eyes of the two stayed on him afterwards, the intentional feeling made Ishino more convinced that the object of the other party's surprise was Natsumi.

Why?Ishino's brain began to work rapidly, sorting out all the information related to Natsumi, combined with his own knowledge of Gin and Wine and the winery, and their micro expressions just now, and began to speculate on the reason for the other party's surprise.

Ishino first thought of the worst possibility, that is, the winery was behind the assassination of the Kasaka family 22 years ago.

According to his understanding of the winery boss Renye Karasuma, the other party should be an old man over a hundred years old, so the other party is likely to be looking for a way to make him immortal, and is probably one of the people who coveted Pandora.

If the car accident 22 years ago was related to the winery, Gin and others may have seen photos of previous targets in the organization's materials, so they may indeed be surprised to see someone with a similar appearance appearing in front of them.

But Grandma Yoko said that she confirmed that the man behind that incident was a foreign force, and there was no sign of the other party's activities in Japan in the 22 years since then.

Although the winery has activities abroad and has certain influence, but the base camp is still in Japan, and has been active in Japan for so many years, if it is really hostile to the Kasaka family, it is impossible for it to remain silent.

What's more, Belmode, who is very likely to be a survivor of that incident, is a core member of the organization, and the relationship between her and Grandma Yoko is also very mysterious.

Therefore, it is impossible for the winery to be the organization that assassinated the Kasaka family, and at this stage, the Kasaka family should not be their target.

After ruling out the most dangerous possibility, Ishino temporarily breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about other possibilities.

Assuming that Vodka was surprised because Xia Mei was similar to the target that the winery had killed, then with Gin's character, it should not interrupt Vodka's previous behavior of shouting.

Because calling the other party to stop and forcing the other party to get out of the car to confront them will be more conducive to them judging whether Xia Mei is the target.Even if it is finally determined that you have identified the wrong person, you can use the reason of recognizing yourself as a celebrity to prevaricate.

The rest, such as being shocked by Natsumi's mixed-race beauty's face is too shocking, or thinking that Natsumi's temperament is too outstanding, and then doubting whether she is an important person, Ishino thinks that in terms of Gin's force, That's just overthinking.

Then the only possibility Ishino can think of is gin and vodka, they know Xia Mei's true identity!

With the winery's powerful intelligence network, it should not be difficult to know that Xia Mei's great-grandfather and great-grandmother fled from Russia to Japan.

Combined with Natsumi, her mother, and Grandma Yoko's gray pupils, which clearly marked the blood of the Tsarist Russian royal family, it is not impossible to deduce that her great-grandmother is most likely the exiled Princess Maria.

Thinking of this, Ishino still felt that something was wrong.

First of all, if Gin and Vodka had grasped Natsumi's true identity through the organization's intelligence, then they would not be able to fully confirm that Natsumi was the person they knew from a distance, nor would they just doubt Show surprise in the case.

If it is said that Xia Mei has become the focus of the organization because of her bloodline and identity, and Gin and Vodka have seen Xia Mei in person or photos many times before, then it is indeed possible to confirm the other party from a distance identity of.

But in this case, the surprise they showed before seems a bit unreasonable.After all, it was just a matter of a certain object of attention appearing in the playground, so it wouldn't make Vodka so groggy.

And the last assumption made Ishino himself feel a little unrealistic.

That is, Gin and Vodka didn't know Xia Mei through the organization, but they knew Xia Mei themselves!
And Xia Mei's identity, or Xia Mei herself, has an unusual meaning to them!
Ishino tried his best to recall the sentence that Vodka was interrupted by gin before, and the last word Vodka wanted to say was most likely the word "princess".

Instead, the word "princess" will be spoken directly without prefixing the other party's country or name, indicating that the other party has either met the princess of his own country, or has a close relationship with the other party, such as retainers or servants. honorifics.

Considering that Natsumi doesn't seem to know the two of them, combined with Vodka, a code name that clearly has Russian characteristics, and Gin's tall figure, silver hair and blue eyes, Ishino has reason to suspect that they are Russians, or that they have Russians on them lineage.

And judging from the attitude of vodka and gin, their ancestors may have a deeper affection or loyalty to the old Tsarist Russia, otherwise they would not use the title of "princess" to call Natsumi.

Although Ishino felt that this was likely to be the truth, he had no evidence, so he could only temporarily store his doubts in his mind, and wait until he went back to ask Grandma Yoko before making any plans.

In any case, no matter what attitude the other party has towards Xia Mei, there is only one thing he has to do now, and that is to protect Xia Mei, protect this date, and not let anyone disturb her.

Regardless of whether the other party is a god of death or a winery, no, no!

……

When the roller coaster passed through the final tunnel and returned to the starting point and stopped, the vodka waiting there was already a little impatient.

However, after seeing Xia Mei got out of the car, he did not leave directly, but led the three children out of the car one by one. After all, he waited patiently for everyone to get out of the car before walking quickly to the last row of the car. go.

Gin walked unhurriedly behind Vodka, staring at Shi Ye who was walking towards him in front of him, with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sensing the chill in the opponent's gaze, Ishino blocked Xia Mei behind him, and walked forward without dodging.

Although he didn't know what signal the dangerous aura released by the gin was trying to convey, Shi Ye could clearly tell that the other party had no killing intent, but the way he looked at him was definitely not friendly.

Until the two came within a short distance, Shi Ye found that the other party's gaze was always on him, and he didn't take another look at Xia Mei. Instead, he had a deeper understanding of Gin's concentration. Boss-level characters that so many big bosses have a headache for.

Just when the two were about to cross each other, Qin Jiu suddenly changed the direction of his body, trying to bump his shoulder into Ishino's shoulder on the same side.

Shi Ye discovered the opponent's intentions as soon as Qin Jiu made a move, but in order not to expose his strength and avoid being targeted by the opponent as much as possible, he deliberately pretended not to notice and was bumped by the opponent.

After the shoulders of the two collided, Ishino quickly let go of some of his strength, showing that he had paused after being hit, looked at Qin Jiu with unhappy eyes for a second, and then continued to walk in the direction of leaving.

When Xia Mei led the three little ones and left behind Ishino, Gin also strode into the carriage and sat in the back row, reminiscing about the touch on his shoulders just now, and the smile on his mouth became stronger .

"Hehe, interesting man, I hope you don't disappoint me..."

(End of this chapter)