Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 524 No Rum

When    parked, Amuro glanced carefully over the parking lot of the restaurant.

   Made sure that he didn't see Kogoro Mouri's car, and received a message from his subordinates that "no other suspicious acquaintances are coming nearby", so he pushed the door and got out of the car.

   Jiang Xia also looked around and followed Amuro into the hall.

   This is the kind of specialty shop where the chef and the customer communicate a lot.

   Jiang Xia had just entered the door when he suddenly felt that An Shitou stopped next to him, and then his whole body tensed silently.

  “?”

   Jiang Xia looked at An Shitou suspiciously, then followed his line of sight to the corner of the hall, also startled.

  —On the other side of the hall, stood a man in a chef's uniform.

   The man was burly, with very obvious crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and a bandage covered his left eye. Although he was discussing the recipe with the customer with a smile, he somehow gave off a gloomy feeling.

   Just took two glances when the chef suddenly turned around with awareness, his gaze fell precisely on them, and then he raised his eyebrows indistinctly.

   This subtle change in expression only happened for a moment. Soon, the chef nodded to them with a smile like a normal restaurant employee.

   Jiang Xia was silent for a while.

   The appearance of this chef, and Toru Amuro's reaction...

   It might not be what he thought.

  …

   After a while, when the chef and the guests next to him walked to another signboard, Jiang Xia saw the nameplate hanging on the chef.

  —Wakita.

  Jiangxia: "…"

   He was briefly lost in thought—

   In my impression, one of the common aliases of the second-in-command of the organization "Rum" is "Wakita Kennor". Kensuke Wakita is indeed a cook. Moreover, being able to work in such a restaurant shows that his cooking skills are even very good...

  Rum's pastime is to be a cook everywhere?

   Or is he gathering intelligence this way too?

  ...Well, judging from how busy Gin is, the second-in-command of the organization shouldn't have much time to spare, so let's call it the latter. Is it a habit for the Rum faction, Amuro's part-time job was taught by Rum?

  ... Then again, I don't know if Rum knows "Jiangxia = Wuzuo". In terms of authority, Rum will definitely be able to find it; Tokyo suddenly has such a code member, and he should also pay attention.

   In short, whether you know it or not, Rum will definitely not come directly to him and say "Hi, Uzo."... It is a very dangerous thing for the second-in-command to expose himself to the newly promoted code member. And according to Rum's degree of prudence, he should not pick up the vests of other code-named members at Bourbon for no reason.

After    figured it out, Jiang Xia quickly lost interest in Rum, who was not murderous, and looked at the ingredients aside.

   Amuro Toru didn't read any more.

   He turned to the waiter who came to receive them, ready to choose the dishes: Since Rum is here, don't order too much like before, meaning to save a little money for the organization...

  …

Next to    was a second-in-command of the organization. Even if Amuro came to his senses and acted as if he didn't know Rum, his attention would inevitably be on the boss of the organization.

   After observing for a moment from the corner of his eye, Amuro Toru suddenly realized that Rum also seemed to occasionally look obscurely here when the guests were struggling with the dishes.

   Amuro Toru: "...?"

  ...Rum has looked at him too many times, and he seems to be very interested in something.

   Calmly rule it out. First of all, this should not be looking at him, he is also an old subordinate of Rum, there is nothing to look at.

so…

  Amuro couldn't help but glanced at Jiang Xia next to him.

  Rum must have taken a fancy to this famous detective seedling...

  The organization usually does not like to contact famous detectives, because detectives are often people with a strong sense of justice and close contact with the police. At the same time, in the eyes of the members of the organization, this group of people is also very "cunning", rashly contacting them is easy to overturn, and the cost performance is not high.

   But Jiangxia is different.

   Jiang Xia's parents are in the organization, and he himself has always been a peripheral member of the organization. In Rum's eyes, this should be a very useful tool.

   And Jiang Xia has only just become a detective, but he is already so famous and has a strong growth potential, and it goes on like this...

   Amuro was secretly alert.

   He originally planned to put Jiang Xia under his command first and become a permanent member of the peripheral tool people. When Jiang Xia grows to the point where he cannot be ignored by the organization, he will find a suitable opportunity to introduce Jiang Xia as a code member. In this way, Bourbon can logically have another partner who loves to paddle. While prostituting his partner for information, he can also provide guidance and help to Jiang Xia to prevent him from getting involved in tasks that are too risky.

Or, if Jiang Xia really doesn’t want to work for the organization, then he will go through the procedure of protecting witnesses and send Jiang Xia to a peaceful place; or let him secretly shine in the public security pile—according to Jiang Xia’s talent, after careful cultivation, he will definitely be better than the others. Most of my subordinates are more reliable...

   No matter which way you end up taking, it will undoubtedly take a long time to investigate and prepare.

  If Jiang Xia is targeted by Rum so soon, then many things will easily get out of control, and it will be difficult to achieve a satisfactory result...

However, if he thinks about it rationally, even if Rum really likes Jiang Xia's ability, he should not immediately assign Jiang Xia to other tasks, but will consider it for a long time, let Jiang Xia develop as it is, cultivate his reputation, and give full play to his growth. potential. so…

Ok? etc.

Does that mean that if Jiang Xia is really Wu Zuo, it will be difficult for him to see the clues from the organization's tasks and trends, because even if the organization assigns tasks to Jiang Xia, the focus of the task will be on accumulating fame, and it will only be in the Activating him at a few crucial moments to covertly accomplish goals?

  “…” Alas, it’s too difficult.

  Amuro sighed inwardly.

   Catching the mice around you is indeed a troublesome thing.

   Looking at Rum again at this time, Amuro has a brief sympathy with the second-in-command of the organization whose hands are covered in blood...

  …

   A dozen meters away, on the other side of the hall.

  Rum thought about what happened just now while introducing the special recipes to the guests professionally.

   As the intelligence chief of the organization, he knows every code-named cadre, let alone Uzo who is active in Tokyo.

   Just now, when Rum recognized Jiang Xia who had entered the door, he saw An Shitou next to Jiang Xia, and was slightly startled, wondering how Wu Zuo, who was on the Gin side, got together with his subordinates.

It was only after a second that I suddenly remembered that Uzo seemed to have been working in Bourbon's detective office all the time. Bourbon was not in the office all the year round, and his identity as a private investigator was too low. Rum's busy brain had already piled up this information. When I got to the corner, I suddenly saw it now, and I successfully activated the memory again.

   (end of this chapter)